#asdfghjk i love this saga so much

[kindred-spirit-93]

i have no self restraint

inspired by these sage words:

@percytheboykisser here ya go >:)

[mar64ds]

Hhhhhhh how about Luigi then? He's definitely a character with more depth than the average fan gives him credit for.

Luigi is nice :) he’s sweet and always tries really hard, but barely gets any recognition, literally, cause people barely recognize who he is. He lives in Mario’s shadow, he’s just as talented as Mario, but his more shy personality and his overall anxiety makes him not stand out as much. That’s not Mario’s fault of course, Mario loves Luigi more than anyone and Luigi is Mario’s true biggest fan, but Luigi is still insecure about himself

Luigi gets scared easily, Luigi likes adventures but he doesn’t like incredibly dangerous ones, not to diagnose a cartoon italian man but he definitely has anxiety as well, and he definitely thinks very little of himself. I mean in a situation where Mario is in mortal danger and he gets too upset to do anything he needs to think he has became Mario to be able to do anything (Mario&Luigi Superstar saga). He wants to be like Mario and less like himself

If you take away Luigi’s love for Mario then there is only resentment, if you take away his nice and sweet personality which I can only imagine it comes a lot from his nice relationship with his brother, then you have Mr L. Mr L is really not a threatening villain he is just a funny jerk antagonist, he is Luigi if he wasn’t nice, he is kind of similar to Waluigi but you can still tell it’s Luigi. Luigi could be like Mr L but he isn’t because he loves Mario and his friends and he is a nice person

Luigi is talented and strong, he needs to realize he’s great the way he is, even if he can’t reach “Mario’s level” that’s okay, it’s not a competition, he’s no less than Mario just because Mario is so fearless, it’s okay to be afraid and it’s okay to be anxious, and that makes Luigi the hero quite a lot of times (Luigi’s Mansion)

As someone who suffers from anxiety Luigi is a huge comfort character to me asdfghjk

Luigi is a character that doesn’t get over his his anxiety, it’s still there, but it doesn’t make him less of a hero. He has to live with it but at the end of the day, he’s okay and he’s happy

[cadaceus]

C2E110

Welcome to the emotional rollercoaster that is Campaign 2, Episode 110 of Critical Role: “Dinner with the Devil,” and honestly this could not be a more accurate title. I was so tense about seeing Trent Ikithon again after last episode’s ending and it was for good reason... Spoilers and liveblogs (and maybe a couple of Eiselcross theories) down below!

- These NordVPN ads are so compelling that I unironically enjoy this saga more than certain Marvel movies

- Caleb telling the story of his parents again... I procrastinated watching this all day because I knew it was going to be painful  😭

- “One: I need Veth” oh my heart... if/when Veth leaves the Mighty Nein permanently, I have a feeling it will take such a toll on Caleb, no matter how much she needs to do it

- I LOVE THE BRENATTO FAMILY SO MUCH LMAO this is so chaotic and wonderful

- “Rounding up, yeah, you have two healers!” asdfghjk it’s true but you shouldn’t say it.jpeg

- PROFESSOR THADDEUS?!??!

- Wait okay, tin foil hat time everyone... what if when Aeor crashed, some of the citizens went underground(?) and formed some sort of icy underground village, and their descendants still live there, and now the Mighty Nein are going to stumble upon some like lost Atlantis village in Eiselcross?? I know this is a very far shot but just the way that Matt describes history and stuff is so cool and gives me so many ideas and conspiracy theories...

- All these Haunted Mansion references, I approve

- YASHA SITTING DOWN BEFORE EODWULF CAN SGHDJKLD GET WRECKED SIR

- “Mostly we are just trying to leave the world better than when we found it” Awe, the Molly reference again

- Wait what, what’s Shattengrod? Why tomb raiders? What’s he on about? (Also, they missed a good opportunity for a “Trent shat in where?” sort of a joke dgdhjkl)

- Trent trying to take credit for Caleb’s growth, and implying that he’s the one who made Caleb strong, instead of Caleb himself........... i hate himmmmm

- me too laura

- “What about you, though?” “What about me?” has the equal but opposite energy to that one scene from Lost where it goes “What about me?” “What about you?” and I am sobbing over both of them goodnight

