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wildflowerwoodsworld · 1 month

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Hi Wild! 💕

For your writer's ask game what about 2, 16 and 21?

Hi Lola 2. that makes me laugh

This is from Every Curse Is A Prayer and never fails to make me laugh

"Let's just say the first mission the Black Bulls did without Yami was- eventful," Finral said. He was hoping it would be enough to stop the questions. It wasn't. "Eventful how?" Magna asked. Finral opened his mouth to answer, but Vanessa beat him to it. "Well, let's see," she said, counting things off on her fingers. "first there was that half-buried dungeon we stumbled across on the edge of the Forsaken Realm. Then there were the bandits, two sets, one that lived in the dungeon and one that wanted to live in the dungeon. When we'd dealt with those guys Finral here almost got kidnapped by Diamond for his magic-" "Finral got kidnapped?" "It happens sometimes," Vanessa said, waving her hand like it was a minor detail. "we always get him back. Anyway! Rescuing Finral from the Diamond guy meant we almost restarted the war that had finished less than a year earlier, in the process we got hit with an experimental device that somehow teleported us to the mana zone in-between us and Spade, and we very narrowly avoided starting a fight with the Forest of Witches-" "You mean we crashed into the forest, got captured and had to break out before the Witch Queen found out we were there and then ran for our lives with multiple angry Witches chasing us." Finral clarified. "Yeah, that. Eventually, we made it back to Magic Knight headquarters." "We were three weeks late and almost died multiple times." "It was a very eventful mission," Gordon said. "Captain Yami," Asta asked, turning to face the leader of the Black Bulls. "What did you send them to do?" Yami finally set down his newspaper, glaring at them all. "Hunt. Boar."

16. from a recent piece i want to brag about

This one's from the first chapter of I Don't Think You'll Land On Your Feet This Time, I just enjoy writing Yami and Jack interacting

Much to Yami's surprise, Cob was able to drop them pretty close to Jack's last known location. Yami hadn't thought he could open portals that far out. Usually, Yami would get Finral to take him, but he didn't want to get his squad any more involved in this than they had to be. The tricky part of the mission was actually finding Jack. Damn beanpole knew how to vanish in the woods, Yami would give him that. Marx grumbling under his breath as he kept tripping through the undergrowth was not helping Yami's mood. "The fuck do you want?" Yami twisted at the sound of Jack's voice only to be met with nothing. "Up here, asshole." Yami looked up. Jack was crouched on a tree branch, staring down at him. "The hell are you doing up there?" Jack dropped out of the tree with a laugh, landing next to Yami with barely a sound. "Better question, the hell you doing out here? I don't need help." "Julius wants you back." that made Jack pause. "What for?" Julius didn't usually call them back mid-mission, though, going by the lack of screaming and the blood on Jack's shoes, he'd already finished the mission anyway and was just fucking around. "Classified." "Yami-" "Lord Julius wishes to inform you himself," Marx cut in. "Cob is waiting for us on the edges of the forest, so if you have finished-" "The carcass is back there if you wanna haul it to the village," Jack said, gesturing over his shoulder. "Though, I thought Julius sent me to deal with an animal, not one of Morris' crazed experiments." "Your complaint has been noted and Lord Julius will be informed," Marx said in a tone that made Yami think that he wasn't really listening. "Now can we please depart?" "Lead the way, Mushroom Head."

21. that i liked, but had to cut

This small bit was supposed to be in the first chapter of There's Three Of Us, but ended up getting scrapped bc I didn't have any real idea at the time of who would be there. It'll probably end up getting reused in another work for that 'verse

"Miss Roselei! Welcome!" Charlotte stared as Captain Novachrono threw his arms out in greeting. "We've been waiting for you." his two Vice-Captains were stood behind him. Vice-Captain Sturm looked as disapproving as she lad the last time Charlotte had seen her. Vice-Captain Roulacase, however, looked excited. "Trust me, kid, he's very excited. We've been planning this for a while," Vice-Captain Roulacase said. "but you're the last to arrive." "My apologies, but our Spatial mage is absent on a mission, so I had to fly myself." Vice-Captain Roulacase pulled a face. "Ew, brooms, who needs them?" "Most people, Fiona," Vice-Captain Sturm said, in a tone that suggested that this was a regular conversation. "Spatial mages are rare, as you well know." and getting rarer every day, Charlotte knew. It seemed that every other week there was an obituary for another Spatial mage in the newspaper. "Yeah, yeah, only two bloodlines, dying out, blah blah blah. You've told me all the boring stuff before, Tondra. I want to talk about something new." "This is why Finral has no patience." "Conversation for later," Julius interrupted. "we have a rookie Magic Knight here. Please no arguing in front of the children."

#ask games #black clover

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kaissauce · 6 months

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Ask game time!!

For Kirby:

1. Canon I outright reject

48. Scariest moment of their life

For Marx:

16. Deepest darkest secret they won’t even admit to themselves

8. Unpopular opinion about them

44. Their happiest memory

1. that he can’t read. technically how canon this is is questionable because kf2 said “he couldnt understand” the letter that mk and ddd sent him and i choose to interpret this as mk wrote it and has atrocious handwriting that’s trying to be cursive but fails. (im ignoring anime canon because that’s different from game canon)

48. There’s a lot of terrifying moments in his life (points to soul bosses) but fighting void termina, fecto forgo and chaos elfilis take top spots. Out of those three i feel like void termina would have the most impact on him, having to fight someone who’s copying the face of you and your past enemy, can possess your friends at any moment, and is trying to destroy the galaxy is a LOT.

16. that Nightmare created him. this wouldn’t have bothered him as much if it wasn’t for the fact that mk raised him and told him a lot about his grudge with Nightmare. like imagine your dad telling you about this absolute asshole who he detests so much and then you find out said asshole is your biological dad. The only person who knows this secret is Meta Knight, he never told Marx of his real origins and he’s always told him he was a noddy. When he eventually finds out he’s pretty pissed off and is in denial about it.

8. He isn’t that close to Magolor, they don’t even trust each other. They can’t stand each other but they have some semblance of care. (they met each other at their worst. their relationship was doomed to be toxic as hell but at their lows they only had each other and as they moved past that chapter of their lives they learned it would’ve been better to be alone. even though they’ve changed a lot once they see each other again in Star Allies neither of them want to take the effort of becoming proper friends)

44. Becoming friends with Kirby again was definitely a very happy moment for him. it was the beginning of a second chance and it’s been awhile since he’s had a proper friend

#ask #quaintpanic #kirby #marx kirby #ask game

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vibestillax · 8 months

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Turn up pissed up, a pariah

Uninvited to his all-dayer

His new girlfriend works the door there

He does not intend to pay her

Pictured reading Karl Marx beside his

Parents' pool, facing ridicule he bleated:

"That doesn't make me rich, no way

It's only outdoor and it isn't heated"

Renato Dall'Ara

Living off 2008

Renato Dall'Ara

Once up then back down again

All I want tonight is a friend and a fight

Say it to my face if it satiates your appetite

All I want tonight is a friend and a fight

Say it to my face if it satiates your appetite

Daddy came out of retirement

He took a hobby as a PCSO

Let me level this as an indictment

Only a part-time grass, but a full-time asshole

They would play my requests at the guestlist's behest

Any disco all across town

But things change, now Stella's a lager

And boy she is always downed

14 hands

Upon the paddle

Seven asses

Sitting side saddle

Renato Dall'Ara

Living off 2008

Renato Dall'Ara

Once up then back down again

All I want tonight is a friend and a fight (2.0.0.AND...)

