#800 thorns event

[blueberry-pride]

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Berry: JUST IN TIME FOR THE RELEASE OF MALLEUS' GROOVY SO NOW ALL 22 BOIS ARE COMPLETE legit crying tears of joy right now

Malleus Draconia "There will come a ruler, Whose brow is laid in thorn." -To be honest, I do see this song fitting both Malleus AND Lilia but ultimately chose Malleus upon thinking about it more. I consider him all three, soldier; because he has to train to be a fighter and to be an adept wizard longer than anyone has to. Poet; has an exceptional vocabulary and is in tuned with his creative side. And finally, ruler; bearing the huge responsibility of his kingdom, his parents' legacy at such a young age.

Lilia Vanrouge "I'll carry you home. No, you're not, alone. Keep marching on." -I really liked this song before going into TWST so it was quite nostalgic while listening to this song. I thought this would definitely fit Lilia, a Fae who showcases his genuine side. He looks after others and tries his best to raise Silver, Sebek and Malleus in a way that would make them better and stronger people.

Silver "When you get older your wild heart will live for younger days Think of me if ever you're afraid." -This is sort of a connection to Lilia's song. Silver wanted to live out his life to the best of his abilities all from his father's words. He trusts Lilia's experiences so even though he has his sleeping habits, he wants to spend it as much as possible with Lilia along with his friends when they all still have the time and energy to do so.

Sebek Zigvolt "If you can't fly, run. Today we will survive." - Sebek is ride or die especially about to Malleus. He sticks to his beliefs and is stubborn at it too. He doesn't give up or give in, this half-fae will find ways in order to achieve his goal. He's the shield of Diasomnia, strong and dutiful to its king.

#twisted wonderland #disney twisted wonderland #twst #disney twst #twstファンアート #twst edit #twst wonderland #twst diasomnia #diasomnia #diasomnia x reader #twst imagines #twst headcanons #malleus draconia #lilia vanrouge #sebek zigvolt #twst silver

[storyofmychoices]

Hidden Romance

[Trystan Thorne x Lilah Rose Masterlist]

Pairing: M!Trystan Thorne x Lilah Rose (F!MC)

Book: Crimes of Passion

Word Count: ~800

Rating/Warning: Mostly teen, but bc of one line mature to be safe.

Prompt: @choicesmonthlychallenge: rainy day; @choicesficwriterscreations; drabble request by nonny

A/N: It's been such a long time since I've written these two that I feel like I didn't get it quite right, but I hope it's still enjoyable.

Synopsis: Lilah makes an interesting discovery at Trystan's apartment.

Her fingers grazed over the smooth silk fabric of his grey button-down shirt that had pooled on the floor from where she had tossed it the night before. A smile tugged on the corner of her lips as the events of the previous night flickered back into her thoughts. Yet, the rhythmic pitter-patter of the rain on the penthouse windows and the aroma of freshly brewing coffee kept her from lingering too long in what was. 

She pulled the luxurious fabric over her arms, bringing the collar to her nose. Inhaling his familiar scent, her smile widened despite her attempts to temper it. Deftly, she slipped three buttons through their respective holes, one after another, letting his scent wrap around her.

Her bare feet padded through his apartment, stopping in front of a large ornate bookshelf. Her fingertips danced gently over the cool spines of the many books lining its shelves. Each row was arranged neatly, every book in its place. 

She marveled at the number of titles on display, some she recognized, some she didn't, others in a language she couldn't read—Drakovian, she imagined, but she couldn't be sure that was the only language included.

She paused over a section of philosophical texts. Her brow arched as she curiously pulled one from its place on the shelf, marveling at the ornate gold filigree on its cover. She half expected the book to be unread, but the pages were worn, and she recognized his handwriting from the notes in the margins. She was about to slide it back into the open spot on the shelf when something else caught her eye. 

She removed a few more books from the shelf only to discover a series of well-worn, soft-cover romance novels hidden behind the books she had removed. A smirk tugged on her lips as she pulled the books forward, revealing a series of increasingly steamy covers with melodramatic titles.

"I hope this is to your satisf—" his voice trailed away as he found her still looking over his secret collection of books. 

"What a diverse reading collection you have here." She held one up with a particularly handsome fireman on the cover, his taut chest dripping with sweat. "I didn't know you were such a literary connoisseur." 

"You know what they say," he began, placing the tray of coffee and breakfast treats on his end table. "Variety is the spice of life, and I do life so well."

In a few long strides, he stood before her, his loosely tied robe left little for her mind to wander. "They're also a masterclass in—" his lips drew into a devilish smirk, his fingertips curling under her chin, lifting it toward him. "—human anatomy. There's nothing quite like it."

Her gaze remained unphased, not swayed by the mischievous glint in his eyes. "I take it you've never heard of Grey's Anatomy, the book, not the series?"

"Too many illustrations for my taste. I prefer the written word," he attempted to defend, his voice smooth as his thumb brushed over her lip.

"Uh-huh..." Lilah frowned, her head tipping to the side questioningly. She took a step back, picking up a book and opening a page at random. "Let's see... ah, here we go, an excellent example of said description of human anatomy," she mocked before continuing with reading a line from the text. "...he thrust his swollen spear into the glistening portal of my womanhood, a rhythm so seductive our bodies danced as one until love's sweet lava overflowed, blinding us in its brilliance." 

Trystan stifled a chuckle at her tone and the choice of passage.  "What a shining example of American literature, don't you think? I particularly enjoy the metaphors the author uses."

"You mean euphemisms."

"Still very descriptive!"

"Oh, absolutely," she nodded with a playful roll of her eyes. "Very enlightening. I'll have to add it to my reading list."

"See that you do," he encouraged. "Perhaps even borrow my copy."

"I think I'll pass." Lilah tossed the book back at him, sauntering away toward the delicious scent of the fresh coffee. "I will take that, though." 

With a delighted smirk, Trystan watched Lilah walk away from him, enjoying how the silk fabric from his shirt fell on her body. "If literary devices aren't your thing, I can certainly think of some hands-on anatomy studies we could engage in." 

She sipped the steamy beverage, letting the coffee warm through her as she picked up her phone, reading the new message on the screen. "We've got a case. With any luck, there will be a body for you to—um—assist Ruby with... for your anatomy studies."

"That's not—"

But before he could finish his protest, she had disappeared into the ensuite bathroom, her clothes gathered in her arms. 

Thank you to the Nonny who sent the request. I had fun with this even if I'm not 100% happy with how it came out. I love the idea of Trystan reading trashy romance novels lol but as I wrote this, I also considered that Trystan wouldn't hide them but I was already half done. 🤷‍♀️

#trystan thorne #trystan thorne x mc #crimes of passion #choices crimes of passion #crimes of passion choices #playchoices #choices game #lilah rose #trystan x lilah #lovealexhunt #fan fiction #storyofmychoices #march2024

[shuttershocky]

Hey shutters, is it alright If I could ask for a guide on WB9? I ain't got a clue on how to deal with two ya's at the same time

No problem!

So the thing about Ya is that while other bosses attempt to beat you with overwhelming offensive power, incredibly tough defenses, or by messing with the event mechanics, Ya has none of those options and instead simply tries to trick you with illusions, making them an incredibly easy boss once you figure out what they do (and have appropriate medics, they still deal arts damage after all)

Once the stage begins and you're printing DP with a vanguard, place a sniper anywhere on the red square to deal with the first wave of upper lane trash. Just marksmen will do, as the enemies in this stage all have pretty low DEF.

Do NOT let the enemy get far onto the high ground, some of the early enemies are Relayers who place Cipher Machines on every tile of high ground they can get on, boosting the movement speed and ASPD of all enemies on the field. If you let them plant all over your high ground, the enemies will get far too strong as Cipher Machines stack.

Next, you'll want a tank (i suggest a Guardian Defender, as Ya uses arts damage, but anyone with decent self sustain will do) on the bottom green circle to block Ya. This starts Ya's first trick, creating a floating illusion as soon as they're blocked, and then teleporting to that illusion if it's not destroyed which lets them "jump" over your operators. However, you are prepared for this, because on the red arrows are your Lord Guards like Arene and Lappland (you can also use Casters) ready to shoot down Ya's illusion. Without the illusion, Ya will remain blocked by your tank in the green circle, which isn't good news for Ya as they only do 600 (800 in the EX modes) Arts damage, which any decent Guardian can ignore. Take note that the biggest threat in bottom lane isn't actually Ya, it's the Desperados, as they're quite tanky and will need arts damage (or high phys) to properly take care of. Good thing arts or high phys is common with Lords!