- WAIT IS ASTRID PLOTTING TO KILL TRENT FOR THE ASSEMBLY SEAT

- THOSE DOUBLE NATURAL 20S ON INSIGHT CHECKING TRENT, GET THAT LYING BASTARD LETS GO

- oh he was being honest? why do i still not believe him though 

- “What’s the most incredible thing you’ve learned from studying [the Beacons]?” “We don’t know yet” WAIT remember that theory where like.... maybe the Assembly were doing bastardized experiments with the Beacons, and that’s like how Lucien came back as Molly, because he was one of the experimented-upon...... what if that’s what Trent is referring to?

- I’m sorry but there’s no way Trent was the one who orchestrated Caleb’s escape.... someone must have gone behind his back to do so maybe?? And now he’s of course here taking credit for it... for everything, I hate him

- “That is your choice.” “Easy as that?” “Of course. But you won’t.” I don’t know why this hit so hard but it did.

- “You could come with us”  😭

- The way that Caleb tensed up when Eodwulf put his hand on his shoulder..... that hurts :((

- “Race you to the top” I love that

- WAIT Beau/Marisha is on to something here..... so apparently Nonagon/Molly was part of a group called the Tomb Takers running from a spellcaster.... what if she’s right and it was Vess that they were running from, AND it was because they escaped the afore-mentioned Beacon experimentation?!?!? I’ve connected the dots (probably not but at least Im having fun dhjdkl)

- I am still on my ‘there’s a lost civilization of Aeor somewhere in Eiselcross’ bs listen I have my tin foil hat and I’m ready to go !!!

- Beau and Jester are having two very different galaxy brain moments right now and I’m living for it sdfghjklkjhgf

- “We go to Antartica and we find an underground city” SEE Travis gets it, I feel validated

- That dinner was literally so rough, Caleb are you okay I’m :((( The confrontation was so well done but so hard to watch... I feel so bad for Caleb, but I’m also glad that he has the Nein as a support now, and it was actually good to see Astrid and Eodwulf again (perhaps unpopular opinion, but I like them a lot.) 

- Also it will be interesting (if rough) to see how/if Trent fits into this campaign’s endgame at all 

[the-things-we-left-unsaid]

hi 1-25 please :3 thanks c: xx

My 2019 in books (answers under the read more)

How many books did you read this year?I read 160 books! 

Did you reread anything? What?I reread a lot of books this year! I reread the first 3 books in The Twilight Saga on audiobook which was really fun, with the ‘twilight renaissance’ this year it really made me want to go back and watch the films and read the books because they’re so ridiculous and I just think that getting back into ‘cringey’ stuff can be really fun and nostalgic 

What were your top five books of the year?

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Ninth House

All The Bad Apples

The Wicker King 

The Roanoke Girls

I know that I’m going to look at this list later and get frustrated and think of something else I should have put in asjdkflg;h

Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?I read All The Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle which completely took me by surprise and i cant wait to read more of her books

What genre did you read the most of?I read mostly graphic novels this year, closely followed by fantasy

Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?I really wanted to finish reading The Goldfinch and Call Down The Hawk before the end of the year, but I got a new job and I haven’t found the time to dedicate to either of those books

What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?3.7 was my average rating and it’s probably quite accurate because this year had been a bit of a mixed bag for my reading

Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?I set a goal every year to read 52 books and I completed it! I also set a goal to complete more series and I managed to complete a few this year

Did you get into any new genres?I’m starting to read more non-fiction and memoirs which has been fun!

What was your favourite new release of the year?I had a few favourite releases this year: Ninth House, All The Bad Apples, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone, Daisy Jones & The Six

What was your favourite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?The Wicker King by K Ancrum (2017) Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin (2014), The Forbidden Game trilogy by L.J.Smith (1994) and Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (1982)

Any books that disappointed you?As much as I love Umbrella Academy and I have for a decade Hotel Oblivion didn’t do much for me, it was a fun volume but considering the 10 year wait I was hoping for At Least more interactions between the siblings. It was a good volume though I think I’d just set my expectations too high!

