#I highly recommend every one of these

[ironwoman359]

For the YA readers, there's plenty for you too!

Ones I've read:

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Arthurian legend retelling with an incredibly well rounded protagonist that paints a beautiful picture of grief and anger and this is one of the best ya books I've ever read please read it)

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (retelling of the historical Chinese empress Wu Zetian's rise to power with giant mecha robots and a power polycule that could rule the world together if the plot would give them a break first)

Blood Like Magic by Lieselle Sambury (near-future fantasy with blood magic, the bonds and burdens of family, and a trans love interest)

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland. (Alternate Civil War history with zombies? Alternate Civil War history with zombies.)

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron (A Cinderella retelling/deconstruction where our protagonist and her lesbian love interest decide to single-handedly try to tear down the patriarchy)

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas (A trans demigod from an Aztec inspired pantheon is unexpectedly drawn to compete in a series of trials to become the Sunbearer, who will sacrifice the loser of the trials in order to keep the Sun God alive and evil at bay)

Binti by Nnedi Okorofor (Nnedi Okorofor was mentioned above but I have to shout out the Binti series specifically, it's a trilogy of novellas and it's so damn good, some of the best sci fi I've ever read, Binti and Okwu have my whole entire heart)

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco (What if Memory of a Geisha had necromancy, women's wrongs, and a framed story that makes you unable to stop reading, lest your questions as to how we got here go unanswered?)

Abeni's Song by P. Djèlí Clark (this is more middle grade than YA, but it's fantastic all the same, and I wanted to shout it out because when I found out that P. Djèlí Clark had written a book for younger readers I literally squealed aloud, his books are SO good and Abeni's Song is no exception)

Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott (Another middle grade series, about a group of kids from Brooklyn who get caught up in a world of dragons and magic and it's so cute and so good, I believe really strongly in reading and supporting diverse middle grade books and this was the series that started me on that journey)

Solimar: the sword of the Monarchs by Pam Muñoz Ryan (One more middle grade book for the road, this is a Mexican Kingdom inspired story about a princess who wants to be king who must embark on a magical journey to save her family and her people)

And some honorable mentions (aka books on my TBR that I haven't read yet but will get to eventually):

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (I just finished her adult debut and now want to go back and read her entire Secret Shanghai series)

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (everyone who reads this says it emotionally destroys them and then puts it on their top five fantasy books of all time list, so there's something Good going on in there)

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne Brown (initially put on my list solely for the cover, this is the first book of a duology inspired by West African folklore)

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (It's honestly criminal that I haven't read this trilogy yet

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Aiden Thomas's debut, this book centers a trans boy who exists in a world with a very Gendered magic system who carves out his own place for himself, my cousin says it's amazing)

The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow (this JUST came out, I follow the author on tiktok and it looks dope, we've got a secret mirror world, vanished royal brides, sinister secrets, etc.)

PLEASE for the love of the universe read anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy written from marginalized perspectives. Y’all (you know who you are) are killing me. To see people praise books about empire written exclusively by white women and then turn around and say you don’t know who Octavia Butler is or that you haven’t read any NK Jemisin or that Babel was too heavy-handed just kills me! I’m not saying you HAVE to enjoy specific books but there is such an obvious pattern here

Some of y’all love marginalized stories but you don’t give a fuck about marginalized creators and characters, and it shows. Like damn

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The Odyssey would have been a lot shorter if Odysseus gave the Cyclops weed instead of wine.

