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dawntrailing · 1 year

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#stone and steel #yoshitaka suzuki #final fantasy series #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy xiv: heavensward #ffxiv #ffxiv: music #heavensward: final fantasy xiv original soundtrack

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the-regal-warrior · 2 years

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Stone and Steel: Part Six

Summary: Lorcan Salvaterre. Hewn from stone, hard as stone. It’s all he’s heard his entire life - which was never easy. After taking a few years off so he could afford university, he’s finally starting his freshman year. He might be a little older, but nothing is going to stop him from changing his life, not even her.

Elide Lochan. Heart of steel, nerves of steel. After everything she’s been through, university holds the key to her future, to making her life what she wants it to be. She knows what it’s like to struggle, to think her future might never actually be hers. She has no time for distractions, not even him.

Warnings: language - Elide and Lorcan do NOT like each other.

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Spring Semester, Freshman Year.

He’d had just about enough of the dark-haired woman who lived across the hall and the blonde she-devil she called a roommate.

Especially the blonde she-devil.

She and Rowan had been dating for three months - three months - and he’d had to put up with her invading his dorm and being in his space and just generally irritating the hell out of him with everything she said.

However, he didn’t share classes with the blonde menace - thank Hellas - so he’d settled for directing his unhappy glare at her roommate.

Elide fucking Lochan.

Lorcan knew she could feel the way he kept staring daggers at the back of her head, given that she kept turning around to give him haughty questioning looks that just had him gritting his teeth even more. It had been going on for the entire thirty minutes they’d been in class, and every single time Elide turned to face him he could feel his jaw get even tighter.

She looked like she was getting ready to mouth something at him, probably something not at all polite, but their professor interrupted her before she had the chance.

“Okay, listen up,” the man said, leaning against the front of his desk and crossing his arms over his chest. “For the rest of class today, just work on your packets - we’ll review them the next time we meet. You can work together if you want, as long as you’re working.” That last part was directed at a group of four students on the other side of the room who had a tendency to do anything but work when given the chance.

Rolling his eyes, Lorcan settled in for another round of quiet independent work, once again grateful that the professor didn’t force them to work in partners.

Before he could even start working on the next problem in his packet, a shadow fell over his desk before someone fell into the seat next to him (the boy who usually sat next to him hadn’t shown up for class, and he was enjoying the solitude at the back of the room for a change).

A flash of light blue caught his eye, and he found his eyes falling closed on a groan when he realized it was the exact same shade as the running sneakers Elide owned.

Fuck.

And, no, he wasn’t going to contemplate why he knew the exact shade of her sneakers.

“To what do I owe the pleasure, Lochan?” he growled, barely looking her way. “Don’t seem to recall asking to be your partner.”

She snorted derisively. “Just shut the hell up and pretend like we’re working.” Elide stared at him for several seconds, almost like she was trying to drive her point home. “Now, what the hell was so fascinating about the back of my head that you felt the need to stare at it for thirty fucking minutes?”

“Don’t flatter yourself.” Shooting her a glare so icy it wouldn’t have been out of place in a Terrasen winter, he added, “I find nothing about you fascinating.”

Elide scoffed. “Then what the fuck is your problem?” Though her voice was low to keep their professor from hearing that they weren’t talking about anything close to mathematics, it did nothing to hide the bite in her tone.

Leaning close with the pretense of showing her something in her packet, he spit out, “I’m just very fucking tired of your roommate prancing around my dorm like she fucking owns it.”

“Are you incapable of thinking of anyone but yourself for one fucking second?” she hissed, pausing and ducking her head back to her packet as their professor walked by. Once he was out of earshot, she continued, “can’t you just be happy for your perfectly nice roommate - who, by the way, I cannot believe puts up with your miserable ass - and the fact that he’s happy with a girl he really seems to like?”

Lorcan couldn’t help the way he recoiled at her words. Think about anyone other than himself? That had been his entire life - thinking of his mom and how much she struggled just to protect him, trying to find ways to make sure she was happy even in their not-so-perfect life, or thinking of his friends and how he was always there for them, even when it wasn’t convenient for him. He knew Rowan saw beyond that miserable exterior he presented to the rest of the world, knew that all of his friends did, actually, but her words still stung.

