#book nerd shit

[noahhawthorneauthor]

Slowly but surely, Arlo's jacket is coming along. The back panel has one more block of color to go, and I need to surface crochet pattern detailing in a few places. In hindsight there's a few things I'd do differently, but that's what happens when you decide to wing it and randomly make your character's jacket.

I blame it on @crossroadart-seabear because just look at this, how could I not bring such a beautiful thing to life?

[fortemelody]

thinking about how bill tried to/thought about killing both ford and dipper when possessing their bodies in ways that would’ve made it look like suicide; and jumping off of things at that (dipper via the water tower and ford via the roof of his house). the former is referring to journal 3, and the latter the book of bill. the parallels are insane and i haven’t seen anyone bring it up yet. the fact that if he would’ve went through with either of those- he honestly could’ve won. but alas, he enjoyed torturing ford more and was still attempting to make a deal (and ofc the toxic old man yaoi cough cough), while mabel made the decision to sacrifice her play in order to save dipper.

also… just wanna say that for some reason this page that i mentioned about ford on the roof, “the war in my mind”, has got to be my fav page of the entire book as of right now. this isn’t even the tip of the iceberg as to what bill did to ford, but i think it really sets the tone well and is almost like a warning of things to come. i think the drawing of the scene and just the small silhouette of ford really helps this too. bill spared his life for now, which seemed like a blessing at the time, especially becus he also chose not to burn the journals. but in actuality this was the start of fords descent into madness.

[softsimulation]

kit's comics, newcrest

i really wanted to make some businesses for newcrest and i thought a little comic book store & arcade would be so cute! especially for kids & teens

the mysims wall is soooo serious to me and i couldn't resist using @squea's cornelius mysims figure!!! 😭

[mollyeep]

twiluna 1000% is real

[shiftythrifting]

Some drinking vessels Admin BT found at thrifts in Boise, Idaho. (Actually I think it was all the same Youth Ranch) -"40 The Birthday from Hell" the only hell I see is your ability to make legible text

-POV you were able to break into the library by smashing a hole in the wall. Good job on the tidiness of your work area, I don't see any debris in the library.

-How much wine I need after a day of dealing with the husband and kids amiright ladies

-When I saw one of these mugs, I thought they were handmade. Then I saw the other three and went oh no

[f-athr]

guess who’s read some more books >:)

[ganondoodle]

kind of expected that the ability breakdown wouldnt get that much traction (especially on twitter bc if it doesnt do well in the first few hours it might as well be dead) but what i didnt need to wake up to was looking at my twitter notifications and thinking there was a long comment on it at first but then i read it and it turned out to be some guy having dug up one of my old totk tweets where i talked about how zelda was treated-

and if a quote retweet with a thread attached already starts with "this entitled brat didnt understand that zelda was being a history nerd by being in the past and getting to experience it herself" with two screenshots attached of the end of totk with zelda staring at the cam all uwu (which has ??? to do with their point??) i dont even want to know what else was in that thread

if thats how the majority of the fandom is then im even less surprised that nintendy doesnt even have to try to write anything good :I

ah yes, i am a game nerd, and by putting me in a game where i stand around doing puppy dog eyes while being shoved around by NPCs is me being a game nerd OBVIOSULY

[babyb3lls]

[roguegona]

Thrawn: "Her Master was General Anakin Skywalker?"

Internally: This bitch was trained by THE Lord Vader? Oh hell nah, I'm not messing with this, as soon as these carcasses are loaded WE OUT.

[chocomaomao]

I think oberon just sits at school and reads all night jsbskdbkdbd such a nerd

BUT AAAAAAAAAAA SCHOOL KAICHOU OBEBE!!!!! WOAAAAHHHHHH!!!! I have a sketch for bright boi Oberon and he looks completely different man, he 🥹

[noahhawthorneauthor]

Would you like some Levena merch?

In addition to signed books from me, you can now find prints, mugs, stickers, and more in my bookstore. I particularly like the design of the hoodies and shirts, because if you've read Phantom and Rook, you know the importance of not only the mask and fern, but the symbol they create together.

The semi-colon, which reminds us to move beyond the pause.

I'll be adding more things periodically, so tell me. What would you like to see in the shop?

