#c: julia woods

[mediumgayitalian]

The best part of being his own camp counsellor is that he can wake up whenever the fuck he likes.

Nico’s a fan.

Because, however, his dumb ass made friends with the camp’s head medic, he doesn’t get to sleep in as often as he would like. He is instead often woken up before the clock strikes nine, which is a tragedy and one of the forty thousand reasons he is going to be present on Will’s judgement day. (The scales tip any which way on a regular basis, but as of last week, Will is going to hell. Unfortunate. Nico’ll still visit him, though. Bring him one half of a twizzler or something.) So when he wakes up, one lovely morning, mouth tasting like something rotted in it and sun well past halfway across the sky, he is capital-C Concerned.

What a horrible tragedy that is. Finally, for the first time in months, he was able to sleep in. And his first thought is not gratitude. Solace may indeed have to die — Nico was not this way before he started planting his annoying ass front and centre in Nico’s life. He’s quite fairly certain he used to be frightening and badass. Now Will orders him to drink milk for the sake of his calcium and he does. Gods.

“Morning,” he hedges, approaching the archery range, feeling marginally more alive than twenty minutes prior.

Kayla raises an amused eyebrow. “Dude, it’s, like, two.”

“Well fuck you, then.”

She smirks. “Aw, did baby not get his Sunshine fix of the day? Is that why he’s so grumpy?”

It really sucks that Will is so fond of his siblings. Nico wonders if Will would still like him if he knew how many times he daydreams of transporting Kayla onto the moon per day.

“As soon as I figure out which god would appreciate you as a sacrifice, you’re gone.”

“Yeah, right,” she snorts, turning away and lining up an arrow. She lets it fly, watching as it shaves a splinter off a hunk of wood fifty feet away. “You couldn’t get close enough to kick my ass before I’d skewer you, di Angelo.”

Remembering the warning arrow Kayla had shot through his shoulder last week, he wisely chooses not to press the matter any further. The power visibly goes to her head. Fuck.

“Just — tell me where Will is.”

“Why?” She strings another arrow. The grin on her face is a level of shit-eating that Nico has only before seen on a Stoll. She should spend less time around Julia, or else the camp is in for some serious trouble. “What are your intentions with my dear brother?”

Nico, on principle, refuses to answer that question. Kayla shrugs, finishing her shot and then turning around to stick her tongue out at him.

“No answer, no location! Find him yourself, loverboy. And remember that I am always watching.”

Stomping away, and ignoring the smile twitching at his lips — she is so annoying, truly, gods above he owes Bianca a thousand apologies for ever opening his mouth — he heads towards the infirmary. There are only six locations Will is at any given time, after all, except when he disappears for several hours randomly but Nico doesn’t know how to bring that up yet. As he approaches the infirmary, though, he hears it absolutely blasting with music, like genuinely shaking the ground a little bit, and knows exactly where to find him.

As he approaches the door, wincing at the door, he finds it closed. Odd — Will likes a breeze when he works. Even odder is the hastily-written sign pasted onto it:

ANNUAL CLEAN OUT DAY. IF YOU NEED ME, TOUGH SHIT. IF YOU NEED A BANDAID, TOUGH SHIT. IF YOU’RE BLEEDING OUT, CALL AN AMBULANCE AND PRAY. I AM BUSY.

(‘Busy’ is underlined three times.)

In smaller print, under the all-caps monstrosity, is:

Unless you’re Nico, in which case disregard the previous sentiment. No, Cecil, this does NOT mean you.

The note is written again in Ancient Greek, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, Italian, Polish, Korean, Morse Code, and another ten languages Nico can’t even name. Actually, wait — the top left is Klingon. And middle right note does not appear to be language, showing instead a poorly drawn stick figure in armour being shoved into a cannon and shot into the sun by another poorly drawn stick figure in a lab coat. Nico loves a man who’s multi-talented, indeed.

Hesitantly, Nico cracks open the door. He is immediately assaulted by a solid wall of sound, and then nearly bowled over by the enigma himself, William ‘I Can Restructure A Human Brain But Cannot Tie My Shoelaces’ Solace. He catches himself at the last second, and then barely manages to catch Will, grabbing him around the waist just before his head hits the floor.

“Nico!” he shouts over the music, smiling brightly. “Hi! You’re here!”

“I’m here.” He can physically feel his voice cracking, but luckily the music drowns it out. Hopefully. “Uh, what’re you doing?”

“Cleaning!” Will straightens up, although he stays within the circle of Nico’s arms. Nico tries real hard to keep his gaze firmly planted on his face and not on the hands he still has in his hips. “I do it once a year, kick everybody out and deep clean the place. Helps keep it fresh and minimize the bloodstains on the floor.”

“Ah. And the music…”

“It’s fun!” Will shouts. He gasps when the CD player skips and a new song comes on, heavy base and funky synths blasting so hard the window panes shake. “Oh my gods! I love this one!” He turns his bright grin at Nico full force, absolutely no holdbacks on the dimples or freckles, gods help him, and bows cheekily. “Can I have this dance, good sir?”

“It’s Britney Spears’ Outrageous,” Nico protests weakly.

“Yeah!”

…Very, very weakly.

“…Okay.”

Will whoops, grabbing his hands and spinning him around. Nico yelps, nearly tripping over a cot, but when he looks back up Will has his eyes closed and is shimmying not unlike a worm on a fish hook, and it’s so ridiculous that he can’t help but laugh. Will pries one eye open, grinning widely, and shimmies harder.

“You’re such a dweeb!”

“Join me in the dweebiness! Free yourself!”

Nico rolls his eyes fondly, squeezing Will’s hand, and lets himself get ridiculous. He’ll deny it if anyone asks, but it’s fun.

…And not just because Will is next to him, smile brighter than any star, dancing like a massive dork, hand clasped in his.

#barely edited this one i’m SLEEPY #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #hoo #heroes of olympus #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo #kayla knowles #nico di angelo & kayla knowles #will solace #nico di angelo & will solace #nico di angelo/will solace #solangelo #pre solangelo #pining nico di angelo #mutual pining #fluff #100 ways #100 ways to say i love you #my writing #fic #longpost

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Can you please do pls do platonic 141 force gang x child reader that was abandoned by their enemy and thank you so much:D

you are just like me fr (unfathomable parental issues)

abandoned enemy - cod

(requested). cw: trauma, mentions of abuse, .. you know the stuff yeah

2.2k+ words

“It was a simple in and out mission,” the shaven man roared, slamming his fist against the faux wood of his desk. “You stalled your entire force, just waiting to be shot down for that.. THING.” Shepherd spoke steadily, his index finger uncurling in disgust towards the trembling child.

“They’re not a ‘thing’, sir.”

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Julian (l/n).

The echo of the file slamming into the desk was seared into Ghost’s mind, Price’s voice dripping with enough malice that it was enough to make him shake.

(l/n), or ‘Wasp’ as they called him, was the leader of a Rebellion. He was lean, mean, as violent as they came. 240 pounds of pure muscle. 141 had worked with him before, not as an enemy, but as an ally. He had caught a glimpse of the man and Price shaking hands over a business deal, though unsure of the contents of it.

His drones had been bred and molded to separate Price’s head from his throat. Only the strongest of the strong made up his army, and weaklings would die at the rest of the Drones’ hands, or they’d do it themselves. He was evil, in all sense of the word. If the word ‘malice’ was a man, he’d envision him as the (h/c)-haired man who led the hunt.

