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Jacob Tierney Adapting ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Gay Hockey Romance Novel for TV

Did not see this coming. Though after the sucess of Red, White & Royal Blue, maybe I should have?

Not sure if this is good for Hockey RPF but we'll see.

rionaleonhart

My gaming partner Tem has been away for a few days, so I've been taking an enforced break from ludicrous child soldier simulator The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.

I was itching for something else to play in the meantime, so I've picked up Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I'm having a really good time with it!

The central concept of Clair Obscur is so interesting. This is the main reason I took an interest in this game; I looked up the central premise and went, 'Huh, that's really unusual and fascinating.' The fact that a lot of people I follow on Dreamwidth are playing and enjoying it definitely helped to recommend it! But just learning the premise was the first thing that tempted me to play this game.

I'll pop the premise behind a short cut, just in case anyone wants to go into this game knowing nothing at all. This cut only contains the basic concept of the game; there's a more spoilery cut further down the post.

( The premise of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. )

I was a little nervous about the battle system, but I'm enjoying it! It's challenging - more than once I've had my party wiped out during a regular enemy encounter - but I'm having fun. I tend not to like games that really expect you to be able to parry with precise timing, but it turns out that's a demand I'm a lot more comfortable with in a turn-based battle system; I only have to focus on parrying during the enemy's turn, rather than having to worry about it all the time.

The scenery is gorgeous. I love how weird and dreamlike the landscapes are. Incredible soundtrack, too.

Major spoilers below the cut! I've just reached the Forgotten Battlefield.

( Spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. )

As a final note: Clair Obscur is perhaps the Frenchest game I've ever played, which is saying something, given that I've played Assassin's Creed: Unity.

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150 | wicked: for good ( TRAILER SPOILERS )

150 icons @ insomniatic.

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20 Natalie Portman icons

conuly

Isn't the moon dark too,
most of the time?

And doesn't the white page
seem unfinished

without the dark stain
of alphabets?

When God demanded light,
he didn't banish darkness.

Instead he invented
ebony and crows

and that small mole
on your left cheekbone.

Or did you mean to ask
"Why are you sad so often?"

Ask the moon.
Ask what it has witnessed.

*****

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conuly

But so it doesn't get lost in the crowd, don't forget about the protest on the 14th!

( Links )

conuly

Ideally something I can get through the NYPL or the Queens Public Library (I haven't yet re-upped my Brooklyn Public Library card. I ought to go do that this weekend or the week after.)

I suppose I should set a good example and rec something to all of you first. Lemme see....

I did recently enjoy both Long Live Evil and How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying!

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Smoke, Season 1 (301-306)
[ taron egerton ]

[ here @

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Taylor Swift
Sabrina Carpenter
Vampire Diaries cast
Fashion/outfits
Summer

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here at yellowrosess

conuly

And I may have noticed that I need something new to listen to.

Now, I've said this before and I'll definitely say it again, but audiodramas are, hands-down, the gayest media I have ever consumed. So, in honor of the occasion, three lists:

The End's collection of LGBTQ+ audiodrama with at least one completed season

A search of Audiofiction.co.uk's entire catalogue for audiodrama with LGBTQ+ creators

A search of Audiofiction.co.uk's entire catalogue for audiodrama with LGBTQ+ characters

conuly

This is the same little squirrel that's been trying to break into my bedroom for the better part of the past ten days. Once it actually got into the house it was immediately chased by a cat and had cause to regret all its life choices.

We removed the cat and opened the front door very wide and absented ourselves from the area, so we think it's gone now.

( Image of the squirrel at my window )

I think it's a baby. Not just because it's so small, but because the other window squirrels will shamelessly stand up or bang on the glass if they think they can catch my eye, but when this one realized I was there it hunkered down very small and actually turned its face away a little.

I hope it's all right now that it's outside where it belongs.

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rionaleonhart

More of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy! I have now completed the route full of bees.

( Notes on The Hundred Line. )

Nineteen endings down; eighty-one to go! We have been playing this game for ninety hours.

