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I like how in these past two entries Dracula is just There In the Background.
He's a flying bat, maybe a bird, he's that figure on the seat over there in the distance with the glowing red eyes. This is so different from how he menaced Jonathan (where he was the creepy old man that is Actively Keeping Me Prisoner yet still wants to have nightly chats) or the Demeter crew (where he understand the Nothing is Scarier trope and generally keeps out of sight till the end).
This time, he's just chillaxing in the background because we've had those two instances of different flavors of horror, and now we are thoroughly terrified of him, so just seeing him in the background is enough.
And this kind of tickles me in a weird way because I do so love when you can see the danger. It may not be actively menacing you. In fact, it may be moving away from you. Honestly, you don't even know if it has noticed you, and it's still TERRIFYING.
Like, sure, the idea that the monster is watching you and you not realizing it is scary, but sometimes you watching the monster is worse.
#dracula daily#re: dracula#dracula#i should amend#Mina is not experiencing this#the audience is#this trope works best if you know that the monster far outclasses you#cause then its less “im stalking the monster to initiate combat”#and more “oh shit am i hidden? did it see me? is it going to come after me?”#i mostly get this in video games and ttrpgs obviously#but it can be done well in a book#jurrasic park (the book) has some moments of “oh shit do the dinosaurs see us”#and theres that bit in the movie where they run into the trex hunting on the open plain#the trex isnt actively menacing them#but its terrifying cause if it notices them they are screwed
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Numbers on me being into dudes? Seventy-eight percent probability of latent bisexual tendencies.
#rwrb#rwrbedit#red white and royal blue#alex claremont diaz#userninz#chrissiewatts#userveronika#userclara#usersteen#userlang#lookstevie#mine*#rounding out pride month with the biggest chaotic bi around#the beauty about the book vs the movie is it shows two different reactions and realisations#and all are good. none are bad. everyone is different#people should remember that both can exist ☝🏼#anyway well done acd for finally figuring it out djhdfhdj#'probably dont spend this much time convincing themselves theyre straight' welllllll. now we've said it
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Brook trout - Origami, one sheet of paper
#mine#origami#trout#fish#original model is by Fukuroi Kazuki#you can find the diagram in the origami tanteidan 26th edition book#which is on z-library bc z-lib is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#cheer and clap everyone#i wouldn't necessarily rec folding this one bc the head is entirely asymetrical - the mouth is only visible on one side#but you know fun trout model and the tanteidan diagrams are always so well done so do you what you'd like#don't do like me and use wenzhou paper that you've made go through the ringer though lol#it'd benefit from smth a bit more solid and there's nothing complex enough to necessitate a paper than thin#had a lot of fun with the colors though i think that green is delightful
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Broskis ts!underswap is so fun. every single part of it is *chefs kiss*
I went in completely blind and honestly i think it was the best move i could have made
i love how its just swapped roles but not personalities so it leads to stuff like this its so creative
Anyways have some more self insert sansnomaly (and chara)
#sansnomaly#junie art post#*adds chara into the “puppetted children thirdwheeling sansnomaly” club*#sans x reader#sans x self insert#utmv#undertale au#ts!underswap#CAN I JUST SAY WHILE SANS IS GREAT HERE#TS SWAP ASGORE IS JUST AS AMAZING?#LEGITIMATELY. THE ENTIRE RUINS IS SO WELL DONE ESTABLISHING ASGORE AND WHAT HE DOES THERE#that i was so. so. reluctant to leave him.#i connected and sympathized with him more than i ever could with toriel in the original. hes so darn sweet its painful.#and from what ive “heard” in the uh. geno route... smarter too.#anyhoo. back to sans.#i wont lie im not that big on comic book heroes. im not that uh savvy#but SPOILERS!!!!#i love how cleverly they implemented the alter ego with crossbones and sans#also seing sans pull new pranks really reminded me how exasperating he is back in UT#every ridiculous line and bs he pulled was so... *sigh* i understand papyrus now#unfortunately for him thats not gonna stop me from loving him any less#crossbones' personality specifically took me a while to like. but he grew on me. (like a barnacle on my ass)#but seeing him admit he liked being crossbones was super cute as hell omg#whatever makes you happy sans#being crossbones also rises to the most ridiculous ideas too so. cant complain
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Y'ALL. Y'ALL so for a long time I've believed that "the sun" in Meursault's story is Carmen, and I went to check Hell's Chicken's dialogue to see exactly how he said that he'd dealt with distortions before, and... you know what else he said?
