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“It dropped so low in my regard...”
by Emily Dickinson
It dropped so low in my regard I heard it hit the ground, And go to pieces on the stones At the bottom of my mind;
Yet blamed the fate that fractured, less Than I reviled myself For entertaining plated wares Upon my silver shelf.
“Note to self: You’ve gotta do this for you. This is for you. This isn’t about anybody. Live for you. Honor you. Never lose sight of that.”
— Unknown
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I can’t wait for Elain’s plot WITH Nuala & Cerridwen in ACOTAR 6-8. They have been hanging around in the background for way too long… just like Elain has. 🩷💙
Hélène Cixous, from her novel titled "Inside," originally published in 1986
Everybody including Rhys: Az can't move on from Mor. He's probably looking for a distraction in Elain. He should use a pleasure house.
Az, in a room full of Mor and Elain: *looks to Elain, moves towards her, greets her, helps her with domestic chores, makes her smile*
Az when she laughs: *randomly stops in the doorway to follow it, shares a charged glance with her after, brushes fingers with her in passing when she leaves*
Az when she's defenseless: *shadows leap to her defense, verbally protects her in rooms she doesn't exist in, gives her his most precious weapon to defend herself something that makes him PANIC if he's without it, goes on a suicide mission*
Az when he knows he can't have her: *stares at her headache powder for a YEAR straight, stays closer to exits because it's painful to watch her with someone else, punishes himself by taking long cold flights, can't sleep, moves HOUSES so he can avoid the unbearable pain, damns his centuries long competitive steak at snowball fights because he was too busy throwing rocks at Rhys for forbidding him, has sad eyes because of her, gets rid of the reminder that she rejected him right back because it was too painful*
Az when he's a workaholic and had an early morning the other day: *sits with her until 3 am to listen to her talk about plants and gardens, shows interest in her hobbies*
Az when she exists: *stutters, gets hard just by a neck touch, pleasures himself to the memory of her, thinks about pleasuring her, almost rolls his eyes back at the scent of her arousal, immediately thinks about going down on his knees for her, gets her a gift unique to her and her alone, questions his religion, fought his brother/high lord, went against his nature to not spy on her when he keeps tabs on everyone, finds every excuse to reach for her even tho he knows he doesn't deserve her despite his selfworth issues, stares out the townhouse windows towards her*
July for Loki | Lokabrenna
July for Loki is a concept/idea of taking the month of July to honor Loki originally presented by Galina Krasskova. While I do not support Krasskova and in fact actively avoid her writing as she is a well known bigot and folkish (see here for more on this), I do like the idea of July for Loki and the celebration of the helical rising of Sirius.
Why July?
Loki is a deity of fire and flame and I have always felt his presence closest at the height of summer when the sun blazes like fire in the sky and as someone who lives in the Norther Hemisphere, July and August are when I would consider summer to be at it's hottest. In these months I can feel Loki's excitement and energy, so what better time is there to honor him?
What is Lokabrenna?
Lokabrenna is the Scandinavian name for the star Sirius. It translates to something close to "Loki's Brand" or "Loki's Tourch." Lokebrenna can also be referring to the helical rising of Sirius and is often considered to be the marker of the height of summer's heat.
How to Celebrate
There is no set way to celebrate July for Loki or Lokabrenna. The idea is simply to honor him in someway during this time. Weather that is every day of the month of July or once a week. You can also opt to do just one thing at some point in July to honor and recognize Loki. These things don't need to be huge blots and can be a simple as lighting a tealight candle in his honor or sharing some of your morning coffee with Loki. July for Loki isn't about following some big dramatic tradition. It's only really been around since 2012. It's more about being mindful and taking the time to recognize, spend time with, and honor Loki! That being said, one way you can celebrate is by dedicating Lokabrenna to him.
When is Lokabrenna?
Lokabrenna is a celestial event and therefore doesn't have a set date. In addition the date and time will be different for everyone based on their location on Earth. It generally takes place during in late July/early August.
How to Calculate Your Personal Lokabrenna
I posted about this a few years ago here, but I wanted to share again. For anyone who's interested in finding their personal date for Lokabrenna, I used the info from this post from the Lokean reddit thread, but here are the important instructions: https://in-the-sky.org/ephemeris.php - set type to Any and Object to Sirius and make sure it has your area or a town/city within 50miles/80km of where you live, then find when it changes from "Not observable" -> a time, meaning its observable, e.g. for me it says "05:48 until 05:49", since the heliacal rising is when the star is finally visible after being hidden by the sun for a season, we want the first day it is visible. i set the date for somewhere in July and then selected 100 rows of days and scrolled until i found a time in the "observable" column as mentioned above. (via. r/lokean)
No, no, and NO.
AO3 does not live in “the cloud” because that is other people’s computers, and other people’s computers are vulnerable to censorship.
AO3 is on its own computers. It does still have to be housed somewhere, and I suppose a determined enough hater could try to find that place and go after it, but it’s a lot harder than sending spurious complaints to Amazon or whomever going “BadWrong things are hosted on your cloud service!”
Owning the servers is a core tenet of OTW/AO3.
Warming up a new database server….
When people involved with AO3 talk about “the cost of servers” they don’t mean “the cost to pay Amazon for space on their servers.” They mean, like, the cost to physically own them, and eventually replace them with new ones. And the operating costs to run them.
AO3 is not “in the cloud.” AO3 is stored on physical machines that the OTW owns.
While this is not a solution that can work for everyone who wants to deal with controversial content, it is why AO3ple sneer at alt-righters who complain about getting thrown off hosting platforms.
I Want Us to Own the Goddamned Servers
Because I want us to own the goddamned servers, ok? Because I want a place where we can’t be TOSed and where no one can turn the lights off or try to dictate to us what kind of stories we can tell each other.
AO3 is what a website looks like when you seize the means of production.
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Sisterhood of Spies
In celebration of Nuala and Cerridwen Week, let’s take a look at what the Spy Museum has to say about WWII female spies:
“Explore the shadowy world of espionage and uncover the secret history of female spies whose heroic achievements, courage and strength outshine James Bond. This Sisterhood of Spies are remarkable collection of women who have completed some of the most daring missions in history, using everything in their power to gain information, and risking it all for a cause they believed in.”
Reading about these women really shows how some people reducing Nuala and Cerridwen to mere servants lack knowledge of the work of undercover spies. Most of these women had “regular” jobs. They were performers, dancers, and conductors. Some of them posed as ordinary workers, such as Virginia Hall, who, by posing as a dairy farmer, managed to get an army of French commanders behind enemy lines.
Nuala and Cerridwen were the only ones from Velaris who stayed with Rhys UTM. Why? Because posing as just handmaidens made it convenient for the Night Court to gather information while ensuring no one suspected them.
I’m very excited to see where the story is headed for Nuala, Cerridwen, and Elain. The groundwork for setting up a spy arc is already there, with the twins being trained as spies by Azriel and Elain already acquiring some of the same traits.
Female spy gadget and artifacts
Source: spymuseum.org
