#Feel free to send recommendations!

[mr-snailman]

okay okay so October was kind of a bust.... noirvember here we come okay I have a working dvd player I have a library we're going to have some fun this year (smiling thru gritted teeth)

[pink-vulpix]

[ID: A digital painting of a Vulpix from Pokemon, floating in a blue cloudy sky with a pink border, with an image of a Faerie paintbrush from Neopets in the upper corner. The paintbrush has pink paint dripping from it, and has purple fairy wings. Vulpix is a small fox-like Pokemon with curly hair and a wide fluffy tail. Now it is pale purple, with darker purple hair and tail, transluscent pink fairy wings, tiny antenne, and its eyes are purple and filled with clouds and the sun. End Id.]

vulpix painted with a faerie paintbrush 💜

[capydoodle]

have compassion for yourself and for others. it seems hopeless but any small amount of good you can do is just that much more love in the world

[puppyeared]

happy valentines day <3 i wanted to do more, but sadly i only had enough time to complete these two

please also don't forget Rafah is under attack and urgently needs help. you can buy esims, check the BDS boycott list, click the daily donation button and email your representatives (USA).

there will also be a global strike february 18 - 24.

[themyscirah]

What runs/stories do you recommend for someone starting WW? Could you please be specific (/nicely)

Yeah ofc!

My Wonder Woman Starter Recs (specific style 😎)

First stops: for an initial introduction to Wonder Woman, I'd generally recommend going to at least one of three places first. These three are:

Wonder Woman: Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Wonder Woman: Year One by Greg Rucka

Wonder Woman: the Hiketeia by Greg Rucka

Of these I generally recommend reading Historia first, as it's a retelling of the origin of the Amazons as a race and how Diana came to be (so it essentially starts from the beginning) and is also the most recent of the them (if that means anything). Something to note about Historia though is that it's a DC Black Label book, so it's events aren't strictly canon in the main DCU and there are some changes and new elements present. I don't think this is something that should discourage anyone from reading it though, it's the best WW origin story out there, and even in strict main canon over the years her origin is one that has had many fluctuations and small (& sometimes big) changes. WW:Historia is three prestige format (longer) issues.

You'll notice the third book there is WW: The Hiketeia. Hiketeia is a great book if you're looking for a view into Diana as a professional and experienced hero. It's a graphic novel so standalone and not too long, and has a great Diana and really interesting plot (Diana vows to protect a young woman and finds herself pressed against the wheels of Greek Tragedy). This is also the first work with Diana done by Greg Rucka, one of her most prolific and loved writers. A sampling of this work (and also Historia) I think gives a good guide to where to go next in terms of runs on her main title.

Wonder Woman: Year One is the second book on the list up there, but I'm mentioning it last here as it's a bit more complicated in terms of format. Unlike other year one books, WW: Year One is actually a series of issues on her main title, showcasing Diana's arrival to man's world in Rebirth (and also current p sure) continuity. The issue numbering for this one is strange (only the even issues 2-14 on WW (2016)) so I recommend looking for this in trade form if possible.

These 3 books I think give a taste of some of the best standalone stuff in the Wonder Woman mythos, and give the reader a good idea of where they may want to go next in terms of longer runs on the title. So I'll break that down here as a Step 2.

STEP 2: WHERE NEXT?

Here I break down some highly recommended runs based on what they have in common with the standalone books from step 1. As a rule, these runs are going to be much longer than the above and generally more connected to the wider DCU and other books. Look for the italics to see the introduction to each new work. Explanation paragraphs follow after each italic/bold rec.

Curious about Greek mythology in WW and the Amazons' origins after reading Historia? Liked the prescence of a supporting cast and Diana learning about Man's World from Year One? Willing to read a longer run? I recommend: Wonder Woman by George Pérez

George Pérez's time on Wonder Woman totally reinvented the character after Crisis on Infinite Earths, and is fundamental in establishing many core concepts of her lore. At 62 issues, 2 annuals, and a 4-issue crossover event at the end (War of the Gods), it's definitely a commitment to read, but it's the most enduring and well-loved run on Wonder Woman for a reason--it's just that damn good. Lots of focus on mythology (although with a lighter tone than Historia) alongside Diana learning her role in relation to Man's World & establishing herself as a hero and ambassador. Pérez's run also has almost-certainly the most expansive and developed supporting cast in WW comics, something that really drives the emotional core of the series, especially in later issues. Obligatory note that this series was written between 1987 and 1992 and contains some very occasional aspects that I thought were in some way dated/uncomfortable etc. while reading (details of Cheetah's origin, depiction of the Bana-Mighdall, Hercules) but despite that I still highly, highly recommend this run. The word fundamental cannot begin to describe it.

