Blushing Ambition

This blog is a hot mess.

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Blackwater (Red Dead Redemption 2 AU) || Artwork by @moncuries

“We ain’t even on a first name basis and already you’re poking into my life.” He gave him the kind of smile that if Arthur had a daughter and John came to his doorstep looking for her, he’d greet him with a shotgun. All trouble and not worth any of it. “I’m not the mystery you’re being paid to solve.” Arthur shrugged. “I’m always open to extra work.”

A month ago I finished writing Blackwater. To celebrate, I wanted share these lovely pieces commissioned a few years ago as a gift that captures the premise of the story: Private Investigator Morgan trying to solve a murder while his newest client turns his life upside-down.

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Blackwater: Some Years Later (Chapter 34 | Epilogue)

No stranger to driving at gunpoint, Arthur rested his arm along the window and watched the moonlight chase the darkness over the blackened rooftops. A smooth turn onto Wakhanknee brought Chinese and English signs competing for attention; their neon greens and reds bled out into the night. Lively cabarets and 24-hour restaurants had folks in their finest trapped alongside tourists in wraparound lines. Horns blared but jaywalkers ignored every scolding. Not Arthur though. He could navigate these streets and any obstacle Blackwater put in his way with his eyes closed.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20099890/chapters/219454991

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by Gaspar Uhas

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hide and seek

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Hunt's Mesa, Monument Valley by Bousure

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Yamalo-Nenets, Russia by Kamil Nureyev

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Blackwater: The Other Way (Chapter 33)

Summary: In a race against time and those who wish him and his loved ones harm, John Marston will stop at nothing to rescue his family. [ x ]

Make no mistake, John Marston was no city boy but part of him died when Blackwater slipped out of sight and into memory. As the skyscrapers and the last of the houses were lost, they took the life two no-good-but-determined-to-be-better fools had built with their desperate hands. Abigail teasing him over their morning coffee. Afternoons at the park full of Jack’s laughter. Late nights with Uncle making sure Beecher’s Hope ran smooth. The years had been few but they had pieced together a life torn by violence, leaving him less of a patchwork and closer to a human being. But that sort of a life weren’t meant for the likes of him. John tore his bloodshot gaze from the rear-view mirror and tried to focus on the road ahead, not the one he was leaving behind. Don’t look back. Son of a bitch. As if John could do anything but that.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20099890/chapters/179751166

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Monument Valley, Utah by Radek Skrzypczak

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Lupins at midnight, Iceland by Nigel Danson

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by Tatiana Schchepotina

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by Masatsugu Arai

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Summertimenoir's 1k followers celebration - My top 10 Old Hollywood actresses

1. Greta Garbo

There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.

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GRETA GARBO & ROBERT TAYLOR in CAMILLE — 1936, dir. George Cukor

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Greta Garbo in Anna Christie (1930) directed by Clarence Brown

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greta garbo