Say it to my face if it satiates your appetite (E.I.G.H.T.)

All I want tonight is a friend and a fight (2.0.0.AND...)

Say it to my face if it satiates your appetite (E.I.G.H.T.)

#Spotify #los campesinos!

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elmflowers · 2 years

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Make the PMMN superhero post. Do it

fuckin bet lets go

obvious one: superman/clark kent and madoka kaname

both represent the platonic ideal of hope and both are sort of protected by the plot wherein they will always "win" in the end bc of how they represent hope in the story. what makes it interesting is how they "win", what gets sacrificed along the way (madoka sacrificing her individuality and "humanity" for a greater good and superman being the loneliest being on earth and constantly putting himself in danger and as this icon rather than human, despite clark kent very much being Human)

batman/bruce wayne and homura akemi

other than the clear gay parallels between madohomu and superbat, homura and batman are people who have suffered significant loss and have great love within their hearts, which they use to protect people they love. bruce is strongly motivated by his parent's death + catholic guilt despite being half jew half probably protestant what happened there buddy and homura her catholic guilt upbringing + idolized bestie death combo. both characters are somewhat jaded and not necessarily the pure platonic ideal of hope their bestie personifies, but if you look at them for a little bit, you go, "Oh shit, these bitches are bleeding hearts". also how they interact with their gay partner i mean best friend, wherein batman sees superman as hope and what gives him the ability to keep going because if there's someone as good as him can exist then its worth it, while homura pinpoints madoka as her motivation to keep going, tunneling her vision and essentially being the only reason she still tries to save people and live.

green lantern/hal jordan and sayaka miki

both want to be heroes but are in a system wherein they are exploited using their drive to do good. hal jordan became a poster child for the green lantern corp and basically trapped in this cycle of illusion of choice wherein he supposedly! can quit, but no hes has to keep coming back. he slowly loses touch with his "humanity" (ie his home, his friends, his hobbies, etc) and it gets replaced with his job (literal icon of marx's theory of alienation). sayaka miki wants to be a magical girl because she wants to help other people and save them, she wants to do good and thats in contrast to the fact that being a magical girl does separate her from her "humanity" (her soul got fucking ripped out) and that she does not feel like she will ever be good enough because she is a flawed person (girl youre 13 youre going to have flaws). both are driven to a point wherein their roles are separating them from what they feel as their humanity that they succumb to despair after a final break (for hal jordan his home town coast city being fucking vaporized while he was off world and for sayaka hitomi going out with kyousuke) that makes them realize how fucked everything is and they cant handle it anymore. sayaka becomes oktavia and hal becomes parallax.

john constantine and kyoko sakura

okay im breaking a rule, constantine is a dc character but not necessarily a hero. lol. lmao. anyways

both have fucked up in the past and made a serious mistake that does not allow them to go back to who they were before (constantine in newcastle, kyoko with her wish). they are both jaded people who act tough and seem like they only look out for themselves, but routinely go out of their way to help others because they are inherently good people. theyre both kind of assholes in their own way and also both seriously hotheaded. both are also extremely experienced within their area of expertise.

nightwing/dick grayson and mami tomoe

iconic eldest daughter syndrome kids. pushes a face of happy go lucky vaguely mature and cheerful persona and hides their flaws like theyre going to fucking die if anyone sees that they arent necessarily perfect. incredibly fucked up past. a deep fear that influences a lot of their actions (dick does not want to turn out like bruce did, mami does not want people to leave her as she is a deeply insecure individual). has guilt complexes miles, miles wide. dead parents. both deeply insecure. go eldest daughters!

the jonker from sanic 2 and Cube

just little guys who committed so many crimes

#batman #superman #john constantine #nightwing #joker #dc #madoka kaname #homura akemi #sayaka miki #kyoko sakura #mami tomoe #kyubey #pmmm #elm rambles

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jacensolodjo · 1 year

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Im gonna be real with you, I don’t know shit about political ideology specifics. I don’t know much about communism/capitalism/socialism outside of basic high school tbh.

But I’ve always found it odd how there’s so many passionate communism defenders (especially living in western nations). If communism is so great, then why are there SO many people who ran away from their countries after communism was put into place? Or hell, not even ran away. I’m a first gen American and my social circle is mostly other first gen Americans. One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of people, or people’s parents, return to their home countries after finishing school, raising kids, or making enough money from a certain career. The only people who I’ve never seen return to their home countries, and outwardly have no interest in it, are the ones coming from communism.

Heh I appreciate your candor. But I'll admit the preview for this in my activity made me hold my breath lol

Sadly I find myself mentioning A LOT as to how we got here.

Unfortunately, this is actually one of the stages of genocide (as popularized by Doctor Gregory Stanton) called 'Denial' and totally continues to work even if those governments no longer exist. But it is stoked by those who want to pretend communist atrocities didnt happen. Combined with the Red Scare era which did NOTHING except make people believe now that it was these poor little communists being shat on by western capitalists. The red scare which created Boomers that loudly claim communism to be unAmerican which creates many millennials and younger to rebel against the previous generations by deciding hey communism was cool actually if it upsets that asshole generation. Or they realize some of their political opinions align with communism so communism has to be cool right? Without realizing it's pretty much human nature you're going to agree on some level with some- thing or -one terrible politics wise.

They do not read past Communism 101. But it's hardly an anti-commie's fault right? They see 'workers of the world UNITE' and they go 'hey YEAH!! Capitalism SUCKS but here's a thing saying everything I do so I'm not wrong!! it's the detractors that are!" But they fail to continue to read where Comrades Lenin and Marx literally call for blood. They want the red=communism to be literally blood. They say over and over and over again that there are too many people, that we need to lessen numbers, that it doesn't matter who we kill so long as communism is installed. Anyone against communism must pay with their lives! How is that better than capitalism then??? how is it not siblings with fascism?

But if you're going to say I'm this thing, you should know more than just a few blurbs about it right? Politics wise, anyway I guess. And no, this isn't gatekeeping. We're talking politics not fandom.

But yes, most of the vocal anti-commies I meet either come directly from a formerly communist country or are the offspring of those who fled communism. But NO commie questions why this could be. Your average anti-commie is in fact just a Red Scare War Hawk Republican, obviously. We're all just patsies of capitalism. It can't POSSIBLY be because we know the blood commies have on their (Red) hands.

