Nicole: What kinds of sounds annoy you?
JC: Are we talking real sounds or imaginary ones?
Nicole, now interested: Lets say imaginary.
JC: Spiders wearing flip flops.
Blurb: When a threat no one could have expected bears down on the Marvel Universe, a ragtag, untrained band of teens has no choice but to rise together and prove to the world that sometimes, the difference between a hero and a misfit is just in the name.
Oh GOD I just finished Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston after DEVOURING it's precursor Heart of Iron after i got that book from my cousin back in like. 2018. And a little bit of scrolling in the tags on tumblr showed that it was a completely nonexistent fandom on here- but then I tentatively went to AO3 because I'm desperate. And there are THREE works. THREE. I'm gonna cry.
What are some of your favorite retellings? Bonus points if they're queer.
February's trad pub pick from @rainbowcratebookbox was My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron—a queer Jekyll & Hyde retelling.
Some of my favorite retellings are The Once Upon a Con series by Ashley Poston, Heart of Iron/Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston, You're a Mean one, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky, and The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder.
Synopsis:
London, 1885. Gabriel Utterson, a 17-year-old law clerk, has returned to London for the first time since his life— and that of his dearest friend, Henry Jekyll—was derailed by a scandal that led to his and Henry's expulsion from the London Medical School. Whispers about the true nature of Gabriel and Henry's relationship have followed the boys for two years, and now Gabriel has a chance to start again.
But Gabriel doesn't want to move on, not without Henry. His friend has become distant and cold since the disastrous events of the prior spring, and now his letters have stopped altogether. Desperate to discover what's become of him, Gabriel takes to watching the Jekyll house.
In doing so, Gabriel meets Hyde, a a strangely familiar young man with white hair and a magnetic charisma. He claims to be friends with Henry, and Gabriel can't help but begin to grow jealous at their apparent closeness, especially as Henry continues to act like Gabriel means nothing to him.
But the secret behind Henry's apathy is only the first part of a deeper mystery that has begun to coalesce. Monsters of all kinds prowl within the London fog—and not all of them are out for blood...
JC: You are the love of my life and I would do anything within reason to make you happy.
Nicole: I would be happy if you ate, stayed hydrated and got a reasonable amount of sleep.
JC: I said within reason, Nicole. How about I murder that guy?
Nicole: So murder is in reason but proper self care isn't?
JC: Well, duh. What kind of question is that?
I have noticed there isn’t much heart of iron (phighting) content here on tumblr nor anywhere else so I shall gift you my headcanon design and other hc stuff of sixer, you’re welcome for your food,,,
poor baby,, everything happened in almost a span of just a few days for them,,,,, EUEUEUHHUSHHSHHSBH…… 😭😭😭
book 2 in a fun YA space opera Anastasia-retelling duology
a dark AI program has taken over the androids and kingdom, and the crew have to travel to the edges of the kingdom to find a way to save everyone from its clutches
found family space pirates, m/m, m/f, side sapphics