#those across the river

[st-just]

Regarding your werewolves post. If it might interest you, 'Those Across the River' by Christopher Beuhlman might be a good read. It intersects the horror of werewolves and colonial subjugation quite well.

Now this sounds like getting back to the classics. TY, will toss it on the tbr. (which, given its length, means I should get around to these sometime near next Halloween, or so)

#reply #anon #books #Those Across the River #Christopher Beuhlman

[lastfinalgirls]

Every book I read in 2022

Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman

★★★★★ / 5

#litedit #horroredit #southern gothic #those across the river #christopher buehlman #werewolves #book moodboard #booklr #bookish #bookstagram #booktok #aesthetic #2022 books* #*bookshelf

[nightmaresonelmstreet]

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn /// Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman

#ohhhhhhhhh my god #gone girl #gillian flynn #parallels #those across the river #christopher buehlman #booklr #booktok #web weaving

[arcadiandeath]

Mother, father, brother, little sister! 

When you read this letter, I will already be dead or close to death. I know what a severe blow my act will be to you, but don't be angry at me. Unfortunately, we are not alone in this world. I am not doing this because I would be tired by life, on the contrary, because I cherish it too much. Hopefully my act will make life better. I know the price of life and I know it is the most precious thing. But I want a lot for you, for everyone, so I have to pay a lot. Do not lose your heart after my sacrifice, tell Jacek to study harder and Marta too. You must never accept injustice, be it in any form, my death will bind you. I am sorry that I will never see you or that, which I loved so much. Please forgive me that I fought with you so much. Do not let them make me a madman. 

Say hi to the boys, the river and the forest.

Jan Zajíc's (3 July 1950-25 February 1969) letter to his parents. Jan self-immolated following Jan Palach in protest of the passivity and loss of hope of the Czechoslovakian nation under communist Soviet rule.

#from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palestine #free gaza #aaron bushnell #anti zionisim #it is striking that the cz government was memorialising and heralding jan's sacrifice as they continue to aid in israel's actions #the same day a man across the ocean does the very same act of protest as he did. #all the free palestine signage at my uni campus gets removed daily and it's such a disgrace #but also telling of how much power FREE PALESTINE has. even a sticker with those words is enough to spark anger or compassion

[bonefall]

this isn't a question about your rewrite but as you are The Warrior Cats Pro i figured id throw it out there... why is it that, even though there have been way more books taking place at the lake territory, both in the main wc series and beyond, than the old forest territory, but the forest territory is still so much more memorable and always what i think of when i think of warriors, and the lake feels so uninteresting and forgettable?

because the lake map FUNDAMENTALLY sucks baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalloons.

In a series about border drama and forbidden relationships, they have put a huge, impassable obstacle smack in the middle of the map. You ever heard the expression, "Tall fences make good neighbors?" This is supposed to be the BAD NEIGHBORS series and they have put the world's tallest fence in the game.

The lake was a fundamentally bad idea. Simple as that.

It was so bad I reworked the Lake Map for my own rewrite.

I made more contested land, such as putting field maples which produce syrup just beyond the Wind/Thunder gorge.

Added Northern Islets and Southern Delta which have value to several clans

Expanded RiverClan's territory so they can hypothetically reach ProtagonistClan, RE: Northern Islets.

I need to make Draft 2 but I also added more uncontested landmarks akin to the old Forest landmarks. For example, ThunderClan now has a patch of old-growth forest. Places like the Owl Tree and Snakerocks are super important as flavorings.

