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so if i joined the Magnus Institute i could get paid to do nothing but read all day because i’m eldrich-horror-bound not to quit or get fired? idk that sounds easily worth the lack of safety and i’m already paranoid—sign me up tf
#and they have a massive library#is this not employment goals??#where’s my hiring contract at#a win is a win#the magnus institute#the eye#tma#the magnus archives
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having good & true friends will literally save and protect you in a million unfathomable ways. like okay we have written so many times about lovers. but the way a platonic friend laughs and cries with you. the way they hold your hand at 14 years old and at 34. the way they keep a little silver tie to you, touching base over and over and over. how you can go years without talking, only to re-meet and discover: oh shit! you're still cool!
there are people who have been in my life for more than half of it, and i have loved every version of them. do you know how fucking beautiful that is. yeah love will save the world. but the way friends love you is gonna save the you.
#and before one of u is like '' i have no friends :(" i used to be there too actually#abusive partner cut me off from ALL of 'em. i didn't think i was lovable#it made me EXCEPTIONALLY shy. i still am actually!!!!#i just ... started saying ''yes.''#i would take pictures of flyers in my library and go to whatever events they had#i started taking community classes#if someone mentioned like ''i am gonna start x group'' i actually took a deep breath#and approached them to be like . okay i want in.#i started making the first move with new people - a small compliment#a smile or a little joke. just to share the space with them.#i have MASSIVE social anxiety. bad parent and bad relationship will do that to ya.#but i just... kept going. and going. and going. to each of these little things. and then...#like. .... idk i just am very blessed. i have a STUPID number of friends#a lot of which i reconnected with. bc it turns out love is never wasted. adult life just.#like. gets in the way. but also... i loved u as a weird little kid. i love u now as a weird big adult.#i promise i PROMISE ur friends are out there. u just have 2 find them. and btw#i didn't make friends with everyone. but i did get a lot of people to smile or laugh.#aint that something.#this process took me something like 2 years. it was HARD!!!!!!!!!!#i love u!!! hard things are often worth it!!!
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public libraries are so crazy man. like you’re telling me I can read this book for free
#not plonts#since I no longer work at the university I lost my access to the university library#which is a massive F but it means I have been going to the public library#and you know what. it’s a good vibe#they do not have the hyperspecific plant research books I was checking out from the old library but dude it’s so nice#at the public library there are also old ladies playing mahjong and kids going NO WAY over a dinosaur book etc
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I’m actually serious about this, if at all possible, right now is a very good time to request queer books from your local library. Whether they get them or not is not in your control, but it is so important to show that there is a desire for queer books. I will also say getting more queer books in libraries and supporting queer authors are pretty fantastic byproducts of any action.
This isn’t something everyone can do, but please do see if you are one of the people who has the privilege to engage in this form of activism, and if you are, leverage that privilege for all you’re worth.
For anyone who can’t think of a queer book to request, here is a little list of some queer books that I think are underrated and might not be in circulation even at larger libraries:
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals by William Wright
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley
God Themselves by Jae Nichelle
IRL by Tommy Pico
The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser
Queer Magic: Lgbt+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World by Tomás Prower
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon
Hi Honey, I'm Homo! by Matt Baume
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Homie: Poems by Danez Smith
The Secret Life of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
The Companion by E.E. Ottoman
Kapaemahu by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun
Witching Moon by Poppy Woods
Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi
Peaches and Honey by Imogen Markwell-Tweed
Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color by Christopher Soto
#queer books#queer history#lgbt history#honestly#libraries are a massive resource in terms of preserving and uplifting marginalized narratives#and as a community#that has been so very excluded from both fictional and nonfictional narratives#this is a great way to reclaim and care for the stories that have been surpressed for so long
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heartbreaking news: radioactive by imagine dragons showed up on shuffle and i haven't heard it in years so i'm enjoying it
#oh my god immediately after was Some Nights by fun... happy 2012 everybody#highly recommend having a massive music library of every song you've ever enjoyed or downloaded since 2009; lol#i need a text post tag
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MiqoMarch Day 08 - Fav. (Side) Job
When she's not running around as Ninja or Summoner , Arsay's next choice is the lance. Being bestowed a source of draconic power by Midgardsormr moments before his slumber, and knowing how to channel the powers of Bahamut with dreadwyrm trance, Arsay's power as a Dragoon rivals that of even the former Azure Dragoon. With that said, she'd much rather use her polearm to hunt monsters.
