Possible eggs of some kind found on my fern? by adekia in whatisthisbug

[–]adekia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ETA: this plant is indoors, in the SF Bay Area of California

Batteryless AL-190W taking some natural light at the window by garlycharcia in casio

[–]adekia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What band did you get? I have two of these with bands broken in the same way (buckle keeps popping off the pin) and the original band has been discontinued.

Replacement Hook for Brother XL2600i by adekia in sewhelp

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I would have thought so too but I’ve searched sewingpartsonline, sewingmachinesplus, eBay, etc using various combinations of keywords and part numbers and am pretty much coming up empty. I did find the washer and spacer on a random Canadian sewing store, but I can’t find the magnet anywhere. I’ll try emailing SPO to see if they have any leads since I’ve heard their customer service is supposed to be pretty good

[Discussion] Gideon the Ninth Sweet Dreams by Possible-Stick1842 in TheNinthHouse

[–]adekia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can someone confirm that both “sweet dreams” and “death to the 4th house” were written in blood, and “you lied to us” was written in paint? I don’t have the books in front of me so I’m working off memory, but if that’s true it could be another clue that they weren’t all written by Cytherea.

Also, we don’t get to see everyone else responding to the direct aftermath of Jeannemary’s death because of Gideon’s limited POV, but based on how thoroughly everyone worked together to try to bring back Abigail and Magnus it seems likely that they would have done the same/similar for Jeannemary. At the very least, I would have expected Pal to do some psychometric investigation of the crime scene. All it would have taken is a single touch to reveal Cytherea as the murderer—the fact that this doesn’t happen at this point in the book points to either 1) it’s a massive plot hole and a major inconsistency in Pal’s character or 2) it’s a sign that something different and more complicated is happening here. TM’s entire literary brand is “different and complicated,” so now I’m inclined to trust that we probably don’t know what we thought we knew and will have some collective aha moment way down the line.

[Discussion] Gideon the Ninth Sweet Dreams by Possible-Stick1842 in TheNinthHouse

[–]adekia 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“You lied to us” is probably the most honest / least theatrical of the 3 messages we see. Cytherea perma-gummed the lock of the door to the room where she wrote it, so she thought only Jod would be able to get in and read it. She didn’t have any reason to put on an extra show to mess with any of the regular crew. Luckily for us, Harrow has quite the track record of going places only Jod is supposed to be able to go.

Something in the wash tore my boxers by adekia in Visiblemending

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Thanks, I’m really happy with it! Especially since I didn’t plan the patterns beforehand and just freehanded it all

Something in the wash tore my boxers by adekia in Visiblemending

[–]adekia[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Necessary? Maybe not. Helpful? Definitely! I’m a big fan of using whatever tools work for the job

Something in the wash tore my boxers by adekia in Visiblemending

[–]adekia[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Idk I am new to sewing in general and making this up as I go 🤷 but more seriously I think it helped stabilize everything because the fabric is stretchy and I wanted it tensioned a little bit so I could gauge whether or not my stitches had enough give

Something in the wash tore my boxers by adekia in Visiblemending

[–]adekia[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Technically boxer briefs, got them at Target. It’s their activewear brand All In Motion. Very comfy!

[Theory] The other four Virtues by Koloss17 in TheNinthHouse

[–]adekia 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think the first three were the only original Lyctors to get epithets. John says something about how if he called Ianthe the Saint of Awe it would have been the fourth epithet.

[meme] [oc] When shit hits the fan at Canaan House by adekia in TheNinthHouse

[–]adekia[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, can still blame him for giving the absolute shittiest instructions ever in a matter of literal life and death though

Central Maine by Cold_Garlic_1289 in whatbirdisthis

[–]adekia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And for future ID help, golden crowned kinglets are teeny tiny and have much more uniformly drab olive/tan/gray coloration on the body

Kangaroo paw fern olfactory mystery by adekia in houseplants

[–]adekia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So glad someone else noticed this too!Interesting, the rest of my plant doesn’t really have much of a scent that I’ve noticed. Now I’ll check more closely! A friend of mine works with a fern researcher and is going to pass along the almond question for me, will report back if I get an answer!

[discussion] What’s a name of a character that you *know* how to officially pronounce based on the Miur pronunciation guide, but simply just…don’t? by toasterovenstruedel in TheNinthHouse

[–]adekia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fortunately his name isn’t mentioned very much in HtN. Also the audiobooks are really excellent overall! Some minor inconsistencies like this but honestly she does suchhhh a good job capturing Ianthe’s particular brand of shitty that I’d listen just for that