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silkiemae · 2 years

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The Night and its Moon had the potential to be a good book. The synopsis on the back made it sound like something that would be right up my alley. Unfortunately, though, Piper C.J. took so many wrong turns. Everyone knows about the drama; I'm not going to rehash it again. All I want to say is I'm disappointed Piper didn't take the opportunity to re-publish as a second chance to fix all that was problematic in her book. She had a rare chance to go and do some severe reworking with an actual editor and didn't do it at all. I have the special edition copy of this book, and there were still so many errors and words that were utterly misused. At one point, 'aquatint' is used instead of 'acquaintance'.

The entirety of this book is so convoluted and so wordy. Piper tries to adopt the same lofty high fantasy prose seen in works like Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis and instead comes off as incredibly pretentious and melodramatic. She writes sentences in four rephrased ways, like she doesn't trust the reader to interpret things the way she wants. I honestly think this book could've used a very, very hefty developmental edit and several more drafts before it should've ever been published. I also think Piper needs new sensitivity readers because they did her so dirty.

So, The Night and its Moon is about two half-fae girls, Nox and Amaris. The book's first half takes place in a child-trafficking mill masquerading as an orphanage. Some children get adopted by families, but most are sold to brothels to be sex slaves or to people looking for 'virginal brides' or young boys to do child labor. This 'orphanage' is also associated with the church. A bishop comes once a month to inspect things, and if he finds a child with fae lineage, he'll take them, no questions asked, no money given. And therefore, Nox, the only POC in this orphanage and the Grey Matron's serving girl, is made to protect Amaris from him. Now, Nox is half-fae too, but for some reason, no one can tell that, yet they know Amaris is half-fae just by the sight of her. She is such an anomaly that they don't want to mar her perfect skin because they want to get the most money possible for her.

On the other hand, Nox is considered a trophy to the orphanage because she's the only POC there and is put on display before the bishop. After this ridiculous display, she runs to hide Amaris away, but they're discovered by some bullies who pick a fight with them. Amaris uses her magical whammy power on these bullies to make them disappear forever. This scene serves two purposes. To show Amaris’ power and for Nox to get whipped on behalf of the white girl. Nox has to hide Amaris and take the blame for the mess left behind in the wake of her fight, and the bishop is like, ‘alright, whip her’, and they do. No one stands up for Nox because they all know she has to take the blame, or they’ll find the super special white girl.

It’s almost like Piper tries to undo what she did to Nox by having her back heal entirely and there be no scars. But, like, girl, you still whipped your only POC (so far) to save your self-insert/plagiarized character.

Some years pass and the girls are finally on auction for the market day because Agnes says they’re selling children slower and slower, but she’s unwilling to buy more children. First of all. You could’ve sold Amaris and Nox earlier if you hadn’t been hiding them from everyone, but okay. Second of all. It’s technically an orphanage, is it not? Is purchasing children the only way Agnes can acquire them? Do parents not send their children there if they can’t take care of them? If the church funds this place, orphans are left there constantly; why aren’t they providing the mill with more children? All the adults come, and nobody picks Amaris or Nox, which is weird, considering their specialness is consistently shoved in our faces. It’s not until the brothel owner, Millicent, shows up to take two random girls that she notices Amaris and wants to acquire her. Nox naturally thinks this is the worst day of her life(let’s not think about the day she was whipped, I guess?), and Amaris uses her magic power to not go with Millicent until she’s had her period(why not use the power to NEVER go with her?). Millicent makes Amaris, whom I believe is 12 or 13 in this scene, get naked so she can be scoped for any imperfections. It’s super uncomfortable and creepy. And what’s even worse about it is that THIS is the catalyst that makes Nox realizes she’s in love with Amaris. She states that she always believed their relationship to be ‘a friendship’ until a sudden intimate love sprang out in her…but nothing has happened to trigger this sudden confession except for the fact that Amaris was just stripped naked in front of her so she could later be sold to a brothel. Am I the only one who sees something very off about this? There’s a line where Nox thinks that ‘when Amaris needed her most, she had failed her’ but like Nox…girl…you were whipped for her.

So the girls decide they’re going to run away together before Millicent can come to take Amaris. They start gathering knowledge and supplies, but we don’t get to hear about any of them. Amaris gets her period, and it’s the worst period ever because none of the matrons bothered to teach these girls about their bodies, and now all of the girls think Amaris is dying. Anywho, Nox and Amaris are primed to run away, and an injured assassin with a gravelly voice shows up( I wonder who he could be!), ruining their plans to escape, so they have to delay. Nox confesses her love to Amaris, and Amaris, oblivious, is like, ‘yeah, same!’

Millicent shows up early, and things go haywire Amaris ends up abandoning Nox to run off with the strange assassin who showed up the night before. She also mutilates herself so she will no longer be ‘perfect’ and gives herself the same scar that Ciri has in The Witcher. How odd. Nox is left behind and has to go to the brothel in Amaris’ place. How unsurprising that Nox gets shafted yet again.

So while Amaris runs off with not Geralt of Rivia and his horse Cobb aka not Roach, Nox is forced to work in a brothel. Amaris trains to become a Reever befriends the other Reevers, and generally has the time of her life, not thinking once about Nox save for a random wet dream and trying to bone her ‘brothers’, and in the meantime, Nox is miserable lonely and depressed. Her thoughts are constantly revolving around Amaris; all she can think about is getting back to her. She’s forced to have sex with men, repulsed at their touch, and thinks about women the whole time. Oh, I forgot that she’s also a succubus and steals men’s souls when she has sex with them. So far, the only female POC character has been a trophy item to be put on display, a whipping girl for our special white main, and now an enslaved succubus.

The whole second part of the story— ‘Ownership’- is a lot of exposition that I barely cared about. Amaris learns to become a Witcher/Reever but doesn’t learn much. She knows how to run and wield some weapons, I guess? But she doesn’t learn how to ride a horse or get real-world experience before she takes her vows. She doesn’t even know the proper terminology to refer to things. Amaris never learns to control her power when she has a full-blooded fae at her disposal who could’ve potentially taught her. She never learns how to use her gift of influence nor how to use her special sight, which proves to fuck her over later in this idiotic story.

In part three, Amaris finally leaves Uaimh Reev with zero experience on a quest I cannot even be sure of. Honestly, what the hell is the plot of this book? Amaris isn’t trying to find Nox like she clearly could care less about Nox. On the other hand, I’m pretty sure Nox just ran away from the brothel on her hunt for Amaris. At least this girl is making some moves. I wouldn't say I like her chapters because they feel gross, exploitative, and racist, but I like her more as a character than Amaris. Amaris is the perfect speshul gurl and can’t be blamed for anything. She comes across some dark fae right, and it just so happens that they’re also POC like Nox (because they all have bronze skin in that part of the country, apparently), and their fucking powers are due to NIGHT LIFE (and Nox is now a lady and a creature of the night) and they have nocturnal eyes and like…?? It's constantly referred to how Amaris has terrible night vision too like to try and shove in her face that she's NOT DARK FAE, BUT NOX IS. I’m sorry, Piper, baby. I do not believe for one second that you had a sensitivity reader go over this book. I don’t. I do not. I do not. I do not. I do not. Anywho. Ash and Malik see these dark fae as demons and immediately want to kill them, so Amaris uses magic to make them go elsewhere. How can she CONTROL IT??? Hmmmmm? (Sorry, I’m starting to lose my mind)

I started just screaming at Amaris by this point because she was like, ‘UGH, IT’S NOT MY FAULT. I DID NOTHING WRONG; IT’S ALL THESE DARK FAE’S FAULT BECAUSE I AM BLAMELESS!!!!’ I want to fight her so badly. When the fae find out she’s a reever, and they’re all like, GASP, I TOO KNEW A REEVER, and she’s immediately like, ‘oh, was his hair red? Yeah, that’s Ash’s dad.’ I was about to give up on this bullshit for the third time. But I persevered. She throws a fit that Gadriel and Zaccai keep calling her a witch but then continues disrespecting them by calling them demons.

Amaris never like talks to anyone. Legit, all she had to do when Ash was being all douchey and prejudiced about her having power was say that she was a half-fae just like he was, and that would shut his ass up. But she like would rather wallow in self-pity and constantly whine in super dramatic prose. And then she feels so sorry for herself because her friends are mad at her, and she can’t stand rejection(Piper’s self inserting a little too hard here) that she shows up to Ash’s room in nothing but a towel and then gets nekkid. Like, bro, you could’ve…. I don't know, apologized for lying to him, but no, her solution is ‘I will OFFER MYSELF TO HIM BECAUSE HE’S BEEN THIRSTING AFTER ME’.

After Ash makes out with Amaris while she’s naked for a little while, he stops it, and they cuddle while she’s still naked and crying. It’s weird. Then they go to this temple that worships the All-Mother, much like the temple of Melitele in the witcher.

Nox throws a hissy fit because her powers of seduction don’t work on Ash, so instead, she meets a plot device child who gives her convenient information about where ‘the demons meet’. And Nox…asks this strange child if she can hug her, which is the weirdest shit ever. Who asks to hug a completely random child they just met? Also, the narration surrounding the hug is one of the creepiest things I have ever read. First, she wants to squeeze the little girl until she disappears. She says the hug is the best hug she’s had in years and then FOLLOWS THEM HOME.