Liked the experienced Diana of the Hiketeia? Interested to see her attempt to balance the high stakes responsibilities of an ambassador and superhero? Looking for some really badass moments and fights? Haven't read enough terrible tragedy? I suggest: Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka 2003 EDITION.

Some of Diana's coolest moments of all time are collected here. Also one of her most controversial. The 1st Rucka run is very much the story for anyone who liked the Diana of the Hiketeia and the tragedy of that and Historia. 2003 Rucka Diana is a Diana tested, forced to make decisions that are anything but easy, and live with the consequences. She's extraordinarily capable, but her enemies know that and are prepared to that end. This run, along with the Pérez run, rank among my favorite Wondy comics of all time (those and Historia are my top 3). This run is such peak Diana, especially in terms of sheer badassery. Her final confrontation with Medusa is in my opinion perhaps the greatest Wonder Woman fight scene of all time. Her encounter with Athena in the second-to-last issue breaks me every time. Cannot recommend this book more.

*a note abt this run is that it is more context-dependent than the other ones listed here, as it's the run that finishes out the Wonder Woman vol. 2 book and so has some guest appearances from characters introduced in other prior runs (Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, Cassie Sandsmark, and Vanessa Kapatelis, to name a few). I read this run before knowing much (if anything) about any of them, and still enjoyed it a lot, so I wouldn't be worried about this really but just thought I'd mention it.

Rucka's 2003 run is published from Wonder Woman (1987) #195-226. You can also find it in trade and I believe(?) omnibus. Sometimes the Hiketeia is included in collections of this series, as the 03 run is thematically similar in many places, just with a much deeper look at Diana and the world & with higher stakes.

Liked the specific characters and plot threads of Wonder Woman: Year One? Want to see what happens with Diana's exile, or learn more about Barbara Ann? Want a Diana in between the extremes of young and highly experienced? Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka 2016 EDITION may be for you.

...yes I'm putting ANOTHER Rucka book on here. He writes a great Diana, what can I say. This run is the same one that Year One came out of, just the follow ups to that story and versions of the characters. I have this run listed as separate from Year One though, as there's some really big time skips since the events of that first volume. A lot of time has passed since then, and there's more history between the characters, not all of it without drama. This run continues to be weird with the numbering, as well as some artist changes, so I definitely recommend looking into reading this in trade format (physical or digital) if at all possible. My recommended reading order is WW 2016 by Rucka vol. 2 "The Lies" (Wonder Woman: Rebirth Special #1, followed by 2016 main title odd numbered issues 1-11), then Rucka 16 vol. 3 "The Truth" (odds 13-23) then Godwatch (evens 16 through 24) followed by 25? But The Truth and Godwatch combine near the end so that doesn't really work either. This run is so good but recommending it is such a pain because the numbering is so all over the place. On God I never know which order to read this in. Going to revoke my previous statement and say read it as Rebirth Special 1, then only odds 1 through 11, then from 13 through 25 normally. That may lead to some weirdness as you read because the two stories take place at different times and have different art styles, but they come together at the end pretty dramatically so I think it's less confusing to read it this way? Maybe? So strange bc this is one of the go to good starter runs and yet it's set up so unintuitively. If someone has a better way to read this then let me know and ill edit, ik this explanation is super confusing bc neither way to read it is totally ideal imo and I feel I definitely read it in a weird order.

Going to call that a good rundown of some of my greatest recommendations in terms of Wonder Woman comics. If anything wasn't fully clear here or anyone (not just anon) has questions or wants to talk abt WW comics/my choices feel free to send as many asks or dms as you want. Have a good day everybody, & as Diana says, may the glory of Gaea be with you <3

[mrinafria]

Thank you, for existing in this world, Lovely Runner.

49/50 days.

Hours after Episode 16 and I already feel empty, I miss Lovely Runner, a show I've known for 50 days.

I know it sounds like every show ever that people get invested into, but I can't possibly explain just HOW much I needed a show like this. Just WHAT it meant to me.

