#anyways!!!! EXCELLENT EXCELLENT BOOK

[pondslime]

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)

[tenowls]

if i could draw dragons i would put temeraire in the background

[murasaki-cha]

Me: *explaining the fact that Kitt was literally groomed into being the perfect king according to his father's ideals and constantly kept trying to please him even when he kept being compared to his brother, was never made clear of exactly what training Kai went through and does not know the full extent of their fathers abuse (shown in his bonus chapter in Reckless), felt like an outsider when it came to the familial bond between Kai, Ava and the Queen despite Kai and Ava never singling him out that's why he clung so much to their father, was literally emotionally manipulated to like Paedyn by their father as shown that he was the one that was pushing him to get close to her, was actually ok with Kai and Paedyn getting together as shown in the deleted Powerless chapter, got betrayed by the one person outside of his family who he truly considered a friend that thought he would make a good ruler when that was his biggest insecurity, was manipulated, gaslit and brainwashed by Callum for the entirety of Reckless and possibly mind controlled, was left to rule a kingdom and not grieve properly and what he truly needs is just reassurance, comfort and enough time for him to grieve surrounded with emotionally supportive people*

Other people: WELL KITT SUX! HE WANTS TO MARRY PAEDYN! HE'S RUINING MY SHIP AND I HOPE HE DIES!

Me:

[firelise]

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.

[kazbiter]

"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!!!

[thisbluespirit]

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."

[qqueenofhades]

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.

[tj-crochets]

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?

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

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 :)

[multifairyus]

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 🤪

[beliscary]

hunting gore crows

[elizabethrobertajones]

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?

[icharchivist]

took three flirting options for him to get protective and jelly about Teia flirting with Rook like awww babe that's so embarrassing *hides my face in hands as it's flushed red*

but i love this so much. Lucanis starting to trust Rook enough to watch out on Spite, but not correcting it when it's implied she's there for moral support while he's grieving.

And as Teia grows fond of Rook he gets immediately jealous because for once there's something there he might be able to hold on to and he doesn't want it to let it pass him by, but at the same time as he tries to express it he realizes he can't say "don't flirt with my crush" but it's still too early to call Rook a friend. This embarrassing grey zone.

(also the context that Lucanis used to crush on Viago but sucked ass at flirting with him adds a layer to it since Viago is extremely down bad for Teia and they're in a sort of situationship at the moment (did they even start dating. because. well.). So if anyone shares his taste in people and would be able to seduce them away, it's Teia. Still she's so sweet about it. and totally see right through him.)

and also Illario just being here. Lucanis is constantly sending signal he's interested in Rook right in front of Illario. That's going great.

Also RIP Caterina i guess we'll find Zara and all of that. But boyfriend.

[intruderzim]

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.

[waitineedaname]

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

[micamicster]

I think this was the theme in station eleven that hit the hardest for me