To my knowledge, it is a phenomenon where an individual morphs into a form often unfit to be considered “human”. It has no known causes, and the appearances were all different.
Unfit to be considered human.
Meursault, who, in his book, was judged by the court to be soulless.
Meursault, who has EGO for Cyborgs who have been so mutilated they barely act like people anymore; a murderer who was experimented on until ceasing to be human; a sheep named after Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a novel about the humanity of androids and the inhumanity of humans; and now a rose that can't help its bloodsucking nature, based on Carmilla, a vampire whose story emphasized the duality between her vampiric traits and her human ones.
Meursault, who answered Heathcliff's ironic question of if he had metal for brains like this:
I'm placing my bets now, that line from Hell's Chicken is foreshadowing for Meursault's canto even more than "I have witnessed a number of [distortion] cases in the past" was
#limbus company#project moon#meursault#sorry of my info on carmilla is off i still havent read the book#me post#CLARIFYING IN THE TAGS: MEURSAULT IS HUMAN#it would be a disservice to his character and honestly pretty gross if he ended up not being human#the entire point is that he IS human and that other people perceive him as otherwise because of how he behaves#so I guess theoretically if he did distort it would exacerbate the issue?#extremely speculative but there are distortions who can behave pretty normally while distorted#like the marksman of the mist (and also some of the reverb ensemble but those people are all full of issues WAYYY bigger than marksman was)#if meursault was one of those...#someone calling him unfit to be human. it's fine it definitely won't leave a scar on his psyche#i think in his canto there might end up being something about how even though people don't see distortions as humans#distorting is a very human thing to do#anyway i think overall there's juxtaposition with him and don quixote#don isnt human and wishes she could be#meursault is human but people don't think he is#yknow despite my theories it would probably be more poignant if he DIDNT distort#them looking at him and assuming he only couldve done something like that if he distorted but he didnt#oh wait but the timeline... they probably wouldn't have known about how distorting works yet#nevermind back to the first idea#they ask why. he talks about a beautiful voice. no one knows about this yet and they all think there's something deeply wrong with him#'a beautiful voice convinced me' holds up in court about as well as 'the sun was too bright'
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Bridgerton time travel to just before season one.
Anthony immediately breaks up with Sienna and starts arraigning things for Kate's family arrival. Before being reminded by his mother and Benedict that he is Viscount Bridgerton first and others can help the Sharma's get settled in England.
Kate tells Mary that they are going to England now and tells Edwina to forget all that she told her about marriage, and she'll help her find a love match. Once she gets married to Anthony, after a decent engagement period, she starts helping Daphne, Lady Danbury and Violet with items that require a lighter touch then her husband's.
Benedict finds Sophie and gets her out of Araminta's clutches. Then he helps Anthony with various legal/financial matters to support all of their family and friends in the future. He also continues his art because he loves it.
Daphne helps Sophie find employment in the meantime and works with her mother to set up other social matters that will help them in the future.
Sophie is using this opportunity to help Posy get away from her mother as well. Lady Danbury eventually offers her room and board as a Governess for her grandson Gareth.
Colin starts to publicly court Penelope. She insists that he still travel and start his journals, and they can have a long engagemnet. He of course brings back gifts for everyone, even people who aren't legally in his family yet. He also takes Albion and Harry under his wing and has them hang out with the rest of the Bridgerton men.
Penelope takes this chance to improve her spy network Whistledown sources. She also makes sure to set up her sister's with their future husbands and warns her mother that her father is in worse trouble then she suspects. She and Eloise bring Madame Delacroix into their spy network inner circle. She uses her new excess funds to help various friends that are or will be in need.
Simon immediately courts Daphne and secretly finances the Sharma's ship passage. Then he gets roped into helping Lady Danbury and her various "charity cases" (she swats him for that).
Lady Danbury does her best for her various family members. Improving her relationship with her brother, arraigning outings with Gareth and the younger Bridgerton siblings. While keeping an eye on her nephews James and Marcus. She also takes every chance to invite Posy but not Araminta or Rosamund over to her house. As do the Bridgertons and eventually the Featheringtons. She also takes an interest in a young Lucy Abernathy.