A screaming alarm cut Ghost from his thoughts, sending him back into the battlefield as Julian’s men dropped. The drones surrounded him, barely able to make out his facial features from the red that now flooded the grey room. As the men in front of him began to flee, pushing open the door and sprinting out into the cold, Ghost noticed a drop of Julian’s facial features, turning back towards the sealed room that 141 had fought to get into. He must have quickly decided the contents weren’t worth it, as he led his soldiers through the door, only to be shot by Soap, on sniper duty.

“(l/n) down.”

“Ghost, you’re going to need to get in that room. Do whatever it takes—the 5 hostages are suspected to be in there.” Price yelled, his voice crackling through the comms. “Roger,” The beast nodded, slamming into the fiery red door, stepping on unnamed bodies as he went. He continued ramming into it, pressing his entire body against it before the door caved in upon itself, creaking open. He scanned the room—the walls were made from stone with snippets of moss leaking onto them. The only light that illuminated the space was the red beam from the blaring lights he had escaped from, and he quickly slipped on his flashlight.

The light drifted until it found its way to the right corner, illuminating 5 huddled figures bound together with rope. He reached for his earpiece, mumbling a ‘hostages found’ and fidgeting with the rope. The Captain been correct—5 hostages, 2 women and 3 men, all nauseatingly emaciated. They looked to be around the ages of 30 to 40. Could they have been a friend group in the wrong place? 5 unassuming citizens, complete strangers, who just happened to be there? He looked over their wounds, checking their exposed skin until his eyes fell upon one of the men, who had tucked himself into the deepest corner, his arms tucked around his knees.

What’s he trying to hide?

“Sir, I’m not here to hurt you.” He stretched out his arm, silently pleading him to grasp it. The man just winced, and buried his head deeper into his knees.

He gripped the man by the shoulder, his patience wearing thin. The man yelped, attempting to crawl himself back into the corner. Ghost gasped, dropping the weapon he wielded and placing a hand in front of the man to prevent him covering the object. His communicator buzzed, Soap’s voice coming in through a muffled whisper.

“You alright, L.t.?”

It took him about 15 seconds to compose himself as Soap’s questions became louder. “Additional hostage—“ he winced. “Injured, can’t be older than 15. Evac requested.” His voice trembled, as the man winced off to the side. “Listen, man, he told me to protect them. I-I’m sorry.”

The ringing in Simon’s ears was deafening as he unconsciously reached for the child, his knees pressed to the ground. He brushed the blood and dirt from their face, taking in their features and dully noting them. He clutched them carefully, hoping not to bruise their already emaciated body.

The shouts of his teammates surrounded him, claws digging through the metal room to meet him. Soap’s face he recognized first from his peripheral vision—a mixture of horror and disgusted iron pressed into his face. Ghost’s eyes never moved from the child’s as he slowly rose to his feet, completely blind to the world around him. Perhaps it was protectiveness, perhaps it was empathy for the situation, perhaps it was how he was treated in his childhood, but the man had quickly decided that he was never going to let you go.

Out of all the things he had expected to happen that day, carrying the child of the enemy gently out of a bullet ridden building was not one he envisioned.

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You had been sitting at a high table, awaiting your mother’s arrival to pick you up, playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with one of the boys that your father called his ‘guys’. Many of the guys you were scared of—their masks and goggles covering their faces plus muscle and height—but the one you were playing with currently was actually quite nice to you. ‘Alan’, you believed his name was. Your game was cut short when a loud plume of smoke and fire flooded the room, accompanied by the hollers of foreign men. The flames licked against the fabric of your shirt, swallowing your arm with it. You shrieked, and he shouted. Your father had gripped your arm, dragging you into a room down a long hallway as everything flashed red, and placed you down in the corner. He barked at a man, one you had never seen before, and he quickly sat in front of you, much to your dismay.

A puff of smoke escaped from your lungs as you coughed, the dread in your body seeping in. It fought hard against your small body, and your head knocked against the side of the wall as your father shouted, but exited the room. Your arm screamed against you, bloody and ragged. The darkness at the edges of your vision began flooding in, and you were out.

You remember a tall skeleton gripping you in his arms, but despite your instincts, there was no fear in your mind as he ran. You slumped down further, the dark churning against the pure white of the sky and snow.

A flash of light hit your eye as it was dragged open, as if the sun itself was staring you down. Your pupil shrank, and you groaned slightly, to which one of the two blurry objects in your path quickly moved. As your vision came into focus, you recognized the one who had saved you—not a skeleton, but a muscular man with a mask, slumped down in the stool next to.. whatever it is you were laying on (A stretcher, you presumed, but with enough blanket draped over you that you couldn’t be sure). You couldn’t see his face, or his nose, and his eyes seemed to be cloaked in black makeup to accompany his mask. A soft snore erupted from the man.

On your left was a thin blonde man with circular thick glasses, who had shut off the flashlight and slipped it back into his pocket. His eyes were a deep brown, within them looked to be nothing but his profession. A cut out day—work, sleep. Work, eat, sleep. You slowly parted your lips, in hopes of speaking, but it was quickly cut short by a searing ache in the flame licked arm. Your teeth began to gnash against each other as the doctor moved forward, quickly unfolding the blanket to examine the bandages that you hadn’t noticed it was wrapped in. He reprimanded you with a slight ‘tsk’ and poured 2 white capsules into his palm, dropping them into the blanket in front of you.

“Painkillers.” he whispered, in a strong German accent you hasn’t been expecting.

Using your good arm to swallow the pills, the man’s gaze moved between you and the armored man.

“Let him sleep. He’s been awake as long as you’ve been here.” He motioned, before briskly walking out of the room, the door slamming a little louder than it probably should have. You heaved yourself farther upwards, head turning towards the beast of a man. How long had you been here? You glanced towards a clock on one of the grizzled grey walls, noting the time as 1:13pm.

You had asked Alan just minutes before the attack for the time at 2:04pm.

Taking a minute to examine your room, you noted 5 oddities:

There was no natural light, not even artificial light. It was dark, but you supposed your eyes had adjusted long ago.

The metal(?) walls were rusting.

It was wide and short, with about 6 stretchers scaling down to the wall on each side of you.

The door looked as if it was used to keep psych ward patients from killing themselves. Absolutely no way to get out, and no key slot either.

There were 2 items on the wall; a clock, and a small ‘hang in there’ poster with a kitten slipping from a branch, which made you giggle a bit.

You were immediately sure that the sheer pain that conjugated in your lungs from the laugh could kill 5 soldiers.

And wake up 1.

You gripped at your chest absentmindedly as you squeezed your eyes shut, popping your teeth from inside your mouth. As soon as you opened them, black pools met yours. The man’s gaze was like a search dog’s, detecting everything in its path until it hunted it’s designated object. You slightly shrunk down in his gaze, to which the man continued staring.

“You understand me?” His voice was gruff, but there was a hint of airy comedy in it, but your mind buzzed. How did they know your father? For all you knew, he was a bold man who asserted himself, and was simply gone for longer than a normal 9-5 job. You often didn’t see him for days, but he’d always told your mother he got caught up in work. Speaking of which, where was she?

“You speak English?” he huffed, a little louder and less comedic this time. You hadn’t answered him.

Your (e/c) gaze turned back to his, responding to him with a rather prominent foreign accent while putting together the English you did know. “Yes.” you croaked, voice box flaming.

His gaze bore into yours for a few seconds more, seemingly surprised by your accent, before the flap of the bottom of his mask moved again.

“And your parents?”

What?

Your vision blurred for a heartbeat, honestly assuming the worst while processing the English in your head.

“What about them?” might’ve been a wrong phrase to answer with. His eyes stay unmoving. He hadn’t blinked once.

“You were a hostage.”

I was?

