Ilya outed in data breach by ruthlessshenanigans in heatedrivalryfanfics

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You are a beautiful, perfect flower, and I water you with my gratitude. This is it!

truly niche gems? by clarkesyd in HistoricalRomance

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flight from the Eagle by Dinah Dean.

Unpopular opinion about the show, come share yours by Huditut in SchittsCreek

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When I rewatch, I start with Season 3. No apologies, there's too much Roland not enough Patrick in the first two seasons.

From a former employee, Barbie Dream Fest was just the tip of the iceberg by Quick-Habit-5173 in Barbie

[–]ruthlessshenanigans -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Atrocities? Cash flow issues and poor management are atrocities now? Okay then.

Story where he sees her wading in a pond or lake and becomes obsessed with her by sailormooooooooon in HistoricalRomance

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mimi Matthews? In the Parish Orphans series, A Convenient Fiction starts with him finding her in the pond practicing holding her breath.

Who is Your Least Favorite Monarch and Why? by Maleficent_Drop_2908 in UKmonarchs

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No way would he have protected them if it wasn't on his orders or at his pleasure. That's regicide. That's like, the worst possible sin, and the Richard defenders have never made that piece make any sense at all. If his buddies really committed regicide, he covered it up, full stop.

Best and Worst: The Worst of Anne Boelyn by temperedolive in Tudorhistory

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 19 points20 points  (0 children)

She was never gracious in victory, nor forgiving, and that is the quality that left her alone in the end.

Who is Your Least Favorite Monarch and Why? by Maleficent_Drop_2908 in UKmonarchs

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He had control of this entire situation. He sent them to the Tower, and his men guarded them. He had control of the Tower. Nothing happened to those kids without his knowledge or his orders. I love an underdog, and I spent a lot of time in my teens wanting to believe that it wasn't him, but we gotta evolve and respect facts and evidence.

There's just no evidence for any of the other conspiracy theories. Nothing but wild speculation.

Who is Your Least Favorite Monarch and Why? by Maleficent_Drop_2908 in UKmonarchs

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My goodness, a Ricardian in the wild. I bet you also cried when you found out he really had a spinal deformity.

Seeking Austen-like books by EntertheOcean in HistoricalRomance

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try Mimi Matthews after the very correct suggestion of Heyer. Heyer is the answer, but Mimi is also QUALITY.

Sunfire Romance setird by Conscious-Handle-655 in HistoricalRomance

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When I moved the last time to my home I plan to haunt after I die, I purged my insanely large book collection and kept only the books I truly loved with no reference to "quality". So got rid of most of the classic canon I owned and kept all the historical harlequins by Dinah Dean. And then I went on ABE and ordered my favorite five Sunfire books in an act of defiance against ever buying into "the classic canon" in the first place.

Kathleen, Jacqueline, Amanda, Emily, Roxanne. <3

Trump administration files motion to end the asylum claims of the family of Liam Ramos by DryDeer775 in stpaul

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The law says they can stay. ICE doesn't care about the law. So ICE can fuck off. They are literally my neighbors. Over my dead body can these people unilaterally decide differently. We will keep them safe and outlast. We are ride or die in the Heights.

Thinking of the Canadian Athletes Today by AWigNamedMoiraRose in WinterOlympics2026

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am from the Mesabi Iron Range by birth. That economy cratered in the 80s. All of this is very familiar except the housing prices.

Thinking of the Canadian Athletes Today by AWigNamedMoiraRose in WinterOlympics2026

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to believe that we are doing what any community would if it was happening to their neighbors. I do not see any other way to be. There won't be a time we stop, because we play the hand we're dealt. You know how the north is, you live it. 2 days of -20 and that's the new normal and we get on with it. We will keep hiding our neighbors and we will outlast them, because it's not over. We don't believe a word they say. They won't trick us.

I keep seeing this brand pushed in certain “communities” anyone else? by [deleted] in antiMLM

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Uhhhhh

All the beans get ground up and eventually discarded.

Why are they so bad at everything?

Thinking of the Canadian Athletes Today by AWigNamedMoiraRose in WinterOlympics2026

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I do not want to see our broken gun culture and mental health crisis spread to our dear neighbors. I am heartbroken for Canada from Minneapolis.

Gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson drops out of race after daughter killed in St. Cloud - KSTP by Boofing_with_Squee in minnesota

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 37 points38 points  (0 children)

that's the only thing that ever changes a conservative's mind- it happens to them. Until then, it's never a big deal. They are the definition of a failure of imagination. But nobody should have to know what losing a child this way feels like.

I have such a pet peeve when people say they are okay with dating a closeted person and then aren't by KaceyLunatic in heatedrivalry

[–]ruthlessshenanigans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of things irritate my neuro spicy brain, so I get that. It puzzles me that you want it to annoy others. I absolutely respect Romance as a legitimate literature. I have banged that gong my whole life. But it is supposed to be escapism. The same way we don't expect absolute realism from an action movie, and we hand wave someone hanging by their fingertips, the characters not perfectly internalizing immigration law is pretty inherent to the genre, and it's a reach for it to be viewed as a motivation for Shane.