It's absurd. All these people have to not only be lying about atrocities but also apparently lying about why they left and refuse to return. All these people coordinated with different cultures in order to tell Tom DIckhead communism isn't that great. And yet it takes little convincing when it comes to other things. We agree fleeing other things is viable. We don't agree people fled communism. Somehow?? I'm a first gen American born and raised here because my birth mother FLED COMMUNISM in Ukraine. If communism did not exist, I would've been born in Ukraine. But I'm wrong because tom Dickhead said so.

As an aside, I will NEVER forget the time a commie said 'you just don't like communism because you hate to see people of color winning', completely ignoring how many MILLIONS of people of color were MURDERED by communists. MILLIONS more people of color were murdered compared to white folks. Tell me, comrade, how is that 'winning'? No one hates Pol Pot for 'winning', they hate him for murdering Cambodians and Vietnamese and everyone who was against his government. No one hates Mao for 'winning', they hate him because his Great Leap Forward was more like trampling on a long line of weaker innocent people. Millions of them. None of them had to die if he hadn't ignored people who said his great leap wouldn't work out too well. Among a number of other reasons the death toll was so astronomical.

When you think of a refugee/asylum seeker from the 60s and 70s, what do you see? Is it not overwhelmingly someone fleeing from an asian country or eastern europe? You know, where communism was in spades?

But yeah. I have many thoughts on this lol like it takes so much mental gymnastics for insisting why we have so many immigrants from "Old country" who never went back there that it makes my back hurt. As you said, a lot of people work in the US for a bit then go back for various reasons. But what about those from communistic countries? Oh, certainly they also sent money back home but that was literally so their family could join them away from that communistic hellhole they came from. Kind of ironic that to get away from communism you need to shake hands with capitalism but that's not the point here. It's just simply not possible to call it 'coincidence' and move on. It's not our fault commies can't seem to grasp the simple answer because there is simply no other legitimate answer besides 'compared to where they came from the US is a cakewalk'. Another on the list of 'things commies refuse to fully think about because then they have to face their own almost religious belief in communism'.

#anti communism #old wolf howls at shadows #the wolf howls #long post

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of-dream-land · 1 year

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Top 3 fave kirby characters? Askin cause I'm curious

AHHH SO HARD TO CHOOSE .... there r so many great kirby characters but i think my top 3 in order would be

magolor HES SO..... like.... idk!!!! ngl to u he's always been my little sister's fav kirby character and she was into kirby wayyyy before i got into it, so for the longest time he was the only other kirby character i knew? also i just love characters who are such assholes lmao... his redemption is p great too ! i love how he goes from enemy to weird little annoying guy to full blown ally i love him a lot he makes me very happy :]

marx GREAT GUY.... LITTLE TRICKSTER .... SO FUNNY HES JUST A DUDE.... idk how canon this part is but its so hilarious to me that he got mad and decided to conquer popstar just bc he was hungry like thats SO hilarious to me. also hes just so simple and fun to draw i draw him all the time

taranza TARANZA.... his backstory makes me so sad i genuinely think he deserves sm better ueueueu.... also kinda tired of ppl making him out to be this sad little dude whos always depressed like PLS... HES SNARKY... HES A LITTLE NERD... HES FULL OF HIMSELF.... i love asshole taranza hes so funny

#SORRY I PRESSED SEND TOO EARLY #added some stuff #asks #moon replies #kirby #fav kirby characters

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jiskblr · 1 year

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Inuyasha Osmosis

Glowfic is doing an Inuyasha thread. Before I start actually learning things about the setting and characters, here is my not-actually-dashboard osmosis of what I know about the characters. Mainly from the Adult Swim Flash game ‘Inuyasha: Demon Tournament’ though I think I must have looked some of this up somewhere at some point.

Inuyasha

wolf boy

I Am Not Protagonist

SO ANGERY

probably tsundere

defector from Always Chaotic Evil

Kagome

I Am Protagonist

from the future

not going to change clothes ever so that you don’t forget I’m from the future

argh why am I here why are so many Things happening

Kikyo(?)

Mary Sue

“stop telling people I’m dead!”

but probably actually dead

The Shiny Object

MacGuffin

gets broken into pieces?

Kobayashi Maru Sesshomaru(?)

thinks he’s much cooler than you

he’s probably right

Disc One Final Boss

the kind of villain who will team up with you against the scarier villain

probably Inuyasha’s father or brother or uncle or something

Heroku

monk

designated pervert

generally kind of an asshole even besides that?

will do the right thing once he’s exhausted all other options

Zeppo Marx Shippo

Rule 63 Squirrel Girl

designated cute smol

extremely annoying

metacausally very happy Miroku is around so he doesn’t also have to be designated pervert

Xena Sango

not compensating for anything

makes Kagome feel insecure about not being as cool as her

bet she’s some kind of mercenary or something

Kirara

Danger Kitty Fox

friends with Xena

probably a person?

Kagura

also thinks she’s cooler than you

bet she’s the Big Bad’s daughter or something

the kind who flirts constantly but has absolutely no romantic tension with anybody

definitely not going to team up with you against anyone, you’re not cool enough

Kuga

wolf boy... two!

the kind who’s raised by wolves this time

doesn’t have anything against the heroes but they keep getting in his way for some reason

not going to team up with you because teaming up with people is lame

teaming up with wolves is fine though

Toad Boy

minion

likes fire

probably gets used as a stress ball by whichever villain he’s working for

lame

Voldemort Heroku Naraku

actual final boss

this isn’t even my final form!

gloats too much

might actually be just a normal guy under the toothy mask and big-ass cloak

would kill all the heroes even if they were absolutely no threat or impediment to him

#dash osmosis #inuyasha

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stephenjaymorrisblog · 1 year

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I mean...So... You Know?

(Speech Crutches)

Stephen Jay Morris

12/18/2022

Scientific Morality©

You should have heard me speak in the 70s. I had Apraxia, Dysphagia, and other behavioral impediments. I was put into a speech class, in elementary school, no less! My teacher was known as Mister Marx. (You see! The school system was woke, even in the 60s!) At any rate, I would speak and mumble at a very low tone so that I was barely audible. The most frequent requests I’d get were, “Can you repeat that?” “Could you speak a little bit louder?” Low self-esteem was the primary culprit. I had been taught, at home, not to brag about or love myself. Did this stem from some religious upbringing? No. It came from an abusive father who hated both life and himself. To all you Right wing, religious nuts, I fervently begged to God for a single mother to care for me. Not every family needs a father, especially one who is abusive. My dad constantly told me to “shut up,” which I did. Anybody who thinks that a father must behave like a boot camp sergeant is an ignoramus asshole! If I’d had a loving father, I’m certain I would have ended up a registered Republican, working for an accounting firm.