A man knocked lightly, padding into the room and stopping next to your stretcher. His hair was cut unevenly and distastefully, in a true mohawk fashion. His gaze was soft, much easier than your savior’s eyes. He waited a bit before speaking, exchanging glances with the masked man. “You have parents before they took ya, lass?”

“..my father was in the building. With his guys.” Both of gazes darkened, and the taller man sat up in his seat a bit. “My mother was coming in to pick me up.” The words dripped out of your mouth like honey, unable to stop as you remembered more and more.

They both slipped a gaze at each other, the Scottish man’s eyes wide while the British one’s narrowed.

“What, your last name (l/n)?” The Scot let out a nervous but quiet chuckle. Your lips pressed against each other, unsure if what he said was a joke or not.

“Yes.”

—————————————————————

(Soap’s POV)

As the kid’s answer settled in, Soap quickly grabbed Ghost’s arm, dragging him out of the room. The door slammed behind them, presumably leaving the child in the dark. He wasn’t entirely concerned about that, mostly concerned about the fact that—

—“This is the kid of one of the worst fuckin’ enemies we got, and we don’t know if their dad is still fuckin’ alive. Got any fuckin’ ideas?” He shout-whispered, his breath puffing against the taller’s.

Ghost took heartbeats to respond, though it felt like actual eons, his skin rotting as he took his time to answer.

“Thought you killed him.”

“We didn’t find his body.” Soap hissed under his breath, appalled with Simon’s sudden lack of peripheral vision. Ghost was a calculating beast, constantly studying the weakest points of his enemies before he even saw them in person.

“Simple solution, Sergeant. He comes back, we blow his brains out.” Ghost gripped Soap’s forearm, shoving him out of the way and slamming the handle down. He slowly crept back into the blackout room, before the door shut with a deafening echo.

Who was this man, and what has happened to the ‘stone cold bastard’ he knew?

#call of duty modern warfare #cod #modern warfare #simon ghost riley #simon riley #soap mactavish #john mactavish #call of duty

[delurkr]

1858 Carvers

Continuing with my Tilly Johnson era of doubles, here is Solomon Carver, owner of Ravenden factory, and his wife Mona Carver. Solomon is the double of the canon Carvers and Leonard Carson, and Mona is built off the idea of Simon's wife Madeleine who was kidnapped in 1690.

Starting with Mona - Her face is based on the Julia model (basically because Marie Whitman in TDiM happens to be a Julia model and is married to Jeff who's a Carver model) and I tried to age her up a bit and borrowed from Marie's and Julia's outfits for her design:

Pink with knotted trim reminiscent of Julia's pink knotted t-shirt

Her brooch is a landscape painting similar to that t-shirt's graphic (minus the surfer ofc lol)

Her net overlay is inspired by Julia's black top with the openwork design

Blue belt and white (under)sleeves similar to Marie's

No hat because I didn't wanna. A hat would have been required but I have my priorities (curly hair✨), but she does have gloves, which are the random yellow color that was a thing in the mid-1800s

Solomon -

Black because he's in mourning. Mona dies in 1858 and his father was murdered by his evil son died some time before, so mourning is his vibe

Super wide hatband as was customary when a man was mourning his wife

His watch chain is made out of Mona's hair. He cares about her death to some degree so I thought it would be interesting. (Hair jewelry was a thing in the 1800s, not always because the person was dead)

Fancy cane is fancy. It's made out of wood and whalebone, because the whaling industry in the 1800s was centered nearby on the Massachusetts coast and a lot of crafty whalebone products came out of that

Also I don't know how tall the C's are supposed to be but in my mind Mona is tiny so that's where the height difference comes from 😁

#now i can finally close the 5915960472 tabs i had open for references #thats always a nice feeling #until the next one lol #fanart #my art #tdpa ocs #tilly johnson #little hope 1858 #simon carver #leonard carson #madeleine carver #should i tag marie and julia #yeah sure why not #julia man of medan #marie whitman #the dark pictures anthology #little hope

[most-hated-blorbo-bracket]

Update on how many unique characters you’ve received?

As usual, super long list, so here we go!

These characters have two+ (2+) submissions, and are likely to be included.

Vriska Serkat

Eridan Ampora

Shiver

Kokichi Ouma

Haiji Towa

Minoru Mineta

Simon

Boston

Bill Cipher

John Gaius

Regal Farseer

Ayin

Kylo Ren

Mal

Jurgen Leitner

Merlin

Darkstalker

Kyubey 

Ty Betteridge

Sasuke Uchiha

Dazai Osamu

Glenn Quagmire

Rose Quartz

Makima

c!Dream

Izzy Hands

Akio Ohtori

Katsuki Bakugo

Bramblestar

Michael

Don Quixote Doflamingo

Elias Bouchard/Jonah Magnus

Ansem the Wise

Kusaka Masato

Azula 

The Metatron

Evan Hansen

Stella Goetia

Pierce Hawthorne

Le’garde

Lance Dubois

Santa Claus

Meenah Peixes / Her Imperious Condescension 

Greg Heffley

Tony Stark

Donald Trump

Jace Herondale / Wayland / Lightwood / Morgenstern

Teddy / Kuma

Mr. Bungee

Julia Mazzone

Sentinel Prime

William Afton

Cullen Rutherford

Shou Tucker

Junko Enoshima

Ardyn Izunia

Sosuke Aizen

Happosai 

Simon Laurent

Caillou 

Ōchi Fukuchi

Jin Guanyao

Micah Bell

Cici

These characters have been submitted only once, and have a lower chance of being accepted.

Michael Scott

Detective Saracusa

Paul Von Oberstein

JJ

Box

Damian Wayne

Cersei Iannister

Shredder

Splinter

John ‘Jack’ Seward

Akane 

Abyss Sibling

House

Nickel

Julie-Sue

Tim Drake

Xisuma

Dr. John ‘Jack’ Seward

Hisoka 

Gra’ha Tia

Elias Ainsworth

Trishna 

Erlina and Brugaves

Five Pebbles

The Entirety Of Homestuck

Willy Stampler

Miguel O’Hara

Medusa Gorgon

Gamzee Makara

Rohan Kishibe

Teruhashi Makoto

Gordon Blackwall

Rebecca Costwolds

Dio 

Anakin Skywalker

Sigma Kilm

Caesar Clown

Shiki Tohno/Nanaya

Mori Ougai

Asuka 

Marlon

Pencil

Touichiro Suzuki

Alexander Hamilton

Georg Weissmann 

Dean Winchester

The Operator

Kromer

Scrappy Doo

Foreman Oyun

The Eleventh Doctor

Any Character From Welcome to Nightvale

Will Shuester

Marie

Silver Spoon

Jayne Cobb

Byakuya Togami

Prince Louis 

Coco

Princess Daisy

Light Yagami

The Pale King

Yoshiharu Hisomu

Himiko Toga

Sebastian Mechaelias

Mystery Hunter (Jeremiah Hartley)

Muzan Kibutsuji

Clara Oswald

Ranpo Edogawa (Beast)

Heath cliff

Inspector Tobias Greyson

Roland

Huey Emmerich

Tom Wambsgans

Yuri Briar

Jacopo Bearzatti

Quiche

Alastor

Meredith Rodney McKay

Every Single Country In 1993

Cicero

Val Velocity

Jiren 

Noor Pradesh

Blackbeard 

Kristoph Gavin

Morris 

Dan Moroboshi

Muu Kusunoki

Julia

Shen Jiu

April O’Neil (2012)

