My Local Bookstore Was Selling Copies Of The Newest Emily Wilde Book A Week Early!! Guess What I'm Doing

My local bookstore was selling copies of the newest Emily Wilde book a week early!! Guess what I'm doing tomorrow....

So Australia has a yearly tradition going back over 20 years, that every Australia Day we all gather round our screens to watch an ad for a certain product. It's so ingrained in our consciousness that the ads don't even really relate to what they're supposed to sell anymore, we all just know.

This year the ad broke containment, and non-Australians are having their brains melted by this bizarre tradition, so international followers, lets see if you can work out what this is trying to sell before the last few seconds.

Crude Imitations of Barriers

Having heard what has been asked of Gale by his goddess, Slate goes to check on him, and they both have to cross the barriers they have constructed to face the difficult questions. What are they? And what can they allow themselves to do next?

Crude Imitations of Barriers (2618 words) by CrabsWithSticks Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gale/Tav (Baldur's Gate), Gale (Baldur's Gate)/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Gale (Baldur's Gate), Tav (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining, Sharing a Bed, What Are We, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Developing Relationship, Vulnerability, Touch-Starved Series: Part 2 of A Clean Slate

Karlach: So, Gale- got any book recommendations for me

Gale: You can read?!

Karlach: Very funny. Yes- I can read. School put me off big boring tomes. Sometimes I wonder what I'm missing.

Gale: Say no more- I'll find the perfect book for you. I might even lend it to you from my library in Waterdeep. [Devnote: Jumping on the opportunity to give a book recommendation (a favourite hobby)]

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He's so me coded lmao. Book recommending has also been one of my favourite hobbies since I was 12 (pls ask me for recommendations).

Oh I forgot the 'boat people' one. ('Boat people' are refugees trying to get to Australia and are treated very poorly), plus it also makes the point about the "first fleet" which is fun!

So Australia has a yearly tradition going back over 20 years, that every Australia Day we all gather round our screens to watch an ad for a certain product. It's so ingrained in our consciousness that the ads don't even really relate to what they're supposed to sell anymore, we all just know.

This year the ad broke containment, and non-Australians are having their brains melted by this bizarre tradition, so international followers, lets see if you can work out what this is trying to sell before the last few seconds.

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) dir. Ang Lee