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drpepperhateblog · 2 years

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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin - Quick Review

PLL OS falls into the same trap as its predecessor by having plot holes. At least they’re fewer.

The bad:

The main characters are so, so underdeveloped. Tabby does nothing but reference movies. Their boyfriends, too, are underdeveloped, and so hard to tell apart, but when I struggle to apply personality traits to the main characters, you have a big problem.

Stop making Riverdale references. Nobody wants this.

What’s the point of including a character from the original show if you’re going to recast them anyway?

I wanted to really savor the creepy school event the way the original show was giving us all the Dollhouse content. So sad that it all happened so fast.

Why does Ezra get to adopt given how he is a statutory rapist that married his student? Do you think they allowed Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau to adopt too in this universe?

The good:

Slasher and horror is a great genre for a series like Pretty Little Liars.

The villain had a motivation that made some degree of sense.

Exploring the effects of rape rather than showing grotesque rape on-screen. Always preferred when movies and shows do this. Tabby and Imogen struggling in different ways - Tabby by obsessing over it, Imogen trying not to think about it.

Faran’s story is absolutely horrifying and I don’t think people comprehend just how awful it is to be given a risky scoliosis surgery when unneeded. I have scoliosis myself and it was a nice surprise to see my condition mentioned in the media.

Karen and Kelly’s actress was terrific. I still expect some twin twist to be pulled at some point if they get a Season 2.

The rapists died.

Actually rounding up the mystery at the end instead of leaving a cliffhanger forever. The story was wrapped up, questions were answered, and if we never get a Season 2, at least we don’t have to be plagued by loose threads.

Overall, still loved the show. Would happily watch a Season 2.

#pretty little liars #pretty little liars original sin #pll os #pll #pll spoilers #pll os spoilers #pretty little liars spoilers #pretty little liars original sin spoilers

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mollymauk-teafleak · 2 years

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Pleeease tell me there will be more neighbors au fics in the future because that oneshot just made me wanting more!! Have any headcanons to tide me over?

I would love to write more! You know Orym's going to be walking into Cad's cafe at some point :')

But yes some head canons, I've super excited about weaving the CR3 bunch into my favourite of all my AUs...

So Dorian is an aspiring musician, he's been putting covers and a few original songs up online to try and get things going and he did break away from a very rich and influential old family to pursue his dream, in spite of how poorly they took it.

Fearne and Dorian live in the same apartment block, the one Orym has just moved into. They became instant fast friends, Dorian helps her hide the fact that she has brought her monkey Mister to live in a very much no-pets apartment and they help each other get by, Fearne loves listening to him play. Fearne doesn't have a particular reason why she's in the city, she just wanted to try something other than the Feywild

Laudna and Imogen are students! Imogen is very concerned with figuring out her powers as she is in canon and also with helping out her dear roommate Launda. They are definitely a couple but one of those where neither of them have ever formally announced they are? So people are very surprised/not surprised when they'll just get an invitation to their wedding in a few years. They can usually be found in Cad's cafe, studying for tests, because the calm atmosphere really suits Imogen and Laudna knows people won't stare as Caduceus finds her fascinating and charming

Ashton works in the same garage Percy de Rolo used to work in, owned and operated by Babenon Dosal, mostly lifting heavy things and scaring off anyone who might sniff round asking questions. He found Fresh Cut Grass hiding in the back one day, eating spare lug nuts and pretty traumatised about what happened to their last group. Ashton took them in immediately and without question.

Chetney is a Caduceus' cafe regular, always happy to shout unasked for carpentry advice to the other people in line while drinking coffee thats way too black and way too sugary for this time of the day. The friend group kind of just adopted him because he's just always There

#modern au #critical role #campaign 3 #headcanons

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theomnilegent · 5 years

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2019 Upcoming LGBTQA Fiction I’m Excited For!

A new year, a new top nine for women-lead LGBT fiction I’m looking forward to reading! There are, of course, a great many more books than the nine I’ve chosen this time ‘round - I think I will eventually make a part two to this post. I am so, so happy to see that this year we have even more diversity, even more stories about characters from all walks of life, from different parts of the LGBTQA umbrella, and even more LGBT novels. I remember a time where it’d be hard to find more than two YA novels with LGBT themes published in a single year - and now we have so many amazing works coming out!