Johnny

Adam

Ronaldo

Makoto Itou

Ianthe Tridentarius

Disembodied Voice

Viren

Spamton

George Wickham

Floch

The New Ninja

Sakazuki Akainu 

Petyr Baelish / Littlefinger

Childe 

Wen Chao

Stormcaller

Chibiusa

Ashfur 

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd 

James T. Kirk

Billy

Mikan Tsumuki

Teruteru

Orochi

Millions Knives

The Mage

Lotor

Otto Apocalypse 

Sanji

Woodes Rogers

Zeke Jaeger

Dean Venture

Absalom 

Aloise Trancey

Cynte

Akito Sohma

Pierre

Monokubs (Except Monodam)

Edelgard 

Chrollo Lucifer

Chloe Bourgeois 

Zhou Zishu

Wanderer/Scaramouche 

Elon Musk

Il Dottore

Goeffry St. John

Nikola Tesla

Louie

Ogai Mori

Astarion 

Mary Keay

Dr. Henry Miller

Booker

Voice In The Calm Ad On Spotify

Akechi Goro

Victor Frankenstein

Five

Riley Finn

Anyone From The Locked Tomb

Elias Ainsworth

Nefera DeNile

Angel Dust

Blitzo Buckzo

The Once-Ler

Moash

Zenos Galvus

Marvin Falsettos

Solf J. Kimblee 

Father / Dwarf In The Glass

Henry the Eighth 

Aranea Serkat

Bro-Strider

Caliborn / Lord English

Feferi Peixes

Skizzleman

Black Pete

Narumi 

Cozy Glow

Holly Blue Agate

Every Genshin Impact Character Ever

Drew

Dio (Zero Escape)

Matou Shinji

Chris McClain

Thistleclaw 

Rumpelstiltskin

Ruruka Ando

Sheldon Cooper

Buck Cluck

Valens Van Varro

Verstael Besithia

Kevin

France (Hetalia)

Tumblr Staff

Slayer 

Volgin 

Yumichika Ayasegawa

Roshi 

Chibiusa

Akio Himemiya

Ali Lectric

Rafe Cameron

Raven Queen

Duke

Sandy

Everyone In Romeo And Juliet

Bella Swan

Haiji Senri

Tsumugi Aoba

Vivienne Medranno’s Impsona

Buzz McCallister 

Eugene Coli

Live Action Buggy

Aizen Sosuke

Kyouichi Saionji

Ibara Saegusa

Yu Ziyuan

Mahiru Koizumi

The Little Palace Mistress

Eichi Tenshouin

The Old Palace Master

Rafal 

Jonah Magnus

Queen Scarlet

Nanami Kiryuu 

Hiyoko Saionji

God

Roger

Judo

Ken

Steven Universe

JD

#mod speaks #not a poll #most hated blorbo bracket #ask answered #I would cry #trying to tag all these characters

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

🔎 YA Under the Radar Part 6 🔍

for a long time, I've been keeping (and eventually posting) lists of YA books I read that have received less attention than they deserve. it's been more than 12 months since I posted the last list in this series but I finally hit 50 the other day so here it is, the latest instalment of my YA Under the Radar series 😊

all of these books have less than 15,000 ratings on Goodreads, give or take, and were books that I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend. I've marked ones with queer rep with pride flag emojis and ones with disability rep with wheelchair symbols. be sure to check them out!

Vampires Never Get Old (ed.) by Zoraida Córdova & Natalie C Parker 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️

Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales (ed.) by Poppy Nwosu 🏳️‍🌈

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow 🏳️‍🌈

This Poison Heart duology by Kalynn Bayron 🏳️‍🌈

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

Slipping the Noose by Meg Caddy 🏳️‍🌈

Into the Crooked Place duology by Alexandra Christo

The Scapegracers series by HA Clarke 🏳️‍🌈

Lakesedge duology by Lyndall Clipstone

Clean by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Meat Market by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Wonderland by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈

Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Witch King duology by HE Edgmon 🏳️‍🌈

The Not So Chosen One by Kate Emery

Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller

Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard 🏳️‍🌈

At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson 🏳️‍🌈

The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson 🏳️‍🌈

Social Queue by Kay Kerr ♿️

Kiss and Tell by Adib Khorram 🏳️‍🌈

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger 🏳️‍🌈

What They Don’t Know by Nicole Maggi

Fix by J Albert Mann ♿️

The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo

The Killing Code by Ellie Marney 🏳️‍🌈

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Fraternity by Andy Mientus 🏳️‍🌈

Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz 🏳️‍🌈♿️

At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal ♿️

The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

Wider Than the Sky by Katharine Rothschild 🏳️‍🌈

Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin 🏳️‍🌈

Crown of Coral and Pearl duology by Mara Rutherford

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass 🏳️‍🌈

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam Sass 🏳️‍🌈

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa 🏳️‍🌈

Market of Monsters trilogy by Rebecca Schaeffer

Windfall by Jennifer E Smith

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E Smith

Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve 🏳️‍🌈

Definitions of Indefinable Things by Whitney Taylor ♿️

Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton & Aśka 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️

The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White

Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde 🏳️‍🌈

Where You Left Us by Rhiannon Wilde 🏳️‍🌈

More of my rec lists can be found in my "book recommendations" tag

#book recs #book recommendations #booklr #bookblr #ya books #trcc original #i've been meaning to post this for weeks #got there in the end

[rebeccadumaurier]

2023 Books in Review

a tiered ranking of all the books i read in 2023! originally i was going to write up my commentary on each one but then i was like hahaha.....no, so below the cut is just a list of the titles/authors in each tier instead.

changed my brain chemistry

The Idiot, Elif Batuman

Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang

The Borrowed, Chan Ho-kei (trans. Jeremy Tiang)

My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier

Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang (trans. Ken Liu)

The Membranes, Chi Ta-wei (trans. Ari Larissa Heinrich)

Under the Pendulum Sun, Jeannette Ng

Severance, Ling Ma

He Who Drowned the World, Shelley Parker-Chan

Vita Nostra, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (trans. Julia Meitov Hersey)

Network Effect, Martha Wells

top-tier stuff

Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez (trans. Megan McDowell)

Brainwyrms, Alison Rumfitt

The Door, Magda Szabo (trans. Len Rix)

The Lover, Marguerite Duras (trans. Barbara Bray)

Fun Home, Alison Bechdel

Strange Beasts of China, Yan Ge (trans. Jeremy Tiang)

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers

Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, Kim Fu

Tell Me I’m Worthless, Alison Rumfitt

Bliss Montage, Ling Ma

How to Read Now, Elaine Castillo

Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer

The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin

If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin

My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante

The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri

good, well-written

Carmilla, Sheridan Le Fanu

Life Ceremony, Sayaka Murata (trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori)

Yellowface, R. F. Kuang

A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine

Assassin of Reality, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (trans. Julia Meitov Hersey)

Witch King, Martha Wells

Tokyo Ueno Station, Miri Yu (trans. Morgan Giles)

Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler

Peaces, Helen Oyeyemi

Gingerbread, Helen Oyeyemi

Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

The Pachinko Parlor, Elisa Shua Dusapin (trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins)

All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Fugitive Telemetry, and System Collapse (Murderbot #1-4, #6-7), Martha Wells

Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee

The Dry Heart, Natalia Ginzburg (trans. Frances Frenaye)

Gods of Want, K-Ming Chang

Paradais, Fernanda Melchor (trans. Sophie Hughes)

The Mushroom at the End of the World, Anna Tsing

Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced An Emergency, Chen Chen

The Hurting Kind, Ada Limon

Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie

An Unauthorised Fan Treatise, Lauren James

Upstream, Mary Oliver

The Art of Death, Edwidge Danticat

Meander, Spiral, Explode, Jane Alison

alphabet, Inger Christensen (trans. Susanna Nied)

Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

flawed, but enjoyable

The Wicker King, K. Ancrum

Exit West, Mohsin Hamid

Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters

Flux, Jinwoo Chong

Bang Bang Bodhisattva, Aubrey Wood

The Murder of Mr. Wickham, Claudia Gray

Natural Beauty, Ling Ling Huang

The Monster Baru Cormorant, Seth Dickinson

Certain Dark Things, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Likeness, Tana French

The Cabinet, Un-su Kim (trans. Sean Lin Halbert)

The Kingdom of Surfaces, Sally Wen Mao

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On, Franny Choi

good, well-written, but not my cup of tea

The Good House, Tananarive Due

The Transmigration of Bodies, Yuri Herrera (trans. Lisa Dillman)

Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (trans. Olena Bormashenko)

The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan

At Night All Blood Is Black, David Diop (trans. Anna Moschovakis)

Family Lexicon, Natalia Ginzburg (trans. Jenny McPhee)

The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo

The Kingdom of This World, Alejo Carpentier (trans. Harriet de Onís)

Against Silence, Frank Bidart

flawed, less enjoyable

Tenth of December, George Saunders

Counterweight, Djuna (trans. Anton Hur)

Authority, Jeff VanderMeer

Comfort Me with Apples, Catherynne M. Valente

Babel, R. F. Kuang

The Genesis of Misery, Neon Yang

Carrie Soto Is Back, Taylor Jenkins Reid

not ranking

These are nonfiction and they aren’t literature-related, so it just felt weird trying to rank them.

Visual Thinking, Temple Grandin

On Web Typography, Jason Santa Maria

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo (trans. Cathy Hirano)

#ange.log #ange.book

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Pitch for a Dark Pictures Anthology game:

1) The title:

THE WHITE LADY (reasoning: loosely based on the ghost story)

2) Story:

During the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, a young Filipino woman is brought to the “people zoo” where she is put on display alongside other Filipinos. She develops a seething rage towards the Americans as she endures extreme humiliation, essentially being treated like an animal. The following night, the woman escapes her captors, leading to a massive search by the fair groundskeepers. It’s during the search where we learn that the woman was harboring a dark secret; she was an aswang, the infamous shapeshifting monster in Filipino folklore.

The woman kills the groundskeepers who manage to find her and she retreats into the woods, never to be seen again. Over time, she becomes an urban legend to the people of Louisiana, gaining the nickname “The White Lady of St. Louis”.

In the present day, on the anniversary of the aswang’s rampage, two separate groups arrive in search of the white lady. One group, the main protagonists, is a team of supernatural enthusiasts whose leader believes that she’s related to the white lady. The other group is a team of hunters seeking to kill the aswang.

At first, the two groups seem to share common ground in that they both fear the white lady. But as night falls, the hunters show their “true” side, thus blurring the lines of who is truly the monster to be feared.

3) Story details / movie inspirations:

While the aswang starts out as the primary villain, towards the second act of the game, we learn that the white lady is just trying to live in peace. She’s a misunderstood monster, only attacking in self-defense and most of her story being exaggerated and twisted by the Americans to make her look like a villain. All she really wants is to go home (which I’d imagine would be a choice that the players can make in the game).

The REAL villains are the hunters. I pictured the hunters as villains in the same vein as the family from “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. Or even from “The Devil’s Rejects”. They’re a bunch of crazy people who believe that they’re “avenging” the slain groundskeepers.

(Side note: I pictured the lead hunter using the same character model as Eric King from “House of Ashes”)

So for the tone of this game, imagine the first half as a vampire/werewolf movie and the second half as a crazy serial killer family movie.

4) The playable protagonists:

a) Gemma Bautista (STUBBORN, DIGNIFIED, UNDERSTANDING): The leader of the supernatural enthusiasts and a distant descendant of the aswang. Gemma is voiced and mocapped by Vanessa Hudgens, who is the game’s starring actor.

b) Thomas Nishioka (KIND, RATIONAL, OVERBEARING): Member of the supernatural enthusiasts and Gemma’s father figure. Thomas uses the same character model as Merwin from “House of Ashes”.

c) Sanjay Gupta (CYNICAL, SUPERSTITIOUS, DEPRESSED): The historian/researcher of the supernatural enthusiasts. Sanjay uses the same character model as Dar Basri from “House of Ashes”.

d) Priya Gupta (INNOCENT, AMIABLE, LOYAL): Sanjay’s daughter and Gemma’s best friend. Priya uses the same character model as Erin Keenan from “The Devil in Me”.

e) Amy Simmons (INSECURE, SHORT-TEMPERED, COMMANDING): Washed-up celebrity who only joined the supernatural enthusiasts in an attempt to revive their career. She uses the same character model as Julia from “Man of Medan”.

BONUS) Edgar Fitzpatrick: The false protagonist/prologue protagonist. He is one of the groundskeepers during the 1904 World’s Fair who gets killed by the aswang. Edgar uses the same character model as Reverend Carver/Carson from “Little Hope”.

#vanessa hudgens #the dark pictures #dark pictures anthology #the dark pictures anthology #supermassive games #man of medan #little hope #house of ashes #the devil in me #until dawn #the quarry #eric king #nathan merwin #dar basri #erin keenan #Julia man of Medan #the curator #reverend carver #horror video games #video games #video game

[critical-quoter]

March Books

If I keep up at this pace, I'll probably double my reading goal. But such is life, I guess. lol Also, I'm starting to realize that I may be way too generous with my ratings.

Lover Eternal - J. R. Ward ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lover Awakened - J. R. Ward ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fortress of the King - Dakotah Fox ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fortress of the Queen - Dakotah Fox ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lover Revealed - J. R. Ward ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fae Gods: Maze - Phillina Wood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Faking with Benefits - Lily Gold ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Savage Favour - Layla Simon ⭐️⭐️⭐️ My Darling Bride - Isla Madden-Mills ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tempt Our Fate - Kat Singleton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ You're So Bad - Angela Casella ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Time with Mr. Silver - Elle Nichol ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sicko - Amo Jones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Throne of the Fallen - Kerri Maniscalo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Famous Last Words - C. W. Farnsworth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Good Billionaire - Deborah Garland ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Deviant Hearts - Jagger Cole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dante - Sadie Kincaid ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Our Ride to Forever - Julie Olivia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Under His Mask - Eden Webber ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Desire or Defense - Leah Brunner ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Twisted Devotion - Poppy St. John ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Strictly Business - Carrie Elks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When Heroes Fall - Giana Darling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When Villains Rise - Giana Darling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Queen and the King - Jeanette Rose & Alexis Rune ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Twisted Emotions - Cora Reilly ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Secret Baby for the Bratva - Isla Brooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Touch of Chaos - Scarlett St. Clair ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lincoln - V. H. Nicolson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Varsity Dad Dilemma - Lex Martin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wild About You - Rebecca Jenshak ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Always My Comfort - Taylor Jade ⭐️⭐️⭐️ City of Darkness - Karina Halle ⭐️⭐️⭐️ There Are No Saints - Sophie Lark ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There Is No Devil - Sophie Lark ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Protected and Punished - V. T. Bonds ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Indigo Ridge - Denver Perry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When We Touch - Carrie Elks ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spring Breeze - Lily Alexander ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Off Limits - Chelle Sloan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Beneath These Dark Skies - Ria Wilde ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bride - Ali Hazelwood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bound by Fate - F. D. Fair ⭐️⭐️ Trying to Hate the Player - Tia Souders ⭐️⭐️ For Him - R. L. Atkinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What I Should Have Said - R. L. Atkinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ On the Line - Naomi Loud ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ On the Line - Julia Connors ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Kiss Keeper - Krista Sandor ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pucking Revenge - Brittanee Nicole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Abandoned - A. M. Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tailgates and Truck Dates - Haley Rhoades ⭐️⭐️⭐️ When She Loves - Gabrielle Sands ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tailgates and Heartaches - Haley Rhoades ⭐️⭐️ The Turnover - Piper James ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tailgates & First Dates - Haley Rhoades ⭐️⭐️ Keeping My Captive - Angela Snyder ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Prince of Demons - Hana Hahm ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shadow Game - Christine Feehan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Takeover - T. L. Swan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Summons - Aquila Thorne ⭐️ God Complex - Darcy Dahlia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Forbidden Freedom - Jasmin Miller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Hue of Blu - Marie-France Leger ⭐️ Solace - Cat Austen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spite - Cat Austen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Pucking Wrong Number - C. R. Jane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Technically Yours - Denise Williams ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Two of a Kind - Alexa Rivers ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Beat by Beat - Kaylee Ryan ⭐️⭐️ Puck Pact - Kristen Granata ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Scoring the Player - Rebecca Jenshak ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

73 total books read for March 2024. I think that's a personal monthly record!