[starflungwaddledee]

a light shines through a cloud of colour fumes and i can feel the warmth of the sun

Gravity, let me go ♫⋆｡♪ destroyer - of monsters and men

⋆｡ ﾟ☁︎｡ ⋆｡ ﾟ☀︎｡ ⋆｡ ﾟ ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ˚★⋆｡˚ ┊ ┊ ⋆ ┊ ★⋆ ┊ ◦ kirbytober 2024 #01 ★⋆ dream // revenge // song

[hekateinhell]

𝖍𝖊k𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖋𝖎𝖈 𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖙

— 𝖭𝖤𝖶𝖤𝖲𝖳 𝖳𝖮 𝖮𝖫𝖣𝖤𝖲𝖳 —

𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆��𝖉/𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖙

����𝔫𝔢-𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔰:

Down Where The Church Bells Cry - 2.2k | Explicit

Post-canon AU: Lestat and Armand have a tender moment as spouses [cockwarming, mommy kink if you squint]

Mon Petit Chaton - 1.7k | Teen

Lestat thinks Armand would make the perfect pet, and he is right [collars, pet play, kink negotiation, fluff]

Tidal Sacrifice - 1.1k | Explicit

Mermaid AU: prompt response sequel to Beneath Your Shallows, Lestat comes with a gift [marking, biting, handjobs]

Beneath Your Shallows - 5k | Explicit

Mermaid AU: Lestat’s a runaway teenager in the 1770s searching for something better; he stumbles upon a fantastical sea creature that will take him for everything he has to offer [dubcon, the mussy, blowjobs, multiple and possibly forced orgasms, Lestat’s legendary fear boner]

Play The King - 2.8k | Mature

Armand and Lestat settle their differences the only way they know how [cnc, rough sex, canon-compliant]

Young, Sweet & Seventeen - 1.1k | Teen

Karaoke with the Vampire; set to Dancing Queen by ABBA [fluff, song lyrics, it says anon lol it’s me i’m anon i just don’t feel like de-anoning and triggering the subscription emails right now]

Insatiable An Appetite - 4.9k | Explicit

Human AU: Lestat's never had to work for it in the bedroom, for obvious reasons. It's starting to affect his personal life, so he hires sex worker Armand to show him a few tips and tricks to being a better lover [blowjobs, anal, the usual]

The Hand That Feeds - 4.5k | Mature

Lestat quite literally drops into Trinity Gate with an interesting proposition or two for Armand; it goes about as well as you’d expect [fluff, bath time]

Strangle of Vein - 3.7k | Explicit

Lestat finds Armand in a church where they have a little quarrel before proceeding to defile the church according [rough sex, makeup sex, canon-compliant]

Photograph - 3k | Mature

Lestat is going through it in adjusting to his royal duties, so to distract himself, he goes to the one person that's forced himself into his life from the very beginning [fluff, cross-dressing, feminization, heyyy baby’s first fic be nice! :D ]

𝔪𝔲𝔩𝔱𝔦-𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰:

Drop Dead Gorgeous - 5.4k | Explicit | Incomplete

Genderswap Human AU: Teacher’s Assistant Armand is obsessed with Lestat, the prettiest girl in their Gothic Horror class. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for Lestat, Armand is a tough grader [praise kink, spanking, squirting, vaginal fingering]

𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔰/𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔰/𝔱𝔲𝔪𝔟𝔩𝔯 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔰:

Les Mémoires de L'âme - 502 | Teen

Armand ensures Lestat dresses to his satisfaction [fluff, Lestat’s canonical degradation kink]

Ring Shopping - 496 | General

Lestat has a surprise for Armand [fluff]

Meet Cute - 323 | General

The true story of how Armand and Lestat met [fluff]

Wake Up - 543 | Teen

The year is 1962, and Armand is desperate for Lestat to awaken [angst]

𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰:

A Monstrous Intimacy - 2.9k | General - Explicit

A collection of four prompt responses: [blood shotgunning, getting caught in the act, rough sex gone too far + hurt/comfort, fluffy/angsty love confession]

𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉/𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖑

𝔬𝔫𝔢-𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔰:

King of Your Castle - 2.3k | Explicit

Devil’s Minion Era: Daniel's last mortal birthday; Armand finally gives him a gift he's been waiting for [angst, smut]

Your Favorite Innocence - 2k | Explicit

Devil’s Minion Era Genderswap AU: PWP [oral sex, squirting, canon-compliant]

