-|life is infinitely stranger|-

#ISMwriting #my+writing | Obiyuki (Obi/Shirayuki) | Melvik (Mel/Viktor)

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

About Me

***Updating my pinned post because:

For the month of October, I will be preparing to write 50k words of a novel in November. Nanowrimo fell off the deep end years ago and is finally no more, but friends and I still do "Nano-cry-mo" in November.

Throughout October, I will be reblogging posts that ask followers to put worldbuilding and writing-related asks in my askbox. Please feel free to send those asks! They will help me prepare to write 50k in November, and I really want to hit that goal this year.

All of those Nano posts will be tagged:

#nanocrymo, #nanocrymo25

Writing

For my written works, search #my writing, #ISMwriting

Ao3 links: infinitelystrangemachinex and infinitelystrangemachine_old (for older works)

My main current fandoms are: -Akagami no Shirayukihime where I ship and write for Obi/Shirayuki (#obiyuki) -Arcane where I ship and write for Mel/Viktor (#melvik) -Kingdom Come Deliverance where I'm currently in the grip of Hans/Henry (#hansry)

[savourygoodness]

Cookbook recommendation: The Vegan Armenian Kitchen by Lena Tashjian

[dreamyintersexpuppy]

we have to stop moralizing the human condition and start jerking each other off while making out

[dreamyintersexpuppy]

I have had so many bad takes on this post and not only is this a breath of fresh air, I’m gonna kiss you for it, you get me

[enki2]

[la-venere]

nothing sexier than that picture with the italian players on top of eachother after the win and the english ones going through the 5 stages of grief in the back

[la-venere]

THIS ONE

[phthalooo]

i can see it

[hamster-is-tired]

ITALIAN MANWHORE SUMMER

[icarus-died-laughing]

always reblog italian manwhore summer

[moldspace]

they have some flowers to give you (more weird vases)

[sophsun1]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 2.17: Passion

[girlrottinginmyroomallday]

[femmepathy]

The mile-long rainbow flag being carried down First Avenue in New York City.

[arcaneasexual]

“For New York City Pride in 1994 (Stonewall 25), Baker created a mile-long rainbow flag that was carried down First Avenue in Manhattan. During the parade, Baker used scissors to cut segments from the flag to be rushed to Fifth Avenue for an impromptu protest march in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the headquarters of New York City’s anti-gay Catholic archdiocese.

^“At the bottom of the image is the segment of the flag cut for the St. Patrick’s Cathedral protest. Photograph by Mick Hicks”

“Gilbert Baker wearing a white sequined dress (right) and other protestors triumphantly march the cut pieces of the mile-long flag past St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Photograph by Charles Beal”

[oneheadtoanother]

[cbk1000]

As a society, we need to go back to understanding that strangers on the internet are, you know, strangers. I feel lately that I'm seeing a rise in 'An author I love blocked me because they took my comment the wrong way' posts on the ao3 subreddit, and then the comment is them calling the author a fucking bitch or something like that.

Don't do this. Tone doesn't translate well in text, and if you don't have a rapport with that author, they are not going to interpret, 'You're a fucking bitch' as, 'Author I hate you for being so talented and making me feel so keenly.' They're going to interpret it as you being an asshole. You can shit talk with your friends because you have an established relationship with them and can distinguish between playful banter and genuine anger. You do not have this with a stranger, no matter how much you like their fics. You will have a much more pleasant time in fandom and not get cockblocked from interacting with your favorite writers if you remember this.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I don't often see comments like these when I'm reading a fic but there have been a few that made me raise an eyebrow#I don't know if I would block over someone calling me a bitch on a fic I wrote but I'd probs try to gently tell them it's not right#coz honestly I feel like this is an issue with younger age groups who are new to reading fics and might not understand fandom culture#or at least I hope it's younger people who simply don't know better 😬#otherwise... yikes

This isn't some esoteric niche aspect of fandom culture, strangers at the potluck also do not like being called a fucking bitch.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

People in the comments like "you just need to add a /pos tone indicator to your comment!": strangers at the potluck do not like being told "You're a bitch!" with a smile and a thumbs up.

[stonegoddex]

what if we admitted to each other that it's not always really romance that we want. What if we admitted that what we're really craving is intimacy and society taught us romance is the only way to get it.

[kcd-cozy-and-soft-fanart]

Food is important, food keeps you alive :)

[ducissatenebrarum]

Walking Egg

Detail

Pieter Brueghel the Elder.

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LOCATIONS — 256/262 — St. Barbara's Cathedral

Construction of the church dedicated to St. Barbara began in 1388, when local wealthy miners, townspeople and patrician families decided that the town needed a representative sanctuary. Intermittent construction and alterations continued until the beginning of the 20th century, fortunately always with sensitivity and respect for the original Gothic style. The Cathedral of St. Barbara is one of the four cathedrals in Bohemia, and the fact that the building was funded by the townspeople and not by the church was later reflected in its unique decoration. The original Gothic paintings depict miners and craftsmen from the smelters in addition to classical church motifs. Later additions such as stained glass windows (added since the early 20th century, with the latest from 2014) depict not only saints, but also figures performing various modern professions. In the game you can find many references to the cathedral from townspeople and guild members, for whom the construction of the cathedral was a matter of prestige. The wealthy competed to immortalise themselves in the decoration through generous sponsorship, including securing specific altars. Space and the number of altars were limited, so only the most generous could leave their mark in history.

