#prisoners of peace

[quakgrass]

[Image Description: A digital drawing of Talis (in the body of Rachel) and Greta from the book The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow. Rachel is a pale woman with short black hair, Talis has a fed up expression and carries Greta bridal-style. Greta is in shock, looking extra pale, with her long red hair in a braid. She is holding her broken hands in front of her chest and wearing white clothing. End ID.]

Stop the presses!

#The Scorpion Rules #Erin Bow #Prisoners of Peace #Image Described #Artist Described

[lyinginthesnow]

Greta and Michael | The Swan Riders by Erin Bow

#i first read this series in middle school and you know what? i was right #it does slap #i reread it recently #and i wanted to draw this scene so badly that i was willling to attempt to draw a horse for the first time in my sorry little life #anywaysss I’m pretty proud of this :) #the scorpion rules #the swan riders #prisoners of peace #prisoners of peace duology #prisoners of peace fanart #Erin Bow #excuse me for posting this very randomly in the middle of all my successionblogging but I wanted to put it out there for the #like eight people on this app who have read the prisoners of peace books #I’m doing my duty for the people #also pleasseee click to enlarge to see the quality it looks so fuzzy and tiny help #my art

[aroaessidhe]

i made a tiktok of all my scorpion rules art from back then

#the scorpion rules #prisoners of peace #laya talks #my beloveds.......think about u often...

[libraryleopard]

Tor.com’s “This Book Queered Me” series guest blog posts of SFF authors discussing formative queer literature is one of my favorite things to read and occasionally I think about what my version of one of those posts would be. It’s not about your favorite queer book, but about one that affected you deeply, and the series includes both explicitly queer literature and subtext or queer interpretations, which means you can kind of talk about any book there if it was important to you. 

One time I did a deep dive into trying to figure out what the first queer piece of literature I ever read was and determined that it was probably the short story “Am I Blue?” by Bruce Coville, about a boy who is questioning his sexuality and is granted three wishes by his fairy godfather, one of which is to be able to tell the sexualities of other people around him by whether or not they look blue. It was originally published as part of a collection of queer YA stories, but I read it in one of Coville’s collection of short stories, and I remember it being notable for basically being the most first or at least the most obvious gay representation I ever encountered, at age 12. 

I think The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow is also probably up there as a formative piece of queer literature simply because of the way that Greta’s sexuality was presented in the book–it wasn’t anywhere near the first piece of queer literature I read, but having a character who just has her sexuality filed under “further research required” and was questioning her sexuality in general, not because of a relationship or feelings for a specific person, felt really relatable to me at the time. The Scorpion Rules isn’t really a book about sexuality–it’s about power and politics and sacrifice and artificial intelligence–but somehow that one-line description of Greta’s relationship to her sexuality was very validating and relatable to me in high school. 

#I reread am I blue? a few years ago after remember its existence which was interesting #haven't read the scorpion rules for six years at least though #the scorpion rules #prisoners of peace #books #lulu speaks #lulu reads #lulu reads prisoners of peace #lulu reads the scorpion rules

[captainjonnitkessler]

Sometimes I wish we would start calling out the performative radicalism on this site for the poser bullshit it is. "Remember, it's always morally correct to kill a cop!" "Don't forget to firebomb your local government office!" "Wow, it sure would be a shame if these instructions on how to make a molotov cocktail got spread around!"

Okay. But you're not killing cops or firebombing government offices. You are posting on a dying microblogging website to a carefully-curated echo chamber that has radicalized itself into thinking that taking the absolute most extreme position on any subject is praxis but that anyone discussing the most practical way to effect actual change is your sworn enemy. You do not have the street cred OR the activist cred to be talking about killing cops, babe.

#thinking about the person i saw saying that if you're at a protest #and other protesters try to stop you from becoming violent you should just kill them bc 'peace police are still police' #even taken as hyperbole that's simply dumb as shit on every conceivable level #it's also pretty blatantly hypocritical coming from people who are usually self-avowed prison/death penalty abolitionists #like i'm sorry but you don't get to be a death penalty abolitionist and also call for the death of your political enemies online #this isn't a major issue or anything i'm just bored and annoyed

[roseunspindle]

Books I Want to Get to in 2023

#the great hunt #robert jordan #a prayer for the crown shy #becky chambers #the wizard of oz #l. frank baum #Prodigy #Marie Lu #A Map of Days #Ransom Riggs #miss peregrines home for peculiar children #Glass Sword #victoria aveyard #The Swan Riders #Erin Bow #Prisoners of Peace #Pendragon #The Reakity Bug #D.J. MacHale #White Jenna #Jane Yolen #Great Alta #Born to Run #Serrated Edge #Mercedes Lackey #Larry Dixon #Cress #Marissa Meyer #the lunar chronicles #Sourcery

[wizardingsworld]

Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore in HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN 2004 | dir. Alfonso Cuarón

#michael gambon #rest in peace #harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban #harry potter #albus dumbledore #prisoner of azkaban #poa #hpedit #magicfolk #pottersource #harrypotterdailly #junkfooddaily #dailyhpgifs #dailywizardwheezes #wizardsuzy #underbetelgeuse #userpottah #userpotterscar #gifs #ours

[whathorselegs]

I think the main part of my Chuuya overworks himself and is a chronic people pleaser headcanon comes from the fact actual Nakahara Chuuya's poem 'The Village Clock' is imprinted on my brain.

