#@canonicallyanxious

[pronouncingitwang]

tagged by @npdclaraoswald <3

Rules: make a poll with five of your all-time favorite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone’s favorite.

tagging more than five bc i can @serenfire @homosexualslug @loverboyfae @bladeweave @arabriddler @boxesfullofthoughts @canonicallyanxious

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evanbucxley -> fcntasmas

rip fandom urls 😔✌️ hello year-round spooky url with a beautiful icon by the loml @nymika-arts 

@alsclightwood @renecdote @kimmyfinkle @ghosthunterbuck @mellaithwen @octobertulip @littlespoonevan @buckthehalls @girldiaz @catdadeddie @tawaifeddiediaz @tripleaxeldiaz @buckleys-diaz @capseycartwright @herosiris @fruitydiaz @boxesfullofthoughts @canonicallyanxious

[fcntasmas]

tagged by @tripleaxeldiaz & @nymika-arts to do this picrew MWAH ily both adorable bubs ❤️

i actually just did my hair like this the other day so it felt appropriate

tagging my loves @jamiestartt, @mellaithwen, @renecdote, @bieddiediaz, @ghosthunterbuck, @canonicallyanxious, & @boxesfullofthoughts ❤️❤️❤️

[thelibraryiscool]

23 books for 2023

this could never be an exhaustive list, but I thought I’d jot down some books I’m excited to get to this year -- and we’ll see how many I really hit! as a side note, this doesn’t include any series I’m planning to continue/read from more, like tana french or cixin liu.

Corregiodora by Gail Jones

Hiver à Sokcho [Winter in Sokcho] by Elisa Shua Dusapin << read her Vladivostok Circus instead and enjoyed it, so just postponing this one for next year

Der Zug war pünktlich [The Train Was on Time] by Heinrich Böll << in progress

Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald

The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager << dnf. did not even get very far. great concept but could not get on with the writing

The Life of Arsenyev [Жизнь Арсеньева] by Ivan Bunin

The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo 

Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith 

Marriage by Susan Ferrier

How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić << in progress

Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto

Désorientale [Disoriental] by Négar Djavadi << in progress

The Lviv Saga [Львівська сага] by Petro Yatsenko

Bleu blanc vert [Blue White Green] by Maïssa Bey

A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople by Patrick Leigh Fermor

1919 by Eve L. Ewing

A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

A Home for Dom [Дім для Дома] by Victoria Amelina

Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

Asia & Haiti by Will Alexander

Wound [Рана] by Oksana Vasyakina

Ghost Music by An Yu << read her Braised Pork and thought it was just ok, so will not be reading this one any time soon

Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys

and because there’s no rule that says you can’t start a tag thing if you weren’t tagged in one, i shall tag @dauen, @canonicallyanxious, @nonbinaryjomarch, @queenofattolia, @booksnpictures, @fluencylevelfrench and anyone else who wants to do the same xD

[tristealven]

Hello!

Who created your cover photo?

Hi! If you mean the watercolor painting I have as my header it's

Shared Waters by Sirkku Rosi

but with an added discord comment from my beloved @canonicallyanxious

[honeyginger]

tagged by @zorokashi

🎶✨when you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, publish, then send this ask/tag 10 of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool) 🎶✨ 

i listen to this song literally everyday it’s my morning alarm so it has to go first

tagging @books-n-cleverness @lucydonato @canonicallyanxious @the-clary-rose @theheartofthekoko @faersflower @fablesdelightme @flyingrosess @rebeccabinch @ride-a-dromedary also anyone else who wants to cause i like to listen to the songs people add to these things

[evakuality]

So @siljesille  left a request on my skam fic reading thingy and since I’m too lazy to figure out how to get that ‘answer your replies easily’ thing, I’m doing it this way, the long and time consuming way.  Because laziness.  So the comment was this:

Hi :) tried to find one of you suggestions on ao3 But no luck - do you have a link to: making new cliches’ by @canonicallyanxious? Thx :) Also Im reading “Boy with a basket of fruit” right now, thanks for the recimmendation!

And certainly.  I will absolutely share the link for this fantastic fic here.  I probably should have put the ao3 names of people who are also on tumblr under different names, but I didn’t.  But anyway, yes!  People should read all these fics and they should leave kudos and comments because they’re all soo good!!  If you’re enjoying “boy with a basket of fruit” I also suggest reading the rest of @fxckxxp fics because they are also really good and immersive.

And actually, there are SO MANY more fics out there that are also good and that I didn’t put on that post for whatever reason.  So I’m thinking of doing a rec list of my fave fics for Isak and another for Even.  It’s taking ages (mostly because I keep re-reading the fics and that is fun but takes time), but expect those ... uh.  Sometime.  Because that list is waaaaay longer than this one was and keeps growing.  

