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MY HERMIT-HAMILTON AU!! (Empires included 😉)
-Hamilton: Mumbo Jumbo (my fav💋)
-Eliza: Grian
-Angelica: Martyn 🤑
-Peggy: Jimmy
-Aaron Burr: Docm
-John Laurens: Scar
-Lafayette: Iskall
-Hercules Mulligan: Impulse
-King George: King Ren, Obvi 😒
-Samuel Seabury: Bdubs
-Philip Hamilton: Grumbot 😉 (he got shot in the face)
-Tomas Jefferson: Geminitay
-James Madison: Pearlescentmoon
-George Washington: Xisuma
-Charles Lee: Zedaph (Take FAT L blud)
-Maria Reynolds: Also Jimmy. he needed more screen time tbh
-James Reynolds: Tango
-George Eacker: Etho (Grumbot killer 💋)
-John Addams: Cleo
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NOTES I SUPPOSE!!,
-The ONLY reason I chose Mumbo for Hamilton is because Mumbo can’t spell and he ‘writes like he’s running out of time’ Also see how pathetic Hamilton was in the play? Wet cat vibes. Mumbo = wet cat. Mumbo = Hamilton.
-Helpless. Grian. Season 6. Eliza. Yeah it’s Grumbo themed. Because they have kid who got shot the stars align people!,! 👏👏👏 BTW Grian setting things ON FIRE MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. my fav arson boy. Tired of Mumbos silly shit. Same bro 😞 ALSO MUMBO SENT GRIAN LETTERS THRU MESSAGING SYSTEM GRIAN CALL HIMSELF CLINGY GIRLFRIEND. HMMMM WONDER WHAT THAT REMINDS ME OF. ELIZA. BEING HELPLESS. OMG. YAY GAYS.
-*sigh* Martyn DID marry Mumbo but not here. Lose for the Martyn Mumbo shippers. Like the one left. MARTYN GIVES OFF STRONG ANGELICA VIBES. Peggy is Jimmy. Jimmy is Peggy. YOU KNOW WHY. STARS ALIGN PEOPLE 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Also Jimmy grew a pair and stole his siblings man. Bravo Jimmy!
-Docm being Aaron Burr just fits okay? When Mumbo first came to Hermitcraft he found support in Doc. And Doc done SHOT the guy same here bruv. I would too if my wet cat main character supported Gem. SPEAKING OF WHICH-
-Gem, just Tomas Jefferson. MAYBE I WANT A PEARL AND GEM TEAM UP MAYBE NOT. WHO CARES ABOUT GENDER ITS A SCAM MADE UP BY BATHROOM COMPANIES TO SELL MORE BATHROOMS. Hmmmmmm Xisuma as Washington because I am a true believer of Mumbo thinks of him as a Dad core. Dadsuma. RIGHT HAND MAN 🏃♀️
-Uhhh Grumbot is literally Philip. Literally 🔥 They both love their Dads and do they’re last names Proud, they both got shot, THEY BOTH ARE PIANO KIDS! Hmmmm Biblically accurate my friend 🌚
-King George as King Ren just fits. HERE IS WHY!!! 1. they both fruity ass kings. 2. They have Fruity little guy who love and support them. 3. KING REN ARCH AND REBELLION. but then you’ll b like. Why Grian Eliza not Hamilton? Uhhhh because I SAID so. Also because who would be Schuyler sisters? (Don’t answer)
-Hmmmmm Scar as John Lauren’s make me happy…..Redscape hints people👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
-Urm I will NOT throw away my shot ☝️🤓 And make character designs and fake screenshots of these so expect THAT. send in asks for questions blah blah blah. And if I get something wrong, just tell me pls 😭
#Mumbo Jumbo#grian#hermitcraft#mcyt#martyn inthelittlewood#jimmy solidarity#docm77#goodtimeswithscar#iskall87#impulsesv#rendog#bdubs#bdoubleo100#Grumbot#geminitay#Pearlescentmoon#xisuma#zedaph#tangotek#ethoslab#Etho#zombie cleo#Grumbo#hermitblr#Hamilton#Hamilton au#Starsaysgarbage#Okay I’m done tagging.
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(Original Caption) 1948-Hollywood, CA: Actor Humphrey Bogart (l) and his wife, actress Lauren Bacall, are helping John Derek, 22 (center), get a start in Hollywood. The young ex-paratrooper met Bogart while he was training at a camp on the Colorado Desert. Derek, a Los Angeles boy without previous film experience, will play the killer in "Knock on My Door," Bogart's first independent production. Bogart diverges from type to play the defense attorney in the film.
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books read in 2023
january
sweep in peace by ilona andrews
one fell sweep by ilona andrews
a court of mist and fury by sarah j. maas
sweep of the blade by ilona andrews
sweep with me by ilona andrews
my best friend’s exorcism by grady hendrix
kiss her once for me by alison cochrun
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid
i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy
love and other words by christina lauren
sweep of the heart by ilona andrews
the only living girl on earth by charles yu
witches get stuff done by molly harper
you had me at hola by alexis daria
her vigilante by lillian lark
inconvenient daughter by lauren j. sharkey
anon pls. by deuxmoi
you are eating an orange. you are naked. by sheung-king
legends & lattes by travis baldree
bad vibes only (and other things i bring to the table) by nora mcinerny
signs of cupidity by raven kennedy
bonds of cupidity by raven kennedy
crimes of cupidity by raven kennedy
read: 23
february
exciting times by naoise dolan
sweethand by n.g. peltier
you made a fool of death with your beauty by akwaeke emezi
something wilder by christina lauren
highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert
you deserve each other by sarah hogle
this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max goldstone
would you rather by allison ashley
read: 8
march
meet me in the margins by melissa ferguson
king of battle and blood by scarlett st. clair
the exotic by hampton sides
river of shadows by karina halle
alone with you in the ether by olivie blake
lovelight farms by b.k. borison
the soulmate equation by christina lauren
before i let go by kennedy ryan
haunting adeline by h.d. carlson
the lies i tell by julie clark
one jump at a time by nathan chen
our wives under the sea by julia armfield
all systems red (the murderbot diaries #1) by martha wells
before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi
read: 14
april
funny you should ask by elissa sussman
make a scene by mimi grace
sweeter than chocolate by lizzie shane
the kiss quotient by helen hoang
my favorite half-night stand by christina lauren
romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld
icebreaker by a.l. graziadei
the wedding proposal by john swansiger
circling back to you by julie tieu
by the book by amanda sellet
a lady’s guide to mischief and mayhem by manda collins
love in the time of serial killers by alicia thompson
if the shoe fits by julie murphy
whispers of you by catherine cowles
the kiss curse by erin sterling
by the book by jasmine guillory
honey & spice by bolu babalola
one night on the island by josie silver
the bodyguard by katherine center
the reunion by kayla olson
the neighbor favor by kristina forest
crooked kingdom by leigh bardugo
do i know you? by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka
just my type by falon ballard
delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake
happy place by emily henry
dating dr. dil by nisha sharma
icebreaker by hannah grace
count your lucky stars by alexandria bellefleur
stone cold fox by rachel koller croft
fake it till you bake it by jamie wesley
read: 31
may
the dead romantics