Nox hears something about Amaris and…faints. Then she gets kidnapped by Millicent, who uses her slithery reptile hand to put her in a coma. She also killed Emily earlier with that demon hand, and Nox literally never finds out or bothers to try to find out about what happened when she wakes up from her coma. Now while Nox is in this coma, Millicent’s solution is to have a man sexually assault her comatose body, and then Nox kills him, so….girl power. After that, she tries seducing the Captain of the Guard so that she can intercept Amaris while she is visiting the Queen. And Erasmus/Eramus(Piper can’t figure out how to spell his name either) takes her to this torture chamber place, and like she keeps describing this dude as having virginal features, which is so WEIRD. There’s a really weird scene where Nox tries to entice the Captain into basically raping her before torturing her by pretending she likes it rough, so…again greeeaat. She also writes it like it’s a game of chess, and I really don’t think that Piper has ever played chess before. Anyway, she succeeds in getting the guard to try and sleep with her and sucks his soul out and then proceeds to castrate him by depriving his balls of oxygen. But here's the thing that really had me just unhinging my jaw in shock. She constantly is referring to herself as like angelic at this moment. Saying it's 'divine feminine justice' and like...Piper, I think you have a serious case of white savior complex and need some THERAPY.

Amaris, on the other hand, has been chilling in the castle, SUPER concerned about whether or not Malik has eaten. Literally, it is mentioned no less than three times. She says the Queen is too old to wear an ornate belt like the judgmental bitch that she is. The entire court scene was…oof. I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a more moronic character than Amaris. She goes into the throne room, realizes that there is an illusion of the Crown Prince and that everyone but her can see it and instead of just…shutting her mouth and thinking it, she starts screaming like a lunatic about how the queen cast the curse on everyone. She has the power of illusion which is the biggest leap in the world. How do you know that someone hasn’t spelled the queen to believe the crown prince is really next to her? Does Amaris’ gift of sight allow her to tell where the magic is coming from? It also makes no sense that she would try and use her power on the queen when the queen is probably also half-fae, and as we learned earlier, her magic doesn’t work on people with fae lineage. So why not use it on the humans around? She’s screaming only at the queen when there are like fifteen human guards around her she could be shouting at. Amaris is such a MORON.

It's revealed the Queen is actually a witch and the reason they can tell is her lack of pointed ears(it actually says she has no ears but I digress). Amaris doesn't have pointed ears and neither does Nox. But they're both half-fae so...it stands to reason the Queen could be half-fae too. There are no specific indicators of a witch in this stupid book and everyone calls Amaris one anyway.

I have a lot of questions for Piper on her perceived notion of how this book was empowering for sex workers in any way, shape or form. Nox literally refers to herself as a wicked whore when she finds Amaris imprisoned and says that she should be the one behind bars. Like…are you fucking kidding me? Piper, you need so much therapy.

Plagiarism Yes, this book was plagiarized. No, the entire book is not plagiarized, but Amaris’ subplot is. Since Piper wants to keep doubling down with her motte-and-bailey fallacy that her book is nothing like The Witcher, allow me to point out all of the ways that it is.

So, Amaris(Ciri) is half-fae with the whitest skin, hair, eyelashes and eyebrows you have ever seen. She has lavender eyes(like Daenerys Targaryen), a power that emerges when she’s upset and screams(like Ciri), and she mutilates her face with a scar in the exact same position as Ciri’s. Note that white-haired, scarred, action fantasy girl is not the issue here as Piper is trying to whittle it down to. If that was the only similarity, we would have no issue, and nobody would be saying anything.

#the night and its moon #piper cj #book review

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fancyratlady · 1 year

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Purchasing and Altering Your Wedding Ensemble

An incomplete guide from an apprentice

Working as a receptionist/apprentice at a business that does wedding alterations has given me a lot of valuable information I think I should share. I’ve tried to make this post several times and it hasn’t come out right, so I’m just going to go for it with a list of the most important things and elaborate later:

Don’t buy a dress or suit that’s too small so that you will loose weight. If your weight is changing rapidly or dramatically it will make it harder to get the fit correct. Your tailor wants you to feel good with the body you have, and if you don’t meet your weight goal the more expensive alterations needed to make the dress bigger will make both of you feel shitty.

Make your appointment with the tailor at least four months before the wedding. This sounds extreme, I know, but the most popular dates in my region fill up as early six months. This is especially important for wedding dresses, because most places will have you come in six to eight weeks before the wedding. Less than that and either you won’t get an appointment or you will have to pay rush fees. Make the appointment as soon as you choose your outfit, don’t wait for it to arrive.

Bring the shoes you’ll be wearing. Or ones of the same height. This way your hem will be the right length.

Big chain stores pay their employees on commission, which means they have to sell a certain number of dresses a week to make ends meet. The sales people will be more focused on making the sale than getting you the right dress. These places send customers to the tailor with unrealistic expectations and badly made dresses.

Go to local boutiques, designers, or buy second hand. The local shop may have less options, but they may be better quality and the staff will be able to give you the attention you deserve.

Consider the price of alterations. Don’t spend your whole wardrobe budget on your outfit. This goes for wedding party members as well. Most formal wear skirts and pants come long so that they can be hemmed and worn by someone of any height. If your dress has a train, you will need a sewist to attach hooks and eyes so that it can be pinned up for dancing during the reception. (This is called a bustle, and it’s probably the cheapest alteration you can do). That said:

No one will give you a quote without seeing a wedding dress or suit on you and in person. You can maybe get away with this if you’re not a bride and wearing something simple. A tailor can tell you how much it will cost to do a specific alteration on a regular garment, but there is too much variation in a big formal gown to even give an estimate. Be wary of anyone who gives you a number without a fitting. Unfortunately, this makes it difficult to budget.

Don’t buy something that’s way too big. The width of the shoulders is the most important measurement in a suit because it is the hardest and most expensive to change. If it has a bust dart, this should also be at about the same height off the ground as the apex of your bust. There is only so much you can take out of a dress without fundamentally changing it, and when they clip you into it at the shop it will all come from the back, but that’s not how it will be altered. If you take too much from any or all the seams, it will distort the proportions.

Fabrics and cut affect the price of alterations. Beading, lace, and chiffon are the big three. This is because the first two have to be removed and replaced when altering. Chiffon is just a bitch to work with because it’s slippery. You will spend more to hem a plastic chiffon skirt than a silk satin one of the same size and shape. If the button holes on your suit jacket sleeves are functioning, the tailor won’t be able to alter the length much because of the button holes.

Fabrics will also affect your comfort. Natural fibers are always going to be more comfortable, especially if your wedding will be outside. The polyester lining in many formal dresses is going to be really hot when you start dancing. If it’s a detachable slip, switch it out for something natural, even if it’s a cheap cotton blend. If you’re wearing a shirt, just buy 100% cotton or linen. It will make you so much more comfortable. There’s also companies who makes formal wear out of athletic fabrics, and I’ve seen some that are pretty nice.

Read reviews. Does the tailor’s website mention same sex couples or trans people? Does the shop have a big size range? How did other buyers like the brand? Do they carry a wide range of nude shades? Did customers feel respected and listened to? Is the location wheelchair accessible? This information is important, and hopefully you can find it online. If you’re feeling brave, call.

Anyway, the wedding industrial complex is evil and you deserve to celebrate yourself or your loved ones in comfort and style. I’m going to make more posts like this so I can get more specific, and they’ll be queer, fat, disability, and POC inclusive.

#wedding #wedding dress #wedding party #wedding fashion #purchasing and altering your wedding ensemble #resources #resource #sewing #tailoring #queer inclusion #fat inclusion #trans inclusion

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sobeautifullyobsessed · 1 year

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She Wore Gardenias In Her Hair - chapter one

a Stephen Strange x Female Reader fan fic

summary: It's an historic day for Stephen Strange, and those that know him best. His wedding day. It must've taken a very special woman to capture the heart of this Master of the Mystic Arts--let's see if the day turns out as romantic as his fiancee is hoping for. And if this once very confirmed bachelor finds the sort of happiness he'd never dared to dream could someday be his.

characters: Stephen Strange, Female Reader/Y/N, Wong, Cloak of Levitation, more to follow in future chapters

genre: pure, unadulterated romance

rating: general...for now 😉

word count: 2.6k

Stephen hadn’t gotten quite the full night’s rest that he’d been hoping for. Well before midnight, he’d seen you to the door of the suite your parents and sisters had taken for the holiday weekend and had lingered as long as he could before kissing you goodnight--tasting your sweetness one last time before the vows to come, which would change both your lives forever. Then he had opted to walk several blocks downtown towards Bleecker Street, just to take the time to reflect upon the momentous step he was about to take. One which Stephen had never imagined actually taking place, either in his old or new life. But one he knew now was as wonderfully inevitable as the fate that had brought him to Kamar-Taj--a broken man who, by virtue of his once unbearable misfortune, had discovered that his true vocation was unselfish service to humanity. Well worth the price of the loss of both his hands’ utility as a surgeon par excellence—as well as the loss of most of his petty vanities.