What were your least favourite books of the year?Hidden Bodies and And The Ocean Was Our Sky are the two that really stand out as least favourites 

What books do you want to finish before the year is over?I really wanted to finish The Goldfinch and Call Down The Hawk but that’s just not going to happen :’) 

Did you read any books that were nominated for or won awards this year (Booker, Women’s Prize, National Book Award, Pulitzer, Hugo, etc.)? What did you think of them?I read Ninth House and Daisy Jones and The Six which both won Goodreads Choice Awards (I loved both of them) and I’ve read just over half of The Goldfinch which won the Booker

What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness, I’d heard really good things about it but I just really didn’t enjoy it, the art was stunning but the story itself just didn’t do anything for me 

Did any books surprise you with how good they were?I read Everything, Everything in the summer and I wasnt expecting it to be as good and to have as much fun reading it as I did, I forgot how good YA contemporary can be!

How many books did you buy?Oof lets not talk about that

Did you use your library?I did! I got a lot of books out of the library this year, and I also downloaded the Overdrive App and listened to a lot of audiobooks and read some ebooks out of the library!

What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?Ninth House was my most anticipated release and I thought it was incredible it was such a good book and I can’t wait to read the sequel - it was also great to be able to meet Leigh this year!

Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama?Nope!

What’s the longest book you read?The longest book I read was Eclipse which was 629 pages and I listened to it on audiobook. The longest print book I read was Ninth House at 488 pages 

What’s the fastest time it took you to read a book?I read a lot of graphic novels this year so they were probably the ones I finished the quickest. I think the book I read the quickest was probably Such Small Hands which I read i about an hour during a readathon (it’s a very short book though!)

Did you DNF anything? Why?There are a few books that I’ve set to one side for now but the only book that I really DNF’d was Weightless by Sarah Bannan, I just couldnt get into it! 

What reading goals do you have for next year?I really want to complete more series next year and to try and read more long books because I got into the habit of reading a lot of shorter books this year and neglecting longer ones

Also you can all blame Emma for sending me this ask asdfghjk, I’ll put it under a read more! 

[portraitoftheoddity]

Comics artists Lena really enjoys:

This isn’t a comprehensive list, and is largely limited to contemporary artists, but just for the hell of it, I thought I’d assemble a list of some of my personal favorite comics artists:

Stephanie Hans - she mostly does covers, but her work on Journey Into Mystery is asdfghjk!!!. One of my all time favorites. The painterly quality of her work is otherworldly and stunning and I am in awe of her.

Jamie McKelvie - I have like, an art-boner for the cleanliness of Jamie McKelvie’s linework. It’s pristine, and very pretty. I feel like his characters are going to jump off the page and joyfully punch me in the face.

Chris Samnee - His current work on Captain America is awesome, but I also really love how his playful, simple style works on Thor: The Mighty Avenger, which is just fucking adorable.

Kris Anka - Fun style, draws women like people, and is more likely to make them super buff than super boobtastic -- which makes him A+ in my book. Is responsible for my favorite Emma Frost panel.

Kevin Wada - I had some mixed feelings about the watercolor style when I first encountered his stuff, but it’s grown on me. Plus, his character redesigns are boss af, his sexy Bucky commissions are a gift to us all, and he just seems like an awesome guy. Also he retweeted my Wanda art that one time, so I might owe him my firstborn or something. 

Marco Checchetto - Draws the prettiest. men. ever. A little bit challenged with the boob-physics on women + shrinkwrapped tiddies, but his men are SO PRETTY. He has a really distinct style and I genuinely enjoy the aesthetic of it. 

Phil Noto - Noto might have a slight case of Same Face™ where most of his women are a little interchangeable if not for their hair color, but it is a REALLY GOOD FACE so tbh I don’t even care, his work is gorgeous. His Black Widow is my definitive Natasha. He draws her with realistic proportions and non-hyper-sexualized and I wanna hug him for it.

Bill Sienkiewicz - Sienkiewicz’ work is.... intense. But it’s really distinctive, pushes boundaries waaay outside of house style, and can be really effective in storytelling when he’s paired with material that lets him cut loose. 