Eloise does her best to support all of her siblings and their soon to be spouses. Meanwhile she's helping Penelope with her spy network Whistledown. She's also subtly trying to get Cressida to be nicer and convince her to set her hat on Lord Debling when he returns. She also talks about her new penpal Mr. Crane and his love of plants.
Philip Crane makes it look like George and Marina got secretly married before he left for war. That way her children are legitimate, and they don't have to marry. He and Eloise start up a correspondence again.
Francesca Bridgerton worries about choosing between John and Michaela but they both reassure her that they love her and are fine with whatever she chooses. They all spend as much time together as they can knowing John's time is short.
Gregory and Hyacinth are frustrated by being children again but decide to use it to their advantage and get even more info for Whistledown. After, of course, making sure that they have regular outings with Gareth and Lucy. They might have to wait to be married but they are going to be around their loves as much is proper until they are all of age.
Lady Bridgerton is delighted all of her children are in love and working to better the lives of their friends. She works with Daphne on subtly bettering things in the Ton. And is open to meeting with Lord Anderson when he is in town. But she makes sure all of her children are being "proper" before marriage to avoid any scandals. She decides to make Portia an actual friend and help her with her husband wrangling. (she often assigns her sons or her sons in laws to keep an eye on him at various locations). Mary joins them when she comes to town. They all get tipsy at Agatha's on occasion to let off steam.
I'm sure they're all getting up too much more mischief, but I can't think of anything else to add. Or who else they are forcefully adopting helping.
If somehow Queen Charlotte traveled as well, she's getting her sons to marry their wives sooner and letting her children know she loves them. She is spending more time with her granddaughter. She hopes that things will be different but knows her death cannot be changed. She also engages Penelope in a long-distance chess match, with Agatha having go between to inform the other of their next moves. When he's having a good day she's having family meals with George and their family. She still picks her Diamonds but its not as fun when she knows the Bridgertons have the whole Ton rigged now. However, they do know how to get things done and she can appreciate that.
#bridgerton#time travel#all the family#that includes the spouses and their forcifully adopted friends#Bridgerton Oprah style#you get to be a Bridgerton#what are the Mondrichs or Lord Anderson up to you ask#no idea i say#as neither are book characters or historic figures#Genevieve Delacroix is just running her business and making friends#Marina is just relaxing now that she can be pregnant and not worry about her kids being illegitimate#Portia is confused about Penelope's change at home#but she's getting things done and her girls married#so all she has to worry about is Archie#and Violet is helping with that#Prudence and Philipa are happy to have loving suitors and new dresses#Posy doesnt know what to do with all the positive attention she is getting#dont know Lucy and Gareth's stories as well#so cant say who or what besides the Bridgertons they're focused on helping#jeez i used “also” alot in this
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The trick to writing a good story is to make sure it has at least one element that people like so much that they don't care if other elements are imperfect.
People are drawn to stories with stuff they like; they're going to like flawed stories that have those things more than they're going to like perfect stories that don't have those things. I personally love certain authors because of one thing they do well--I go to this one for character, and this one for intricate plot, and this one for immersive worldbuilding, etc.--and get confused when people complain about the other elements not being done well because that's not what I'm reading for. If one element is really well-done, I will forgive a million other storytelling sins that would make me tear apart a book I liked less. If I can give that grace to other authors, I can trust other readers to give me that same grace, if they like my stories well enough to keep reading them.
#adventures in writing#also sparked by the q#because there are so many things about that book that could be better#or that i would tear apart in another book#but because the romance is *so* well done i'm obsessed with it again#i've also noticed this as i've started posting a higher volume of stories#the well-known fairy tales are going to get more attention than the lesser-known retellings with better writing#and that's fine and i can give myself grace to just write what i want to write with as much effort as i want to put in
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I'ts like there's a rope attached to my chest and it keeps pulling me towards you. And it feels so right. - Red, White and Royal Blue (2023)
"On purpose. I love him on purpose." - Red, White and Royal Blue, chapter 13, by Casey McQuiston
#rwrb#rwrbedit#red white and royal blue#firstprince#it's a different place in the book but rewatching i felt the expressions on henry's face show this description by bea from the book so well#and yeah im a bit sad we didnt get this quote directly in the movie but all the intention alex felt was there!#he was already in love. on purpose!!#and henry is panicking bc he worries about everything but cares too much for alex too#im just rlly happy we get to see more scene's from henry's POV bc that was rlly missing in the book and we only caught glances#from people around him but now we can actually see it and it was done so well#rwrb book#rwrb spoilers#rwrb movie#prince henry fox mountchristen windsor#alex claremont diaz#henry x alex#mine#gif:rwrb#gif:movies#lgbt#lgbtedit#lgbtq
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i like to make fun of murderbot for being all "i hate everyone, i don't care about anything or anyone, fuck off" while simultaneously caring very much about the people around it and the situations it finds itself in. i love how it "accidentally" ends up caring quite a lot about the friends it makes along the way. but i think something that i tend to forget is that murderbot actively decides to care - at least at some point in its story.
