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#books#kennedy ryan#love her writing#I get why these books are everywhere#can’t wait for the 3rd book next year
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ok someone please correct me if i'm wrong but am i weird for thinking those 'audiobooks don't count as reading' posts are ableist as fuck????
#ramble#my first thought was like: how is this even a debate what about blind people. not every book comes in braille but MOST have an audiobook#or dyslexic people#you still enjoyed the book!! you still absorbed it!!! you got EXACTLY the same thing as people who read the words!!!#how does it not count????#i guess you miss out on the 'learning new vocab' you get through seeing the words but also#i don't really do audiobooks but i do a lot of podcasts esp fiction podcasts#and i have ABSOLUTELY picked up new stuff from there that helps with my writing#someone please explain how this is even an argument of COURSE it counts????#idk in my opinion finishing a book means 'i put the words in my brain and i thought about them and i enjoyed a story'#not 'i held a stack of paper in my hands for a bit'#i'm v lucky that i do have time to sit and read. and whenever i commute anywhere it's public transport so i CAN bring a book with me#but if i didn't have the free time or had to drive for hours everywhere i would be STOKED to still get to enjoy books#it's been REALLY bothering me lmao idk why i feel so strongly#for some reason it's giving the same energy as like. being told you can't take a comic or manga from the library bc it's not a 'real' book#of course it's a real book it's a story somebody wrote down#i can see this spiralling into 'if you have a kindle you aren't reading'. you have to sniff the paper. feel the papercuts
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I just realized Cardan is Jude’s mirror twin and Taryn is her divided in half twin???
OHHHHHHH??? Holly pulled a Cardan/Val Moren out here on us. She actually made Jude and Cardan living parallels.
I tried making a post with more examples but it was absurdly fucking long, so here are some the ones that made the cut
—When Taryn said “I’m the mirror you don’t want to look at.” She was wrong, Jude had always admired her because she was her other half, Taryn was what Jude couldn’t be. Cardan is always the one she doesn’t want to look at, the one she hates to face more than anyone.
—both the youngest siblings
—Cardan, professional at sparring for love. Jude, a professional at sparring for war (this gives their entire relationship so much perspective)
—They have so many misunderstandings because they see themselves in each other. They often assume the meanings of each other’s actions based on why their own selves would act like that toward them. And they do it without realizing.
#WHY DIDNT ANYONE FUCKING TELL ME SKJFOWMAKE#WHO KNEW AND DIDNT TELL ME#ITS EVERYWHERE IN THIS BOOK#they literally learn from each other and progressively act more and more like the other#jude duarte#cardan greenbriar#jurdan#the cruel prince#the wicked king#queen of nothing#sorry about that last one I didn’t know how to word it😭😭#I wonder how many posts I’ve made that start with “I just realized”#or “I love when”#“I can’t get over the fact”#“when (name) did (blank) OMGGG”#“I can’t believe that”
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[ID: An animatic of Stephanie Brown as Robin set to Tears over Beers by modern baseball. The images are paired with the lyrics. Stephanie as spoiler staring longingly at Bruce, Tim and Cass on a rooftop is paired with "he needed more than me". A compilation of sketches of Steph as robin go with "im friendly and thoughtful and quite awfully pretty". Finally a redraw of Steph's firing as Robin is paired with "but he needed more than me". End ID]
been trying to finish a comic for. Weeks now (just been hitting a lot blocks) and quickly threw this together as a break from it! Do you guys ever think about Stephanie Brown…
#dc comics#stephanie brown#robin#batfamily#read the first issue of her run in the main robin book recently after mostly knowing it via her appearance as robin in the batgirl title#and via snippets of other issues#oughhh bill willingham when i fucking catch you#SHE WAS SO EAGER. THEY LEAVE IT UP TO THR AUDIENCE AS TO WHY BUT SHE WAS SO EAGER#ROBIN WAS JUST HER CONSOLATION PRIZE AND EVEN THEN IT WAS TAINTED BY BRUCES MISTRUST#WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO HER DEATH#AUGH. THROWING UP EVERYWHERE#^ willingham gets not credit for that as far as im concerned they did not give a rats ass about steph in her robin arc#christ…it makes me wanna read early era timsteph or bg!era steph to just#heal for a minute. I mean those eras are complex in and of themselves w their own pros and cons (i mean i like both tho)#But they dont hurt as much as her robin era knowing whats to come…#sidenote i often see ppl praise the way stephs temper is portrayed in her robin era and while its nice to see her anger factor in#considering its like. A less consistent character trait in the modern era? Its there tho in bits and drabs#im just very cynical of it in her robin era knowing that they’re (partially) using it to set up why shes a doomed robin. Complex feelings#mine
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I think I need to go to bed
#gravity falls#bill cipher#the book of bill#he's everywhere#why was this my first thought#man i need to sleep#also why am I getting ads in spanish#english is my first language#it's 2:06 am here
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CAUSE THIS IS THRILLER (bark), THRILLER (bark) NIGHT
Usopp's outfit is so funny for reals
He got the whole squad laughing
Luffy enablers at it again.... (Robin.... I know.....)