Exhaling slowly when their professor dismissed them early for the day, he gave Elide the coldest glare he could muster, hoping to Hellas none of his emotions filled his eyes. “You don’t know the first godsdamn thing about me - you or your spoiled blonde friend. And I can feel any fucking way I want about that she-devil dating my best friend, whether or not I have your permission.”

He shoved his papers in his bag and stormed out the door, thankful that his large frame caused others to give him a wide berth. He was in the process of pulling his headphones over his ears when someone walked right into his chest.

“Fuck me,” he muttered, steadying the woman with a hand on her shoulder as his headphones slid down around his neck.

Releasing a bell-like laugh, she took a step back from him and gave him a once-over, her teeth sinking into her bottom lip. “Anytime, sugar,” she replied, reaching out to drag her nails down his chest. “You look like a man that knows how to show a girl a good time.”

Usually he found lines like that utterly ridiculous, but he couldn’t deny how gorgeous she was.

Thinking over the question, he gave her the same once-over she’d given him, drinking in her appearance. Long dark hair that reached to the bottom of the tight, cropped tank she was using to show off her obvious assets and stunning violet-hued eyes - he couldn’t decide if they were contacts or if the purple tones of her makeup were making normally blue eyes look more purple. (Somehow, he found himself not caring.) She’d paired her white top with the tightest, light blue, high-waisted skinny jeans he’d ever seen and heeled purple boots.

“Why don’t you come out with me tonight and find out?” He offered her a smirk and a wink, figuring she’d eat it up. “Name’s Lorcan.”

Offering him a coy smile, she leaned in to whisper in his ear. “Pleasure, darling. I’m Maeve.”

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maladaptivedaydreamaudio · 8 months

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You're the heir to the kingdom, and your new companion has already managed to cause you quite a bit of trouble. But she also wants to be your friend. Maybe you can learn something from each other.

This chapter puts together the fifth, sixth, and seventh episodes of the original series. I'd always wanted to do a slow burn story where you actually saw the characters becoming friends rather than just jumping to the end and having a few "remember when we were younger" statements to excuse the fact the slow burn is really only five minutes or so. (This is not me criticizing any particular other slow burn story; I have enjoyed many of them myself as a listener. But this was a challenge I wanted to set myself.)

Although there is no new content here, it may be easier to listen to a chapter at a time. It is tough for me to listen to these earliest efforts, because I can hear the improvements I've made since I first started, but I am still very proud of this series and that means being proud of all of it.

#stone and steel #maladaptive daydream audio #Youtube

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bouncinghedgehoglikesart · 2 months

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#Stone and Steel #sculpture #welded #stone #steel #garden art

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gealach-in-a-misty-world · 1 year

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When General Aaliyah returns triumphant to the city of Titus, she expects to find the people prospering under the rule of her Queen, the stone mage Odessa. Instead, she finds a troubling imbalance in both the citizens’ well-being and Odessa’s rule. Aaliyah must rely on all of her allies, old and new, to do right by the city that made her.

“Gods forbid you should be your own sword”. Eboni J. Dunbar's Stone and Steel is a very short novella about the corruption of power. Aaliyah returns to the city whose King she helped usurpe to find that her adoptive sister (and lover) made Queen isn't taking care of the people. What follows is a fast journey as the author speeds through what could have made a really intruiguing novel. The bare bones are interesting enough, with a love triangle with another orphan who grew up beside Aaliyah as well, and a background that might feel generic but has some depth.

The novella excelled in showing the relationship between characters in a few strokes, building a believable camaraderie between Aaliyah and her retinue, and a toxic romance with her Queen; you can feel that Odessa is used to have her way by any means necessary. Her magical tantrums are mentioned as happening since early childhood. The political side of things could have used some more work, especially as the narration turned to another country. There's a few typos here and there, and a few lines of dialogue seem to be in the wrong paragraph so that it's not exactly clear who's speaking, but these problems could be easily waved away with a good editor.

Stone and Steel is a good stepping stone for readers interested in exploring afro-fantasy.