When I left my family at 17, to live with my maternal grandmother, my life notably started to ascend, thankfully, away from its decent into the darkness of hopelessness. The first thing I tried to remedy about myself was my speech impediment. Before long, I noticed that, while talking on the phone, my manner of speaking improved slightly. Also I admired people who gave speeches at anti-war rallies and I learned from those experiences. I knew, instinctively, that the only way I was going to completely overcome my speech issues was to give speeches myself or—even more terrifying—become a radio disc jockey. My community college major became broadcasting. I took a speech course in which, one of the first assignments given was to present a speech to the class. I was terrified! I was afraid I was going to puke in front of everyone, or pop a boner! I think my first speech was about human rights. It wasn’t a catastrophe, but it wasn’t great either. I remember, I didn’t make eye contact with anyone in my audience; I just read my paper, my eyes cast downward the entire time. After the speech, my teacher critiqued me and offered some advice. He spoke, not in a harsh tone, but an instructive one. “First of all,” he said, “nobody likes to watch somebody reading a piece of paper. Once in a while, look at the audience. One thing you do use often, Mr. Morris, is the phrase ‘you know.’ No, Mr. Morris, I don’t know. That is a bad assumption on your part. Don’t feel bad, Mr. Morris,” he continued, “most of your generation is using that expression excessively. Why does that happen? I don’t know. Maybe it’s too much marijuana consumption, or a crutch to allow you to think of your next sentence by delaying. The Beatniks, back in the 50’s, used to use the preposition, ‘like,’ a whole bunch of times. For example: ‘Like, I’m going to the store,’ or ‘Like, wow daddy-o, dig that crazy beat!’ To repeat a phrase over and over again will drive someone listening crazy! You know? Just kidding. Work on those two things and you’ll be fine. Oh, also, Mr. Morris, try to speak in an audible tone—so, people can hear you. You don’t have to shout, like John the Baptist. Just be audible. Go back to your seat.”

Did you know that President Biden had a stuttering problem? But he conquered it. I conquered my speech issues, also. I went from introvert to ambivert, all the way to extravert.

Now, whenever I listen to young folks talk, I notice that they preface their sentences and phrases with, “I mean” or “so.” I can imaging how aggravating it must have been for people when they’d hear me say, “you know” over and over again.

They say that we Homo Sapiens evolved from apes. I think we also evolved from parrots. Americans always copy colloquialisms or expressions. So-called Millennials and Generation Z’ers use the repetitious, “I mean.” This drives me up the proverbial wall! Can’t they simply use the opening phrase, “Well”? Blues singers always used “Well” to start a lyric. But “I mean.” Where in the fuck did that come from?! Is it because you think nobody believes you? Are you trying to be meaningful? When you say, “I mean,” is that a self-correction? “The world is flat! I mean, round.” Is that it? What I mean to say is, if you begin a new idea or statement with “I mean,” again, I will...never mind.

#stephenjaymorris #speech therapy #speech impediment #mellenials #zoomers #gen z #poets of tumblr #anarchist #Youtube

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take-me-to-valhalla · 1 year

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The 2022 Big Book Review

Books read in 2022

Absolutely non-exhaustive. I dropped Goodreads and can’t keep track of anything I don’t write down. Also not counting the children’s books and other quite short stuff I read in 5 minutes so I can tell customers what it’s about.

All in all : it’s a CLASSIC year lads. And I’ll be screaming about Marguerite Yourcenar to everyone forever.

Total (minus comics): 60 books

Total (including everything): 168 books

I organized them loosely, but it won’t be very consistent. Tried to add some comment but this won’t be a literary review

Classics

Mémoires d’Hadrien – So good omg. One of the books ever. Words fail me to say how much this book is amazing. Made me visit the Villa Adriana when I went to Rome. Indirectly responsible for a tendinitis in my left foot. Madeline Miller WISHES she were Yourcenar.

Miss Pettigrew lives for a day - A cute one! Recommended by my sister

La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu - found in an old edition in a tiny free library. Very good & depressing

La vie de Monsieur de Molière, Boulgakov - If I had a nickel each time I read a book by a beloved author written by another beloved author, I’ll have two nickels.

Balzac, le roman de sa vie, Zweig – See above

Mille et un fantômes, Dumas - a Russian-doll-type-set of stories, but I have no recollection of them

Lorenzaccio - my sister recommended it to me in 2010. Finally got around to it.

Little House in the Big Woods - Cottagecore before it was cool. Also devoid of the unfortunate racism of the sequel

Le Vicomte de Bragelonne 1 & 2 - I’ll finish it next year for sure

Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise - loved the book, hated the ending

Pauline, Dumas - it was okay, I guess

La fin de Satan, Hugo - “Les soleils étaient loin, mais ils brillaient encore”. Hugo always goes HARD

Balzac :

Here’s an extract from a June entry in my diary : « because of a tumblr post, I started reading Le père Goriot, and it’s quite good, which I find irritating ». And now look here we are.

Le père Goriot - So Good. So good I keep jokingly (?) recommending it to customers when they don’t know what book to buy

Le Code des Gens honnêtes - a fun read. Serves as documentation for 19th century life, too

Illusions Perdues - It’s like watching a car crash for 800 pages. In other words, excellent. Also did not expect the ending.

Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes - Come for the story, stay for the harsh commentary on capitalists that Marx wishes he wrote. Horrible, and a masterpiece.

Ferragus - only read it because of the “there’s a secret society in La Comédie Humaine” premice.

La Duchesse de Langeais - funnier once you learn exactly why Balzac wrote it

La Fille aux yeux d’or - Marsay is a dick and I love it

Le Colonel Chabert - SO. GOOD.

La peau de chagrin - This year’s mandatory reading for highschoolers. I pity them.

La Rabouilleuse - Ft the most punchable asshole you’ll ever read in your life

La maison du chat qui pelote – which does not mean, as I initially thought « the house of the cat who plays with a ball of yarn »

Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées - Both very good and quite sad, I couldn’t say why

Le Curé de Tours - Beware the Old Maids, they’ll ruin your life if you don’t treat them well. Pettiness is not a crime, except when it is.

Pathologie de la vie sociale - no recollection of it

History

Les bas-fonds, naissance d’un imaginaire - Very good! Required reading if you love 19th century (and early 20th) literature

La vie quotidienne des religieux au Moyen-âge - Read for documentation purposes

La vie quotidienne des templiers - ditto

La vie quotidienne sous le Directoire - ditto. Quite interesting!

La vie quotidienne des français sous Napoléon, Tulard - I had to hunt it down, but it was worth it. Tulard knows his stuff.

La vie quotidienne à Florence au temps de Dante - Read in Florence, of course.

La vie quotidienne en Italie au temps de Machiavel - To carry on after the previous one.

Yeah, I own quite a lot of these books.

Les jours sans : l’alimentation en temps de guerre - Read it before, but worth it. It’s always good to see history from the side of everyday life.

Pour vous mesdames ! La mode en temps de guerre - Disappointing.

Les Douze heures noires, la nuit à Paris au XIXè siècle - SO GOOD. But I said this before.

Le monde du crime sous Napoléon - Jean Tulard again. Still knows his stuff, but it’s more trivia than a real historical study

Manga

I have to read quite a lot of them for my work. It’s hard, I know. I read the whole series, unless specified

Thermae Romae - still a favourite

Vinland Saga - everyone should read Vinland Saga. Everyone.

Angel Sanctuary 1-20 - Sadly does not hold up today.

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun - One of my favourite new series. I laud it (and sell it) every chance I can.

Look Back - are you an artist? Read this.