The themes for 2019 seem to be gay witches, space gays, and explorations of mental illness in the LGBT community. I am so excited to read stories about girls and magic! I am more excited to read stories about girls and love! And I am definitely excited to see multiple books seriously addressing the issues of mental illness in young lesbian and bisexual women - it is a serious topic that has often been glossed over in the past, and to see multiple works that want to tackle these issues, and the issues of toxic relationships, in a healthy way is refreshing.

Below you’ll find titles, summaries, and goodreads links.

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further out of her control, Freddy has to wonder if it's really Laura Dean that's the problem. Maybe it's Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever. Fortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnists like Anna Vice to help her through being a teenager in love.

Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst & Paula Garner Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies under the radar at school and walks on eggshells at home to manage her mom’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, wondering how she can ever leave to pursue her dream of studying aerospace engineering. Popular, people-pleasing Zoe puts up walls so no one can see her true self: the girl who was abandoned as an infant, whose adoptive mother has cancer, and whose disabled brother is being sent away to live in a facility. When an unexpected encounter results in the girls’ exchanging phone numbers, they forge a connection through text messages that expands into a private universe they call Starworld. In Starworld, they find hilarious adventures, kindness and understanding, and the magic of being seen for who they really are. But when Sam’s feelings for Zoe turn into something more, will the universe they’ve built survive the inevitable explosion?

The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta Danny didn't know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down on Tempest, California. What she finds are the Grays: a group of friends who throw around terms like queer and witch like they're ordinary and everyday, though they feel like an earthquake to Danny. But Danny didn't just find the Grays. They cast a spell that calls her halfway across the country, because she has something they need: she can bring back Imogen, the most powerful of the Grays, missing since the summer night she wandered into the woods alone. But before Danny can find Imogen, she finds a dead boy with a redwood branch through his heart. Something is very wrong amid the trees and fog of the Lost Coast, and whatever it is, it can kill. Lush, eerie, and imaginative, Amy Rose Capetta's tale overflows with the perils and power of discovery — and what it means to find your home, yourself, and your way forward.

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi Sana Khan is a cheerleader and a straight A student. She's the classic (somewhat obnoxious) overachiever determined to win. Rachel Recht is a wannabe director who's obsesssed with movies and ready to make her own masterpiece. As she's casting her senior film project, she knows she's found the perfect lead - Sana. There's only one problem. Rachel hates Sana. Rachel was the first girl Sana ever asked out, but Rachel thought it was a cruel prank and has detested Sana ever since. Told in alternative viewpoints and inspired by classic romantic comedies, this engaging and edgy YA novel follows two strongwilled young women falling for each other despite themselves.

The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown Before, Jessica has always struggled with anger issues, but come sophomore year that all changes when Vivi crashes into her life. As their relationship blossoms, Vivi not only helps Jess deal with her pain, she also encourages her to embrace her talent as an artist. And for the first time, it feels like the future is filled with possibilities. After In the midst of senior year, Jess’s perfect world is erased when Vivi suddenly passes away. Reeling from the devastating loss, Jess pushes everyone away, and throws out her plans to go to art school. Because art is Vivi and Vivi is gone forever. Desperate for an escape, Jess gets consumed in her work-study program, letting all of her dreams die. Until she makes an unexpected new friend who shows her a new way to channel her anger, passion, and creativity. Although Jess may never draw again, if she can find a way to heal and room in her heart, she just might be able to forge a new path for herself without Vivi.

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the wrong side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends. One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann’s offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the two misfits are brought together despite themselves—and Ryann learns her secret: Alexandria’s mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system. Every night without fail, Alexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And its up to Ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendship, and eventually something more...

How It Feels To Float by Helena Fox Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, who loves her so hard, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was six. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface--normal okay regular fine. But after what happens on the beach--first in the ocean, and then in the sand--the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Dad disappears, and with him, all comfort. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe--maybe maybe maybe--there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.

Going Off Script by Jen Wilde Seventeen-year-old Bex is thrilled when she gets an internship on her favorite tv show, Silver Falls. Unfortunately, the internship isn't quite what she expected... instead of sitting in a crowded writer's room volleying ideas back and forth, Production Interns are stuck picking up the coffee. Determined to prove her worth as a writer, Bex drafts her own script and shares it with the head writer―who promptly reworks it and passes it off as his own! Bex is understandably furious, yet...maybe this is just how the industry works? But when they rewrite her proudly lesbian character as straight, that's the last straw! It's time for Bex and her crush to fight back.

