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read the entirety of annihilation by jeff vandermeer in four hours—by flashlight on my living room floor—during last night's blackout. highly recommend it (the nonstop reading, not the blackout ofc)
#it did somewhat add to the vibes tho. all the lightning and thunder and whatnot#but being vaguely worried about the groceries potentially spoiling in my fridge............no bueno#<-what if u scifi assimilated into a moldy pile of microwaveable meals. that would suck so fckn bad#anyways!!!! EXCELLENT EXCELLENT BOOK#I'm ordering the rest in the series rn#thank u MEG for the rec!!!!!!!!!#u are my fancast for the biologist. couldn't get it out of my head tbh#sam speaks
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wait, you're a lawyer? for real?
I got an associates in stage tech, a double BFA in Graphic Design and 3D Design, and then went to law school on full academic scholarship, booked twelve classes, fell asleep during the Bar Exam three times (but passed with flying colors before the curve), and the motion for my admission to practice (put forward by my brother, also a lawyer), started, "My sister has many issues, but the one before the Court today is that of her admission to the State Bar of Michigan."
And somehow yes, they do let me practice law.
#i try to to brag about myself because that is a midwestern seven deadly sin#but i will be honest: i am excellent at school. I could get a degree in anything#even things i would be genuinely terrible at#because im just really good at school.#it is not a useful skillset post graduation.#anyway my brother and i were in law school with an overlap of about a year and a half and our peers fucking hated it#because he went through and booked a ton of classes#breaking the curve kind of a lot#and just when they thought they were rid of him and the curve could go back to normal: here i come with the same bullshit#also to be clear the Bar is two full days . i didn't fall asleep three times in like a one hour test.#.... although i have also done that.
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if i could draw dragons i would put temeraire in the background
#temeraire#william laurence#fanart#enjoying the series so far its VERY GOOD#im only at the end of the second book so no spoilers!!!!!!!!#finally got around to reading it at the recommendation of pip temeraire who has excellent taste in media as usual >:3#the dragons are VERY NEAT#I LIKE ALL THE DRAGONS. VERY MUCH#and im enjoying laurences character development!!#anyways i have smth to announce soon i think but im still waiting for the official confirmation so. doodling in the meantime HKGFK
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"adam parrish was a miracle of moving parts, a study in survival" in case u forgot!!!! "what do you want adam to feel awake when my eyes are open" let's consider!!! "who has he ever had to love him, ever?" even!!! "I know you are not the same as him but in my head everything is always so tangled I am such a damaged thing" as well!!! "he was not robert parrish but he forgave past adam for being afraid of the possibility" in fact!! "rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done" if you'll remember!!! "it was only because he believed he had saved himself that he could imagine saving someone else" if u even care!!!
#i actually did this first with ronan quotes and then when I was consulting my trc quote masterdoc (color coded excel sheet) i was like hmmmm#wait actually I miss adam so bad I need to do adam#it's a wonder that maggie was never hospitalized for burns the way her pen was ON FIRE writing these books#i might still post the ronan one later anyways why not!!!!#also the wrong devil and magician card scene live inside the walls of my mind I just didn't have a good line to use for them in this format#adam parrish#the raven cycle
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Films watched (1990s): THE WINSLOW BOY (1999); dir. & screenplay David Mamet (adapted from the play by Terence Rattigan). Starring Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon & Gemma Jones.
"No, not justice. Right. Easy to do justice. Very hard to do right."
#tbs old films watched#the winslow boy#gif#quotes#nigel hawthorne#jeremy northam#rebecca pidgeon#gemma jones#guy edwards#catherine winslow#robert morton#1990s#period drama#book adaptations#my gifs#terence rattigan#david mamet#i finally got around to watching this last year; it's been on my radar since 99#anyway in short i loved it far too much#it keeps to the play in refusing to add the described court scenes (a natural choice for a film) but also eschews theatricality#and therefore is a very naturalistic observational piece that is extremely low key but also more immediate and less 'period'#plus as ever with rattigan the sharp character studies as the case puts huge strain on the winslow family#and issues of justice and media storms that never go away#with a tiny but excellent cast#including sev fave actors. in short. it was made to appeal to me so i can't be objective#not for those who like a lot of flash bang action in their films#but absolutely excellent if you enjoy small scale character pieces beautifully done with much left to ponder after#also so many doors. the viewer is very much an observer; we are always peering round or standing in doorways
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Film & TV I Think About A Lot » I May Destroy You (2020) writer/dir. Michaela Coel
Your birth is my birth, your death is my death. This book is dedicated to Terry, my best friend.