[inmyarmswrappedin]

Ship ask game: Ava/Finn/Zoe, Amira N/Dounia, nooreva or dealers choice of a remake version!Tried to think of some fun ones but feel free to disregard any of these lol

Hi 🔱 I'm going to do a remake version of Nooreva, but otherwise these are all great! Certainly less obvious than the ones I sent to you lol.

Ava/Finn/Zoe: Ship it!

1. What made you ship it? Before s7, my theory was that it was Finn who was Ava's friend before he got with the ganggang. And that was because Ava would bring Finn up in somewhat odd circumstances. And then Ava and Zoe became besties during s6 and I think all these connections are really intriguing, like there's a lot that can be built upon them that would help develop Ava, Zoe AND Finn.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship? I'd say the fact that, even though the ship is non-canon, the characters do have all these connections that live in my head rent-free. I also like that Zoe and Ava are both affectionate characters, so I get to see them cuddle and stuff. And lol I also like that they're relatively underrated characters, so people don't care that I'm shipping a non-canon ship.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? I don't know what the popular opinions are, but I don't really want Druck to make this ot3 canon lol. Not only it wouldn't work post s7, I just don't think a 10-episode season where they'd be background characters is a good medium in which to explore a triad.

Amira N/Dounia: Don't ship it (in canon)

1. Why don't you ship it? I actually did like the ship for the longest time. But then that whole storyline where Amira outed Kasim (when there were so many other things she could've done instead) and then having Dounia say on her last clip that she was trying to get Kasim to come out to their mom (when he wasn't even ready to come out to Dounia), was just SO straight of both of them, that I just can't.

2. What would have made you like it? I ship them in any fanon verse in which the events of s4 didn't happen. They both have their personalities, Las Labass, and Kasim is still Dounia's brother, but everything else happened in a covid-free parallel universe.

3. Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it? I think Amira N/Dounia is probably the easiest Muslim girl/Muslim girl ship to make canon, in that Amira already had sapphic energies before s4, and both Dounia and Amira feel very strongly about the other. Tbh Dounia's insistence that Amira date her brother is pretty much halfway there lol.

Mia/Hanna: Ship it

1. What made you ship it? I actually didn't ship them while s1 was dropping. But I rewatched s1 and s3 before s4 ended, and, if you know that s1 is going to end with Mia kissing Hanna, you actually can see how the writer was dropping all these little hints throughout the season that it was going to happen. Stuff like Hanna speaking of hanging out with Mia as, like, having a date with Mia (when talking to Jonas), Mia saying she doesn't think of sexuality as labels (which, good for you queen, but wish she'd actually talked of being bisexual tbh). Anyway, Mia/Hanna hints is one of those fun extras that you get when you rewatch a Skam season.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship? I think my favorite thing about it is that I have no reason not to like them together. I have my issues with how Mia's bisexuality was handled, but, unlike Noora, Mia never seemed to look down on Hanna or judge her. They remained close through the seasons, kept hanging out together, and I feel like Mia truly valued Hanna's input in a way Noora never did with Eva's. So it's like, it didn't happen on the show, but it doesn't trouble me to explore it in my mind lmao.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? I guess my most unpopular opinion is that it's not my first ship for either of them. I find Mia/Victoria more... Not more canon because Mia did kiss Hanna after all lmao, but more like the show was telling me "yeah, they're gonna hook up at some point." And the Hanna ship of my heart is Hanna/Toilet Sam because maybe Pablo Grant should have made different acting choices that made me NOT ship it lol.

[itistimeforusalltodecidewhoweare]

For the Spotify wrapped game - 1, 50, and 100!

thank you sarah 💛

1. why'd you only call me when you're high - arctic monkeys

listen. this song gives me the best brain tingles i've experienced in years. according to spotify i've only listened to it 36 times, but that seems too low honestly.

50. haven't met you yet - michael bublé

lmao i have nothing to say about that, we're just gonna accept it

100. la cour des miracles - bernard alane

this is from disney's hunchback of notre dame soundtrack, but the french dubbing. aka the superior version. i said what i said

spotify wrapped is here!

[neon-schmetterlinge]

David is going as Bow this Halloween, right?

[notskam]

hello! do you have any recent fic recs for the druck fandom by any chance? just curious because all your skam fr recs have been good so i'm looking for some druck fic to read as well :)

i love, love druck fics that i’ve read, but not recent ones, no. if anyone would recommend i would read it immediately. because, on ao3, it’s hard to find good ones sadly!

[offbeat-leah]

when you get this you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool!!)

thank you for sending me this, sarah!