Nonnonbâ, Mizuki Shigeru - a very sweet story. But then I love Mizuki’s work.

Berserk 1-4 - good art, but I’m not sold on the story. I’ll try again, I think.

Spy x Family - For once, a series that is both popular and good enough for me to sell to parents who don’t know anything about manga

The Apothicary’s diaries, 1-5 - Not bad, maybe even good, but I don’t get the hype around it

Atelier of Witch Hat, 10 - read this series. That is all.

Kitchen of Witch Hat - Exactly what I want: short, slice of life stories in a fantasy world, centered around food.

Heaven’s Design team 1 - Not bad.

Beastars 21&22 - Good ending to a great series

DanDaDan - the other of my favourite new series. Highly recommended if you’re not allergic to absurd stuff.

Chouchin X 1&2 - Can’t get behind this, sorry. And yet I loved Tokyo Ghoul.

Comics

Not much to say about this section, I’m afraid.

Three Joker

The Joker : 80 years

I, Joker (yeah, it was a Joker binge)

Batman : Year one

Beasts of Burden

The Ex-People - a nice indie comic ft an immortal horse (among others)

The entire Calvin & Hobbes series - as often

Franco-belgian comics

Les cahiers d’Esther 3 – 7

Journal d’un ingénu 3 - 4

Le Projet Jules Verne

E.C. Jacobs, le rêveur d’apocalypse

La Marque jaune - directly linked to the one above.

Jours de sable - an indie comic about the Dustbowl. Both excellent and depressing

L’arabe du futur 6 - READ IT

Mystery & Thrillers

Messieurs les hommes, S. Antonio - San Antonio is (was?) a big name in the roman de gare genre. The language used is worth bearing the sexism of the MC (in par for the course for a novel written in the 50s, but still)

La Daronne - a very fun read

The Cuckoo’s Call

Career of Evil

Lethal White

Troubled Blood - All of these are good, but I especially loved this one + Career of Evil (bc BÖC)

The Shawshanks Redemption

Du plomb dans la tête – Absolutely bad. Doesn’t help that it was supposed to be a revenge story, and instead I got a badly written pseudo-shocking thriller. Blah.

Which strenghtens my theory that women just write better thrillers than men.

Contemporary, fantasy & YA

Game Changer, N. Shusterman

A Deathly Education – Why don’t I see anything about this series anywhere ? It’s so good.

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, V. Schwab - aka I think one of the only YA writers worth reading past 25

Legends and Lattes – The best coffeshop slice of life fantasy I had the pleasure of reading. The only one in existence, which is a crying shame

Gideon the Ninth - no need to say anything about it. Tumblr knows it’s a masterpiece

Âge Tendre, C. Beauvais - A sweet read, and cleverly written, too

Les petites reines, C. Beauvais

Vampyria 3, V. Dixen – See my comment about Deathly Education. We’ve got a dystopian YA series where Louis XIV is a vampire and no one talks about this ?

Hogfather

Equal Rites

Mort

The Truth - Yeah, I re-read a bit of Discworld. Whenever I find myself in a reading slump, Pratchett’s always got my back.

Others :

Vers la sobriété heureuse, P. Rabbi

L’humanité en péril 2, Vargas

Tried reading more books about ecology and sobriey but it’s quite depressing.

#books #year in reading #2022 reads #ramblings #next year's gonna be a classic one too I think #still so many Zola Dumas and Hugo books to read

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thevindicativevordan · 2 years

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Who's your least favorite superhero?

Green Arrow. His brand of smug scumbag limousine liberal is very realistic, a little too realistic given he strongly reminds me of a relative of mine whom I'm on bad terms with. Doesn't prevent me from enjoying some of his stories every now and then, I greatly enjoyed Ben Percy's Rebirth run, but it also means I enjoy seeing Ollie suffer because boy oh boy can he be a real prick.

Of course that same prickish nature is why people like Ollie, reading him pontificate gives Green Arrow a very distinct personality, and it's tempered by him owning what he is. He's an asshole, a fuck up, and a spoiled rich kid by his own admission, with his marooning on the island being his "come to Karl Marx" moment. Give him an opening and he will rant for hours about the evils of capitalism, only pausing to acknowledge that yes he is aware that he's been a beneficiary of that same system. That self-awareness about his roots, even if he often lacks self-awareness about his current status, pushes him to be a better person than he used to be, to seek redemption for his original sin of being born into wealth. Everyone loves their hot takes about how Batman could just fix Gotham with his billions, while Ollie get's barely any attention despite frequently trying to do just that. His charm doesn't quite outweigh his asshole status for me personally, but clearly many others feel differently, and it helps that other characters in his orbit like Black Canary or Hal are quick to call him out when he slips morally.

Which frequently he does, chiefly in his personal life. Unfaithful to Dinah, a deadbeat father to Connor, and a failed mentor to Roy, Green Arrow is often the Justice Leaguer with the biggest clay feet despite all his moralizing. Yet that may very well be key to his popularity, very few of us can hope to match the moral example of the Trinity, but Green Arrow stands as an example of how even tremendously flawed individuals can have a seat at the table in the Watchtower or the Hall of Justice. The Justice League needs an anchor, and Green Arrow has good cause to fill that role give he so often needs anchors of his own.

Background aside I've always had an easer time buying Ollie in the "underdog" role compared to Batman. Making do with just his archery skills and will, he's out to fight the elite and the criminal elements alike, and it's easier to see him as the David in that fight when he's not being shilled as both a top ten world-class fighter and the second smartest man in the world. Stubbornness more than intellect or even skill are what carries Ollie to the finish line, he simply won't give up whether it's a physical or verbal battle he's engaged in, and that's a trait many can relate to. Of course having an arrow for every conceivable situation does help, especially when it's some ridiculously impractical arrow straight out of the Silver Age.

Don't know if there's a story out there that can help him rise in the ranks, but I have occasionally put my dislike of Green Arrow aside before, and likely will again. Would be nice if they stopped pitting him and Superman against each other since that doesn't help endear me to him, but I try to check out new stories he's in, and see if anyone can offer a take on him that will help him rise in my hero ranking.

#green arrow

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ramrodd · 1 month

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Newly Discovered PROOF: Jesus Was an Illusionist

COMMENTARY:

It's always useful to remember that the people in Nazareth remembered what an asshole He had been, growing up, and they tried to kill Him,

Paybacks are a bitch

One of my favorite images in my mind is Jesus skipping down the se of cliff like a mountain goat.

That was forty minutes of pointy-headed college professor gibberish,

Here's the thing: can yup put back together a Jesus from what Bart took apart with analytic historic method of Post Modern Libertarian Logic that comes anywhere close to the He Was Despised aria in Messiah?

