After The Strange And Norrell Affair, And The Coincident Return Of Magic To England

After the Strange and Norrell affair, and the coincident return of magic to England

1. Every time the York Society convenes to study Vinculus, he insists on discomfiting them all by disrobing in a decidedly ... sultry manner, involving lots of eye contact and visible tongue movement.

2. Having a mirror in your house is the height of risque recklessness. Lord Byron has one in every room, and five in the bedroom. It is not considered respectable for your house or your carriage to have clean windows. On mornings after rain, even the naturally antisocial look passers-by in the eye in greeting, rather than risk glimpsing a reflection in a puddle.

3. Bell Strange and Emma Wintertowne, the former Lady Pole, roam the continent investigating writings and sightings concerning Faerie. Others were imprisoned in Lost Hope; other faeries are surely abroad in England, making other bargains; and of course there’s Jonathan. Strange and Wintertowne have no intention of ever again being taken unawares. When eventually their quest takes them back to England, they’ll be prepared.

4. The Black King of Lost Hope observes their escapades through fountains and rain, looking forward to the day they find their way back to him; though he knows it will be, in the main, to ask service of him again. He hasn’t yet decided what his answer will be.

5. Many an adventurer has entered the house of Gilbert Norrell seeking the truth about that day. Many are still missing. Those who return, return to some degree mad. It seems that, absent Mr Norrell’s tending, the labyrinth around the library is growing wild. Its twists and turns are said to echo with the flutter of ravens’ wings.

6. Slowly, subtly, John Childermass cedes his role as ambassador-convenor of England’s magical societies to Segundus and Honeyfoot, and returns to the shadows. Attempt to abuse English magic - to use it to harm, cheat or control others - to bring it, in other words, into disrepute once again - and you are wont to discover a scarred man in the nearest dark corner, glowering. Show contrition and he will simply direct you to your local society, where you may learn honour from your betters. Attack him, and he’ll do you the honour of teaching you a little lesson himself.

Henry (Josh Yard) giving MacReady "No one trusts each other any more, and we're all very tired" vibes on The Feed

Of all of us, Josh is really the one making the most of the fact this series is video, not pure audio like we're all used to - the laundry basket video, and now the visual storytelling of the wrist support. When I'm prepping for my instalments I'm mostly thinking about how to marry the prompts into something that makes sense for the character, and the visual thinking is mostly about framing or how I sit in the chair. Josh keeps me upping my game!

Henry's take on THAT fight

A physical fight! On Big Brother! On national television! But who threw the first plate? Henry's got his theories but he's still smarting from his best mate Heidi getting evicted. Can't wait to hear the other housemates' takes on this!

finally a task where the bisexuals can really shine

galactic 2e supplement bundle for star wars day!

I have a playbook in this bundle!

galactic is the best star wars rpg - it's diceless, gmless, and has been accurately described as 'what if star wars cared about the characters as much as we do'. We played it on @merelyroleplayers:

My playbook, the Researcher, is inspired by Doctor Aphra from the Darth Vader and Doctor Aphra comics; Eno Cordova from the Fallen Order game; and Lyntel'luroon, Kat's character from Star Wars Campaign.

Get that plus 22 other brilliant galactic supplements - playbooks, rules expansions and more - until the end of May!

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How does one hate a country, or love one? Tibe talks about it; I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills, and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain ploughland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That's a good thing, but one mustn't make a virtue of it, or a profession... Insofar as I love life, I love the hills of the Domain of Estre, but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate."

Therem Harth rem ir Estraven, THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula LeGuin