#I could go on but that's really it! #The Lake is geographically a bad idea! #It ruins border drama and that is bad in a series that has always been about border drama. #Forbidden relationships... the logistics of getting from point A to point B... Thunderpaths... Those are all types of border drama really #Even if every Clan was RiverClan. The lake is too large to work with. #It's not a river that you can just. Swim across. #It's a HUGE lake #Unless you were going to reduce it to a pond I guess lol #But at that point it's not a lake it's a pond. #I grew up near a lake actually and I hadn't read to TNP when I started RPing warrior cats with my friends #And GUYS let me tell YOU #We were RiverClan cats and ShadowClan practically didn't exist #Because they were on the Opposite Side of our irl real lake #So even before I got to TNP I would have known there would be a problem with that lake #I have the wisdom of a feral 10 year old #bone babble

[chaiaurchaandni]

yk these pages r getting funded by israel if they unabashedly post bullshit like this. the zionists hated palestinians so much, they started saying hitler wasnt that bad like wtf

#same energy as anima writers hating women so much that their male characters come across as having homoerotic relationships #this is just crazy atp like can they hear themselves talk #zionism is nazism btw #and zionists are antisemitic asf like i just saw a vid of a pro israel woman going up to pro palestine orthodox jews and #telling them that hitler shouldve gassed them and istg my jaw dropped???? that was so dsgusting like #how do these people rationalize and justify these actions to themselves #those jews remained so calm and collected like theyre better than me bec if i was them id start throwing punches #free palestine #palestine #gaza #long live palestine #glory to the martyrs #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #long live the resistance #death to israel

[tooquirkytolose]

The theory that the hanbada law firm are actually the evil ones by virtue of being a huge mega firm supported by woo young woo & co having cases upon cases where they defend corrupt people/companies, this last 2 parter they LITERALLY went up against a buddhist temple full of monks like hello??? This bitch better quit in the season finale and go work for yangzte river dolphin lady or so help me

#extraordinary attorney woo #i know this is just gonna be word salad for those of you not watching this k drama i apologize for k drama posting #BUT omigod?? #they just keep smacking you across the head with this harder and harder the further along we get it #also: she was rejected from every major law firm she applied to because shes autistic but whats to say a small one wouldnt have hired her?? #yangzte river dolphin lady wouldve hired her in a heartbeat

[villainsidestep]

'stop updating us on ur random thoughts every night' no

#gideon shut the hell up challenge #sorry for 24/7 thinking abt fawn !!! (<- lying) anyway. #first thought is v3 post-robbery bringing cyrus to the hq to go see the rangers/chen and ric noticing fawn sporting some new injuries #(we default to a cut lip bc he is Touchy and I think that would explode their brain but any injury will do) #and he comments on how they didn't have those before and they're like oh haha uh yeah it. happens. u know how it is. #and also we like to think that he calls them bambi. smth that he has literally done since hero days. and they're immediately like 😳 #bc their brothers are RIGHT THERE.... one of whom u DATED ricardo !!! (they do not Say this tho they just think it v intensely) #and c/r are ofc sharing a link w them and are suddenly like um okay well. it Wasn't weird until u fucking reacted like that ??? #....... honestly what if they don't even reintroduce cyrus properly what if he just meets up w them at ranger hq and is suddenly There. #chen walking into the break room seeing r/f: god dammit. chen walking in and seeing that now there's also cyrus: God Dammit. #I just think. if they're siblings. they're Absolutely giving each other hell each time a crush gets realized considering their dating pool #they could be across the city from each other but the second u develop even a Partial crush the other two are Immediately Aware #and like okay yeah sure fawnric is funny bc ur brother's ex ?? Really ??? but hello ????? river/chen ???? CYRUS/DANNY ??????

[musical-chick-13]

The biggest power move I ever made was one time, when I was in college, I made a cosplay prop gun out of Legos because I Did Not Have Money For Art Supplies. Then, not long after, I met Alex Kingston at a con while I was in said cosplay and she told me she liked my Lego gun, so when somebody laughed at my con picture for having a Lego prop in it, I could, completely seriously, say, "Well, it was good enough for Alex Kingston."

#mc13 lore #I don't think you understand just HOW much I did (and still do) latch onto River as a Self-Recognition Character #(I did eventually make a better prop out of not-Legos) #(but I'm never getting rid of the Lego prop picture because it's a picture of me and alex k. it is my most treasured possession) #I was like 21-22 and truly I had ZERO concern for how I came across to ANYONE and tbh I really really miss that #not to sound like I'm Romanticizing My Youth on this webbed-site because those years were bad in just about all other ways. but #Little MC13 was in fact better than current mc13 in some respects #(that being said. everyone be very. VERY. glad you did not know me in college)

[owlsie-hoot]

A picnic by the riverside, a day filled with happiness in times of war, a rare moment where everyone can relax. And we'll find out just how much they can relax.