If not, it may be because Ehrman and the Jesus Seminar are missing the point in a Karl Marx kind of way,

#youtube

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bambirex · 6 months

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It's A Game We Play: Chapter 8

Pairings: Geraskier, Yennskier, Radskier

Characters: Jaskier, Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, Radovid, original female characters, Essi Daven, Priscilla, Ciri of Cintra, Valdo Marx, Vespula

Additional tags: inspired by Mamma Mia! (movies), crack, alpha/beta/omega dynamics, omega Jaskier, alpha Geralt, alpha Yennefer, beta Radovid, awkwardness, Jaskier is a good parent, protective Jaskier, weddings, found family, post mpreg, fluff and humor, alternate universe- modern setting, Jaskier is having the worst time of his life, Valdo is here to make everything worse, confusion, banter, insecure Jaskier, internalized slut shaming, light angst, family drama, there was only one bed, sharing a bed, Valdo Marx being an asshole, Valdo Marx and his ukulele from hell, drunk Jaskier, mild language, sexual humor

Rating: teen and up audiences

Full word count: 25,138 words

Chapter word count: 3,922 words

Chapters: 8/?

Summary: Jaskier's daughter is about to marry the love of her life, and she decides she wants both her parents at her wedding. Only problem is that Jaskier has slept with a little too many people in his youth, so the identity of the other parent is a mystery. That does not stop the bride-to-be from inviting three potential daddy candidates and unleashing absolute chaos in the process.

Otherwise known as Jaskier's terrible horrible no good past decisions leading to terrible horrible no good outcomes. Also known as the Mamma Mia! AU nobody asked for, but I wrote it anyway.

Chapter summary: Amaryllis goes around talking to her potential other parents. Jaskier is soon warming back up, which further complicates things. An old friend shows up to bring more confusion.

Author's notes: Good news, they aren't at each other's throats anymore! But this may make things even worse, actually.

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"There you go, little man. Very good."

Geralt's voice was so incredibly soft. Amaryllis didn't realize that such a deep, raspy drawl could become so gentle. She felt a smile break out on her face as Geralt gently tipped the bottle so the baby goat could latch on better.

"You're very good with animals," Amaryllis said as she watched the baby goat place its front hooves over Geralt's lap. "Did you grow up on the farm or you did you buy it later?"

"I grew up there. Ever since I was a kid, I was always surrounded by animals. Mostly horses and cows. We used to own some goats as well back then. There's a chance we'll buy some again. Eskel would love that. Goats are his favorite."

"Eskel...?"

"My brother. One of them."

"Ah, right. How many of you are there, again?"

Geralt petted the goat's head, then gave Amaryllis a bright smile. Whenever he talked about his family, his face lit up. It was clear they meant a lot to him, and that he would do anything for them- the same way Amaryllis would also walk through fire to protect the ones she loved. She added "we're both protective and family-centric" to her mental list, right below "we both love animals."

"There's four of us. Eskel, Coen, Lambert, and me. I think you would get along well with them."

"I get along well with anyone who loves animals," Amaryllis replied softly. She scratched the goat behind its ear. "I was always fond of these goats. I even brought one into my room when I was five. Papa freaked out."

"I bet," Geralt laughed. His eyes glimmered when Amaryllis mentioned Jaskier. "I've heard he isn't a big fan of the goats."

"He hates them," Amaryllis chuckled. "I mean, actually I think he's scared of them but he doesn't want to admit it."

Geralt hummed softly. The baby goat stopped nursing, so Geralt gently let it go. He wiped the bottle off with a tissue.

"Well, it's a good thing I'm here, then," he said, "he can finally make someone deal with them. Don't tell me that's not the only reason he's letting me stay."

Amaryllis laughed, shaking her head at him. It was clear Geralt was only joking, judging by the mirth in his eyes, and his small smile.

As promised, Amaryllis dedicated the next couple of days to talking to the individual candidates, getting to know them a little bit.

She's learnt that Geralt was indeed very introverted and a little standoffish, who needed some time to loosen up around strangers. It seemed like he had only a handful of people he felt completely comfortable around, and it warmed Amaryllis's heart to see that she was soon becoming one of them. While Geralt was nearly not the chatterbox that Jaskier or even Amaryllis was, if he found a topic he was interested in, he could talk for almost hours. He was very smart, but thought himself not to be, for some reason. He had a very special, dry sense of humor that mostly manifested in bad dad jokes and cynical one-liners that made Amaryllis snort with laughter every time. He had a very soft, very caring heart underneath the seemingly rough exterior.

He was a wonderful father, too, which felt a little bittersweet. On one hand, Amaryllis felt her heart melt whenever she saw Geralt with Ciri. He was completely gone for his daughter - Amaryllis often wondered that if Geralt was her actual father, he would've been the same with her. She didn't envy Ciri, she actually really liked the girl, and she deserved a good father. That didn't mean a nasty little voice inside her brain didn't perk up, sometimes, telling her that she wasn't wanted by Geralt the same way Ciri was.

But then, she reminded herself that Geralt didn't even know about her existence, and the way he was with her now- caring, patient, and clearly more open-minded than he usually would be, meant that she did have a place in his heart.

For similarities, she noted their mutual love for animals, nature, and sports. Geralt was surprised that Amaryllis was a rugby fan, but he immediately offered to teach her how to play it. Neither of them could sing to save their lives (which pained Jaskier to no end, in relation to his daughter), they both liked their coffee black and they were both protective of their loved ones.

All in all, Geralt was a surprisingly fun guy, and Amaryllis took a great liking to him. He could have very well been her father, and she would have been completely okay with it.

To her surprise, she didn't even need to seek out Radovid, because he approached her instead, himself. Amaryllis immediately noted they both enjoyed taking matters into their own hands when it was needed.

He sat next to Amaryllis on the porch and started talking to her on his own volition, very carefully avoiding bringing up the actual reason they were spending time together. He was very smart, it was clear why his business thrived. He always seemed to know what he needed to say to butter up his conversation partner - though, it seemed like it wasn't just about that, this time. He genuinely seemed to be interested in talking to her.

Amaryllis never thought arguing with someone could be fun until this point.

"Okay, but the point is the adrenaline. And the scare. So, it's a horror."

"A psychological horror, maybe," Radovid hummed, "but not in the strict sense of the word. It's more of a thriller because it gets your brain going in a way a horror doesn't."

"A horror movie gets my brain going!" Amaryllis huffed, though she couldn't help a smile. "I'm investigating in every second!"

"Not in the way you do during a thriller. A horror spoon-feeds you the information- which isn't necessarily bad, I like it, too, but in a thriller, you need to find the answers on your own."

Amaryllis shook her head with a fond smile.

"Maybe you're watching the bad kind of horror movies, then."

Radovid chuckled softly. While he seemed to be initiative, he also knew right well when it was time to retreat.

"Maybe we could watch a good one together."

Amaryllis hid her grin in her tea mug as she expanded her list in her head. Horror movie fans, which no one would have guessed of either of them. He also liked fashion and had a good eye for interior design, things Amaryllis was also interested in. Amaryllis decided to ask him for some tips on the wedding decorations, strictly in secret because if Jaskier found out she was asking someone else for help in that area, he would be offended.

When Amaryllis first saw him, she was sure he would be stuck-up. He was a bit of a control freak, for sure, but he liked having fun. He shared some crazy stories with Amaryllis about house parties gone wrong that made her practically neigh with laughter. He seemed to be always down for mischief, he simply didn't have the time to get involved in it too often.