Fiona Staples - OMG SAGA. I love the art on Saga. I love the design, I love the weirdness, I love the diversity, I love the expressiveness. I love the energy of the linework and I love just how far-ranging and strange, but intensely relatable everything manages to be. 

Russell Dauterman - Another artist who can draw women! I really enjoy the things Dauterman does with line weight and his work on The Mighty Thor in general (THOSE PANEL LAYOUTS!).The level of detail in his work is absolutely delightful and makes my neurotic and obsessive self happy. 

Also, I don’t read much DC, but my hat is off to both Nicola Scott (x) and Bilquis Evely (x) for their awesome work on Wonder Woman. Additional shoutouts to Sara Pichelli (x) and Lee Garbett (x), whose work I also like. 

[theythemsam]

spn 8x22, liveblog, collected posts (all 20 of them) or as i like to call it: Reason 257 why Crowley should die. I hate him so much lmao

Oh man, I was like: dude I know this guy! Then she said tommy and I was like, wait… wendigo tommy? And then of course the show revealed the truth asdfg

#me likey! #i hate where its going though

 “Because it’s Cas” I Love Sam!

 Men of letters voice: “Weird!!!”

#Big Mood

 Ah, its time for the sex dungeon asdfgh

 I love that they made popcorn for their movie night

#so domestic, so cute

 Cas being so confused about the Winchester’s dungeon asdfghjk

 Hey @ dean Winchester, shut UP!!!

#why is dean such an ass to Cas? FUCK OFF

 Spn and “lets go ask an old person for advice”

#a constant saga

 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

#the red spot on Sams hand ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #STIGMATA! STIGMATA

 Dean saying he believes in Sam is cute…

#wish he says it to Sam though….

 Oh no, more of bab

#i hate it I hate it I hate it! #cas put that porn mag back!

 Cas going shopping and buying stuff for (mostly) Dean asdfgh

#the way he just fucking cracks that egg on the floor and the poor cashier guy: Dude….

 Ugh I hate Metatron…

#he manipulates Cas so wonderfully

 Them returning the demon to human is so nice!

#like the fact that it works is so badass #although I kinda hate the fact that they kinda have to take over/kill the host from the body? #like they should find a way it works without having to do that to just some random person

 The fact that they had to be like: yup of all the demons we can try and cure lets go for one of the strongest that we cant just kill… yup that’s smart!

#like she could have been rescued and sewed together one way or the other but seriously boys? #but I do appreciate the hand escape asdfh

 I hate Crowley so much!!!

 Im Gonna!!! Scream!!!!

#leave Sarah alone!

 Nephilim voice: I can see your Halos! (halos, halos)

#i love her so much though!

 Asdfh I love Sarah, but seriously she still looks so young…. And Sam looks so old and sick… like I know its partly also the make up but jeeez Sammy boy

#although it makes sense bc Sam is like… hundreds of years older than her

 I hate Crowley so much!!!

#i know I already said that so much but his shitty monologue while Sarah is dying… #i want him to die so badly

[johannesviii]

The Year of Intelligent Tigers

Some A shit ton of highlights of the last EDA I’ve read (The Year of Intelligent Tigers). Probably my longest post so far.

I took these screens while reading, along with my reactions. As usual, this is full of spoilers.

This book accomplished something unthinkable. It made me want to learn how to play music.

No. Really. That’s a big deal. See, my mother had won a synthetiser in a contest when I was like 7, didn’t care about it, and she decided I should learn the piano ; but the teacher was kind of an asshole and he kept hitting my fingers whenever I got something wrong, so I completely gave up and never tried music ever again. Like, ever. I barely know the notes’ names anymore.

Because of this book, I unearthed that synthetiser (outdated since the mid 90s) from its 18 years-old yellowish plastic sheet, and bought a method to learn how to play the piano. I’m still struggling with the names of the notes and I can barely play a simple four-notes chord without hurting my hands.

This book made me do that.

It’s about identity, cohabitation, difference, colors and music. It also has some of the best aliens in all of Doctor Who, some of the best worldbuilding ever put in the series, flashbacks to some bits of the Earth Arc which should have been in the Earth Arc, chapters ordered like an opera, great characters, top quality escapism - I can’t list everything.

