lokihiddleston:

And then… at last, he kissed her with real passion. Skin on skin, mouth on mouth, sliding over her cheek, her forehead, her neck.

Some held that women did not feel desire, not in the way that men did. But if Thomas felt more than she felt now, she did not understand how he could have held back all this time. For she wanted him completely, utterly. She could not breathe for wanting him. It was an ache, an insatiable need, and it had been building in this space he had held between them. She saw herself bursting free of her cocoon of innocence, ready to fly into his arms and his heart and he into her flesh, to join with her and be with her. To forget death and tragedy and loss. She was his wife and it was her duty and her privilege to transform him with her devotion and her love.

He put his hands on her breasts, which were pushed up by the boning at the top of her corset, and she arched her back with a gasp. “Edith,” he managed, “you’re still in mourning and—”     “No. It is time. It is time.” she insisted.

He shoved tools and mechanisms from off his worktable and pushed her into it, raining kisses on her face and above the neck of her dress. She knew that he wanted her; she raised her skirt as he moved to make them one flesh and she accommodated him, oh, yes—                (Crimson Peak, book)

Okay, okay I KNOW it’s not Tasertricks.  But, I find it very…. *ahem* inspirational. So sign up for Secret Santa and think of  this ^^^^

Tasertricks Secret Santa and Elf sign up!!!

gyoroandururun:

Hello Tasertots! As some of you may already know, I’m
hosting this year’s Tasertricks Secret Santa―with a twist! You can sign up to
be either a Secret Santa or a Secret Elf.

What does that entail?

Secret Santa:

You will be assigned a Tasertot to make a gift for and (optional) even
send nice, anonymous messages to them. Please make sure to keep
yourselves anonymous or that defeats the purpose of this! You can also ask your
Tasertot if they have any further preferences, maybe you’re unsure whether they
like something and wish to make sure as it’s not answered on their sign up.
Also make sure to sign “from your Tasertot Santa” or something to identify that
you’re their Santa.

The types of presents you can give/receive:

·        
Fanfiction. (Short story, drabbles, longer fic,
lyrics.*)

·        
Fan art.

·        
Graphics.

·        
Videos.

·        
Other? Feel free to specify! I’ve just listed
what came to mind.

*Please specify if you’re open/can do all or some.

Secret Elf:

Santa’s little Elves are, for whatever reason, unable to
take part in the gift exchange and thus, instead, have the wonderful job of
spreading Christmas joy! Send your Tasertot messages of joy, motivation,
kindness, whatever! Heck, if you can, send them cute little imagines of
Tasertricks. Like, “Imagine Darcy taking Loki to Disneyland and showing him his
first theme park.”  Maybe it will bring
out a cute little discourse between you, discussing these wonderful ideas. Of
course, it must be kept anonymous on the Secret Elf’s part!

There’s also the scenario that you might see a Secret Santa
trying to come up with ideas for their gift. Maybe you could go along there and
help them! Give them inspiration.

Santas and Elves:

You each get your own Tasertot, to gift or send messages to.
However, you’re not restricted to sending messages to just that Tot, you’re
more than welcome to go and spread joy to anyone. Make sure not to tell anyone
who your secret Tasertot is!

The sign up
form:

I’ve kept the liked/disliked themes in for Elves too,

because
maybe there are certain things they don’t wish to see in their ask boxes! 

 

URL/Name: Url and
name/alias here.

Santa/Elf?: Which
one do YOU want to be?

Speciality: What
YOU can do. Can you write (specify the type, eg. Longer fic, lyrics, drabbles,
etc), draw, something else? Please name ALL the ones you can and are willing to
do!  N/A if you’re an Elf!

Preferred gift type: What
would you want for your gift? Please specify all possible wants. Fanfiction
(specific type ie. Longer, shorter, drabbles, lyrics), fanart, videos, etc.  N/A if you’re an Elf!

Liked themes: Just
write here themes and things you like. Things like if you like certain kinds of
AUs, clichés, angst/fluff, whatever. Do you mind smut? For Elves: there may be a chance that your Elf will send you
imagines or something, if there is something you’d like to say here, here is
the place. If not, N/A it!  

Undesirable: Let’s
face it, there are things we see in fics we don’t like. This is here to reduce
that, hopefully! Background pairings you dislike? Themes you dislike? AUs you
don’t like? Basically anything you don’t wanna see. For Elves: there may be a chance that your Elf will send you
imagines or something, if there is something you’d like to say here, here is
the place. If not, N/A it!  

Anything else? If
there’s anything else you want to add, here you go!

–

Please share this post I want to make sure everyone sees it! I will try and send to everyone who has shown interest/liked it so far but please feel free to send to anyone or tag anyone who you think might want to take part. 

Deadline: 3rd December.

I should be able to get the Elves and Santas assigned soon after. Now, what I mean here with the 3rd, is that by the time I get online on the 4th I will start sorting them. I am not sure whether I am free on the 3rd.

If I am not available on the 4th, then I will keep you informed. The presents will (hopefully!) have about a month’s deadline to make, though please note that, as long as you keep me/your tasertot informed, there will be no harm if for some reason it is late. 

I think that’s it. Any questions, let me know!

Also please use the tag #TTSS16 when answering asks, or making any post about this! 

Send me your sign up form through my Ask box! ❤ Thank you!

fjorn-the-skald:

A Basic Guide for Pronouncing Icelandic.

This is a subject that I frequently post about, and yet its basics have yet to be properly discussed. This post will help you to achieve familiarity with the Icelandic language, both in terms of written characters and their respective sounds. This guide may also be used as a method for pronouncing Old Norse. It is a lengthy guide, but that is because Icelandic, in all its beauty, is a bit difficult for most people to pronounce. In the end, this quite is only “basic” because it does not delve deeply into the linguistics behind certain sounds involved. Nonetheless, this guide should provide to be very helpful!

When working through this guide, try to avoid becoming overwhelmed. I strongly recommend working through only one section at a time.

Keep reading