𝔪𝔲𝔩𝔱𝔦-𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰:

Burden of My Days - 4.5k | Explicit | Incomplete

Reverse AU: Daniel is a vampire created in the 1970s, immediately abandoned by his maker to struggle and figure out vampirism for himself. Fifty years later, he meets a young college student in New York City [drama, angst, smut, fluff]

Obsession’s Easiest Prey - 3.8k | Mature | Incomplete

Human AU: Daniel Molloy is an investigative journalist in 1987, who vanishes after conducting a series of interviews with one Armand Ivanovich (aka The Baby-Face Killer) at New York’s infamous Sing Sing prison [dialogue and letter fic]

Our House - 22k | Explicit | Incomplete

Human AU: Armand announces he wants a baby, Daniel immediately flashes to all the million-and-one reasons why that may be a fucking terrible idea [drama, angst, smut, hurt/comfort, therapy, breeding kink, too many things to list]

𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔰/𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔰/𝔱𝔲𝔪𝔟𝔩𝔯 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔰:

“Specimen” - 1.4k | Explicit

Human AU: Daniel works in a marine biology lab where little tentacled creature Armand is a captive specimen [micro/marco, fuck or die]

All My Colours - 606 | Teen

Devil’s Minion Era: Daniel doesn’t know what to do when Armand cries [hurt/comfort]

Fancy A Bite? - 1.4k | Mature

Human AU: Daniel is a barista, Armand is one of his regulars (who just happens to be blind) [drama, fluff]

Pornography with the Vampire - 1.8k | Mature

Devil’s Minion Era: Armand get it into his head to star in his own pornography film, Daniel is just along for the ride

𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰:

Shake The Disease - 12.3k | General - Explicit

A collection of ten prompt responses, the majority of which are set in the Devil’s Minion Era [drama, fluff, angst, smut]

𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉/𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖎𝖘

𝔬𝔫𝔢-𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔰:

Just Your Shadow - 1.1k | Mature

Louis puts Armand’s insecurities to rest [finger sucking, hurt/comfort, non canon-compliant sex]

My Sweetest Friend - 2k | Teen

A small snippet of Armand and Louis making things work at Trinity Gate [fluff, mild hurt/comfort]

Forever Young - 2.9k | Teen

Armand, Louis, and the baby girl found abandoned on the steps of Trinity Gate [family fic, fluff, drama]

𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔰/𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔰:

Amaranth Blooms - 200 | General

Armand tries to get in touch with Louis following Louis's suicide attempt in Merrick [hurt/comfort]

𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉/𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖙/𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖎𝖘

𝔬𝔫𝔢-𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔰:

See Inside My Bones - 1.1k | Mature

Armand guides Louis through a knife play scene with Lestat [graphic knife play, S&M]

Exposed - 5.1k | Explicit

Human AU: Teenage delinquents Lestat and Armand are dating Louis together while navigating their own situationship, mostly Lestat/Armand but Louis is there in spirit the entire time (and on FaceTime) [blowjobs, exhibitionism, questionable tattoos]

𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔰/𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔰

Suspended in Dusk - 600 | Mature

Lestat adjusts to a new dynamic [mostly fluff and Lestat overthinking]

𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉/𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖙/𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖑

The Language of Flowers - 9.1k | Explicit

Lestat visits New York and gets more than he bargained for when Armand wants to try out his artistic talents on him — with Daniel's assistance, of course [voyeurism, exhibitionism, rimming, felching, size difference, canon-compliant sex and vampire tattoos!]