#i really been on my blues n purples lately#anyways this show fundamentally shifted my brain and perfectly encapsulates the experience of writing a book not a lie was told#incredible exploration on consent and harm and power dynamics from all different angles#black people#🗣️🗣️🗣️#black#cftv#mygifs#tv gifs#gifsets#HBO#televisiongifs#tvgifs#cinematv#hd gifs#i may destroy you#michaela coel#Weruche Opia#Paapa Essiedu#Marouane Zotti#cgedits#black film#black television#black women#poc#british#black excellence#truly
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Alice Albinia's The Britannias is a fascinating book on many levels but also the prime reason why writing about history, especially premodern history, double-especially premodern women's history, is not so easy as just quoting some writers utterly without context/critical scaffolding/enquiry/rigorous methodology and doesn't actually prove what you want it to prove, even if the point is one to which we might otherwise be sympathetic.
#hilary for ts#history#women in history#medieval history#apparently this book is being nominated for women's prize/nonfiction awards and like.#it's an excellent collection of personal essays#it says many interesting sociological things about modern britain#it does present a few loosely academic arguments i would like to look more into#but it is giving me an Itch the more i read and i just. need to once again state that doing history#or at least doing history *well*#is a skill you have to train for!#you can't just go in and Vibe it!#anyway. yes. further rant available on request. alas.
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Hey y'all! I am considering trying listening to podfics, but I have no idea where to start. Like, I read a lot of fanfic, but idk how one goes about listening to them? Is it like an app, or a download it kind of thing, or what? Do you have any advice or specific recommendations? In the past I have really, really struggled with books on tape because I cannot focus on just listening, but I like listening to like sort of documentary-ish videos while sewing and that's just a person talking, so probably I would be able to focus on audiobooks or podfics now?
#the person behind the yarn#I have nothing against audiobooks or podfics I think they are excellent!#It's great to have options and everybody has different accessibility requirements and preferences#I think part of my strong dislike for listening to them myself though came from my oldest sibling's high school reading#they did not like reading the assigned books so our mom got it on tape and it meant the only thing playing in the car#for like WEEKS was The Old Man and the Sea#but I was not in the car every time they were! So I couldn't follow the story! and I hated only getting bits of it#and then the next audiobook was on a road trip and it was...one of the robinson books I think#swiss family robinson or robinson carusoe? one of the stranded on an island classics#but the environment of the island made absolutely no sense#and the animals they described as native to the island could not reasonably exist in the same environment#and when I (age like 11 or 12 maybe) expressed that everyone else in the car thought it was funny#but I was genuinely very upset about the book's unrealistic depiction of animals lol#anyway none of that is relevant here I just want to try listening to stories again
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y'all i've been upset about nanowrimo's shenanigans since last year, when kids weren't safe, and now there's this AI shitshow, and i want to cry about it again, because nano has been SO IMPORTANT to me since 2008--it helped me hack my writing process and make a bunch of cool shit, and i've written so many stories i love using it as a jumping off point. but. we gotta protect kids, and we gotta get the fuck out of here with AI bullshit.
so. the decision i have come to is that i will still be participating in nano. but now it stands for "now a's [that's me] novel writing month." i'm still going to write a book in november, and i'm still going to shoot for the 1,667 words/day (even though my finished projects wind up way longer than that, invariably), because i've structured my creative life around this routine, but i won't be using their site any more.
i will also not be tagging my november project posts as nanowrimo, but i WILL still be tagging them as "nano[YEAR]" (because that's been my tagging system for untitled projects for uh. years.). and it's now a's novel writing month :)
#text#personal#nanowrimo#nano2024#as soon as i can get my feelings together i'm going to go delete my account :(#i want to save my data from it though so i have to figure out How To Do That#that's like. that's my writing history. for over a decade.#well. one month's worth anyway.#i love the graphs i love the word counter i love the Record#i love that it did it for me so i didn't have to make it special for myself#a friend already did a little excel graph that accomplishes most of the same stuff so i'll use something like that#i've been counting offline for years anyway#i just. ouch.#literally the project i'm revising now was a nano seven years ago#so many of them have been#protect kids like DON'T SET THEM UP TO BE GROOMED HOLY FUCK#not protect kids like coddle and restrict access#protect kids like don't put people in positions of power who can't be trusted with it (like make sure the space is FOR TEENS)#anyway i'm tired and upset and i need to figure out what to do about this haunted house book#i wanted to get words out here before i continued to post about my writing projects just so i have sometime to point to about it#“hi here's my stance kthxbye”#admin
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What a beautiful gift it is to go from the monotone audiobook narrations of Heroes of Olympus to the dulcet tones, dramatic sighs, and voice acting prowess of Robbie Daymond as Lester “oh woe is me how could I, the most beautiful and awesome of gods, Apollo, be reduced to this horrible disgrace (being a regular dude (with acne))” Papadopolous
#heroes of olympus#trials of apollo#hoo#toa#apollo#lester papadopoulos#robbie daymond#like listen#jesse burnstein as percy jackson? stellar.#kevin r free and katherine kellgren as carter and sadie? excellent.#robbie daymond as apollo? say less.#whatever the fuck is going on in hoo?#who made this decision.#so many amazing lines in those books fell FLAT because of the narration#I have strong feelings about this#anyway
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No because for as traumatic and scary Bloodmarked is, Valec’s back has to be SORE for carrying the humor in this book like sir???
