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* One take on Seattle last year was that 'Brandon Montour isn't scoring much, or getting any hatties, because the people he plays with suck' There was a lot of 'someone save Monty from being stuck in Seattle' talk.

The team just disclosed some BTS on the team last year and, turns out, Monty had a foot injury the whole season. His low production was blamed on everyone on the team but him, and it turns out that for like 6 weeks they couldn't even lace his skate due to how thick the bandaging was, and he was just playing through it.

Outside of some public practices, he didn't even practice with the team. Basically, if there wasn't a camera on him he didn't touch the ice. Of course his teammates had trouble passing to him at the right time, or knowing what passes he can take/convert, he had to skip almost every practice the entire season.

They say that he and Canner are both healthy now, but both were skating injured *all last season*. If everyone really is healthy, that would be huge for us. I'd love to see them both at full power.

Everyone clocked Canner's injury, but all the takes on Monty were 'he can't thrive because he's held back by this team'

For context, Monty is an extremely good offensive defenseman and him having signed with us in UFA is a big deal. He has one of the fastest shots in the league and has hoisted the Stanley Cup.

My take on him had been that his commit level was insane, but he always seemed to be kind of playing a slightly different game than everyone else, taking positions that seemed to confuse the other players. And yeah, that tracks. What I had backward was that I thought they should be taking cues from him, letting him QB plays, and it sounds like the problem was more him not being able to click with them.

* Other news out of Seattle's preseason is that Matty has decided to adopt not one, but two other players, and they'll be living together.

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siria

I'm going to be an auntie again! Number Four should arrive around Easter next year. Quite exciting.

( August & Ebony )

( Coyote vs. Acme )

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Title: spot the dog
Fandom: Spot – Eric Hill
Rating:
Content notes: pure childhood nostalgia
Artist notes: All images are from an image search of Eric Hill’s Spot children’s books with AI results turned off by default.
Summary: 5 icons

( Is he behind the door? )

selenak

Because I had to cross the Atlantic twice within a week, I watched a lot of movies in the flight-friendly format. To wit:

( Hamnet, or: Parental Grief in Elizabethan Costume… )

( Wuthering Heights, or: If D.H. Lawrence had written Bronte fanfiction )

( Fatherland: Mann family drama meets post war German devastation )

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: on the road

tielan

Today I gotta clear out the bedroom, because I'm going to visit the stepbro and fam from tomorrow to Friday.

Unfortunately, I spend most of the Wednesday and the Friday travelling, which is actually a very bad use of my time. Unfortunately I didn't think of this when I arranged this trip. *sigh*

Anyway, I changed the sheets on Sunday (crazy heatwave, but I needed to move from flannel sheets to regular cotton) and begin sorting through the winter/summer clothing. I need to drop a bunch of clothes off at the local goodwill, or possibly one of those companies that offer suits to women who are just starting up in the workforce. Lord knows I'm probably not going to need those suits again. Not to mention: I'm not going to fit into them again.

Need to look up what the weather is due to be like in the places I'm going and adjust accordingly. I think the start and finish will be much similar latitude, but the middle is going to be quite a bit further north than those, so it will probably be colder. So I'll need more and better layers.

The knee is an issue still, though, so travelling with a heavy suitcase is out. Ugh.

--

I'm trying to get stuff done in the garden right now - we're looking at a crazy hot summer, and I've planted things out into pots and have watering systems in place, but how well they work through the endless late-20s days we're going to be seeing in October, I don't know. And whether I manage to get everything in, some things are still likely to die.

--

I'm struggling in AtlA fandom: although I have stories that I've started, and tales that I want to tell, I'm just second guessing myself with every word I write. So maybe it's not the fandom, maybe it's just me right now and not being able to string a handful of words together. I swear I had better words and the ability to put them together ten years ago.

--

Speaking of which. Been seeing a doc about the tests for perimenopause; based on her judgement, yes, we're in it. The knees are still not happy, the sleep is all over the place, I'm forgetting the words I'm looking for like I've been handed a bucket of blanks.

I'm getting tests done right, left, and centre, to establish baselines, but I don't think we're going to manage anything until after I come back. Which is a pity. I could do with some HRT before I step off into the great unknown. (Moderately unknown? IDEK)

But that's the long and short of my life. Mostly long.

