#BINDing Figure

[2deadboys]

just thinking about that one concept of Charles telling Edwin they should get married so they have a claim on each others souls (so Hell can't have Edwin)

but early on in their friendship

Charles is all like hey so you know how you escaped hell and youre running from it bc it still owns your soul...... what if we got married so your soul technically belongs to me?? -- and mine is yours of course.

Edwin is just "... you want to marry me?"

"As best mates of course :))) I'll do anything to keep you safe."

and they lowkey forget about it till Hell nabs Edwin again. But this time Charles argues to the Night Nurse that actually Edwins soul belongs to him. And whips out their marriage certificate.

And shes like 😐 "I'm going to have to file this officially.... but technically your claim is stronger than Hells."

Hell had Edwins soul because of a technicality. But Charles has his soul because Edwin willingly gives himself to him.

[azu1as]

bingqiu au where sy is thrown into the unexpectedly female body of sqq. so when sy finds out, he gets carried away with the bright idea that the best way to avoid the terrible fate of the original goods is to take on the role of a mother-figure for luo binghe.

after all, in pidw there were only two roles for good-looking women like him (and really he didn't expect the original goods to look this good actually. no wonder airplane never posted official art for this man—woman?—the dudebros would definitely clamor to make sqq part of binghe's harem despite all the abuse and torment he—she??—put the man through) that won't end in getting his entire body ripped apart: a) fall in love with luo binghe and join his harem or b) be a mother-figure for binghe and tragically die.

his prospects were, at face value, not very promising. he wasn't female so he couldn't possibly fall in love with binghe so sy has no choice but to follow through with the latter.

the system is surprisingly silent when his mind races through the idea and doesn't raise any complaints about sy messing with the plot this way.

sy believes that, with all his stock knowledge of murim and fantasy worlds, he can avoid the fates that often befell these types of characters—often sacrificial deaths that lead to the protagonist's next power-up. he could gather all the artifacts for level-ups and give them to binghe at the right time!

another good way to lock in on the surviving mother-figure role is by promising to be present during the protagonist's wedding. so he does just that (not understanding the dazed look that enters his bun's face) and, to really make sure, also promises the same for all of binghe's wives (to ning yingying, luo mingyan, wife #124 a defected qiong ding disciple, etc.).

suddenly, everyone in cang qiong is abuzz over rumors of sqq wanting a wedding/looking for a husband/getting wedding fever/etc. the rumors have all jumbled up at this point into a massive mess at this point.

lqg and yqy are trying to figure out if sqq is trying to subtly shoot them a sign by approaching their sister/disciple.

meanwhile, sy thinks that he's totally got this and how on track he is with his plan when binghe accidentally slips and calls him, "mom" one time. unfortunately, all he did was stir up the hidden pseudo-oedipus complex in his poor bun.

[mortiscausa]

something i've been working on, having a little fun combining etching and bookbinding

[adastrabbit]

a mother's grief

[mrghostrat]

I FIGURED OUT…… HOW TO DO SIGNSTURES….

this is the one thing that stopped me binding my own books. i could not fathom how to do impositions and get the pages in the right order or how to manage double sided printing with a single sided printer.

i feel so alive rn 👀

[dailyfigures]

Lilina ; Fire Emblem ☆ Intelligent Systems

[dailyspicyfigures]

Tasting Girl - Ichigo Milk ; Original Character ☆ BINDing

[cardsnwords]

A little bit after my first fanbind, I bound another great fanfic. Linger in the Sun by the wonderful etymologyplayground ( @megafaunatic on tumblr).

They wrote this fanfic in the fandom of The Untamed and it ended up being another one of my first binds.

I was still learning a lot and I was still using recycled copy paper for my binds. Though I am still learning, I am definitely using different paper by now and I am trying to be better with grain direction.

I drew the mirror on my iPad, because I wanted to have something at the beginning of the story. The first page seemed a little bare to me without at least a little picture and since a mirror is featured in the story, I figured I'd just draw one.

For the covers I used an old folder that I cut to size and the spine is just some design paper which is thicker than regular paper but definitely not as thick as the board I used for the covers.

As you can see, the glue made the first pages warp a little, because I didn't use any paper or whatever in between the cover and the body of the book, which I do now. Also, I was still cutting the edges by hand and tried to smooth them a bit by actually sanding them with sandpaper. That worked... not as well as I wanted it to.

But in the end I was satisfied, because: I made another book! :D

In 2022, I bound this fic, again, just because I could and I wanted to try out different paper. This time, I printed it on white copy paper, but still without concern for grain direction. (I didn't have the name "cardsnwords" back then, which is why it says "thisismylifenao" on there.)

Here you can also see that the edges are not really smooth and that they are even kinda dirty because of the *cough* not so good *cough* sandpaper I used.

