#Everyone should read this story

[reaperfromtheabyss]

😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️🚀😭❤️

[starbuck]

reading and watching “classic” books and films is such an interesting experience because, before you get into them, when you only know them by name and maybe the vaguest plot outline, they’re intimidating and stuffy and up on a pedestal, but then you finally take the leap and check them out and realize that almost every story that’s achieved such a legendary level of popularity did so because something in its emotional core reached out and grabbed a lot of people by the throat and you are NOT immune.

[afterthelambs]

i adore Maruki as a character because he's simultaneously the most relatable depressing character that will make you cry with empathy, and the goofiest wettest cat loser in the game like what do you mean youre a licensed therapist and your first response to trauma is to brainwash a girl, project ur relationship issues onto a 17 yr old boy, and then rule the world in a golden leotard? bro went from 0 to 100 so fast??? anyway he's like 30% of the reason why p5r works as well as it does

[cowardlykrow]

"Hah, dude doesn't even know he's in my tamagotchi."

[geneticdriftwood]

persephone's in hell; a rooftop conversation

for @mysterycitrus

persephone's in hell, @mysterycitrus // white winter hymnal, fleet foxes // assorted dc comics

[arithmonym]

re-reading the locked tomb, and i'm thinking about how harrow identifies alecto as a "girl" rather than a "woman."

obviously, john had other sources of inspiration... but did you know that the original barbie doll was only supposed to be nineteen years old?

[umossu]

Zukka Big Bang 2024: The Pretender

writer: @sulkybender

for @zukkabigbang2024

more art under the cut →

NSFW art

[chrisrin]

fan-made all out attack screen based on akechi's new thief design from the fic marigolds by colbub!

[angel---eater]

okay heres what were not gonna do about the upd8. were not gonna call for censorship. were not gonna pedojacket anyone, either the writers/artists or the fans who enjoyed the upd8, or fans who say that this was a good depiction of this particular trauma. we are not going to brush off and shut down the upd8 for making you feel bad nor are we going to call this depiction of abuse poorly handled simply because it made you specifically upset. its something thats upsetting to read about point blank. if youre upset reading about this then congrats for being in the majority of humans reacting appropriately to an upsetting thing. but were gonna read it and were not gonna behave like headless fuckin chickens about it because these themes have been present in homestuck for a very long time and now theyre finally coming to a climatic point and resolution. stop screaming about how no one should depict this shit. inform each other of trigger warnings so other people can opt-in. but fuckin stop saying that no one should write about this. stop calling the hs2 team gross and horrible for writing this. unclench and think about others outside of your disgust reaction. these stories need to be told

[kafkaoguro]

i wish prsk had a more media literate fanbase that was willing to read, analyse characters and process complex topics; even if the official writing itself isn't all that good

mizuki's latest event (road of thorns) was handled amazingly and i wish they would've done the same with light up the fire / an4. but that's another story.

on to the main point: mizuki's trans writing. it's always 'that's a crossdresser' 'mizuki is gender nonconforming' 'you're reinforcing stereotypes',... every excuse under the sun to deny good representation. mizuki's story is such an obvious trans narrative and has been for years, denying it either means that you don't want to comprehend the stories or just indirectly transphobic.

mizu5 was a double-edged sword. it gave people the chance to actually read a story out of love for such a well-written, lovable trans character and the writers poured their all into such a nuanced topic that deserves to be handled with care. it had such a big impact that even those who knew nothing about prsk prior to this event would be able to understand and sympathise with mizuki's trans journey.

on the other hand, there were still people unable to accept her identity and going to lengths to prove mizuki isn't trans even when the writing shoves it in your face over the course of 4 entire years. it's not even subtext at this point.

it's also pretty obvious this would be the first time majority of the fanbase has read a story, because there were definitely questionable takes. but all in all, i could only hope people were more willing to give the stories a chance (although prsk writing isn't stellar) and be able to set out their own interpretations, analyses,... for the characters/

[defire]

My favorite Tumblr Whump stories!

Content warnings are NOT exhaustive! I like it dark.

I love these stories so much!! 10 out of 10! If you wrote some or have recommendations let me know, because I'll hopefully be reblogging to add to this list :)

Eternal by @3-2-whump

Ongoing, about a kid that's sold as a slave to a mafia boss looking for redemption. Instead it starts to look like his old violent patters are repeating despite himself.

Content: slavery, rape, violence, gangs

Moneymakers by @coldresolve

Ongoing, about a kid that's kidnapped by a guy and a sadist for a red room. As he becomes more traumatized, the police get closer, and his captors get more desperate.

Content: torture, captivity, fear

The Winter King's Ward by @thewhumperinwhite

Ongoing, about a young prince that is captured and kept as a hostage by an opposing kingdom. But the guy in charge of him is beginning to like him and struggles with his sense of loyalty to his cruel king.

Content: violence, child abuse

58 days by @peachy-panic

Ongoing, about two missionaries in a hostile area that are caught wandering too far from their base and tortured. When the younger one stands up for the older one over and over, things become strained, so much that their intense bond is threatened, until finally they are pitted against each other.

Content: beatings, whippings, noncon (not too exlicit on-screen)

Oliver, Aaron + Noah by @whumper-whimsy

Ongoing, about the son of anti-slavery political advocates that is kidnapped by his parents' enemies and slowly conditioned to become a Box Boy. As his parents work to rescue him, it's a matter of time and willpower whether they reach him before he forgets who he really is.

Content: on-screen rape, electrocution, cruelty, kidnapping

[puppyeared]

i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

[mae-i-scribble]

I'm starting a collection:

In other news I have read wind breaker almost twice over now and I am adopting Sakura

[potpourrifandoms]

I drew more fanart of 'Voice of Experience' because it's canon that Kartyr's XR-0 drone is named Zero. It's true, the author told me.

No, really. The author told me!

So a while back, I posted some fanart of my favourite Warhammer 40k story, 'Voice of Experience', here on Tumblr and also on Reddit, and the author of the story saw it and liked it??? And also, now I have an extra bit of lore that I can draw??? AMAZING!! I want more of these characters soooooo badly 😭

[shitpostingkats]

We need to acknowledge that Yugo spends almost the entirety of arc-v just skipping around between dimensions with no control over where he ends up. Reminder that Yugo is re-introduced to the plot like four times by just poofing into being, usually on a motorcycle, typically in places where a motorcycle should not be. Reminder that Yugo is a cryptid who, upon to being questioned on how he miraculously showed up on a heavily guarded island in the middle of the ocean, refers to being transported there by magical artifacts beyond his ken as "the usual"

What I'm saying is Yugo randomly popping out of shrubbery and dumpters with exactly zero idea how he got there is 100% true to canon and should be utilized in fanworks more often.

[starlitvick]

The respect I have for people who have actually been able to read The Odyssey and The Iliad is insane.

I was at the bookstore today buying the newest pjo book and I went to the classics section like “hm maybe I can buy The Iliad and The Odyssey so I can finally read them instead of getting all my information on the plot from video summaries, spark notes, and tumblr” then I grabbed both of them and decided to yk sift through to see if I could actually even read it. I in fact, could NOT read those things. Like the style of English and speaking hurt my brain, I thought the spark notes summaries were brain melting but oh lord the book itself hurt more.

So yeah I did not buy either one and only both wrath of the triple goddess lmao, but I did leave with a lot of respect for the people who have been able to actually read the book because I just can’t

But also if anyone has like a translation of either one that’s easier to read please do recommend and I’ll see if I can get it because I would really like to actually have a copy I can refer to when I need it (a copy I can actually understand that is)