I have a new favorite Eighth Doctor Adventure, and the fact that my previous one was from the same author only highlights how good this one is. 10/10

A little map! Look! It’s like the old adventure books when I was a kid!

Excuse me, what

What is this place? I like it.

Take me there, please.

Holy shit look at this description, it’s like the book blasted music in my face

You’re probably tired of reading this, but for the record, I would like to solemnly thank in person every single writer who shows the more alien side of the Doctor in these books and how his friends react to it.

A++ description

I would be completely lost on this planet since I don’t know anything about music apart from what it looks like to me. I feel you, Anji.

Here There Be Tigers

Look at these two idiots I love them

Hey, their new friend Karl has a slight speech impediment, that’s pretty rare on non-comical characters! I like that.

Hmmm cute? Not permitted? Thank you

Please enjoy this sweet little quiet moment of our favorite Team TARDIS resting under the sun in the grass and Fitz playing the guitar

This planet was made for him, hahaha

I keep saying that team deserves some vacations, so this book is exactly what I wanted, so far. Of course there’s gonna be a disruptive element any moment now, but let them enjoy this planet while they still can.

The more we know about this planet, the more I’m internally yelling PLEASE TAKE ME TO THIS PLANET

“who was full of interest”

Are you two living together & should Fitz be jealous

A wild trope appeared!

SORRY WHAT

IS KARL SADEGHI A SYNESTHETE TOO? OH MY GOD?!

[DOCTOR NYARLATHOTEP INTENSIFIES]

I laughed like an idiot, well played.

Interesting.

“The quest for vodka”

Ok now I want to draw Eight playing the violin

Stop being cute this instant

Also this tweet comes to mind:

Eight. No. Bad. What are you doing. Don’t steal the show.

What ended your last relationship: violin

HOLY SHIT DOCTOR

And now he’s sulking in his room haha, wow.

This whole situation is hilarious, adorable and sad, simultaneously.

There’s something a bit uncanny about these talking tigers, true, but the "Hullow" thing is way too cute to be creepy.

I’m laughing like an idiot too, thank you, book

Oh nooo he’s trying to talk to him through music

What.

SCREAMING

Wait what the f█ck why is there a flashback to 1935?

OH SHIT OH DAMN IT’S A FLASHBACK TO THE EARTH ARC AND TO THE EXACT PART I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SINCE THE PREVIOUS BOOK??

Oooooh so that’s why he’s so passionate about music and violin in particular, it’s one of the first things he managed to remember besides his TARDIS!

Also, I can't believe I'm saying this considering how allergic I am to anything related to music theory, but – I kinda want to learn how to play music now. I'm serious. What is this book doing to me.

"Scared to stop in case he can’t ever start again"

That damn flashback nearly made me cry, but it’s over now. Crisis averted.

Geoffrey you’re a very nice tiger but you’re not making much sense

THE TIGERS WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY MUSIC OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS?!

OH NO I LOVE BIG

Doctor what the hell are you wearing

An opera of tigers sounds like a marvelous thing.

And the negociations failed. Obviously. Technically, the humans are the invaders here, not the tigers.

Fitz’s natural response to this situation is "I’m gonna build an anti-tiger armor". Bless him.

"DO I LOOK TIGERPROOF"

YES GOOD 10/10

The anti-tiger armor saga continues.

Ouch. Ouch, ouch ouch.

And this was the end of the anti-tiger armor saga. Long live the anti-tiger armor.

Doctor where the hell are you going, come back here this instant you major alien diva

I love how the "tigers" are only looking superficially like tigers but are something completely different inside, closer to lizards. And they have two opposable thumbs on each paw too. This is so cool.

Is… is Eight going to sulk among the tigers?

I love this so much.

Bounce is so curious and I love her okay

Eight you idiot please try to concentrate

Well I love this too & now I have to draw it too. Damn you, book.

I don’t even know what to say anymore. I love this book. I love this.

Dramatic haircut!

“Neat and soft as clean fur”, oh nooo that’s cute

I… I just realised.

The Tigers look like tigers but aren’t tigers. The Doctor looks human but isn’t human.