Here's a preview.

[shitpostingperidot]

Biggest tragedy of The Marvels is that we get to see Carol’s and Kamala’s living spaces but not Monica’s… I wanna psychoanalyze her book choices too…

[oncillabrigade]

Okay so here's my thing: I figured I would hop right into part 2 of my babby Tim fic after finishing part 1, and then a really fucked up Tim/Ra's idea jumped into my head and got me by the throat, and now I have mood whiplash from my own brain/writing?!

Also, a scene from my truly stupid, self-indulgent "Jason and Tim accidentally become bros immediately" fic sprung into my sleepy mind and then poured itself out of my fingers fully formed into a Google Doc.

So. I may be writing multiple longfics at the same time. Wish me luck?!

[simptasia]

LOST reading list

a list of books read by characters in lost for you to enjoy (or not). this isn't every book referenced in lost. for all that and more, see the "literary works" page on lostpedia, where im getting my info

no, my criteria for this list is that it's been read by a lost character. i'll tell you who (you'll see sawyers name a lot), and i'll add if it's somebody's fave book. this list will not include things like the bible or the qur'an or historical texts, as that while that can technically be recreational reading (it seems to be for ben), i'd rather not

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (read by Jack)

Are You There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume (read by Sawyer)

A Brief History of Time by Stephan Hawking (read by Ben)

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (read by Ben)

Caravan of Dreams by Idries Shah (read by Ben)

Carrie by Stephen King (Read by Juliet, Ben and various other Others. This is Juliet's favourite book)

The Chosen by Chaim Potok (read by Sawyer)

Dark Horse by Tami Hoag (read by Jack)

The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King (read by Ben)

Dirty Work by Stuart Woods (read by Jack)

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor (read by Jacob)

Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie (read by Sawyer)

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (read by Ben)

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (read by Ben)

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (read by Sawyer)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (read by Jack)

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salmon Rushdie (read by Desmond)

Hotel by Arthur Hailey (read by Ben)

The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares (read by Sawyer)

Lancelot by Walker Percy (read by Sawyer)

Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov (read by Hurley)

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (read by Ilana)

The Oath by John Lescroart (read by Ben)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (read by Sawyer. This is Sawyer's favourite book and author)

Roots by Alex Haley (read by Ben)

A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda (read by Ben)

The Sheltering Shy by Paul Bowles (read by Ben)

Ulysses by James Joyce (read by Ben)

Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler (read by Ben and Jack)

VALIS by Philip K. Dick (read by Ben)

Watership Down by Richard Adams (read by Boone and Sawyer)

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle (read by Sawyer)

Every work by Charles Dickens other than Our Mutual Friend (read by Desmond. This is his favourite author)

I encourage you to speculate on the character implications put forth by these reading choices. This can raise such questions as: Jack is a Harry Potter fan? What is Desmond's favourite book by Charles Dickens? Boone can read??

Thank you for your time

[agir1ukn0w]

I'm sorry but I just do not subscribe to the opinion that the hunger games movies were in any way bad or that they "butchered" the characters or themes that suzanne so meticulously and lovingly created, because a) she was always a constant presence in the creation of those movies and the directors/producers were very respectful and mindful of the differences between her books and what they could actually implement in a visual medium that would make sense and propel the story forward in a way that made sense in their interviews, and b) even though the movies definitely don't show all of the thematic nuances of the books, and although they do gloss over/erase a lot of the ways that the games affect katniss and peeta (namely his disability/her loss of hearing), and while the movies are quite preoccupied with the visual aesthetic and streamlining the story for a wider audience, they do still contain the heart and soul of the books and, to me, the creators seemed fiercely protective of suzanne's core vision. also fuck you they're just amazingly well-shot, well-written, and well-acted films, including the mockingjay movies, and i will die on this hill

[springbreak-ibelieveinyou]

sometimes i have to remind myself that i’m not the only nerd in my family we’re just nerdy in different ways

my mom majored in history and has a masters in library science

my dad used to play dnd, taught us catan, and showed us the star wars movies

my sister is reading the dictionary. i’m not kidding. also she likes math

and i nonstop rotate the cast of dropout in my head