'The big village clock was working day and night. The clockface's paint had already lost it's shine. When I drew near, there were lots of tiny cracks.'

Not the full poem, but the lines that really stick for me. This is just Chuuya to me. Keeping going, keeping working, not smiling as much as he used to. Keeping up appearances. Keeping even his friends at a distance so they don't see he's not as happy as he used to be.

I agree in the latest chapters Chuuya looks tired as hell, but his eyes have always read as tired to me. He's always looked like he needed a nap (It took a moment to find a mostly neutral expression in his introduction because, well, the Dazai effect). The straight across upper eyelids and the rounded lower eyelids just scream "I'm too tired for this" to me

It's quotes from the Mayoi 'Joyous night' cards.

Kouyou: "Chuuya are you saying you can't have what I'm drinking? There's no need to worry so long as you drink in moderation. Surely you can afford a glass at a banquet." Chuuya: "What are you drinking Ane-san? Wine, is it? Interesting... No, I couldn't. I'm you're escort. If something were to happen while I was drunk, well... *sigh* Alright, maybe just a glass. This is a banquet, after all."

Like, yes, I'm fairly certain these are in reference to Chuuya being a lightweight and not wanting to get drunk at a fancy party. But it's also Chuuya not allowing himself to have fun. Kouyou realistically doesn't need escort, Chuuya was likely asked along because she enjoys his company.

It's wine. He collects wine and he won't even allow himself to indulge in his own interests because he's too busy unnecessarily worrying about Kouyou and how people will perceive him at the banquet.

It's the fact despite there being several high ranking mafia members introduced by the time of the three way conflict, Mori always uses Chuuya for his plans. There's really no need for an executive to be the one to check up on the hired assassins, or deliver information to the ADA.

Chuuya even remarks upon it himself, saying he didn't think himself fit for the role of envoy. But he does it because the boss ordered him to. He won't say no.

I don't think Chuuya is the same type of overworker Kunikida is. Kunikida has to have everything done right, he needs it done on time. He has a set of meticulous rules and practices to ensure it gets done correctly.

I doubt Chuuya is the type to be worried over his reports being perfect or "in on time" because he's part of the mafia. This isn't a day job. Sure, there probably deadlines where stuff is time sensitive, but again, Chuuya is an executive. He can delegate such work to subordinates if needs be. I definitely don't think he's above coasting his work and putting in minimum effort as long as the job gets done.

I think Chuuya is an over worker in the sense, that even if he's exhausted, even if he wants to go home and collapse, if Mori handed him another job, he'd do it. He has a hard time saying no to people and it carries over into his work.

And he has difficulty shutting off work mode once he's home. "Might as well sort those emails while I have some spare time" Turns into Chuuya unable to sleep hours later because he lost track of time, drank too much caffeine and has a migraine from staring at a screen for so long.

As for being a chronic people pleaser? Well, we mostly see that in Wan or the anthologies. As I've already stated, Chuuya has a hard time saying no to people close to him. It's important that it's not everyone. If he doesn't know them, he can and will tell them to beat it, if he wants to.

But show him a little of bit kindness? An ounce of respect? Be nice to him for a moment and the people pleasing button gets pressed. He goes about it in a round about way, he can't have you know that's what he's doing so Chuuya makes up excuses as to why he's doing it, but he does it all the same.

We see it when he buys Kenji dinner, or makes everyone shaved ice and plenty of other examples. He has to go above and beyond. He wants you to be impressed because he wants the praise, but he can't have you know that's what he wants.

The only person he doesn't do this with is Dazai. And that's probably to do with how they met at 15 (also because Dazai annoys the hell out of him). They met when Chuuya's people pleasing was at its worst, when he was King of Sheep and had next to no will of his own because Chuuya was too afraid of losing the Sheep to not do as they say. Dazai breaks him out of that.

For all they make the bet that Chuuya's his dog, aside from the odd joke, Dazai is never seen making good on that. He never orders Chuuya around like a dog, they are partners and he treats him as such. When Dazai witnesses Chuuya being treated this way by the sheep, he looks annoyed, he doesn't like seeing it. Chuuya being his dog was always just a silly joke.

Dazai being so annoying that Chuuya couldn't stand to do what he said helped Chuuya break out of some of his people pleasing habits and learn saying no was okay. After Dazai defected, I think those habits came back as Chuuya had to fill the role of Mori's right hand in his absence.