I feel like an idiot for not noticing the parallel sooner.

I’m picturing a Tiger sipping coffee and that’s a wonderful mental picture.

Stop it Fitz

OH NOOOOO CUTE

Eight sounds like he’s doing that thing my cat does when he doesn’t want to be picked up and moved somewhere else.

And to think I was admiring how alien Eight was in the previous book.

Talking seems to work better with Tigers than humans in this case anyway.

I love this damn planet and everything on it including the plants.

I also love Chew You the old yellow tiger.

It’s also really strange and I hope we’ll get an explanation for that.

Guys this is cute and I like you both very much, but you do realise there’s simpler roads to reconciliation than "being kidnapped by tigers who want to play the violin and meeting again in the middle of nowhere and play some dramatic music", right?

My list of things I need to draw is getting longer by the minute.

I just like that tiny detail of worldbuilding okay

YES GOOD I WANT TO KNOW TOO

This shouldn’t make me so sad, but it does.

Okay then.Chapters New Who

This planet is still very intriguing and I hope we’ll get some answers.

I’m going to be very disappointed if this is true.

Interesting.

Probably, and I’d love to hear them.

The amount of scenes I want to draw in this book is getting alarmingly important

I WANT TO KNOW

We desesperately need the Tigers’ point of view of this part of the story. What happened. Why.

Woah.

I’m torn between wanting to hug Anji and wanting to laugh at Eight’s look.

Not okay.

Also my mp3 player decided to play Palladio, so I’m gonna make an improvised playlist and I will listen to it for the rest of this book.

Sadness intensifies

I’ve said it already but I love this book’s worldbuilding.

Another entry on our "Fitz CAN have good ideas sometimes" list!

No no go on, it really was a good idea.

Even if we already know for a fact that Fitz can’t sustain this level of awesomeness for more than half an hour, I’m still happy for him.

It’s a song he wrote for Sam oh nooooo

Can I hug Fitz

Look at him he’s so happy

Of course something happened right in the middle of his moment of glory. Of course it did.

Wait, what the f█ck

No Anji asdfghjk stop we still don’t know what that place does

Ohhhh that’s so cool!

I have way too many feelings about Eight trying to be a Tiger okay

So… the Tigers used to be more intelligent? Then something happened, and they built this place to keep their culture safe? I love this oh my god

You don’t realise how long it took to make this liveblog readable because of the sheer amount of reactions boiling down to "I love this" or rows of exclamation marks.

It’s an ark. It’s a damn ark, containing all the culture of their ancestors. Why. What happened. Why am I getting so emotional about talking tigers that lay eggs. WHY.

Okay, that’s it

Breaking news: Year of Intelligent Tigers is officially the third EDA which actually made me cry. And it did it with TALKING TIGERS.

CENTURIES

AN ANCIENT CIVILISATION OF ALIEN TIGERS

Still crying by the way

Once again I’m struggling to not post row after row of exclamation points

Yes yes good I want to see the other rooms

OOOHH. So HE’S responsible for the sudden appearance of the nodes all over the city!

Well, now I’m sad again.

HOLY SHIT

Have I told you how well this book is constructed yet? There’s parts where you follow the whole cast, then individual "solo" chapters, then the whole cast again. There’s references to music even in the construction of the chapters. It’s wonderful.

No Karl no what are you doing

Not really, no

He’s just trying to help, Longbody, don’t be so suspicious.

I have a bad feeling about this.

Port Any was built on top of the ancient Tigers city!

There’s something in my eyes again, dammit

Another line of exclamation points I’m trying to suppress.

If it’s right in the middle of the city, that’s going to be a problem.

COULD YOU ALL STOP BEING SO ADORABLE

EXCUSE ME THIS IS STILL WAY TOO CUTE PLEASE TONE IT DOWN

The Tigers already have a form of music of their own. Every time I think this book can’t get better, it finds a way to do so.

Oh my f█cking god

In a book full of wonderful scenes, I think this one might be my favorite so far. Karl and Eight trying to explain Beethoven to the Tigers. I’m so happy.

Also "sorry, I was watching a bug".