He had a sensitive streak in him too, maybe some insecurities as well that Amaryllis could relate to. They were both very good at hiding those insecurities, though. So, that was another thing they had in common - they both knew how to move forward seemingly unharmed even when things were falling apart around them.

They were also both ambidextrous, and cleaning relaxed them. So, the list was building up nicely.

So, Amaryllis would have really loved if it turned out she was Geralt's, but she would've also enjoyed finding out she was Radovid's.

She stared down at the Kinder Surprise he ironically sneaked into her pocket, wondering what this line of thinking must have meant.

One thing that was obvious about Yennefer from the start, was that she hid a truckload of insecurities beneath her sassy exterior.

She was very good at witty comebacks, which Amaryllis also often excelled at, hence why she often won the banters with her papa. Yennefer's sense of humor was similar to Geralt's in some ways (Amaryllis wondered if it was part of their personalities, of if they rubbed off on each other during the time they dated), a little dry and using lots of irony. Amaryllis had a lot of fun listening to her.

She could be very soft-spoken too, and it was clear she also had a very caring nature. She seemed to still carry a lot of doubts within her about her cooking skills, though Amaryllis was sure she belittled herself a little bit too much.

Yennefer loved to gossip. She wasn't outright mean but she definitely seemed to enjoy getting involved. That was another thing they had in common.

"So, what do you think," Yennefer whispered to her with a cheeky smile, "what is Valdo trying to overcompensate for?"

Amaryllis snorted. "Papa always says that he has a small... you know."

"Oh, I know. A flute," Yennefer said, feigning innocence. Amaryllis laughed harder.

"Well, what do you think?"

"I'm sure he's actually a very lame person. That's why he's antagonizing Jaskier all the time. He's trying to hide the fact he's a miserable moron."

Amaryllis grinned. Yennefer sent her a little wink, and she felt warmth spread through her chest.

While she often acted mysterious and unapproachable, it was clear she could warm up like butter in the right company. And frankly, she was adorable - she made Amaryllis swear that she wouldn't tell anyone, and then she showed her the plush unicorn.

It made Amaryllis squeal. She also had a soft spot for unicorns, and she still often slept with stuffed animals, especially when Sara wasn't next to her for some reason.

She could hold her liquor as well, apparently, which she was immensely proud of. Amaryllis was also pretty well-versed in that area. Jaskier never understood how she could still stay on her feet even when he was already crawling on all fours.

"Do you think Jaskier would let me help out in the kitchen?" Yennefer asked her. "I know I keep crowing but I actually do like to cook. But then again," she sent Amaryllis a smile, "I'd only cook here if you joined me."

"Gladly."

Amaryllis wasn't so bad at cooking, either, and the idea of cooking together with Yennefer actually sounded really nice.

If it turned Yennefer was her other parent, Amaryllis would be happy...

Oh, wait. Shit. She actually really started liking all three of them. That was... not quite the plan. The plan was to peg one of them down as the one and only and move on from there. But they were all so much fun, so different in their personalities and yet, still clicking with her instantly.

She once again found herself wondering what's next.

Jaskier cursed the way his heart fluttered when he spotted them together at a table in the dining room. Seeing three of his ex-lovers having coffee together was an incredibly surreal sight, one that he needed to get used to in the upcoming weeks.

He calmed down a little bit, not feeling homicidal anymore, but he still did his best to avoid them as much as he could. He realized being angry at them made no sense - after all, they were just helpless victims in Amaryllis's scheme -, and creating an uncomfortable, hostile environment wasn't good for either of them. He passed Amaryllis the reigns and stood back to observe the process from afar, instead.

He immediately realized they got along really well. Jaskier would have lied if he said seeing Amaryllis laughing and smiling around them didn't warm his heart. His treacherous mind wondered to dangerous areas, sometimes, reminiscing about something he never had - Geralt hushing a crying baby Amaryllis gently until she fell asleep against his chest, his big hands cradling her tiny head gently. Or Radovid helping an elementary schooler Amaryllis with her homework, taking her hand, and showing her how to form the perfect letters. Teenage Amaryllis confiding in Yennefer about her first crush, blushing as Yennefer coos and playfully ruffles her hair before she threatens everyone who came close to her daughter with assault.

In those moments, Jaskier's heart fluttered like a caged little bird. He may have even let out a dreamy sigh, here and there- until reality hit him in the face and he realized he couldn't turn back time. Amaryllis wouldn't get these moments, what if it was too late now to try and chase something like this?

As so many times in his life, his heart triumphed over his restless brain when Radovid noticed him staring, and sent him a smile. Jaskier felt his cheeks flush.

"Hey," Yennefer greeted him as she turned around in her chair. "Wanna have coffee with us?"

Her voice sounded almost hopeful, and her eyelashes were so goddamn long. Jaskier's composure crumbled like a wet biscuit as he walked to their table.

"Some coffee with your sugar, we mean," Geralt grinned. Jaskier hated the way his smile made his heart leap again. "You still drink it like that?"

"I'm not a psychopath like you," Jaskier replied eloquently as he sat down. "Black coffee, ugh. Why would you want to inflict such pain upon yourself?"

"Why would you want to drink syrup?"

"Hey, did you call me over to insult my coffee-drinking habits?" Jaskier snorted. He reached for an empty cup and filled it up, before dumping two packets of sugar in it. Radovid laughed.

"I won't say anything but... damn."

"How are you guys getting along?" Jaskier asked as he stirred his coffee. He decided to play along and be nice, just out of politeness, of course. "Isn't it uncomfortable?"

"I'm in the middle," Yennefer sighed. "So, you can imagine. A sharp elbow here, a hard knee there. I think my side is all bruised up."

"Geralt snores really bad," Radovid added, "I've never heard anything like this. It's something straight out of the X-files."

"Don't listen to them, it's all peachy," Geralt said, dryly. There was a cheeky glint in his eyes as well.

Jaskier hummed. They haven't killed each other so far, so that was good.

"And what about..." he trailed off. They all looked at him expectantly. Jaskier bit his lip.

"What about Amaryllis? Did you guys get any closer to a solution?"

The silence that followed his question spoke for itself. Honestly, it made sense. Jaskier had no idea how Amaryllis even planned to figure this out in the first place- after all, enjoying someone's company didn't mean they were related.

"She's a wonderful girl," Yennefer said. She took a sip of her coffee, getting lost in her thoughts for a second. "Very smart. She's a lot like you."

"Aww, you just called me smart!" Jaskier teased. Yennefer rolled her eyes with a small smile.

"I was going to say except for that one trait."

"How rude."

"She's a very cheeky one, too."

"She really is very intelligent," Radovid chimed in with a smile. "Really good conversation partner, but mischievous, too."

"Sweet girl," Geralt smiled. "She's also getting along with Ciri really well. As for the truth... I'm not sure."

"We're not sure," Yennefer corrected him softly. "I also have no idea. In some ways, she's exactly like me, in others, she's my exact opposite."