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Under a cut for *spoilers*

( cut cut cut )

Check out the rest here. <3

slippery_fish

Hazel's dad died and instead of leaving his house to all of his children, he left it to his daughter alone. And with it, he left her the past, twisted and unknown.

Hazel's relationship with her brothers is complicated, her former best friend avoids her, and Hazel is still haunted by the memories of her mother who left her behind as a child. And then, people start vanishing.

I have a mixed relationship with Megan Miranda's books. Some feel almost mass-produced, others I like a lot. "Daughter of Mine" did work for me. I think it's partly because "mysterious mother" is a trope that works very well for me and also because I really liked the protagonist and the way she tried to face down her troubles with relationships and connections.

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GLINDA & ELPHABA @

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slippery_fish

Random articles:

# How the UK-EU deal turns the page on Brexit – and what happens next
# Pyramids of the Present
# Love spy movies? These iconic London locations play a starring role.
# The Chinese Adoptees Who Were Stolen

Random Vids:

# Hospitality Lessons with Michelle Duggar and Vision Forum
# Ruby Franke & Jodi Hildebrandt Updates
# A Morning With Vivian Wilson, Elon’s Estranged Daughter
# Labrador Falls For A Cat In The Window — So His Mom Adopts Her | The Dodo
# Two Brits try Michelin Street Tacos!
# The Best Korean Restaurant in the World

Random YouTube Accounts that I watched several times this month:

# Korean Englishman

slippery_fish

Thunderbolts* - Ava Starr/John Walker Tangled Fins - "John is always a bad idea."

Song Inspiration: Alela Diane / Suzanne Lyrics / Youtube

conuly

which is a soap opera with many of the trappings of a space opera. Interestingly, the show never comes down with a final opinion on whether or not it's a bad thing for those little planets to get absorbed by the empire/space UN or not - the protagonists mostly feel like it's awful, but almost everybody they meet who isn't from their home planets seems to think that it hardly matters who technically rules the planet so long as somebody does. But most of those people either have no context to claim an informed opinion or are themselves from the PSA, so....

On a different note, I continue to hold the opinion that their deceased friend may have had strong convictions, and he died for his beliefs, and he might even have been as remarkable and amazing as the two protagonists seem to believe, but he also sounds like a lot. Like the sort of person who doesn't want to get a cat because of abstruse concepts of moral philosophy that nobody cares about but him, but who sure is willing to keep arguing about it until they cave from sheer exhaustion, and then presumably keep arguing because they ought to have caved due to agreeing with his position.

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morganmuffle

I've recently finished reading How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan English. It's very interesting and definitely both stretched me (yes I skipped some of the more equation heavy bits) and left me with some things to think about. It also introduced me to this poem called Soonest Mended by John Ashbery which finishes like this:

And you see, both of us were right, though nothing
Has somehow come to nothing; the avatars
Of our conforming to the rules and living
Around the home have made—well, in a sense, “good citizens” of us,
Brushing the teeth and all that, and learning to accept
The charity of the hard moments as they are doled out,
For this is action, this not being sure, this careless
Preparing, sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow,
Making ready to forget, and always coming back
To the mooring of starting out, that day so long ago.

For this is action, this not being sure has absolutely and fully stuck in my head and my heart.

Life continues here - Mum had her 2nd round of chemo today and Dad is going to start a new set of chemo the week after next. I had a full anxiety attack last week with the combination of an exhibition opening at the same time as we were waiting to hear if Dad's treatment had been successful enough to continue or if we were coming to the end of options. Thankfully we're continuing but it was a strong reminder that I need to remember I am not actually okay and sometimes that's going to spill over. Especially when yesterday one of my friends lost her father who was diagnosed at a similar time to mine. Life really does try to attack and this not being sure... sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow seems very correct.

But there are good things too, I had a lovely walk this morning and just finished reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (Murderbot really is a fantastic series).

Current Mood: thoughtful

slippery_fish

18) Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?

Not really. I have Scrivener and I use its inbuild tools when I work on something longer (which I haven't done for a while). It's a great software. And I use some websites for editing like quillbot.

The rest of the questions are here.

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