The Lords will continue to pelt Ya with damage, and your snipers in the red circle should have no issue dealing with the trash, meaning it's time to set up for phase 2.

On any of the yellow arrows, you set up an ambush of burst damage (you can also move them back a bit if your operators are a bit more on the squishy side). Heavyshooters, Spreadshooters, Silverash, or Mlynar will do great, but even a buffed Marksman will delete Ya quickly as their DEF is only a measly 450. Remember to support them with a medic on the green squares.

Now once the Lords in the bottom lane kill Ya once, Ya's going to realize they came to the wrong neighborhood and will create a new, stronger illusion on the upper red gate, before swapping places with the illusion (meaning the real Ya goes to the upper red gate, while the illusion goes to the bottom one.) Ya is also going to realize that getting blocked is stupid, because they could fly all this time, and so both them and the illusion start flying.

This is when you make Ya see they fucked up, because you have a squad of burst damage boss-killers waiting right on the spot they fled to. Activate all skills and make Ya explode. Once Ya reaches low HP and see that this situation is even worse, they swap places with the illusion again, and move back to the bottom lane.

Now if you want the medal, you must retreat your ambush operators here, as the medal requires killing Ya without killing her special illusion (their Delusion). If you've already got it however, you can keep attacking the illusion, as killing it deals 35% of Ya's HP as damage to them. You can tell which is the illusion by looking at Ya's sword. Glowing gold means it's NOT the real one, the real Ya's sword is black.

If your Lords in the bottom lane are strong enough (or if one of them is just Thorns who can omegalul solo kill everything in the bottom stage with just one tank helping), they should be more than enough to finish off the weakened Ya. If not, just add more support.

Congratulations, the boss fight is finished! now you just have to kill the rest of the stage. Take note that Ya has a special skill where whatever tile they pass through, now gets the ability to spawn additional enemies every 30 seconds. Don't worry about it, the spawned enemies are all trash mobs any sniper can kill.

Now, what if you don't have the DPS numbers to finish Ya off before they get too far into the bottom lane? Their strategy will then be attempting to kill you by pincering you between both themselves and their illusion, making you take double damage.

Worry not. Place a Guardian Defender on any of the middle green circles. In Phase 2, Ya gets a really long attack range, which means placing a Guardian in those tiles will actually draw attacks from both themselves and their illusion, and Ya's ATK stat is so tame at 600 that even when they double up they'll have a hard time killing even Gummy.

Good luck!

#Arknights

[aimee-b-loved]

I went into 2022 with the realization that I hadn’t read a single book all of last year. Now, I’ve never been a particularly voracious reader, but I’d like to think I’m capable of more than none book per annum. But the pandemic funk do be pandemic funkin’ like that.

Anyway, I set a goal to read 10 books this year, equating to just under a book a month. Well, it’s the last day of December and I just finished my 40th.

Here are some highlights:

Most Intimidating: The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon. At 800-some pages, this standalone fantasy was a beefy boy. That said, it was so good and comfortably one of my top 5 reads this year.

Stuck With Me: The Shadow of the Gods/Hunger of the Gods. It’s an unfinished planned trilogy, but it was nonstop action. It gave big Skyrim vibes without the commitment (and grind) that comes with Skyrim.

Made Me Feel Ways About Stuff: The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E Butler. This dystopian story felt like the events that could have happened before we got to The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s just scary how plausible that societal slip into chaos could seem.

BookTok Made Me Do It: A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Throne of Glass series and Crescent City series, by Sarah J Maas. Ah. My unwitting foray into the fantasy romance genre. With a few exceptions, they’re entertaining enough, but they’re extremely mid.

Did Not Finish: The Fifth Season, by NK Jemisin. I’d just wrapped up a series and wasn’t in the headspace to start a new one. That said, it’s definitely on my To Be Read pile for next year.

Good Vibes: Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt. Was it predictable? Yes. But it was an incredibly satisfying story nonetheless. And now I want a Giant Pacific Octopus friend, too.

The Full List

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by VE Schwab ****

Circe, by Madeline Miller *****

A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J Maas ***

A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J Maas **

A Court of Wings and Ruin, by Sarah J Maas **

A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J Maas ***

The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig ****

The Song of Achilles, by Madeleine Miller *****

The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett ****

Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead ****

A Court of Frost and Starlight, by Sarah J Maas *

The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E Butler ****

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reed ***

The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon *****

Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir *****

The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune ****

House of Earth and Blood, by Sarah J Maas ***

House of Sky and Breath, by Sarah J Maas ***

Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke ****

Sea of Tranquillity, by Emily St John Mandel ****

Galatea, by Madeline Miller ****

Throne of Glass, by Sarah J Maas **

Crown of Midnight, by Sarah J Maas **

Heir of Fire, by Sarah J Maas ***

Queen of Shadows, by Sarah J Maas ***

Empire of Storms, by Sarah J Maas ***

Tower of Dawn, by Sarah J Maas **

Kingdom of Ash, by Sarah J Maas **

Ariadne, by Jennifer Saint ***

When Women Were Dragons, by Kelly Barnhill ***

Kaikeyi, by Vaishnavi Patel ****

The Overstory, by Richard Powers ****

Under the Whispering Door, by TJ Klune ****

Daughter of the Moon Goddess, by Sue Lynn Tan ****

Heart of the Sun Warrior, by Sue Lynn Tan ****

Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green ***

Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt ****

The Shadow of the Gods, by John Gwynne *****

The Hunger of the Gods, by John Gwynne *****

The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern ****

#book recommendations welcome

[crypt1niite]

warning!! so many how to train your dragon: race to the edge spoilers below the cut!!!!!! ive rewatched it many times, and my musings often include talking about how things are foreshadowing to future events!! which means those future events will be spoiled alot!!!!

i decided to rewatch it, but write down my reactions and things i found interesting this time!!! this is episodes 1-5, and ill be posting these in installments of about the same size!!! unfortunately, that size turned out to be about 2k words long, which is alot!! this is the trimmed version, which clocks out at about 800!! ill add a link to the full version below!! it has more of my personal opinions + things i found interesting/cute!! but you can definitely get the general gist with this version!

link to the full 2k one with all my ramblings, insead!!

Ep 1

-dagur is genuinely spooky!!

-HIS GIGGLES!!!!

-hiccup and toothless r so cute, they have the best dynamic

-“i seriously need to get my own wings” adore the foreshadowing to the flightsuit!!!

-hiccup & stoic r so fun, hiccup is full of shit, he knows it, stoic definitely knows it

-snotlout is so sassy i love him

-with the power of hindsight?? johann is so shady??? his story doesn’t rlly hold up to scrutiny

-snotlout immediately yelling at fishlegs to grab his leg the moment he gets a grip on something??? i love how he shows he really cares thru his actions even tho hes a total dick all the time

-dagur genuinely knowing hiccup well, while being extremely unpredictable himself, nearly entirely so, is what makes him such a difficult foe and a genuinely intimidating villain at times

Ep 2

-fishlegs, abt to die “oohh!! cool metal!!!” ND KING.

-guys! dragon calls!; hence starts the stupidest fucking noises ive ever heard, JUST WHISTLE OR SOMETHING

-ruffnutt laughing when tuff passes out from the tranq dart is peak sibling

-"i cant say that to him!! hes the cheifs son!!" did gothi just cuss hiccup tf out?? also, hiccup, stop ignoring other ppls trauma and needs for your dragon hyperfixation, babe

-gobber implying he only has one leg bc him mother cut it off when he got a thorn in his foot??

-someone explain dragon biology, snow wraith walks on its wings like a quadraped, but its wings are placed on its back, not its shoulders, like the six-limbed dragons?? look at hookfang and toothless, hookfangs wings are at his shoulders because they are his front legs, toothless’s are at his back because they are an extra third pair of limbs, the snow wraiths is placed like toothless’s but functions like hookfangs???? i am aware i am looking too deeply into this but i cannot help but think

-gobber is not a licensed medical professional take this man away from the injured

-snowwraithsoundeffect.jpg

-gothi the mvp, look at that crazy old woman beat up a fucking dragon with her stick

-that one snotlout image that im always obsessing over happened!!!827.727,

Ep 3

-into the great beyond!