When convenient, he’d ducked into an unlit alley and portaled the rest of the way back to the Sanctum. Cloak, along with Wong-- who took his responsibilities as Best Man with dedicated relish-- had been waiting up for Stephen in the small study attached to the Sanctum Master’s rooms. In lieu of a bachelor party—the groom had flatly rejected the idea of such an event at the very first mention of such—but knowing Stephen’s educated taste for bourbon, Wong had managed to purchase a seven-year old bottle of Maker’s Mark Weller Special Reserve (certainly with the proceeds from his Shanghai fight club wins, Strange assumed). “A toast to the bride, my friend,” his fellow master told him, cracking the seal on the bottle and pouring out into two antique crystal tumblers that had been part of a gift to the New York Sanctum from Benjamin Franklin--whom history failed to report, had dabbled in a bit of magic himself from time to time.

“How you ever stumbled upon such a smart, gentle woman with a heart soft enough to tolerate your ego and overlook your usual rash behavior, remains a continual wonder to me,” he announced, and then chuckled warmly, slapping Stephen’s back for good measure, “But I’m damn glad you had wisdom enough to not look the Universe’s gift dumbly in the mouth, and took her up for all that she is worth!”

His glass still raised, Stephen nodded his head in unstinting accord. “I’ve never agreed with you more, Wong. As the most undeserving of men, I can only think I must have done something very right in my…” he framed his next few words in a one-handed air quote, “…‘in my youth or childhood’ to be given the mercy of her love. And I plan to give her every reason to stay by my side, every chance that I’m allotted.” He took a long quaff of the rich, amber fluid, enjoying the good burn as it went down.

“See that you do,” Wong grunted, before swallowing down his own.

Soon enough, Wong capped the bottle, telling Stephen he had promised you to make sure your fiancée’s sleep went uninterrupted; except for the most dire of emergencies, Wong would be taking up the mantle of Sanctum Master until the newlyweds returned from their too-brief honeymoon. Thus, he had practically ordered Strange off to bed, although Stephen was happy to oblige. He had already planned on meditating, hoping it would ease him into a night with dreams filled with only the best of things. With only you.

It wasn’t wedding jitters or a case of cold feet that had denied him his full rest. ‘Twas sweet anticipation of what had longtime been unthinkable for Stephen—pledging his heart in a lifetime commitment to a wonderful soul who understood him as no one in his past ever had and loved him without reservation despite the wealth of flaws he’d been working to overcome since he had had dedicated himself to protect and defend Earth as an initiate of the Mystic Arts. This night, his mind had wandered back to the lucky day he’d first seen you in Metropolitan General’s ER.

Stephen had been there to visit with Christine Palmer—their first face-to-face meeting since he had Blipped back into existence. Both their schedules had been hectic and overfilled. His with attending to shoring up the cascade of fissures in, and allaying the disruptions to, this reality’s stability, in the wake of his necessary tampering with the integrity of Space and Time to resurrect countless lives across the Universe. She with an overwhelming host of medical emergencies brought on by the sudden return of patients that had disappeared five years ago, mid need, and new ones created when those Lost tried to piece together their old lives in a world that had long since moved on. Watching Christine in action, confident, commanding, and compelling in her unique way, had left Stephen aching in places he hadn’t had time to even consider since his return. That old ache, which could never be satisfied, to be a doctor once again, and jump into the fray at her side. And the quiet ache of knowing that he had missed his chance to love her properly—as they both had deserved of him—and build themselves a life together.

Still, Stephen had hung back a while, envying the vital purpose of the doctors and nurses all around him. There were so many new faces since his tenure there had ended, some much younger and more fresh-faced then he ever remembered being throughout his internship and residency. A pretty, dark-haired nurse attending to a crying preschooler caught his eye. The little girl seemed to be lost, having apparently wandered in off the street. He found himself moved by how gently the woman took the child in hand and calmed her down, eventually making her giggles bubble forth amidst the hectic ER. There’s a special kind of magic in that, he remembered thinking; one I never mastered, nor even attempted. But this one makes it look effortless. Stephen had assumed correctly, that you had a background in pediatrics—and was doubly impressed when he went on to discover you were a board-certified midwife as well.

The next time he’d seen you, he’d stopped by the hospital cafeteria to grab a quick cup of coffee with Christine. Touching base only, for she had made sure that Stephen understood she was seriously involved with someone. She’d already been seated when he got there, with a large cup of coffee waiting for him, just the way she remembered he preferred—and was deep in conversation with the pretty nurse from that day in the ER. He ended up sitting opposite you, with his old flame making introductions, but having to dash off a few minutes later at the behest of her pager.

Left alone, the two of you had settled into a comfortable conversation, which went on longer than it felt—a good half hour until you had to excuse yourself to meet a laboring mother-to-be in Admissions. Before that, Stephen eventually mentioned having seen you with the crying child that afternoon—and you dared to ask if he was the Doctor Strange from the Avengers. The hero who had traveled through time to find the solution to set the world to rights. He’d been quite taken by two things at that first meeting: the honest respect in your eyes—not hero worship, but a smart appreciation for the work he did and the painful sacrifices you had intuited he had made in that arduous quest…and the pretty shape of your mouth. The easiness of your smile and the tender looking fullness of your lips. Lips that any man might speculate had been made especially for kissing. Even then, he’d been willing to wager your kisses would be as magical as your bedside manner with that young girl. So that as you rose to say goodbye, he couldn’t not ask for your number—eagerly hoping that you’d agree to see him again, and sometime soon.

Nineteen months later, you were practically living together, as well ensconced in his Sanctum quarters as in his life—and Stephen had never looked back. Not once. Your relationship had grown so naturally, and you had quickly acclimated to the magical aspects of life as a world-famous Sorcerer’s girlfriend, with your feet planted firmly in your work, and your arms ever ready to welcome him home from his extra dimensional travels and supernatural battles. You’d filled his heart with a happiness he had never anticipated could be his, and his bed with the warmth of being well and truly loved—and a passion that brought back the vigor of his youth. Forcing him to set warding spells to soundproof every room of his quarters; you might appear decorous to your patients and co-workers, but you sure knew how to let him know how much you loved him—and how very well he satisfied you.

For Stephen, your relationship was the one good thing that came out of The Blip. If not for those five years, you’d never have met—as you would still have been in training for your dual career. And likely with your age difference, he wouldn’t have given you a second look. The twelve-year gap was a helluva lot better than seventeen. You were mature enough to know what you wanted, without needing to compromise to get it. While being young enough to remind him that life didn’t come to one, hat in hand—one must pursue happiness with the gusto of youth, even with silver at one’s temples. As he had pursued you; as you had pursued one another.

Yes, the two of you were naturals together alright; your softness and compassion, your sly sense of humor and loving heart, the perfect fit with his sometimes snarky and tunnel-visioned angles and edges—and that the deep heart, which he had only come to realize was his since discovering the mystic arts, was most fulfilled when he was doing the right thing. No matter the personal cost.

It was your second Christmas Eve together when Stephen slipped a modest diamond ring upon your finger. By New Year’s Day, you’d set the date, and now it was here. Memorial Day weekend, late spring in New York City, a long weekend that would enable your far-flung family and friends to attend. Stephen’s guests were far fewer in number. Except for an estranged brother, he had no immediate family. He had never had the time or inclination to cultivate a coterie of friends in his old life, although those he’d made among his fellow Masters were loyal and true. He was glad to tailor the wedding plans to your needs, for your happiness had now become his own. Besides, Stephen firmly believed that he was getting the better end of the deal.

His trip down memory lane had soothed him enough to override the low-level beat at the back of his brain, which had grown more and more insistent in the past week. I’ve never been husband material…I’m too cocky and self-absorbed, too impulsive and sardonic, to be the life partner you deserve. And my life’s work now—it’s not at all conducive to domestic bliss. Not when I can’t say with any certainty where in the world, or worlds or dimensions, I’ll be at any given time—let alone the ordinary…tomorrow. Plus, he just couldn’t shake the overall feeling that he simply wasn’t good enough for you. Stephen knew very well how you would answer each of these justly arrived at estimations of himself, with a loving wisdom that dispelled his doubts and reservations as though there were as insubstantial as the ghosts of his past. Seeing himself through your eyes was the sole remedy that made him feel worthy of the love you offered him.

And so, sleep at last overtook him, and when Stephen awoke by habit, just a few minutes before his alarm, he couldn’t remember nodding off, but knew it was thoughts of you alone that had ushered him into his rest. Unlike habit, Cloak was hovering bedside, and even without the physical connection usually required for him to read its emotional state, Stephen could feel that its nerves were near as frayed—for his sake--as a typical groom’s on his wedding morn. “Everything’s going to be fine—I promise,” he chuckled as he swung his legs over the opposite side of the bed, “You know that. Besides, you’ll be with me the whole time, and no one besides Y/N and Wong will even have a clue.” Cloak approximated a nod, and then zipped over to the wardrobe, where Stephen’s suit hung waiting. “It’s hours until the ceremony—relax, please. Keep this up and you’re gonna make me nervous.” Cloak’s shoulders drooped a bit, and it floated over to the window, nudging aside the draperies to let in the sunshine and keep watch until Stephen would be suiting up for ceremony.