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling Hannah's a witch, but not the kind you're thinking of. She's the real deal, an Elemental with the power to control fire, earth, water, and air. But even though she lives in Salem, Massachusetts, her magic is a secret she has to keep to herself. If she's ever caught using it in front of a Reg (read: non-witch), she could lose it. For good. So, Hannah spends most of her time avoiding her ex-girlfriend (and fellow Elemental Witch) Veronica, hanging out with her best friend, and working at the Fly by Night Cauldron selling candles and crystals to tourists, goths, and local Wiccans. But dealing with her ex is the least of Hannah's concerns when a terrifying blood ritual interrupts the end-of-school-year bonfire. Evidence of dark magic begins to appear all over Salem, and Hannah's sure it's the work of a deadly Blood Witch. The issue is, her coven is less than convinced, forcing Hannah to team up with the last person she wants to see: Veronica. While the pair attempt to smoke out the Blood Witch at a house party, Hannah meets Morgan, a cute new ballerina in town. But trying to date amid a supernatural crisis is easier said than done, and Hannah will have to test the limits of her power if she's going to save her coven and get the girl, especially when the attacks on Salem's witches become deadlier by the day.

#queer fiction #wlw books #wlw literature #queer literature #lgbtqa literature #lgbt #book recommendations #yeah i'm gonna do this every year wlw books excite me

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♠ Josie Williamson is 40 years old and is often confused with Malin Akerman. She is Open.

“I can’t fathom moving away, this place is my home… but I wish the horror would end.”

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Josie was adopted as a baby by Diane and Harvey Williamson. The pair had always wanted a child and couldn’t have one of their own so Josie was their own little miracle. They doted on her and she had a great life in Baberton, the little English town where they raised her. Josie grew up to be a confident social butterfly, never short of friends. Though she was always trying to find herself and enjoyed dyeing her hair dark and experimenting with clothing. She spent a great deal of time with Lydia Baker’s friend group (Stephanie Dalton, Gregory Sharpe) and ended up developing a large crush on Michael Baker, Lydia’s cousin. To eighteen year old Josie, the older guy was just the epitome of cool. She’d go to his house sometimes when his parents were out and got to know his brother too. She soon realised that his brother Charlie developed a little bit of a crush on her but she didn’t tell Michael in case he got weird about it. She just saw Charlie as a friend (they actually grew quite close over time) and eventually he got over his silly crush and fell for Jenna Baker. Luckily their friendship wasn’t affected.

Michael would invite Josie out with his friends sometimes and they’d go to a bar or whatever and end up making out in some secret corner and it would usually lead to more later, in the back of his car or somewhere else. Josie thought they were falling in love. Michael was dating another girl at the time, Sherry Burke, and it was very serious considering that they already had two little children together, but he kept telling Josie he was going to leave Sherry for her. Soon. Always soon. Little did Josie know that the only one Michael would be leaving was her. When she told him she was pregnant, he got angry. Mike had a temper but he was angrier than she’d ever seen him and she got scared, watched him trash her bedroom thinking he was going to turn on her next, and then storm out. It wasn’t long after that he and Sherry moved off to Wales and were rarely seen round Baberton again. Josie was heartbroken and felt completely betrayed but she never told anyone the real story, not even her parents. Nobody really knew she and Michael had ever been together. People either thought they were just friends or she was a girl with a silly crush that wasn’t returned. It turned out that Josie was really good at keeping secrets. She was so hurt by the way she’d been strung along and used. She kept her baby but she never told anybody who little Emma’s father was.

→ Back to Baberton

Josie grew up a lot with the birth of her daughter and she also grew a little harder after the way she was used. She practically gave up on love to raise her daughter, except for one little fling with fellow single parent Mitch Ryder, though it didn’t last long as she was too guarded and she supposed he was too impatient to try and break through her walls. She got a job arranging flowers at the local flower store (which she later went on to own) and eventually got her own little apartment. Josie refused to be a naive little girl or anyone’s punching bag. She became tougher. Still kind and still social but she kept herself at arms length from people. She grew skilled at it. Getting to know people but revealing very little. She has a great deal of friends, including Michelle Allen and Amanda Ford; all blondes together. She put most of her energy into her daughter though and the girl became her world, they were basically best friends and Josie was pretty happy. Not as happy as she perhaps could be but she enjoyed her life enough and was proud of the world she created.