Jaskier fiddled with a lock of his hair as he looked over each of them. Clearly, he could see bits of them in Amaryllis, the same way he saw himself in her. But he didn't know if it was just his mind playing tricks on him.

Maybe they needed to aim for physical similarities, if the answer wasn't so easy personality-wise, but that one was a little tricky, with Amaryllis resembling Jaskier the most. Still, if he looked at them, and let his eyes linger a bit longer... Amaryllis's chin had a shape that was similar to Geralt's. And when she frowned, it looked just like Geralt's own scowl. But... her nose was a bit like Radovid's from a certain angle, and the way she motioned with her hands was like he did, sometimes... but her skin tanned easier, so it wasn't a reach to imagine she was Yennefer's... and the dexterity of her locks kind of reminded Jaskier of Yennefer's hair, and their smiles also looked a little similar, and...

Oh, God. She could've been literally either of theirs.

He was surely going crazy staring at them and analyzing their faces. It seemed like Amaryllis's weird obsession rubbed off on him. Also, that beard was a really good look on Geralt. And those small wrinkles around Radovid's eyes were very attractive. And he noticed a few white hairs among the black in Yennefer's hair and it was so adorable, they were so gorgeous and they all smelled really good. Was it his heat coming up, or a stroke?

"You okay?" Yennefer asked him, a little worried. Jaskier blinked.

"Yeah, it's just you're hot... the coffee. The coffee is really hot."

He grabbed a biscuit off the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, effectively shutting himself up before he said more stupid things.

"My money is on Yennefer," Sara said casually. She smiled at Amaryllis who stared towards the table where her father was talking with the candidates. "What do you say, Miss Holmes?"

"I absolutely have zero idea," Amaryllis admitted with a sigh. "I like them all, but I don't know which one it is."

"Well, you know what," Marion chimed in, casually popping a sugar cube into her mouth, "if Geralt isn't your daddy, he can be mine."

"Marion!" Amaryllis gasped in horror. "You're talking about my potential father here!"

"You should have heard what Vera said about Radovid!"

"You snitch!" Vera huffed, whacking Marion over the head. "Don't judge my fetish for blond guys!"

"You are all so gross," Amaryllis shuddered. She looked at her fiancée pleadingly. "Please, tell me you're not rooting for Yennefer because you want to bone her."

"There's only one person here that I want to bone," Sara grinned, pinching Amaryllis's butt playfully. Ciri decided this was the perfect moment to join their table, causing Amaryllis and Sara to blush deeply, and Vera and Marion to cackle.

"I hope you don't mind," she said, already plopping down on a chair. "I hear you are all being delightfully gross. I like that."

"Welcome to hell," Amaryllis laughed. Ciri grinned at her. She was a sassy, but kind-hearted kid, and Amaryllis really liked her. She remembered practically begging her papa to give her a little sibling when she was younger. It was almost like she got one, now, even if it wasn't certain that Amaryllis was Geralt's kid.

"How do you enjoy having your own private residence?"

"It's great," Ciri admitted with a smile, which quickly turned into a smirk. "So, who do you think is gonna sleep with who very soon?"

Sara spat out her coffee. Amaryllis's eyes widened. Vera and Marion once again burst out laughing.

"What... what?" Amaryllis stuttered. Ciri nodded towards the other table.

"I can smell repressed emotions. Sniff the air."

Amaryllis shook her head in disbelief. She peered towards Jaskier, who giggled at something Radovid said. Yennefer gave Geralt a playful shove.

If Amaryllis sniffed the air, she could actually smell her own confusion.

Jaskier was still trying to catch his breath after laughing so hard when someone approached their table. He looked up and gasped in delight.

"Vespula!" He cooed as he rose to his feet. He gave her a kiss on the cheek, grinning. "What brought you to my humble inn?"

"You're asking like you don't know," Vespula chuckled. "I came by to visit my grandma, and I decided to see whose lap you were on this time."

Jaskier chuckled fondly. Vespula, while not as close a confidante as Essi and Priscilla were, was a friend. She was Angela's granddaughter, so she sometimes dropped by the inn to visit her, and she checked on Jaskier as well. Her and Jaskier actually hooked up once or twice while Amaryllis was little- she was pretty much the last person Jaskier dabbled with, in the romantic sense. She was another Omega, who turned out to be a good gossip partner, rather than a serious relationship.

She looked down at Jaskier's confused companion, blinking.

"Oh, three at once? Not bad."

"Erm, this is Vespula," Jaskier said with a chuckle. "She's an old friend of mine."

"I was there when Jaskier gave birth," Vespula announced with a smile. Yennefer's eyebrows jumped up.

"I'm sorry?"

"I was the nurse in training," Vespula explained, "it was the first childbirth I've ever seen. It made me realize I never want to pop a baby out myself."

"Was it that bad?" Geralt asked. Jaskier sent him a pointed look.

"Oh, well. The crowning is one hell of a visual experience. Very surreal."

"Bon Appetit to me," Radovid sighed, putting down his fork. Jaskier groaned.

"Thanks for the explicit details, Vespula. These are my... eh, you know what? This is insane already. So, you know how I said I didn't know who the other parent was?"

"Yes, and you screamed three names during the... oh!" Vespula's eyes widened, and her lips curled into a smirk. "It's them, huh?"

"Indeed."

"Amazing," Vespula grinned, clapping her hands together in delight. "You know, Jaskier and I also slept together, so I know exactly why you're all wagging your tails around him. Don't give me that look, we all know what a young Jaskier looked like. Not like he's such a bad piece of skin, now. I checked his phone number on his medical file and hit him up."

"That's deeply unethical," Radovid huffed. Vespula laughed.

"Deeply, indeed. Anyways, don't worry, I'm not in the picture, the pie is all yours to eat. Question is, who's gonna eat the pie?"

"Vespula..." Jaskier groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. Vespula ignored him.

"I assume the one who filled it in the first place. And I know just who did."

She grinned at their shocked expression.

"You do?" Geralt asked, his eyes wide. Vespula nodded.

"Of course. Babies look exactly like their parents when they come out fresh."

"Who did Amaryllis look like," Jaskier asked, grabbing Vespula's shoulders. "Tell me!"

"Well, it's so obvious," Vespula smirked, "can't believe I didn't notice right away!"

"Who did she look like?" Yennefer asked, leaning over the table in her haste to get the answer she needed. Radovid looked like he was on the verge of passing out.

"In that moment, she looked exactly like Jaskier and..."

She looked down on her wristwatch and made a dramatic gasp.

"Oh, I need to get back to the hospital, sorry about that."

"No," Jaskier groaned, reaching after her as Vespula slipped out of his grasp, "you can't just drop a bomb like that and then leave! Vespula!"

She shrugged and sauntered out of the dining room without saying anything else. Jaskier huffed and gaped as he turned back to the other three.

"Okay, I think we're all losing our minds a little bit," Radovid concluded, "she was obviously just taking the piss out of us."

"She almost got us," Geralt chuckled. Yennefer rolled her eyes.

Jaskier plopped back down on his chair with a sigh. Indeed, this situation seemed to be messing with everyone's heads.

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