#Wires and Nerves- Marissa Meyer

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Cinder again!!!

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Another under appreciated Wires & Nerve tidbit is Cress’s PJ’s in Volume 1

They have spaceships all over them 😭😭🥺

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i just read both wires and nerve volumes in a fucking day and here are things that i fucking loved

• iko being a badass and getting a well deserved story

• it broke my heart when cinder was like “i already miss you” after jacin and winter leave for earth and it had drawings of all of the rampion crew

• seeing cinder being queen was amazing to see

• cinder and winters relationship was gorgeous. god, i loved that winter was super supportive of cinders decision

• seeing iko be the ultimate hype woman in regards to kai and cinder in the first part of the nerves and wires

• iko being sassy as fuck: “that would make it your lucky night captain” when thorne says that it’s her lucky night to go with him

• thorne threatening to skin the wolves alive if they had touched cress and their interaction after she poured ammonia on her head was down right fucking gorgeous. and not to mention, thorne joking that cress immune system doesn’t want her to have any fun

• thorne saying that cinder would rather have iko be safe

• scarlet and wolf domestic on the farm and wolf telling her that’s she beautiful.

• i also absolutely loved when scarlet was like “not in this lifetime” when wolf said that the wolves would come and that they weren't going to be run off the farm

• kai, winter, and jacin discussing cinder and not paying attention to the tour

• winter letting it slip that jacin applied to medical school

• seeing iko call cinder a sister and saying that the rampion crew was her family

• wolf practicing his speech to scarlet + and then having scarlet propose to him at the end of vol. two

• wolf locking scarlet out when he was facing steele at the farm and scarlet having fucking none of it

• scarlet saying “i love wolf no matter what body he’s in” and “you don’t need to be changed or fixed, you’re my alpha always” and wolf responding “and that’s why i want to be the man you deserve. not a wolf in disguise, but an alpha mate you can be proud of”

• scarlet and wolf doing the forehead touch

• iko punching jacin

• jacin not shooting wolf and instead getting kidnapped rather than hurting wolf

• wolf not betraying the fact that iko was cinder

• jacin being annoyed at wolf for not letting them know that he was on their side

• scarlet yelling at thorne to keep the ship still

• scarlet saying multiple times that she trusts wolf with her life

• scarlet immediately calling winter after wolf went with steele

• kai hugging cinder after kinney tells them that iko’s personality chip was cut in half

• throne saying “i know you” to cinder when she wants to sacrifice herself and then the rampion crew getting in a huge argument about it because they all care so much about her

• the group hug. i cried.

• jacin dancing with cinder and wolf dancing with cress

• not going to lie i was disappointed with kinney because i wanted there to be lgbtqia+ representation in the lunar chronicles and was hoping that marissa meyer would make iko lesbian. i also hated the whole kinney being an absolute asshole to iko and telling her that she is not a human and she's not a person and then them getting together. like jesus, that's not enemies to lovers; that's just toxic as hell

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And last but certainly not least my girl Iko 💖

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I have not read w&n, but from what I’ve seen of it, the art is very 50/50. Half the time it’s dope, the other half is like why are Kai’s eyes just lines…

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Day 21: JOMPBPC: Pumpkins

I didn't know what to do for this prompt, so I took a photo of this beautiful graphic novel that I loved reading in 2018! ❤️

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Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue

Author: Marissa Meyer

Artist: Stephen Gilpin

Book: 2/2

Genre: science fiction, graphic novel

Summary: Gone Rogue is the second book in the Wires and Nerve graphic duology, which follows The Lunar Chronicles series. The second half of this story follows Iko on her hunt for Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a pack of rogue wolf-soldiers who are rampaging Earthen cities. To maintain the peace between Earth and Luna, Iko must return these soldiers to Luna. However, Steele will return on one condition: that Cinder reverses the bioengineered mutations inflicted on the soldiers.

Review: First, I must begin by stating that The Lunar Chronicles is one of my favorite series. You do not need to read this series to enjoy the Wires and Nerve duology, but it will help you understand the story and the background of the characters. If you have not read the series, I highly recommend it! Shoot me a DM/inbox/ask if you do read it, I’d love to hear about it!! Graphic novels are not usually the type of book I gravitate toward, but this series has made me appreciate the artwork, story structure, and the fun that readers get to experience when reading graphic novels. This story was a quick read, and was exciting and adventurous. I enjoyed visiting the characters again and seeing how Meyer evolved her fictional world.

Rating: 5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Keep reading🌙

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April 2023 JOMPBPC: Day 1 TBR This Month

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Okay, in honor of the announcement of the TLC MOVIES*, I compiled of all deleted scenes from the The Lunar Chronicles, per Marissa Meyer’s blog**:

Deleted Scene #1 (from Cinder)

Deleted Scene #2 (from Cinder)

Deleted Scene #3 (from Scarlet)

Deleted Scene #4 (from Scarlet) 

Deleted Scene #5 (from Winter) 

Deleted Scene #6 (from Winter)

Deleted Scene #7  (from Winter)

Deleted Scene #8  (from Winter)

Deleted Scene #9 (from Cress)

**As part of a promotion between the releases of The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book and the release of Wires & Nerve Vol. 1

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Redraw of Cinder’s coronation gown.