-deathsong song is /so/ pretty

-toothless fucking yanking hiccup only for hiccups leg to fall off will forever be hilarious

-deathsong continues to be the prettiest rtte dragon, butterfly lookin ass

-hookie and fangster???? So fuckin cute, snotlout

-the deathsongs hissing oh my gods it is so lovely

-thunderdrum purrs!!!!!

-hookfang holding snotlout, looking like an exasperated parent

-lowky hate how hiccup thinks he has the right to fuck things up like this, yeah the deathsong sucks for the smaller dragons but it needs to eat, he cant just- get rid of the ones he doesnt like???

-Hookfang smiliesss!!!

Ep 4

-Snotlout hearing ‘need weapons’, immediately doing that evil little grin of his, and fucking /diving/ for hiccups leg

-the the two of them fighting over said leg, only to be saved by astrid from the boars

-what colour r the twins eyes??? Rlly light brown????

-tuff being a theater kid & ruff being done with him

-no bc ruff eyes are blue /what colour r tuffnutts eyes???/

-grey?????

They sorta look grey

-theyre rlly pretty either way but like.. What colour,........

-toothless looking judgemental

-ok the eyes are like- very very light blue with brown chunks near the top

-tuff seems- genuinely really freaked out and no-one believes him and i lowkey feel bad

-astrid is such a fucking edgelord i love her

-look at these nerds with their arts and crafts

-ARE THE EYES GREEN????

Ep 5

-oh god its the thor bonecrusher episode

-no, tuffnutt i have not seen a honey-covered yak on an anthill

-oh gods why

-i love the twins just- randomly being /hella/ intelligent out of nowhere

-“she wants to paralyze you”

“aahh???”

“YES!!!!”

“check that, hypnotize, sorry, she wants to hypnotize you”

“ughhhh, come on”

-snotlout you are a treat

-snotlout is actually fucking staring in awe hes so fucking gay for fake-fishlegs

-I GUESS I CAN DEAL WITH ‘THORS’ BULLSHIT IN RETURN FOR SNOTLOUTS FUCKING FANBOYING HES SO CUTE!! LOOK AT HIM BOUNCING AROUND?!!??

-SIMPLE BLACKSMITH?? DONT DO GOBBER LIKE THAT??

-“was stoics axe” BITCH IF YOU DONT STF-

-snotlout he dissed ur dragon hes a dick i could treat u better baby give me a chanceeeeeee

-“what was snotlout thinking??”

“he wasn’t! he’s in lovee, he’d do anything for his big hunk of bone-crushing loovvveeee” (mockingly)

-gods i love astrid

-i-!??

-HOOKFANG TO THE RESCUE!!!!! :happy:

-poor stoic, rip his axe

-gobber, /why/

-snotlouts one-sided breakup, LMFAO, poor baby

#httyd #httyd rtte #how to train your dragon #race to the edge #how to train your dragon; race to the edge #rtte #snotlout #snotlout jorgenson #so many tags #i spent a lot of time on this #i rly want it to be seen aidueud #i may or may not continue this #it depends #yippinabout

[thetypedwriter]

Chain of Thorns Book Review

Chain of Thorns Book Review by Cassandra Clare 

I don’t know what to say about Chain of Thorns, the Last Hours trilogy, or Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter books that I haven’t already said. At this point, I’ve written a multitude of reviews for her books, ranging from the main series, spin-off trilogies, and side novels. 

The Shadowhunter universe is now so huge and overwhelming that if I stop, I know I’ll never be able to catch up again (or want to, most likely). So I just keep…chugging along.

Chain of Thorns is the third installment of the sequel series to the prequel series (yes, you read that right) and is average on a banal level. I’ve said this for the previous two reviews of the first and second books of the Last Hours trilogy respectively, but this is Cassandra Clare’s worst trilogy by far. 

I’m not going to review aspects of world building, history, background, or even explain very much because at this point, people reading this review have either kept up with Cassandra Clare’s books like I have, or are just reading this review out of curiosity and accepting that they won’t understand any of the details or intricacies I mention, seeing as this book is freaking number twenty in the overall series. 

That being said, Chain of Thorns is a predictable ending to an already hackneyed series. The plot of this book is beyond boring. Belial, one of the princes of Hell, takes over London and makes it his own little slice of Edom on earth. This turns all the humans and downworlders into lifeless puppets. Why is he doing this you might ask? Just…cause. 

I genuinely don’t know. Belial as a villain is atrocious. I get that he’s a demon, but he is comically evil. The way he speaks, his motivations, and his actions are so ridiculous and trite that I could hardly stomach reading scenes with him. Good thing the scenes with him were not until the last 200 pages of the book. 

For a book that’s almost 800 pages, you might be wondering what the first 600 pages are about if they don’t contain Belial, the main adversary. The answer is: character relations. No, really, that’s it. 

The first 600 pages contain Cassandra Clare’s millions of characters interacting, keeping secrets from each other, and generally making themselves miserable for lame, noble reasons that lack finesse or intrigue. 

This character is in love with this character, this character is sad, this character feels guilty, this character feels shame, rinse and repeat. Normally, I’d say that Cassandra Clare’s main strengths are her characters and how she characterizes them. 

However, in Chain of Thorns she spends soooooo much time fleshing out the main characters that the plot is squeezed lifeless. The same events are repeated over and over again so they can be seen from different perspectives, which makes the book a slog to get through, forgoing any kind of significant advancement story-wise. 

Additionally, her characters aren’t interesting. All of the main characters in this series—Cordelia, James, Lucie, Jesse, Ari, Anna, Christopher, Grace, Thomas, Alistair, Matthew, and more, if you can believe it—have been done more thoughtfully in other installments Clare has written. 

Take Christopher for example. I know almost nothing about him except that he’s the inventor-type guy. Clare has already written one of these with Henry from The Infernal Devices and was done better. Emma was a better Cordelia, Will was a better James, Cecily was a better Lucie, Jem was a better Matthew, and on and on it goes. 

None, and I mean none of the characters from this series stood out in any new or notable way. Even the couples from this series are overshadowed by other couples in Clare’s universe. A large reason for this, in my opinion, is because everyone in this goddamn trilogy is too good. 

They’re mind numbingly altruistic. Everyone is selfless, trusting, brave, kind, and inherently accepting. There’s no spice, no nuance, no complexity. The only tension this book has for the first 600 pages are the characters keeping secrets from each other. 

Not because of some malicious reason, oh no, that would be too gripping, but instead because they don’t want to burden the others. Bleh. 

The epic final fight, if you could call it that, lacked any emotional depth, was glaringly obvious in terms of how it would end, and no character of magnitude died, leaving this book without emotional weight or consequences. 

Clare’s writing itself was fine, as usual, as was her world building, but she did have several scenes that seemed to go on and on forever without purpose or reason. 

For example, there are several chapters describing Belial’s London and how horrific it is. We need one of these scenes to get the picture. Two, max, if Clare really wants to drive it home. 

Clare has at least eight scenes describing this hellish London, which is really just the same descriptions repeated multiple times throughout way-too long chapters stretching out barely present and miniscule tension. 

Overall, this is not Cassandra Clare’s best work. The plot and its villains had much to be desired. Her characters, usually her greatest strength, were carbon copies of other characters from her previous series who outshined these characters drastically.

 The novel tried to present too many POV’s, which watered down every protagonist exponentially and their magnanimous personalities made it difficult for me as a reader to connect to them on any kind of human level. 

Recommendation: You don’t need to read this trilogy. Unless you’re a hardcore Cassandra Clare fanatic, this series will offer you nothing that her previous series haven’t given you already. Steer clear unless you’re a completionist and have already spent way too much time reading the Shadowhunter series as a whole and feel obligated to continue. 

