#hacash

[qqueenofhades]

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I will recommend you Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. A classic for a reason: a child born at the stroke of midnight on India's independence day, 1947, grows up and discovers that not only he but a thousand other "midnight's children" possess magical powers that inevitably alter their fledgling nation's history and destiny. Rushdie is one of the writers that every writer (and reader) should read: there are few who are as dazzlingly technically gifted with language as he is, and even fewer who are so funny. You read him for the sheer erudite pleasure of experiencing what he does with words, his madcap plots, his various musings on postmodern postcolonial magical realism, and everything else that he does (thankfully continuing to do after nearly getting killed a few years ago). So yes.

[violaobanion]

MORGAN SPECTOR as FRANK CAPONE in BOARDWALK EMPIRE (2010-2014)

for @hacash and @thenameisgreed

[goatsandgangsters]

re your recent book meme: I HAVE to ask, is this your first discworld read? because if you're planning to start the discworlds with Guards Guards I am going to lose my mind; as a longtime reader there is clearly no right way of starting the discworld books and they're all amazing but also the Watch are definitely The Best Characters and the best books to start off with.

(also 'The Wood in Midwinter' is gorgeous, would highly recommend)

moooostly yes! though I did very recently decide to Go Big instead of Going Home and broke the discworld seal by reading Monstrous Regiment last month, which I loved 

but Guards Guards would be my first start with a series within discworld. I’m not sure why I picked that one specifically, but now that I think about it, I think it was subconsciously because it’s the one I’ve heard the most about via tumblr over the years? For the longest time, I had that particular anxiety of “I know I’m going to love this thing, which is paradoxically making it hard to start” BUT! Now I’ve overcome that, I Have Started A Little Bit, and I can properly dive into all the rest and I’m excited about it! 

my only hindrance is that the publisher who did the most easily obtainable US versions did Some Fuckshit to Monstrous Regiment that I’m mad about, so now I don’t trust their other US versions / I’m mad at them on principle. so I’m scanning the used book websites for Anyone Who Isn’t HarperCollins Or Their Imprints

(also I’m obsessed with the cover design of The Wood at Midwinter, I’m sure the prose is no doubt equally gorgeous) 

[meyerlansky]

beloved mutual, seeing you liking each one of my rambling tozer posts is becoming a highlight of my terror-tumblr experience 🫡

BELOVED MUTUAL IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO WATCH YOUR DESCENT INTO TOZER HELL one of us gooble gobble etc

he is just. so Much. and i feel like the wider appreciation for him is relatively new! so it's very fun to read your always-excellent meta posts :D

also pour many ones out for tommy hartnell, another perfect boy gone too soon ✊😞

[boasamishipper]

If Nate’s redemption arc in season 3 doesn’t center on him becoming a better, more confident man at West Ham and growing closer to his own band of loveable himbos, then what is even the point  lmao.

Meet my and @hacash‘s OCs from my Natedemption series In The Light You Will Find The Road. Art by the absolutely amazing incomparable @sapphicpumpkin. Mario Bonucci is @hacash‘s invention from her lovely fic The Family Field Trip, which was inspired by my fic For A Minute There I Lost Myself; the rest of the West Ham Himbos (West Hambos?) belong to me. :D 

[image description: a digital drawing of Nate Shelley from the television show Ted Lasso and five fictional players from West Ham United. The players are all wearing West Ham United kits.

In the back row, from left to right:

Rob McClare, #10, striker; a tall, gruff, pale, serious-looking thirty year old man with dark hair, brown eyes and a dark beard.

Gunnar Magnússon, #13, goalkeeper; a very tall and broad-shouldered man in his late twenties with long blond hair in a ponytail, blue eyes and a happy expression. He has his arms over Bonucci and McClare’s shoulders, and is making bunny ears over McClare’s head.

Mario Bonucci, #8, left midfield; a tall, handsome man in his late twenties with dark hair, deep brown eyes, and a Mediterranean complexion. He is leaning into Magnússon’s embrace and smirking directly into the camera like a male model.