1. this is superficial but i like my eyelashes 2. i like how into academic writing i get, and i really love analyzing literature and film, so hopefully this continues in grad school! 3. i like how close i am with my friends and how well they know me4. i like that i’m slowly but surely working on my mental health and trying my best, y’all! 5. i like that i’m coming into my own person, finally, i feel more and more comfortable with figuring out who i am and accepting the change that comes with that

[fcntasmas-archive]

i was tagged by @canonicallyanxious (ily sarah!! bee tee dubs they had some really cool tracks if you’re interested their songs are here) for the following challenge: 

🎶✨when you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, publish, then send this ask/tag 10 of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool) 🎶✨

so, sarah said we don’t have to do blurbs of the songs we choose, so if you’re tagged and you just want to list them out sans commentary, that’s super fine. i just kinda looked into my spotify top played and chose from there and then just blabbed shortly about why they Hit for me. here are five songs i ~actually~ listen to and will always highly recommend:

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1. i know the end - phoebe bridgers 

song of all time. will never not inspire me to sit down and create an entire world in my head. pretty sure all my world/fic ideas have been born of sitting my ass down and listening to this song over and over. she talks about the ending of all things in a big metaphorical nostalgic way and then she SCREAMS. phobe bridgers owns my ass and she knows it, too

2. the view between villages - noah kahan

when this first came on as the closer to his newest album i simply did not replay the album. i continued to listen to it. over and over and over again. if i don’t listen to it at least once a day now i’m pretty sure i will deteriorate. disappear. spontaneously combust. this song gained (rightful) popularity later on but i want to say i was its First Big Fan i have receipts

3. civilian - wye oak

i’m pretty sure this has been in every single tv show in the last decade but like. why wouldn’t it be?? vibes? immaculate. lyrics? powerful. melody? insane. when jenn wasner said “i wanted to give you everything but i still stand in awe of superficial things” i knew she Understood Me on a personal level

4. halloween - novo amor

john meredith-lacey walked straight out of wales and said “i’m gonna write soulful masterpieces that you’re going to cry to from teenagedom to adulthood” and he DID. halloween is one of his most straight-forward songs lyrically, but it still Hits Home when i have a bad week/month fr

5. i wanna get better - bleachers

jack antonoff, even though your stage name is the one thing in high school gym class i familiarized myself the most with, this song feels like it’s hitting my happy brain waves for the very first time every single time no matter how often i listen to it. it’s about the synths 🤌 it’s about the dichotomy 🤌 it’s about the layers 🤌 etc etc (it’s pretty tied with don’t take the money for my most-listened to by him tbh)

tagging: @boxesfullofthoughts, @calnovas, @renecdote, @mellaithwen, @littlespoonevan, @nymika-arts, @ghosthunterbuck, @tripleaxeldiaz, @octobertulip, & @catdadeddie​ if you’d like to share <33

[fcntasmas]

tagged by @deareddie @nymika-arts @mellaithwen & @usercowboy to list 8 shows to watch to get to know me better mwah ily all sm with all my heart

black sails

supernatural :\ but not all of it ig

glee (leave me alone)

skam (norway)

911

merlin

the walking dead

ted lasso

i'm pretty sure i've seen this go around everywhere so i'll just tag @canonicallyanxious @boxesfullofthoughts & @ghosthunterbuck mwah <3

[thelibraryiscool]

last, current, next read

i was tagged by the marvelous @tiffanyachings, thanks!

last: [1] The Children of the Crow (Дети ворона) by Yulia Yakovleva. it's a children's magical realist novel about the stalinist repressions, and i thought it was pretty well done. it captures a young boy's psyche and the effects of living during the terror, as well as the challenge of overcoming propaganda and fear. i also thought the more magical elements fit nicely with the story, both tonally and thematically. would recommend. [2] Blackout by Connie Willis. another of her oxford time travel series, this time about the Blitz. i may or may not have spent all day yesterday reading it instead of working. not my favorite of her books, but does capture the atmosphere, and has CW's usual interest in chaos and in the meaningful lives of very ordinary people

current: mostly books i've been in the middle of for a while: [1] A house for Dom (Дiм для Дома) by Victoria Amelina. the story of a lviv family in the 90s told from the perspective of their dog [2] Civilizations by Laurent Binet. alternate history: what if the incas had invaded europe instead [3] Braised Pork by An Yu. not very far into it, but i think it's about a woman finding her husband dead and realizing all the things she might do now that she's on her own [4] Les Prépondérants by Hédi Kaddour. a hollywood film crew comes to shoot a movie in the maghreb

next: so much... probably All Clear by Connie Willis, because for once i should try not waiting months or years to read the next installment of a series. maybe Corregiodora by Gail Jones bc i've been meaning to read it forever. i also need to go back to Aurora Floyd and properly get into it. but really i decide on the spot and read multiple books at once (evidently) so Who Knows

tagging @fluencylevelfrench @dauen @daisyyydaisyyydaisyyy @queenofattolia @m-b-w @colorwheels14 @booksnpictures @canonicallyanxious and anyone else who'd like to do it!

[tristealven]

top 10 comfort movies tagged by the loveliest @soracities 💕

tagging @canonicallyanxious @boxesfullofthoughts @persimmonyms @archaenightmare & anyone who wants to do this