Score: 5/10

#chain of thorns #cassandra clare #shadowhunters #the last hours #ya fiction #YA Books #YA literature #book blog #books #book review #favorite books #Book Recommendations #book rec #YA Book Review

[ao3feed-scorbus]

You're a Dingus (A Weasley Cousins Groupchat)

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by mrszoyanazyalensky

A classic Weasley Cousins groupchats pretty much following present day (from when I began it). Birthday wishes, memes, reactions to current events and just overall chaos.

Words: 800, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Thorne & Rowling, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, M/M, Multi

Characters: Teddy Lupin, Victoire Weasley, Dominique Weasley, Louis Weasley, Molly Weasley II, Lucy Weasley, Fred Weasley II, Roxanne Weasley, Rose Weasley, Hugo Weasley, James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, Lily Luna Potter, Scorpius Malfoy

Relationships: Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter, Teddy Lupin/Victoire Weasley

Additional Tags: if the weasley cousins had a groupchat, cousin chaos, weasleys plus the two grandsons of the black sisters, They love each other, Family Drama, Annoying Siblings

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/fQRO57a

#ao3feed #fanfic #scorbus #harrypotter #scorpius #albus

[tahelms85]

Stole this from someone else on a tag.

A book recommended by a librarian Saint X by Alexis Schiatkin

A book that’s been on your TBR list for way too long Wicked by Gregory Maguire

A book of letters Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves

An audiobook The Otto Digmore Difference by Brent Hartinger

A book by a person of color Their Eyes Were Watching God by Toni Morrison

A book with one of the four seasons in the title Suddenly Last Summer and Other Plays by Tennessee Williams

A book that is a story within a story Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

A book with multiple authors The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

An espionage thriller The Davinci Code by Dan Brown

A book with a cat on the cover Pet Sematary by Stephen King

A book by an author who uses a pseudonym The Regulators by Richard Bachman

A bestseller from a genre you don’t normally read Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shatterly

A book by or about a person who has a disability Deaf Utopia by Nyle DiMarco and Robert Siebert

A book involving travel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

A book with a subtitle Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders by Anne E Schwartz

A book that’s published in 2017 Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

A book involving a mythical creature It by Stephen King

A book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

A book about food The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C Morais

A book with career advice One For the Money by Janet Evanovich

A book from a nonhuman perspective The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

A steampunk novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

A book with a red spine Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Harry Potter

A book set in the wilderness Call of the Wild by Jack London

A book you loved as a child The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone

A book by an author from a country you’ve never visited Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

A book with a title that’s a character’s name Coraline by Neil Gaiman

A novel set during wartime The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

A book with an unreliable narrator How's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones

A book with pictures Amelia Bedelia Means Business by Herman Parish

A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

A book about an interesting woman The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

A book set in two different time periods A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

A book with a month or day of the week in the title Mad Hatters and March Hares by Ellen Datlow

A book set in a hotel The Shining by Stephen King

A book written by someone you admire This Time Together by Carol Burnett

A book that’s becoming a movie in 2017 Berlin Syndrome by Melanie Joosten

A book set around a holiday other than Christmas Cupid Strikes…Three Times by Ajme Williams

The first book in a series you haven’t read before A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J Maas

A book you bought on a trip The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

ADVANCED: A book recommended by an author you love One For the Money by Janet Evanovich

A bestseller from 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne

A book with a family-member term in the title A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

A book that takes place over a character’s life span A Prayer For Owen Meaney by John Irving

A book about an immigrant or refugee We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu

A book from a genre/subgenre that you’ve never heard of Dungeons & Drag Queens by Emma Alice Johnson (bizarro fiction)

A book with an eccentric character A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler

A book that’s more than 800 pages The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

A book you got from a used book sale Wicked by Gregory Maguire

A book that’s been mentioned in another book The Outsiders by SE Hinton

A book about a difficult topic Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (OCD)

A book based on mythology The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[paigemh0425]

Timeline of and Theories for Sarah J Maas’s Universe

This is my compilation of information on how all of Maas’s books are connected and some conclusions/theories I drew from the information. 

Please note that all page numbers were taken from hardback versions of the three books from which quotes were taken, so page numbers may not be the same in the paperback versions. 

A Court of Thorns and Roses Series (Prythian)

- The Fae were once ruled by a race called the Daglan who fed on magic and over 15,000 years before the events of ACOTR. The Fae rebelled against their oppressors over 15,000 years prior to ACOTR and become the dominant species.

~ “The Fae were not the first masters of this world. According to our oldest legends, most now forgotten, we were created by beings who were near-gods – and monsters. The Daglan. They ruled for millennia, and enslaved us and the humans. They were petty and cruel and drank the magic of the land like wine” (Maas, ACOSF, 554)

- There were hints that there were four items in the Dread Trove in ACOSF

~ “A fourth object lay on the altar, veiled in shadow. But she couldn’t make out more than a gleam of age worn bone -” (Maas, ACOSF, 548)

- The sword Gwydion disappeared around the same time as the Dread Trove, about 15,000 years prior to ACOTR

~ ““No one has been able to create a magic sword in more than ten thousand years,” Amren said. “The last one Made, the great blade Gwydion, vanished around the time the last of the Trove went missing” (Maas, ACOSF, 443)

- Gwydion was lost due to the machinations of the High King’s wife and top general

~ “It had belonged to a true Fae High King in Prythian, as there had been in Hybern. He had united the lands, its people – and for a while, with that sword, peace had reigned. Until he had been betrayed by his own queen and fiercest general, and lost the sword to them, and the lands fell into darkness once more” (Maas, ACOSF, 443)

~ ACOSF 554-555

- The island that holds the Prison was mentioned in A Courst of Mist and Fury as possibly being an eighth court before the Prison was put there. 

- During the events of A Court of Silver Flames, a red shooting star appears on Starfall. Feyre and Rhysand act a bit strange after seeing it

~ “The mood hadn’t been helped by a rare red star blasting across the sky one day - an ill omen, Nesta had heard the priestesses muttering. Cassian reported that even Rhys had been rattled by it, seeming unusually contemplative afterward” (Maas, ACOSF, 634)

Throne of Glass Series (Erilea)

- Blood oaths are sworn by drinking the blood of the one you wish to swear to. As a result their will becomes your own and you can’t disobey, only delay, otherwise you die. 

~ Connal’s suicide in Kingdom of Ash

~ Fenrys’s near death when he broke the blood oath in Kindgom of Ash

~ Fenrys and Gavriel’s hunting and attempted assasination of Lorcan

- At the end of Kingdom of Ash, Aelin travels through multiple realms while trying to get back to her own after sending the gods back to their home planet

- Two that she passes through are Midgard (Crescent City) and Prythian (ACOTR).

~ “She passed through a world where a great city had been built along the curve of a river, the buildings impossibly tall and glimmering with lights” (Maas, KoA 800)

~ “She passed through a world of snowcapped mountains ... But it slowed her. That winged male’s power slowed her, just enough” (Maas, KoA, 800 - 801)

Crescent City Series (Midgard)

- All of the Vanir originated on different planets and that they colonized Midgard 15000 years ago

- The shifters are actually Fae that have an animal form

~ “The Midgard shifter were Fae from a different planet. All the Fae in that world shared their form with an animal” (Maas, HoSaB, 762)

- Tharion drank the blood of the Viper Queen to get away from the River Queen

- The Asteri used to rule the Fae of Midgard on their home planet but were usurped 1000 years before Midgard’s colonization, 

- The winged races of that original world were angel prototypes

~ “Your ancestors wielded the Horn and another Fae object that allowed them to enter this world. Stolen, of course, from their original masters - our people. Our people, who built fearsome warriors in that world to be their army. All of them prototypes for the angels in this one. And all of them traitors to their creators, joining the Fae to overthrow my brothers and sisters a thousand years before we arrived in Midgard” (Maas, HoSaB, 761)

- The land the Midgardian Fae hail from is described as very similar to Prythian

~ “Not your kind of Fae of course - your breed swelled in a lovely, verdant land, rich with magic. If it’s of any interest to you, your Starborn bloodline specifically hailed from a small isle. a few miles from the mainland. And while the mainland had all manner of climes, the isle existed in beautiful, near-permanent twilight” (Maas 762)

- It is possible to travel to different worlds with the Horn 

- The Starsword is Gwydion

~ “The knife could have been the twin of the Starsword: black hilted and bladed. It was its twin. The Starsword began to hum within its sheath, glittering white light leaking from where leather met the dark hilt. The dagger - The male dropped the dagger to the plush carpet. All of them retreated as it flared with dark light, as if in answer. Alpha and Omega. “Gwydion,” the dark-haired female whispered, indicating the Starsword” (Maas, HoSaB, 796)

Conclusions/Theories

- The Fae of Midgard are descended from the Fae of Prythian that travelled to Midgard 15,000 years prior to the events of ACOTR, 1,000 years after overthrowing the Aster/Daglani.