In the front row, from left to right:

Luka Višnjić, #37, center forward; a shorter man in his late twenties with short, slightly curly blond hair, blue eyes, and blond stubble. He has a wry, crooked smile and a slightly crooked nose. His arms are crossed over his chest. He is wearing a tiny silver cross on a chain around his neck.

Nate Shelley. He stands confidently, his arms at his sides, with the hint of a smile and his head held high. He is wearing a black suit; the jacket is open, revealing a white shirt and a claret-colored tie.

Natan Roubeni, #21, fullback; a young, handsome man a few inches taller than Višnjić and Nate. He is twenty one years old. He has a broad chest and broad shoulders, short brown hair, big brown eyes, thick dark eyebrows, and brown skin a few shades lighter than Nate’s. He is smiling brightly and waving at the camera with his right hand. He is wearing a gold mezuzah necklace.

End description.]

[myastoners]

(Also if it isn’t too cheeky to ask for two) McHughes & 😇 for the ficlet ask?

"Here, bruv." Isaac drops a box in Colin's lap. "Gift for you."

Colin frowns, looking up from tying his shoelaces. "Gift? It's not my birthday or anything, Isaac."

"I know," Isaac says, his voice booming slightly around the otherwise empty locker room. "Can't I just give you a gift 'cause you're my mate?"

"I mean," Colin splutters, unsure of what to even say. "I mean, you can, but - "

"Christ, Colin," Isaac says. "Would you just open it?"

So Colin opens it.

"Isaac," he breathes. "No, you didn't."

"I did," Isaac says, pride seeping into his voice.

He got Colin the new Jordans he's been admiring for weeks. The ones he told Isaac he'd do anything for; the ones that are really fucking expensive.

And for no reason at all. Not as a reward. Not as incentive for something else. Just because he wanted to - because he knew Colin liked them and he knew it would make Colin happy.

"Well?" Isaac shuffles. "You like 'em or what, bruv?"

Colin sets the box aside, stands up from the bench, throws his arms around Isaac's neck, and kisses him square on the mouth.

Isaac kisses back almost immediately, with such enthusiasm he nearly lifts Colin off his feet. He breaks away long enough to say, "I'm guessing you like them, then."

"Isaac, you bloody angel, of course I like them," Colin says, happy to be wrapped in the arms of his - best friend? Boyfriend? No need to put a label on it just yet, he supposes.

Isaac grins. "Right, good."

And Colin says,

"Now kiss me again, you bloody great teddy bear."

Send me a ship + an emoji and I'll write a ficlet for it!

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

top 5 pieces of media you'd like to consume but haven't yet had the time/motivation/right brain space

well hey, let me just consult with my TBR list that’s currently *checks notes* sixty items long

5. Fucking Trans Women (Mira Bellweather). extra dumb because I’ve wanted to read this since I first heard about it at a conference two years ago and I fully have the entire zine sitting on my desk at work. I printed out the entire thing and even went to the trouble of hole punching it and putting it in a binder to add to the the queer reading resources and yet. and YET. I have not brought myself to read it yet. foolishness. 

4. Bloodchild and Other Stories (Octavia Butler). I love short stories and I love Butler, so truly!! what is the hold up here!! what is my problem!!

3. Docile (K.M. Sparza). it came out and I was like “oh that sounds interesting! I should get to that soon.” And Then I Didn’t. I passed it while I was shelving at work the other day though and read the first few paragraphs, if that counts for anything at all (it doesn’t). 

2. Children of Vengeance and Virtue (Tomi Adeyemi). I read Children of Blood and Bone around December 2018, and then when V&V dropped a year later I just. never got around to it. OOPS. 

1. Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair (Sarah Schulman). granted top billing because I’ve fully started reading this one before but it was in e-book format and I’m not good at e-books even though it was very interesting.

[number5theboy]

for fun, what would be your top 5 hargreeves relationships/interactions to see more of in s3?

YES AN ASK THAT’S NOT EMOTIONAL DEVASTATING LET’S GOOOO.

Allison & Five

Five & Allison

Numbers Three and Five

The Rumour & The Boy

Have I mentioned Allison & Five already??