And I'm really really tired because I'm just not getting enough sleep.

sonofgodzilla

Title: Neat Trick
Universe: Power Rangers Unlimited
Character(s): Trini Kwan/Elizabeth "Z." Delgado
Rating: 18
Warnings: N/A
Summary: ‘I know this neat trick.’ The other woman had lifted her glass and winked, but Trini was already ahead of her, and sufficiently drunk enough to think it was a good idea.
Length: 735 words
Author's Notes: I like heist stories because I always assume they end in epilogues like this. Yester-day, I read an issue of the new mostly milquetoast Power Rangers comic because I like heists so much, and whilst I didn't think the story really went anywhere—it felt like throughout the whole issue, the authors were asking, "Well what do you you want to see happen?" I was fascinated by the scene featuring Trini and the Jasmine character from Dekaranger at the bar. I really like heists and I really like middle aged women asking themselves what it takes to not even find forgiveness but just maybe feel a little better. So here we are. I also realised that maybe I was away for too long as I forgot we don't really sell cigarettes in vending machines in the West anymore. also: external link .

PRMSMF!

( Neat Trick )

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: somewhere
Current Music: 島宮えい子 - 愛の歌

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https://xkcd.com/3301/

The sun and the moon appear the same size in the sky, even though in real life the sun is more than twice as big. Some call this lucky alignment coincidence; others say it's proof that sometimes things can be the same size.

https://xkcd.com/3301/

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petra

There once was a bald Illinoisan (253 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Victoria Metcalf, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Stella Kowalski/Ray Vecchio
Characters: Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser, Victoria Metcalf, Ray Kowalski, Stella Kowalski (due South)
Additional Tags: Limericks, Limerick Cycle, Poetry, Benton Fraser Swings Both Rays, Stella Kowalski Swings Both Rays, OT4, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
Summary:

In which the course of true love does not immediately run smooth, but everything eventually works out for the best.

Current Mood: i <3 rhymezone
Current Music: Oh, you speak to me in riddles / And you speak to me in rhymes

bluapapilio

[Previous]

Chapter 22: Chigusa getting bonked for saying Rakan's scream was cute. 😆 And Touji being clueless about horror and snakes.

So curious where that water snake came. The Mitama-sama it was looking for is the one near Narushige's home, the one his sister just ran into.

Narushige's mother sacrificed him to Mitama when he was little but it didn't kill him.

Another big snake?!

Chapter 23: I like how the group have learned bits of English from Rakan, except Touji who's like 'huh?' every time it's used.

Narushige fully realizing his mother sacrificed him and sent him away... Rakan's words to comfort him are so sweet. T_T And Chigusa coming in after to join in. xD

The snakes are so fascinating...just what is their origin??

Chapter 24: Chigusa forgot his emotions but being with Rakan makes him so happy. 🥹

Oh, a spirit who remembers Chigusa? :O

Extra: Chigusa finally got to taker a bath with Rakan.

Chapter 25: Rakan digging himself a hole telling Chigusa he must be faithful to one person. X'D

The story about Chigusa's ancestor was sad...

Chapter 26: Rakan to Chigusa: "From now onward, I'll let you see even more beautiful things of all kinds."

Chigusa: 'I think the most beautiful, most pleasing of all, are Rakan's eyes when he looks at me.'

🥹🥰

Chapter 27: Aw, Rakan panicking over the idea of the others getting girlfriends and Chigusa freaking out over Rakan's attitude. And then he thinks Rakan wants to go home and goes into his dream.

Chapter 28: I like how Rakan spotted Chigusa just as he was thinking it's strange how he could never choose a girl to go out with.

Chigusa apologized for taking Rakan away, who says there's nothing for him to be sorry for, he chose him and the others.

Chapter 29: What kind of 'strange dreams' is Rakan afraid Chigusa will see?

"I won't ever leave you, so you can relax. Feel free to like me too!" -Rakan to Chigusa lol famous last words before Chigusa becomes even clingier

Chapter 30: Kinrei finds a really old room underground with a book of old prophecies just like the the Prince's, and a snake named Unoana which he turned into his minion.

We have a new companion, one of Karaku's 'birds'!

Chigusa telling Rakan he's going to give all of himself to Rakan, oh my. :') And Rakan thinking how much of a pretty boy he is lol. I love how Rakan ended up accepting and how the other two guys are always stuck listening in.

All Chigusa wants to do is hold Rakan until he falls asleep, what's so wrong with that huh?!

Current Mood: satisfied

petra

The Human brain is actually the forebrain and the hindbrain, from the earliest stages of development. So are many, many, many other animals' brains.

Venus may have had a moon.

Current Music: All we wanna do is eat your brains -- we're not unreasonable

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Escape from the Island of the Rat Queen by Phil Folgio and Kaja Folgio

Book 23 of Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius!