A knock upon his sitting room door spurred Stephen to grab his robe before padding over to answer it. He opened the door to find Adept Miriamme with a loaded breakfast tray. A vegetarian omelet, with sides of bacon and sausage, buttered toast, orange juice, and fresh coffee. He could smell the added chicory rising above the rest of the aromas, and his stomach rumbled. “Master Wong wanted to be sure you had a good breakfast, Doctor Strange,” the timid Miriamme squeaked, and Stephen had to refrain from chuckling again. The new initiates seemed to be getting younger and younger these days—or was he simply getting older?

“Thank you, Adept,” he told her, motioning her to put the tray on the end table beside the two-cushion sofa.

She nodded, looking very much in awe of finding herself in the Sanctum Master’s rooms, set it down and quietly headed to the door, before turning back. “Best wishes on the day, Sir.”

He grinned, “Thank you, Miriamme. It’s kind of you to say so.” She smiled back, looking a mite relieved her chore was done, and then left him to his breakfast.

Stephen was surprised at the hardiness of his appetite, grateful for Wong’s wise provision, and ate nearly every morsel--while realizing that the next meal he sat down to would be as a married man. So many firsts to come, so much to look forward to. And he planned to experience each of them to the fullest. Before his life in the mystic arts, he had sleepwalked his way through the simple joys and pleasures of life, always in pursuit of more spectacular things; of fame and accolades, and the considerable fortune that came with them. His vocation in the Mystic Arts had proven to him that a humble life of real service had so much more to offer than that of his medical career. While you had taught him that love—real, honest, head-over-heels, unselfish love—was the key to the exact happiness that had eluded him since he’d set out on his journey as an adult.

Enrapt in these pleasant musings, feeling the sweet butterflies of anticipation for all that he was gaining today, Stephen checked the time before jumping in the shower. He smiled to himself as steam filled up his bathroom, knowing that his wedding gift to you would be delivered soon. Imaging the beautiful smile that would light your lovely face once you finally opened it.

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MCU Stephen Strange as a Dad:

with Peter Parker/a son:

He’s sometimes gonna be a hardass because he knows how much potential Peter has, and he wants to nurture that for when he’s not around to look after him--but most of the time Stephen tries to calmly reason with him. He admires Peter’s big heart, especially because it couldn’t have been easy having lost his parents so young, and then his father figure, Uncle Ben, and his mentor, Tony Stark.

And when The Kid does the right thing, all on his own (which Stephen quickly realizes is as natural to the young man as his brown eyes and fair skin)--and even more when he surpasses Stephen’s expectations--Dad!Strange is so flipping proud of his boy, to the point where he’ll get all choked up and instructs his son ‘just don’t tell Wong about this, he’ll never let me live it down’.

with America Chavez/a daughter:

Stephen would start out all ‘okay young lady..’ and ‘you’re gonna get a stomach ache’ and ‘didn’t I try to warn you not to...’, but pretty soon he’d be all soft and doting and want to spoil her because she’s had a rough life, and he can see she’s much braver and stronger than she gives herself credit for. He’d be the Dad that waits up for her when she’s out late with her friends/gf, but pretends to be asleep in his chair when she comes home a few minutes past curfew, letting her believe she got away with it, while he’s just happy she’s home safe and tried her best to respect his wishes. He’d love to accompany her to the Father-Daughter dance, but only if she asks without any prompting, because to suggest it himself would be very uncool.

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Here is a Stephen strange prompt for you that I wrote down for my one shots thought it would be cool to see your writing for it. "Broken Cup" reader or character a coffee shop worker sees Stephen with his shaky hands struggling with the cup and he drops it breaking it. Or could be them two alone at home when she hears the cup break.

Hope you have fun dear!

I wrote this part before I got really sick--though it doesn't contain an actual broken cup, the spirit of it's there. Since I'm not sure when I'll feel up to finishing it, I figured I'd share what I already came up with. Hope you enjoy it @ravencatart xx

pairing: Stephen Strange x Female Reader

rating: wee bit of angst, mostly fluff

word count: 1.2k (so far)

His tremors were pretty bad today. She couldn’t help but notice-–and given the precipitous fall in temperature the past couple of days and the scent of the coming snowstorm in the air, she really wasn’t surprised. Because she’d been feeling it too. In the bones of both ankles, broken years ago and patched up with metal plates and multiple screws. And in scars of her own, which she painstakingly hid from the world, as they symbolized the weakest and most desperate time in her life.

Since mid-November, when the first serious frosts had settled over the Village, he had taken to wearing gloves with the fingers cut off at the second knuckle. She had guessed he chose to keep the ends of his fingers exposed to allow him better control in gripping things; it made sense that he would want direct contact with his skin to be certain he had objects well in hand. But even those gloves couldn’t hide the painful looking scars that ran the length of his fingers, and in the months since he’d been coming into the coffee shop (usually two or three times a week, and sometimes even four) whenever she got close enough, she made sure not to stare. It was more than common courtesy—her own scars, which she went to painstaking lengths to conceal, had taught her just how it felt to get the curious, and worse, pitying looks they summoned from strangers.

Silver Fox—that’s what she had named him, based not only on the white streaks of hair at his temples, but because he struck her as the embodiment of the word distinguished…and because he was the finest looking man she’d ever seen.

Looks that had a movie star quality about them. Cheekbones fine enough to out-pretty most super models. An endearingly crooked sort of smile, that started on the left corner of his mouth and—if he had reason to smile broadly--spread gloriously to fill his handsome face, like sunshine filling the sky after a sudden spring downpour. Plush lips, full and tender looking, like they were made for kissing, surrounded by a well-trimmed moustache and goatee. She often wondered how he managed that, with the way his hands trembled at times. Maybe he had a significant other who helped him with that; she knew he probably wasn’t married, as he wore no wedding ring.

And his eyes. Breathtaking, really. Pale, crystalline blue in the vivid sunlight that came through the plate glass window of the store front, though at times she could swear there were swirls of green and even gold in their depths. He seemed a keen observer of the world, like his exotic, mesmerizing eyes didn’t miss a trick. Sometimes she caught him watching her, and she always blushed, wondering if he discerned that she’d developed a wicked crush on him.

Today, Silver Fox had ordered a chocolate croissant (one of his favorites; he clearly had a sweet tooth) and instead of his usual black coffee laced with chickory, hot chocolate with a double shot of salted caramel. Elise—the new girl—had served it to him in a ceramic mug. She didn’t know any better, and apparently he hadn’t thought to ask for a disposable cup instead, as she herself would’ve known to fill out his order.

He had placed both palms around the mug, probably enjoying the heat of the beverage upon his damaged hands, and his eyes were closed, as though he was concentrating hard. She watched him take a deep breath and exhale hard, like he was bracing himself for a difficult task. And her heart went out to him as he lifted the mug barely an inch, lowering his mouth to the shaking beverage to take a single sip. That was never going to do. She just had to help him, somehow.

Without a moment’s hesitation, she set the slice of white cheddar-topped apple pie in front of another regular patron and turned without a word to grab one of the thick, cardboard to-go cups and filled it to the brim with the sweet chocolate, hit it with two shots of salted caramel, and then topped it with a generous spray of whipped topping, the finishing touch a drizzle of caramel over the cream.

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Can someone please explain to me why my heart does a little lurch when I see him this way? I mean, I don’t even know 838 Stephen, and yet I love him and wanna protect and cuddle him.

What is this power that Stephen and so many of his Variants have over me? Is it the witchcraft of Benedict Cumberbatch? Or perhaps because my love for Stephen Strange has taken on a life of it’s own?

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For the Stephen Strange x Female Reader prompt: how about a cute fluffy little thingie where the question comes up whether Cloakie ever needs to get into the washing machine?

I hope you find this cute & fluffy, Nonny. Thank you for the prompt, it feels good to stretch my writing muscles, and I'm hoping it helps get me in the writing groove again!

pairing: Stephen Strange x Female Reader, established relationship

characters: Stephen Strange, Reader/Y/N (also a practitioner of the Mystic Arts), Cloak of Levitation

rating: general audience, fluff with undertones of mutual longing

word count: 1.5K

You had left Stephen to sleep in this morning. As happy as you were to have him safely home at last (and having proved both your relief and delight to him three times in all, throughout the very delicious, velvet dark of night) you had awakened to watch him sleeping peacefully (his battle wounds already on the mend from the healing spells you’d cast when he finally stumbled through the portal from Crete), and had resolved to make him take some much deserved downtime for at least a day or two.

And so, you had silently slipped from his bed, loathe to leave his warmth behind, but fully intent upon spoiling him rotten in even the most mundane ways. Sorcerer Supreme he may be and a heroic, selfless servant to humanity, but he was still a flesh and blood man, and he deserved every ounce of the love and attention you planned to lavish upon him. You soon had his favorite, non-magical, breakfast foods prepared and left warming in the oven for once he was awake.

