How did the weapons in Spearman of Death originate?
This is a wonderful question! Initially, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Kuo Chui, and Chang Cheh witnessed flags being used in a Peking opera performance. Each of them was struck by its beauty when the flag was spinning around. The only problem was that flags are unable to attack people or be used in the manner they were in Flag of Iron. This led to them adding a spearhead onto the tip of the flag, which is how they created the weapons! It was all of their idea to use them.
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Whenever I see people talk about that first kiss between Ed and Stede, I generally get an undercurrent of having to defend it in some way, and it makes me sad. Because I genuinely do think the kiss is perfect for who those characters are, and it's not a case of finding justification for all the choices in that scene after the fact, but rather believing the scene was genuinely designed to be the way it is.
How many times has Stede been kissed romantically? I'm going to guess at most Mary tried a few times without much success. And Ed? I can easily believe that all his experience with kissing is as a statement of intent to fuck very soon. So there's Ed, unused to kissing as an expression of love, putting all his awkward, shy feelings of tenderness into a kiss that has to show Stede exactly what he's feeling. It's a chaste kiss, a First Kiss for both of them. It's adolescent (look at Ed's freshly shaved face, how they're both stripped of their usual "armour") and ungainly and neither of them knows what to do with his hands, but their love for each other guides their movements (Stede presses forward slightly, Ed cups Stede face so gently and instinctively).
So I won't ever defend that kiss, because it doesn't need me to. It's perfect.
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Missing OFMD? Want to get your hands on thee funniest book I have read this year, perfect for wherever you do your summer lounging?
Preorder Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland! Check out a sneak peek here and then preorder here or at your local bookstore!
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Day 1 : “But now this room is spinning while I’m trying just to fill in all the gaps.” - Swooning
Game of Thrones 3x05 | Iron Fist 1x09 | Supergirl 2x07 | Bull 4x15 | Merlin 4x01 | The Umbrella Academy 1x09 | Ted Lasso 3x02 | The Mentalist 1x16 | Our Flag Means Dead 1x06 | Gracepoint | Ode to Joy
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New book announcement: RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND!!! It’s a queer comedy-adventure: Our Flag Means Death meets Six Of Crows in the style of Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal.
So many people have been asking whether I’ll write another book set in the world of A Taste of Gold and Iron. The answer: Yes! In fact, all my fantasy books take place in the same world-setting, and I’m thrilled to be announcing this one, which features an entirely new cast of characters, such as…
1) Avra Helvaçi, a mangy little gremlin I found in a dumpster behind a Denny’s, where he was being mugged by possums for the collection of used pizza boxes he was eating. He has zero personal dignity. He makes weird mouth noises. If you let him into your house, he will climb into your vents and you will not be able to get rid of him.
2) Teveri az-Ḥaffār, a very cool pirate captain, which means they own a collection of fabulously coats and are constantly Going Through It. Despite never having been married in the first place, Teveri and Avra have been newly divorced for the last fifteen years.
3) Brother Julian, his juicy biceps, his even juicier brain, and his entirely juiceless oath of celibacy, all of which are personally victimising Tev and Avra on a daily basis.
Running Close to the Wind features all the themes pirate books are legally required to have, such as found families and extremely pointed social commentary about how capitalism is the root of all evil and all cops are bastards. It is also a comedy, because as long as you can laugh, there’s still a part of you that’s free—and pirates are all about freedom.
Some alternate titles that we brainstormed:
Avra Helvaçi Quits His Dayjob
The Booty and the Briny Deep
The Pirate Ship’s Pet Poet
Piracy, Poetry, and Perfidy
Avra Helvaçi and that GIF of Oliver Twist And His Little Bowl of Orphan Gruel
Also Featuring:
plot relevant games of jump rope
plot relevant cake competitions
non-plot-relevant invention of short-shorts
everyone’s a little bit queer at sea
also the sea is #problematic for having too many Horrifying Creatures in it
seriously tho fuck the sea
maybe the real treasure was the friends we flirted with along the way
communism
This is the best book I’ve ever written, and I am bursting with excitement for 2024, when I will do my level best to make you laugh until you physically can’t anymore.
Go read the TorDotCom blog post linked above for the full description!!!
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Caliphobic pride flag: hatred for californians
Everyday wake up and be thankful you're not one of them
Edit: TURNING OFF REBLOGS I DON'T TRUST YALL TO TAKE A JOKE
Reblogs are on again 😁
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