The humor panels so far have been so good!!! God this arc is so funny
HE SAID IT‼️‼️
They look like birds 😭😭
It's just too good... luffy taking cerberus and zombies what can't he do
It's just banger after banger what can I say
Franky feeling for other people because of his guilt complex and sanji lying through his teeth and pulling out the women excuse to seem unaffected... yeah
Look at them.... look how they ate
Omg joyboy reference?? (No)
Sanji is rubbing off on usopp.... also chopper noticing that is sogeking's weapon akdhaksjak
ANOTHER SLAY!!!!!
Their priorities: I'm not strong enough, there isn't enough food, and nami isn't here
Franky going from wanting to kill brook for his jokes to making a joke like his after he hears his backstory... exactly (Robin was already enabling him before the backstory even fdagjsfha)
Sanji is altering his body and actually being on fire to communicate to us how fucking mad he is..... I need more of him going insane I do I do
My god what is he doing ALDJALAJALA
AHSAHAHQHAH THEY ARE THE SAME!!! naaah sanji wouldn't force a woman to be his wife
You cant see me but I am nodding my head in agreement over and over
You don't understand he altered his body to communicate to us how mad he is. He inploded himself and then reconstituted again. Those germa 66 genes are insane
You tell em usopp!!!! The first of many girls you've scared into defeat!!! Akdjqknql
Zoro zombie regressed to not trusting robin akdjaks he's still in there
ROBI-CHO SUPLEX??? HELL YEAAAAAH
There is zosa- [GUNSHOT GUNSHOT GUNSHOT GUNSHOT]
Super frapper gong.... he is doing combo shots with frobin... omg.... parents....
Everything is so fun I'm having such a good time reading.... and then zosan angst like damn I am being fed well here
#in the anime the guys didn't say they wanted to die aldjlajala for the kids luffy just wants to turn into a clam#thriller bark is so funny.... 'worst arc' my ass.... it's funny as hell and then we get zosan angst. best thing ever#same with skypiea but there we got really nice relationships betwen characters and nolan x calgara homoeroticism for the ages#and LORE for the ages. not like the kuma incident won't be talked about in the history books but yeah#everyone calling absalom perv salom... yeah#sanji in that fucking penguin never gets old.... also HELLO LOLA#moira fought against kaido and lost akdjsksnks is that why he became a warlord? just like whitebeard defeated crocodile?? out of spite??#also what is the land of ice where moira got oars? he also mentioned it before too... i thot he was referring to ryuma so it was wano but n#the legend of the continent puller who built a nation of villains.... okay okay oars....#oars was killed 500 years ago.... ✍️✍️ this somehow feels important bc of its closeness to the void century etc#zombie luffy oars wanting sanjis food.... 🚬🚬🚬 of course.....#oars luffy maintaining his dream... yeah yeah. also namis outfits for this arc are so sickening.... i miss them already#the zombie generals being at absalom's wedding... thats so funny..#luffy oars is so funny aldjslsn just making himself a hat and steering his giant ship... of course#you guys think they are going to make sanji mad about the clear clear fruit in the opla or completely ignore it bc his reasoning is bad#like it makes sense with the wci backstory it does but that would be spoilers lmao. so its either he wants to peep on women or nothing#i love the greek chorus of the two zombies telling the audience how they are both as bad in that regard. amazing#did ryuma use french for his attack.... there is zosan everywhere for tho-[GUNSHOTS]#zombie ryuma's design is also cool as hell.... his blood is literally fire.... come on now....#also zoro says he wants to act like this fight didnt happen... is that why he says fuck all in wano to hiyori? damn. he said i put shame#in you and your country but i will keep it quiet bc you gave me a cool sword and fight and i am actually so honorable. thats him yeah...#zombie zoro and sanji remaining tfait being that they hate (love fighting) each other... there is zosa-[GUNSHOT GUNSHOT GUNSHOT]#i forgot how much oars destroyed them... after enies lobby they seem untouchable but without their captain there... the gears are turning..#also btw i cannot believe im gonna get an answer about why the skypieans and the shandians have wings. thats insane#i am enjoying luffy oars so much it is so fun. trying to enjoy it bc i know i won't be laughing anymore once sabaody kicks in.... fuck me..#usopp and franky wanting to wait for luffy to beat oars down but zoro and sanji know... and they will KNOW soon enough....#i forgor kuma asked about ace to nami... what is going on. kuma coming from the warlord meeting too.... did he want to warn him??#he wanted to inform moria about balckbeard becoming a warlord omg here we go.... also moria being racist towards kuma hello???#and he strictly follows the government.... until here bc he lets luffy go.... christ.... he asks about ace bc he knew what blackbeard did..#reading one piece
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Lookie what I got! The rarest of collector's editions, with only one in existence! (There's an @ symbol in place of a © on the title page.)