Next, you had gathered his discarded, slightly bloodied but heavily battle-singed tunic and leggings from the bathroom floor (where they’d fallen when you’d peeled them off of him the night before) for a thorough laundering, and once they were clean and dry, you worked the restoration spell yourself, instilling each magical stitch with protective charms and all the love that bloomed anew within your heart each day you were blessed enough to call yourself his woman. Though Cloak was in obvious need of a good washing too, it had flitted off the very moment that Stephen had let himself sag into your arms, and you hadn’t seen a flash of it since. You decided to track it down later, determined to relieve its Master of that chore as well.

Tiptoeing into his bed chamber, you found that Stephen had flipped onto his stomach, his arms tucked beneath his pillow and the sheet nestled around his waist—so that you went all soft inside, biting your lip against a longing sigh at the sight of his warm, inviting flesh. His broad shoulders that carried so many thankless responsibilities. His perfectly toned expanse of back, marked here and there with battle scars, which ever drew your loving attention, as though you would give him the sweetest, most gentle gratitude, which an unknowing world owed him for the protection he provided it. Aye me, you thought; the lover’s sigh of Juliet often came to mind when you looked upon his beautiful form, amazed in knowing that his heart belonged to you as much as yours did to him.

“I can feel you watching me,” he mumbled into his pillow, his sleepy voice so rich and deep that a thrill ran through you and settled in your solar plexus. You had to tighten your grip on the laundry basket, defying the sudden urge to jump his bones.

“I wasn’t sure if you were awake yet,” you tried to reason, blushing as much from the fib as from the spark of desire he had conjured without even trying. “I didn’t want to disturb you, darling…”

Stephen gave a sinful sounding groan, and with some effort and a wince or two, turned onto his back. Obviously, he was still feeling the effects of his struggle to cast a trio of immature Lamias back into the Shadow dimension from whence they had escaped; likely he needed another rubdown with the charmed salve you had treated his muscles with last night. “I was hoping you had every intention of disturbing me, honey,” he replied, smirking wickedly and patting the mattress beside him.

“Stephen,” you tutted, setting the basket with his clean robes on the foot of the bed. “You needed your rest, and…well…” you shrugged, looking away from the warmth of his gaze, trying to maintain a semblance of decorum, “…so I decided to…putter…”

His smirk grew into his trademark, shit-eating grin. “Putter?” he chuckled, “Pray tell, my saucy sorceress, how exactly did you putter?”

When he looked at you this way, it got harder and harder to concentrate on whatever task was at hand, let alone expressing yourself cogently. You knew for a fact that Stephen enjoyed how flustered you got when he turned on the charm, and how easily you turned to putty in his hands. You squared your shoulders, trying your best to keep your cool. “I’ve got breakfast keeping warm in the oven, and…I took care of your laundry…”

“You didn’t need to do that, honey,” he replied softly, sitting up and patting the bed again, looking touched by that modest tender of your affection. “I don’t expect you to take care of me that way, sweetheart.” Stephen reached his hand out to you, the heat of the moment quietly banking, as a sort of wonder filled his gentle blue eyes.

Of course, that was enough for you to take a seat and slip your hand into his. “I know you don’t, but…but I like taking care of you, darling. It makes me happy. And since I can’t be with you when you go into those…dangerous situations…” Tears prickled your eyes, but you blinked them back, remaining as resolute as ever to keep him from seeing how much you worried about him when you couldn’t be there to protect him even a little. “Since I can’t help you fight your battles, the least I can do is make your life…comfortable, and…well, worry free.”

He raised your hand to kiss your knuckles. “You already make coming home the best part of any day, honey. Which is the surest motivation for me to give whatever enemy I’ve gotta face, a swift and mighty kick in the ass.”

Though you rolled your eyes, you allowed yourself to take his loving assertion to heart, then leaned in to brush your lips to his, lingering as you asked, “So, um…you ready for some brunch?”

“Not until you’ve given me a proper good morning kiss,” he husked, and cupped your jawline in his free hand. At his prompting, you parted your lips, allowing Stephen to deepen your connection, well beyond what anyone would consider ‘proper’. You hummed contently when he finally released you, and then opened your eyes to catch him grinning as he teased you, “Yup- I’m definitely…famished…now.”

You gave a little shiver at the innuendo, considering it a promise of later satisfactions, and stood up to hang his sorcerer’s kit in the closet and put away the rest of his clean clothing. Stephen slid out of bed, clad in his comfiest pajama bottoms, and pulled a well-worn, gray cotton tee over his head. You caught a flash of red out of the corner of your eye, as Cloak ducked its collar just inside the doorway. Noting your attention, it zipped away, leaving only a swirl of air in it’s wake, while you called after it, “Hey! I was looking for you this morning. You’re due for a good wash up before you leave the Sanctum again.”

Stephen came up behind you and planted a kiss just beneath your ear, while sliding both arms around you. “Yeah, not a good idea, sweetheart,” rocking you gently, “Unless you’ve got a degree in cat-herding I don’t know about…”

“I’m sorry- what?”

His breath tickled the sensitive skin of your neck as he chuckled, and you felt his amusement in the soothing vibrations of his chest against your back. “I discovered early on that Cloak prefers to see to its own…maintenance. Except when it’s experienced some kind of physical damage that requires magic—or a tailor—to repair…”

“Seriously?” You wondered for a moment if your boyfriend was teasing you again.

“Absolutely,” he assured you, “For some reason I haven’t been able to decipher—since it’s an open book about everything else—Cloak is a creature of privacy when it comes to…bathing.”

You had to giggle at that. “And I suppose it prefers to shower when you’re not around?”

“God, no,” he laughed, urging you into the hallway and on the way to the third-floor kitchen, where brunch awaited, “Once we’re out of the way, Cloak is gonna indulge in a good, long soak in my bathtub. So, we need to steer clear of my chambers for, um…about an hour…”

You smacked his shoulder lightly, “Now you are teasing me!”

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This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse

It's mainly the title that caught my attention, but this is also another lesser sequel to a fairly well-received horror film, the film in question being 1963's At Mightnight I'll Take your Soul. You might never have heard of it, but it did pretty well in Brazil and the main character, Zé do Caixão or “Coffin Joe”, has at least as much cultural purchase in that country as characters like Freddy Krueger do in North America. The sequel, however, has been described as preachy and over-long... so let's have a look.

No, I'm not gonna watch Take Your Soul first. The denizens of the SoL didn't get that luxury with The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy or Creature from the Black Lagoon, so why should I?

So in the last movie, Coffin Joe killed a bunch of people as part of his quest to father the perfect son, and was blinded and driven mad by their ghosts... but socialized health care doesn't make exceptions for supervillains, so he got better. He thus resumes his quest, kidnapping beautiful women and then killing the ones he doesn't think are good enough to swap chromosomes with. After a bit of this, he sets his sights on Laura, the musically talented daughter of a wealthy Colonel, who shares his nihilistic atheism. Her father and brother are determined to save her, but Laura doesn't want to be saved. She wants nothing less than to bear a child for the devil himself!

This movie is hard work, you guys. It is a slog. It reminds me of one of those Escher paintings where the little guys are climbing infinite stairs and ending up back where they started. This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse is a hundred and eight minutes long, when it really didn't need to be any more than two thirds of that. They've got an extra half-hour to kill and they fill it mainly by showing us the same things, over and over again.

Some of this is just Coffin Joe being gratuitously cruel. There's a scene in which he lets a bunch of tarantulas into the room where his captive women are sleeping, and the spiders walk all over them for a while before they wake up and start screaming, whereupon Joe declares them cowards unworthy of his seed. This takes a couple of minutes, which doesn't sound like much but feels like ages. Shortly thereafter comes a bit where he makes out with his chosen bride while the others get strangled by a pit full of snakes. Again, it goes on way too long and it's really little more than extremely softcore torture porn, as the women writhe and scream in a way that's far more about being sexy than about escaping the animals.

At the end of the spider sequence, Joe's hunchback assistant Bruno (obviously a guy like this has a hunchback assistant) picks the spiders off the women's nightgowns and just tosses them in a box, which is a nice demonstration of how docile tarantulas really are.

In other places, the movie fills time by having Coffin Joe make speeches about his personal philosophy. He is very fond of strapping his captives into some sort of extremely low-tech death trap, and then ranting away like a Bond villain. He does not believe in god or in life after death, and says he pities the 'idiots' who do. Since immortality of the soul is impossible, and so is immortality of the body, Joe hopes to achieve immortality of his bloodline, with the perfect son his perfect woman will give him. He sometimes talks about this son being physically immortal, but I'm not sure if this is supposed to be literal or metaphorical.

He gives a speech like this to the women before tossing them in the snake pit, and several to other characters, such as Laura's brother, Laura herself, and sometimes just the audience. The ideas in them never quite make sense, and I wonder if that's because the audience is assumed to be Catholic while I'm an agnostic potato growing on a Protestant vine. Perhaps I don't properly understand what's supposed to be shocking and horrifying about his rants... or maybe they really are just nonsense. Either way, what the movie is primarily interested in is the relationship between Joe's atheism and his evil. It presents the two as inextricably entwined, each unable to exist without the other.