#bungou stray dogs #bsd chuuya #bsd #my writing #bsd headcanons #Chuuya needs a holiday #Let him have some peace please #Chuuya Sigma and Dazai are all going on a road trip after the prison break #and nothing bad will happen #just fun vibes and locking Dazai in the trunk when he's being annoying

[7cfc00]

home is where the heart is (and yours is gone)

#happy holidays #dndads #dndads fanart #dungeons and daddies #dndaddies #dndads s1 #glenn close dndads #dndads season 2 #dndads odyssey #dndads glenn close #im so sick and fever rn so forgive me for any mistakes in this drawing or in my following explanation #background is covered in crosses for the bad day book. the chains represent his time in meth bay prison #the three swords are a reference to the three of swords tarot card which means like heartbreak or smth #also can be taken literally because his heart exploded #the swords themselves are modelled after the sword of justice to bring in themes of justice and punishment as well as referencing the trial #i also drew the same sword in the blackjack thing. #bottom left is his funeral pyre (referencing his death) and nick jr (representing his son's “death”) #the door is the door to his apartment its number 48 because ep 48 is carry on my wayward son #christmas decor cus of course hed had them up all year round #the plant is a peace lily representing death and funeral s again #headstone is morgan's the crysanthemum represents her death. this is because its also featured in the “remember death” thing i drew once #also i just associate flowers w the close family because it very easily represents both mortality and love #anyway. fuckin. his heart (loved ones + literal heart) are gone and its like. can he ever return home #idk smth about not being able to go back to the way things were smth about having the comfort of a home anymore. leaving all that shit behi #d. i feel so tired #sorry for the long explanation i think i may have went a little too hard on the symbolism but i didn t know how else to #express the feelings of glenn's conversation w darryl in that one episode

[callese]

#abolish the prison industrial complex #us jails #us jail system #ftp #defund the police #defundthepolice #police brutality #blm #capitalism kills #capitalist system #abolishtheprisonindustrialcomplex #black lives matter #no justice no peace #albany #aclu #13th amendment #free labor

[alpacacare-archive]

shitpost that turned into a tf2 comic art style practice thats a part of my 5 year long evil plan to secretly make the 7th comic while valve isn't looking

audio is from Trixie Mattel takes a lie detector test lol

#tf2 #tf2 medic #Team Fortress 2 #animatic #im so proud of this lmfao #i can officially draw the medic from teeth fort two #*a medal slowly descends from the heavens and lands directly on my head killing me instantly* #now on to heavy. see you in a few decades #also every time he looks at the guy i can just hear 'backrolls?' #i hope its obvious that hes arrested #i put him in the prison(?) outfit scout and spy wore in comic 2 #it was so satisfying #like as i was drawing medic in a prison outfit i just felt so at peace #like. this is right. #finally #you know? you know #ok gn im rlly tired jdsfkjs ilyyyy <33333

[aroaessidhe]

#the scorpion rules #prisoners of peace #i found this deep in my drafts from 6 years ago

[libraryleopard]

it’s been six years since i read the swan riders by erin bow and sometimes i still think of the line “grace, in a grid of falling stars” at random moments 

#idk something about that image at the end really stuck with me #the swan riders #prisoners of peace #books #haven't read that series in a very long time but some aspects of it really stick in my brain #lulu speaks #lulu reads #lulu reads prisoners of peace #lulu reads the scorpion rules

[mad-prophet-of-the-airwaves]

Rest in peace, Michael Gambon (1940-2023).

#michael gambon #rest in peace #the cook the thief his wife and her lover #gosford park #path to war #the life aquatic with steve zissou #harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban #harry potter and the goblet of fire #emma #harry potter and the deathly hallows - part 1 #harry potter and the deathly hallows - part 2

[ddarker-dreams]

my biggest takeaway from star rail so far is that i actually cannot stand paimon. not having an unfunny floating screeching creature with a voice that makes my eardrums want to rupture so they may never experience the sorrow of registering the sound waves she emits is such a breath of fresh air.

#i try so hard not to be a hater but idk what it is #ever since the sumeru archon quest i went from finding her tolerable to muting my sound every time she shrieks on screen #the peace and serenity i experienced during that archon interlude quest when she wasn't there.... #then when she reappears it's like a jumpscare #i use JP voice over so her voice is 2% easier on the ears than the EN squeaky toy abomination #but it's still so grating #legit think prolonged exposure to paimon should be a breach of the geneva convention #that shit could break a prisoner faster than waterboarding #lock plays star rail

[ananke-xiii]

"Peace of Mind" is one of my fave SPN episodes ever. I love how it pays homage to "Goodbye Stranger" in a fun, yet respectful way. This time is Cas who manages to "break the connection" and Sam "snaps out of it". Also, "God has a beard" probably one of my fave SPN quotes as well, lol.

Eta: oooooh actually Sam and Cas fight scene reminds me of "The Prisoner" as well! Sooo good! Such a good mash-up! I really needed more Sam and Cas screentime :(

#supernatural #Spn season 14 #S14e19 #peace of mind #Castiel #Sam Winchester #Crypt scene homage #Spn #steve yockey #robbie thompson #S8e17 #goodbye stranger #God has a beard #spn rewatch #The prisoner #S10e22 #andrew dabb