idk, as a person that struggles with depression, this paragraph from artificial condition really resonates with me. prior to all systems red, murderbot had contracts. it had routine and it had protocols. it knew what it had to do to just get by, how to perform so no one would notice it had disabled its governor module. it was deeply depressed, yes, but it was functioning (for lack of a better word). in artificial condition, murderbot's routine is gone. it cannot go on in that state of numbly going-from-contract-to-contract, putting in as little effort as possible, consuming media to cope. that option is gone because it escaped (and note that escaping the company was not an active choice, it kinda happened to it). murderbot has two options now: it can either gather all its energy; actively do something new and difficult and distressing; change something in its life and try. or it can let the numbness and the emptiness take over and stop trying. if murderbot wants to survive as a rogue secunit, it has to try. no matter how difficult that is. the wording in that paragraph really hits home for me. the way the non-caring sees an opportunity to slip in and to take over. does murderbot even care? does anything really matter? is anything really worth the hassle? wouldn't it be so much easier to just let your mind slip away a little, to go numb, to be passive, to watch media and wait for things to happen to you? wouldn't it be nice to stop thinking and struggling and feeling complicated things? to stop making an effort? you've been dealing with a lot lately and maybe it's time to just shut down. maybe you'll just take a little break. just slip deeper into this chair and start the show. time flies when you're not paying attention. trying is exhausting. who cares if you don't do the things you wanted to do, you were supposed to do. it'll be fine. let's just ignore those things for now. just let the non-caring take over. just stop thinking. you can deal with the aftermath later. just watch your shows. who cares. but murderbot cares. it decides to care. it decides to fight with all it has and i think that is so brave. and i think in the later books caring is less of an active decision for murderbot. once you start caring, it's easier to keep going than to stop; and murderbot, for all its "i'm a grumpy rogue secunit, leave me alone" behavior, knows just how important caring is. so it's not that it doesn't know what's happening; rather, it lets itself care. tl;dr: caring is not the default for murderbot, it's just the more difficult of two options. and it decides not to take the soft option. it decides to struggle. it decides to care. and so it does.
#sorry i'm rambling i'm a little depressed rn (hah) and i've been thinking about murderbot again#at least writing this got me out of the adhd/depression paralysis :) yeah this might be self-indulgent so what#the murderbot diaries#murderbot#𓄿#i just love martha wells' writing for things like that#and i love murderbot as a character so very much#also i'm pretty sure some of this could be read in a way i did not intend#i'm not trying to say that depressed people have the option to just not be depressed#or that it's as easy as going “okay well i can either care or not care... i guess i should care! done!”#listen i know it's not like that; i know that first hand#but murderbot had just enough energy and fight in it to try and it had people in its life that cared about it and helped it#and it managed to get out of that deep dark hole#and we see it struggling with trauma etc in the later books#things are not magically better#just yeah#okay imma add#tw depression#tw suicide#(this is not about suicide though; this is about sitting on the couch while the dishes and the laundry pile up#and watching netflix because getting up and taking care of yourself and calling a friend or going outside are too difficult)#(but i can see how this might hit a little close to home if that is something someone's struggling with&better safe than sorry)#also sending lots of love to everyone who this resonates with
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Random question that struck me out of nowhere but what do you think of, like, vampires? And I don't mean the hot ones everyone obsesses over, I just mean in the sense that theyre...kind of just parasites 😭🙏 (you'd have to convince me with reasons why I should like one) I know that you're a schmoopy sort of love kind of person but for you, does that still apply to these dudes? Does you even care what the monster is as long as they're lovey dovey
im not a big fan of them overall, but i think they can be fun if you get a lil creative with em
like, the general zeitgeist has sorta adopted the twilight (or if ya wanna go back a bit, the lost boys) trope of "vampires are hot people who drink blood and are sexy," and that's not really my thing.