After Party - 1.2k | Explicit

Human AU: Armand overdoes it after a wild night out with Daniel and Lestat, and he needs just a bit of help to settle down [implied somno, dubcon, blowjobs, anal fingering]

𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉/𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖙/𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖎𝖘/𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖑

I Feel You - 2.8k | Explicit

Human AU: Armand just wants to be loved by all of his boyfriends on his birthday, at any cost [ftm trans!Armand, breeding kink, squirting, size difference, creampie]

𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖕𝖘

Vienna - 1k | Mature

Armand/Viktor: Armand samples the forbidden de Lioncourt fruit

Blonds Do It Best - 1k | Explicit

Armand/Bianca - Human AU: Bianca remembers watching Armand get fucked by Lestat and decides she wants to try fucking him too [sexy flashbacks, strap-on negotiations]

A Rusted Essence - 905 | Mature

Armand/Denis: A short exploration into the tragic life cycle of Armand's human pets prior to 1973 [dead dove: did eat… oops]

(𝖓𝖔 𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖕)

Devour The Young - 1.3k | Mature

Reverse AU: What if Claudia had been the adult vampire and Lestat the mortal child?

Make An Exception - 1.2k | Teen

Canon Divergence AU: Armand took care of Nicolas once upon a time, now it’s Lestat’s turn to repay the favor with Daniel [angst]

[fromstarstuff]

Season 6 gang (two + jamie + zoe) literally Thee physically affectionate tardis team. these mfs were constantly holding hands, hugging, leaning on each other, straight up clinging, climbing each other like jungle gyms, and nothing was stopping them. they are cats, they are pack bonded, they are a package deal, etc. keep together do not separate

[sforzesco]

Hi! I follow you mainly for your stuff in roman history (which is so so good thank you for your service) but everything about the sforzas seems really interesting. I, however, know very little about the sforzas (or the Italian Renaissance as a whole....). Do you have any book recommendations for where to start? Thanks in advance!

oh man, let's see..... for Milan, maybe (in no particular order):

A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Milan, ed. Andrea Gamberini

Milan Undone: Contested Sovereignties in the Italian Wars, J. Gagné

A History of Milan Under the Sforza C.M. Ady

A Renaissance Court: Milan under Galeazzo Maria Sforza, G. Lubkin

Milan and Lombardy in the Renaissance: Essays in Cultural History

Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan, E. Welch

Ippolita Maria Sforza: The Renaissance Princess Who Linked Milan and Naples, J. M. Wood

[ahhrenata]

a little sketch for @not-so-austen ‘s ‘fix-it’ fic Fighting the Fall. It’s such a beautiful story that made me fall absolutely in love with the idea of these two. I’m so glad I found it 🥹 they deserve everything good in this world.

[penncilkid]

*wiping literal tears off of my face* Hey so guess who finished another piece of media today? /lh /pos

For those curious: it was The Penumbra Podcast. I originally got into it after incorrectly guessing who Khaleed, a character belonging to @mr-laveau from NeXus, was based off of.

To say this podcast devastated me is an understatement. To say I adore this podcast is an understatement. To say that this podcast has inspired me in ways untold is an understatement.

Go check it out if you're into narrative audio content. It's got 5 seasons and some of the most insanely talented voice acting, writing, sound design, and so on in it.

To @agentplutonium: I'm sorry I have roped you into this. I accept all bricks thrown when you get to the end. /lh

To @mr-laveau: I'm going to fist fight you in the "VS harmacy parking lot" for getting me into this shit AND NOT EVEN BEING CAUGHT UP TO THE END /LH

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

If ur not careful I might have to watch torchwood… do u recommend or is it an affliction you would not recommend to others?

hehehehehe >:3c gottem boys

no fr like. you have to look past the fact it's a low budget bbc production at times and embrace the slightly see through lesbian alien with foot long fingers that can read minds. you have to embrace the sex alien that absorbs people through her pussy. crucially, you have to watch it in as few sittings as possible. the only proper way to watch torchwood is to watch the entire thing absolutely nonstop and nothing else in between until your brain falls out through your ears :)

