#HATED it

[iwannascreameurekaa]

is this a safe space to say that the lost hero was my favorite book in the hero's of Olympus series? 🙁

[turbineface]

color my number one opp rn so black and grey minimegan for u gang…

[bluebeewings]

I’m collecting Nicholas Braun’s prophetic tomgreg moments in his other movies like infinity stones

[mxtxfanatic]

Book of the Week: Married Thrice to Salted Fish

Author: Bikabi (比卡比)

Genre: transmigration, ancient setting, danmei

Rating: M (for fade-to-black sexy times)

My Synopsis: Are you ready to cry your eyes out over a plot point you can guess from the literal title? Well grab your tissues and step right up to meet our main character: Lin Qingyu, a man who thinks the worst thing that can happen to him is being forced to marry a terminally ill young master who claims to be from another world and also to have the ability to be reborn into different people. Journey with him as he wades through court and courtyard politics, wielding his genius in medicine in order to protect himself from remaining a pawn of the royal family—and struggles with the practical knowledge that all the power and medical expertise in the world cannot stop death.

My Actual Review: Yes it’s literally in the title and official synopsis that the LI is gonna die a few times. Yes I cried every time, anyways; what of it? The story can be split into two interweaving plots: 1) Lin Qingyu fighting his way into becoming a physician against the interference of multiple royal family members and 2) the main couple falling in love as the LI works in between deaths to help Lin Qingyu achieve his dream instead of meeting his end as some book’s minor cannon fodder villain. This feels like a lot, but it works really well because Lin Qingyu, who the story focal point sticks with, still has things to do while the LI is… indisposed, so to speak. He’s not just waiting around for the LI to be reborn, and the story doesn’t stop or skip around to the LI’s return since the romance is not the only story focus. However, that doesn’t mean that the romance takes a backseat or is unimportant: each death brings the main characters closer as a couple, and each new life gives them new ways to work together as a well-oiled machine—which also makes the deaths hit especially hard despite readers knowing it’s coming.

On another note, this book has a lot of extras, to the point where they almost start to feel like too much of nothing? Especially since it just takes our cast and punts them into the modern world with no rhyme or reason (or sending them back), but they’re cute if you just mentally think of it as a modern au of the main story, for all intents and purposes.

Translation: complete

[sickstag]

as a skinny guy I will never escape the twink allegations wtf. I have a beard on my face. I’m covered in fucking fur.

[thechaotichorselord]

at the doctors office:

had to get blood drawn and i started making a weird sound

FUCK ME GENTLY WITH A CHAINSAW I DIDNT KNOW THE NEEDLE WOULD STAY IN THAT LONG!

[t-wordiiish]

: )

[outerspacedunce]

oh man it'd be so nice if i could afford to fix my teeth

[moonsanoverthinker]

I don’t know what’s worse the usual creepy music or the Mr Bonzo song…

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Every so often I remember my senior year Theory of Knowledge class and go "all of that was such bullshit!"

[lemonyinks]

losh (001) for the ask meme?

001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:

Favorite character: Jenni. There is just something about her that touches my heart. She's so scared, but so full of bravery and love. She's doing her best.

Least Favorite character: Wimena Wazzo. She just made me mad every time she was on screen.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): jenni/imra, brainy/lyle, jan/candi, zoe/salu/ayla, rokk/gim

Character I find most attractive: none of them really

Character I would marry: also none of them

Character I would be best friends with: Salu. I think we would get along really well.

A random thought: I think about Lori Morning a lot. She was such an interesting character to me and I would have loved to see them do more with her. I would especially like to know how the hell she ended up being the time trapper as an adult. I REALLY wish they had expanded on that. It also kinda haunts me that it is unclear what happened to her after the outpost incident. She obviously didn't die, but where did she go??

*bonus thought: I think it is interesting how similar Brainy and Imra are. I've been meaning to make a post about this for like a year now but have never gotten around to it. But, like...they're both gifted kids who grew up in non-ideal situations (to put it lightly) and dealt with a lot of social isolation that affected how they interact with people and how they view themselves. Obviously its not a 1-1 similarity between them, there are major differences to their backstories and them in general, but the similarities that are there fascinate me so much.

An unpopular opinion: While there are parts of it that I really like (Bart and Brainy friendship for example), for some reason i found a lot of the trapped in the past arc just a lil bit boring.

My canon OTP: Do Jan/Candi count? If so, them.

Non-canon OTP: Jenni/Imra. It's insane how much I think about them.

Most badass character: this is hard for me because they're all pretty badass and they all have their moments, buuuutttt I have to say Imra. The "step away from her" scene lives in my head rent free.

Pairing I am not a fan of: I am an avid Tinya/Jo hater. I'm their number one hater in fact.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Tinya. I hate whatever her and Jo have going on and I fully believe she did not need the teen mom arc she had for some reason. The issue where she gives birth made me laugh, it was so ridiculous, I hated it so much.

Favourite friendship: Maybe Lyle and Ayla. I just think they're neat. Honestly my answer to this question will probably change depending on the day. I love a lot of the friendships in this series

[alter-alterego]

Who was that Roy-Jamie fight over Keeley for? Who did the writers think wanted that scene?

After 33 episodes of largely avoiding that tired love triangle/jealous fighting trope, we’re doing it in 34? The final episode?

Jamie was sensitive enough about the video leak to comfort Keeley and then he uses it as some sort of evidence on the “she belongs with me” side? Roy smugly brings up their one-night stand? There can be backsliding on the road to becoming better people, but that whole scene felt more like free falling.

It also really detracted from the lovely and sincere conversation between Jamie and Roy that immediately preceded it.

Thanks, but no thanks. Gonna join the masses is pretending the bar conversation ended with the clinking of bottles.

[ace-dodo]

Yesterday was ... Interesting (I disjointed my knee)

[card-of-the-day]

Today's Card Is: Kiseitai

[macaroni-rascal]

i was in a tesla for the first time a couple weeks ago and it's still unsettling to me.

hellscape vehicle.

i didn't know a car could fall under the category of uncanny valley, but that's what it was. i hated every second.