i have drawn a vampire monster before, but i went the bat-like route. i don't see a lot of vampires that are monstrous without them defaulting to hot person form almost immediately. i get why they're considered one of the sexy monsters (they're the lure and the trap, looking human is part of it), but that's kinda...all they're allowed to be, unless they're a nosferatu type.
eh, i don't mind them if they're a more classic, bat-like monster that's in love with a mortal; but they're nowhere near a favorite for me.
#you think im schmoopy?#aww thanks#i do love love#and the ways it can go wrong#i do tend to not focus on any of the classic monsters#werewolves are good if they spend most of their time as the wolf beast#frankensteins monster is cool if hes book accurate or designed well#invisible man is...eh#mummies can be done in a cool way#i think as long as the monster is visually interesting and written a certain way ill like em a lil bit at least
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I think this is often for a few reasons
- it leaves a lot less room for characterization errors (if thats something readers care about, which sometimes they don’t mind)
- most shows and visual media is naturally done in third person so to read fan works for that media in first is unusual
- most fan works are done in third person and so it’s sort of seen as a default where as books have a full mix
For clarification
1st person: I sat in the chair and looked over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” I asked.
2nd person: You sat in the chair and look over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” You asked.
3rd person: She sat in the chair and looked over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” She asked.
Which works together with Past, Present, and Future tenses too. They aren’t the same things, but they do go together.
Past (3rd): Jon pulled out a chair and sat down.
Present (3rd): Jon pulls out a chair and sits down.
Future (3rd): Jon will pull out a chair and sit down.
#I think this is so interesting#first vs third person#my sister prefers first person for books actually#which I can respect#it’s better for introspection in books#vs action#sometimes at least when done well#anyways#ao3#archive of our own#fanfiction#English language#writing
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WEREWORLD IS GETTING ADAPTED AS AN ANIMATED SERIES!!!
It’ll will be titled “Wolf King” and it will release in 2025 on netflix
I really enjoyed these books as a pre-teen, they had a unique world that I had never encountered before. I can’t wait to see how they’ll adapt the series, especially in animation!
#wereworld#werewolf#werewolves#netflix#animation#animated series#news#wolf king#drew ferran#this series definitely had issues from what I remember reading so hopefully this adaption can fix them#I did enjoy these books a lot though and I hope they’re done well!#funnily enough it’s the second animated announced series in as many weeks I read as a pre-teen and have find memories of
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Nothing like Heartstopper S2E8 removing some of Taylor Swift's "seven" lyrics just so that the singing can specifically come back in at "Or hide in the closet" while Isaac is processing difficult emotions related to the book he's reading (i.e., Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen).
Did I mention "Or hide in the closet" hits just as the camera focus finishes shifting away from Isaac?
This is fine
#This is not fine#Warning: Long tags ahead (2 topics)#TOPIC 1:#I'm glad Isaac feels safe enough to be reading this book and processing emotions around his friends#That's the positive spin on “he's quietly dealing with a lot while next to his friends and they're not noticing and he's not sharing" right#The contrast of this with the happy friend-bonding montage time feels purposeful and sad (esp. with lyrics about staying in the closet)#but on the bright side this is in the midst of happy friend-bonding montage time so we also see them having happy bonding times together#- showing the friendship is still strong even if right now Isaac isn't wholly known or fully fitting#Hopefully this is leading to Isaac telling his friends what he's going through in S3 and the friendships adapting to fit him better#TOPIC 2:#Also - don't think it's unintentional that where the camera focus shifts to is Nick with his arms around Charlie and then kissing his head#I think we're being purposefully distracted from Isaac with allo 'cuteness'#Because what the other characters often get swept up in - especially as they all couple up in S2 - is alloromantic/allosexual interactions#And that's frequently what the world prioritises or cares more about too#I think the show is intentionally calling everyone - from the characters to us watching them to the whole world - out#So that hopefully we (general) can all be more aware and do better#[In case you were wondering this N&C/Isaac scene is also right after we see short clips of Elle & Tao and Tara & Darcy cuddling -#which also seems very intentional: Isaac - sandwiched in between views of cuddling couples - alone in more ways than one]#CONCLUSION:#I think everything is working together to highlight the contrast between what N&C and Isaac are respectively experiencing in this moment#Did I mention this is not fine?#It is well done though#heartstopper mini moment#isaac henderson#aroace#aromantic asexual#lgbtqia+#queer#taylor swift#seven
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thinking about elain’s story and bodily autonomy. i think sjm was very intentional in using elain’s powers to introduce us to vassa and koschei. how vassa’s body was corrupted against her will by koschei, and how her existence is now defined by the changes he made. thinking about how koschei has a lake full of swans who were once women who’s bodies he changed against their wills as well. thinking about how elain was changed against her will by a cruel king to teach a lesson to somebody else. how she was reduced to a body and then a tool, a means to an end (to demonstrate the power of hybern against her sister but especially people she barely knew). how even the tool used to change her, the cauldron, which once belonged to the mother and symbolically can be connected to the womb, was appropriated and used forcefully by the king of hybern.