motherthing by ainslie hogarth
the woman in the library by sulari gentill
artificial condition (the murderbot diaries #2) by martha wells
the last word by taylor adams
you shouldn’t have come here by jeneva rose
read: 6
june
fourth wing (the empyrean #1) by rebecca yarros
the very secret society of irregular witches by sangu mandanna
love, theoretically by ali hazelwood
read: 3
july
the traitor queen (the bridge kingdom #2) by danielle l. jensen
the beast by katee robert
baldur's gate: descent into avernus by by james introcaso et. al
forget me not by julie soto
the wishing game by meg shaffer
read: 5
august
the true love experiment by christina lauren
pachinko by min jin lee
almond by sohn won-pyung, translated by joosun lee
hook, line, and sinker by tessa bailey
read: 4
september
hey, u up? (for a serious relationship): how to turn your booty call into your emergency contact by emily axford & brian murphy
everyone knows your mother is a witch by rivka galchen
fangs by sarah andersen
a room with a view by e.m. forster
juniper bean resorts to murder by gracie ruth mitchell
one's company by ashley hutson
the mysterious affair at styles by agatha christie
solita: a gothic romance by vivien rainn
you, again by kate goldbeck
the undertaking of hart and mercy by megan bannen
my roommate is a vampire by jenna levine
the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde
the vampires of el norte by isabel cañas
her body and other parties by carmen maria machado
evil eye by etaf rum
the seven year slip by ashley poston
read: 17
october
keeper of enchanted rooms by charlie n. holmberg
the serpent and the wings of night by carissa broadbent
shy by max porter
down comes the night by allison saft
the unfortunate side effects of heartbreak and magic by breanne randall
the hurricane wars by thea guanzon
read: 6
november
a witch's guide to fake dating a demon by sarah hawley
the wake-up call by beth o'leary
when in rome by sarah adams
the view was exhausting by mikaella clements and onjuli datta
hello stranger by katherine center
practice makes perfect by sarah adams
do your worst by rosie danan
read: 7
december
bookshops & bonedust by travis baldree
the fake mate by lana ferguson
read: 2
final count: 127/100
#kate’s reading log#read in 2023*#a little late but i wanted to get this up here !!#i’ll update as i go so if you don’t want to see this just blacklist kate’s reading log :)#we hit character limit so i had to reformat lol
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Oscars 2024 Highlights!
Oscar Academy Awards 2024 - The Surprise was to remember the time a streaker took the stage during the 46th annual Oscars when David Niven’s introduction of Elizabeth Taylor was interrupted by a dashing nude one of the biggest Oscar surprises of all time history, here it is:
David Niven was surprised by a naked man running across the stage in the Oscar Academy Awards 1974 in Los Angeles
Congratulations to the Oscar winners in 2024 although I liked the Oscars more when the show was more "stripped down”.
The big winners on the night were Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Robert Downey Jr.
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Oppenheimer Reigns at the Oscars With Seven Wins, Including Best Picture and Director.
Oppenheimer won a whopping seven Oscars at Sunday night's Academy Awards, while Poor Things, The Holdovers, American Fiction, Anatomy of Fall and The Zone of Interest picked up big prizes
Christopher happily posed with his two shiny new trophies 🏆 Christopher Nolan earned Best Director over Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall, Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon, Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things, and Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest. 📸© Chelsea Lauren/BEl/Shutterstock
Cillian Murphy finally won the Oscar in the coveted Best Actor category as he, Robert Downey Jr., and Christopher Nolan led Oppenheimer to a massive night 📸 Reuters
Emma earned a shock win in the Actress in a Leading Role category for her work in Poor Things 📸 /AFP Via Getty Images
John Cena presented the Oscar Academy Awards for Best Costume Design. His naked performance was the moment that stole the show. He recalled an infamous streaking incident on the show 50 years ago when actor David Niven was surprised by a naked man running across the stage during the 1974 Academy Awards show in Los Angeles.
John Cena onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 10, 2024. 📸 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Via Getty Images
#oscars #memories #academyawards #oscar #davidniven #funny #OscarAcademyAwards1974 ##OscarAcademyAwards2024 #Hollywood #JohnCena
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List of celebrities that have signed letters in “solidarity” with Israel’s genocide of Palestinians
and the list of celebrities that have signed a letter supporting a ceasefire in Gaza:
Adam McKay
Alfonso Cuarón
Alia Shawkat
Alyssa Milano
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Seales
Amber Tamblyn
America Ferrera
Andrew Garfield
Ani DiFranco
Aminé
Anoushka Shankar
Aria Mia Loberti
ASAP Nast
Ayo Edebiri
Bassam Tariq
Bassem Youssef
Belly
Bonnie Wright
Boots Riley
Caroline Polachek
Cate Blanchett
Channing Tatum
Charm La’Donna
Cherien Dabis
Darius Marder
David Cross
David Oyelowo
Deb Never
Dev Hynes
Dina Shihabi
Diplo
Dominic Cooper
Dominique Fishback
Dominique Thorne
Dua Lipa
El-P
Elvira Lind
Elyanna
Farah Bsaiso
Farida Khelfa
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Florence Pugh
Hasan Minhaj
Hend Sabry
Ilana Glazer
Indya Moore
James Schamus
Jay Shetty
Jai Courtney
Jeremy Strong
Jessica Chastain
Jessie Buckley
Jessie Williams
Joaquin Phoenix
John Cusack
Jon Stewart
Kathryn Grody
Kaytranada
Kehlani
Killer Mike
Kristen Stewart
Lauren Jauregui
Lena Waithe
Macklemore
Mandy Patinkin
Mahershala Ali
Margaret Cho
Mark Ruffalo
May Calamawy
Megan Boone
Michael Malarkey
Michael Moore
Michael Shannon
Michael Stipe
Michelle Wolf
Miguel
Mo Amer
Mousa Kraish
Natalia Cordova
Natalie Merchant
Oscar Isaac
Quinta Brunson
Rachel McAdams
Rachel Sennott
Ramy Youssef
Raveena Aurora
Riz Ahmed
Rooney Mara
Rosario Dawson
Rosie O’Donnell
Rowan Blanchard
Ryan Coogler
Sandra Oh
Sebastian Silva
Shailene Woodley
Shaka King
SimiHaze
Simon Helberg
Stephanie Suganami
Susan Sarandon
Taylour Paige
Tommy Genesis
Tony Kushner
V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Vic Mensa
Victoria Monét
Wallace Shawn
Wanda Sykes
Yara Shahidi
Zoe Lister Jones
I wanted to include them both but there were hundreds of celebrities who came out in support of Israel.
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Book recs: Space!! part 1
We all love space, right? I certainly love space, and I'm always on the hunt for a good space book. What you've got here is a pretty wild mix of everything from fun and adventurous space opera to horrific and brutal space horror - hopefully all the space fans can find something to enjoy!