Spoilers ahead for earlier books.

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Title: Breaking & Fixing
Fandom(s): Heated Rivalry (TLG)
Relationships: Ilya Rozanov/Shane Hollander
Tags: Established Relationships Post The Long Game, Ilya Fixes Shit
Rating: R
Warnings: Slurs
Summary: Shane breaks more and more, until Ilya finally sees it and fixes everything.
Word Count: 5,477

( Breaking & Fixing )

bluapapilio

"Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru /
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window"

Previous: Volume 4

Yamashita Tomoko, 2016

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Summary: Cool and composed no matter what he’s faced with, Detective Hanzawa Hiroki has a unique ability to sniff out crime. He also possesses a deep skepticism not only of supernatural phenomena but also of his fellow human beings—a power of disbelief strongly attractive to exorcist Rihito Hiyakawa. Hanzawa is also the only person who knows about Hiyakawa’s horrific past, and he’s starting to suspect it might be tied to their current case.

My comments: Keeping what Mikado said in mind previously, Hiyakawa has changed is method to 'recycling' instead of 'polluting' with curses.

Someone from Hanzawa's past comes back into his life, and through her, we see his past with a younger Hiyakawa.

We get a case where Mukae and Hiyakawa work together, after which Mukae said he would sacrifice Hiyakawa in a heartbeat to save Mikado but would walk away from Mikado if he couldn't separate himself from Hiyakawa.

Hanzawa has a run-in with Erika and his wife gets hurt. T_T I wonder how things will end with Erika, yes she's being used but she is directly responsible for heinous acts.

We find out that Hiyakawa used to be in the 'Teachings of the Hand of Light', the group Erika. He grew up in it and it explains so much why he is the way he is.

"When you don't have the words, you can't think. But now...like this...the words I learn unravel my memories. For the first time, I understand the meaning of my memories of the past. What...was done to me. What I did. What I thought. I understand it all now."

"I suffered...and I broke. Because...I was already broken."

He was worshiped as 'the Lord' because of his powers, kept in a white room and refused his mom or the food he wanted, forced to cure people even though he suffered for it. During this time, he's told that 'Fate' means carving away your own self for others and that's special. 'You have what other people don't.' From then on he was searching for his fate that will 'help him with his thing".

Quite an interesting volume for learning more about Hiyakawa!

Content warnings: Cult, mass deaths

Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Drama: 🎭🎭🎭 | Humor: ⭐️

My rating: 9.5/10

rachelmanija

Charlie, a low-level BookToker, is invited to join five female influencers on a luxury yacht, where they'll all live together and advertise both the yacht and their own brands. The yacht is semi-beached on a private, uninhabited island. (By semi-beached, I mean it's on giant, semi-movable posts so it's basically dangling above the water like a cocktail sausage on toothpicks.) Charlie, who is mourning the drowning death of her ex-best friend/roommate who wrote a phenomenally best-selling romantasy about sexy mermaids hilariously titled A Song of Scales and Salt, reluctantly accepts. Once she gets on the yacht, she's weirded out by the vaguely cultish vibes and the DROWNED GHOST THAT KEEPS HAUNTING HER, but not enough to leave. Then a storm blows up, they all get trapped on the yacht with their billionaire boss, and someone dies!

This novel has a fun premise and a solid start, but ended up being overly predictable and far too repetitive. The ghost element never felt completely integrated - it felt like two different types of thrillers stuck together. Charlie kept mentally rehashing and rehashing the same points, which was both tedious and made the story even more predictable than it already was.

It was completely obvious that ( Read more... )

I very much enjoyed Schaefer's Trad Wife, which also had issues with repetitiveness early on, but was pure wild fun once the action got going. The Last Time We Drowned is much more conventional, to its detriment. I didn't hate it but it wasn't memorable - something no one will ever say about Trad Wife.

olivermoss

A24 intends to make another 'internet story' film, but this time they are after SCP. The SCP Foundation allows derivative works under a specific license, which A24 does not intend to abide by.

SCP Foundation statement on the film.

Just because content is put out on the internet for free, doesn't mean people can steal it. I don't know how enforceable the licensing is or if there are other factors that should be considered. None of the people I follow are covering this situation, but I just wanted to point at this as an ongoing situation that exists.

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Fandom: The Lord of the Rings RPF
Pairings/Characters: Viggo Mortensen/Orlando Bloom
Rating: Explicit
Length: 43.016
Creator Links: Salix on AO3
Theme: Mentors and protégés

Summary: Orli is curious... and you know what they say about curiosity and the cat. Luckily Viggo is around to help.

