#This hit home very hard

[spacecatdet]

Remember you are not at fault for the abuse you got. You are brave even if you don't feel like it if you have left, come forward, etc. You are brave if you are trying to escape or have to stay a little longer. You will get out you got this Support abuse victims. No separating the art from the artist, not wells or buts, show victims the support they deserve. But most importantly give them space, let them heal in peace and if they want to talk. Listen to them

[trashworldblog]

[deoidesign]

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[valdrinorm]

does anyone else. idk exactly how to put this. feel weird? about evan kelmp? it feels very strange and almost demeaning to hear the cast chuckle in pity at descriptions of evan's life and memories that are similar or the same as things i have experienced. and it's not that i don't think they understand the very serious and sad nature of evan's backstory? but idk. some of these little moments. these sad little oh evan is so pathetic and miserable moments. they make me flinch a little bit

[fluffyapathybunny]

*sobbing in the corner*

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

tell me why i wrote 4k words of fantasy au the other night but overall Absolutely Nothing Happened in it

[the-acid-pear]

What i enjoy about Talk To Me is how avoidable everything was, but not in the typical horror movie "oh dont touch the cursed artifact silly!" but in the more realistic sense. If these people could actually communicate with one another then everything would've been avoided. But just like Max couldnt save his wife everyone else was just a little too late.

AND to add to this; if you're of the ones to believe that Jade pushed Mia then this is even more reinforced. Mia was gonna stop, she could've been saved, if Jade simply stopped for a second and talked to her this would've been avoided, but it wasn't.

[canon-toaster]

LoTM chapter 946 spoilers :) (the drawing is below)

So uh I arrived at the fun rainbows and ponies chapters,,, I definitely did not have a mental breakdance on my couch

I have a little rant about the whole ordeal of me reading these chapters in the tags so bonne appétit

Also I have really no idea if i should hide the art behind a scroller if i did tag the spoiler but yk what I could never be too careful, I've seen people still reading on here so better be more cautious than not

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

Authors making literary choices about their characters that add an edge that could be hard for the audience to sit with is, in fact, a good thing

[ladyinthebluebox]

why nobody warned me that my funky aging dragons game will make me think a lot about being inadequate in the eyes of my mother, huh?

[wiltedprayers]

re gen kill — excellent so far. episode 3 made me so sick like I honestly think it's much more raw & unfiltered than bob/maybe even the pacific.... shows that make you want to throttle the tv screen

[thresholdbb]

Call me a sucker, but I really like the latest Paramount+ Home of Star Trek commercial

THAT SAID - the Prodigy erasure stings. To me it definitely feels like Paramount is implicitly saying it’s not a part of Star Trek anymore since it’s not on the platform

But if Threshold taught us anything, it’s that you can’t remove something from canon just because you decided you didn’t like it anymore. Prodigy is Star Trek, and it will continue being Star Trek even with a new home

[tempestclerics]

[ID: A tier list of mostly sci-fi and fantasy book covers including the following:

S+ (I think everyone should read this) tier: The Archive Undying, Beowulf: A New Translation, Shield Maiden, Piranesi

S+ (I don't necessarily think everyone should read this, but reading it did genuinely change the course of my year for the better) tier: The Way of Kings, The Electricity of Every Living Thing, Stay True

S tier: System Collapse, Rhythm of War, Oathbringer, This Is How You Lose The Time War, The Alloy of Law, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Tress of the Emerald Sea, Dawnshard, The Emperor's Soul

A tier: The Citadel of Weeping Pearls, Words of Radiance, The Raven Tower, Squire, How Far the Light Reaches, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, The Water Outlaws, The Tea Master and the Detective

B tier: The Anthropocene Reviewed, The Sunlit Man, Arcanum Unbounded, Edgedancer, The Navigating Fox, The Lost Metal

C tier: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages, The Bands of Mourning, Shadows of Self, Fireheart Tiger

I didn't DNF it: The Vanisher's Palace, Elantris, Mistborn: Secret History, One Woman Show, Warbreaker, White Sand. End ID]

I read a lot this year: 45 books, 67 if you count rereads. This included the entirety of the Cosmere (Brandon Sanderson) and rereads of the entirety of Emelan, Protector of the Small, and Murderbot (all of which would be are S+ tier). This is in no small part due to 1) reading books along with/recommended by friends and 2) using Storygraph and spreadsheets to track things! Including doing @strangetorpedos's dnd reading challenge! I'm doing the cleric one this next year!

Some big themes: Way more novellas and short stories than I usually read! Beowulf and retellings! Knighthood and armor and feminine kingship! Sentient constructs and mindships! Memoirs! Asian-inspired speculative fiction! Architecture and consciousness!

I just. Missed doing this regularly, and am very glad to be back reading a lot again. Also I'm building my TBR for next year so if anyone has recs based on what they read or wants to do something similar please I'd love to see!

[aurrieattorney]

wough. being ill sucksssss. appreciate having a clear nasal canals or w/e if you're currently well rn

[unicornsaures]

my amrev mooties watching me mass reblog the outsiders stuff and probably being extremely confused or something

[1ovestay]

i will say. if there’s one thing that preparing to move to the other side of the planet has taught me it’s that i’m very loved