49/50 days.

That's all it took for Lovely Runner to create its own history.

50 days since I started this show.

50 days of happiness, humor, laughter, longing, pain, and THE PUREST kind of time-bending love.

I've NEVER been this happy watching any show EVER. I mean EVER.

Similar to how Seon Jae feels about swimming, Im Sol feels about directing, and they both feel about each other, I am happy I watched this show. I am happy I got to make the memories I did. I am happy and am thankful, you exist, Lovely Runner. Thank you for helping me.

고마워 <3

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Question for the horror fans in the room

where are you finding new horror books to read or getting recommendations?

I get a couple of newsletters from horror publishers but they never seem to spark my interest and most of my favourite writers seem to be taking breaks (or have very recently published books) and I'm feeling that horror itch but I'm having trouble finding new things that intrigue me

moving these tags to the body of the post: feel free to send queer or women-focused recs to my askbox. don’t recommend me Stephen King, I’ll cry

edit - June 26th 2024: I’ve got enough horror recs for now ^.^ thank you to everyone for your help <3

[thatdeadaquarius]

Imagine creator reader but no divine presence or aura that makes people crumble at the knees.

Reader just spawns in at wolvendom like a fly and meets diluc for no important reason i just love diluc then pow we can alter character builds then discover that my husband has the bell and instructors set on 😲

Creator freaks out cause wtf this is NOT the build i put on my diluc and hes standing there like ‘what psychopath did i just meet..’ so wow what no way creator reader just happens to have a 2 piece crimson witch in their inventory.

Reader: ‘You’re probably gonna leave me here but theres a hillichurl camp near by you dont want the knights of favonius to get to it first right’

Dilucs mad suspicious but hes a good civilian and puts his vision to use and absolutely destroys the hilichurls

Hes doing like 19x the amount of damage he normally would and word gets around that theres some random lady that makes people uncomprehendingly strong

BRO (genderneutral) I SAW A FIC LITERALLY ABOUT THIS SCENARIO UNDER THE SAGAU TAG AWHILE BACK- ACK-

FIC REC ASK!!

I CANT FIND IT- THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE OG INSPO FOR ME KEEPING A READER WHO COULD STILL ACCESS PLAYER FUNCTIONS

LIKE, DUDE THEY DID DILUC AND EVERYTHING

THIS IS SO CREEPY WTF R U SECRETLY THAT AWESOME WRITER??!!! DID U SNEAK INTO MY ASKS, BC IF SO HELLO I LOVE THAT FIC SM <3 ANYWAY-

I don’t know how to write this without plagiarising that person!!

Because this is such a specific scenario, I don’t see a way around writing this or at least I don’t have the skill for it lmao, as this is the same situation as that fic, so here you guys go!

My first fic rec!! Thank you so much @myrainycollectorpizza for finding this fic!! You're a peach tysm,

Here's pretty much a cooler longer version of what anon said by Muraar on ao3!

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Safe Travels Anon,

💀♒️

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Fic rec sorry my beloveds! Another ask will be uploaded in an hour or so! :] I lied i forgot to tag u guys in the new one hold on

@karmawonders / @0rah-s / @randomnatics / @glxssynarvi / @nexylaza / @genshin-impacts-me / @wholesomey-artist / @thedevioussmirk / @the-dumber-scaramouche

[russellradio]

do you have some happy buddie fic recs for me? can be spicy but no angst please :)

I've read so much angst lately, it was actually good for me to go through my list and find happy ones with fluff and ✨ spice ✨

(tried to find every author on here but let me know if I forgot to tag anyone 🖊 also @ 10k+ fic anon, I haven't forgotten about your ask! long fics are next)

here are some that I love:

🔥 hits like ecstasy by @housewifebuck

🤗 with you is where I wanna be (take me home) by @honestlydarkprincess (so soft I wanna cry)

🥰 the sound of love astounds me by @shitouttabuck

♠️ me and you only equals love by @wikiangela (poker smut!)

⚡ with great power comes great pining by @princessfbi

💕 of bake sales and overdue realizations by @gayhoediaz

😘 you're where I stand, hearing the sea by @carrierofthepaperclips (is it obvious yet how much I love the accidental kiss trope?)