Okay, jokes aside, we deserve to see more of their dynamic, I really liked the few moments we got in Season 1, and they didn’t interact at all in Season 2!!! I just think they’d be the most kickass dynamic, I love the two of them so much and I just think putting them together would just be so entertaining. They’re both ruthless and caring, they are both rational and usually smart, and also the other siblings would not stand a chance under the combined teasing wits of Allison and Five, so it is my top priority relationship that I need to see in Season 3. But here are the 5 that follow and why I want to see them:

Luther & Klaus We only saw them together when Luther was intoxicated and hungover, I think we deserve to see them sober, also because their two chaotic energies deserve to play off each other. Also Tom Hopper and Robert Sheehan both have impeccable comedic timing and chemistry, and I just really want to see them have a storyline next season, I think Luther’s caring nature could really help Klaus with the pain of Ben’s loss/seeing his brother’s emo version right after losing him forever

Five & Ben & Vanya Okay it’s pretty much impossible for us to get this one with OG!Ben, but the high numbers will always be the dynamic that got away for me, I wish we could have seen them together, as kids, as adults, it doesn’t matter. I love Vanya’s relationship with Five and Ben individually, and I think they could have been the best friendship in the show, if we could have seen it.

Diego & Klaus & Luther / Vanya & Allison & Five Okay, this is just purely to indulge me, but listen. Imagine the pure chaos that would come from Klaus, Diego and Luther going off on their own. We already know Klaus and Diego are an ice-cream-truck-disaster-dynamic, and Luther and Diego are a firework that goes off backwards but is still pretty, I just need them all to bro it out and be beautiful messes together. And it comes in tandem with another dynamic I NEED to see, which is Five and his sisters. We already know that he is soft with Vanya, and from the little we’ve seen from Five and Allison, the two of them vibe, and Vanya and Allison are a dreamteam anyway, so I want to see them all together!! Five deserves to hang out with the other Hargreeves with braincells, and Alison and Vanya deserve to reconnect with him. Also they might take over the world in the process. Accidentally. Love my powerful favourite siblings.

Luther & Ben We barely know anything about their relationship!! Luther thought to ask Klaus about Ben’s opinion before they time-travelled, but that’s about it!! Did they like each other?? Did they not?? Please tell me, I want to know!!

Allison & Ben Okay, this one is only below Luther & Ben because we know that Allison misses Ben, meaning that she loved him, in some way, and he pranked her!! What was their relationship, how did she react to the pranks? Did they read together? Another dynamic I wish we knew more about.

Also, bonus round: Top Five Sibling Relationships That We Have Seen Before But Deserve To See More

Allison & Diego & Five: I LOVED their Scooby Gang excursion in Season 1, and the dynamic has so much: Allison and Five teasing Diego?? Allison and Diego snarking at Five?? Semi-functional shenanigans?? Love and care about each other??? Please I need them back. 

Diego & Allison: in the lead-up to Season 2, I put them down as my favourite familial dynamic. They’re awesome together, their relationship is the most sibling-y out of all the Hargreeves, in my opinion, and them fighting together?? Awesome, beautiful and also hot, can we have more of this?

Klaus & Diego: I think we all want their dumbassery back, and if I were in charge, I would add Luther for maximum chaos, as said before.

Five & Vanya: I feel like by this point it’s cliché to highlight their relationship, but I love it SO much. The entire thing about Five and Vanya is that it’s two people who are failing to reconnect with someone they used to love, but that someone has grown and changed now. Idk, in the first season, Five easily reconnected with his other siblings, and if it was only through sass, but Five and Vanya are quiet and sad and loving and gentle and I adore them so much.

Vanya & Luther & Diego: I liked their moments this season, but also Vanya had amnesia?? I’d love to see them with non-amnesiac Vanya, I think they could be SO much fun together.

Also bonus to the bonus: The Hargreeves Relationship Nobody But Me Wants To See More Of

Five and Reginald: Five’s relationship with Hargreeves is absolutely fascinating to me because it’s very different from all the other siblings’, especially after Season 2, so I’d love to see them together again