For more details on the books, continue under the readmore. Titles marked with * are my personal favorites. And as always, feel free to share your own recs in the notes!
If you want more book recs, check out my masterpost of rec lists!
The Long Way To a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers series) by Becky Chambers
Rosemary Harper just got a job on the motley crew of the Wayfarer, a spaceship that works with tunneling new wormholes through space. With a past she wants to leave behind, Rosemary is happy to travel the far reaches of the universe with the chaotic crew, but when they land the job of a life time, things suddenly get a lot more dangerous. A bit of a tumblr classic in its day, this is a cozy space opera with an episodic feel and vividly realized characters and cultures. While pretty light on romance and focusing found family, there is a main f/f relationship.
Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
Ascension follows Alana Quick, an expert Sky Surgeon who stows away on a spaceship in hopes of landing herself a job. But the ship and its crew are in deeper waters than she expected, facing threats emerging from a whole other universe, all of them searching for the same person: Alana’s spiritually enlightened sister. Undeniably a bit of an odd read, Ascension is also very creative and features polyamorous lesbian relationship.
Illuminae (The Illulminae Files) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff*
Young adult told through the medium of transcripts, text messages and the like (this is one of few books where I highly recommend reading a physical copy over a digital or audio copy as the visual aspect is much more enjoyable like that). After their colony is attacked, the surviving inhabitants flee on spaceships, attempting to avoid the pursuing killers while also dealing with a deadly maddening plague on board and a ruthless ship AI seemingly losing its mind.
Kea's Flight by Erika Hammerschmidt & John C. Ricker
Young adult. Kea has been in exile since before she was born. In a future where abortion has been forbidden, Earth has found a new way of handling unwanted children: send them off to space to colonize new planets. Kea has lived her entire life on a spaceship, surrounded by other kids rejected for 'flaws' in their genetic makeup, Kea herself being on the autism spectrum. The ship follows a strict authority, but when a new threat appears, Kea and her friends must rise up to ensure they make it to their new home.
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James*
Young adult. Romy is the only survivor on a spaceship headed toward a new planet, her only contact with other people being messages sent to and from Earth which take months to arrive. Then she receives news: another ship has been sent, one which is more advanced than hers and will eventually catch up. Ecstatic about the prospect of meeting other people, Romy begins communicating with J, the sole passenger of the other ship, and finds herself developing feelings for him. But Romy knows nothing about J, and have begun receiving worrisome messages from Earth...
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch universe) by Ann Leckie*
A space opera in which sentient spaceships can walk the ground in stolen human bodies, so called ancillaries. One of these ancillaries, the sole survivor after the complete destruction of her ship and crew, is on the hunt for revenge against the leader of the Empire for her crimes. This series does very cool things with gender and culture!
The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
Zan wakes without memory, a passenger aboard one of the living world-ships of Legion, a fleet of decaying generations ships. Told she's the salvation meant to free them from the fleet, Zan is flung head first into a brutal and bloody conflict. This book fucked me up when I read it. It’s weird, it’s gross, there’s So Much Viscera, there are literally no men, it has living spaceships and biotech but in the most horrific way imaginable. Had I to categorize it I would call it grimdark military sf. It’s an experience but not necessarily a pleasant one.
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire) by Yoon Ha Lee*
Disgraced Captain Kel Cheris is given a second chance by allying with and becoming the host for undead Commander Shous Jedao, who in life never lost a battle, but also went mad and massacred his own army. Now, Cheris must decide just how far she can trust him, with her forces as well as with her sense of self. Military space opera where belief and culture shape the laws of reality, causing all kinds of atrocities as empires do everything in their power to force as many people as possible to conform to their way of life to strengthen their technology and weapons. It’s also very queer, with major gay, lesbian and trans characters, albeit little to no romance.
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Life on the lower decks of the generation ship HSS Matilda is hard for Aster, an outcast even among outcasts, trying to survive in a system not dissimilar to the old antebellum South. The ship’s leaders have imposed harsh restrictions on their darker skinned people, using them as an oppressed workforce as they travel through space toward their supposed Promised Land. But as Aster finds a link between the death of the ship’s sovereign and the suicide of her own mother, she realizes there may be a way off the ship.
172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad*
Young adult horror. NASA is finally returning to the moon, and to gain the needed funding and attention they hold a world-wide lottery: three teenagers will get to travel to a recently revealed moon base alongside the trained astronauts. For Antoine, Midori, and Mia, this is the chance of a lifetime. But there's a reason NASA stayed away from the moon for so long, and while three teens may be going there, only one will return... This book scared the shit out of me as a teen, recommended for slowburn mix of supernatural and sci-fi horror.
Children of Time (Children of Time series) by Adrian Tchaikovsky*
Millennia and generation spanning sci-fi. After the collapse of the earthen empire, a planet once part of a project to uplift other species to sentience is left to develop on its own, resulting not in the intelligent monkeys once intended but in sentient giant spiders. Millennia later, what remains of humanity arrives looking for a new home, only to be met by the ancient, artificial remains of the woman who once led the uplift project - and she is not willing to let them disturb her spiders, or her planet, no matter how desperate they are.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells*
After having hacked its own governor module, SecUnit uses its small amount of new freedom to secretly download and watch as much media as it can between doing its job guarding humans. But when the scientists it’s been charged with keeping safe come under attack, it must make a choice about whether to continue keeping its freedom secret or risk it all to save them. The series features both novellas and full length novels, and balances humor with scathing critique of capitalism.
Dust (Jacob's Ladder series) by Elizabeth Bear
In a dying spaceship, orbiting an equally dying sun, noblewoman Perceval waits for her own gruesome death. Having been captured by an opposing house, her wings severed and life forfeit, Perceval's execution is imminent - until a young servant charged with her care proves to be Perceval's long lost sister. To stop a war between houses likely to doom them all, the two flee together across a crumbling, dangerous spaceship. And at its core waits Jacob Dust, god and angel, all that remains of what the ship once was. And he wants Perceval.
Binti (Binti trilogy) by Nnedi Okorafor
Young adult novella. Binti is the first of the Himba people to be accepted into the prestigious Oomza University, the finest place of higher learning in all the galaxy. But as she embarks on her interstellar journey, the unthinkable happens: her ship is attacked by the terrifying Meduse, an alien race at war with Oomza University.
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers) by Alex White
In a universe where science and magic work hand in hand, Boots Elsworth makes a living selling fake treasure maps and Nilah Brio is a racer. When one of Boots' maps turns out to be more real than expected and Nilah has to go on the run after having been framed for a murder, the two find themselves on the same spaceship, working with Boots' old captain to find the rumored treasure and reveal the conspiracy it's hiding before the people hunting them catch up. Features a main f/f relationship.
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
A strange child lands on an isolated planet, scaring its inahbitants into handing him over into the hands of Nia Amani. As captain of a transport ship, Nia is not only the planet's only contact with the outside world, she is also a woman outside of time, years compressing into months as she travels through space at high speed. Now responsible for a child who doesn't speak and in a galaxy that wishes them ill, she must rethink exactly what she wants to do with her life, and what she's prepared to give up. Features multiple major queer characters.