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Jacin Apologists/Lovers

I reread Wires & Nerve and I can’t stop thinking of that scene where Jacin’s dad asks him to pick up some bobble heads from Earth for his mom so she can start a collection

How has no one mentioned this

I love post revolution Jacin getting to actually show human emotion and connections with people

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I’m enjoying wires and nerve rn but the artist for it cracks me up Because like Marissa Meyer must’ve sent them descriptions of the characters to design with but it’s like:

MM: So Cinder is wasian with light brown hair and she’s a cyborg with a metal hand and leg

Illustrator: say no more *makes cinder’s whole arm metal and gives her black hair and a small ass forehead*

MM: Kai is like the handsomest prince in the galaxy, he’s East Asian.

Illustrator: okay I think I know what you’re looking for *draws a potato with lines for eyes so u know he’s Asian*

MM: Thorne has brown hair, he’s roguishly handsome, full of charm, probably broad shouldered, maybe Han Solo meets Flynn Rider

Illustrator: don’t worry I got u boo *twinkifies your Thorne and makes him blonde for some reason?*

MM: and Kinney is like Iko’s love interest, he’s very handsome Like THE MOST handsome man on Luna—

Illustrator: no need to finish you sentence, I’ve got the man right here

[honorsongs]

I have to say this now, because I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to share this story for ages now, because it’s so amazing. Not only did Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles and creator of Linh Cinder, start off her writing journey as a Sailor Moon fanfiction author, but I have a second-account story of how amazing and nice she is.

I got my copy of Cinder the Christmas after I turned 13. My grandmother actually picked it out for me earlier that year, but she passed away before she could get it to me, so it was the last book I ever got that was picked out for me by her. When Christmas that year rolled around, my mother bought the library-bound version and put a dedication in it talking about how my grandma had picked it out for me and everything. It quickly became my favorite book, to the point that it’s been almost 8 years since I was first introduced to it, and I’m still not over it.

When my 17th birthday was coming up, my mom decided to reach out to Marissa Meyer and see if she would possibly sign my book. Originally, her secretary responded and said that Marissa Meyer doesn’t do that kind of thing, and my mom thought that was the end of it. I guess Marissa Meyer must have caught wind of the email, though, because a few weeks later, she asked my mom to send the book to her for her to sign.

Along with the autograph, she sent along a goodie bag, including stickers, a bunch of post cards relating to the books, bookmarks, and even a booklet containing the first chapter of Wires and Nerves. Needless to say, coolest birthday present ever, by far.

Cinder is my favorite Cinderella, and Marissa Meyer is my favorite author. Cinder’s “glass slipper” is her cybernetic foot. She falls in love with her prince, but he isn’t the key to her happily ever after, she is. She ends up helping lead the other “storybook princesses” to saving the world and the moon colony. She goes on to be an excellent leader, despite being dealt such a difficult hand in life. I could go on and on about this character, but I feel the propeganda has done enough of that already. Instead, I shall leave you with this:

Marissa Meyer is amazing, and even if you don’t vote for Cinder, please try one of her books. We talk a lot, online, about how fanfiction authors know how to write so much better than a lot of traditional authors, and honestly, her fanfiction roots are likely one of the reasons these books clicked so hard with me. They’re wonderful, they’re so much fun to read, and I cannot recommend them enough!

ROUND 1D, MATCH 2 OUT OF 16!

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Linh Cinder:

Her glass slipper is her prosthetic foot. She's a cool badass mechanic queen. She's named Cinder because her aunt set her on fire as a toddler but she survived. She's a a cool cyborg with psychic powers, and she's also a really good mechanic.

She's a cyborg and she's from the Moon

She is a badass mechanic who is also a cyborg and did not intend to get dragged into this mess. She becomes a fugitive of the law, running from the prince who is also her romantic interest and is just objectively the best.

I love a sarcastic character and I love a good confrontation scene and she's great with both

she's a cyborg she's a mechanic she's a princess she's a fugitive she's the best.

She's a mechanic she's the lunar princess she has two prosthetic limbs she's supposed to be dead. Her best friend is an android who's a fangirl of her boyfriend (Kai, the emperor). Her ball was actually her showing up to keep Kai from getting seduced by her aunt (who's queen of the moon) and then killed. Instead of losing her slipper she just lost her entire foot. (That's all just in the first book.)

look man, if you've read tlc you know why but if not: cinder here goes through a lot, from living in a shitty household to leading a rebellion and witnessing what's practically a massacre (TWICE), getting stabbed in the mc'freaking heart and surviving, being a wanted fugitive, Oh, and also, she loses her goddamn FOOT instead of a glass slipper lol (albeit the foot is a prosthetic, which i might've forgotten to add, her left arm and (i think) leg are metal due to getting BURNED as a toddler by her somewhat power hungry aunt)

She's SO cool she's a mechanic and really clever and also an amputee and her prosthetics are very cool and she has fun space adventures with her little gang of found family and is also the heir to the crown on the moon and is trying to get control of it from her aunt (who's a dictator) so she can help the moon people be less oppressed! tl;dr she's a girlboss

She literally got set on fire. Shes a cyborg. Shes such a girl boss that her love interest kept her severed prosthetic foot as a memento. She is a revolutionary [against her will] and a politician [also against her will]. Shes a skilled mechanic, and called the queen of a super-powerful alien race with the ability to manipulate people’s perceptions of reality ugly TO HER FACE. Queen does not give a shit and just wants to hang out with her robot bestie and her dork ass boyfriend who is also the leader of an entire country. Shes iconic, she is the moment.

she's a teenage cyborg who works as a mechanic and is secretly royalty - a badass and i love her!!

