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The Reading Pile Pt. 3
I'm now working exclusively on the graphic novels, as that pile has gotten waaaaaay too big.
Quantum & Woody: The Complete Series Omnibus I absolutely loved this series when it originally came out. There really wasn't anything like it out there, certainly not from a major publisher (and yes, at that time, Valiant/Acclaim was a major publisher). The book features an Odd Couple-style duo of "super-heroes", forced to be together. Each wears a control band that must be clanked together every 24 hours or they will die. Hilarity ensues. While there is a ton of humor, mainly in the different dynamic of the two characters and a bunch of fourth-wall breaking (the best being the 3 pages in the beginning of issue #4 where Quantum & Woody complain about all the graphic violence the book can get away with, but can't use naughty words), it can not be classified as a humor book, as there is many serious and dramatic situations throughout. The book stars Quantum as the Felix Unger of the group. He takes super-heroing earnestly. He's orderly and meticulous and serious. Woody, the Oscar Madison type, is his complete opposite. He doesn't take the super-hero lifestyle very seriously (the best being his insistence on taking elevators rather that climbing up & down the outside of buildings), is a slob and does everything chaotically. One of dynamics of the team is that Quantum & Woody are childhood friends who both grew up in rich, suburban Connecticut. Which is an issue for Quantum, who is African-American. The series, written and drawn by Christopher Priest and Mark "M.D." Bright (both of whom are also African-American) doesn't shy away from this. The biggest problem with the series is that there is a lot of "jokes" based on Quantum & Woody not being a gay couple. While this was okay-ish in the '90s, in the 2020s, it's just uncomfortable. It worse when at one point Woody goes on a 2 page rant about how all villains are secretly "in the closet" (though Woody doesn't use any terms that would be considered PC). Despite this, the series is still worth the read and I highly recommend it. Just... be prepared for the cringe. Valiant - HC cover price, $99.99 (Out of print) - Kindle, free with a Kindle Unlimited membership.
“He finds her fascinating. He’s always found her fascinating, but he is not foolish enough to tell her that. Especially not in this moment, when he is afraid of her.”
#OutofContextPrisonersThrone Via TheNovl
Chapter 1 of The Prisoner's Throne is revealed by Gizmodo:
“Crawl to me.”
#OutofContextPrisonersThrone
✍🏻Via TheNovl on Twitter
“Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It's disgusting, and I can't stop.”
🗡️ Happy Bornday, Jude Duarte. If she made a mistake, she tried to get it right. All my cloths are for her, Jude Duarte, the High Queen of Elfhame!
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🎶 One Of The Girls. Jennie, Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd (Jisoo's Pudding Edit Audio).
🐝 Essa é a parte 2/3 do ✨Especial Cenas Deletadas de O Príncipe Cruel✨
🐝 Thank you @deathsweetblossoms for scenes💖
🚨Conteúdo Sensível🚨
📸 Via HotKeyBooks & TheNovl.
🐝 Essa é a parte 1/3 do ✨Especial Cenas Deletadas de O Príncipe Cruel✨
🐝 Thank you @deathsweetblossoms for scenes💖
🐝 Alterei as iniciais "TK" para "TC" para melhor entendimento. "TC" significa "To Come" (a vir), uma nota da Holly Black para indicar um ponto que ainda deve ser desenvolvido na história.
(É TK, não TC, porque as notas são muitas vezes escritas incorretamente de propósito para não confundi-las com o produto final).
📸 Via HotKeyBooks & TheNovl.
The Prisoner's Throne, Holly Black Sneak Peek Reveal:
🇧🇷 Jude apenas dá ao irmão um sorriso sombrio.
— Bem, então que oportunidade maravilhosa para você provar sua lealdade e morrer.
🇬🇧 Jude only gives her brother a grim smile.
“Well then what a onderful opportunity for you to prove your loyalty and die.”
✍🏻 Via HotKeyBooks on "TikTok."
Holly Black reveals snippet of sequel to The Stolen Heir:
“Oak!” Hyacinthe shouts. The prince lets his arm with the dagger in it sag. Somehow being yelled at by Hyacinthe brings him back to himself. Maybe it is just the familiarity of his scorn.
When he isn't hit again, he lets himself lie there, breathing hard.
“She wants you to sit down to supper with her,” Hyacinthe says. “I'm supposed to get you cleaned up.”
“Wren?” Oak's sense of time is still very unclear. “I thought she was going to have me punished.”
Hyacinthe raises both his eyebrows. “Yes, Wren. Who else?”
The prince looks at the guards, who are glaring at him resentfully. If he'd been thinking more clearly, he would have realized he had no cause to try to murder them. They weren't necessarily working for Valen nor Bogdana, weren't necessarily leading him to his doom. He probably would have figured that out sooner, had his head not hurt so much. Had Bogdana not come and threatened him.
“No one mentioned supper,” Oak complains. One of the guards, the one with the club, snorts. The other two wear scowls that remain unaltered. Hyacinthe turns to all of them.
“Find something else to do. I will escort the prince.” The guards depart, one spitting on the stone floor as he leaves.
“I warn you,” Oak says. “If you are also planning on hitting me, it will have to be quite a blow to have any effect on the swelling and bruises already coming in.”
“Is there no situation where you might bow to wisdom and keep your tongue between your teeth?” Hyacinthe asks, reaching out a hand to pull Oak to his feet. For a moment, the prince is certain he's going to open his mouth and say something Hyacinthe will not think is at all funny. Something that probably won't be all that funny.
“I haven't found one yet, but we can both live in hope,” Oak manages as he lets himself be levered up.
✍🏻Via "Newsletter."
🦋Analyzing the Elements present on the cover of The Prisoner's Throne, sequel to The Stolen Heir from Holly Black.
“The cover of The Prisoner’s Throne is this winter landscape with berries frozen in ice, a mysterious ring, and an alighting moth.”
Interview from Holly Black given to Cosmopolitan.
🦋Starting with Butterfly on the white version of The Prisoner's Throne cover.
🦋Diaethria anna or Anna's eighty-eight symbolizes "Abundance" and "Prosperity."
🦋On his wings, angel number 88 (angel numbers are messages from Spiritual Realm, providing guidance and information about our lives), the number of Karma (our actions and decisions directly impact our lives and the Universal Spiritual Laws of CAUSE and EFFECT).
🦋The dark cover of The Prisoner's Throne features a Southern Black White Butterfly (Melanargia ines), which means the opposite of "Anna 88."
🦋It means balance between two sides (Light and Darkness), new beginnings, transformation, duality etc.
🦋Winter means: sadness, heartbreak and loneliness, but it also symbolizes the end of many things. It could be the end of a relationship or the end of a character's struggles when looking to the future.
(The Court of Tooth, under the veil of eternal winter, is ruled by the Queen Wren).
🦋Anyway, the Tanzanite Ring.
🦋It's a stone for new beginnings. It symbolizes prosperity, good luck and optimism for a future full of happiness. An ENGAGEMENT RING (theory) to carry love through the ages.
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