Eacaping Exodus (Escaping Exodus duology) by Nicky Drayden
Seske is the heir to the leader of a clan living inside a gigantic, spacefaring beast, of which they frequently need to catch a new one to reside in as their presence slowly kills the beast from the inside. While I found the ending rushed with regards to plot and character, the worldbuilding is very fresh and the overall plot of survival and class struggle an interesting one. It’s also sapphic!
Dead Silence Here by S.A. Barnes
Horror. As her current mission as team leader for a small repair crew in distant space nears its end, Claire grows desperate to find a way to not have to return to a life on Earth. When the crew picks up a distress signal from Aurora, a luxury cruise ship thought lost decades ago, she sees a chance to make enough money on salvage to buy her own ship. But Aurora is housing horrifying secrets beyond its cold hull, and Claire's own past is coming back to literally haunt her. If she wants to survive, dangerous truths must be revealed.
Activation Degradation by Marina J. Lostetter
Unit Four comes to life in the middle of a war. The mine it was created to care for is under attack, and as Unit Four is activated with the memories of its predecessors, it is thrown into the task of protecting it at any cost. When the battle leads to its capture, it is prepared to do anything to stop its captors, even as their very presence causes it to question all that it knows. Includes multiple major intersex characters.
This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman
Space opera in which humanity found a way to faster than light travel and began establishing colonies all over the galaxy, only to belatedly realize the method of FTL caused irreversible mutations and disabilities and leaving their nascent colonies to die. Much later, many of the colonies have survived and thrived, and one has found a new method of FTL travel, allowing an interconnected space society to grow. However, Earth is on the hunt for their method and is prepared to do anything to steal it. Trapped in the middle of all this and forced on the run is young Jamisia, who is little by little coming to realize that not only might she be the very solution Earth is after, she’s also not alone in her own mind and body.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir*
Ryland Grace just woke up from a coma, unable to remember anything. He finds himself alone on a spaceship, the rest of the crew dead, and as his memories slowly trickle back, he realizes he’s been sent on a mission: to find a solution to the impending doom of the earth. Still struggling with holes in his memories, Ryland tries to fulfill his mission, but as he gets closer to his goal, he discovers someone else got there first. And they aren’t anything close to human. Funny, heartfelt, and heavy on the science.
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Six million years in the future, humanity has spread across the entire Milky Way galaxy. Purslane and Campion are both clones of the same woman, sent into the galaxy millions of years ago to explore along with almost a thousand clones like them. Every 200 000 years they all meet to compare memories and experiences. But this time Purslane and Campion arrive late - and discover that a secret millions of years in the making has led to an extinction level attack against their kind. Now they must find out the truth before their line is completely wiped out. Absolutely wild world-building, featuring various kinds of posthumans (among which the clones are, shockingly, the most similar to people of our time).
Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
Vivian Liao is a highly successful innovator, but she may have bitten off more than she can chew and fears the government is coming for her. As she goes into hiding, she attempts to pull off one last stunt that could fix everything - but something goes wrong, and suddenly Vivian finds herself waking up in the far future, under attack by an army of robots in space. Hoping to find her way back home, Vivian must assemble a crew of dangerous outlaws and outcasts to help her hunt down the Empress of Forever, the all-powerful entity who pulled her into the future. Lesbian main character.
Finder (Finder Chronicles) by Suzanne Palmer
Fergus Ferguson is a finder, and his latest job has just taken him to a small colony in the farthest corner of inhabited space. There he's searching for a stolen spaceship, what he thinks will be an easy job. But things become complicated as Fergus' arrival inadvertently sets off a civil war, forcing him to ally with the thief's enemies to get out alive with his prize. And beyond it all, the ships of a dangerous and mysterious alien species watches over it all, picking people off when least expected.
Space Opera (Space Opera duology) by Catherynne M. Valente
Eurovision in space! If you lose, humanity is doomed! Good luck! The sentient species of the galaxy have chosen to face each other not in war but in a musical contest, and now humanity is invited to partake. The problem? If we lose, our species as a whole will be exterminated. While I found this book as a whole slightly gimmicky, it’s a fun and flashy experience with some wild and creative alien species.
Blindsight (Firefall duology) by Peter Watts*
Vampires and aliens and questions of the nature of consciousnesses, oh my! A ship is sent to investigate the sudden appearance of an alien vessel at the edge of the solar system, but the crew isn’t prepared for the horrors awaiting them. No, seriously, this book will fuck you up, highly recommend if you’re okay with a lot of techno babble and existential horror.
The Outside (The Outside trilogy) by Ada Hoffman*
AKA the book the put me in an existential crisis. Souls are real, and they are used to feed AI gods in this lovecraftian inspired sci-fi where reality is warped and artificial gods stand against real, unfathomable ones. Autistic scientist Yasira is accused of heresy and, to save her eternal soul, is recruited by cybernetic ‘angels’ to help hunt down her own former mentor, who is threatening to tear reality itself apart. Sapphic main character.
Honorary mentions AKA these didn't really work for me but maybe you guys will like them: Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski, Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes, Medusa Uploaded by Emily Devenport, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
#nella talks books#book recs#space#space books my absolute beloved#next list will probably be queer horror books so look forward to that!
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3, 7, 17 for the ask game 🙃
3. Do you have a nickname for them?
John Laurens is Jack, naturally, or when I'm feeling extra spicy he's Jaś (which is the nickname for Jan, the Polish version of John).
Bonus point: Equally naturally, Stanisław August Poniatowski (nine syllables?? my guy...) is Staś.
It does not in any way improve matters that this reminds me of legendary (to me) accordion duo Jaś i Staś.
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7. Let us know three random facts about them!
Okay, let's see...
1. When Henry Laurens fell ill in 1770, he tasked 15-year-old John with writing an urgent letter to a correspondent. John opens with this wonderful bit of TMI:
My Pappa having been attacked with a slight Ague and intermitting Fever, has taken a Vomit this Morning, which is now in its full Operation
2. John was a thoughtful, considerate friend. Like the time where he left Thomas Paine on the side of the road in a broken carriage so he could rush off to Congress in Philadelphia, and, then per Massey,
So great was [Laurens'] haste that he completely forgot a promise to Tom Paine that he would ask Congress to compensate the pamphleteer. Instead, John left a request for Paine to pick up a pair of boots that he left behind with a shoemaker, but he enclosed no money to pay for the repairs. “I wish you had thought of me a little before you went away,” Paine chided.
Massey, G. John Laurens and the American Revolution (pp. 191-192). University of South Carolina Press.
3. John once rode all the way from London to Paris in three days flat, which I still consider an insane feat of trying to avoid paternal disappointment.
17. Is there a song that reminds you of them?
Is there!!
(Everyone's got a history blorbo playlist, right...?)
I'm not a Hosier!girlie but this is just 👌
And then, not to be Killers-posting in year of our lord 2024, but...
Bonus: pain!
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Happy Birthday Scottish actor Richard Madden born June 18th 1986 in Elderslie.