#pure fluff #acgas #all creatures great and small #audrey hall #siegfried farnon #acgas 2020 #fan fiction #ACGAS fanfic #James Herriot #helen herriot #and those are my feet in the river you will come across in later chapters

[invisibleoctopus]

starting to think im a bard of void instead of being a knowledge class. i have the whole bardic crisis thing (oct 13 2013. sunday) the whole opposite aspect thing before that (Gifted Kid TM where part of my personality was bring smart. is very lightcore) and just how i seem to destroy everything i touch.

my aversion to lying and how terrible i am at it because its on a physical level in my body and i have to script it in advance (yes this is mostly autism) and not liking to keep secrets and being a blabbermouth. destroying void.

destroyed by void. getting FADED with weed. self isolation and most of my time being spent gaming or on the computer/phone. my awful terrible recurring dreams (dreams are void) that i have a fucking tag for. but the horrors have become almost mundane with how repetitive they are in my dreams and thats why i dont call them nightmares

#le p2iigh #the 'this classpect perfectly describes all my flaws' type of classpecter #no but my dreams are always like. im in school and i dont know why they wont let me drop out. #dont know if its college or What. but sometimes my former therapist is there. the one i had a crush on. #thats a thing i have with male mentor/teacher figures because of a Very Specifc Reason #other things that are always in my dreams. my dorm on the 3rd floor im always trying to figure out what clothes to wear whats clean #packing so i can go to the house that im living at that is specifically not home. wondering when i can go home to check on the cats #wondering why home looks so different its almost unrecognizable. my uncle is there. always. mom always has something Wrong with her #things being on fire near wherever im staying like next door across the street. most recently like the whole neighborhood. #not beating the doom player allegations with these descriptions. #heres more void coded things abt the dreams. being in/around bodies of water. theres one particular river i go to a lot its past some woods #the woods area separates the river and i walk upstream until i come across the widest part and the initial fork #theres always various Creatures in the water that im scared of. #this happens whenever im on the coast and in the ocean too. except sometimes theres stuff that wants to eat me #and thats not counting the kinnie dreams. either its ocean stuff that reminds me of being link. #or its like. i guess side order levels or something. and also more cursed than usual salmon run. on cursed stages. eels chasing me #(obvoiusly the agent 8 kinnie dreams) #my real life anxieties about the cat litter and taking a shower meaning i dream about having to do those things. #trying to find a place to lie down and sleep that feels comfortable for me but its impossible #thats. most of the recurring things in my dreams. my brain is tired and i interrupted myself doing Tasks for this. #i didnt expect to ramble about the recurring nature of all of these dream things. and obviously the tag is going here #adventures in losap #< the dream tag

[yume-fanfare]

what's ur reasoning on voting haruka innocent? i'm not sure what to vote for him bcz I want to do guilty but I'm sure there's a meta reason i don't know yet to vote him either way): so i want to get opinions first

honestly w how the story's looking right now, there's meta reasons to vote for both innocent and guilty, whether related to his relationship with muu or even with the third trial in mind. and at this point, it's not looking like the voting system can Help the prisoners much. somehow the possible outcome and the voting stakes of this trial feel so much more unknown than the first time around lol since now everyone is also trying to take into account the prisoners relationships on top of everything else

his relationship with muu does look like it's going to be important, seeing how she was pretty clearly referenced in the mv. people have been saying that she might push him aside if he's voted guilty, which could make him more aggressive, amongst other things. and there's still the debate that surfaced last round of "hey isn't it fucked up that guilty prisoners get nightmares and hear voices and everything. isn't that kind of torture. none of them really deserve that" because yeah. milgram system doesn't really fix things much. and seeing how fuuta reacted to kotoko being forgiven when he wasn't (if she, who is worse than me, was forgiven, why wasn't i?) is also something that makes one think what could happen if muu is forgiven and haruka isn't. since his mv is all about being compared to someone better than him, he might feel like he's in the same situation again

and the third trial thing (which is also kinda making me reconsider my decision) is that well, if you want him to have a chance to be forgiven in the end, it's best if he gets the guilty vote now. as well as how it's not really good for him to think that This way of getting attention is a good way at all

i don't have a clue as to What could happen if he's voted guilty in the end (haven't looked at any novel stuff at all) but personally, i want him overall forgiven. im biased because i really like him though lol.