😘 all your ordinary kisses by @gigi-gigi

😘 accidents happen (but I will love you on purpose) by @anxieteandbiscuits

👀 I can see you by @thewolvesof1998 (a treat for all the swifties)

🌈 rainbows have nothing to hide by @hattalove (how did I live so long without the kermit fic?)

🖊️ foolish one (stop checking your mailbox for confessions of love) by @butchdiaz

🤖 on autopilot by indigobaz on ao3

🍆 I love you most in the daylight by notapartytrick on ao3

[butnobodycame627]

k sorry I'm normal 😬👍

[glitchyko]

Hello I heard you were looking for CotL narilamb fics so here's mine! I have a TON of other CotL fics and way more narilamb too, but here's my current project. https://archiveofourown.org/works/51605152

Back in October 2022, I wrote a first iteration of this, since I kept imagining that narilamb would be an enemies-to-lovers dynamic... But I was surprised that there weren't any enemies-to-lovers fics yet. Well... You can see how that turned out JFHAJSHFHSJSK

ANYWAY I have a much better grasp on the characters now and wanted to beef up the plot again, so I've been revisiting it to expand it into a full novel-length work. I hope you enjoy! Happy reading! 🧡

(I have a TON of recs since I've been in the fandom this whole time and found some total gems, but I don't want to clog your inbox so here's the one from me fhsjshfj)

Yes, good, very good….more cotl fanfiction to add to my collection, pleasure doing business with you *insert visual of slyly opening coat and slipping fanfiction link into pocket here*

(If you want to, please share all your recs with me, you could send me 100 asks of nothing but fanfiction recommendations and you can bet I would look through all of them please clog up my by inbox I wanna read cool fics-)

[beesorcery]

hello it's part 3 of 3 for my cool fun graphic design adventure!! part 1 and part 2 got too long. to recap i am recreating this t-shirt design but with the magic 8 ball songs instead of city names:

here is the current draft, updated through 3/27 (pittsburgh) (!!!!)

[lonelyapothecary]

recently, i made a post about looking for hobonichi / journaling / commonplace youtube recommendations, and i didn't get much variety. in response, i decided that i would make my own list and just put it out there. these are all youtubers that i enjoy consuming content from or journaling with. i added an extra little section for "mainly vibes" because while they have some journaling content, it's rarely ever the focus.

all the recommendations are under the "keep reading" so i can update whenever i find someone new that i enjoy

* = new additions!

journal / planner content focused

ru on paper (new favourite youtuber discovery! fellow fountain pen user and cat lover!)

megan rhiannon (one of my all time favourite. lovely aesthetics and soothing videos.)

dozyghoul

untitled paintings

lindseyscribbles

my dandelion diaries

aina kristina

kaitlin grey

petitescribbles

tisa muico

tiararene

joy of stationery

danalist

mingostudio

rockypaperscissorco

annette's little planning corner

sarica

jam and butter

inkfleur studio

mylifemits

helena diana

a writing guy (a fellow vietnamese and fountain pen user. lots of writing sessions, but not really planner/journal focused.)

theory of lauren*

yue*

scientist plans*

pomme palette*

plein pages*

megan wang*

life in archive*

all vibes and vlogs

cups and thoughts

katherine karas

amabelle

[xx-yu2-xx]

This is the second time recently that I've gotten sick, and all I had to do was get online and I got to talk to a doctor within minutes.

And I can't stop thinking about Gaza.

How it should be just as easy and accessible to them. How it could be. How many people are dying just because of their lack of access to medication, to healthcare.

Ya Allah... I am not more deserving of healthcare than them, I am not more deserving of peace and my house, my family, my shelter, my security than they are.

Please reblog with whatever fundraisers y'all can find, I already am planning on donating to UNRWA, and the GoFundMe of several diabetic Palestinians trying to leave and/or get insulin.

[burntblueberrywaffles]

Anidala is definitely one of the most annoying ship to be completely obsessed with because there’s so many fucking fics under the ao3 tag and yet I can’t find anything to read, because people keep tagging them on stories where they’re a very background relationship.

Do you understand the hell im going through spending hours sorting through this fucking ao3 tag and having to scroll past all these non-Anidala centered fics, only able to find one or two new, decent looking fics to read?? DO YOU UNDERSTAND????

[drop--pop--candy]

hello fantasy high fans. i would like to read some fics but i haven't seen season 3 and im afraid to venture into ao3 because of. spoilers. so do u have any fic recommendations? :D