#TJ KLUNE I LOVE YOU

[idreamofsleeping]

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY-

[arsenicflame]

(im only on chapter 5, don't tell me if it follows through or not)

[tanjirosun]

it’s very stupid but i feel very safe talking about my passions here on tumblr. i mean twitter is fun and chaotic but in here there’s a sense of comradeship, almost like a “oh hey i know this things you’re saying you love, i love it too. here’s a funny comment about it that will leave you giggling and spiraling because how could you not think of that before????” and it’s funny because i have like 3 followers and i have this account for YEARS lmao (and i still feel seen i love that for me

[ceylonsilvergirl]

TJ Klune keeps asking, “what if a real life disney prince fell in love with the human equivalent of a wet paper bag?”

And I keep reading to find out the answer

[2mimikyute4u]

Still thinking about how a lot of asexual characters in media are like... aliens or robots or some other Non Human Entity™️ and how In The Lives Of Puppets by TJ Klune was like "actually fuck you the one human is the asexual one!! :)" like YESSSSS 🎉😭🥳

[thatcrimsonsun]

TJ Klune you'll forever be a legend.

[mercurialskiies]

i’m a little more than half way done with the bones beneath my skin

tj klune i was unfamiliar with your game because what do you mean this book made me tear up at work on my LUNCH BREAK

[rigelnetical]

if tj klune can do one thing its write a middle aged man whos unhappy with his job (but doesnt know it) has a lonely unfufilling life, and wears mostly suits; then send him to a completely new place where he meets a weird eccentric guy who has a weird house with a bunch of weird people in it (old man yaou)

[lethargarian]

2024 Books Wrapped

"I think my heart knew you were mine long before I ever realized it"

"'If it's any consolation, cousin, I behaved rather poorly the other day.' 'Is he dead?' 'No.' 'Then I'd say you controlled yourself admirably.'" - A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas

"He could still do it -- close his eyes and see her. But lately, white smudges would blur parts of her -- an earlobe, her eyelashes, the contours of her hair. It didn't happen enough to full obscure her yet, but Teddy feared time was taking her from him, grinding away at the picture frames in his head, crushing them." - Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane

"The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what was a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other things invisible?"

"This part I will do alone, leaving you behind. Don't follow. I'm well beyond you now, and traveling very fast." - Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer

"He did not want to leave the world, and yet he knew now that he was leaving it, or that it was leaving him."

''What if there is no world out there? Not as we know it? Or no way out to the world?' Grace saying this, while existing in that moment in a world that was so rich and full." - Acceptance, Jeff VanderMeer

"'I fucking hate you,.' The words are past my lips before I can shut my mouth. 'That doesn't make you special.'"

"'I know you just want to keep me safe, Dain,' I whisper. 'But keeping me safe if keeping me from growing, too.'"

"He'd protected me when I needed and taught me to defend myself so I wouldn't require protection forever. And when others are quick to stand in front of me, Xaden always stands at my side."

"Funny how people rename everything that makes them feel uncomfortable. We lost faith that our king would ever do the right thing. And they call us traitors." - Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros

"This, then, explained why he did not like them. He was appalled by their appearance. Medusa wanted to laugh but she was still afraid. As if anything that was important about Sthenno or Euryale was visible in their teeth or their hair."

"But Athene was no musician, and nor was she looking to play a tune. The first flute therefore sounded exactly like what it was. The desperate cry of a reed that has been severed from its root."

"I don't feel like saving mortals any more. I don't feel like saving anyone any more. I feel like opening my eyes and raking in everything I can see whenever I get the chance. I feel like using the power the goddess gave me. I feel like spreading fear wherever I go, wherever Perseus goes. I feel like becoming the monster he made. I feel like that." - Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes

"'It is as Gio said. Searching for a connection. Making something out of nothing so the spaces between us do not seem so far."

"'A flaw?' He laughed loudly. "Of course it is! Your flaws are what make you superior, in all ways. No matter what machines can do, no matter how powerful we become, it is the absence of flaws that will be our undoing. How can this existence survive when all machine-made things are perfect down to a microscopic detail? When all machine-made music is empty of rage and joy? Our only flaw is that we've condemned ourselves to spend eternity mimicking that which we deemed unfit to exist.'" - In The Lives of Puppets, T.J. Klune

"He had worn so many men's blood over the years, what difference did one more make?...He wondered if anyone else has ever died saying the words, 'Thank you.'"