#miqomarch#miqomarch2024#ffxiv#miqo'te#arsay kain pose pog??#an attempt was made#I didn't want to repeat myself two years in a row lol#do love playing drg though its so fun#praying it doesnt become too different in dawntrail#in my canon Arsay never does the lancer or dragoon lv 30-60 job quests#She gets Estinien to teach her some basic moves while on the road trip to drivania#one cause she thought it looked fun two because its hard to back stab a dragon without going full shadow of the colossus on them#Shes pretty good with the lance too so she does use it on that first nidhogg fight#then she continues hvw as ninja/smn#she doesnt have any of the dragoon part of the dragoon kit until she goes through the great gooble library with y'mhitra#where they learn about dreadwyrm trance and arsay discovers her surprisingly strong connection to bahamut#y'hmitra: wow thats weird didnt you say you werent around during the calamity how did you connect to him so easily#arsay: so there's this massive hole in the ground in eastern la noscea-#When its time to end the dragonsong war for real this time in the patches she picks up the lance again and enters trance mode#She does get a job stone finally after that#its a gift from aymeric#a symbolic 'you were part of the troops' type thing#oh and later during stormblood arsay does go through Those job quests#because of course shes helping a little dragon friend#and during the omega raid series when Middy saves her life just before he goes to sleep again he gifts arsay a scale to carry with her#a bit of dragon aether to tap into when she needs it !#anyways thats arsay dragoon lore thanks for coming to my tedtalk#WOL posting#Arsay Nun
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You guys don’t know how much yearning for Baghdad takes up of my mental real estate
#I have so many videos saved of last year’s trip#Me and my cousin laughing and joking w my dad while getting ready#The fact that multiple men asked my dad for my hand in marriage (lmao)#Me calling my mom every night to make fun of my “suitors”#All the gorgeous restaurants#Forcing my dad to rate every dress I tried on whenever he took me somewhere#Being catcalled by guys was an unpleasant experience but it was still fun to laugh ab it w my mom#Me having a MASSIVE crush on a family friend#That one time my dad said all the dresses I brought were too short so he bought me a dress that#Went down to literally my ankles#But the family friend was gonna be there so I showed it to my mom and she was like#“You’d wear that??? The queen of mini skirts????” And then she IMMEDIATELY clocked me and was like#Ur behaving strangely. U must have a crush. Who is it.#The hot fuckin summer nights that I spent sitting outside w my cousin on the big swing in the garden#The capital when it was drenched in sunset#When my aunt’s husband took me to the University of Baghdad and I got to literally play act being a student there#Which was a profound experience bc it’s the university my mom went to#Sneaking into the library even though u needed a student pass for that (:#Shadowing my uncle in his laboratory#My first ever nishan !!!#No weddings sadly but I got to see the buildup to the wedding so#And I think getting to call the shots and fly solo from the states to Amman and then to Baghdad was sick as hell#My mom never let me fly abroad by myself before and now im probably gonna be going solo all the time#Help I need to go back#Bro I wish I could drop everything#But before I go to Baghdad I’ll probably have to go to Belgium first for my uncle#SO many stops before I get to where I rly wanna be#I never explicitly told my dad im not religious but I think he already knows im full of sin. Memories..#Omg and my bibi’s delicious food
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I haven't seen it anywhere, but I really want to see a fic where the Batkids/batfam pull an all-nighter together planning something? As you can tell, this is heavily vibes over the plot, I'm more interested in them keeping each other awake, dressed half in gear, half in comfy clothes, snapping a little, brainstorming and working together to try to break in somewhere/figure something out/fight some shared enemy.
One of them needs to be injured enough to get to boss the others around/kind of beg for snacks and sustenance, balancing a battered laptop on a leg cast, while the others can be in a various state of disarray, having freshly lost/been bested by their enemy.
