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i like this.... what if it was inevitable across timelines that matthew and the angels are one. but instead of having the opportunity to die and revive in freedom, bakker, well...

If Matthew met his younger (fully human) self... This would be some kind of time travel scenario. Past Matthew would be horrified of course. Demonic possession, things man was not meant to do, abominations, etc. He would want to avert that future at all costs. How do I stop you from happening? he asks. It's easy, says Future Matthew. All you have to do is, when Bakker asks you to summon the angels, you say yes

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Hello Tumblr friends, apropos of nothing, I have a book recommendation for you.

If You Think You Would Enjoy:

First person narration that Does Something Cool With It

Urban fantasy that really leans into the urban aspect. The mundane beauty of the city made magical

London Man Investigates His Own Murder While Committing Several More Murders, more at 8

A protagonist who is just an absolute wet pathetic paper bag of a man and knows it

A protagonist(s) who are the exuberant and unhinged personification of telecommunications technology with an unparalleled zest for life and also sometimes murder

Both of those characters are technically the same person

The most breathtakingly gorgeous prose that has ever been used to describe a magically animated pile of garbage

A tone that I feel can reasonably be described as “gritty,” with its refusal to shy away from the blood and grime of reality, but that is also suffused with a deep unflinching love for everything that humanity is

A supporting cast that includes many of the world’s weirdest and most badass women

The protagonist getting beat up and/or stabbed and/or shot and almost dying at least twice per book

A reading experience not quite like any you have seen before or since

Then You Should Read:

The Matthew Swift series by Kate Griffin, starting with A Madness of Angels

If you love the city of London, you will love this book. If you have never been to the city of London, this book will show you what it looks like through the eyes of someone who loves it.

(And also what it looks like when embodied as a giant dragon made of street signs.)

I cannot emphasize enough the gorgeousness of this prose, the geniusness of the urban magic system, and the amount of love for London and for humanity that oozes out of this book. I am also fully convinced that Matthew Swift would be a tumblr blorbo if his books were not mostly out of print and very niche.

It can be a bit hard to get your hands on a physical copy—try thriftbooks or another online used bookseller, or call your friendly neighborhood bookstore and see if they can order it for you. Or just go for an ebook (maybe your library has it on Libby). It is absolutely worth the trouble.

Brief content note while I have you here: There is a fair amount of violence and it is sometimes very lovingly described. Also...don’t get too attached to side characters.

Go read it and then join the approximately 3 people on tumblr who know this book exists and are obsessed with it!!

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watching p5r playthroughs and I like seeing people go through this specific progression

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Harry Potter can cook. tbh. He deserves it. Also I headcanon that voldemort has made it so he does not need to sleep or eat much in order to thrive, physically and mentally, but he still eats anything Harry cooks and offers to him. A love language, of sorts.

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「安達が魔法使いにならなかった世界線の話」 + 「もしもの話」 — english translation

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I WANT FOR AO3 TO HAVE A FILTER TO TAKE OUT ALL THE FICS I'VE ALREADY READ CUS MAN I'VE READ A LOT

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“You’re my forbidden fruit”

mythological forest au

Harry is just a human and poor physician in small old village near the Forbidden Forest. He found an old book that was hidden underneath the floorboards. It was about mysterious potions that could cure many serious diseases, and Harry decided to make one of them, so he went to the Forbidden Forest to find ingredients. In the middle of the forest Harry found a magnificent apple tree with bright red apple and he couldn’t help but pick a one fruit.

A white snake with dark eyes — an owner of this place — looked straight at the boy. The boy who crossed the border of its territory. The boy who dared to think that he could touch what belongs to Voldemort. The boy in old raggedy clothing. The boy with unforgettable — unforgivable — green eyes.

As always sorry for mistakes

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Shujaiya, Gaza, a flattened apartment complex bears graffiti reading “All this family killed by US weapons.”

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“The United States Government is offering you a piece of land of your own.”

“We have our own land.”

“No, it’s not yours. It’s the US Government’s.”

S1E6 - “Pride, Pomp and Circumstance”

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wip 絵の休憩の絵

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neck kisses

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this is like one of the sideplots in Touch by Claire North

You’re an alien spy that has replaced someone in order to blend in on Earth. Turns out the guy you replaced had a very unhappy wife who immediately realised you aren’t him when you treat her like a normal husband should.

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JOKER WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY GO WHERE DID YOU PUT THEM

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you got a lucky card.