✨ 3.5 stars

[You can find more of my reviews about queer speculative fiction on my blog MISTY WORLD]

#stone and steel #eboni j dunbar #lgbtq books #queer books #queer lit #queer #books #sff #book reviews #reading #gealach reads #gealach writes

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roachmeatz · 5 months

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i’m ngl i still haven’t finished jojolion. i actually ended up rereading steel ball run again >_<

Masterpost

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goatpaste · 3 months

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fuck you *make your favorites fat and sexy*

[Commission Prices][Etsy][Buy me a Kofi]

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naydralikessoup · 16 days

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(not the BEST part, the funniest. the one that made you laugh, chortle, guffaw, even)

#jojo's bizarre adventure #jojo's #jjba #phantom blood #battle tendency #stardust crusaders #diamond is unbreakable #golden wind #stone ocean #steel ball run #jojolion #jojolands

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fried-piranha · 5 months

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farewell.

#doom patrol #cliff steele #crazy jane #larry trainor #rita farr #madame rouge #victor stone #cyborg #laura de mille #I wish they could hug #fanart

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soranatus · 5 months

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DC's 2024 Black History Month variant covers by Nikolas Draper-Ivey

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bemp0 · 1 month

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Pose Patrol

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ookamihanta · 7 months

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JOBROS PART 2 OF THE SILLIES !!

part 1 of the bros | their jojos

#the lil sillies #jjba #jojos bizarre adventure #golden wind #stone ocean #steel ball run #JoJolion #bruno bucciarati #hermes costello #gyro zeppeli #yasuho hirose #icon #animation #aj art #if you ask for any of the dudes from part 9 im sorry i dont know any of them rn dont ask

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cloooooooooooo · 1 month

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The JoJo's and whether I think they're flat earthers

Jonathan - Knows the Earth is round but respects the 'opinion' of flat earthers

Joseph - Knows the Earth is round but acts like a flat earther to piss people (specifically Caesar) off. Also an avid maker of "The Earth may be flat but this ass isn't" jokes

Jotaro - Has a mental breakdown at the idea of people thinking the Earth is flat. Polnareff once made a joke about it and Jotaro threatened to kick him out of the group and leave him in a hotel with shitty toilets.

Josuke - Knows the Earth is round but every now and again falls for flat earth conspiracies. Also once started an argument with Rohan by saying the Earth is flat for the sole purpose of making his life miserable.

Giorno - Knows the Earth is round and isn't willing to even joke about it with Fugo around

Jolene - Knows the Earth is round but also jokes about the Florida school system teaching all the kids the Earth is flat. Also once said the Earth was flat for the sole purpose of pissing Jotaro off.

Johnny - Was a flat earther. Didn't even question it until he mentioned it to Gyro and he sat him down for a full 2 hours explaining that the Earth was round and why (Johnny still doesn't fully get it)

Gappy/Jos8ke - Flat Earther (self explanatory)

Jodio - Knows the Earth is round but will take the opposing side in whatever Twitter argument he decides to join in on.

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maladaptivedaydreamaudio · 1 year

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Mal's absence from the barracks hasn't gone unnoticed, and if she's discovered with you, there will be consequences.

Thank you so much to the voice actors who helped me with this episode!

Guard 1 (Morgan, finding all this kind of funny) is played by Icarius Fallen. https://icariusfallen.carrd.co/# Twitter: FallenVtuber

Guard 2 (Owen, not finding this at all funny) is played by Logan Raposo. Instagram: Loganraposo Twitter: TheLoganRaposo

Guard 3 (Captain Martine, also not amused) is played by Rhonda Parker. https://linktr.ee/WordsByParker https://www.youtube.com/@WordsByParker

Erik (the intrepid) is played as always by Gummy.

Many, many thanks for their help!

Sound effects by zapsplat.com VA portrait by AlexRayVA Find me at https://twitter.com/maladaptday

#maladaptive daydream audio #stone and steel #gummy audios #words by parker #rhonda parker #logan raposo #icarius fallen #Youtube

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alien-the-human · 1 year

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Jjba shenanigans

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jolyne-best-jojo · 13 days

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Come watch JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, we've got:

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