- The Starborn Fae are descendants of Night Court High Fae or Fae from the possible eigth court mentioned in ACOMF.

- Luna’s Horn is the fourth object in the Dread Trove

- The queen and general that stole Gwydion and killed the Fae High King was Prince Pelias and Queen Theia, and they brought Luna’s Horn and some of their people to Midgard when given the opportunity by the Asteri/Daglan

- The Midgardian Fae prophecy about greatness/victory for the Fae when sword and dagger are reunited refers to the Starsword/Gwydion and Truth Teller, Azriel’s dagger

- The Shifters of Midgard are descendants of Fae originally from Erilea that crossed over 15,000 years prior to the events of Throne of Glass. Note that this is 14,000 years before the first wars between the Valg and the Fae

- Tharion swore a blood oath to the Viper Queen.

- The events of A Court of Silver Flames and Kingdom of Ash occur within the same year.

#house of sky and breath #a court of thorns and roses #kingdom of ash #sarah j maas

[missdawnandherdusk]

Will You Go With Me?

Neville X Reader

Summary: Ginny turns Neville’s proposal to the Yule Ball, and you go to comfort him finding yourself in quite a situation.

A/n: I have no idea where this came from but boy is it PRECIOUS. It’s soft and fluffy and cute and Neville is just the best. It’s just a drabble so about 1k words, but so precious. 

I was in the common room curled up with a book when I watched the events unfold before me and there was nothing that I wanted more than to curl up in my book and to not witness them.

“So, Ginny,” Neville dared to approach the fiery redhead, “I was thinking that maybe, you know that if you’re uh, not going to the Ball... with anyone yet, maybe that possibly you and I could go... maybe?” Stumbling over his words, he as flushed to the color of her hair, presenting a flower that he had no doubt grown himself. The tangible awkwardness could be cut with a knife.

“Wow,” Ginny stood, flustered. “That’s... totally sweet of you. But uh... someone else already asked me, sorry,” She left quickly after that and Neville sank down to the nearest couch, twirling the flower between his fingers.

I got up, setting my book down. Neville and I never really talked before. He was in some of my classes and when we were paired together, he’d keep his head down and barely say a word. I left something to be desired.

“Hey Neville,” I approached slowly. 

“Sorry I’ll move,” He stood immediately.

“No, wait, hang on,” I reached out for him. “Sit,” I gestured as we both took our place. I... um, just wanted to say that I saw what happened with Ginny and I think it was totally unfair,” His unsteady hazel eyes flashed to mine. “Any girl in the school would be lucky to go to the Ball with a guy as nice as you,” I offered a smile and stood.

“Really? You mean that?” He looked hopeful.

“I do,” I went to go back to my book. To be fair I should have seen it coming.

“Will you go with me?” He offered his flower out, catching me off guard. He asked again. “Will you go to the Ball with me?”

“...Yes.” With a hesitant smile I took the flower he offered.

“Awesome,” The light shining in his eyes was something that I couldn’t dare take away. “I’ll uh... pick you up at six?” I nodded and he left the common room leaving me to my thoughts.

To tell the truth, I never planned on going with anyone to the Ball. I had a few friends who were going, and we were going as a crew. It was easy and nothing to stress about. I looked at the flower in my hands and smiled to myself. Maybe it wouldn’t be so awful to go with Neville. I just didn’t know anything about him.

“Oh, thank Merlin,” Ginny rushed back into the common room. “I’m so glad you said yes. I felt just awful,”

“I... yeah. It’ll be fun,” I smiled. “Neville is a sweet guy,”

It was the next day that I ran into a dilemma McLaggen in the common room. The Gryffindor Seeker had no insecurity as he walked up to me amidst the other students. It had been no secret that McLaggen had been trying to initiate something with me over the past few years. If he wasn’t so egotistical and bigoted, I might have said yes.

“So, Y/l/n,” He grinned. “Go to the ball with me,” He didn’t make it a question. 

“Oh, uh, someone already asked me,” I gave.

“Who? Longbottom?” He laughed. “You can’t be serious. Ditch the nerd and go with a real man,”

From across the room my eyes met Neville’s. In despair, he shook his head and left the common room like a bat out of hell. My heart fell, clearly distracted.

“I doubt that’s you,” I snapped. “Keep dreaming McLaggen. At least Neville was a gentleman when he asked.” I pushed past him and the ruffling that out little scene caused in the common room and went to look for Neville.

The corridor was empty. Looking to the left and right, the cold night gave no answer as to which way Neville went. Muttering to myself, I took a chance of where he might be. Maybe I knew something about him after all.

“Neville?” I asked the greenhouse softly. “Are you in here?”

There was a rustling in the corner. A stool scraping against the tile floor.

“Neville, I want to talk,” I pleaded, making my way over to the sound. I found him hunched over a notebook, focused on the lines his pencil made.

“You want to go with McLaggen,” He didn’t look up. “I get it,”

“No,” I corrected. “Even if I did want to go with the sleaze ball,” I muttered offhand. “I still made the promise to you, and I’m not going to break that promise,”

He finally looked up.

“Really?” He seemed genuinely surprised.

“Yeah,” I smiled, taking the seat beside him. “You have to give yourself some more credit Neville. You really are a sweet guy,”

“You barely know me,” He mumble.

“Yeah... I thought that too. But I found you here didn’t I? That’s gotta count for something,”

“I suppose it does,” Neville smiled up at me. “You really turned McLaggen down?”

“Yes,” I laughed, gaze falling and catching sight of his paper. “Did you draw this?” I was amazed. It was a perfect replica of the flower he had given me.

“Uh, uh, yes,” He stammered, growing red.

“Can I see it?” I asked, raising an eyebrow, delighting in how flustered he always got. He slid the paper toward me, bashful.

“This is incredible,” I ran my finger over the sketch. “What kind of flower is it? The one you gave me? I’m not very good at plant names unless they’re the common ones,” I admitted.

“Anemone coronaria,” Neville said matter-of-factly. “It originates from the Mediterranean and its name comes from the Greek meaning wind. They come in a lot of colors based on what soil you use, I’m partial to the white ones, but that’s just...me.” He caught my eye as he ended, growing flustered again. “Sorry I tend to rant. I know plants aren’t all that interesting,”

“I think they are,” I reached out and covered his hand with my own. “Neville?” His eyes met mine, “Will you go to the Ball with me?”

“Wh—I—okay,” He stammered, grinning at his lap. “I’d love to,”

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[amysteryspot]

Masterlist

- Check out the rules before requesting something and and the list of fandoms and characters I’m currently writing for;

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- "x” means a romantic relationship (Thomas Shelby x Reader) and “&” means a platonic relationship (Ada Thorne & Reader)

- Recommendation of other writer’s work can be found under the “fic rec” tag or on my sideblog @mysterysbookshelf;

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Peaky Blinders

Thomas Shelby || John Shelby || Alfie Solomons || Michael Gray

Supernatural

Dean Winchester

Sons of Anarchy

Jax Teller

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Bridgerton

Anthony Bridgerton

Criminal Minds

Spencer Reid

Cillian Murphy’s Characters

Lenny Miller || Robert Fischer

Chicago PD

Jay Halstead

Top Gun: Maverick

Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw || Jake “Hangman” Seresin

Events and other stuff

The hunt has just begun (crossover between Supernatural and Peaky Blinders) || Kinktober 2020 [NSFW/+18] || 300 Followers Celebration || 500 Followers Celebration || 800 + B-Day Celebration || #mysterycelebrates1k

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[omgreading]

July 2020 Wrap-up

I read 14 books in July. I powered through Sarah J. Maas’s ACOTAR and KOA series, and that was the bulk of my reading. Again, I only read books I owned this month. 

