#brennan’s whole umbrella bones thing

[theworldwedreamabout]

suuuper normal energy on this week’s adventuring party

[b-b-b-b-bones]

Hi! Hi! I haven't updated this blog in almost two years and I haven't rewatched Bones in even longer but I just listened to the Boneheads trailer and almost cried hearing Emily and Carla's voices so yeah I'll absolutely be doing a rewatch along with them and giving this blog some love again! How do I still have over 800 followers, why did you all not abandon me when I went inactive, why am I questioning this? Hi! I'm so glad to see you all again!

So some updates, I'm a gamer now, I'm obsessed with video games. I even started a Let's Play YouTube channel a few months ago (shameless plug shameless plug). I dabble in many different genres, but relevant here, did you know there's this thing called detective games? Where you play a detective and can solve murder mysteries like Booth and Brennan do, but yourself? I freakin love 'em. The Zero Escape visual novel series is one of my favorites, and @lightphieric is my dedicated sideblog to those games.

Fair warning that I feel I am a bit more... socially conscious, I guess you could say, than I was when I was last active. I'm still very willing to revisit Bones from an uncomplicated place of love and chalk a lot of things up to being a product of their time, but at the same time I find myself with a lot less patience for glorified depictions of law enforcement (to the point where I might have to change this blog's avatar, sorry Bobblehead Bobby!).

I'm also a lot more educated when it comes to issues of neurodivergence and mental illness, when it comes to both recognizing and understanding my own neurodivergence (I have autism, avoidant personality disorder, depression and anxiety) and learning about conditions that I don't have but which fall under the same brain-weird umbrella. I am so so SO excited to come back to the absolutely impeccable neurodivergent energy of the main cast of Bones, but I am also bracing myself to see and call out a lot of the demonization of people with mental illnesses that is typical of the crime genre. I have come to realize that the field of criminal profiling is, as a whole, utter ableist bullshit, and while I still love Sweets as, like, a character and a guy, I hate his job and can imagine myself getting mad at him a lot.

All that aside, I am so excited for this podcast and this rewatch and can only imagine it being a primarily positive experience. Welcome back to the blog! (And feel free to reach out if you wanna talk or anything, I was pretty resistant to making fandom friends before but my time in the Zero Escape fandom has loosened me up in that regard.)

[shadowtearling]

Hello. May i request you to suggest me a book that's very engaging to read? The likes of where i'll get lost it in while reading? Anything but romance is okay. I've been very stressed lately and i need something to distract myself. If you don't want to though, thats okay :3 Thank you for your time!

if you want fantasy books

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - Six criminals team up for a heist job that’s bound to make them richer than they could imagine. a real fun time. may include murder. definitely has a scheming face, a cool crow cane i wish i had when i had walking problems, and angst.

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen - a regressed futuristic society with a girl who tries to take back her throne from her terrible uncle. it’s a stressful roadtrip that includes murderous falcons and their murderous owners. there’s time traveling, matching jewelry, and certain doom.

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan - set in a fantasy world that feels like Victorian London, this is about a girl/woman who is obsessed with dragons and this is her very true account of her encounters with all of them during her lifetime. there’s dragons. what more could you want? it reads like a memoir/anthropology book.

His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik - if you wanted dragons but also war, this might be better for you. there’s dragon school and a very impatient young dragon who loves reading. (set during the Napoleonic wars)

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco - an unsuspecting girl accidentally brings her brother back from the dead. very slow and heavy on worldbuilding. also lots of dead rats.

The Reader by Traci Chee - did you want to read a book about a place where books don’t exist? the protagonist tries to teach herself how to read. there’s magic. also pirates. and murder boys.

or did you want sci-fi?

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff - everything in this book is a file of some sort whether it’s an article, chat log, video surveillance, or some fancy word art ~graphic design is my passion~esque. includes an “evil” (some say morally grey) AI and lots of exploding space ships. also death.

Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore - read this and exclaim “what the fuck” several times throughout the process. in which jane tries to unlock the secrets of this weird mansion on an island while making umbrellas.

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - the first human to attend a prestigious alien university. a weird blob friend. spaceship invasion. death. diplomacy.

do you want something atmospheric?

Uprooted by Naomi Novik - very loosely a beauty & the beast retelling, there’s an evil forest literally trying to devour villages whole because they’re angry. relatable.

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - a rumpelstiltskin retelling, this is instead about how winter really just sucks the life out of you. seasonal depression all year long because winter extended all the way to summer. includes a fire demon hungry for ice. also has a stubborn Jewish girl who will not let the faerie king make a fool of her.

did you want something creepy? perfect for the holiday season

The Diviners by Libba Bray - in which a serial killer is on the loose in 1920s new york, his name’s naughty john and he will tell you how he murders people. also a girl named evie who can ~see things~ when she touches murdered people’s things

or maybe something funny?

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee - a bisexual man travels with his best friend and sister all across europe and gets into shenanigans that could get them killed. there’s some kissing and pirates.

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows - the story of Lady Jane Grey who was queen for nine days. includes a man who turns into a horse. king henry viii turned into a bear.

may i suggest graphic novels?

Saga by Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples - space! a family running away from the government! aliens! (warning for graphic content like nudity/violence)

Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin & Nina Vakueva - set in a 1990s vinyl store, there’s a group of girls who sell music by day and solve crime by night. fluffy and lighthearted and Gay

Chew by John Layman & Rob Guillory - chicken is banned (chik-fil-a was not happy). a guy can get psychic impressions from anything he eats (how it lived/died), so obviously he eats very dead humans to solve their murder case. (he also ate a very dead dog)