Stopping an elevator otw to put Bree on trial to ask what her and Sel’s deal is? He is in the middle of running his business and he takes a moment to be messy.
Wanting Sel to explain the crossroads jazz man story in his “sullen, unhappy voice” of his and asking if he smiles?
“Saying aloud all I desire” and exposing what we all knew about Sel but nobody flat out said??
The teenage melodrama is a whirlwind and Selwyn is my emo babygirl but maaannn is it fun to see Valec take none of this shit serious cuz he has the rizz and power to do so. Who is doing it like him??
Also gonna push the “Valec is the May Gemini to Sel’s June Gemini” agenda what with him being the wisecracking older brother that he is.
Love Valechaz DOWN. Layered, intimidating, hilarious. Bree is too young for him and so am I but I at least have a fully grown frontal lobe so I’ll handle that 🤪
#bloodmarked#legendborn#valechaz#Valec#wisecracking demon that’s morally ambiguous but helps the heroes anyway#that was excellently foreshadowed in the previous book#the inciting incident for the biggest fight my otp has had#blew the worldbuilding door off it’s hinges#who’s the man?#Valec’s the man#strong healthy BLACK man!!!
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hunting gore crows
#old kingdom#prince sameth#mogget#i love the volume of the cloth in leo and diane dillon cover designs hhhh#doodle tag#ugh sam is just. he's a good kid ok#i'm obsessed with him and ellimere but ellimere gets dust in the books#imagine going to school and seeing your namesake on a plaque commemorating a disaster every day of your childhood#no wonder she's so serious & so intolerant of what she sees as slacking in her brother. she was close to the Wall too she saw the goings on#meanwhile sam went to school further south of the Wall and there were times he could barely feel magic#and per the book he was sometimes treated like an oddity/unwanted ward#i think he became a bit of a golden boy and worked at excelling at everything ancelstierran bc of it#two different kinds of isolation#anyway i love my kids#GET BULLIED BY A CAT IDIOT#no wait im not done he's lit the same kind of self punishing & devoted as his father#but with the added bonus of being as quietly out of his gourd intense as his mom.#sabriel comes across so staid bc of her narration and competence but she was 18 and set out with a pair of skis and a dream like#'yeah i am completely prepared for spooky death land. im bringing my dad back im built different'#sam: do i wear the gilt heeled boots to rescue nick or the black leather#the whole family is insane thank you for your attention
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At the anger stage of realising I have childhood trauma
#for the longest time I didnt even register that what ive been through probably counts as trauma#especially because i was doing the comparison thing#like all my friends had fucking???? awful parents and I was here pimping mine out because they were supportive of my being queer#and they were supportive of a lot of things growing up#but also there was a lot of stuff that im now realising was Not okay#and that actually just because there were good things that doesnt negate the fucking emotional problems I had growing up#anyway im just angry that I now have to fix this shit if I wanna try and live a life#personal#raven rambles#like im sorry youre upset that i dont have a traditional job parents#and im sorry that I have struggled so much and that Ive been so listless about my life because of things I didnt understand#i understand them now and Guess What!!!! theyre most likely inherited FROM YOU ASSHOLE!!!!!#youre upset that im not the person I could have been WELL SO FUCKING AM I#AND NOW IM ANGRY THAT YOU COULD HAVE FUCKING DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT#when i was BEGGING YOU FOR FUCKING HELP AT 14#WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!???#WHY DIDNT YOU FUCKING BELIEVE ME WHEN I TOLD YOU I WASNT OKAY!?????#All these psychs and gps telling me I have excellent insight into my own fucking mind and my own emotions is so validating#but also so fucking anger inducing#because for so long I was trained TO NOT FUCKING TRUST MYSELF#but actually i have very good fucking insight apparently#so I love you parents#but also fuck you#fuck you fuck you fuck you#I think ive pinpointed why I have been feeling like smashing plates a lot recently#anyway ya boy has a mental health plan booked huzzah!