Kickbutt cyborg Cinderella princess

Cyborg and mechanic is a fun new twist on classic Cinderella! (At least when I read it and it was new). Plus she’s got her Prince/Emperor all wrapped around her fingers before the ball!

she's cool as fuck that's why!! cyborg cinderella in a cool-ass future sci-fi world, she doesn't have glass slippers so she loses her ill-fitted cybernetic foot, she has a gun in her cyborg hand (mostly uses nonlethal projectiles), she has cool sci-fi magic mind powers, she's from the moon, she's a mechanic & she's smart as hell, she literally forms a ragtag team of other fairytale inspired characters & dethrones the evil queen of the lunar monarchy. also her prince charming is cool & funny & they're so sickeningly in love their feelings could power the sun. anyway vote Cinder ✨️

cinder is a mixed cyborg mechanic who has acquired beef with both her stepmother (adopted) and her bio aunt (tyrant queen levanna) and manages to escape their attempts to keep her down (including arson when she was like. 3 years old) and ultimately overthrows her aunt in a revolution lead by her and the other fairytale retellings (red riding hood and wolf, rapunzel and her ‘prince’, and her cousin snow white and her prince) and establishes a democracy! i enjoyed the series growing up and i personally think that cinder is very cool :]

The first book in The Lunar Chronicles is a retelling of cinderella, and my gosh it’s amazing. Cinder is a cyborg and faces a lot of prejudice, and it’s interesting to see that even in the future, where the book is set, there’s still so much discrimination, and Cinder faces it so well. She’s smart and snarky, and has such character growth and cares so much and akhjfqwthbj

shes cinderella if cinderella was a cyborg and also secretly an alien moon princess. fucking amazing series everyone should read it. It's very common for Cinderella retelling that "girlboss" her end up sending the weird message that victims of abuse should simply stand up for themselves <3 I really like Cinder because she's spunky and snaps at her stepmother, but it doesn't. do her any good? It just makes her stepmother worse. Also one of her stepsisters is nice, I love Peony.

Cyborg Cinderella, long-lost princess of the moon, revolutionary against the evil queen.

she’s a cyborg! instead of losing her shoe on the steps of the palace her entire foot comes off 👍 thats hard as fuck she’s so cool

Cinderella:

Because she is so cute in this, I love her outfits before and after the transformation, and this movie is just such a good adaptation of Cinderella

the 1997 cinderella movie is the best one ever to me like. you have whitney houston as the fairy godmother and brandy is so so so pretty and she's such an amazing cinderella. 10 minutes ago the best cinderella song of all time ever she sounded so good<3

does this movie even NEED propaganda?

Brandy Cinderella with Whitney Houston! Need I say more?

Brandy plays one of the best iterations of Cinderella actually

I just think she's neat. Also she looked the best in the ball gown

One of the most iconic Cinderellas of all time, Brandy brought tenderness, earnestness, and heartfelt poignancy that transformed the story and emphasized its humanity and themes of dreaming for the future. Her voice is celestial! The power of her performance is undeniable! As a lifelong Cinderella fan she was always one of my favorites.

A lot of children grew up watching this movie around the holidays.

This is my favorite version of Cinderella and Brandy absolutely KILLS IT as Cinderella!! Her voice is so sweet and beautiful. And her dress!! I love her peplum. ALSO HER BRAIDS MAKE A BUN AND ITS SO ADORABLE. just look up the soundtrack for this movie PLEASE

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Day 5: JOMPBPC: Best Cliffhanger

I didn't know what to do for this prompt, so I took a photo of this beautiful book that I loved reading in 2017! 💙

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Currently Reading:

Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue

Written by Marissa Meyer; art by Stephen Gilpin

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Book Review – ‘Wires and Nerve : Gone Rogue’ (#2 Wires and Nerve) by Marissa Meyer, Douglas Holgate, and Stephen Gilpin

Book Review – ‘Wires and Nerve : Gone Rogue’ (#2 Wires and Nerve) by Marissa Meyer, Douglas Holgate, and Stephen Gilpin

… the one where Iko stands on her own, kicking butt and swooning the boys. Genre: Y/A, Science Fiction, Graphic Novel No. of pages: 324 Iko – an audacious android and best friend to the Lunar Queen Cinder – has been tasked with hunting down Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a rogue band of bioengineered wolf-soldiers who threaten to undo the tenuous peace agreement between Earth and Luna.…