i Am still thinking about the video (was a big fan of the suicide theory but it looks pretty unlikely now 😔) but if anything, we have seen that the forgiven verdict did help him get back some of his confidence, which i think is great, and we were able to see his motives and situation much more clearly now. and it was Not Good lol. however, the possibilities we got as to who the victim was (classmate, sister or something, someone who wasn't really at fault for what was happening to him) are a turning point for many guilty voters. but that still doesn't add up to me that much (the girl looks just like she looked in his childhood memories) so im still considering things. after all, the outcome of this voting will be what shapes his Last mv

i don't know what the Best voting outcome is at all, but that's just how milgram is ww things aren't black and white and since everything is even more confusing now, i'd say just vote for what you feel like

#milgram voting feels like those boat riddles that r like #theres a wolf a lettuce and a sheep and you have to get them all across the river #you know the ones #except we don't really know what's on the other side of that river! #so yeah. i dont know. #follow your heart #milgram #anonymous #preguntas

[disgracedvessel]

Across the River Styx

continued from here

@mjolnirsrequiem:

Julius affirms her question. He stretches his arms before her to show that he is well and in good shape. An overwhelming surge of happiness overtakes Ishtar. Julius has been here all along and he is well. There is nothing more she could have asked out of life. She wants to reach out, to touch him, to perhaps meet him in an embrace, but is not sure if this is the proper time.  Maybe Julius knows that she desires his touch, because he reaches for her hands. Feeling the warmth in him is enough to send her over. She could die again, happy, knowing that Julius is here. Never in her deepest dreams did she expect such a quick reunion.  “Ah, yes.” Ishtar returns. “I apologize for my… embarrassment. I did eventually make my way over here, but I did know that you were here as well.”  She focuses, though, on how he says that he believed in her. Is it possible…. The man behind the table complains and Ishtar waits for Julius’ reaction. Yet, somehow, he suggests a rather peaceful option. Ishtar does not mind, of course, but….Was that not rather unusual…  Was there something… different… about Lord Julius?  Nevermind that. She would not ruin an opportunity to be alone with him. “Yes, of course, Lord Julius.” Ishtar thinks to herself what the best route would be. “Do you have a suggestion of a place to go? I do not know this area well yet. However, I can ensure that I am doing well. I have only just arrived…” His hands are still in hers and she can feel the radiating warmth of his touch. Oh, Lord Julius… Ishtar does not want to be overly presumptuous but she finds herself feeling needy. She raises his hand to her cheek. “Is this truly not a dream? I feel so very lucky to see you again, Lord Julius.” The warmth of his hand permeated her cheek and it was such a lovely, gentle sensation. Ishtar yearned for more, though this sensation in itself might be perfect if they could be frozen in time.

"It feels like the end of a bad one, in fact," Julius answers. One of his hands follows Ishtar's as she raises it to his cheek, and just as he had ascertained her life when he grasped them first, he knows beyond a doubt now that no ghost or illusion could have so gentle a caress. It had been months - years, now that he thinks about it - since his arrival in Fódlan and with it, the resignation that he would never see his fiancee again, and he drinks in her reality for as long as the merchant allows them to keep standing there in front of his stall. Which isn't long. He clears his throat a second time, louder and more impatient. Julius, again, does not give him the privilege of his acknowledgment.

"Come, there's a tea shop near here with a quality better worth our patronage." And with this, he flashes the grumbling a merchant a sidelong glance before lacing fingers through Ishtar's and leading her away.

