woman of letters, occasional hot mess

K, last of the classically trained tumblrinas

[splhcb48]

someone linked me an interview where Irina’s actress Agnes O’Casey confirmed she is in love with Tanya and I don’t know how it’ll pan out but man after episode 3 Irina you’re down BAAAD. I’m working on a gifset of Tanya so be on the lookout for that.

OMG, I NEED the link to this interview!!

And, like, I doubt anything will ever come of this because we're still talking about the USSR in the '70s, but Irina is sooo smitten with Tanya already, and it's only episode three 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️ Glad to know she was just as unhinged in her 20s as she is in her 50s 😭

Looking forward to that gifset!!

[timrousbeastie]

This one?

“She spent hours of her life listening to her and she’s fallen in love with her,” O’Casey says “She's so lovable. She's everything Irina's not.”

Apple TV's smartest sci-fi show is officially pivoting into the conspiracy-thriller genre

Star City brings KGB intrigue to For All Mankind

Bonus Lyudmilla-Irina commentary:

“They are in such a strange relationship where they find each other alluring and fascinating,” Martin says. “With Lyudmilla, there's the control and treating [Irina] like her toy or her pet, but then valuing her as well at the same time, or valuing the potential of her.”

[gobloggirl]

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[kittybunprincess]

"I could fix her" well actually I like evil women and I'll let her commit crimes in the name of love

[thenwedied]

Uh oh! Daddy's younger boss yelled at him today. GO BACK 3 SPACES.

Widow's Bay | Episode 2 - Lodging

[justcallmedom31]

These are so beautiful.

Credit goes to the wonderful artist: ChibiGreen

[justcallmedom31]

Oh my gosh, i found more beauties!!

Credit once again goes to the wonderful artist: ChibiGreen

[machine-unlearning]

My casino has new top-of-the-line technology to stop heists: a montage detector. If those bastards want to break in and steal my money, they’re doing it as part of one, long take

[littlegirlinvisible]

HAPPY PRIDE! 🌈

Interview with the Vampire (2022 —)

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 2 days 7 hours

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 2 days 7 hours

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 2 days 7 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[voidthing]

happy month, fellow slurs.

[lioncourtz]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT poster in NYC x

[jerreeeeeee]

not every mutual fits neatly into an archetypal medievalism but there are some mutuals that im like yeah addressing you as “my liege” would come strangely naturally

[jerreeeeeee]

what mutual is prev

my liege lord

my loyal knight

my wise wizard

my evil advisor

my brother in arms

my lady muse

my wild mermaid friend

my fellow alchemist

my dashing rapscallion

my monstrous foe

Voting ended onJun 6

[commodoresays]

🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️Happy Pride! 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈

[ephemeral-winter]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

new diana taverner/jackson lamb fic just dropped!!!!! thank you to @chainofclovers for the prompt ("pastimes for train rides") and everyone else welcome to the night train between berlin and frankfurt 🫡

[bedannibal-lectaurier]

Last line tag game

Rules: Post the last line you wrote and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you want).

tagged by @cartwrong, also in the trenches of the Slow Horses big bang. Have a snippet from mine...young!Jackson being so normal about young!Diana

If she wanted to sharpen her feminine wiles on him, fine, he’d let her practice.

casually no pressure tagging @bedeliainwonderland @celta-diabolica @groovebunker @ephemeral-winter @gayalfredprufrock @featherxquill @naturaliseme

[fa3ryb0t]

goodbye straight people

[blessyouhawkeye]

forever thinking about that girl at my uni orientation who, after being told to pour out her water bottle before entering an event, looked at me and said "they tell us to stay hydrated and then make us pour out our water, this is like totally kafkaesque" and then poured out what was very obviously an entire water bottle full of whiskey. hope she's doing well.