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What I’ve Been Reading Lately: Cradle

Fundamentally, every work of art, every story, is an attempt at communication. The author chooses to ask us a question, and we find the answer in the dialogue between the author and ourselves.

Cradle is a series that asks the question “If one dude did magic kung-fu to another dude so hard he exploded, would that be sick or what?”

And we, the readers, answer “Absolutely the FUCK yes.”

Cradle is a world where everybody has the capacity to practice the Sacred Arts, which are primarily the discipline of using mystical energy to be as bullshit awesome as possible. You aren’t allowed to be a major character in this series until you have committed at least one (1) act that would look sweet as hell if it was airbrushed onto the side of a stoner’s van. 

At one point we meet a member of a king’s landscaping staff. Her job is to mow the lawn, trim the hedges, and keep those damn slugs out of the vegetable garden. She can also command trees to rip you apart and devour your life force for herself, because fuck you, it’s Cradle. People just do that here. 

The main character is a young man by the name of Wei Shi Lindon, who has a natural deficiency that makes him extremely weak in the Sacred Arts, and is therefore banned from studying them. He responds “respectfully, no” and proceeds to spend the following ten books learning Sacred Arts and punching everything. 

It’s a little rough around the edges, but I had fun reading it and the author clearly had fun writing it, so I think it succeeds as a series. Would absolutely recommend if you just want to have a good time reading something. 

(Naturally, I got deeply attached to the biggest bastard in the main cast, because he’s hilarious. This man is a bitch and I like him so much.) 

As a delightful bonus, unlike most action series, the treatment of the female characters is genuinely excellent. The author is not here for fanservice, he is here for FIGHTSERVICE, which is when EVERYONE FIGHTS SO HARD THE LAWS OF PHYSICS GIVE UP. We’re ten books in to a twelve book series and I have yet to see a single woman’s boobs described on-page. 

In Cradle, when a teenage girl is worried about her body changing, what she means is that she’s unsatisfied with the amount of swords she can use at one time, so she’s going to grow six extra arms to hold six extra swords. Surprise! THE NEW ARMS ARE ALSO SWORDS, because the time spent picking up a sword to fight with it is time you didn’t spend swordfighting, and that is unacceptable to her. Now she and her eight swords are going to suplex a dragon, because on Cradle we know no gender politics, only THE BLADE.

Also, there’s a turtle.

someone correcting me on something i said to be silly on purpose and now theyre treating me like im stupid

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The horrors of space combat on the surface of  a comet

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An official Sonic the Hedgehog cookbook is being worked on by publisher Insight Editions, according to a leaked Amazon listing

The upcoming cookbook for the speedy hedgehog will be penned by long time writer Ian Flynn, according to the leaked Amazon listing first spotted by our colleagues at @idwsonicnews.

"Cook quick, healthy, protein-packed dishes inspired by the colorful world of Sonic with the Official Cookbook, a fun and delicious compendium of recipes inspired by the blue blur," read the official description.

Here are some bullet points provided by the publisher:

50+ RECIPES: From speedy bites to power-packed feasts to satisfy even the speediest heroes, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Cookbook includes recipes for every occasion!

UNDER 30 MINUTES: These tasty (and healthy!) recipes can be made in 30 minutes or less! Can you beat our chefs in a race to see who can make these dishes the fastest?

BRING BELOVED CHARACTERS TO LIFE: Engage with the Sonic universe in a fun new way by making recipes inspired by fan-favorite characters such as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Amy, and Dr. Eggman!

DISHES FOR EVERY SKILL LEVEL: With step-by-step instructions and eye-catching photographs, chefs of all ages can learn to make meals that could even power up Sonic the Hedgehog himself!

Priced for $29.99 USD for a hardcover copy and $11.99 USD for a digital copy, the upcoming cookbook will be released around October 2023.

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These are cool

I should note that I’m talking specifically about the writing ones not the others I just like stories

Favorite Tumblr stories

All of the "humans are space orcs/space Australians"

But Especially the one that ends with "we're the Doctors Without Borders and we're here to help"

"can I ask you a question? ...what was your favorite thing to learn about as a kid?" Tiktok, in which I am both of them

Stabby the Roomba

Todd, the Demon Grandson and his myopic grandmother, and their seven season story arc

The God of Arepo (and the comic that was made from it)

New one: "may you have a life of safety and peace" said the witch, to the warrior, with his dying breath

And the SEQUEL

Concept: Pirates slay a monster mermaid to steal its treasure chest. Pirates open chest, finds a sleepy baby mermaid within. Monster mermaid was using the treasure chest as a cradle. Pirates: 😳😳😳

Cinderella and her face-blind prince

The comic, There Are No Nazis in Valhalla

Beau FUCKING Brummell and modern men's fashion

This Irish hard-shoe dancer, Elizabeth Bullock

Big joy and small joy are the same

The bees will know: inkskinned honey jars

If fantasy creatures had Tumblr discourse

Ballerina Spiderman Miles Morales: "don't YEET the ballerina"

Steve Rogers wakes up "in the hospital"

The "Miette post" & its spiritual successors

Batman + Bruce Wayne "the butts match"

What if Bruce Wayne met Zuko? And Iroh met Alfred, and...

Venus of Willendorf and other paleolithic goddess/fertility figures sculpted by women using their own body as model

Living in a city with superheroes. (3 parts so far!

The A-ha Take On Me dancers tik tok

Chickens will sit on any egg if broody enough. Even an orphaned dragon egg (how DID that get in the brood box?)

Dragon stories from @microsff

Gonna pin this one and start adding links and updates.

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