“You’re under arrest Stokes ! “
“Get lost copper !”
The show we deserve !
*BONUS*
Credit goes to the loonies at phrack slack who are my kind of crazies 🤣
I am all for Stokes as Jack's criminal evil twin. Phryne's constant hints that they could solve all this with a threesome wood annoy Jack so much.
If anyone has tried the Fairphone I'd be really interested to see how well it works.
It's modular so if any of the bits (screen, camera, battery etc) breaks you can replace it and there's a home repair guide on their website.
Just thinking that there is one company apparently trying to not be so disposable but I only replace my phone when it's properly dying and mine is still fine.
LUPITA NYONG'O — 96th Annual Academy Awards (March 10, 2024)
If they finally do the Children of Blood and Bone screen adaptation that's been in the world for the past decade she should so be cast as Oya. This woman was born to play a goddess!
for @bluecityrose (and all the rest of the wonderful MFMM fandom)
It's easy to think you'd be able to do something when you know that you'd never have to actually do it.
So people just cross the road here? Like they don't wait for the light every time? When I was a kid everyone told me that if I jaywalked I would get run over. I was walking around yesterday and a bunch of people just jaywalked right in front of cop. The cop was doing something else but wtf! If you are from Boston could you please explain this to me.
Official Post of Massachusetts
When I was around 11, my family took a trip to Washington DC, and continued treating traffic laws as suggestions.
We got stopped by a cop who proceeded to cite us for jaywalking.
My father handed over his license, and the cop looked at it, sighed, and declared in a rather weary tone that while he knew that jaywalking was "the Massachusetts state sport," politicians could and would run us over. So stop it as long as we were in DC.
We did not get a citation and have referred to the Massachusetts State Sport every time we have jaywalked since then.
Well, my dad used to yell "Cmon, they can't hit all of us!" but that's honestly just him being a weirdo.
The fact that jaywalking is a crime at all in any part of America just shows how terrifyingly car centric it is
I had no idea what jaywalking even was because "walking in the road" is just... a thing you do. Or crossing without a formal crossing.
Obviously there are times when you are taught to use a crossing if you can - busy or multilane roads. You use your judgement and look both ways: Stop, Look, Listen, Live etc.
But cars are legally required to avoid hitting pedestrians at all costs and if you are in the road in their way, it's rude of you but it's very much Their Problem.
America is so goddamn anti-pedestrian it's unreal.
It's a little mnemonic taught to kids aged about 5 in the UK (or was when I was about 5): Stop, Look, Listen, Think, Cross. (Or Live, sometimes, if you're feeling morbid.) Apparently the TV spokesman for it was the body actor for Darth Vader but I think that was before my time.
It's a quick guide on how to cross the road safely where there isn't a dedicated crossing. Just you're on one side of a road and where you want to be is the other, y'know.
There are roads in the UK that don't have dedicated crossings at all. We just cross roads where we need to, so kids learn how to do so about the same time we learn our times tables.
Yeah the 1970s Green Cross Code Man was David Prowse who was the guy in the Vader suit because he was unreasonably tall.
These days I think they use a carton hedgehog for the same purpose.
That snippet of Sins of the Father only makes me want more! No pressure, but you definitely have at least one avid reader if you ever decide to publish it!
Thanks! That's so nice of you! I've been totally unable to write for ages because my stupid ADHD is kicking my arse and I'm trying to buy a flat. I'm hoping that when my housing situation works itself out I'll be able to get back to writing again.
Hey, if you're in the UK, do me a favour and do this benefit checker. Policy in Practice estimate that £19 billion in benefits and support goes unclaimed each year, and loads of people don't realise that they're eligible. Make sure you're getting what you're due and pass it on.
Sins of the Father sounds amazing!!
I really like the themes in that one. It's all about Phryne being allowed into the boys club of intelligence officially. She's not in any way happy because Hugh is in danger but she's very glad that she doesn't have to fight the men on her side as well as the kidnappers. But it comes at this horrible and non-negotiable cost of having to become the gatekeeper with respect to Dot, when she known full well that if she was in Dot's place she'd be tearing the walls down.