Richard was raised by his mother, Pat, a classroom assistant and his father, Richard, who worked for the fire service. He also has two sisters, Cara and Lauren.
His parents were “hippies”, he says, and their house was pretty open, with friends always piling in for big vegetarian meals. Madden spent a lot of time outside, in the woods behind their house. He has several injuries: he shows me where he shot his dad’s old air pistol and blew off part of his finger, then managed to wreck the same finger when he nailed a wooden plank to his skateboard, then crashed it, so apart from the Hippie parents it was much like most of our own days as bairns.
Despite growing up wanting to be an actor, Richard was very shy during his childhood. To overcome this, at age 11, he joined Paisley Arts Centre’s youth theatre program. In 1999 he was given the lead role as Sebastian Simpkins in BBC1’s children’s TV comedy series Barmy Aunt Boomerang, that’s him aged 12 in the first pic with co-star Toyah Wilcox.. By 2000, he’d made his feature film debut in the Iain Banks adaptation, Complicity.
After high school he was accepted to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland and in 2007, he graduated.
Less than two years later, Richard had a recurring role as Dean McKenzie on the 2009 BBC series Hope Springs. Soon after, he landed the role of Ripley in the 2010 movie Chatroom, a film about a group of teenagers who encourage each other’s bad behaviours after meeting online. In the same year, Richard played punk band Theatre of Hate singer Kirk Brandon in Worried About the Boy, a TV film about the life of British singer-songwriter Boy George.
In 2011 Richard landed his breakthrough role as Robb Stark in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones. Also in 2011, he played gay paramedic Ashley Greenwick on the short-lived British comedy-drama Sirens. During hiatus from filming Game of Thrones in 2013, Richard was cast to star as Prince Charming in the 2015 Disney film Cinderella.
Richard won his first Screen Actors Guild award in 2014 for the Discovery Channel mini-series, Klondike. He played Bill Haskell, one of two adventurers who travel to Yukon, Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s. He further enhanced his reputation as a good actor when he appeared in the BBC drama Bodyguard in 2018, the following year he played Lieutenant Joseph Blake in the film 2017 and was Elton John’s manager/lover in the biop of the star Rocketman.
In January 2019 Madden won a prestigious Golden Globe for his role as war veteran David Budd in the BBC show Bodyguard. He also appeared in the 2019 war movie 1917.
We last saw Richard in the movie, Eternals, which was okay, but nothing great, he is one of several actors being touted as the next James Bond,
James is currently in the Amazon Prime series Citadel, I've watched the first three episodes and am not really impressed with it,I think he does pull of the American accent well, but I noticed there have been people saying he doesn't pull it off, Madden revealed he spoke in the accent for two years straight to prepare for the series. The show has been earmarked for a second series. Richard is set to appear in the feature film Killer Heat next.
In July 2019, Madden received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. When asked about his personal life during a New York Times interview following speculation about his relationships and sexuality, Madden stated: “I just keep my personal life personal.”
Madden was recently named one of ‘Scotland’s Sexiest Men' following a new study that identifies the most attractive features for men, he has competition though, also in the running are Bathgate’s David Tennant and Glasgow’s James McAvoy,
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Happy Spooky Month! 🎃
As always, check under the cut for more on each~
I was lucky enough to read ALL of these books in advance this month! 🥰
After Dark With Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis is a October-set story of grief, generational curses, and mystery. While Roxie embraces the bad luck of their family, her sister has always clung to the rational and avoided the dark- until her boyfriend was brutally murdered. After being grief bound for months, she suddenly finds herself motivated to re-enter her own life- because she's sure she can prove Roxie's best friend, and her boyfriend's brother, was the murderer. If you like stories about complicated family relationships and breaking cycles, this is a book you'd probably enjoy!
The Restless Dark by Erica Waters is an atmospheric, tense story of serial killers, possible hauntings, and strangers that may or may not be trustworthy. Three girls find their way to a true crime podcasts camping contest to find the killer's bones- one for research, one to dominate the darkness she's sure is in her, and one for closure after nearly being his last victim. This book also has a sapphic romance!
If You Could See the Sun by Anna Liang is the perfect book for anyone who can relate to struggling to prove yourself without taking the time or risk to figure out who you are. It's also great for fans of magical realism and academic rivals to lovers! Alice's temporary invisibility is bad luck, especially since uncontrollably turning invisible means missing expensive classes, but it's also a way to earn some extra, much needed money. But just how are will she go to get the money to pay her school fees?
If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin is the 4th book in the John Dies at the End series, though if you really want to, it can be read as a standalone. This one follows the trio trying to stop a cult from ending the world via a super capitalistic toy and an angry teenage boy. This one is also pretty timey-wimey. *Adult book*
Self-Portrait With Nothing by Aimee Potwatka is about an adopted woman's famous biological mother coming back into her life- by disappearing. If magical paintings, wild goose chases, and identity stories are your thing, definitely pick this one up! *Adult book*
When Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb was pitched as a "modern, queer Jewish parable" and that definitely nails it, but I'd also call it a Jewish YA Good Omens. When an angel and a demon leave behind their shetl to find a girl who never sent word back from America, it's meant to be an excuse more than a real rescue mission, but with the interference of ghosts, crooked immigration, and a plucky, determined lesbian, they find themselves more involved than they could have imagined.
