#and the Book!greens suck

[dirtytransmasc]

In the book aemond is a psychopath, aegon a rapist, alicent a cunt. Haelena is the only normal child, in the show is the same. How can someone be team green? You said the are more 'complex' but no, they are just more problematic

the show is different then the books, by a fucking mile. the situation and circumstances for almost everything surrounding the greens is drastically different. when I talk about them, due to not having fully read the book (cause it's long and I can't get my ADHD to grab onto it like the show), I'm talking about the show. in the show they are significantly more fleshed out and complex, they earned far more of my pity than Rhaenyra and her kids did in the show, and I just liked them more.

in the books, they are bad people, but so is everyone else, especially Rhaenyra and Daemon. the sword has two edges. honestly, from what I managed to read/know about the book, everyone in that damn thing seems like they suck (outside of Helaena), but thats fine, that's great actually. a full morally grey to not so grey set of characters is interesting. they're all problematic, it's a game of pick your favorite sicko(s).

also the "Aegon's a rapist" horse has been beaten to dust. the only potential proof that he is one is from a very black favoring unreliable narrator who slanders the greens almost every chance he gets... so while I, and nobody, can say that it's 100% false, similarly, no one can say that it's 100% true either. (the vibe I picked up is that he may be a bit handsy without consent and a whore who frequents whorehouses as a customer, but not a rapist. doesn't make it right, but those two things are very different. I also think people tend to forget that the concept and age of consent in medieval times was VERY different. again, doesn't make it right. but there were things that were just... ok... then, that are far from ok now. all of this greatly effects aegons situation and the nuance around it).

Aemond was and still sorta (in the show) is a psycho. I won't deny that, but he has so many layers in the show, so many why's and hows to him and his growing instability, that IS fascinating and complex and I love to dig around in his characterization and psychology and I know I'm not the only one.

from the sounds of it, Alicent is like any other greedy noble ever, she's just a woman and a mother as well, so she's a bitch and she's protecting her kids which people don't like. Rhaenyra's also a bitch and she's protecting her kids. they all hate each other, they all want each other's heads on spikes. it's war between two sides of terrible people told through the lenses of unreliable narrators, no side is better than the other, "just pick your favorite asshole" seems to be the rule of thumb at that point cause who knows what the hell actually happened. (take this with a grain of salt, cause from where I stand, all I say is hearsay)

just let team green fans live their lives and remember that not everyone gives a shit about the book.

[theribbonmarkedroom]

Kinda sad that they replaced sunflower with another song in this scene BUT I’m delusional so this is what happened it’s true I was there

[asteroidaffection]

sir john what

[wanderingmind867]

Neither response is great here, but Carol Ferris still seems better than Iris West. Carol acts protective (which is a bit weird considering they aren't even officially dating), but at least that's sort of charming. Iris is just back to demeaning her boyfriend. I can't believe I'm saying this about a character, but Iris seems super abusive verbally. Look at Barry's face. He doesn't look happy. He looks anguished. I doubt Gil Kane meant it that way, but I see it that way. God, I hate Iris West. (Green Lantern #13):

[moomeecore]

ppl reviewing anti lawn books on goodreads and going "this is preachy" yeah its about a political movement what do you want. are they supposed to NOT advocate for their beliefs

[kithj]

is it just me or is the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires.... really bad?

[my-mom-named-me-duck]

never thought I'd be so bored I'd try and grow green onions in a baby Yoda cup unprompted

god I know I was diagnosed with it but I really thought I didn't have ADHD but here I am with multiple incomplete tasks and forgetting what I wanted to do midway through doing it

like I don't know why I got the thread out I don't know why I made a list of materials you can get at a home depot I don't know why I have several books about how to draw manga in front of me I don't know where my wallet, sketch book and keys are I don't know why I organized my statues to stare at me while I sleep I don't know why there's 4 half finished paintings on my floor

oh my god why

I can't focus on anything I've literally done multiple things in the process of writing this

it feels like i'm a squirrel with dementia

i don't have ADHD I am ADHD

i fucking hate this why the hell was I listening to the fnf soundtrack when did that even happen

[oozeandgoo-art]

had an odd dream that i was reading a comic book. sketched a couple of the pages i could remember.

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

hotd never fails to disappoint

[lonesomedotmp3]

fun fact about me is that I'm a vlogbrothers enjoyer and when hank announced he had a book I was so excited about it I not only pre-ordered it I pre-ordered the signed edition I remember getting it from waterstones and opening it up in a café and I got a little anglerfish drawing which was not on every signed copy so I was like omg I'm special. it was magical fr. and then I read the book and fucking hated it.

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

What's their reaction to Harumi's turn?

Gene: Wow, and I thought *I* was the most evil one of the group

[cpyclopse]

I'm gonna join a dnd campaign over the summer! Here's my guy!!!