(There's only one because I fixed it after I ordered my proof copy.)
Someday this will be very valuable, for sure!
#optimism ftw#why yes I do feel a bit stupid for that rather boneheaded error#but instead of dwelling on that I'd rather think about how much people will surely appreciate it years in the future#my writer friends are very talented you see#and there are some great stories in here#I like to think that someday the anthologies we put together will be looked back on in amazement#because how could so many famous writers have known each other from the start?#it's a nice thought#no idea what the future really holds of course#but I enjoy this possible future#just like I enjoy writing about Narcissus as a vampire who wants a reflection#and the walking-out-of-the-underworld Orpheus & Eurydice story as cyberpunk#there are many other cool things in here#and it comes out soon!#and pre-orders are up!#everywhere but Amazon for some aggravating reason!#clearly they are Too Big To Fail and no one is going to give them a proper kick in the pants for not getting their act together#like they were supposed to weeks ago#here's hoping their page works by launch day at least#we'll see#anyways!#yay I have my proof copy!#and it looks good!#I did the cover myself#my objectivity is shot but I think it turned out nice and professional#Shatterlore#book recs#indie author life#bookblr
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Absolutely fascinating how Marvel and DC will look at something fans want and be like "Ok, we'll put it in our various adaptations, alternate universe stories, one-offs, and non-canon works. Oh, the primary continuity and mainline comics? Uh, sorry, those actually get the exact opposite. Forever."
#This is about... a lot of things honestly#the batfamily being allowed to be a healthy relationship#peter parker and mj being together#roy harper being allowed to see his daughter again#list goes on and on#seriously like you'll put them everywhere but in the main continuity#you clearly know people want to see these things and what you're doing to cause their absence is incredibly unpopular so#why do you keep doing shit like gotham war or lian being teleported away or paul fucking existing#I don't get how comics have so many guidelines and restrictions when it comes to writing them for dc and marvel and they still choose Bad#DC#Marvel#comic books
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Parents really will have kids on purpose and then spend the next twenty or so years punishing that child for being alive and having needs
#i hate my parents#i hate my mom#ugh 🙄🙄🙄#why is everything so difficult w theeemm#and about really basic level stuff too#like tissues and school books and needing a doctor#bc my foot is literally BROKEN but bitch still wants me to walk or drive myself everywhere#and god forbid the doctor say I need to spend money to get better#nooo#no no#ghaaaahh#parents really will ruin everything even when u thought there was nothing to ruin in the first place#don't u worry boo#they'll find a way#when i can financially support myself its over tho#I'll drop them so fast and hard they won't see it coming#like BAM BYE BYE ASSHOLES#BLOCKED
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2024 reads / storygraph
Monstersona
YA sci-fi/romance/thriller
a girl who’s moved across the country after her parents’ divorce, to a small town home to the HQ of an international tech company
when she wakes up to find the labs blown up, town on fire, and her mum likely dead, she, her dog, and a classmate drive across the country to find her dad
but quickly realise they’re being chased by dangerous agents, and there might be something different about the girl she’s traveling with..
explores grief, bi MC & LI
#monstersona#that tag sure isn't gonna be related to this book is it.#chloe spencer#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#I thought this was okay.#tonally a bit all over the place? a lot of it is just road trip traveling dealing with grief meeting random people#then there’s some very fast paced evil scientist people trying to kill them bits#- (or I guess just those parts felt very overdramatic vs the more subtle normal parts)#I had assumed it was going to be like apocalyptic but it’s just their town that burned down. everywhere else (most of the book) is normal#there's some complex exploration of grief; but some other aspects (like her relationship with her father)#could have used a bit more detail/subtlety maybe?#one random thing that I thought was Weird: the LI is like we could get thai; lists a couple basic thai foods that they could order#and the MC is like omg how do you know so much about thai food???#????? i don’t eat thai really but i would not be shocked and surprised at someone just saying they were familiar with it?#why did she react like that?? do they not have thai food in portland??? huh?
