#SUPER EXCITED!!!

[thespoliarium]

ANNOUNCEMENT!

Hello, everyone! As you may all know, I have been quite noisy about this, but I have been writing a book. I am finally happy to present to you the title of the book...

"The Tired Red Swans: A Secret Love Story from Soviet Russia."

What's it all about? Well...

"USSR, 1931: Irina Shulzhenko was chosen by General Secretary Joseph Stalin to be the governess of his children, when she meets Vyacheslav Molotov, who was the 3rd Premier of the Soviet Union. Amused by each other, the two became friends and later became lovers. A story of love, lust, power, politics, and communism, witness one of the controversial yet legendary love stories hidden for years in Soviet Russia." Whoa!

Disclaimer: The author deeply condemns Stalin’s atrocities, and hopes it never happen again. The casting here would be as is from Armando Iannucci’s movie The Death of Stalin (2017), although it closely follows the real-life chronology of events.

So, who are the characters? Well, most of them are Soviet figures like: Molotov, Stalin, Khrushchev, Beria, Zhukov, Bulganin, Malenkov, Mikoyan, Kaganovich, Svetlana and Vasily, and some more!

But our main character is a woman, and her name is Irina Shulzhenko!

Irina Shulzhenko is the main character of TTRS. She is the governess to Stalin's children, Molotov's secretary, once Foreign Minister and Soviet Ambassador to the UK. She is played by none other than Lara Fabian!

More details? Okay! It's got 50K+ words, and 36 chapters. I worked on it for like 2 months, while balancing schoolwork. Whoa, juggler!

This will be released on Archive of Our Own, next Saturday, June 10, 2023! Mark your calendars! I will shamelessly promote this so bear with me.

I'll post the link once it is all done!

And here's the playlist!

#viv writes #the tired red swans #wip #viv's post #vyacheslav molotov #joseph stalin #nikita khrushchev #lavrentiy beria #georgy zhukov #georgy malenkov #nikolai bulganin #anastas mikoyan #lazar kaganovich #svetlana alliluyeva #vasily stalin #WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH #SUPER EXCITED!!! #Spotify

[absentia-if]

“How are you feeling?”

The question— just like all the previous ones before— comes from the woman situated towards the foot of your bed. Expressive green eyes peer over thin-rimmed glasses as curls of strawberry blonde hair frames her face. Doctor Amara Edison wasn’t what you were expecting when your mother has told you a world-renowned psychiatrist would be examining your mental stability. Truth be told you don’t know exactly what you were anticipating, but the almost delicate looking woman— clad in a sapphire blue sweater and dark black jeans— wasn’t it.

“${firstname}?” Amara’s soft voice pulls you from your reverie— your ${eyecolor} gaze meeting her gentle green one. “I know you probably want to do anything except talk to me, but I’d truly like to know; how are you feeling?”

You tilt your head. “Truthfully?”

Doctor Edison chuckles lightly. “That would be the optimal solution, yes.”

#absentia #amara edison #chapter one #demo #revisions are going great #super excited!!!

[rayatii]

So the Met is HD’ing La rondine with Angel Blue and Jonathan Tetelman in the upcoming 2023/2024 season(!!!!!), and Opernhaus Zürich is ALSO putting up Rondine for their 23/24 season, with Ermonela Jaho and Benjamin Bernheim!!!!!

This truly is the Year of the Swallow, huh!!

So, uhm... I’m not saying that I firmly believe that this opera is getting pretty popular nowadays because this was somehow psychically influenced by a bunch of 19-year-olds (read: us) electronically screaming about it (read: the 2009 Met production) all over Tumblr, but that’s totally what I’m saying...

(partly inspired by a conversation with @smile-at-the-stars)

#opera #la rondine #metropolitan opera #met opera #opernhaus zürich #opernhaus zurich #super excited!!! #(both have some pretty tough competition against the 2009 met prod but still excited!!) #yes it's only 2 companies but when it comes to an opera as (relatively) obscure as la rondine then it's a lot

[discocannon8002]

Halloween Costume

okay, so, this Halloween I have a plan. I’m gonna be a generic superhero, but we’re gonna write on it to say “I’m autistic, what’s YOUR superpower?”.

#Halloween #Costume #super excited!!!

[theoneandonlyyeti]

Im doing artfight!! This is my second year and im pumped to get started!!- I cant wait to see everyones amazing art!

here is my profile! https://artfight.net/~im_not_sure_yet_

Happy arting everyone!!