#book list#queer books#gay books#jdate#jewish books#diverse book#if you could see the sun#when angels left the old country#castor starr#starrlikesbooks#ya books
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TRACKING MY EYES
(LIST OF MOVIES SERIES BOOKS AND WEBCOMICS I HAVE SEEN READ and want to remember(rating out of 10) (incomplete rn)
( E-english, H-hindi, K-korean)
MOVIES
Animated-
nimona (10)
TANGLED
the Mitchells v/s the machines
spirit untamed
frozen 1
next gen (8)
the willoughbys
over the moon
wreck it Ralph 1 and 2
encanto
frozen 2 (6)
Hindi
barfi (10)
chor nikal ke bhaga (10)
Darlings
ek main aur ek tuu
ek vivah aisa bhi
forensic
hasee to phasee
Lootera
om shanti om
Qala
queen
Uri
7 khoon maaf (9)
dear zindagi
dil chahta hai
dil dhadkne do
Wake up Sid
doctor G (8)
kal ho na ho
zindagi na milegi Dobara
gori tere pyaar m (7)
kuch kuch hota hai
kabhi khushi kabhi gham
plan A plan B
Tamasha
OMG (oh my god) (6)
Ye Jawani Hai deewani
fitoor (5)
I hate luv stories
kabhi alvida naa kehna
dilwale 2015
jaane tu ya jaane na
dil se (3)
hum sath sath hai (no ratings for these lol)
happy new year
hum apke hai kaun
sooryavansham
english
good will hunting
BARBIE
Half of it
fundamentals of caring
edge of seventeen
red white and royal blue
the baby sitter killer queen
crazy rich asians
Enola holmes 1 n 2
knives out 1 n 2
confessions of a shopaholic
the intern
love at first sight
korean
tune in for love
love and leashes
kill boksoon
SERIES
lockwood n co
looking for alaska
heartstopper
Carmen San Diego
extraordinary attorney woo
blue birthday
run on
celebrity
true beauty
see you in my 19th life
our beloved summer
my ID is Gangnam beauty
because this is my first life
business proporsal
nevertheless
masaba masaba
my demon
destined with you
vincenzo
reborn rich
start up( ongoing)
its okay not to be okay (goingon)
gilmore girls (going on)
BOOKS
the unhoneymooners- Christina Lauren
nothing lasts forever- Sidney Sheldon
Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
turtles all the way down- john green
to all the boys I've loved before (book 2 and 3 specially)
One of us is lying- Karen McManus
One of us is next (sequel)
tbr-
one of us is back (triology)
lockwood and co
PLAYS
mujhe amritaa chahiye (yogesh tripathi)
WEBCOMICS
the omniscient reader
i love yoo
the greatest estate developer
get schooled
operation true love
seasons of blossom
morgana and oz
reunion
to tame a fire
muse on fame
maybe meant to be
wished you were dead
lost in translation
lets get divorced
the fox club
raven saga
bad signs
daytime star
completed
secretary out of order
see you in my 19th life
take me im yours
your letter
til debt do us part
our beloved summer
unholy blood
sweet home
long after the ending
the make up remover
age matters
a chance at last
gourment hound
the nuna at our office
cherry blossoms
my boo
her bucket list
super secret
oh!holy
mom, im sorry
lilac 200%
scorching romance
garden club detective squad
the hip guy
kind of love
unTouchable
witch hunt
cinnamonroll
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A couple of weeks ago I asked about people’s favorite book or books they read this year. Between Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and discord, I have a list of 123 books in no particular order that my friends and family loved this year. If it was a series then I listed the first book. Each star is an additional recommendation. I haven’t read all of these, they may or may not reflect my personal opinions, though my favorite books are on the list too. The most recommended books were How Far The Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler, one or all of the Murderbot books by Martha Wells, and Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, because if there’s one thing my friends have in common across platforms, it’s that you’re all nerds (affectionate). Enjoy, and I hope you find your new favorite book!
Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen Kobes de Mez
The Soul Of An Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
The Going To Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
My Hijacking by Martha Hodes
Longhand by Andy Hamilton
Babel by RF Kuang*
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff*
Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone
I Lost My Tooth! by Mo Willems
The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
How Far The Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler**
Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed
Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett*
I’m Stuck by Julia Mills
Entangled Life by Martin Sheldrake
Iris by Eden Finley
Hot Vampire Next Door by Nikki St. Crowe
Devil of Dublin by BB Easton
Tied by Carian Cole
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld*
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
From Blood And Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Where I End by Sophie White
Wool by Hugh Howey
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow
Yellowface by RF Kuang
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
North Woods by Daniel Mason
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin*
The Fragile Threads of Power by VE Schwab
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
The English Understand Wool by Helen Dewitt
Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning by The Gardeners & Farmers of Terre Vivante
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Love In The Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa*
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Prophet by Sin Blache and Helen MacDonald*
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki**
System Collapse by Martha Wells***
The Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine*
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers*
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
The Lazarus Heist by Geoff White
The September House by Carissa Orlando*
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Mistletoe and Mishigas by MA Wardell
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
The Last Smile In Sunder City by Luke Arnold
The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zoe Playden
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Manywhere by Morgan Thomas
Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby
Loot by Tania James
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
All Systems Read by Martha Wells
The Once and Future Sex by Eleanor Janega
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner*
The Door by Magda Szabo
Fluids by May Leitz
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Lieut. John Irving, R.N. of H.M.S. "Terror" in Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic regions a memorial sketch with letters
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Raven the Pirate Princess by Jeremy Whitley
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Slewfoot by Brom
The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr
500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan
O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman by KJ Charles
A Line In The World by Dorthe Nors
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Glitter and Concrete by Elyssa Maxx Goodman
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Tender Is The Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
The Tragic Menagerie by Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (translated by Jane Costlow)
The 100 Years Of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Twisted Love by Ana Huang
Precise Oaths by Paige E. Ewing
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
A Dead Djinn In Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
#favorite books#favorite books of 2023#books#books and reading#what we read this year other than fanfic
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i would love to hear about your dnd npcs pls tell me !! :O
ok there's a bunch of them, separated into three groups: the rulers, the pantheon, and the bloodthirsty killer gang. there's seven of each.
the rulers are knoelle (He/it), k'nama (she/her), heromin (he/they), silvereye (she/her), russo (he/him), john (he/him) and killo (he/him)
the pantheon are bonego (he/him), ameile (she/her), mille (she/her), lauren (she/her), bijon (xe/xem), jettessen (she/him), and meat (they/them)
the bloodthirsty killer gang has wispix (he/neos), robbie (he/him), auberjean (he/him), roscoe (he/she/it), susie (she/her), bloody mary (she/they), and patience (she/he)
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MOST AWAITED HORROR MOVIES OF 2024
1. Imaginary
Starring- DeWanda Wise,Taegen Burns and Tom Payne
This movie is directed by Jeff Wadlow and written by Bryc McGuire and produced by the Juggernaut Blumhouse Productions.
The story of this movie revolves around a woman who has returned back to her childhood home with her family and discovers that the old stuffed bear she left was found by her youngest stepdaughter Alice. Jessica realises that Chauncey (the stuffed bear) is more than a toy after she notices the changes in Alice's behaviour and the games that she plays with the stuffed bear. She realises that this is not the stuffed bear she believed it to be and has a very sinister truth behind it.
This movie is made on the budget of 13 million dollars and is set to hit the silver screens on 8th March 2024.
Sources
1. Name of director,producer,poster and other details
2. Cast
2. Mickey Mouse's Trap
Starring- Simon Phillips,Sophie McIntosh,Nick Biskupek and James Laurin
This movie is a independent Canadian slaher movie directed by Jamie Bailey and Produced by Mem Ferda
This movie is a horror re-imagination of Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie Verison of Mickey Mouse since it has been released in public domain.
The story of the movie revolves around a group of friends who sneak into an amusement park after it's closing, they end up getting trapped by a masked killer dressed up as Mickey Mouse who decides to play a game with that group of friends which they must survive.
This movie is set to hit the silver screens in the month of March 2024.
Source
1. Name of director,producer,poster and other details
3. Terrifer 3
Starring- Lauren LaVera,Elliott Fullam and David Thornton
This movie is an upcoming slasher movie which is written and directed by Damien Leone and is produced by Phil Falcone
This movie is the direct sequel to Terrifer 1 and Terrifer 2 which revolves around a sadistic clown going around the city during Halloween time and murdering,maiming and torturing adults and kids just for his own entertainment.
This movie is made on the budget of just 2 million dollars and is set to hit the silver screens on 25th October 2024
Source- IMDB,Wikipedia and Rotten Tomatoes
4. Nosferatu
Starring- Bill Skarsgård,Lily-Rose Depp,Willem Dafoe,Aaron Taylor Johnson and Emma Corin
This movie is an upcoming horror gothic movie written and directed by Robert Eggers and is produced by Jeff Robinov,John Graham and Chris Columbus
This movie is the 2nd remake of the 1922 German expressionist film of the same name which was written by Henrik Galeen and directed by F.W. Murnau which was in itself and "unofficial" adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.
