On this day in 1571, Don Juan of Austria saved Western Civilization

... of Victory. I still think the best description of the battle came from G.K. Chesteron, though, who wrote this epic poem about ... half heard,      Where only on a nameless throne a crownless prince has stirred,      Where, risen from a doubtful seat and half attainted ...man's house where God sits all the year,      The secret window whence the world looks small and very dear.      He sees as...

Fic: Devil Summoner Raido Kuzunoha - "Something both pleasant and unpleasant", Raido/Narumi

...the best sleep he'd had since he came to the Capital, even if the pale grey... the stones. Of course with the businessmen came the paperboys, trying to press upon them ...the din: the wife of the Crown Prince Hirohito had just given birth to another ... he was too good to see from whence it was drawn. Raido's last attempt ... These he ate loudly, until a pillow came sailing in his direction to convince him ...

FIC: "The Twin Thrones" (6/7) [ Merlin (BBC) | Arthur/Merlin | MA ]

... Merlin glowered right back. “That came out of left field. For ... Merlin continued, ignoring him, “for Prince Hector and Mr Tumnus and ... Merlin’s steadying grasp and came so suddenly that Merlin started ...few glorious moments before he came back to himself and curbed...lasted long after that. Merlin came first, spilling his thick essence...Aslan returned to the sea from whence he’d come. Continue...

Reviews for Monday, September 21, 2009 (Part One)

... story draws wonderfully on Bilbo's own poetic talents, but the young prince, Thorin Stonehelm, is no slouch either. It really is a "tale-... society! But I love the way this is handled - as if it came out of the Appendices, very matter-of-fact. It says a lot ..., taking care of the precise nature of the alteration to the text whence we depart is the major challenge and obstacle. Sometimes, our other ...

... was returned to a felled prince. breathing his first breath of...in on the living, breathing prince. Their bloodhunger leading them, each...as they neared in, the prince could recognise faces and people...towards Ivalice's skies, the prince's voice echoed through the...My people! Return from whence you came. Breathe. Breathe; for Nabradia...the people gathered around their prince, many cried and many laughed...

It Is Written

Title: It Is Written (aka The Brave Knight Saves the Handsome Prince From a Fate Moste Untenable) Ship: Adam/Kris Word Count: ~5,700 Rating: R Warnings: Explicit-yet-flowery (... quest for something (something that'd make him able to marry Katy maybe?), and how he meets Adam, the ~cursed~ prince on his way. Adam's curse is that he becomes a talking unicorn on the day and recovers his human ...

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY: CHAPTER 48

... of strength requiring great ingenuity and muscular power. Thus, a wounded prince or bandit chief, who is bleeding to death and too faint to ... mean you?' rejoined Mrs Crummles, in her most popular manner. 'Whence comes this altered tone?' 'I mean that a dastardly enemy of ... his little presents. When he had said goodbye all round and came to Mr Crummles, he could not but mark the difference between ...

"Well, mostly I'm here to sneer a lot.  But I'll kill you too"

...S MOTHERFUCKING HAMMER!!! She can just thunderbolt that shit and zombies melt back from whence they came. So Amanda's left to fend off a bunch of these things, and ... sure if there were any doubts left about Lara Croft/Prince of Persia = OTP, it would be laid to rest at ... This is on top of Lara stealing more of the Prince's moves, such as the "chimney jump" where you...

JRR Tolkien – The Sons of Elrond, Fic #40: Lacking, 080: Why?

... how shamelessly he flaunts our prince’s mastery over him even ... deemed arduous enough for the prince’s purposes. As Legolas made ... only ones about. Elrohir quickly came to him, his expression inquiring ... son submitting thusly to their prince, they would mostly keep their ... did he seek it. So whence this intense unlooked-for desire?... moment, Legolas knew not only whence his desire sprung but also ...

FFI: Astos/Garland, "Invictus" for stealth_noodle.

.... The idle chatter died down as he dismounted, taking his helm whence it dangled from his saddlebag. Caitlín cleared her throat. “Are... he held it out before him. “Caitlín!” he called. “ Here !” came the reply, a distance still on the hill to his left. “... for immortality, probably setting this before assaulting Matoya and the Elf Prince, or destroying the Dark Elf kingdom in a fit of jealous rage...