Pale 4.6
Practice, my dears, is about repetition, rhythm, and presentation. We take some form of power, often something Others have to offer, or a bit of our Self, and we use our inviolable word to push that power into the ruts that the past has carved into existence. Those ruts are the circuits in the computer of reality, the currents in the aether of unreality.
oh I love this. What a great description of how magic works in the Otherverse
This was my difficulty, because I was raised with what I would term craft, rather than by practice. The word ‘practice’ implies rote repetition, with aim of perfection. Craft, on the other hand, is skill. Something that comes from the honing of the self.
this is an interesting philosophy. Makes me wonder about other completely different approaches to magic
It is possible for an Other to step into humanity and assume nearly everything about a human life, including the ability to practice
Blake... :|
“No,” Dreg rasped, speaking with an adult’s voice. “A good familiar is a partner, something you can control, or something you’re willing to be controlled by.
depressing but true. I feel like most practitioners fall into the second category
“Meh. If you asked around you’d probably hear something like how my family’s a bunch of magic janitors.”
“Janitors? What do you do?”
“I’m a knight of seals."
cool name though
If I got kicked out, no high school education or anything, then I’d probably end up a goblin exterminator.
ok. so. 1) teach your children enough to get a GED and 2) MAYBE NOT WITH THE EXTERMINATING OF SAPIENT BEINGS? Like, I can see how you might need to deal violently with some goblins, but "extermination" is a hell of a loaded word
Like… boy band attractive, but without the attached annoyance of the boy band.
I think the band is supposed to be part of the appeal?
“I find,” Jessica said, “the proportion of bad people remains roughly the same. If ten percent of people are assholes, they’re going to be assholes whether you’re in a big school or here, or in the city or a town like mine.”
“The proportions may remain the same, but the smaller the group, the harder it is to find the necessary number of people to surround yourself with, and the harder it is to avoid the monsters who are not Other.”
even leaving aside actual assholes, its so much harder to find people you genuinely like if the pool of total people is small
I think you have to find a family, found family or blood, and I don’t think Zed, I, Eloise, Ulysse, or Amine can be yours.
... yeah. I think Zed is a good ally, at least so far. But I think longterm the difference in goals is always going to be a divider. But the Kennet Trio have each other.
“Younger students, move closer to the front. Don’t be scared,” he said, as he placed his laptop beside him. “I byte with a y, but I don’t bite.”
oh, bad cs jokes
Not entirely sure what's going on with Ray here, if he's being racist or if he's seeing how Lucy responds to provocation
“That,” Ray said, after a short while, “was the Faerie. Seven courts.
oh! going back over those descriptions: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, dark Autumn, dark Summer, dark Spring?
She struggled to. All she remembered was how upset she felt as her emotions had gotten away from her. Like Ray had hit a button and made her feel something.
this makes me think Ray is deliberately pushing at her emotions. Maybe something to do with trying to figure out what was up with the Hungry Choir binding?
Are these categories from the Pactdice practices list? I think some names have been changed, but I remember Divine being a column header, and I think goblins and abyss were in the same column
“You’re agitated. Please relax. I would like to explain and move on to a practical lesson, but I can’t do that like this.”
You’ve been telling me to shush, you’ve been keeping me from raising my hand…
She bit her tongue.
“Would you step out, please? I am doing my best to include you in the class when I don’t have data on you. I will include you more after I have a better idea of where you stand, skillwise. For right now you’re being disruptive.”
literally not doing anything!
So. From what Zed's saying, this seems mainly to be that at practitioner school, the professors all might have issues or unreasonable pet peeves and students just kind of have to roll with it. Sucks and is unfair, but that's how life goes.
But. If Ray's issue is people being angry, it is deeply unfair to hook someone up to an emotion detector and then react to the emotions being shown by the detector, even if the person controls them.
And also, out of all the students there, including other new students, including other students who didn't fill out the forms. The student he singles out for being overemotional and angry is the one Black girl.