The movie is set to hit the silver screens on 25th December 2024
5. Out Come the Wolves
Starring- Missy Peregrym,Damon Runyan and Joris Jarsky
This movie is an upcoming Candian thriller movie directed and written by Adam Macdonald and Joris Jarsky and produced by Eric Birnberg,Todd Berger and Thomas Walden
This movie revolves around 3 friends who visit a cabin deep into wilderness to spend a weekend full of peace and relaxation which turns into a mayhem and a fight for survival when they are attacked by a pack wolves.
This movie is set to hit the silver screens in the month of December 2024.
Source- IMDB,Fangoria and Altitude Films
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Our song #interstellar (67) being included in this legendary podcasts #bestof2023 playlist was the best thing to happen all year. Thanks again #DJAbsurd. (Darren Shabat) You're greatly appreciated. I've got something else cookin, too.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/ear2thestreetsradio/episodes/2023-12-24T18_07_50-08_00
EAR 2 THE STREETS RADIO BEST OF 2023 (4 Hours)
#KingOfThePlaylist
EAR 2 THE STREETS RADIO BEST OF 2023 (4 Hours)
#KingOfThePlaylist
1. Intro (Prod. by DJ Absurd) (Scratches by DJ Absurd)
2. Runaway - Swizz Beatz, Nas (Prod. by Swizz Beatz)
3. Heroes - Macklemore (Scratches by DJ Premier)
4. Soda Club - Marlon Craft, Skyzoo
5. Runway - Westside Gunn, Rome Streetz (Prod. by DJ Premier)
6. Unpredictable - Statik Selektah, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface, Raekwon, Method Man
7. The Return - Torae (Prod. by Marco Polo)
8. Prophets Of Doom - Ill Bill, Sick Jacken, Immortal Technique
9. Survival Mode - Halfcut, Reks, DJ Deadeye
10. Life Music - Masta Ace, Stricklin, Speech, E Smitty (Prod. by Marco Polo)
11. Am I Dreaming - A$AP Rocky, Roisee (Prod. by Metro Boomin)
12. The Weather - Black Thought, El Michels Affair
13. In Moe (Speculation) - Common (Prod. by DJ Premier)
14. Sounds That Never Left My Soul - Ty Farris
15. Bad Apples - Che Noir, Ransom, 38 Spesh (Prod. by Big Ghost Ltd)
16. Pissy In The Palazzo - Crimeapple (Prod. by DJ Skizz)
17. Knock - Tech N9ne, Conway The Machine, X-Raided, Joyner Lucas
18. Evolution - Meyhem Lauren (Prod. by Madlib & DJ Muggs)
19. Keep On - Nems (Prod. by Scram Jones)
20. Exit 9 - Killer Mike, Blxst
21. Slap Boxing - Tone Liv, Ren Thomas, L.I.F.E. Long Liggy Long (Prod. by Alessandro A Sharp Agostino)
22. No Love - Royce Da 5’9, 100 Kufis
23. Without You - Brady Watt, Conway The Machine, Talib Kweli
24. Coming Soon To A Theater Near You - Slaine
25. All That For A Drop Of Blood - Czarface
26. Sicilian Gold - DJ Muggs, Ghostface, Westside Gunn
27. Hustle, Repeat - Jadakiss, Swizz Beatz
28. Decide - John Sci Robinson & Figub Brazlevic
29. Invincibl Rap Mislz - Napoleon Da Legend, D-Styles
30. Catch A Vibe - TrillStatik (Bun B & Statik Selektah), Haile Supreme
31. Fast - Shabaam Sahdeeq & John Jigg$(Prod. by Tone Spliff)
32. Inhuman - Stu Bangas, Apathy
33. The Pressure - Cymarshall Law (Prod. by Slimline Mutha)
34. The Tale Of 2 Cities - KXNG Crooked, Joell Ortiz
35. Paradise II - Logic, Norah Jones
36. Choices - Oddisee, Phonte, Bemyfiasco, Kay Young
37. Feelings Don’t Feel - Black Milk, Mick Jenkins (Prod. by Black Milk)
38. The Golden Rule - Blu, Real Bad Man, C.L. Smooth
39. Loyalty V. Royalty - Belly, Gil Scott-Heron (Prod. by Hit-Boy)
40. Impaler - Vinnie Paz
41. Don’t Speak - Jarren Benton
42. Devil’s Work 2 - Joyner Lucas
43. Too Much! (Melly Mel) - Reason
44. Good Ol’ Days - Nyck Caution, Joey Bada$$
45. Free - Q-Unique (Prod. by Q-Unique)
46. Black Lemonade - Mayday
47. Point Blank - Ric Chavez, Bizzy Bone, J57
48. Dark & Grim - 38 Spesh (Prod. by 38 spesh)
49. American Made - Ransom (Prod. by Nicholas Craven)
50. Drug Trade - Smoke Dza, Black Thought (Prod. by Flying Lotus)
51. Remind You - Chino XL (Prod. by Stu Bangas)
52. Gadzooks (Em Eff Yoom) - Eff Yoo (Prod. by Level 13)
53. Venom - RJ Payne
54. Wells - Pizzo Paul Richard
55. Mental Health Check - Ea$y Money & Chilla Jones
56. Earners - Rasheed Chappell, Flee Lord, Che Noir
57. Bragadoccio Rap - Bo Faat, Hus Kingpin, Eddie Kaine, DJ Erex
58. Watch Your Mouth - Locksmith, Snak The Ripper (Prod. by C-Lance)
59. Don’t Go Astray - AZ (Prod. by Buckwild)
60. Nice Weather - Termanology
61. All About (Remix) - A-F-R-O, Alias Molombo
62. Sideline Saga - Jae Skeese
63. Porsche Lights - Styles P (Prod. by Vinny Idol)
64. Clubbin & Chaos - Lloyd Banks
65. Enough - Russ (Prod. by Russ)
66. Wotcha Call Strength - Boot Camp Clik
67. Interstellar - Influence Getem Daniel IG Stewart (Prod. by nAvi the NORTH & Die Empty Production)
68. Elevator - Kota The Friend (Prod. by Statik Selektah)
69. Wish Me Well - Little Brother
70. This Thing Of Ours - Nick Grant
71. Smoke - JoJo Pellegrino, Method Man
72. Nuclear Fission - Jus Daze (Prod. by C.G. The Producer)
73. In A Box - DJ Hoppa, Wax, Demrick
74. Bodies! - Skyzoo, The Other Guys
75. Came A Long Way (Keep Ridin 2023) - Brian B. Dvine Daly, The One Lavic
76. The Return - Cuban Pete Pete Allen (Prod. by BoFaat) (Scratches by JabbaThaKut)
77. Jodeci Member - Nas (Prod. by Hit-Boy)
78. Asteroids - Rapsody (Prod. by Hit-Boy)
79. 50 More Years Of Hip Hop - KRS-One
#DJAbsurd#influencegetem#hiphop#imaproblem#best of 2023 playlist#Podcast#Ear to the street radio#interstellar#Navi The North#Die Empty Productions#369recordings
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heavy rain
just finished watching a playthrough of heavy rain (yes im 12 years late to the party shush) and uurgghhhHH it upsets me how good the concept is but how POORLY IT WAS EXECUTED?>@?!#?> spoilers under the cut for basically the entire plot
i really dont mind when writers use the "unreliable narrator" thing especially for whodunnit stories because yknow. it keeps you on your toes and the thought of the writer having that much control over how you perceive their story is reaaally cool. and i think in the case of heavy rain its really cool how they only show scott's actions as a private eye when you're playing as him because it genuinely seems like he's yknow... actually a private investigator hired by the victims families. he's funny, witty, caring towards others, and in general i was naturally drawn to him since the story portrays him in such a good light for the majority of the story. i wouldve never suspected he was the killer if not for that one scene where he's extremely reluctant to cross check the names between the typewriter repair customers and origami magazine subscribers.