Joe's atheism is a justification for his abhorrent behaviour. Human lives are short and pointless, and people are ignorant and superstitious, and there's no higher force to care if they suffer. Without a divinity to arbitrate good and evil, the only thing that can make a deed worthwhile is the results. Joe's goal is immortality in whatever form is available to him, a personal escape from this brief meaninglessness by stepping outside the endless cycle of it, and so anything he can do to get there is necessary and indeed admirable. Conversely, the behaviour also justifies the atheism. Several times, Joe tells a victim that if god exists, He has the power to save them from whatever death trap they're strapped into. God never intervenes, and so clearly He doesn't exist, and that in turn means what Joe has done is okay.

In order to be sure that his child will inherit perfect, rational genes, one of the criteria Joe insists on in his mate is 'godlessness' – the women he kidnaps are all atheists or at least agnostics. It seems, however, that at least two don't quite meet this requirement. One clearly believes in some kind of supernatural power, because as she is strangled by the snakes she uses her last breath to place a curse on Joe, telling him he will never have the son he wants and that she will have her revenge from beyond the grave (she is the one who speaks the title). Another, Marcia, is an agnostic, and she almost becomes his chosen babymama before rejecting him on account of his cruelty. Joe then simply lets her go, confident that she will not go to the police because she has no conscience.

Marcia does have a conscience, however, and her conscience is a major factor in Joe's undoing. After witnessing five murders and being an accessory to another, she poisons herself and confesses the truth on her death bed. Upon hearing this, the already restless villagers finally break out that torch-and-pitchfork mob they've been keeping in their back pockets this whole time and hunt him down. What's more surprising is that it turns out Joe himself also has a conscience, and how that conscience manifests is what's really gonna make you hate this movie.

See, Joe has no problem with the fact that he killed the women... they were useless, brainwashed cowards. What upsets him is to learn later that one of them was actually pregnant at the time of her death, meaning he also murdered her child. For some reason this sets him off (insert snide comment about conservative politician of choice), and he has a nightmare in which he is bodily dragged to hell, the movie suddenly changes to colour, and he gets to see the devil zapping people with cartoon lightning from his fingers! I think this is supposed to suggest that despite his explicit rejection of Christian teachings Joe really does believe deep down, and that is why things like the death of the fetus bother him (even if the murders of actual grown-up human beings evidently don't). In the end his atheism is mere stubbornness, as he demands a sign from god and then, when a tree is struck by lightning and falls on him, he declares it a coincidence!

The sequence of hell is not very impressive and consists mostly of naked, genital-less demons whipping people who are stuck in the walls and making halfhearted moaning noises. I wonder if that's the audio that gets passed off as the time Soviet scientists accidentally drilled through to hell.

At the very end of the movie, Joe finally admits he believes and begs for forgiveness as the skeletons of his victims rise out of a swamp to drag him to his death. The priest then nods in satisfaction because it means Joe's soul has been saved... but why should it be? He's a horrible person, a selfish murderer, liar, and rapist! We don't want to see him saved, we want to see him get what he damned well deserves! Him getting drowned by skeletons is great, but knowing he'll go to heaven afterwards is distasteful. I don't wanna share heaven with Coffin Joe, especially when he's never even apologized for all the horrible shit he did.

If you actually watch the movie (which if you do, I want you to remember that I warned you it was long), you will probably come away with a list of things you're surprised I didn't mention in this review, like how Laura agrees that the baby's life is more important than hers, the fact that the devil has Coffin Joe's face, the movie's rather strange definition of 'love', or even just the fact that Joe’s fingernails are like five inches long. To that I can only say that I wish I had the space for it. I try to keep these reviews to not much more than two pages of single-spaced Times New Roman, or around 1500-1800 words, so I stuck to what seemed most relevant to the film's obsession with atheism and morality.

Religious people seem to think these two concepts are inherently at odds. They're not, really... atheist morality is very simple. If there's no afterlife and all we get is a few fleeting moments of consciousness in the uncaring void, then nobody should have to spend that brief existence in pain. Be nice to people. Enjoy yourself. In the words of the prophets: be excellent to each other and party on, dudes.

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The Kraken’s Sacrifice, by Katee Robert

Ratings:

GoodReads Rating: 3.44 ⭐️

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spice: 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Purchasing:

On Kindle Unlimited?: Yes

Kindle E-book: $4.99

Audiobook: $5.95

Paperback: $10.99

Review:

Catalina makes her deal with a demon out of desperation.

With no where to go and no one to miss her, she doesn't see a reason to not go to the magical realm to serve a demon for seven years. Her personal issue and “too much” personality be damned, once the seven years are up, she'll return to the human realm richer than she's ever been and be able to do whatever she wants.

Thane doesn't want a human bride. Or the potential child she could sire him. He made up his mind years ago to abdicate the throne in favor of his younger sibling. But, since that hasn't happened yet, he has to take a bride to be on equal standing with the other monster territory leaders.

Whatever kind of human he was expecting, he never could have predicted Catalina, who annoys him as much as she excites him.

But there are hurts dark and deep as the waters of Thane's territory surrounding both of their hearts. Will Thane and Catalina be able to open up to each other, or will this contract be made null and void before more damage can be done?

The Kraken's Sacrifice is the second entry in the A Deal With A Demon series. And like its predecessor, The Dragon's Bride (⭐️⭐️⭐️), I find the length to be too detrimental to the storytelling. Though there is character growth, for both characters, I was vacillating between loving and hating both of them. Their motivations were understandable: Thane is a widower, still mourning the loss of his husband five years prior, and Catalina is a victim of neglect bordering abuse with attachment issues. And the way they both nearly immediately fell into bed together made sense; neither of them are in the correct headspace to make healthy relationship choices.

Additionally, Robert hits us over and over again with doubt as to whether-or-not the relationship would actually work.

Yet, the sex they quickly get to turns out to be the catalyst for several difficult conversations and a beginning of a change in thought and action for both Catalina and Thane. Kind of like a more tentacle-y version of the wolf attack in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Speaking of tentacles: Thane is a kraken. Tentacle smut features heavily in this book. Catalina gets more tentacle than cock in most of the sex scenes, and even when Thane finally goes for penile penetration, the tentacles still feature heavily.

If you think you'd enjoy The Kraken's Sacrifice, l'd recommend reading The Dragon's Bride first. Though the couples are brought together through similar means, you will need the latter book for the general setting and basic understanding of what is going on and why. And given Catalina and Thane are more at odds than Briar Rose and Sol, this is not the same story with a different coat of paint applied.

Additionally, I'd caution reading this book if you are uncomfortable with themes of unplanned pregnancy and abortion. Both play a role in later parts of this story.

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Ah, the holidays. The Season of Giving, and a time for spending time with family, friends, and all manner of loved one. One could wax and wane poetic about the various high holy days of the holidays, or speak to more secular approaches to the season, or even the outright marketable approach regarding the consumerist society in which we find ourselves bombarded with the pressures of sales and selling. While there is much I myself could say about this season and much more that could be complained about regarding the aforementioned market pressures from every conceivable angle to either buy or sell or provide the best "deals" on the latest hot ticket item or otherwise fad-tastic happening, I'd like to take a moment to talk but briefly about the things I am working on, or otherwise procrastinating working on by writing this blog post.

I am in the process of writing a Journal Entry for the membership site over at Ottawa Valley Creations and have been continuing to repost The Venture Series, the latest page having been just uploaded today. The in-progress Journal Entry is one that I have been wanting to write for some time and is actually in no way related to the holidays, though there is another too that will be written that may be more thematically appropriate-- at least in the interest of dates and specific days. The entry currently in progress is in regards to a certain ancient world deity that I have been tracking through various sources and papyri to render but a small snapshot look at in my own words and writing, so too, at the people that may have worshipped this deity in question.

Another thing I've been working on for Ottawa Valley Creations is getting together more items to take literal snapshots of so to post them within the store. I am also in the process of developing several paintings of a large size and heavier detail of others that have already been listed, though in all honesty, this is entirely dependant upon overcoming the frustrations, depression, and melancholy which seems to afflict many this time of year with the Vitamin D deficiencies prominent in countries of the Northern Hemisphere this time of year. This being said, however, there is also a smaller project painting that I am very nearly finished with which will be being posted and available both as the original canvas and as prints, this painting being a long time in the works and of the Angel Raphael, the young Tobias, and his bride, Sara. Just a sweet little portrait attempt based upon the apocryphal story, laced of course, with my usual bunches of abstract symbolism.

There is plenty in the works, as one can see, and aside from the seemingly ever wilding turmoil that is the battlefield of attempting to achieve mental wellness, it is business as usual over here with Ottawa Valley Creations. I personally cannot in good faith make my time with the holidays a completely secular and capitalist greed machinist attempt to swindle the masses with promises of sales and discounts to make up for the black hole of lacking purpose except but to consume and purchase without thought or concept of ethics and morality; but we are still here, still live, and still avidly working on new art and getting old art posted for the enjoyment of viewing. And perhaps if I can plant the seed of supporting an artist, and historian, who is trying very hard not to be too cynical about too many things, then all the better.

