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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 1 day

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i just finished reading infinity alchemist by kacen callendar and boy oh boy, i loved this book, i think it has high potential to become a new big popular series, it just came out in february but i saw a lot of two star reviews on goodreads, mostly from people who flat out state that they didnt finish the book (which, for me, means you dont get an opinion on it) and as someone who actually did read the whole thing, i very much recommend it,

basically everyone is capable of alchemy on some level but some are better then others and in order to do the cool stuff, you need a license, but its a rigged system, so ash learns in secret instead, he meets ramsey, a deal is struck, hijinks ensue, theres trouble and danger, some people die, some people are saved, callum is a steady hand, and the book ends leaving you wondering

its what i feel to be a true young adult book, touching on adult themes without being explict, ie fade to black moments, or dancing around it, ie velvet wrapped steel,

theres a lot of good representation in the book between race, sexuality, and gender and none of it felt forced or shoved in my face, i did know it was likely polyam going in and i fear that mightve been a sort of turn off for some people

a lot of complaints i saw were about pacing issues and how it wrapped up too easily and i think thats quickly dissolved when you know theres a second book in the works because yes the big bad was dealt with, crisis averted, etc. but you get that bigger, badder vibe at the end, hinting at the next book i assume, so, not everything Did wrap up easily,

the magic system was fairly easy to follow but i do wish we had spent more time with ash learning because i thought it was interesting but i also think it would help readers understand some things more

there was a map and a list of the houses and what they do, ie guards vs merchants, but, like above, i wish there was also a list of the alchemy tiers because all i mainly caught about the tier system was the higher the level, the harder the magic and the more regulated it gets and then that ash can do tier four no problem, i want to know how many tiers there are and what exactly is in each one

all in all, this was not a perfect book but it was still a very good one, and, from my understanding, the authors introduction to ya fantasy, id give it a strong 9.8/10 because there are definitely things missing that i feel wouldnt strengthened the story but as far as a first book goes, regardless of genre introduction, i think it did very well, and ive read far worse books with far higher goodreads scores

mildly unimportant but i did see similarities between ash woods and simon snow which i thought were cool, kacen mightve taken inspiration (i truly have no idea) and that might bother some people but it was still fun for me to see

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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 2 months

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sos yall im currently in the library with a group to work on this class project and i have literally no idea what to do for my part

#it is a yes or no question #how i am supposed to find 5 minutes worth of information?

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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 2 months

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what were you doing at age 12? where were you? hanging off a wall?

sjp.columbia: Having to constantly post graphic images of mutilated and dead Palestinian bodies in order to prove Palestinian suffering has made us realize the extent to which this racist dehumanization persists — where even thousands of pictures of dead Palestinian children are not enough for the Western world to step up and condemn genocide. This photo of Sidra Hassouna has been haunting us since we saw it upon the Israeli bombardment of Rafah.

It is hard to adequately express the whiplash we face when people complain about protests inconveniencing them when, just an hour before a protest, we are staring at these images. We often wonder if everyone is seeing the same news as us. How is it possible to view an image like this and continue to stay silent?

Say her name. Palestinians are not collateral damage. Palestinians are not numbers. Palestinians are humans who deserve to live, dream, and laugh. Rest in peace, Sidra Hassouna.

La hawla wa la quata illa billah

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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 2 months

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many years ago me and best friend were traipsing around the local history museum . the museum had a long overlooked mummy room on the third floor

the sarcophagus on display was open, the elaborate lid hanging a foot above the casket to barely reveal the mummy inside, like;

and bestfriend said, Sometimes they wrote messages under the lid for the Dead to read ,

and she laid down on the dirty museum carpet next to the glass case , patting the ground next to her for me to follow suit . sure enough, the underside of the casket lid was covered in inked characters , a brochure of directions to the afterlife in case they woke up all organless and confused

someone else wandered in to the little mummy room and asked if we were ok. she said, Come check this out. so he laid down on the other side.

i crossed my arms over my chest , and so did they . four bodies , seeing a message intended for one; we love you, we miss you, we hope you find your way

#sobbing

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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 4 months

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ive only had the naturals for a day and a half now but if anything happened to them, id kill everyone in this room and then myself

#the naturals #jennifer lynn barnes #cassie hobbes #dean redding #michael townsend #sloane tavish #lia zhang #b99 quote

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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 4 months

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totally off topic but the us military is allowed and able to pull every single file on you that they can and if there is even an inkling of mental illness, you are barred from serving unless you choose to undergo a tiresome series of steps for them to bypass it

this is called genesis and has been decimating us military recruitment

#i find it kinda funny #us military #genesis #its somewhere around a full year since this has been operational #they are down thousands of recruits because of this

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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 4 months

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when are we getting a song thats just hoziers screams

#who we are #northern attitude #for example #i just need a compilation of all his screams #hozier #i know other people want it to #i dont know how to separate audio #but someone does #please #give us what we want #hozier screams

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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 4 months

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petition to make neoni the main voice of the forth wing tv show like how ruelle is to the shadowhunters show

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thoughts-of-the-unheard · 4 months

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im taking two winter classes rn but my computer and the school system are not coalescing atm, i emailed my two professors explaining that they arent friends and that im currently working off of my phone so if something is formatted weird or smth thats why and if something is ever off to lmk and ill try to fix it but that this is where i am right now

two professors, two very different responses

the one tells me that its aok, thanks for letting him know, hopefully there wont be any problems but if i ever need an extension to let him know

the other tells me i should consider dropping the class

both of these classes are bs freshman classes that i have to take to graduate and just have not gotten the chance to do so yet, right off the bat i am against the second professor, i will be doing only the bare minimum to pass and i can only hope that my work will translate my rage

#this is why people hate college

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