And Jack is playing a delicate game convincing his contacts that Phryne should be on the inside whilst knowing that she's not exactly the best at obeying orders.
So there's this very legitimate balance of Phryne - who has earned her place there in every way - feeling resentful at the limitations of the power she's given and Jack feeling frustrated that she's not more appreciative of the lengths he's gone to to bring her in. Even whilst they are both fundamentally on the same side. And in the best traditions of a phrack disagreement they are both right.
Here's a bit I really like:
Jack picked the telegraph slip up from the stack of thicker envelopes on the table and Phryne was shocked to see his face blanch as he read it. Before she could ask what the matter was, he strode over to the telephone, dialled the operator and requested to be put through to a pub in Fitzroy without a word to her.
She had no objection of course; in fact, she often scolded him for not treating her home as his own. Still, the uncustomary discourtesy struck an ominous note, and she listened intently hoping to glean something from his conversation.
“Is Mr Whistler at the bar?” “…” “Thankyou.”
There was a short pause, punctuated by the nervous tap of Jack's fingers against the hall table.
“It's Shiner. Has it started?” “…” “I’ll be there in fifteen minutes.”
He put the phone down and turned to Phryne his face more scared than she had ever seen it.
"Phryne, do you trust me?” “Of course, Jack. What’s the matter.” “I can’t tell you, not yet, but I do need your help.”
She was tempted to respond with something flirtatious or flippant but the cold fear in his expression stopped her and she simply nodded, ready for anything.
“I need everyone in this house armed and all the doors and windows locked. Where’s Jane?”
The question was enough to scare Phryne in turn, although she did not understand what it meant.
“Staying with friends, is she in danger?” “I can’t be certain but it’s possible. I need you to drive me to The Spotted Dog in Fitzroy as fast as you can without getting arrested, then make sure Jane somewhere safe. Don’t tell me where, and it might be safest if you don’t know either. After that come back here, make sure you have bullets in your gun and don’t let anyone in. Will you do that for me?”
‘Will’ not ‘can’ it was an important distinction. He wasn’t asking her if she was capable, because he know she was. He wasn’t asking her to protect herself and let him run into danger because he knew she wouldn't. He was asking her to help him protect the family they had built together, and he had thought of Jane even before she had known her daughter was in danger.
There was no way she could refuse.
“Did you say fifteen minutes, Inspector? I’ll have you there in ten.”
If I ever do get an office job, I’m gonna need to really figure out how professional clothing works. My instincts for business casual are always “what if I was slutty, but in a really boring way?”
For anyone who is looking for advice on this (idk if you are op, but someone might be) you basically want a capsule wardrobe of dark trousers and/or skirts (skirts should be below the knee but the cut is up to you), blouses, shirts or neat tops (plain colours, not too low cut, at least elbow length sleeves) and one or two blazers in dark colours. For shoes, go with dark colours and not trainers or sneakers. There's a lot of cultural variation in this (are ties expected in your industry/area? Are women expected to wear high heels?) and you'll need to figure this out at interview if you can.
The advantage of a capsule wardrobe is that it saves you having to think about what to wear beyond the weather, and everything you add to it should go with everything else.
I recommend going into academia where my neurospicy wardrobe of 'the very specific leggings/jeans and t-shirts that don't make me explode' and 'anything with a cartoon dinosaur on' only causes comment if parents are likely to be present.
Also if any employer requires women to wear either make-up or heels when men don't then they should be fired into the sun.
It's ok if everyone's a drag queen, but that's rare in an office environment.
To be fair, I have day pyjamas because I work from my bedroom and when I go into the office it's in jeans and a hoodie in winter and cute dresses all summer. But some employers haven't got with the program.
And those employers will be first up against the wall when my comfy pyjama revolution comes!