Baberton has fallen apart these last few years. There seems to be drama at every turn, some of her best friends have been in the middle of the most awful scandals. Then there are the murders, starting with the disappearance of poor Annie Pierce all that time ago. They trouble her the most. Honestly, Josie couldn’t care about everyone’s personal lives, she just wants the killing to stop once and for all. She worries incessantly about her daughter and is sometimes way overprotective. If anything happened, the way it did to some of her friends’ children (including Charlie and Jenna’s daughter Sophie), Josie doesn’t think she’d be able to survive it.

→ What’s Her Secret?

Secretly does dream quite a lot about finding someone to share her life with, especially at night when she’s wide awake and lonely. Emma will move out eventually and Josie will really be alone then. She keeps pushing these feelings away, hoping they’ll disappear altogether if she ignores them and usually she can distract herself with work and family and friends… but sometimes she thinks it would be nice not to be alone. To feel normal instead of being so afraid. But love only brings heartache and she has no intention of ever getting hurt again. She has a lot of one night stands, which isn’t something she’s overly ashamed about at all, but the one she’s really started to fall for is her friends with benefits, Brendan Matthews. She knows she should stop seeing him and get over it because she just feels she’ll end up hurt again, but Josie can’t bring herself to push him away. She really likes having him around.

Has been keeping the identity of Emma’s father from her, only ever telling her it was a drunken one night thing and that her dad had been with someone else at the time so Josie hadn’t wanted to tell anyone. It might not make her sound like a great role model but it’s better than her daughter ever getting to know her real father and she raised Emma not to be judgmental about that sort of thing. She’s just been so angry and also scared of Michael, deep down, ever since she watched his anger and she doesn’t want to ever have to see him again. Or have him in Emma’s life. He doesn’t deserve that, never mind whether or not he would even want it. She doesn’t want Emma to be hurt like she was. The fact that Mike’s other daughters are suddenly in town doesn’t help matters and has put her on edge a little bit. Little did she know, Emma has spent her life filling in the blanks and coming up with the wrong answers. When it came out that Emma had found a picture of Josie and Charlie Baker from “the old days”, and thought he was her father, Josie was very thrown. She hadn’t realised things had gone that far, Emma had even been writing a story for his college class about a man who’d lost his daughter and had another, secret daughter he knew nothing about. She tried to stop it, telling Emma she was mistaken but she refused any more information and Emma stormed out and has been staying with her new girlfriend (and Sophie Baker’s old best friend) Imogen Ford ever since. In the end, Josie ended up lying to Charlie about the identity of Emma’s father, prompted by -A giving her “an easy out” as they made Charlie believe that Emma’s belief he was her father was true. Charlie confronted Josie and she took -A’s advice, lying to his face and telling him he’d gotten drunk one night years ago and they slept together, acting like he just doesn’t remember it thanks to the alcohol. She feels beyond guilty about lying but it’s surely safer to have Charlie and Emma believe this than knowing about Michael. Besides, Josie has her own selfish reasons for not wanting the truth to get out and she knows she can easily go along with the lie. With time, it will get even easier. Charlie’s a good person, far better than his brother despite what a lot of people might think, and even if it’s not the truth… what harm can it do? Emma will have a father. Charlie will have a daughter. Everybody wins. Right?

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♠ Josie Williamson is 40 years old and is often confused with Malin Akerman. She is Open.

“I can’t fathom moving away, this place is my home… but I wish the horror would end.”

→ Background

→ Back to Baberton

→ What’s Her Secret?

Main | Plot | Most Wanted | Characters | Ask

#malin akerman #roleplay #town rp #bio rp #mystery rp

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♠ Josie Williamson is 40 years old and is often confused with Malin Akerman. She is Open.

“I can’t fathom moving away, this place is my home… but I wish the horror would end.”

→ Background

→ Back to Baberton

→ What’s Her Secret?

Main | Plot | Most Wanted | Ask

#malin akerman #roleplay #town rp #bio rp #secrets rp

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WANTED! FC can be changed!

♠ Josie Williamson is 40 years old and is often confused with Malin Akerman. She is Open.

“I can’t fathom moving away, this place is my home… but I wish the horror would end.”

→ Background

→ Back to Baberton

→ What’s Her Secret?

Main | Plot | Most Wanted | Characters | Ask

#malin akerman #roleplay #town rp #secretsrp #bio ro

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