Also, in hindsight, I shouldn't have used space between the paragraphs, because in a bound book that just looks weird. But either way, I am happy that I stuck with binding books.

[ryeallytired]

Its finally done!!!

After getting back into BBC's Merlin recently (read: a couple months ago) I realized I no longer trusted streaming services to still have it available long term and managed to buy a complete DVD box set.

But because the slip case had quite a bit of wear to it (and due to some minor scopophobia) I made it a box that looks like a book!

(More rambling info & video under cut)

Materials:

The base construction is cardboard and paper (used to cover the exposed cut edges and strengthen corners). The box's faux paper edge is a printed texture on cardstock that was then waxed. The interior is black cardstock with silver vinyl. The 'book case' is that same cardboard construction with faux raised bands (made with some scrap foam I had) wrapped in Cialux's night blue bookcloth (hence the minor wrinkles) with Cricut HTV in metallic gold and 'reflective rainbow'.

Design:

Cover: Obviously Pendragon logo had to go front and center, no argument on that one. (Also partially cause Merlin doesn't really have his own symbol to him? The triskelion just doesn't make sense to me because although Emyrs is a symbol for the druids, Merlin himself isn't a druid and I'd imagine would instead choose icons of Camelot and Arthur to represent himself besides.) ANYWAY- Behind the crest, filligree containing a blade and the sidhe staff in that subtle reflective HTV that blends into the bookcloth exactly how I wanted until it catches the light (something something, hidden magic in the background something something).

(Appologies for the unsteady hands)

Spine: Mortaeus flower! Because it really felt like a turning point for the two (you've known each other... what a week? and you're going against your father to travel to some far off cave to get a flower?? that's some good as dnd-adventuring-party type shit I love it). Minor detail are the top and bottom shapes: pulled from some cool windows we see a lot in season one (I just think there' neat, okay?)

Back Cover: Excalibur with two butterflies cut from the blue-toned area of the rainbow HTV :)

And finally the Inside!: The cup of life! Because it felt just a little empty. I'm still tempted to put something small on the bottom left corner of the inside cover... maybe a crown? not sure yet

And that's everything! Thanks for reading! If anyone wants to make something similar for their own dvd set I'd be happy to share the .svg or .png file of the cut outs, just shoot me a message 👍 Before you go, wanna know the worst part about this project???

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It doesn't even fit on my DVDs shelf :)))) It sticks out by about an inch and a half 😭So we maaay have to be relegated to the 'actual books' bookshelf...

[dunnonorlly]

interesting how eddie’s fallout with ana happened in such quick succession to the will conversation.

he tells buck that the rest of his family/his parents aren’t what he wants for christopher, then turns around and essentially says “you are everything i want for my son. you are the only option”.

flash forward a few episodes and he’s found a comfortable rhythm with ana, this perfect parental figure for his kid who has virtually no flaws and checks every box. she’s everything he should want, but he’s panicking the second he’s faced with the idea of a long term commitment with her. partially because of his history with shannon and his unresolved grief, but also, underneath it all, everything feels wrong because he already knows who he truly wants. he just doesn’t know how much yet.

[oniii-fans]

SUN

[lenakluthor]

remember when i mentioned i’d taken up bookbinding? well, i finished binding people will say we’re in love by @takethegrasskara and i’m so happy with how it turned out, i wanted to show off a little. i wasn’t sure i’d be able to pull it off, since it’s significantly longer than my first attempt at binding, but honestly? i’m obsessed. and now one of my favorite fics gets to live on my bookshelf forever!

[modormouth]

no more horror movies about antique dolls! i want 2 be haunted by hellish visions from the weird rei ayanami figure i found on ebay!!!

[dailyfigures]

Roy ; Fire Emblem ☆ Intelligent Systems

[dailyspicyfigures]

Bastet ; Original Character ☆ BINDing

[cardsnwords]

The first fanfiction I bound was the wonderful yesterday, tomorrow by sophiahelix on ao3.

This story took my breath away and made me want to start binding fanfictions into books so I could always have them on my shelves. Can't believe that was back in June of 2021. Almost exactly three whole years ago!

Anyway, I have learned a lot since then and of course I have amassed way too much material and stuff for this wonderful hobby. I may not bind fics every month or every week, but even after a longer break, I always come back to it. There are just so many different facets to bookbinding that I only found out about while doing it which makes it so varied and fun.

Thanks to the resources that @armoredsuperheavy made public and all the info from @renegadeguild, the editing of the fic and the eventual binding were really easy. Of course, I'm still learning more with every fic I bind and I don't think that will stop anytime soon.

Right. Enough about this.

@sophia-helix made me want to start binding fics and now I have more than 12 books made and more to come.