If I ever do get an office job, I’m gonna need to really figure out how professional clothing works. My instincts for business casual are always “what if I was slutty, but in a really boring way?”
For anyone who is looking for advice on this (idk if you are op, but someone might be) you basically want a capsule wardrobe of dark trousers and/or skirts (skirts should be below the knee but the cut is up to you), blouses, shirts or neat tops (plain colours, not too low cut, at least elbow length sleeves) and one or two blazers in dark colours. For shoes, go with dark colours and not trainers or sneakers. There's a lot of cultural variation in this (are ties expected in your industry/area? Are women expected to wear high heels?) and you'll need to figure this out at interview if you can.
The advantage of a capsule wardrobe is that it saves you having to think about what to wear beyond the weather, and everything you add to it should go with everything else.
I recommend going into academia where my neurospicy wardrobe of 'the very specific leggings/jeans and t-shirts that don't make me explode' and 'anything with a cartoon dinosaur on' only causes comment if parents are likely to be present.
Also if any employer requires women to wear either make-up or heels when men don't then they should be fired into the sun.
It's ok if everyone's a drag queen, but that's rare in an office environment.
Is there a place in the world that has as many caves as video games do because I have literally never seen a cave in person before
I've hiked mountains. I've hiked in the Sierra-Nevada and the Swiss Alps and the Cascade range. I've seen Texas hill country and done desert hiking in LA and western Nevada, I've trekked through the black forest and seen many a river valley and canyon across two different continents. I know those aren't representative of every kind of place out there but I saw zero caves on my personal adventures. Also no wolves. There are almost no wolves to run into even in places where there are wolves. Did see a bear once though.
I've been informed that the caves are in Kentucky.
If you're ever in England, Cheddar (where the cheese comes from) has some very friendly caves.
Some of them have bisexual lighting and a witch.
Hello!!! Snow Job for the WIP ask meme, please!
I really want to finish this. It's phrack off in a mountain cabin escaping the rampaging Collins toddler in their house.
I've got as far as the sex but the next day needs to include Phryne making a snow penis which Jack finds disturbingly familiar.
Would love to hear about Sins of the Father for the WIP ask meme!
That's a multi chapter case fic with about 4 chapters written.
Hugh is kidnapped by a man from Jack's past who's out for revenge and Jack has to turn to an old intelligence buddy for help.
He and Phryne end up in a race against time to save Hugh's life whilst Dot - who's never signed the official secrets act - is left on the outside of the investigation, terrified for her husband and unable to help.
Phryne is gratified at not being shut out but frustrated by having to keep Dot at arms length. Jack's feeling guilty that his past mistakes have made Hugh a target and also a bit worried that Phryne's going to commit spontaneous treason if given an order that puts Hugh in danger.
Dot is well armed, furious and extremely pregnant.
Prompt: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.
Thanks to @midnight-els for tagging me!
All, of course, are for Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.
1. Eyes Front
2. Snippets
3. Field of Reeds Ch 8
4. Crime scene (Diamonds & Rust)
5. You never resisted me
6. Accidental marriage proposal
7. Some Old-Fashioned Way (Diamonds & Rust)
8. A Convenient Arrangement
Let’s see what you’ve got @rachaeljurassic @perceptivehands @anneofgreengaybles @scruggzi @justplainsalty !
Ok I can't do this on my own post or apparently tag anyone because the Tumblr app is being a dick so I'm going to join in on yours!
Also I've got about 30 WIPs in various stages so I've picked my favourites!
1. Macromancy
2. Snow Job
3. Sins of the Father
4. Death in Ankh Morpork
5. A Matter of Pride
Also I want to know more about the accidental marriage proposal!
rabbits know and resent their place on the food chain
mice and rats also know they’re prey animals, they just have such joy of living that it cancels out. guinea pigs have no concept of death but understand contextless fear. hamsters however do know the food chain, but they also know that attachment to the earth is the root of suffering and they wisely deny the faults of the ego
Squirrels fear neither man nor God
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