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FERAL

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"use chatgpt" that's the devil talking. buy four caffeinated drinks and pull an all nighter. this is the way.

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Daily reminder that the angels in Paradise Lost canonically have gay sex

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say it louder for the babies in the back

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Pros of re-reading your own fic

a good time;

Has exactly the tropes you like and the characterization you want to read;

Gratification: yes you did finish a thing and yes you did do good;

just a very fun time all around.

Cons of re-reading your own fic:

Is that another TYpO

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the past few days has just been me randomly going LOOK ALIVE sunshine 109 in the sky but the pigs won't quit you're here with me Dr. Death Defying I'll be your surgeon your proctor your helicopter pumping out the slaughtermatic sou

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writers be like; anyone gonna write this story? and then not wait for an answer. and then not write it either

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Say what you want about the Vampire Academy movie but it has the line “They say Dimitri is a god. But I’m an atheist. An atheist with a big gun.” so therefore it remains iconic

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GUYS IT BROUGHT ME BACK FROM THE DEAD😭LitJoy posted VAMPIRE ACADEMY arts, no I'm not hallucinating, we actually have 9 new art pieces

Tip-in Art by @laura_sava_art

Endpaper Reveal by @niru.sky

Tip-in Art by @gonzalom.art

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his flabber was ghasted

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Honestly still mad that they un-nerdified our boy. Made him interested in biographies or some serious shit, like Dimitri's whole appeal wasn't that he's just some super buff dork doing a permanent low key cosplay of his favourite westerns and cranking 80's love ballads while making heart eyes at his boss-bitch girlfriend.

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Rose and Strigoi Dimitri from Vampire Academy. This artwork was commissioned for endpapers for a new edition of Blood Promise!

Strigoi Dimitri was one of the biggest plot twists I had ever read back when this series first came out

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And look. Netflix has cancelled a lot of beloved and well-received shows over the years. This is far from their first shameless cancellation.

But this one really feels like a tragedy in a way the rest really haven’t, for me.

If you have not seen it, this show has some of the tightest writing I have ever seen. It explores so many ideas and character arcs in the span of eight episodes, and there is not a dull moment to speak of. Every line feels intentionally crafted for the character it is assigned to, and the actors never fail to follow through.

Speaking of the actors, almost the entire main cast are in their breakout roles but you would never know it because they are phenomenal. Need I remind you that everyone’s favorite homosexual from hell (sorry, Cas) is played by George Rextrew, and is his first onscreen role beyond acting school. It’s easy to forget that considering how seamlessly he melts into such a nuanced and uniquely expressive character.

Steve Yockey, the director/writer/producer who made this show happen deserves accolades for his brilliant creative direction and an adaptation that took an under-the-radar comic property and made it into the show stopping narrative of cycles of violence and abuse and learning how to grow from your past and be loved as you are. In EIGHT EPISODES.

The cinematography is also stunning and combined with the sharp editing decisions make it just as visually impactful as it is narratively.

I have not enjoyed a show as thoroughly as this once perhaps since season one of Daredevil like, a hundred years ago. I’ve watched other shows, I’ve liked other shows, but none without a healthy dose of criticism. I struggle to find something bad to say about this show because it is just that good.

Now I’m not going to go into the fact that this show was unapologetically queer and that Netflix has a history of cancelling any show that features a gay character that isn’t either comic relief or has two lines. However, it is hard not to notice that the less divisive a show is, the more market appeal that it has, and Netflix definitely cares more about a majority audience of passive users with autopay subscriptions than they do a dedicated fanbase excited to have something to call their own.

To quote Bo Burnham, “Art is dead.”

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Heartbreaking

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I’m so upset rn, and making memes is better than crying