#book #books #booklr #book lover #book quotes #literature #lit #quote #reading #novel #march 2024 #march #2024 tbr

[free-for-all-fics]

Obscure Characters List - Female Edition (A-M)

Obscure Characters I love for some reason - Female Edition (A-M). (By obscure I mean characters that have little to no fanfic written about them. Not necessarily characters nobody’s ever heard of.) Don’t ask me to explain why. UPDATED: I had to split these up into separate posts because tumblr is being a butt about post length or something and won’t let me add more to either list idk.

A

Abigail Bishop/Emily (Let’s Scare Jessica to Death)

Agnes (Downfall Redux)

Agony Symbiote (Marvel Comics)

Alice (Apsulov: End of Gods)

Amanda Ripley (Alien Isolation)

Amelia (Underworld)

Anastasie “Tasi” Trianon (Amnesia Rebirth)

Annalise, Queen of the Vilebloods (Bloodborne)

Anna Valerious (Van Helsing 2004)

B

Baroness Clarimonde Catani (The Vampire Happening)

Belle (A Christmas Carol)

Black Canary/Dinah Drake/Dinah Laurel Lance (DC Comics)

Blackfire/Princess Komand'r (DC comics/Teen Titans)

Blind Mag/Magdalene DeFoe (Repo! The Genetic Opera)

Brides of Dracula (any version)

C

Cala Maria (Cuphead)

Calendar Girl/Page Munroe (DC Comics/The New Batman Adventures)

Catherine Chun (SOMA)

Charlotte Elbourne (Vampire Hunter D)

Charlotte Thornton (Nancy Drew, Ghost of Thornton Hall)

Chrissy/Mildred Pratt (Deadstream)

Constance Blackwood (We Have Always Lived in the Castle)

Cora (Devil’s Carnival 2)

Countess Marya Zaleska (Dracula's Daughter)

D

Dana Newman/The Angry Princess (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

Dolirra (Fariwalk: The Prelude)

Doll Face (The Strangers)

Dollisa (Fariwalk: The Prelude)

E

Edith Finch (What Remains of Edith Finch)

Elisabeth Williams (Maid of Sker)

Elizabeth Eilander (Rusty Lake Paradise)

Elizabeth Shelley (Frankenhooker)

Empress Tihana (Amnesia Rebirth)

Erin (You’re Next)

Estella (Great Expectations)

Esther/Leena Klammer (Orphan 1 and 2)

Evelyn “Evie” Carnahan O' Connnell  (The Mummy series)

F

Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

G

Ginger Fitzgerald (Ginger Snaps)

Glorificus “Glory” (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Goody (Vampires)

Grace Le Domas (Ready Or Not)

Gwendolyn “Gwen” Grayson/Royal Pain (Sky High)

H

Harper Thornton (Nancy Drew, Ghost of Thornton Hall)

Hel (Apsulov: End of Gods)

Hero (Much Ado About Nothing)

I

Imogen “Idgie” Threadgoode (Green Fried Tomatoes)

Iris (30 Days of Night)

Isabelle/The Bride (Spookies)

J

Jane Doe (Autopsy of Jane Doe)

Jayme/Red (Blood Fest)

Jennet Humfrye/The Woman in Black (The Woman in Black)

Julia/Subject Three (TAU)

Juliette Waters (Sylvio)

Justine Florbelle (Amnesia the Dark Descent)

K

Kate Drew (Nancy Drew, The Silent Spy)

Kathy Rain (Kathy Rain)

Katrina Van Tassel (Sleepy Hollow)

Kissin’ Kate Barlow (Holes)

L

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower (Bloodborne)

Lady Sybil Crawley/Branson (Downton Abbey)

Lamia (Stardust)

Laura "Lorelai" Wood (Lorelai)

Laure Richis (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)

Laurie (Trick ‘r Treat)

Leech Woman (Puppetmaster series)

Lena (Underworld: Blood Wars)

Lily (V/H/S Amateur Night/SiREN)

Lily Munster (The Munsters)

Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree (Elden Ring)

Lucille Sharpe (Crimson Peak)

Lucy Billington (The Invitation)

Lunar Princess Ranni (Elden Ring)

M

Malenia the Severed (Elden Ring)

Marni Wallace (Repo! The Genetic Opera)

Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood (We Have Always Lived in the Castle)

Mel (Nancy Drew, Warnings at Waverly Academy)

Melanie Ravenswood (Phantom Manor)

Melina (Elden Ring)

Millicent (Elden Ring)

Milk Maiden (2001 Maniacs)

Mirror Queen (The Brothers Grimm)

Miss Brixil (Level 16)

Moder (The Ritual)

#Obscure characters list #Obscure characters #Obscure fictional characters #will be added to over time

[apollos-boyfriend]

Obvious ask is obvious

c!purped ?

die anywhere else but SPECIFICALLY the julia henderson version. flops over dead. this block character has done irreparable damage to my psyche

[send me a ♫+character/ship and i'll respond with a song that reminds me of them!]

#muse talk #clingyduoapologist #ask game #logan showed it to me and it has haunted me since #/pos #ITS SO HIMMMMMM

[foreveralwaysanauthor]

Hayley's Basic Info

Name: Hayley Anne Mays

Hayley's faceclaims were so fun for me to find, but I had a hard time choosing between my 90s pick and my 00s pick as they both fit her so well. For the 60s, we have Sophia Loren (Arabesque). For the 80s, we have Julia Roberts (Mystic Pizza). For the 90s, we have Sandra Bullock (Practical Magic). For the current day, we have Dakota Johnson (Am I OK?). My pick for the 00s was Michelle Rodriguez (Fast and the Furious) as I feel like her character, Letty, in the first few movies is very fitting for a college-age Hayley, but I kept it simple and stuck with just showing the normal decades.

Nicknames: Hails, Hammy (only her sister calls her that and it’s solely because of her initials spelling HAM), Other Mother/Mom (by Vivien, usually, but Charlie calls her that sometimes when she's talking with Vivien)

Age: 38 

Date of Birth: February 25

Zodiac: Pisces

Birthstone: Amethyst

Nationality: Native American and Irish

Sexuality: Lesbian

Birthplace: Newcastle, Maine

Current Residence: Laconia, New Hampshire

Occupation: Engineering Manager

Talents/Skills: Sculpting, speed-reading, and she loves using her skills with computers to mod out video games for friends and family.