Oh shit oh f█ck oh damn, thank god Longbody was listening

The Tigers are surprisingly reasonable considering what the humans are planning to do.

I still hope this story will end well, though.

Please no

"They were all surrounding a problem, ready to pounce on it and kill it"

Next on my improvised playlist is Beyond the Stars by Cristian Onofreiciuc and I'm overdosing a little bit on beautiful imagery at this point, my head is full of colors

"There were no other Tigers"

I'm so sad and also so happy, this book is doing weird things to my head.

So he still wants to save everyone, not just the Tigers. Of course he does.

GOOD

GOOD²

The bomb got struck by lightning. What. How. What the hell did he do.

I have to admit it's really strange.

Despite all the music and the cultural differences and the environmental message and the anti-colonialist message, the main theme of this book seems to be identity, and I'm always a sucker for that.

Are you telling me we could have had a book in that setting instead of Endgame??

Well I'm sad again now.

Uh. So after remembering how to play the violin, he remembered one particular tune.

Imagine having a song stuck in your head for decades and not being able to recognise it. That's both funny and horrific.

CUTENESS OVERLOAD

Oh nooo they forgot he was more fragile than a Tiger and he's hurt

THIS BOOK NEEDS TO STOP MAKING ME CRY

Also, in its own weird metaphorical way, this book hits way too close to home

Fitz trying to look casual after the whole "the Doctor tried to be a Tiger" thing

Just so you know, the song currently playing in my improvised playlist for this book is The March by Lights and Motion, and this playlist was a terrible idea because it makes everything more intense and the book is already intense enough on its own.

Another thing on my endless list of things I should draw

Would somebody please stop Quick before he does something incredibly stupid again

Thank you Doctor.

Also I'm getting strong Twelve vibes from this bit.

I laughed so hard

Why is every silly little detail in this book making me so sad and so happy at the same time

Not everything has to be about you and your concerto, Karl

Fitz, stop making me laugh, this is supposed to be a tense scene.

KARL WHAT THE F█CK WHY DID YOU DO THAT

ASFGHJJKLMKGJ F█CK YOU KARL WHY

WAIT THAT'S BOUNCE

NO NOT BOUNCE

F█CK NOW I'M CRYING AGAIN TOO

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW BOOK ARE YOU F█CKING HAPPY

So they rediscover their civilisation every two centuries, and then they lose it again, that's some sort of perpetual tragedy and I'm still not okay.

THEY WERE ALWAYS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE TIGERS THANKS TO THE TARDIS BUT THEIR BRAINS DIDN'T ASSUME THE TIGERS HAD A LANGUAGE SO IT DIDN'T WORK AT FIRST, THIS IS SO COOL

YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE ALREADY, KARL, STAY WHERE YOU ARE

Fitz, that pun was atrocious

Also RIP Longbody

Okay we're nearly at the end, I need some kind of epic music for this, something very over the top and ridiculous

As it turns out, Creation of Earth by Thomas Bergersen was an excELLENT CHOICE -HOLY SHIT DOCTOR WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE WEATHER, I mean yeah this is epic but I'm also concerned okay

DON'T ADD EVEN MORE COLOR TO THIS SCENE THERE'S ALREADY A TON OF IT AND BETWEEN THIS AND THE MUSIC I'M KINDA OVERDOSING

THANK YOU THAT WAS AMAZING

WAIT IT'S NOT OVER

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED

YOU DO, HOLY SHIT

Oh my god I just remembered something.

That's exactly what I.M.Foreman told him in Interference. With the riddle involving a baby goose you have to free from a bottle without breaking the bottle yourself. You feed the bird until it's strong enough to break it itself. That's exactly what he's trying to do here. He can't remember that conversation since it happened long before the Earth Arc, but I believe it had an impact on him anyway.

I love that ending. Simple but absolutely wonderful.

This book needs to stop making me sad at unexpected moments.

I wish I could have seen that too.

TIGER MUSIC OH NOOO

...Wait

If this turns out to be the song that was stuck in Eight's head I'm gonna die

LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE, FITZ KREINER

This book was a rollercoaster of emotions until the very end, wasn't it

...and it deserves a standing ovation.

Damn.