[themisthemenace]

So I'm the co-author/editor for random Demon slayer fanfiction about random characters that are the hashira from 200 years before current time line. Obviously that means that you have to make a couple OC's so you can actually have characters to write about.

Here I am with 5 fully fleshed out characters with finished designs, detailed backstories and even unique fighting styles/techniques, because mental illness. My other two Co-authors have the name and like three words describing their characters. Actually crying.

I spent hours picking out kanji and changing names to match the characters when one of my Co-authors GOOGLED NAMES THAT MEANT GREEN AND TIRED AND CALLED IT A DAY.

I ASKED SAID CO-AUTHOR WHAT THE CHARACTER LOOKSD LIKE AND THEY SAID GREEN SHINOBU WITH VITILIGO? WHAT!?!

They do not deserve my Takoku Kumofu and my Yuna Chikafuji ☹️.

But I shall forgive them of their sins because they're clearly younger than me and I feel bad insulting their characters to their digital faces.

[wigglepiggle]

fun fact I forgot to mention in he magic book infodump: she actually used to be 50% green. she was indeed a green book with Problems at some point

the green was replaced with blue (I guess it's a bit greenish in some parts but it's still blue)

[lollreagan]

looking for alaska by john green

as with all my review posts, *spoiler warning*

well well well folks. i am officially finished with my first year of college and my exams. since moving from my small town high school to an ivy league - i can now say that i am a mediocre student - at best. i went from someone who had all A’s during high school to having half of my transcript be B’s and B-. And even so, I still had the best time. I can’t wait to leave my hell hole of a house to go back in June, because I miss the city so much already. (I think it’s something having to do with the sun being out now, because I wanted to go home soooo bad when it got cold - i am not a cold person). 

In my scrumptious 16 hour car ride back home, i took up one of my previous pastimes - reading. because I was in the car, I only had the selection of books which i had previously downloaded on my iPad - one of them being Looking for Alaska by John Green. 

I have mixed feelings about this book. I reallyyy want to like it. I do. I really do. But for some reason I just can’t. I don’t like how the book is built around the one central point and it happens halfway thru the book.

We never got to see Pudge and Alaska in their moment. There was so much buildup and then suddenly it was gone. And Pudge got super annoying and thank GOD the characters were able to recognize this and tell it to him. However because the story is told from Pudge’s point of view, we have to put up with him.

Pudge is unlikeable. He’s lowkey narcissistic and a pick-me. He thinks that no one wanted to be friends with him in high school because he just wasn’t cool or because he was too skinny. This really bothered me.

Alaska is unlikeable. She’s manipulative, especially toward Pudge. She would get jealous when Pudge would be with Lara, but she wouldn’t want to be with Pudge. And she knew that she could control Pudge.

The only likeable characters were Colonel and the Eagle. I actually really liked the Eagle. And Takumi and Lara but they were so minor that they didn’t even add much to the story.

The story was too short. I feel like John could have expanded the story so much. It ended so abruptly. It felt like we were just finally getting to understand the characters and how they act with one another and then *boom* climax of the story and then its over. that was it. too short and too abrupt of an ending. 

the climax didn’t make an sense. the story felt like John knew he wanted Alaska to die, but then wrote the story before he had figured out how. It felt like John didn’t even know how she died either. And i didn’t like this. I don’t like being in the same state of ‘not knowing’ as the author. I like being kept in the dark, if it means that the reveal is coming later on. It never came. I was still left confused. “Yeah but that’s the point, you’re supposed to come to your own conclusion like Pudge and Colonel” Shut up. Just shut up. You sound like you’re trying to justify bad writing. Shut up. 

There should have been more buildup to the car crash. And the book would have been better if it was told from both perspectives of both Pudge and Alaska. Because it would be better for the audience to know exactly what was going through Alaska’s head.

The part where she just storms out and has to drive to see her mother at 3 am was so abrupt and stupid too. It made no sense. She would have been too drunk to even remember, which is what they made a point of at first. Also she never would have been able to drive straight. Her committing suicide made NO SENSE. and john made a point of that through the characters’ investigations and THEY EVEN SAID IT MADE NO SENSE FOR HER. this is why there should have been a perspective from alaska. it was just lazy writing in my opinion to have not had that.

i hate this book. i hate this book. it had so much potential and then it felt like john got in a rush at the end and rushed the ending. the buildup was so good and then he just ruined it.

rating: 4/10

it pains me to give this rating, can someone please make a fan version of the novel that is actually good, im begging.

[robocops-a-christ-allegory]

Im still not anti a new peacemaker or anti Chris being replaced like in theory because Mitchell Black was cool and Kupperberg’s rejected ongoing pitch was also about a entirely different guy and also very interesting. Even Leaguebuster Peacemaker couldve turned out interesting if he was allowed to actually do anything. But like, Peacemaker’s all over the place right now. I dont want it to happen yet because I still feel like he hasnt really gotten the chance to do anything