Birth order: Oldest

Siblings: Chelsea Alisha O’Brian (older by 10 minutes)

Parents: George Wallace Mays and Dawn Marie Campbell

Signature:

Height: 5’9”

Race: Native American

Eye Color: Green

Hair Color: Brown

Glasses or contact lenses: Only reading glasses

Distinguishing features: She has a surgery scar from having a C-section when she had Vivien, a small scar on her jaw from a car accident she was in when she first got her permit, and a tattoo of a bouquet of flowers on the inside of her left forearm. Each flower symbolizes a family member’s birth month and she plans on adding more to it as time goes on.

Mannerisms: If her mouth is moving, her hands will be too, but she gets more emphatic with it when she’s holding something, she can sometimes be found muttering things to herself while she works - broken, unintelligible sentences usually, and she tugs at her hair if she has it down - twisting it around her fingers, braiding small strands, or simply tugging at it to keep herself focused.

Health: Allergy-related asthma (pollen, grass, and pine wood are the main triggers) and she has iron deficiency.

Hobbies: She habitually participates in street racing - mile and quarter-mile races are her specialty, but she’ll race just about anything if her car qualifies - but she also loves going to comic conventions with Charlie and Vivien, getting all dressed up as different characters, and just enjoying a day out with family.

Greatest flaw (in their opinion): She would probably say how unintentionally sarcastic she sounds when she’s upset, when, in reality, it would be how much pressure she puts on herself. She had a bad habit of pushing herself far past the breaking point to accomplish things as deadlines are very important to her and it takes an army to make her stop.

Best quality (in their opinion): Her first instinct would be to deflect and say her best quality is the bond she has with her family, but even she knows - deep down - that it would actually be her selflessness. Choosing to have Vivien for her sister and brother-in-law was a big factor in this and, despite claiming that anybody would do it for family, she knows that isn’t the case. It certainly wasn’t the first time she put aside her own feelings in favor of helping someone and it definitely won’t be the last.

Biggest fear: Loss. Whether it be a breakup, a death, or a missing pet, loss is Hayley’s biggest fear. It started early as her grandfather on her mom’s side passed away when she was only seven. They had been so close that it was like a part of her heart had been torn from her chest. As time passed, more people in her extended family died and she watched as more people left her life for one reason or another, she grew attached to those around her in the hope that they would stick around. As an adult, it’s slightly easier to deal with, but she still constantly worries about her family as her parents get older and Vivien begins to walk the thin line between danger and safety.

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw, but the hat took forever to decide between that and Gryffindor

Favorite ice cream: Cookies and cream

Favorite colors: Green and royal blue

Favorite number: 4, how many dates she and Charlie went on before she knew she wanted to get married.

Favorite songs: Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners, Where'd All the Time Go? by Dr. Dog, and Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine

A place they want to visit: Caribbean

#character info

[fearsomeandwretchedandwrong]

My reading goal for 2023 is to read 75 books. I will post each book I've read here:

Frankenstein (1818 text) by Mary Shelley

In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce

The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice

All the Dangerous Things by Stacey Willingham

The Essential Bogosian: Talk Radio, Drinking in America, Funhouse and Men Inside by Eric Bogosian

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

Mall by Eric Bogosian

The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice

Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead by Eric Bogosian

Merrick by Anne Rice

Vicious by V.E Schwab

Such Pretty Flowers by K.L Cerra

Blood and Gold by Anne Rice

Vengeful by V.E Schwab

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Prince Lestat by Anne Rice

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl

The Spite House by Johnny Compton

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

ExtraOrdinary by V.E Schwab

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Gallant by V.E Schwab

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Shades of Magic Vol. 1: The Steel Prince by V.E Schwab

Shades of Magic Vol. 2: Night of Knives by V.E Schwab

Shades of Magic Vol. 3: The Rebel Army by V.E Schwab

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson

Blood Communion by Anne Rice

Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

Wolfsong by TJ Klune

Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

The Magic That Binds by A.J. Sherwood

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Witch King by Martha Wells

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Drowned Country by Emily Tesh

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Reforged by Seth Haddon

From Below by Darcy Coates

Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer

The Last Word by Taylor Adams

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

Ravensong by T.J. Klune

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Finna by Nino Cipri

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin

My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron

Vampires Never Get Old by Natalie C. Parker and Zoraida Córdova

Creature Feature Collection (Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix + five more short stories)

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (re-read)

Someone We Know by Shari Lapena

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales of Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (re-read)

The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

#2023 books #booklr #reading challenge #starting with a low number

[most-hated-blorbo-bracket]

Do you have a list of all characters submitted so far?

hoo boy, it’s a long fuckin list; I’ll put it under the cut

Please know that this is RAW STATISTICS. Just because a character is here doesn’t mean it will be included or not included!

For those who just want statistics, we have 269 submissions as of now, with 211 unique characters (if I counted correctly)!

The characters on this list have two or more submissions, and have a high chance of being selected (save for a few with some…not so convincing propaganda)

Vriska Serkat

Eridan Ampora

Shiver

Kokichi Ouma

Haiji Towa

Minoru Mineta

Simon

Boston

Bill Cipher

John Gaius

Regal Farseer

Ayin

Kylo Ren

Mal

Jurgen Leitner

Merlin

Darkstalker

Kyubey 

Ty Betteridge

Sasuke Uchiha

Dazai Osamu

Glenn Quagmire

Rose Quartz

Makima

c!Dream

Izzy Hands

Akio Ohtori

Katsuki Bakugo

Bramblestar

Michael

Don Quixote Doflamingo

Elias Bouchard/Jonah Magnus

Ansem the Wise

Kusaka Masato

Azula 

The Metatron

Evan Hansen

The characters in this section have one submission, and have a lower chance of being selected.

Michael Scott

Detective Saracusa

Micah Bell

Paul Von Oberstein

JJ

Santa Claus

Box

Damian Wayne

Jace Herondale (submitter was unsure of name)

Cersei Iannister

Shredder

Splinter

William Afton

Cullen

John ‘Jack’ Seward

Akane 

Abyss Sibling

House

Nickel

Julie-Sue

Tim Drake

Xisuma

Dr. John ‘Jack’ Seward

Hisoka 

Gra’ha Tia

Elias Ainsworth

Trishna 

Erlina and Brugaves

Five Pebbles

Lance Dubois

The Entirety Of Homestuck

Willy Stampler

Simon Laurent

Miguel O’Hara

Medusa Gorgon

Gamzee Makara

Rohan Kishibe

Teruhashi Makoto

Gordon Blackwall

Rebecca Costwolds

Dio 

Ardyn Izunia

Anakin Skywalker

Sigma Kilm

Caesar Clown

Shiki Tohno/Nanaya

Mori Ougqi

Asuka 

Marlon

Pencil

Touichiro Suzuki

Alexander Hamilton

Le’Garde

Donald Trump

Georg Weissmann 

Dean Winchester

The Operator

Kromer

Scrappy Doo

Foreman Oyun

The Eleventh Doctor

Any Character From Welcome to Nightvale

Will Shuester

Marie

Cici 

Silver Spoon

Jayne Cobb

Byakuya Togami

Prince Louis 

Coco

Princess Daisy

Light Yagami

The Pale King

Yoshiharu Hisomu

Himiko Toga

Sebastian Mechaelias

Mystery Hunter (Jeremiah Hartley)

Muzan Kibutsuji

Clara Oswald

Ranpo Edogawa (Beast)

Heath cliff

Inspector Tobias Greyson

Pierce

Roland

Huey Emmerich

Tom Wambsgans

Yuri Briar

Jacopo Bearzatti

Quiche

Alastor

Meredith Rodney McKay

Every Single Country In 1993

Jin Guangyao

Cicero

Val Velocity

Jiren 

Noor Pradesh

Blackbeard 

Kristoph Gavin

Morris 

Dan Moroboshi

Muu Kusunoki

Teddie / Kumq

Julia

Shen Jiu

April O’Neil (2012)