TRIVIA

— The decision to build the Church of St. Barbara was influenced not only by the wealth of Kutná Hora, but also by the town's struggle for independence from the nearby Sedlec Monastery. The citizens deliberately chose to build it on land belonging to the Prague Chapter rather than on property belonging to the monastery. Their plans were initially even more ambitious, with plans for a structure twice the size of the existing building.

Construction proceeded in several stages and was closely tied to the fortunes of Kutná Hora's silver mines. The Hussite Wars interrupted work for more than 60 years, during which the church was looted and damaged. When construction resumed in 1481, responsibility passed to prominent architects including Matěj Rejsek, the architect of the Kutná Hora stone fountain. Further progress depended on the income generated by local mining, and as silver production gradually declined, work slowed and eventually stopped altogether in 1558.

Although widely known as St. Barbara's Cathedral, the building was never a bishop's seat and is officially classified as a church rather than a cathedral in the ecclesiastical sense.

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[codex-archive]

LOCATIONS — 258/262 — The Devil's Den

The Devil’s Den is still today one of the smallest settlements in the Kuttenberg region. Unfortunately, no records of its appearance in 1403 have survived, but in the 16th century, the infamous Devil’s tavern stood on its site, where the lowlifes of Kuttenberg often gathered, and which served as a model for our Devil’s Den. The name of the settlement and the tavern comes from a legend, according to which, devils were said to come out of the local mines and fly over Kuttenberg at midnight. They were only driven from their dens by water, which later flooded the mines. We also learn about the dark character of the former inn from the memoirs of Mikuláš Dačický: ‘Michal’, a messenger of the mining authority, killed the innkeeper Št’astný with a spear in the Devil’s tavern near Kuttenberg, where there was a den of rogues and whores. They were fighting over some gloves.’

TRIVIA

— Besides preserving one of the best-known descriptions of the Devil's tavern, Mikuláš Dačický of Heslov remains one of the most interesting figures associated with Kutná Hora. Born into a wealthy armorial townsmen family, he inherited a considerable fortune after the death of his father, which he lived off of. He was sent to the Kladruby cloister in his youth for education, but it did little to dampen his unruly personality. Thanks to that personality, he survives in contemporary sayings such as "You are as wild as Dačický."

At 24 he purchased a house in Kutná Hora to acquire the status of a burgher. Even though he had to sell the house two years later due to financial issues, he retained his infamous status. This reputation was reinforced in 1582, when he killed the nobleman Felix Novohradský of Kolovraty during a duel in a Kutná Hora tavern. The affair led to years of legal disputes, imprisonment and financial losses. Although he later married Alžběta Mládková, the marriage remained childless, and towards the end of his life his fortunes declined together with those of Kutná Hora itself as silver mining started declining.

Despite his controversial life, Dačický dedicated great effort to preserving his family's chronicle. Building on records compiled by several generations of his ancestors, he expanded the work with observations of contemporary events, local traditions and stories circulating among the inhabitants of Kutná Hora. It is precisely due to these efforts that we still have records of the local everyday life, including that one of the Devil's tavern.

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LOCATIONS — 257/262 — Suchdol

The Gothic fortress probably originated in the 13th century, commissioned by one of the Kuttenberg patricians. It had a square layout with the corners facing the cardinal points and was surrounded by walls, a moat and a rampart. From the northeast, the entrance to the fortress was secured by a bridge and a double gate protected by the main tower. Inside the fortress, a single-story palace ran adjacent to the wall, with a smaller tower and a single-story outbuilding. Today, a castle stands on this site, which retains only parts of the perimeter masonry, part of the gate portal and the stone seats on the ground floor of the former tower, as a reminder of the fortress.

TRIVIA

— The coat of arms of Suchdol (deriving from "suchý důl", a dry mine), which the town was granted in 1562 together with its town rights, must have changed some time before the 18th century. While it first depicted a fir tree cut down by a sharpened axe, it later missed the axe entirely, only keeping the broken tree, now with an outstretched branch out of which the top of a new, greening fir tree grows. The little that is known of Suchdol's history is also much shaped by violent conflicts and revivals. The first time the fortress itself appears in records, was in the context of its siege, during Sigismund's campaign against Kutná Hora. Little of this event is known other than that mintmaster Petr of Píšek owned the fortress at that time, and that Markvart of Úlice died here. The siege must have been rather short. The Leipzig Chronicle speaks of the Prague army riding out from their camp near Kolín on the eve of Christmas, and Markvart being shot by an arrow fired from the castle of Suchdol on the Day of St. John the Evangelist, three days later. What happened afterwards is unknown, but since Suchdol remained undamaged and the Píšeks in control, it is likely that they surrendered together with Kutná Hora in January 1403.

From 1545 onwards, Suchdol was owned by the family Popel of Vesec, of whom records say that “when it comes to exuberance, unbridledness and wilfulness, few families could match them”. The first owner, Václav, notorious for drinking and threatening his son in law with death, was killed in a tavern brawl in Kolín in 1547. His younger brother had already been decapitated two years prior for murder. Václav's son Jan was similarly known for drinking, getting himself involved in brawls, stealing carriages full of crops from the surrounding lands or for ambushing his rivals and shooting at them. The latter earned him a prison sentence at the Prague Castle, and with the debts gained through lawsuits and compensations he was forced to sell Suchdol in 1571. After the new owner Jiří Voděradský of Hrušov was executed in 1580 for illegal financial transactions, the fortress and town of Suchdol were heavily damaged in the Thirty Years' War. The fortress fell into full disrepair within the 19th century when it was first used as a sugar factory, then as a granary and warehouse. Since 1925, the castle of Suchdol is owned by the municipality itself, and could be renovated and equipped with a school, apartments, a library and rooms for the municipal office.

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