#super excited!!! #artfight #artfight2022 #artfight 2022 #artfight team wither

[psychicbluebirdmiracle]

YALL YALL YALL BARBIE IS EVERYTHING!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN TOMORROW

#im going back tomorrow too #super excited!!! #barbie #barbie 2023 #barbie movie #barbie movie 2023 #the barbie movie #spoilers #honestly didnt expect a sub plot of ken discovering the patriarchy and becoming the villain by brainwashing all the barbies into submission #but ngl it was fun as heck

[stinkyhyena9000]

one more day until i can post my tracker thingy

#super excited!!! #mysing

[sparklezfallsinlovewithbooks]

IMH

details soon

oh my god??? i'm terrified already-

#ftpanon #<- never thought i'd have a tag named that #but this is awesome #super excited!!! #sparklez answers

[opt1gan]

:)

#super mario wonder #mario #princess peach #toad #this is from a while ago but im still fond of it #i have yet to play wonder and im still very excited about it!! #my art

[weirdgrrlgerard]

girl who will be okay <- got tickets to a lemon twigs concert in a couple weeks

#i'll be done with my finals by then so it's a nice way to end the semester :) #SUPER EXCITED!!! #pip.txt

[cor-lapis]

demo of all time

#literally what was any of that. showstopping magnificent etc #GIRL HE'S NOT EVEN FRENCH WHY DOES HE GET TO BE HERE ToT #genshin impact #my art #super excited for the patch tomorrow. so so excited. #furina #neuvillette #(twice) #wriothesley #tartaglia #lyney #lynette #freminet #navia #clorinde

[omumu]

rip arthur morgan, you would have loved animal crossing

#arthur morgan #animal crossing #new horizons #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #acnh #this is a sticker for comifuro 18 #super excited to be boothing at a con again #yippee #anyways #omufarts

[nick-nellson]

#wicked #wickededit #filmedit #filmgifs #cynthia erivo #ariana grande #wicked 2024 #dailyflicks #userbbelcher #cinemapix #chewieblog #filmtvtoday #musicalsedit #usersource #popcultureds #god i am so excited!!!! #super bowl #*

[aethersea]

honestly it was a red flag when bbc sherlock went “well obviously the word written in blood isn’t the german word for revenge, it’s clearly the beginning of the name ‘rachel’, what absolute idiot would fail to see that” when in the original novel it is, in fact, the german word for revenge, which sherlock points out gleefully to a roomful of policemen who all figure it’s the beginning of the name ‘rachel.’

and by red flag I mean it was a clear sign that the adaptation was trying to one-up the source material, instead of engaging with it with love.

#sherlock holmes #finx rambles #this kinda bugged me even when I first watched it and still thought it was a super cool show #and tbh it WAS super cool in a lot of ways #they had such dynamic and exciting editing #good pacing #cool character introductions #great snappy lines #but this was a small thing that rankled even then

[lonicera-caprifolium]

Okay, so!!!! This post will have spoilers for the very end of Good Omens season 2, but I have a theory about that ending and I'll explain--

Something was bothering me, so I just went back and watched the ending like actually 30 times and I am fully 99.999999% certain they switched places

As they're pulling away after the kiss, they lock eyes and Aziraphale's expression shifts in the teeniest tiniest way, like a confirmation glance, before they shift back (and Michael Sheen is a master, so no chance it's not on purpose)

(Like really, go back and watch how Aziraphale's expression shifts literally *a second* before "I forgive you" cuz the change is SO minute, but entirely different emotionally.)

Aziraphale's hands -stay by his sides- after that, he doesn't clasp them at all, and it's particularly noticeable while he's walking to the elevator with Metatron.

The Bentley only ever plays other music for Aziraphale, but also Crowley drives away slowly, but ALSO Crowley's collar is fully turned down but you -can- see bits of the red underside in several scenes (particularly before he changes in heaven), but you don't see it -at all- after the kiss

And Aziraphale's face IS weird in the elevator like everyone says, BUT. after going back and watching both, I'm pretty darn sure that's cuz it's Michael Sheen's Crowley, it's the SAME as during Aziraphale's trial in season 1.

This also explains why they're on opposite sides than they're usually shown while the end credits roll.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #good omens season 2 spoilers #Aziraphale #Crowley #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #maybe I'm wrong but #I'm super excited for season 3 so we can find out!!

[reds-skull]

Can't believe I had to google "rare puns" for this comic

#call of duty modern warfare 2 #cod mw2 #cod fanart #cod ghost #cod soap #ghostsoap #ghoap #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #soapghost #fellas is it gay to literally get on one knee for your sergeant #anyway next comic I plan will be in multiple parts bc its gonna be super long #i already thumbnailed a couple panels and im excited to see how its gonna turn out #oh uh #cod price #hes here too for like 3 panels lol