I appreciate any that have taken the time to read this and thank any and all for their support. My thanks, and well wishes, always,

M.R.Reid

Ottawa Valley Creations

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A tale of two women at the Branchport Library

By Jonathan Monfiletto

It turns out the Branchport Library has been named after two women who passionately supported its mission to the community, throughout its more than a century of existence. The library is, of course, officially known as the Modeste Bedient Memorial Library, and it is located on State Route 54A across from the Branchport fire station in the heart of this hamlet in the town of Jerusalem.

When I set out to research the history of the Modeste Bedient Memorial Library in Branchport, I assumed its name came from the last names of two people – one must be Modeste, I thought, and the other must be Bedient. I quickly realized, as local people know, the library is not named for two people but for one person, a woman named Modeste Bedient. Growing up in Pulteney in Steuben County, Modeste aspired to become a librarian or a kindergarten teacher. Upon her marriage to Vincent, though, she became involved in their dairy cattle operation and raising their three children.

When the Bedients purchased two acres of property on State Route 54A, Vincent and Modeste talked about what a perfect site it would be for a new library building. At the time, the Branchport Library was situated on South Main Street in the hamlet in a small house called the Elizabeth Otis Memorial Library (the first woman whose name adorned the library; more on her later). According to Vincent, the purpose in buying the property was to make the approach into Branchport more appealing. On the property sat an old, dilapidated barn that had become an eyesore; the property had been on the market for several years, and the longer it stayed on the market the worse the situation became. So, the Bedients made an offer and bought the land.

When Modeste died of colon cancer in June 2004, Vincent set out to make the couple’s vision for the property come to fruition. He had previously donated a portion of the parcel for the Jerusalem War Memorial, and he again donated the land for the library to be built upon. The Bedient family also donated the construction costs, which amounted to nearly $500,000. After a few hurdles to jump over, construction on the new library building began in summer 2005 and finished in February 2006. The Modeste Bedient Memorial Library opened in March 2006. The opening came after the community pitched in during a three-day effort moving items from the old library to the new building.

The one-story, brick library offers a view of a bird sanctuary and marshland at the northwest corner of Keuka Lake; three leather easy chairs in the reading room especially take advantage of that view. Several rows of oak bookcases held nearly 9,000 volumes with room to expand the library’s collection. There were also computer workstations with internet access, a children’s area, full kitchen, librarian’s office, circulation desk, and 40-seat community room. Modeste’s “gentle smile,” as it is described, greets patrons by way of a portrait near the front door of the building.

“Nobody ever went out of our house without eating. That’s just the way she was. She was a wonderful person,” Vincent said of Modeste’s generosity in a March 2006 Finger Lakes Times article. “It’s [the library] sort of a fitting tribute to my bride. I’m sure she would love it. Although, she would not like her name on the sign. She’d probably be angry at me for doing that. She was pretty shy.”

That is the recent history of the library, which started out as the Branchport Free Library in 1913 and celebrated its centennial in 2013. The distant history of the library, however, goes back to the 1890s and the Branchport Book Club. The members who comprised the club gathered in one another’s homes to discuss and exchange books while enjoying refreshments and conversation. The idea for the Branchport Free Library began when, according to a January 1929 newspaper article, Professor and Mrs. Wendell T. Bush were leaving their summer home at Esperanza and wanted to leave a lasting benefit as a memorial to their stay. Mrs. Bush offered a quantity of books, a set of encyclopedias, and the first $100 to buy books as the means to start a public library, and an association was formed in which each member paid a fee of $1.

A meeting at the home of Verdi and Emma Burtch on December 4, 1912 initially organized the library, which applied to the state for an official state charter the following year. The Branchport Free library opened Saturday, April 12, 1913, occupying a room in the Burtch Building next to the telephone office. Along with money raised from the Bush family and others around the community, people provided shelves, tables, chairs, and other necessities.

The library celebrated its 27th birthday on February 13, 1940 – choosing the date its state charter was granted as its birthday – with plans to give the association a new building exclusively for library use. Rutherford Otis, then elected as a trustee, purchased the Agnes McMinn property on South Main Street in Branchport and aimed to remodel it into a library building that summer. He did so as a memorial to his wife, Elizabeth, who was an active member of the library board and had died in January 1940. The library’s official named changed to the Elizabeth Otis Memorial Library, and the new building opened in July 1940. Much like its successor, this library too featured a portrait of its namesake.

In January 1946, the library board gathered to elect a new secretary and treasurer, after the death of Verdi Burtch in December 1945. Burtch had been the only charter trustee of the library still living, more than 30 years after the organization was chartered.

In 1958, the Branchport Library joined the Southern Tier Library System, which now consists of 48 member libraries. As a result, the library saw an rise in its circulation and an expansion of its services. The library saw the need for an addition its building, particularly for a children’s room, and in 1965 undertook a campaign to raise $3,500 to increase its footprint. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cooke donated a 59.25x100-foot parcel for the addition.

Construction completed in September 1967 and ended up costing $9,100. The new wing doubled the floor space of the library to accommodate an expansion of services and collections for all ages. More than 100 people gathered that October to dedicate the space. More improvements came in 1987 when the Branchport Hardware Store installed new florescent lights in the reading room. Several community members also contributed toward putting a new fence up around the library. In November 2001, the library reported receiving five computers – four of them for public use – from the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation.

From the Branchport Free Library to the Elizabeth Otis Memorial Library to the Modeste Bedient Memorial Library, the organization marked 100 years of service to the community in 2013 with the legacy of two women who cared for that service. Add in the Branchport Book Club, and that tradition stretches to 130 years today.

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Let's start the real meat of the discussion: The Dress.

This will be a multi-post adventure because it was a significant undertaking.

As I thought about it, I realized that I wanted glamour. I wanted 50's fashion. I wanted to feel feminine and girly and like I was wearing something that not every other bride would have. Mr. Wonderful has always considered me his personal pin-up girl and I wanted to be that for him on our day.

The game was afoot.

If you Google 1950s wedding dresses, you get this:

You might notice that there are quite a few, but they're all from vendors that are overseas and they mostly cost between $200-300.

I loved looks like this:

I couldn't even deal with how cute that was.

I also really liked this. Both of these gowns, however, were in the category of "overseas purchase", which meant that I was likely dealing with a vendor from somewhere in China that was mass producing something they'd seen pictured somewhere. I saw a lot of videos online of girls who had ordered what they thought was one thing and they ended up with a total disaster that looked nothing like the picture.

I figured out that I really like the tea-length look, which is usually mid-calf, and/or the ballerina length, which is generally a touch longer.

One of my Best Bitches, Lady Farva, said, "You are NOT buying a $300 wedding dress." ...so that was that on that front.

I also thought I liked sleeves.

Let's be clear: I'm 51 right now. I have a middle-aged body and this isn't my first wedding. I wanted glamour and passion in my gown, but I didn't want to look like I was trying to pass myself off as someone half my age. I wanted something that would pull my midsection in along with being reasonably modest. I will happily leave the figure hugging, cut-down-to-the-navel dresses to the younger girls. (More on deep V fronts later.)

Even places like Unique Vintage have lovely things, but I wanted a full-blown dress with all the trimmings.

I figured it was possible that my local Phoenix bridal shops might carry something in tea length, so I made appointments at a couple. Uniformly I was told, "No, we don't carry anything in tea length, but we can cut off a dress in alterations and make it tea length."

It wasn't a full circle skirt that I could petticoat up. It wasn't going to work. There were a precious couple that could be ordered in tea length, but they were also A-line and wouldn't have the fullness at the bottom that I wanted.

Let me just comment here for the record that it's next to impossible this year to find a wedding dress that isn't cut down to mid-sternum in front. I tried several and I looked ridiculous. Somehow the "bohemian look" means lots of cleavage apparently. I sent Mr. Wonderful a picture of my squished, hanging-out rack and he said, "Buy it." Silly boy.

Meanwhile, I was still looking online. I started to see a series of dresses that were gorgeous and absolutely knocked my socks off.

A lot of the overseas companies had these pictures posted or ones with a very similar style, but for the aforementioned $300 price tag. I searched more and started to find that the legit dresses I was loving all had one thing in common: the name Mooshki.

The House of Mooshki is a company in the U.K. that specializes in real vintage wedding dresses. They have dozens to choose from, and they customize your dress to about anything you want. You want a different color, pattern, lace? You want to drop the waist a little? Adjust the length? They'll do it all. If you've ever watched Say Yes To The Dress you know that this is unique in the bridal world. Take a look at their offerings.

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So now that I've figured out where I want to buy my dress, how in the blue hell do I manage to do business with a UK-only shop? They have various other shops around the UK that they sell with but nothing in the US. (There's one shop listed in New York but I called them and they only carry very specific very modest dresses, for religious reasons.)

I loved the dresses. I had to do something.

So I sent an email.