" If he truly wants to understand the nature of the epic story I am letting him compose, he needs to accept that the casualties of war aren't just the ones who die. And that a death off the battlefield can be more noble (more heroic, if he prefers it that way) than one in the midst of fighting. But it hurts, he said when Creusa had died. He would rather her story had been snuffed out like a spark failing to catch damp kindling. It does hurt, I whispered. It should hurt. She isn't a footnote, she's a person. And she -- all the Trojan women -- should be memorialized as much as any other person. Their Greek counterparts too. War is not a sport, to be decided in a quick bout on a strip of contested landed. It is a web which stretches out to the furtherest parts of the world, drawing everyone into itself." - A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes

"Nothing good grows out of fear." - The Near Witch, V.E. Schwab

"But I don't miss the woman I was, the one who didn't know her strength."

"Violence, remember it's only the body that's fragile. You are unbreakable."

"Now cease this line of thinking. It does not serve to make you stronger." - Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros

"Don't fall asleep until you've really thought about the statue and Michelangelo and the entire Italian Renaissance." - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

[idreamofsleeping]

TJ KLUNE IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER GIVING US SOME AMAZING ACE REPRESENTATION IN HEARTSONG 😭💛

[bigassbowlingballhead]

house in the cerulean sea is going to hurt me isn't it.

[aroace-cat-lady]

I DONT NEED YOU TO BE AN EXTRAORDINARY NICKY NOT WHEN YOURE ALREADY EXTRAORDINARY TO ME

[azurejacques]

Alright so on Thomas-

He’s such an important and well-written character, despite dying in the first book. His death is essential to the story, and to the development of all those around him, and here’s why. In life, he’s a leader, a father, a husband- an Alpha. He has responsibility, and is there to help and answer questions, and he represents a bridge between the events of the past and the past generation and the present and present generation. When he dies, that bridge is lost, that wealth of knowledge and answers and that person who is best fit to take responsibility for things of the past that come up in the present is gone- so what will everyone else do about it? So much of his life and character and actions is only revealed and made known in the later books- even to his own family. His absence forces them to grow and change on their own, they can’t simply go to him and demand an explanation for his past actions or that he take responsibility for something he did that’s echoed into the present. How do you reconcile someone who at the same time was your anchor, your glue, your rock- and still is in a way, even if only as a memory- with someone who it turns out you didn’t fully know, someone who you keep learning was imperfect, who made mistakes- ones you are forced to clean up? How do you understand the deep humanness of a legend who held the weight of the world on his shoulders when he’s not there to be asked?

It’s something that all the Bennetts deal with and struggle with throughout the series, most recently in my memory of course being Carter, who despite knowing that of course his father loved him, didn’t truly know or understand how deeply he truly loved him. And I can see how he wouldn’t, imagine if your father were such an imposing and legendary figure, who told you how important you were to be, and how that might affect your perception of him and your perception of his perception of you, no matter how he tried to hammer it in that he loved you all no matter what. It’s easy to be told something over and over again and to understand it on a surface level, but to actually internalize it and know it is a whole ‘nother thing. And so that moment when Elizabeth read’s Thomas’ letter to Carter’s Future is made so much more poignant and meaningful, as for once Carter can see through all the history and pain and past choices and actions and consequences and responsibilities and expectations to see his father in his rawest form, a father who loves him so dearly and so powerfully that that love is stronger than any other thing that could complicate their relationship.

The theme of family and kin is central to the story of the Green Creek series, and Thomas is the middle and core of that theme- the conflict of the whole overarching plot is rooted in family and love and Thomas’ trust in those he considers kin, whom he loves and trusts despite who they may be. He considers Richard Collins kin, in a way, he’s his second and deeply wants to trust him. Family, love, and kinship are incredibly powerful things with incredibly powerful bonds, and these same things can also destroy us, and Thomas Bennett shows both sides of this blade, he trusted Richard and his father trusted Robert Livingstone, therefore he later mistrusts Gordo for fear that his father tampered with his tattoos, and thus causes the turmoil between Mark and Gordo, but one could argue that it comes from a place of love. Thomas Bennett is love- both sides of it, he is family and kinship in all its beauty and ugliness, in its mistakes and righteousness. Even in death he binds everything and everyone together.

[apricote]

not me devouring almost 2000 pages in less than a week

[thatcrimsonsun]

went to classes, socialized the entire time, came home, made coffee, sat by the window and read my favorite book with sun shining on the pages while listening to dark academia instrumental playlist, and suddenly everything is ok, nothing has ever been wrong and I don't have the rotting sadness consuming me from the inside out.

[wildcatharsis]

Avra Helvaci 🤝 Sam of Wilds = being the world's funniest little shits that I would protect with my life.