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Lilia Calderu sits down for one last chat with Death at the end of The Road, and reflects on the five hundred years it took for her to see it coming.
(Among many other questions, I also ask: what if Lilia and Agatha had somehow met before?)
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In the faces of these cards—The Empress, The Wheel, The World—Lilia could see order out of chaos, disparate images that came together to form an unexpected and satisfying whole. Reading tarot was Lilia’s secret joy, one of the few things that still made her happy. It was the way she wished her magic worked.
They were once a relief from the unending hours she spent staring into crystals and mirrors, cups of tea, curls of smoke—what her nanna called the ‘real’ divination work.
What Lilia came to see as ‘real’ divination was tragedy, over and over on an endless loop back on itself. Across the years, everyone preferred the game. Even, or perhaps especially, Lilia.
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Rachel has decided that Gill Murray is a difficult woman to date. But if you ask Julie, being her best mate is worse.
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And that’s when it hit her that London could be Bristol all over again. They could track down a murderous sonofabitch and still have time to sneak in a few heart-to-hearts. Easy. Neutral ground. Better than neutral. Primed. Gill looked at her with fresh eyes after Bristol, ostensibly setting the foundation for Rachel’s place in her wildest fantasies. Well, maybe not wildest. Persistent, at any rate. Persistence was crucial.
And sure, it was only for twenty-four hours, but if she could pull it off, London could be the house erected on that foundation. A grand, elegant house, like Kensington Palace.
Of course, Kensington Palace had a monstrous gate in front of it, which felt a little on the nose.
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- Part 4 of taking clever girls to bed
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Janet comes to grips with Gill & Rachel's budding relationship in a very, very, very roundabout way.
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Janet wondered what it was she had done to deserve such an extensive lashing, other than being perfectly calm and quiet and apologetic after a particularly non-egregious offence after a miserable morning she spent re-living someone else’s very good time. All the action Janet seemed to be getting was happening vicariously through everyone else, and here she was being barked at like she’d moseyed in, like she’d spent the morning smoking and eating omelettes while her post-shower-sex hair air-dried atop her freshly-laundered pillowcases. You know who was probably doing that this morning?
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- Part 3 of taking clever girls to bed
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Fandoms: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
13 Sep 2022
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Greta liked that her hands were promising, and sharp-boned, and delicate, and hard, and strong. They picked Joey up, crushed low outside pitches, stole cigarettes, kept Dana’s ring safe; they tore up letters, and cut hair, and held Carson’s mouth to hers with steady supplication.
They were who she was: a creature of action, momentum, and nerve.
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(Or: Five things Greta Gill learned about herself on the road, and one time Carson helped, too.)
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The Racine Belles have figured out the Peaches' hand signs. Coach Shaw has one night before their next game to come up with a new system.
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Carson glanced up along the contours of her spectacular view and saw Greta looking up at the roof, like she was trying to think of something. Carson had given her the hardest job: try to remember what gestures go where, all while someone’s on a hot streak, or worse, high and outside.
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Fandoms: Agatha All Along (TV)
31 Oct 2024
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“Wait, you haven’t even heard my pitch,” She can hear William’s footsteps quickening behind her, “She’s gay, too.”
Agatha turns sharply on her heel, “How could you possibly know that?”
“I asked.”
“You asked?” Agatha slaps a hand over her face, covering her eyes, “Oh my God, Teen, one of these days you’re going to get slapped in the face, and you’re going to deserve it.”
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Agatha’s teenage neighbor tries to play matchmaker with her and the hot funeral director who just moved in next door. It goes about as well as you’d expect.
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- Part 1 of the neighbor's blessed burden
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27 Feb 2025
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"Myka Bering will always be the collateral damage she did not intend to make."
Everyone knows that there's something going on with Myka and H.G. But no one talks about it.
An exploration of their relationship, as seen from the POVs of Helena, Pete, and Myka.
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- Part 1 of In the Days of the Comet
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08 Jan 2025
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On an unusually warm and humid January day in 1952, in the heart of Washington, D.C., Myka Bering meets the woman who will bring into her life magic, music, madness, mayhem... everything our B&W are about, at a time in history that was not at all congenial to a love like theirs. Desire, betrayal, destruction, salvation: welcome to Soon.
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22 Nov 2024
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There have been many times over the years that Gill and Julie have told each other 'just this once'.
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07 May 2022
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If you want something that looks, feels, and acts like canon, look no further.