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diet culture is such utter horseshit. why on earth should pasta not be consumed and enjoyed. (aside from allergens and true intolerances) why deprive yourself of one of the most human ways to connect with the world around you: enjoying food. and emphasis on ENJOYING, not just eating sawdust protein bars to keep your stupid flesh body alive so you can put more sawdust in it. humans have cultivated and created and experimented with all kinds of foods and ingredients over centuries and you’re gonna sit there and tell me to avoid pasta cuz it has Carbs in it?? do you fucking know anything? about anything? that carbs are your bodies’ preferred source of energy?? that there’s no such thing as a Bad macronutrient?? that the demonization of carbohydrates is fucking ridiculous, and how insane it is that these people tell you to avoid rice and anything with dough and bread and like 90% of every cultures food on earth?? makes you think huh! fuck you diet culture fuck you diet industries fuck you fuck you fuck you. this food was not made to hurt me, it wasn’t made to hurt anyone. this is meant to be shared and enjoyed and loved. i don’t think anyone meant any harm for inventing bread and it doesn’t make you a criminal to enjoy a slice.
#ed mention#ed#diet culture#diet mention#food#food mention#trying to think of every possible trigger tag cuz this is a rough one#but goddamnit. recovery is fucking awful and brutal ans painful but also so freeing#the world insteaf of being 3 dull primary colors you can barely see is a plethora of different shades and varieties#just like the food in the world#its not worth it. Its just not worth it. I dont feel this way often and i know thid thought will change tomorrow but im cataloguing it now#to prove to myself its possible to make peace#anyways read the book anti diet bcuz its fucking excellent and really gets to the roots of the monstrosities of diet culture’s origin#lots of deplorable shit
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the dashboard osmosis has zapped your blorbos into my subconscious bc despite not having read a word of svsss last night I dreamed about a musical adaptation of it. thought you should know. (the dream musical kind of slapped btw)
OH MY GOD??? that sounds incredible holy shit now all I can think about is which scenes would make good songs. this is amazing omg I'm so glad my dashboard osmosis powers were strong enough to do this to you
#asks#scribefindegil#if you remember any details from the dream i would LOVE to hear them#i wanna know how this appeared in your dream lol#svsss is such a neglected stepchild when it comes to adaptations. all we have is an abandoned and terrible looking animated version#but A MUSICAL HOWEVER. here's how scum villain can still win#im not a musicals expert but im thinking about how this would be...#if it's capturing all three books then i think the most natural intermission point would be the self detonation scene#i've seen an animatic of that scene set to a cover of please please please that sounded like it was out of a musical#and that's kind of what i'm imagining. really dramatic really emotional. potentially a really stark shift from other songs involving sqq#oooh what if his songs tend to sound a little more modern than other characters'#or they have a particular motif that represents the system.... and then he hears that same motif from sqh and he's like HEY. WAIT A MINUTE.#anyway. back to self detonation. i think that would be an excellent place to end act one#bc the curtains lowering over binghe cradling his body would be SO good#and then you go to intermission and come back to absolutely ridiculous shenanigans and six balls#the climax of the story/love confession would probably really intense at first and then suddenly go soft when sqq reveals the jade guanyin#ouuughghgh thinking about teen binghe having an ''i want'' song as the protagonist#and then getting a fucked up reprise of it later on#isn't there an equivalent of ''i want'' songs for villains. i can't remember what it's called. but i think sqq should have that#just for funsies.#scribe you have given me SUCH brainworms this is excellent
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Can I recommend my series of novels about very silly teenagers getting into nonsense with fairies and gods and mythological beings around their cutesy little town?
What is coming of age for if not dealing with the Immortal Boyfriend Age Gap quandary, discovering you are really into giant horned deer gods, being a cursed teenage witch with a crush on your new bestie, or being the friend who saw it all coming months in advance?
#troutespond#I realised I only thought this was my pinned post and in fact I had dreamed of doing it#but then didn't#which is extremely on brand for this series I guess#anyway doxxing myself to try and make some money#books can be found on other sites but I am obliged to link to the excellent small press first#they are being so kind about my migraine situation
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