I didn’t read the book club pick this month because I was so focused on the series. I just barely got in my non-fiction read. 

July Reads: 

Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before #3) by Jenny Han [★★★★☆]

A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★☆☆]

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★☆]

Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

The Assassin’s Blade (Throne of Glass #0.1-#0.5) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6) by Sarah J. Maas [★★★★★]

Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin [★★★★★]

Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas

I would say that out of the series, Kingdom of Ash was my favorite because it had some of the most poignant moments for me. I always love the feels.

However, I think Born Standing Up might have been my favorite of the month. I was surprised by how much I liked it. I just grabbed a super short non-fiction book off my shelf to get it in for the month, but I loved it.  I might have loved it so much and remember it so fondly because it was a big break from all that fantasy. 

A big reason I powered through the two series in July was because of the book club I am in, Bookclub of Mirth. They host it on Discord, and I absolutely love the group and the folks in it. They are all big SJM fans and almost all of them have read all of her books. So, when I started the series, I hopped into the chats of each series and live blogged my reading to them. It was so much fun having that interaction and being able to discuss my feelings while reading with others. I don’t know if I would have read the series as fast if I didn’t have the group to talk to. I am sure I wouldn’t have read the series at all if I hadn’t joined the group last year. 

Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life went towards my 2020 Goal for the TBRBuster challenge made by @bookbandit of reading one nonfiction book a month I’ve owned a year or longer.

Overall Goals Check-in

Read 30 minutes a day [213/366]

Read 100 books [71/100]

Read 10 books that have been on my shelves for more than a year [7/10]

Become more active in the booklr community (not this month)

Read one book that is a 1,000 pages or more

Complete one series I’ve already started (A Series of Unfortunate Events, The African Trilogy, Heroes of Olympus, Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children)

Write in my journal every day, even if it is only one sentence [213/366]

TBRBuster Check-in:

all books have to be owned for a year or longer at the time of reading

Read one nonfiction book a month, these do not count towards yearly goal [7/12]

Read one book I own by J. R. R. Tolkien

Read one book that is 800+pages

Read one book that is more than a 100 years old

Read one book written in or before the 16th century

July has been my biggest reading month this year. I read 15 books in January, but the amount of pages and hours spent reading were way beyond what I did in January. It was a lot of fun to get so wrapped up in fantasy and to experience the series that many people on booklr have, and all the fun I had in my bookclub. 

My check-in info is as of 7/31 so it only contains things for July

#booklr #bookblr #bibliophile #bookbanditchallenge #bookworm #tbrbusterchallenge #wrapup #julywrapup #2020goalsupdate #long post #text #omgposts #sjm #might as well call this my SJM month

[carewyncromwell]

Oh wow, you had to room with Lockhart? I heard the guy not only burnt his name onto the quidditch pitch, but he also sent himself 800 valentines one Valentines day. Also, whats up with the nickname Pip?

[Oh great, you brought up his roommate. A vein throbs unpleasantly in Jacob’s temple.]

“That brainless putz also got it into his thick head once to try to start his own school newspaper, just so he could see his name in print. Don’t really know why that would’ve been remarkable, though, given that he’d already tagged the bloody Quidditch pitch previously.”

Makes me almost glad I never introduced Pip to any of my classmates, while I was at school -- no way in Hell would I want that toothy prat anywhere near my sister...

[The mention of Carewyn, however, brightens up Jacob’s expression almost instantly..]

“(laughs) It’s short for ‘Pipsqueak’...‘cause Carewyn’s always been so small. Or at least, that’s what I tell people, when they ask. There’s actually another reason, but...well, that one takes a bit more explanation...”

[Sensing that the asker did, in fact, want that explanation, Jacob’s expression becomes a bit more serious, less off-hand and cocky. His eyes drift away, as was common when he was thinking, and his smile softens visibly.]

“...About a year after Pip was born...one of my teachers had assigned our class to memorize different poems, so we could recite them from memory in front of the class that next week. I’d sort of been seen as a trouble-making punk back then, ‘cause I’d cast magic by accident...and well, that teacher in particular really hated me for that. So I kind of tried to stick it to her by talking back and ignoring her during class. Because of me acting out, though, that teacher decided to call Mum and my old man and told them to make sure I was practicing that poem for class. So old Pops got it in his head to force me to recite my poem twenty times every day after school before I’d be allowed to do anything else. Mum didn’t love the idea, but she tried to soften it by encouraging me to read my poem aloud to Carewyn. I’d liked talking to Carewyn a lot, even back then -- even if she was just a tot, she always listened, even if I know she didn’t understand a thing I was saying...and well, considering how our old man completely ignored her so much of the time...I really wanted her to feel included, and important, you know? Even if she didn’t understand... So every day after school, I went straight to Carewyn’s nursery, and read her my poem.”

[His lips spread into a very small smile, and his blue eyes glint with the gentlest, most affectionate kind of nostalgia.]

“...‘The year’s at the spring, And day’s at the morn; Morning’s at seven; The hill-side’s dew-pearled; The lark’s on the wing; The snail’s on the thorn; God’s in His heaven -- All’s right with the world!’”

[Even after all these years, he recalls the poem perfectly. His smile grows that little bit more, showing teeth.]

“...The poem was from the play Pippa Passes by Robert Browning. It’s sung by a little girl named Pippa, and in the play, her song inspires everyone around her to be better people. Not long after that, Carewyn started trying to talk...and even when she was talking, it sounded like she was singing -- very shrilly and off-pitch, but still singing!”

[Jacob laughs fully.]

“So I started teasing her when I’d talk to her. ‘Singing your song again, Pippa?’ ‘Is it morning, Pippa? ‘Is all right with the world, Pippa?’ Eventually it devolved into just ‘Pip.’ ‘Pip’ this, ‘Pip’ that. And honestly, ‘Pipsqueak’ was an easier explanation -- didn’t sound quite so silly, you know...”

[Jacob chuckles more lowly, the laughter deepening and softening as his eyes gain a sadder glint. His own, childish voice echoes over and over in his ears.

“Is all right with the world, Pippa?”]

“...I guess in a weird way...Carewyn’s sort of become Pippa, as she’s grown up...inspiring everyone she meets.”

((OOC: Why no, Jacob C is not aware of the whole Valentine’s Day event and how Lockhart modified his little sister’s memory. I daresay if he ever found out, he’d want to beat Lockhart within an inch of his life. XDDDD))

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Alright if you're still having trouble with the Under Tides EX stages, I've got some tips for you!

First off, fuck these guys. Reapers are the single biggest threat of this event. The nerve damage they inflict per second around them is insanely fast (too fast for the bell to heal off!) And their defensive stats are huge, with 25k HP, 800 DEF, and a jawdropping 75 RES. The only things on your side are that they need to be woken up with damage first, they're not very heavy, and they damage themselves while they're awake.

For very obvious reasons, dealing with these enemies from long range is preferred. Ash is the standout here, as her S2's flashbang keeps them stunned in place while she bursts them down with her R4C. Nourished Reapers have significantly more HP though, so you will need to back Ash up by keeping the stun going with the likes of W, Texas, or Projekt Red (any ranged stun will do)

Fun fact, Reapers still lose HP while sleeping, making Kafka their biggest counter. Wake them up from range, immediately put them back to sleep with Kafka, keep Kafka blocking them after her skill finishes until she's inevitably stunned from nerve damage, then retreat her. You would have burned off a ton of their health. Sora can put enemies to sleep from range too, but it's a little wonky to try with the level layouts. Great backup plan though!

Since they're relative lightweights (they have a weight of 2), you can simply pull or push Reapers around to keep them from getting in range of your operators while buying time for their self-damage to kill them. Just be sure your shifting force is set to Moderate or better!

Special shoutout goes to Robin, whose traps can bind or push Reapers around and force them to waste a lot of precious time. Using Robin to deal with them can be a little micromanagement intensive, but seriously use Robin if you have her raised she makes life hell for them.

Crawlers are the second biggest threat of this event. They don't attack by themselves, but the AOE arts damage and nerve damage they put out from losing HP can destroy entire groups of operators if you deal too much burst damage too quickly. They do however, stop pumping out Arts and Nerve damage when they reach very low health (roughly around 15% HP left? Im eyeballing this), in which case they can be disposed of safely.

