I Have Been Seeing Lots Of Vorkosigan References On My Dash And It Has Made Me Curious About The Series

I have been seeing lots of Vorkosigan references on my dash and it has made me curious about the series but this ^  This is what has moved it from “Oh I should probably add that to my reading list’ to ‘Yes, I need to add this to my reading list’.  No sure when I will get to it since I just started the 10 book Whyborne and Griffin series and I have a backlog of Seanan McGuire books to catch up on but I definitely need to read this.

I’m halfway into the first Miles Vorkosigan book, and so far it’s basically been “How to DM Around a Diplomancer: Space Opera Edition.”

Miles: “I tell the mercenaries I’m a mercenary commander and I bought up all their contracts from their captain, so they’re part of my company now.” DM: “Roll for Bluff. :)” Miles, who has a higher Bluff bonus than most gods: “34.” DM: “They want to know when copies of the regulation handbook will be distributed and what the health insurance plan is like. (: (: (:” Miles, sweating: “UUUUUUHHH”

where a little old lady owns a bodega and her customers are frequently vigilantes, anti-heros and morally ambiguous mutants and phd students. and they are all sweet as pie to her. they listen to her talk about her grandchildren and her cat. these hardened criminals become the sweetest ppl with mrs. lo who gets help stocking her shop by like someone who has no qualms hanging a drug dealer out a window. 

so like mrs. lo’s shop is on an unwritten list of places that aren’t robbed. until like some super-villain has the gall to have a throwdown in mrs. lo’s neighbourhood and now the hero has a group of lawless vigilantes showing up to help them just because mrs. lo is in the hospital with a broken arm. and like two of the most sinister vigilantes are now running her shop for her while she recuperates 

“so who do i have to kill?”

“what, they eat planets whole -”

“so i need a bigger gun, fine, lemme call some people”

“what the fuck-”

“hey, language, kids play in this street. i thought you were a hero”

Yes. This is 100% me.

Hi my name is Marissa and I get inordinately emotional about fictional characters.

LdyEnki reads Anger is a Gift Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

The continuing adventures of LdyEnki being unprepared for Mark Oshiro’s “Anger is a Gift”. 

Chapter 9:

This feels very much like a setup chapter.  We see the pieces start to move. The school escalating, becoming more controlling and the students starting to ask why, starting to get angry and want things to change.  And we see Moss’s hopelessness, the world isn’t fair and there is nothing we can do to fix the overwhelming wrongness in the world.  

I am worried about Moss and Esperanza.  They have each had very different first weeks and it is jarring after everything that has happened to see Esperanza busy but happy, talking about college.  It is a careless comment she made, probably something she didn’t even think about before saying but I can see how it puts Moss on edge.  There is a tension between them and it doesn’t feel right.  Don’t do this to us Mark.  The power of friendship is sacred.

Chapter 10:

Yay!  Happiness!  They are so cute.  I love how realizing Javier is nervous helps Moss relax.

Though Moss, the whole doing push ups just before a date, sorry but it doesn’t work that way.

Interesting contrast of Javier’s response to the locker situation with Esperanza’s response to the college booths.

Chapter 11:

And some hope!  They are starting to plan.

Chapters 1 and 2 are here.

Chapters 3 and 4 are here.

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making By Catherynne M. Valente (via jennysbookblog)

English loves to stay out all night dancing with other languages, all decked out in sparkling prepositions and irregular verbs. It is unruly and will not obey—just when you think you have it in hand, it lets down its hair along with a hundred nonsensical exceptions.

Catherynne M. Valente, The Boy Who Lost Fairyland (via circumnavigating-fairyland)