She found them, not that far from the school or that deep into the paths. The Dollmaker, Graubard, and the ex-headmaster, Bristow, talking.
hmm. Don't like that!
Verona turned a book so it was at an angle both she and Lucy could read, and she beamed, excited and happy.
I wouldn't be surprised if Verona wants to consider staying at school for the school year rather than returning home.
It isn’t nothing, answered that other part of her, that had just been lit up with simulations of karma and divinity, colored with spirit and seven shades of Faerie, and shaded with darknesses both visceral and ruined.
this is a hell of a closing line
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OMG the meltdown in the Polin fandom after the leaked release date is hilarious. Apparently it was sooooo disrespectful to them, and to Luke and Nicola to release the date without massive fanfare, and to have it in two parts is just not fair…….
On the disrespect because there was no big announcement, I guess then they will think that the previous couples were shown huge disrespect because they didn’t get a video announcing the start of filming their seasons.
Whilst I am finding their meltdown hilarious it is showing the absolute entitlement they all feel about how they think S3 is the most important season.
I will say, I do think it's weird that whatever intern that changed that header did it and then changed it to a blank one. B/c if you go look now it's just a blank green header now.
So IDK if they were supposed to wait to put the date one later when they dropped the trailer or if the dates are wrong/being changed again or what.
But I mean, look.... It IS frustrating for everyone. B/c even if you don't like Polin..... Some of us are wanting to see Kanthony, Benedict, Eloise, etc again and having to wait over 2 YEARS b/w S2 & 3 and over a YEAR after S3 wrapped filming... That's frustrating and insulting to us to wait that long if those dates are indeed correct.
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🦇 All Alone With You Book Review 🦇
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
❝ "You fight like hell for what you think you want, but you don't fight for what you already have. You value accomplishments over connections." ❞
❓ #QOTD What's your favorite song (or line from your favorite song)? ❓
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🦇 Eloise is comfortable in her solitude, especially with her social anxiety turning any human interaction into a nightmare. When she's forced to complete her volunteer hours at LifeCare—a volunteer agency that offers support to lonely seniors—her anxiety only flares. Her fellow volunteer, Austin, is the annoying sunshine to her stormy raincloud, who only sees Eloise's sarcasm as a challenge. To help her, Austin brings her to his favorite client, Marianne Landis—the frontwoman for the 1970s band The Laundromats. As Austin wears her down, the worry he'll drop her as a friend persists...especially when Eloise comes to realize the lines between friends and more is blurring.
💜 The first line of this book's description starts with "HBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist," which definitely hooked me. Eloise is all of Hannah's social anxiety and sass. Every interaction between Eloise and Austin is equally playful and witty. Austin always knows how to dish it back, never letting Eloise's cactus-like barbs pierce too deep. Eloise and Marianne have equally dry humor, though Marianne's rebuttals are seeping with age and experience. I loved Austin's honesty about going to therapy, along with Eloise's decision that she's not comfortable advertising her mental health struggles, even while other people choose to destigmatize it and help people feel less alone. As someone who struggles with anxiety and depression, I know how hard it is to straddle that line.
🦇 This story is heartfelt and entertaining with characters that are both loveable and relatable. It's a fast read, too. While Eloise is a relatable character, the most relatable ones aren't always the easiest to love; a reality that becomes a plot point in the story. I do think there's such a major focus on Eloise and her anxiety that we don't get enough of Marianne and Austin, who sometimes feel like props for Eloise's development. I am grateful that the YA romance wasn't the main plot point, though; Eloise's self-actualization and growth were instead.
🦇 Recommended to anyone who loves a grumpy versus sunshine ship, loads of character growth, and fuzzy yet angsty YA feels.
✨ The Vibes ✨
🎮 Mental Health Focus (Social Anxiety)
🎵 Grumpy (Lightning) vs Sunshine
🕹️ Coming-of-Age YA
🎵 Lyrics as Chapter Headers
🎮 Cute Banter
🦇 Major thanks to the author and publisher for providing an ARC of this book via Netgalley. 🥰 This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
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