If you want to burst these guys, do it from a 3 tile or longer range. Snipers like Exusiai and Ash do the trick, but a special shoutout goes to the dualstrike guard Tachanka. At E2, Tachanka's attack range is just far enough that he can hit them while being one tile out of range of their AOE damage, while his S2 is strong enough to nuke a Crawler to death from nearly full health (and fast enough to kill them before they cross said tile). Other ranged guards like Thorns, Lappland, and Silverash can't burst their HP fast enough before the Crawlers get in range, so have Gravel ready to block them.

While she can't block the damage and stun from taking too much Nerve damage, Nightingale can block the AOE arts damage they emit. Use her if you got her, she's a lifesaver.

Let's not beat around the bush. You WILL take too much Nerve damage and get stunned. It's just going to happen. Halving the stun time with status resistance will go a long way towards making life easier for you when up against multiple crawlers. I recommend Whisperain, due to hee long range and S2's increased attack speed.

Crawlers by themselves are easy, Crawlers backed up by a swarm of other enemies inflicting Nerve damage and attempting to rush your defenses become extremely dangerous. I really recommend using fast redeploys to try to stall Crawlers and seperate them from the other mobs so you can deal with them later.

Untargetable operators won't eat the AOE arts damage. I have no idea if this means Firewatch, April, and Heavyrain's camoflauge gives you free reign to beat these guys up (someone test that for me?) But I HAVE tested it with Ch'en and Ch'en S3 can go apeshit on Crawlers without taking any damage. This also means Guard Amiya S2 can do it too (though Amiya can only do it once).

The First to Talk is also the Least To Worry About among the three major enemy types in Under Tides. Once you realize they're just a very high HP mook with poor defensive stats and an annoying stun attack, you can bait him hard with Gravel and beat his face in through any method of your choice.

TFTT is unable to be silenced, probably because they're the first seaborn to learn human speech and shushing them would be rude. Stuns and sleep work just fine on them though, so if you're planning in CCing TFFT, you know who to pick.

TFTT 's biggest danger is stunning your frontline with their ability while becoming invincible to all attacks and status effects, letting other mooks bypass your defenses. With a low cooldown of only 10 seconds, they will spam this rather often. The solution is to simply drop Gravel on this fucker. They can't resist wasting their stun on Gravel, leaving your other operators free to clean up the trash mobs and wait for TFFT to finish channeling before beating them up.

TFFT has only 20 RES, meaning any Arts damage that happens to whiff in their direction will have them screaming witchcraft. If you really just don't want to deal with this guy, nuke 'em.

And now tips for the stages

EX-4

Fuck this stage. Fuck this so hard. This was the second hardest time I had in the event.

Leave two regenerating Operators to block the portals on the left and right side. It'll alleviate the pressure your midlane faces and slow down the inevitable multi-Crawler assault that happens at the end of the stage, while being far enough from affecting your ranged Operators. I really liked using Vulcan here with her S1. She doesnt do enough damage to nuke the Crawler and die, but her very high ATK means she can take out the mooks that come into the lane in a respectable amount of time.

Ranged guards. Ranged damage. Shooting wins in this stage. Use Tachanka (you got him for free!) Use Thorns or Lappland or Silverash or mines/traps, just do what it takes to whittle Crawlers down before they murder your entire frontline.

EX-5

Remember how I said Reapers are relative lightweights? Use a puller with Moderately strong pull strength aimed directly over the red gate where the Reapers spawn from. You'll spawncamp them and have a good time.

To meme on TFFT, place Weedy with S3 equipped on the bottom right corner of the stage facing left, towards the hole. When TFFT spawns, place Weedy's cannon directly in front of her, also facing left towards the hole. Hose TFFT down, not even their 4 weight levels can save them from the double push Weedy has.

The left gate becomes a nightmare as an ungodly swarm of creatures and at least one Reaper spawns to attempt to overwhelm your defenses. You have many options here, but my advice is to block as few enemies as possible, as getting stunned just once will lose the whole map. Use Ethan and Manticore to chomp through the waves without taking Nerve damage, AOE casters with CC at the bottom left to try to crowd control the very big crowd (Dusk and Mostima preferrable, but Skyfire works too if the enemies are significantly slowed) or supporters like Suzuran or Earthspirit with AOE slows. Saria's S3 works too!

The one Reaper that spawns in the left is your biggest challenge, but if you use my Kafka / sleep tip you can deal with him easy. If you dont have access to sleep, bring out the big DPS.

See that little spot in the left between the top lane and middle lane? Perfect place to put a ranged guard. Thorns is perfect as always, but don't underestimate how easy Silverash can deal with the horde + Reaper with a properly timed schwing schwing

EX-6

Fuck. Just. Just fuck.

Drop a fast redeploy in the middle to deal with the robot if you want to get the medal, since you can't ring the bell more than once.

You can still get the medal by activating the bell once and then never turning it off. Immediately take control of the right side of the map and make use of the bell before you kill the robot.

Tachanka left side facing up in that long corridor to nuke opponents coming down you will thank me later.

Right side is... Oof. Get your strongest sniper and face left, overlooking the spot enemies will walk out of. Have a medic covering them. Have a ranged guard facing the same way. You will need to kill the Crawlers before they get in range. Good luck.

If two Reapers reach you at the same time, you will take so much Nerve damage you'll die before you can react. Either wake them up one at a time, or wake up two at a time and throw ALL the CC at them. DO NOT WAKE UP ALL 4 AT ONCE THINKING YOU CAN USE SURTR TO SPAWNCAMP.

Robin is amazing in this stage.

TFFT will attack the left side. Unfortunately for them, you parked a big gun there. A big gun that outranges their stun ability.

EX-7

Kill the robot as it leaves the gate, don't let it reach the bell if you want your medal.

This stage is Crawler heaven. No point on the map is safe from them. Instead, you will need to distribute your own damage output so you survive the Arts and not get blown up immediately. Since you're not using the bell, you WILL get stunned, so have those fast redeploys and status resistance ready.

TFFT is at their most dangerous on this stage since they take portal and attack so close to your gate, while also spawning three speedy sea critters to try to run into your gate while your defensive line is stunned. Additionally, Crawlers spawn from the same gate and take the same portal, discouraging you from using powerful DPS options there. Do not play this sick game. Use nuker operators like Ch'en, but do not activate their skills on the Crawlers. Wait for TFFT to spawn, bait their stun with Gravel, and then destroy them ASAP.

The challenge version lets you use the bell, opening a few options.

I really really like Vulcan on the challenge version of this stage defending the top lane with S1. She's the rarest operator in the game along with Indra so I don't recommend this as a real tip, but if you want a way to stall Crawlers she's actually pretty decent.

Just be grateful it's not EX-6.

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Back in the early 90s, I got a gig working as a front-of-house sound engineer on a major 10-day music and arts festival in London’s Docklands with some fifteen stages dotted all around the waterfront. All of the crew working the stages were either experienced theatre techs, and/or had loads of experience working major outside events, which is the reason we were hired. As an aside, this festival was to celebrate the culmination of a massive investment in the redevelopment of this area of East London, itself the former site of one of the largest dock complexes in the world.

I was tasked with running FOH sound on one of the largest stages. Normally, events like this are loads of fun to work but within two days it became apparent that the organisers had 1), no idea of how to run major outside events and 2), had not the faintest idea of how to book acts and schedule same. In particular, we also had to contend with some woman from Docklands' middle management team who had been given the job of "overseeing" our particular stage, a person who not only had rapidly proved to be totally ignorant of any aspect of managing outside events, but also someone for whom the word "entitled" had been invented.

Our stage was licensed to run events from midday until 10:00pm but we rarely had a full day’s-worth of events for punters to enjoy, due to the aforementioned incompetence with booking. Still, not our problem—we'll just work with what’s given us.

On the Thursday, we had scheduled an evening of old-time Victorian music hall which featured, as a special guest, a very famous film and TV actress. Her performance rider required a grand piano. For some unfathomable reason (and again due to the incompetence of the organisers), the piano—a full-size Yamaha concert grand—arrived from the hire company on the Tuesday. This was a remarkably stupid idea for any number of reasons: due to operational considerations, we had to store the piano in the backstage area where it spent two days suffering in the heat of the day despite our best efforts to shield it.