Reccer's Notes: This is a canon story taking place during the filming of The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand. In this, Orlando - who figures himself to be straight - wonders what it might be like to kiss a guy. But not any guy, mind you - it has to be someone special! So, embark on this journey with Orlando and watch Viggo teach him how to properly be gay. See how the term ViggoKisses (TM) was coined and observe how somehow feelings get added to the mix. So, in short: Come for the humour and the sexy shenanigans and stay for declarations of love!

Fanwork Links: AO3

bluapapilio

Used my manga TBR boardgame.

I read 21/21 on my last challenge.

Avatar:

Eroica
Skill: Re-roll dice once

Roll #1:

A 3, prompt: historical romance - Marriage of Convenience.

Roll #2:

Another 3...mystery historical. Not historical again geeeze this happened on the last board. :[ Golden Kamuy.

Roll #3:

A 4, prompt: cover features blue - Kingdom of Innocence.

Roll #4:

A 3 and the CR tile: 4x50 is Yuureitou.

Roll #5:

Another 3, prompt: doctors/etc - Blue Exorcist.

Roll #6:

A 1 and the trap tile, prompt: horror element - Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru.

Roll #7:

Went back and rolled a 3, prompt: romance drama - Akuyaku Reijou desuga, Shiawase ni Nattemesemasu wa!.

Roll #8:

A 1, prompt: transported to another world - Silver Diamond.

Roll #9:

Another 1, prompt: mystery drama - Natsume Yuujinchou.

Roll #10:

A 4. prompt: sci-fi fantasy - Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei.

Roll #11:

A 5 and the TBR tile. 71x41 is Silky Secrets. Man I did not need another long BL...

Roll #12:

A 4 and the CR tile. 1x9 is B-Eyes.

Roll #13:

A 6, prompt: action romance - Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun.

Roll #14:

A 2 and the TBR tile again... 36x38 is Kimi to Ikirareru Nara Shindemo Ii.

Roll #15:

A 4 and the CR tile, we're just going back and forth between them at this rate. 3x10 is My Food Looks Very Cute.

Roll #16:

A 5 and the end, reward is GACHIAKUTA.

~Manga TBR List~

[Drama/Romance] Marriage of Convenience ✔️
[Historical/Action] Golden Kamuy ✔️
[Fantasy/Romance] Kingdom of Innocence ✔️
[Historical/Mystery] Yuureitou ✔️
[Action/Fantasy] Blue Exorcist ✔️
[BL/Horror] Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru ✔️
[Villainess] Akuyaku Reijou desuga, Shiawase ni Nattemesemasu wa! ✔️
[Fantasy] Silver Diamond ✔️
[Fantasy/Slice of Life] Natsume Yuujinchou ✔️
[GL/Fantasy] Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei ✔️
[BL/Romance] Silky Secrets ✔️
[Action/Drama] B-Eyes ✔️
[Supernatural/School Life] Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun ✔️
[BL/Romance] Kimi to Ikirareru Nara Shindemo Ii
[GL/Fantasy] My Food Looks Very Cute
[Action/Fantasy] GACHIAKUTA

x6 shoujo/josei, x5 shounen/seinen, x3 BL, x2 GL

bluapapilio

For my manga TBR challenge

I read Marriage of Conveience, ch. 14-15.

Read ch. 1-3 of Love Tractor.

Read ch. 29 of Silver Diamond!

Read ch. 34 of Shugo Chara!.

Read ch. 34-37 of Love on Hold.

I read ch. 29 of Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru!

Read ch. 36 of Witch Hat Atelier.

Read ch. 13-16 of Kingdom of Innocence.

Read ch. 20 of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun.

Read ch. 8-14 of Dreadful Night.

Read ch. 8 of Mosspaca Advertising Department.

Read ch. 186 of Golden Kamuy.

Read ch. 14 of Time Traveled to Meet You.

Read ch. 27 of Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei.

Read Boku no Tsugai wa Thoroughbred Ω, rated it 8/10!.

Read ch. 51 of GACHIAKUTA.

Finished volume 4-5 of BASARA!

Read From Eroica with Love: Trojan Horse Part 1.

Finished Touken Ranbu Anthology ~SquEni Formation~, rated it 7.5 overall.

Read Sora no Kakera, rated it 5/5!!

Read ch. 46 of Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Hen

I've got it under control!

Is that why everything's on fire?

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