Junko Enoshima

Johnny

Adam

Ronaldo

Greg Heffley

Makoto Itou

Ianthe Tridentarius

Ochi Fukuchi

Disembodied Voice

Viren

Spamton

George Wickham

Floch

The New Ninja

Sakazuki Akainu 

Petyr Baelish / Littlefinger

Childe 

Wen Chao

Stormcaller

Chibiusa

Ashfur 

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd 

James T. Kirk

Billy

Mikan Tsumuki

Teruteru

Orochi

Millions Knives

The Mage

Lotor

Sentinel Prime

Otto Apocalypse 

Sanji

Woodes Rogers

Zeke Jaeger

Dean Venture

Absalom 

Aloise Trancey

Cynte

Tony Stark

Akito Sohma

Pierre

Monokubs (Except Monodam)

Edelgard 

Happosai 

Chrollo Lucifer

Chloe Bourgeois 

Zhou Zishu

Wanderer/Scaramouche 

Elon Musk

Il Dottore

Goeffry St. John

Nikola Tesla

Louie

Ogai Mori

Astarion 

Mary Keay

Dr. Henry Miller

Booker

Voice In The Calm Ad On Spotify

Akechi Goro

Victor Frankenstein

Five

Riley Finn

Anyone From The Locked Tomb

Elias Ainsworth

Stella Goetia

Nefera DeNile

#mod speaks #not a poll #ask answered #most hated blorbo bracket

[liefst]

books i read in 2022, my favourites in bold:

Cheryl Strayed, Tiny beautiful things: Advice on love and life from Dear Sugar 

Isak Dinesen, Winter's tales

Jenny Slate, Little weirds

Kyung-sook Shin, Please look after mom

Nora Okja Keller, Comfort woman

Lisa Weeda, Aleksandra

Selma Lagerlöf, Kejsarn av Portugallien 

Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica inn

Margaret Atwood, Cat's eye

Brené Brown, Daring greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead

Brené Brown, The gifts of imperfection

Liv Strömquist, Kunskapens frukt

Rutger Bregman, Human kind: A hopeful history

Julie Powell, Julie and Julia: 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen

Julio Cortázar & Carol Dunlop, Les autonautes de la cosmoroute

Margaret Atwood, Morning in the burned house 

Bessel van der Kolk, The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma

Ottessa Moshfegh, My year of rest and relaxation 

Andrew Morton, Diana: Her true story in her own words 

Margaret Atwood, Selected poems: 1965-1975

Arnaldur Indriđason, Tregasteinn

Béroul, The romance of Tristan

Haruki Murakami, Norwegian wood

Margaret Atwood, Good bones and simple murders

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the goblet of fire

Margaret Atwood, The tent

Margaret Atwood, The blind assassin

Various authors, Against English 

Bregje Hofstede, De herontdekking van het lichaam: over de burn-out

Ian McEwan, Saturday

Mark Lanegan, Sing backwards and weep

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the half-blood prince

Wim Brands, Ruimtevaart

C. Buddingh', Een geluk bij een ongeluk

Simon Vestdijk, Terug tot Ina Damman

Selma Leydesdorff, Het water en de herinnering: De Zeeuwse watersnoodramp 

Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

#books read in 2022

[elphantasmo]

Revolution 2023 Predictions

Mark Briscoe and The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) (with Alex Abrahantes) vs. Ari Daivari and The Varsity Athletes (Josh Woods and Tony Nese) (with "Smart" Mark Sterling) - Mark Briscoe and The Lucha Brothers

Christian Cage vs. "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry - Jungle Boy

Chris Jericho vs. Ricky Starks - Ricky Starks

The Elite vs. House of Black - House of Black

Jamie Hayter (c) vs. Saraya vs. Ruby Soho - Ruby Soho

Jon Moxley vs Hangman - Hangman

Samoa Joe vs Wardlow - Joe

The Gunns vs The Acclaimed vs Jeff Jarrett/Jay Leathal vs Danhausen/Orange Cassidy - The Gunns

MJF vs Bryan Danielson - MJF

Other predictions: Returns/Debuts - Punk, Ibushi, White MJF cheats to get at least one pinfall Malakai or Julia mists Kenny

#aew predictions

[ukrfeminism]

TW: misogyny, extreme violence against women

Julia James trial: Killer said PCSO ‘deserved to die’ and threatened to rape and murder women, court told

Callum Wheeler, 22, told police station staff his case was different because 53-year-old was ‘a copper’, jury hears 

The man accused of murdering PCSO Julia James said she “deserved to die” and that his case was different because she was a “copper”, a jury has heard.

Callum Wheeler, 22, is on trial at Canterbury Crown Court charged with murdering the 53-year-old as she walked her dog in woods near her home in Snowdown, Kent, on 27 April last year.

The defendant, from Aylesham, Kent, has admitted killing the mother-of-two, found lying face down with catastrophic head injuries on the edge of a farmer’s field near Ackholt Wood, but denies murder.

On the fourth day of the trial, jurors heard how Wheeler told staff his case was different because Ms James was “a copper” and that she “deserved to die” while remanded in custody at Maidstone Police Station.

He also allegedly claimed he would go back to the woodland and rape and murder women if released.

Prosecutors told the court: “He said that his case was different because she was a copper. He also said she deserved to die and said that by that he meant she was a f****** fat c***.

“He said he did not know Julia James. He talked about the woodland area and said ‘You can’t go into the woods and expect to be safe’. 

“He went on to say he would harm other people if released. He said if he were to be released he would go back to the area and have sex with women without their consent. 

“He said he would knock them on the ground, rape them and murder them afterwards.”

The court also heard how Wheeler attempted to pull down his trousers to masturbate while in a police cell at the station and asked a police officer to “spank” him when two officers intervened.

Wheeler accessed several porn websites in the days leading up to Ms James’s killing and the days immediately after, the trial was told.

Examination of his laptop showed Wheeler accessed a Daily Mail article about the killing just days after Ms James’s death, the prosecution said.

His browsing history also showed he Googled “National Crime Agency”, “raped” and accessed a Telegraph article about the killing.

The trial previously heard the pathologist who carried out a post-mortem examination of Ms James’s body concluded there were “no signs of sustained or violent sexual assault” but that “the lack of such injuries would not necessarily rule this out”.

Ms James is said to have suffered from “catastrophic” head and brain injuries which would have been “completely unsurvivable even with immediate medical intervention”.

The prosecution alleges Wheeler carried out the attack using a metal railway jack they say was later found propped up against a wall in his bedroom. 

Home Office pathologist Dr Olaf Biedrzycki, who conducted the post-mortem, on Thursday said Ms James’s head injuries were “among the worst” he had seen in his career.

Asked by prosecutor Prosecutor Alison Morgan QC whether the injuries were consistent with the railway jack, he responded: “Yes.”

Dr Biedrzycki said he could not determine how many times Ms James was struck on the head but that it would have been “many, many blows”.

Ms Morgan previously told the court heart rate and walking speed data from the victim’s Apple watch and the fact she had a fractured left wrist indicated it was likely she was chased by her attacker and then fell either from the first blow from her attacker or by tripping.

She said the majority of Ms James’s head injuries must have been inflicted while she was face down on the ground with her hood as this would explain why the blood spatter was not widespread and instead concentrated inside the hood.

The prosecution finished presenting its evidence to the court on Thursday.

Wheeler’s defence barrister Oliver Blunt QC told the judge the defendant did not wish to give evidence.

The trial was adjourned until Friday.