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Hello, I am bad at this.
There's a new chapter of Weald and Wen on Substack, there will be a new one every day this week! Continuing in that fashion until all of Part One is up. Then it'll be weekly...to give people time to read them.
You can read along down at the link there.
Hey look I remembered the list, in case you guys haven't seen the thing yet and want to know about it.
->Weald and Wen Taglist<-
~Lemme know if you want on/off~
@sapphicwizards @tragedycoded @rowanmgrey-author @watermeezer @badscientist
@hyacinthslibrary @olliexwrites @wyked-ao3 ^.-
#i will get better at this right#weald and wen#horror fantasy#substack#'don't you already have a website with this on it'#why yes i do but apparently i need a million things everywhere to get more eyes on the thing#you have to sell the book before it's finished you know#i would rather eat my own face than make yet another account and beg more people to care about these monsters#but here we are
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the way fans deny that bbra3 is way more advantagous for gar than it is for raven is really strange, raven's character hasnt been really used well since the 80s and a little bit of the 90s but it was derailed as soon as she dated gar and DC made it their mission to keep the synergy between the cartoon and raven in the comics after that no authour has tried to revive NTT raven other than marv wolman and maybe geoff in the later writings but its completely gone after that, the codependency of the couple is destroying their characters
LITERALLY. when I've argued with fans of that ship the most common response I've gotten is "don't you want Raven to be happy?" like no, this is not happiness, this is her being attached at the hip to a guy who does nothing for her in universe or out of it. i hope jakey dies
#i like angst so i don't even necessarily want raven to be happy#but either way acting like she can only be happy with her mid boyfriend is so stupid#and tbh it all stems back to the kind of systematic misogyny everywhere in comic books#women don't need a man to be happy#not saying everyone who ships bbr/e is a misogynist before anyone gets mad etc etc#but if you think she NEEDS a man to be happy you might want to consider why you think that#raven#raven ask
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i hate going outside bc im reminded of how alone i am. everyone else are with their family or friends or partner. im always on my own. all alone.
#like i get so fkn depressed#inside my room im not assaulted by how everyone else has ppl around them nd i dont#well watching shows nd reading books makes me depressed too bc not even in media is anyone ever alone lmao#anyway i hate everything i hate myself will life always be lonely? why even live if i'll always feel like this?#i go everywhere alone. i do everything by myself. i dont even talk to anyone most days unless i talk a bit w my mom
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everyone wants a messy and complex female character but they can't even handle marinette dupain-cheng. lol. lmao.
#when you cant handle the main girlie of a children's tv show...................... well#might be time to go and watch blues clues instead. you MIGHT be able to stomach blue. maybe.#or maybe u'll go 'blue is problematic because she keeps leaving paw prints everywhere why doesnt she communicate openly'#anyway. fandom is whack these days. get well soon everyone. maybe read a book. i believe in u.
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Idk what Ive been doing this playthrough but I have really high Vivienne and Sera approval they r so obsessed with me (and like....kinda neutral-low Cole approval lol) despite choosing pro-mage options like always
#ive been taking sera everywhere so finding her jenny caches probably helps#and truly i have no idea why vivienne likes me so much#i found all her books but even before i completed that quest i had high approval#i need to take cole out more ive been neglecting him this playthrough :( i'll get approval in the emprise quarry#hes just kind of squishy rip and sera is a walking missile launcher. tempest is soooo good#its just me dorian b-wall and sera against the world#jana plays dragon age
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Aziraphale gives off such hobbit energy like he's dressed like Bilbo Baggins and he is obsessed with doing magic tricks even tho he can do literal magic pls does anyone else see this
#good omens#from the vaults#going through my drafts to post the least ridiculous opinion pieces for the audience to enjoy#brooo I have so much meta scribbled everywhere rn what am I doing why am I 14 again#i have complex feelings about the show as a diehard pterry fan and not the biggest gaiman fan but but but#its also one of my favourite books from when I was a teen and seeing it everywhere and getting to talk about my fave characters again#brings me so much joy#its complicated#and theyre in LOVE
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