[softpine]

the amount of knowledge in guns you need to have to weave that into the story is fascinating to me. I don’t even know what racking a gun is (I do however know a whole bunch about obscure physics theorems) anyway I just think it’s neat how far we go into research to write things that make sense

i'm still not sure if i got everything correct, but no one has told me otherwise fjkjsd you've definitely heard the sound of a shotgun racking if you've watched any movie with guns in it, it's that "ch-chuck" kinda sound. what i didn't know is that there's apparently a huge debate in the home defense gun community over whether you should keep your gun loaded and racked or just loaded (don't bother mentioning safeties, they'll call you slurs...). the true benefit of not racking the gun would be if a little kid gets a hold of it, they're not going to know how to rack it therefore even if they pulled the trigger they hopefully wouldn't be able to shoot anything (in MY opinion this is idiotic; the chance that the gun would go off anyway is never zero, especially if they've ever seen their parents shooting and decide to copy their movements, as kids love to do). then some people think you should wait to rack it until you know there's an intruder in your house because the mere sound of it will make them go "oh shit" and just leave. people on the other side of the argument think this is pointless and only serves to reveal your position (but uhhh fyi, in some states you're supposed to give them a verbal warning and/or try to escape before using deadly force anyway). and they say you shouldn't be owning a gun if you're not prepared to use it as anything other than a sound effect. plus i saw some people say that you need that 1 extra round in the chamber or you might run out, which.... most pump shotguns hold 3 - 5 rounds so.. it just seems excessive to me, i can't imagine shooting up to 5 times and missing all of them?? in that case dude i think you're just fucked and 1 extra try is not going to help you lmao

the time factor is the most compelling argument to me, obviously if you're asleep and you hear someone break in and enter your bedroom, your gun is useless unless it's ready to shoot right this second. but the chances of this happening are just so slim and you know what would be even more effective?? a home alarm system so no one can possibly make it to your bedroom without you knowing about it. i saw a lot of people say they keep a loaded shotgun under their bed for this scenario. i'm a paranoid fuck and i've always lived in areas with high crime rates so i get it, but that's why i keep a maglite next to me while i sleep so in the incredibly unlikely event that someone breaks in without me hearing it, i can you know. whack them. do i ever think i'll need to do that? no but it makes me feel safer than having a loaded and chambered gun with no safety on lmao that would make me feel incredibly UNsafe... also i don't want to make this too dark but while i was in high school i knew FIVE kids who died because of their parents guns, one way or another. that is just unacceptable to me. we also had a gun go off at school and even though no one was hurt, that was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life because obviously in the moment we all heard a gunshot and thought it was an intentional school shooting. so anyway, me and guns do not get along but it's fascinating to research

but yeah as you can see i fell down the rabbit hole!! the things you do for writing jfksjds i did not need to go that far with it, but it was interesting!

[cherry-bomb-ships]

Wait holy fuck did I ever show you guys this wallpaper I made for myself on PicCollage 💖💖💖💖💖💖

This shit makes me so fucking happy every time I see it on my lockscreen, highly recommend y'all do the same on ur phone, 'puters, etc

Art by mothfinite, rexscanonwife, hotrodharts, bilumiart, cupiidzbow, mynolia, and me!!

[coconut530]

Bump in the Night & Nevertober Day 4: Vampires & Ring

@deoidesign I drew your guy :))))))))

[daz4i]

love how in order to craft serious theories abt hsr you're required to have at least basic knowledge in mythology, quantum physics, astronomy, literature, sometimes entomology and biology depending on what you're theorizing about, theology, and more, plus the ability to read through huge amounts of text and make connections and analyze little details etc etc. normal game fr

[magefeathers]

Day 25 of trying to Create Something every day: changing it up a bit and doing some crochet. The beginnings of a shawl with hearts in it! The pattern is available from Expression Fiber Arts and is currently free if anyone else is interested in downloading it.

[strawberrisoulmate]

i love love LOVE knowing that ichigo is mine and no one else's. i love that there's no one else in the entire world who can have him. there's no one i have to compete with. no one that i have to scroll past gush posts about him. no one i have to worry about taking him away from me. there's no one on this earth he would ever even consider looking at that isn't me.

he's my husband. mine mine mine mine forever and ever!!!

[cowboyskeletons]

*insane about media voice* i am normal about media