i just think they missed a few opportunities to create some foreshadowing so his character doesnt feel so... incomplete? when its finally revealed that hes the killer it doesnt really feel natural. like there werent any clues beforehand to make you think, "oh my god that changes everything!! it all makes sense now!!" instead i was left feeling like things werent really adding up, there were so many holes in the story that were ignored for convenience.
the idea of scott's character in general is so good but i feel like they either should've given more hints in his internal dialogue earlier in the game about his true nature (why is a serial killer like him so compassionate towards people, especially that guy from the convenience store who clearly failed scott's trials? i thought the idea of a father being unable to save his son was his motive for killing?) or cleaned up the little details about him in general towards the end.
for example, why was he so unbothered and detached when he and lauren visit john's grave yet later he gets emotional when john's death just briefly crosses his mind? how did he not have any strong reaction to hearing the gravekeeper recall in detail how john died? how did scott keep track of ethan's progress and validity during the trials when he was busy collecting evidence, especially with lauren around? how did scott keep track of ethan's blackouts in order to leave the lil origami guys in his hand? how come scott's athsma never becomes a problem during the more lengthy fight scenes towards the end? how in the hell did he manage to defend himself against like a dozen bodyguards just kinda. briskly walking around the mansion?? with way too much ammo than that tiny little revolver should be able to hold?
i think if heavy rain took a little more time exploring every single possible plot hole in its story i would call it one of my favourite story games. it really bothers me how much potential it had because i think its story deserves to be fully developed. im barely scratching the surface too, there are plenty of plot holes surrounding madison and ethan too (and norman wasnt really that interesting for me to strongly pay attention to so i cant say much about him.) its just that scott was ultimately my favourite character in the game and its so upsetting how incomplete his story feels </3
regardless i loved heavy rain (despite its annoying storytelling) and i wanna try to watch all the endings now, ive only seen two so far!!! its a really great game if you dont think about it too hard :D
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Behold the Monster by Jillian Lauren
He was sitting right across the table...and he would have killed her if he could. Jillian Lauren had no idea what she was getting into when she wrote her first letter to prolific serial killer Samuel Little. All she knew was her research had led her to believe he was guilty of many more murders than the three for which he had been convicted. While the two exchanged dozens of letters and embarked on hundreds of hours of interviews, Lauren gained the trust of a monster. After maintaining his innocence for decades, Little confessed to the murders of ninety-three women, often drawing his victims in haunting detail as he spoke. How could one man evade justice, manipulating the system for more than four decades? As the FBI, the DOJ, the LAPD, and countless law enforcement officials across the country worked to connect their cold cases with the confessions, Lauren's coverage of the investigations and obsession with Little's victims only escalated.
Lauren delivers the harrowing report of her unusual relationship with a psychopath - but this is more than a deep dive into the actions of Samuel Little. Lauren's riveting and emotional accounts reveal the women who were lost to cold files, giving Little's victims a chance to have their stories heard for the first time.
Fear is Just a Word by Azam Ahmed
Fear Is Just a Word begins on an international bridge between Mexico and the United States, as fifty-six-year-old Miriam Rodríguez stalks one of the men she believes was involved in the murder of her daughter Karen. He is her target number eleven, a member of the drug cartel that has terrorized and controlled what was once Miriam’s quiet hometown of San Fernando, Mexico, almost one hundred miles from the U.S. border. Having dyed her hair red as a disguise, Miriam watches, waits, and then orchestrates the arrest of this man, exacting her own version of justice.
Woven into this deeply researched, moving account is the story of how cartels built their power in Mexico, escalated the use of violence, and kidnapped and murdered tens of thousands. Karen was just one of the many people who disappeared, and Miriam, a brilliant, strategic, and fearless woman, begged for help from the authorities and paid ransom money she could not afford in hopes of saving her daughter. When that failed, she decided that “fear is just a word,” and began a crusade to track down Karen’s killers and to help other victimized families in their search for justice.
Tangled Vines by John Glatt
Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity―but it was an unimaginable tragedy that would thrust them into the national spotlight. On June 7th, 2021, prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on the grounds of their thousand-acre hunting lodge. The mystery deepened only months later when Alex himself was discovered shot in the head on a local roadside.
But as authorities scrambled for clues and the community reeled from the loss and media attention, dark secrets about this Southern legal dynasty came to light. The Murdaughs, it turned out, were feared as much as they were loved. And they wouldn’t hesitate to wield their influence to protect one of their own; two years before he was killed, a highly intoxicated Paul Murdaugh was at the helm of a boat when it crashed and killed a teenage girl, and his light treatment by police led to speculation that privilege had come into play. As bombshells of financial fraud were revealed and more suspicious deaths were linked to the Murdaughs, a new portrait of Alex Murdaugh emerged - a desperate man on the brink of ruin who would do anything, even plan his own death, to save his family’s reputation.
The Angel Makers by Patti McCracken
The horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderesses - village wives, mothers, and daughters - was to come to the shocking realization that this could have happened anywhere, and to anyone. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife, a "smiling Buddha" known as Auntie Suzy, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of Nagyrév. "Why are you bothering with him?" Auntie Suzy would ask, as she produced an arsenic-filled vial from her apron pocket. In the beginning, a great many used the deadly solution to finally be free of cruel and abusive spouses.
But as the number of dead bodies grew without consequence, the killers grew bolder. With each vial of poison emptied, a new reason surfaced to drain yet another. Some women disposed of sickly relatives. Some used arsenic as "inheritance powder" to secure land and houses. For more than fifteen years, the unlikely murderers aided death unfettered and tended to it as if it were simply another chore - spooning doses of arsenic into soup and wine, stirring it into coffee and brandy. By the time their crimes were discovered, hundreds were feared dead.
Anonymous notes brought the crimes to light in 1929. As a skillful prosecutor hungry for justice ran the investigation, newsmen from around the world - including the New York Times - poured in to cover the dramatic events as they unfolded.
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