The street is not entirely empty this time of day, but it is by no means crowded either. Julius weaves his way easily through stalls and alleys until they come upon a set of wooden tables on a patch of grass tucked out of the way of the main thoroughfare. A narrow storefront overlooks them, from which wafts the scent of fresh-baked bread. It's quiet, save for the rustle of the grand oak that shades the little outdoor eatery, and the only indication that it had ever seen any customers at all is the curl of a white silk ribbon forgotten beneath a chair. Julius selects one of the half-shaded tables and pulls one of the chairs out for Ishtar.

"Sit," he insists. "We'll have all the privacy we could want here. I have never witnessed these tables occupied by more than one or two patrons." A frown flits across his lips in a show of compassion. "A shame; the tarts rival those of even Belhalla's confectioners."

For a moment longer, Julius lingers around Ishtar to ensure that she is comfortable, and perhaps to assuage his own concerns that she would disappear into the realm of dreams he had been so quick to dismiss the moment he turns his back. After all, the sensations in Rusalka had felt as real as waking life, and now cast all the happiness his fiancee's reappearance could bring him in a shade of doubt. He smiles, and for once it's neither crooked nor smirking, to safeguard the moment from fragility.

"Wait here. I will have an order placed shortly." He does not ask after what she would like, nor if she was hungry at all, assuming - as he always did - that she would be more than content with anything he selected. Surreptitiously, he checks his coin pouch once he's turned toward the shop and finds its contents lighter than he had thought. Nevertheless, he would spend it all on Ishtar without a shred of regret.

After a few minutes, Julius returns with a server in tow. The young woman swiftly and silently sets a tower of pastries, tarts, and and finger sandwiches on the table, alongside a full tea tray loaded with add-ons like fresh honeycomb, sugar cubes, sprigs of mint, and lemon slices. Julius nods with approval to dismiss her, and the woman excuses herself with a polite bow.

"You will not be disappointed by any of this, Ishtar," Julius promises as he takes his seat across the table, beaming over the spread he had spent nearly the last of his gold on.

#mjolnirsrequiem #thread : across the river styx #// also sorry for the delay! #// was in one of those 'I hate everything I've ever written' moods that's a symptom of being a writer #// ended up making a new post with beta editor since you were having trouble reblogging

[nightmaresonelmstreet]

Just finished those across the river and all i have to say about it is: mustard gas?!?!?!???????

#those across the river

[the-yearning-astronaut]

End of Last week: a foot of snow on the ground, more in some places, after a week straight of wet winter storms. Temperatures didn't get above 45.

Last two days: temperatures in the upper 70s, windy and sunny

Tomorrow: rain and snow, 45

My joints are killing me rn. I can't handle the rapidly fluctuating temperatures and air pressures anymore 🥲

#its mid April and i can't believe the last two days were the first days above 70 this year #next week is almost entirely in the low to mid 60s #those are march temperatures #im not complaining tho #those temps are easiest for me to handle #plus we have had a record breaking winter this year (900+ inches of snow in some areas of the moutains) #and our rivers are.... absurdly deep already and the runoff has only just started #the slower the temps increase the slower the snow will melt and the less likely the entire state will flood lmao #with the weather patterns shifting tho we're supposed to be in for a wet summer too #and while we've been desperately needing water for years now #this has been way too much way too fast #im very worried #ive got a basement bedroom and my house is situated below a canal and across from the river and above an underground spring #so not ideal lmao #chronic pain #weather #fox thoughts

[good-night-space-kid]

From the perspective of someone with a good understanding of sustainability and how agriculture works, some of the things people claim as “eco friendly” are so insane

#I’m nearly every case the most eco friendly option is looking as local as you can #eating vegan isn’t inherently better #I live in the upper Midwest okay #eating locally grown beef is far more sustainable than depending on fruits and vegetables and grains that have to be important from halfway #across the world #and I don’t know why it’s so hard for people to understand that #additionally those water charts are neat and all #but irrigating strawberries for months is different than letting a cow drink out of a stream or even giving it water from a hose #a local cow for me is getting filtered river water from an environment that can handle that water being used for something other than nature #anyways. many thoughts about performative and uninformed sustainability that people follow blindly