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Even if there’s an expert facet to the occasion, I have the dinners because they’re enjoyable, as a end result of they’re one of the best ways to satisfy individuals. 24 Carrots is the unique or most popular caterer at greater than forty five of Southern California’s most spectacular properties. We’ll assist you to discover the right venue to provide the event you’ve always dreamed of. In addition, we offer full venue concierge providers and layout planning for all venues we service. If you could have your brother and sister coming to your house with their families, swap households to purchase gifts for a draw name. Your family can draw names in your brother’s family, his family can draw in your sister’s household, and she will draw for yours. This method everybody gets one reward and has to purchase one present, saving everybody money, and allowing the gifts to be a bit extra private and special. Rouge Catering’s group sends a particular picnic basket to the honeymoon suite for the bride and groom to take pleasure in long after the reception is over. You can be onerous pressed to attend a Maryland wedding with out Eastern Shore-style crab desserts, and once more Rouge does not disappoint. Whether it’s Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Fourth of July, or another special occasion, you presumably can throw a enjoyable get together for family and associates and make it a success via nice catering providers right here in Miami. How many birthday events have you been to the place the host is operating round trying to feed everybody and isn't having fun with themselves at all? If you’re hosting a party and also you wish to be relaxed and in a place to mingle freely with your friends, go away the meals preparation to a full-service catering company. Is a catering, particular events catering, party catering service supplier in New York, New Jersey and the Hamptons. And greatest for private chef service or take a chef service in NYC, NJ & the Hamptons. What Catering Choices Are The Most Effective Match On Your Event? This creates a extra formal environment with service much like that of a restaurant. We typically see a preset salad or dessert course on the desk to limit service time and permit room for speeches or more dancing. Our hors d’oeuvre selections make a fantastic addition to any style of service and allow your friends to strive a wide range of gadgets. Create a vibrant social atmosphere by going heavy on the passed hors d’oeuvres and adding a quantity of small plates or stations, letting them take the place of dinner altogether. Since this catering type doesn’t require seating, friends are free to roam around, very similar to a cocktail reception, which is an effective choice if you don’t need to serve anything however hors d’oeuvres. Cocktail receptions additionally encourage guests to mingle with one another. There are tons of catering choices on the menu in relation to meals at your reception! The style of meals service will certainly impact your guests’ notion of the night – are you going for something elegant and timeless or more alongside the lines of quick and fun? Let’s take a look at a number of the widespread catering choices when thinking about catering and repair kinds. Instead of going back to visitors with menu options and asking if they're okay — be confident in your selection and depart it as a shock. Let anybody who is anxious find out about how allergens are handled and ask the caterer for an allergens chart to give to guests on the day. Non-traditional wedding ceremony meals can make your wedding ceremony truly memorable for you, your partner, and your visitors. When it comes to the way to word dietary requirements on rsvp, it's a good idea to preempt common issues that arise. You'll have to set boundaries, in any other case, people will try to write their very own menu entirely! We'd suggest ensuring there are at least two choices for every menu alternative, with one commonplace dish and another one that's vegetarian or vegan. Ensure that cooks can simply adapt each recipes for dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free, etc. Try and make 外燴 as possible whereas retaining the mandatory glamour. Melbourne Catering Everything seems so good and it’s one wonderful idea after one other. While we might love the room-sized chocolate fountain, if that eats away your whole occasion meals and beverage budget, you might have some hungry and disgruntled attendees . If you’re planning a nautical occasion or outdoor get together, an old rowboat can work as the right desk in your meals. Check out what this occasion did with its seafood choices. Best of all, there’s loads of room in a ship for ice. Sometimes you just don’t have the time for hours and hours worth of planning or catering. In this dessert catering concepts part, we cover concepts to make your desserts more artistic, tastier, and more attractive. The lovely wisteria-covered trellis makes a romantic backdrop for this meals table. But to tie all of it together, the event organizer included flowers alongside the food shows too to tie together the surface catering concepts. If you wish to flip your dessert station right into a showcase, this is the way you do it. This gorgeous example is made out of black acrylic and features cabinets for various desserts. Perfect in case you have a tremendous occasion caterer that you simply wish to show off. Food displays like this turn into a characteristic décor piece and using a backdrop and height can fit extra food in that attendees will like to seize. Be warned though, at first some could feel it’s too good to disrupt by eating this work of art. We additionally provide catering services in your subsequent personal party or office get together. We want to create an unforgettable dining experience for you and your company. The team at All Occasions Catering strives to perfect each company event which is why we're all the time attentive to your particular desires and desires. Whether it is a luncheon, award banquet, or a weekly fixture on the calendar, we are here to assist make your occasion spectacular with a menu that is certain to fulfill everybody. You don’t have to look far for a dependable corporate caterer in Milwaukee. You can rely on us to make your next firm occasion successful. Concession Stand Meals Concepts With calcium and protein, this snack helps athletes restore and construct muscle. If needed, add apples for a sugar boost to the protein-calcium punch. While setting prices is finally as much as you, we’ve provided a guideline beneath each of the gadgets under. Keep in mind they’re just ideas, however this a minimum of provides you a place to begin. FTX Arena provides all kinds of menu selections from some of Miami's finest restaurateurs and artisans on each level of the sector. Please observe that concession stand places and menus are subject to alter. Our capability to arrange delicious meals and serve them in a clear setting is what units us other than the remainder. Queenie's Supper Club is a perfect pre-concert dinner alternative. Our professional employees will deliver wonderful service whereas providing a fun and safe surroundings. Please contact us for extra specific data and pricing. For instance, your meals truck may double as a catering business. You would possibly sell child meals particularly for babies with sure dietary restrictions. Or, like the Snaffling Pig, you can promote a pre-packaged snack alongside a complimentary beverage. If you’ve decided to get into the food business as a first-time merchant, it’s a fantastic choice—but you’re most likely left questioning what comes subsequent. Pros And Cons Of Food Truck Wedding Ceremony Catering These can vary from city hall weddings that embody solely a 10-minute ceremony to receptions within the grand entrance corridor of a civic constructing. Urban loft venues supply large, open-concept areas that infuse your celebration with vibrant power and city-chic fashion. They could be small and intimate or expansive, and many provide floor-to-ceiling windows, balconies, or rooftop access for stunning skyline views. If the beauty and beautiful taste of the Victorian Era has at all times appealed to you, be one of the many couples who've used the designs and moods of this epoch in their ceremony and reception. For maximum vitality conservation, have your ceremony outdoors through the day to benefit from most pure gentle. If necessity dictates that you've your ceremony and reception indoors, have them in the same place. But i personally bear in mind the cool food stuff so if you have a cool cake people will remember it and what it tastes like too. The marriage ceremony day is first and foremost concerning the Bride & Groom and what they want! Give money saving suggestions sure but don’t mock how individuals choose to spend or people who have the money to add special “pointless” touches to their marriage ceremony. Also with the favors, not everybody needs treats; particularly if there’s already a cake and/or dessert bar. Ah, the trendy wedding ceremony, where the ceremony should be saved brief and your guests have to be stored drunk. The record of things individuals don’t care about doesn’t trouble me. It’s when we get to the list of things folks do care about that is quite miserable. But at the similar time, sort of makes me hold my friends and loved ones somewhat closer. Thanks, guys, for being happy to attend a formal ceremony, not a “short and sweet” hack job of vow exchanges after which out the door to have a drunken dance get together. It’s a wedding, not a Friday night time out clubbing. Make your marriage ceremony one to be remembered, distinguished by conventional settings and impeccable service. The group involved in the renovation of the mill has taken impeccable care into creating an amazing event house whereas preserving the historic details of the mill. More occasion spaces are regularly being added as they work towards restoring the complete 500,000 sq. ft mill. Catering For Lunch Time Events It’s exhausting for anybody to show down the chance to pattern some legit Louisiana seafood gumbo and jambalaya, or to cross up a shrimp po’ boy. It’s a distinctly American cuisine that many people, significantly exterior of the Gulf Coast, might not have had the opportunity to attempt. Our beer and wine catering license permits us to bring a full beer bar set-up with as a lot as nine beers to your personal home or different location. Kale is having a moment—the leafy green vegetable is making its way onto many restaurant and catering menus. For health-conscious shoppers, Design Cuisine has crafted a model new “super foods” catering menu that options roasted kale chips, caramelized cauliflower, and bison meat. Then, seek the assistance of our Peerspace Concierge team to make life simpler by taking care of any extra providers you might want. From ordering catering to finding a bartender, our staff works with hand-selected vendors giving you one less piece of the puzzle to fret about. We can also assist with rehearsal dinners and reward opening brunches as properly. From the get-go, our ardour was to embrace and live the farm-to-table motion, prepare innovative and delicious meals using contemporary meals, and provide beautiful service. 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In the mid-twentieth century catering issues blossomed, and they continue to take action today. Caterers will nonetheless face the roller-coaster of success that has marked the trade for the past twenty-five years. Greater specialization appears to be taking place, with caterers selecting their territory extra rigorously in phrases of cuisine and merchandise. Aside from getting ready scrumptious, high-quality meals that are appetising to have a look at, upholding food safety rules and well being and sanitary requirements is a must for each caterer. There are authorized reasons as nicely as moral ones for caterers to make sure the quality and security of the meals they prepare. Regardless of who they work for or the place they work from, they all share comparable features as they prepare and serve different meals objects to shoppers internet hosting events, meetings, and parties. Catering Assistants are answerable for getting ready meals, stocking provides, and cleaning the kitchen and repair areas. They work with caterers for social and corporate occasions like weddings, conferences, and galas. Catering Assistants collaborate with Event Managers, Servers, and Chefs to guarantee that event attendees are happy.

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