As any piano technician/tuner will tell you, this is An Extremely Bad Idea, especially with an instrument worth close to £100,000. Almost as bad was the fact that our area was little more than a roughly-graded building site: the ground was covered in hard-core rubble fragments around the size of hen’s eggs (very uncomfortable to walk around on, even with proper work boots), which also kicked up loads of dust and other detritus—not the sort of crap you want floating about gumming up the works of a very expensive concert grand!

Now let me properly set the scene: it’s mid-summer, very hot, and our venue is a large circus-style tent with around 800-seat capacity. The cast of the show, along with our august star, were due to turn up at around 1:00pm to conduct a production rehearsal so we could sort out sound and lighting cues for the show.

The main cast duly turn up on time, and we start sorting out their technical requirements (pretty simple and nothing that we’re not used to). At about 1:30pm, our star turns up sporting dark glasses and an immaculate couture. As anyone who’s worked in this industry knows, the initial interaction with a major A-list star vis-à-vis their technical requirements can go one of two ways: full-monty diva, or let’s go with what we have.

Her first demand was that the piano be dropped off the front of the stage so that she could maintain an eye-line whilst standing right downstage, both with her pianist and with the audience. The stage was about 4.5 feet above ground level and would have required at least eight burly lads to safely shift a full-size concert grand off the deck. Also not a good idea since it had been tuned that morning and moving it would have almost certainly caused the tuning to go out of whack.

I delicately pointed out that doing so would be in direct violation of both health and safety, and fire regulations—as per our written policy—as it would have put the piano in both the fire lane and close to one of the primary emergency exits from the venue. Thinking rapidly, I then suggested that we place the piano as far downstage as physically possible, and that she page herself three or four feet upstage so that she could still glance over and take cues from her MD whilst still “taking in” the audience.

The tension was palpable: after a few seconds consideration she replied, “No problem, I can work with that.” Phew!! No sooner than this crisis had been averted than the Docklands rep rocked up. I remind you, gentle reader, that this person had absolutely zero knowledge about how to run an outside event.

She had also been a major thorn in our side for the previous week, trying to micro-manage proceedings in the venue in order to big herself up in front of her bosses: we, of course, completely ignored her “suggestions” but in such a way as made her think she was in charge—trust me, she wasn’t! She had also been inexcusably rude to virtually every single member of the crew from Day One, and had over the days previous reduced several of them to tears. Production crews don’t take kindly to our own being treated in such a cavalier fashion, and while we’re generally fairly thick-skinned, there comes point where we want to get our own back. Believe me, after a week of constant abuse, we were coming up with creative ways of disposing of the body.

Although we didn’t realise I at the time, our saviour was at hand…but I digress…

Obviously star-struck, she announced in gushing tones that she would be taking personal charge of our star’s every need and that we were not to concern ourselves with that aspect: indeed, we were to “keep our place” as we were only the hired help. Our stage manager, who was at that time sweeping the stage, bridled at the suggestion and made as if to use his broom to beat the brains out of this woman. I had to step in front of him as unobtrusively as possible and stop him from burying the woman right there and then—“she ain’t worth it, mate.”

She then swanned off, leaving our star slack-jawed in amazement. She then turned to me and said, “Is that fucking woman for real?” I replied: “Darling, you have NO idea!”, at which point she laughed uproariously. I gave our star a brief summary of the previous few days' farrago and instantly, she became one of us and from then on we were all on first-name terms.

We then ran a full tech rehearsal from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, sorted out all our cues and then repaired to the beer tent with the cast for a spot of late lunch and a drink or two.

The show was scheduled to kick off at 7:30pm. At around 6:00pm, The Harridan reappeared to overlook the situation. She noticed that we had all the sides of the tent raised in order to get some air flowing through—remember it’s mid-summer and it’s currently low to mid 80s. She then demanded that all of the tent flaps be lowered because she wanted a more “theatre” atmosphere and the light spilling through the side walls would spoil the effect. Despite pointing out that dropping the tent sides would significantly raise the temperature in the venue, she demanded the sides be dropped, so despite our earnest advice to the contrary, we reluctantly complied.

At around 7:00pm, we saw eight 50-seat coaches arrive. To our amazement, out from the coaches came an entire flotilla of old-age pensioners, many on Zimmer frames, who proceeded to shuffle their way into the tent across the hard-core rubble underfoot. We discovered later that the organisers had forgotten to advertise the event anywhere (seriously??) and in desperation, had gone around to all the local Darby & Joan clubs a couple of days before handing out free tickets and laying on transport in order to have an audience.

So now we have 400-odd OAPs frantically fanning themselves with anything to hand as the temperature climbs ever higher. We start the show: everything’s going fine but the mercury in the thermometer I have strapped to the FOH rack is slowly going up and up: it’s so hot up at the sound desk that I’m down to my shorts!

By the end of Act 1, the temperature has gotten up to around 94°F and one could clearly see the old dears are in a bit of distress. Naturally, the organisers had neglected to provide water for the public, and judging by the horrified expressions of the two St John’s Ambulance first-aiders stationed either side of the stage, things were about to get a lot worse. I climbed off the tower, found the rigging crew and ordered the sides of the tent raised. No sooner had I done so than “our friend” standing nearby demanded that the sides stay down because "she was in charge" and "...her instructions were to be followed absolutely, no questions!"

It was at this juncture that diplomacy went completely out of the window. I informed her in no uncertain terms (and employing a fair amount of Anglo-Saxon vernacular) that it was in fact the crew who had the responsibility of ensuring the health and safety of all the people in the venue, not her, and that we have the legal authority to enact ANY procedure that we see fit at ANY time to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone present. I then informed her that I was now exercising my authority under The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 to remediate the situation, and that if she made one single attempt to circumvent that authority, I would have her ejected from the venue without hesitation. She then got in my face and screamed, “I’M IN CHARGE!”. No strike one, no strike two, instant strike three!

I glanced over at two of our security crew who had been hovering in the background with huge shit-eating grins on their faces, who then stepped up either side of her. Defeated, but complaining like a banshee with a terminal case of haemorrhoids, she was escorted off the premises in short order.

By the time Act 2 kicked off, we’d gotten the temperature down to a more manageable low 70ºF, much to the appreciation of our audience, and the rest of the show went off without a hitch.

After the show, cast and crew—including our august star—repaired to the bar for a well-earned drink. Moments later, you-know-who appeared and in imperious tones informed us that our star was to be the guest of honour at a VIP reception for the various Docklands' bigwigs. With a tinge of regret for having our fun curtailed prematurely, we said our goodbyes to our star.

Now it gets interesting!

Not ten minutes later, she storms back into the beer tent with a face like absolute thunder. Taken somewhat aback by her reappearance, we enquired as to why she had returned.

“That fucking woman! She drags me off to this so-called ‘VIP party’: I get there and all that’s there are two fucking plates of curled-up ham sandwiches and two fucking boxes of cheap wine from Sainsburys! How the holy fuck did she get this job?

“I gave her a right bloody earful and came back here because I’d much rather drink with you guys!”

At which point she calls the barman over and orders a round for the entire crew. We spend the rest of the evening chatting away like old friends: she regaled us with stories of her life, and she was gracious enough to listen to some of ours. Despite us trying to buy her a drink, she refused point-blank and picked up the entire bar tab for the rest of the evening on the basis that “…you’ve had to put up with that fucking evil bitch all week: the least I can do get you folks a drink!”

All good things must come to an end and at the end of the evening, her chauffeur turns up to take her home. She embraces all of us as old friends: she hugs me, plants a big kiss on my lips and thanks me, whereupon I comment, “you have just fulfilled a boyhood dream!” Again, that uproarious laugh! She looks at me and says, “Don’t let that fucking bitch get you down! Leave it to me…”

I later discovered through the back-channels some weeks later that our bête-noir had been fired from her five-figure job for her monstrous screw-up, primarily because our star’s agent had ripped the organisers a new one in very short order; you do NOT fuck with someone of our star’s track record without there being consequences. So, although we were not directly responsible for The Harridan’s demise, we were gratified to have someone of our star’s calibre standing up for us.

Revenge is a dish best served cold!

Edit: corrected °C for °F.

(source) story by (/u/GhostOfSorabji)

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