#but Idk I really like the idea of this kind of cosy fic even if the batcave is sorely deprived of a fireplace#I will definitely write this the second I'm done with the next hellish two weeks#Alfred would endeavour at least three times into this ticking time bomb of a night to relocate them somewhere better or remind them the#manor doesn't have a library for nothing#but none of them would bother moving#totally intent on figuring this out#I can't decide if I would be more amused by Jason or Damian being hurt#both have maximum doesn't have to be but will be a massive baby about this energy#I'm just slapping on any random tag at this point#batfamily#batman#school is kicking my ass lmao#dc comics#fic ideas#my fic stuff#dc universe
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absolutely love my local library they have such accessible bathrooms
#they have SUPER WIDE doors that i can EASILY get my wheelchair through#they're all entirely gender neutral#THEY HAVE!!! ADULT CHANGING TABLES!!! THAT'S SO BIG FOR ACCESSIBILITY I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN ONE IRL!!!#this library is amazing and wonderful and so nice and i could hit the tag limit 1000 times rambling about everything i love#their water fountains are wheelchair accessible they have a MASSIVE elevator that i don't struggle to turn around in#their computers are wheelchair accessible as well#also ive spotted a fellow Encyclopedia Autistic here. godspeed my friend i fuckin loved the World Books at that age too
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#books#booklr#polls#bec posts#honestly I’m leaning renegades simply bc I have all three and they’re massive and I want them off my shelf lol#I’ll probably do a kids series not listed after this#Marissa Meyer#renegades#the invisible library#sorcerer to the crown#red rising#the curse of Chalion#Arabella of mars
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🐑 Alternate Universe- Magic, Mutual Pining, Demonic possession, Furbies
Oh dear...
Alex is attending one of the most prestigious magic academies in the country, on the orders of his parents of course. Even though Laiz Fier Academy reviles even the name of the only type of magic he's ever been good at. His parents swore he'd find another specialty here, and he'd let himself believe them, like the idiot he is. He's scraping by in classes. Barely. At least he's managed to make a couple of friends and figure out how to sneak into the library stacks to find books that will actually help him hone his skills.
However, Alex realizes now there's a reason why it's not recommended to do your first summoning alone. Because, while he does manage to summon a demon, it doesn't exactly end up in the silvery urn he'd laid in the center of the pentagram.
So now he has a talking, demonic Furby to hide. One that, despite its too-wide eyes and disconcertingly smooth voice, Alex thinks he might be developing feelings for.
(Fake fic ask game!)
#legolas tag#legolas ask#julie and the phantoms#willex#so okay in my head#Alex is super good at a specific branch of magic#which usually would be awesome since he was born into a high power magical family#unfortunately the thing he's good at is demonic magic#which is.... unpopular to put it lightly#his parents send him away to school in the hopes that he'll latch onto something else with so many options to explore#that doesn't happen#he meets Luke and Julie (both music magic) and Reggie (animal magic)#and they all become friends#and they all figure out how to sneak into the stacks together#where Alex finds all the hidden away books on demonic magic#cause it's not actually Evil like people think#just... darker in source than most#Alex may fall down a bit of a spiral about his abilities and worth though#and ends up attempting to summon an actual demon to help him learn magic#but... well he must have messed up the binding part of the ceremony?#Cause he does get a demonic magic coach#but said coach (Willie) goes into the Furby Reggie got him as a prank birthday present#and well... Alex knows he should figure out how to undo it and send Willie back to Hell or wherever#but then he has to rush to hide him first before he gets caught#and then they end up chatting a fair amount over the next few days#because Alex is a world class insomniac and Willie just doesn't sleep#but Alex is kept too busy with classes and stuff to go back to the library to find the stuff to sort out the mess he's made#and if Willie knows how to do it he isn't sharing#(he totally knows but it's his first time in the human world in ages and Alex is nice and kinda cute tbh so...)#and...they become friends? And also develop massive crushes on each other?
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"yeah your book has queer characters in it but is it interesting?"
i agree with the sentiment but these kinds of takes always make me think abt myself at age 14, desperately trawling the local small town library for any books with any mention of gay people (there werent many, at least that i could find at the time). i scoured internet forums for lists of queer books, but i didnt know the right key words and what i did find our library or local book stores usually didnt have and wouldve been really expensive to ship to finland. back then i wouldve read the phone book if youd told me there was a queer character in it.
i guess its just hard to get my head around how much more access there is nowadays. just looking for gay books is infinitely easier, theres a million lists online. if i walk into my local bookshop there will always be a gay romance book on the "trending on tiktok" shelf.
