The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Beloved

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (this was the only free version I could find, and it’s a downloadable thing, so do so with caution)

The Call of the Wild

Catch-22 (it was either this version or one where the entire thing was in comic sans font)

The Catcher in the Rye

Fahrenheit 451

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Gone With the Wind

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Gatsby

Howl

In Cold Blood

Invisible Man

The Jungle (personally I don’t like this formatting, but the site doesn’t look sketchy so…) - there’s also this which is the proper book format in a pdf, but it’s directly photocopied so it might be hard to read some of the print

Leaves of Grass

Moby Dick

Native Son

Our Bodies, Ourselves (we learned about this one in APUSH!)

The Red Badge of Courage

The Scarlet Letter

COULD NOT FIND Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (the ebook is 47 fucking dollars??? and i can’t even find sketchy websites that’ll let me download a pdf. if anyone manages to find a link, lmk please)

Stranger in a Strange Land

A Streetcar Named Desire

Their Eyes Were Watching God

To Kill a Mockingbird

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Where the Wild Things Are (this is a slideshow!!!! how fun)

While I’m sure she’s well-intentioned, all she’s really doing is adding fuel to the good fan vs. bad fan debate. She’s basically telling the fans who don’t have anything “negative” to say that they’re in the right. It’s not helpful. I also want to point out that the fans here and across other social media platforms who have been disappointed and critical of this season have been those positive, excited fans before. Who does she think built this fandom and has kept it alive for 4+ years? We are still here BECAUSE WE CARE.

I also have to say that I find it disappointing and hypocritical that now that criticism is hurting the feelings of MBR, who has claimed to be bullied when that really wasn’t what was happening, she and other fans suddenly feel compelled to speak out. Where was she or these other fans when shippers were being hammered by Shatner and we asked for her help or for anyone’s help from production? They had nothing to say then because it didn’t affect them.

Valid criticism of the show — which has been echoed by major publications and reviewers — is not disrespectful or bullying behavior. Telling fans who are content creators and bloggers who keep the fandom engaged while the show is on hiatus to stop watching and go elsewhere isn’t beneficial, either.

Since we‘re apparently a „small vocal group“, I‘d be interested to know just how small our group is. So:

an award for S4 this would be it! SPOILER ALERT!!!

It broke my heart that he felt he failed as a parent and seeing his eyes brimming with tears and the way he was looking at Claire with worries just killed me! I lightened it and Sam here was magnificent!!! He portrayed that vulnerability so on point!!! He nailed it!!! OMG, he did!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you to themusicsweetly for the screencap. I lightened it.

There’s a clip in the preview for 4x11 that makes it seem like we’re getting some version of that scene…

Claire and Jamie need to reconnect, though, and get back on the same page as a couple. But also, as I mentioned last week, Jamie and Claire are getting to be so one-note this season that they’re boring. Which is really unfortunate since the later books, when their relationship is “solid” as the talking points go, they are at their most playful with each other.

Here are some bits from books five through eight:

When Claire makes sure the bed itself is ready for her to ride Jamie

When Jamie titty fucks Claire

When they watch each other masturbate and then bang outside in a garden they broke into

When Jamie sticks his finger up Claire’s bum

When they bang under a tree in the middle of a wedding reception

When they bang in someone else’s barn

When Jamie uses mosquito repelling ointment as lube because he’s tired but really wants to bang Claire

When they happen to find themselves at an empty tent in the middle of an army camp and are like yep, time for a quickie

When Jamie makes Claire a knife that perfectly fits her hand because he’s memorized how her hand feels on his dick (not secks, but cute af)

When Claire has a secksi dream, starts masturbating, and then Jamie wakes up and is like hey, I can help with this

When Jamie tries and fails to use a 20th century reference about himself in bed and it’s adorable

When they bicker about where Claire bit Jamie on their wedding night

When Jamie fucks Claire half out the window

When they joke about goosebumps being secksi and being blindingly pale and then bang where their new house is going to be built

When Jamie has a very graphic confession involving a butter churn

When it turns out Jamie isn’t dead so they bang in someone else’s potting shed

When Jamie is all “sounds fake, but ok” when Claire says women can think and bang at the same time

When Claire makes Jamie go to brothels with her (again, not secks, but cute af)

When Jamie thinks about how awesome Claire is at secks when she’s had a few drinks

When Claire thinks it’s fucking hilarious that Tsisqua keeps sending naked women to Jamie’s bed

About as much as Sam liked the Scottish BAFTAs in 2016.