i think about how canon suggests that the cauldron loved elain, that perhaps it gifted her the powers it did because it loved her. maybe the cauldron recognized then, that this poor girl was like it, and sought to give her the power to prevent what was being done to her, and what had been done to countless other women and girls by making her a seer. let’s not forget that elain’s vision of vassa helped them turn the tide of the war against hybern and that it was elain that struck the killing blow against the king of hybern in defense of her sister, another who was denied bodily autonomy. ultimately bodily autonomy, especially given the current political climate in the US is a really heavy theme to deal with, but i sincerely hope that this thread is continued, and that we will get to see an elain who is empowered, and empowered on her own terms. an elain who reclaims her body and her future, and helps others do the same.
#what would a death god who turned immortal for fear of his own death fear more than a woman who can wield the future against him?#elain destroy’s koschei by showing him he heat death of the universe in a vision causing 1 billion psychic damage#elain archeron#pro elain archeron#pro elain#guys i am SO excited for her book because if it’s done well i will forgive sarah for the incredibly weird and fucked up#fatal pregnancy drama of the previous book#actually. thinking of it now i HOPE elain reflects on what happened to feyre in her book at least briefly#you can’t tell me that wasn’t traumatic as FUCK#oh btw this isn’t a shipping post and if you treat it as such i will hit you with my psychic bazooka (block button)
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finally finished my cover design for book 1 of @hella1975’s beautiful fic The Art Of Burning!
#6 months after the one for book two I can finally get this thing out of my files#I really like how the boat and the water turned out#Though I don’t know how well I managed to pull off the reflection in the sword#Whatever it’s done and I’m happy with it#Also please ignore the fact that I do not understand how boats work#I tried to copy the one in the bato episode but I couldn’t find a very good reference so I just made it up where I could lol#taob art#taob fanart
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2024 reads / storygraph
Compound Fracture
YA thriller set in rural West Virginia
follows an autistic trans boy who survives being almost killed by the Sheriff’s son after a party, and accidentally kills one of the boys who hurt him when he tries to get back at him
and is pulled head-first back into the 100 year old feud between his & the sheriff’s families, that began when his great-great grandfather was executed after inciting a miner’s rebellion, the grandfather whose ghost has started to haunt him
community & family & socialist revolution
aro-questioning MC
arc from netgalley, out september 3
#Compound Fracture#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#aromantic books#andrew joseph white did it again……#pretty fast paced and gripping! I barely put it down.#Definitely the primal scream of rage the author described it as. Pretty brutal in places. I enjoyed it a lot.#it’s definitely less sff than his other books - the ghostly element is almost subtle - but that worked for me.#I was especially excited for this one because I heard the MC is aromantic and I’m so happy about it I think that was done well#certainly with more nuance and depth than I’ve come to expect from a lot of books; despite the fact that it’s not a major focus#(and yknow takes place over a couple weeks and is still in the questioning stage other than maybe the epilogue)#It’s tackling some very large complex things politically and is very unsubtle and somewhat neat about it#- and I think some aspects could have used more nuance/elaboration? but also maybe that’s just not possible to fit in one little book#the handful of negative reviews I can find I guess I see where they're coming from lol#but yknow. lots of good regardless#and also. appreciation moment for evangeline gallagher's cover art
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