ofc these days the popular sentiment is "who cares if theres queer characters in a book, what matters is that its good". and thats a good thing!! its what we deserve!! but damn it sends my head spinning how much things have changed in just a decade
#ofc the fact that its easier to access english books now is a game changer as well#back then in my towns library they had one row of english books consisting of lotr a couple sherlock holmes books and eat prey love#ofc theres infinitely more finnish queer lit out there too. but the access to english lit feels like almost an equally massive change#and idk i this idea that all books are so accessible now does feel. very american#bc while its true for me too as a finnish adult with my own savings and a bank card to do with as a please#its not true for everyone everywhere. like if i was a kid with homophobic parents and no money in a country without well stocked libraries#id be just as screwed as i was as a teen 10+ years ago if not more so#idk im just rambling now#this is just a topic ive been thinking abt a lot since seeing all those glib posts abt how theres no excuse to pretend not to have access#to certain books#i lost the thread of this post a while ago#my post#queer tag
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#SHUT UPPPP ABOUT MOMENT OF DESTINY EEURRRGGHHH#i think my favorite fact actually from nishihiros is that his parents have a massive manga library#like hes a manga fan bc his parents are. epic
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What’s the biggest emotional gut punch you’ve ever gotten from a show?
AHH i wish i had a good answer for this but i havent watched a lot of shows lately and im wracking my brain to remember if i had a strong reaction like that to anything i've watched in the past... ive def watched sad stuff that hit me in the heart but not enough to feel like a gut punch......
BAHA ok this gonna sound predictable but fr when i got to the end of volume 10 of trigun maximum i stopped reading for a couple of days LMFAOO T_T maybe even a week. i just reread that same chapter over and over again for a while lol
#if i think of a better answer at some point later ill update this.... it would most likely be from a movie tho#i just dont have time to watch a ton of shows#OK QWAIT I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE. THIS IS GONNA SOUND SOOO DUMB THO LOLL#the end of kill la kill gets me every time just as it did the first time i watched it like 10 years ago#i know probably an insane pick for this kind of question lol#but the trope of knowing someone for a short amount of time -> them having a massive impact on your life -> and then parting ways forever#REALLY gets me#like intersecting lines.... to intersect only at one point and then diverge never to meet again....#powerful stuff to me. OK IM DYING BC I THINK I PICKED THE WORST EXAMPLE FOR THIS JKHDFGSKJ BUT HOPE I GOT MY POINT ACROSS#i still love klk a lot tho. ... i need to expand my library of things ive watched KJAGHSDJ#yeahA HH oops i dont think i can think of a good answer ASJFDH
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this is fully me being a bitch but i kinda hate the wine cellar tbr metaphor. or at least i hate the way people use it as a justification for buying copious amounts of books that they’re never gonna read. like the fact that you made a comparison doesn’t make it not consumerism. spending hundreds of dollars of things you don’t need or even particularly want that much is still bad.
#like i get the idea that book collecting is a separate hobby from reading#but it’s okay if your collection takes years to build#you don’t wanna have to constantly do massive unhauls#because you wasted space on mediocre books that you could’ve eread. or got at the library#idk i think i’m a little over tired rn so. ranting#my thoughts#bookish#books#reading#booktok#booklr#bookblr
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The debut album by a band I've been listening to a lot lately just vanished off spotify, and so did their second album EXCEPT for the first track. I would have assumed it was just them starting to take their music off the platform and they just didn't make an announcement or anything (maybe those albums were demonetized with the latest bullshit spotify is pulling) but why is just one track on the second album still up?
#im honestly wondering if I should just dm them on insta and ask...#i'm gonna have to go back to ripping my own music from library CDs or finding them online cause spotify just keeps getting worse#but it's such an overwhelming task cause I listen to thousands and thousands of songs across hundreds of artists#and id love to support my favourite artists by just buying some of my most listened to albums#but that's dozens of albums & CDs are like $20+ now... i can't be dropping hundreds of dollars on CDs I simply don't have the money#im so sick of streaming I miss physical media so bad. and when physical media that wasn't so damn expensive#I have a modest cd collection that I add to from time to time but it's maybe 20 albums? and mainly stuff i listened to in high school#Guess I'll be asking for CDs for Xmas idk#This is gonna be such a massive undertaking to find/download/organize all this music#fuck spotify#august talking
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