#dante's homophobia not my friend's

[nateconnolly]

The hardest I've ever been roasted is when I joking asked my friend what circle of Dante's Hell we'd be sent to, and then I said, "Oh, I'd go to the circle for homosexuals, right?" to which he immediately replied, "No, that's a mistranslation, it's a circle for the sodomites, not the homosexuals, meaning you'd have to actually have gay sex to go there."

[shaylogic]

Messy Masterpost: I don't have the words so here's a mess of links and ideas

@captainfantasticalright's Dead Boy Detectives: a breakdown of Dante's hell. This post is a masterpiece of understanding how the Hell/afterlife dynamics work in Sandman Universe and DBDA, and it's sent my mind buzzing like crazy

My post about Simon's book

Not just any book

Theory about Simon's brother/father? Being a part of Burgess' Cult ("Order of Ancient Mysteries")

Thank you @niko-sasaki-dbd

Ba'al ==> Sa'al

Seems like Simon may have gotten a demon-summoning book that worked from his brother who may have been involved on Burgess' cult from Sandman. He died with book in hand, and that's the one he's tearing apart on repeat in Hell. Tumblr user listed above identified what the book might be, based off the image.

This interview at 12:52 George Rexstrew answering that Edwin's favorite thing about Charles is his unconditional love and acceptance of him.

Post about Charles bearing his soul to the Night Nurse like Orpheus played music to Cerberus

Interviewer talking about "straight friend" Charles "rejecting" gay Edwin, only for George, Jayden, Beth, and Steve to stiffen up slightly. Asking about how Charles didn't have a gay panic reaction to Edwin's confession. This interviewer is actually gay and interviewed on a gay network later, which threw me after this question.

=>If Charles had really gay panic rejected Edwin, it really would have ended like Eurydice, thrust back to the pit of Hell to wallow in the internalized homophobia, rather than being released with the support and healthy love of Charles.

Actors have reiterated multiple times that the case is not closed on Edwin and Charles' romance, they're just getting started and figuring it out in the midst of all the chaos.

People are stuck in Hell because they believe they belong there but Edwin gets out the second time because Charles KNOWS he doesn't belong there! And reminds Edwin of this when he's getting pulled under in it all

Charles went back to his red polo after the confession and escaping Hell with @nerdytacollama's excellent addition on episode 7 specifically!!

Edwin's whole arc was about accepting loving and being loved and his attraction to men, and his love of his best friend, specifically

Steve Yockey saying the confession NEEDED to happen on the stairs out of Hell. One reason being that Edwin may have been too afraid to go through with it after, another being that he could get dragged away forever at any second and it could be his last chance.

[above article pic quote from this]

But also based on the Hell worldbuilding of the Sandman Universe where people only go to hell if they believe in it and believe they deserve to be there > Edwin believing his want for intimacy at all letalone with other men being "such a sinful life" (Night Nurse paperwork) > the upward climb of healthy love from the Dante's Inferno Post > Edwin HAD to confess on the stairs and be accepted! It freed him of Hell~!

Simon moved on from Hell with Edwin's mutual sorrow for the two of them and somewhat understanding/forgiveness? Maybe self-acceptance from the gay guilt

Edwin's form saying he would serve in Hell for living such a sinful life and then be reassigned to a more pleasant state (Hell not an eternal afterlife, just time served and then moving one)

[image posted in @reviewcreature's post with @melefim's addition]

If Edwin went back now, loved and accepted by his friends and himself, would he pass on to the better place?

My post wondering about reincarnation in the Sandman Universe, which others weighed in on in the comments about how it's indeed canon

The parallels of the Lust room in hell being a butcher shop with bloody hanging bodies to reflect the debauchery of bloody writhing lust bodies ===> compare to "Girls' Night" when Jenny was running and hiding from stalker Maxine in her butcher shop behind meat ===> compare Edwin's arc of accepting "sodomite sin" of being attracted to men (challenge to the epitome and catalyst (ha) by the Cat King) and him having been through the Lust room of hell before and him STARING AT THE RED BULL ON THE BUTCHER SHOP WALL (as compared to directly in the first linked post)

The purity of Charles and Edwin's love compared to that and the stereotypes of how male love is depicted in media, as George, Steve, and Jayden have spoken out against gently in multiple interviews

How it's partially childlike, partially deep friendship where two men can hug and cry, partially a crush, partially potentially reciprocally romantic

The juxtaposition of Edwin's archetypical confession to Charles on the stairs of Hell on the way out of the Limbo of it, with Maxine guilty and desperate just below them, not even looking toward the open door

Fans wondering why it was so easy to get out of Hell. The worldbuilding canon saying that Hell is what you make of it (Charles says this in the original Season of Mists Ch 4 comic, Edwin says it in episode 7 to Simon). People in Hell stuck because they feel they deserve it.

@podcastenthusiast's post about being glad Edwin didn't see Simon move on, because then he'd really wonder we he himself suffered so long

==>CHARLES got Edwin out because he KNEW he didn't belong there!!!!

They push and pull each other by the arms the whole way to the top!!!!!!!

Magical weight in the snake pit "nothing's meant to leave this place"

Charles literally dragging Edwin out of Hell for the love and devotion to him!!!!!!!!!!!!

Allegory of dragging him out of his self-rejection and holding him by the face saying over and over "I love you. I accept you. I'm not leaving without you."

Openly gay producer/director Steve Yockey insisting on being the one to write Episode 7 and you can feel it in every color on the screen.

There's no higher power deciding this, despite the paperwork and minders ensuring everyone is sorted. It's an internal self-decided fate, unconscious.

I'm not gonna be able to link and list every pic and organize this in the state I'm in but--

ARE YOU SEEING ALL THE THINGS I'M SEEING?

Girl help I'm getting visions!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lucindaspartnerrealandtrue]

This was supposed to be a timeline for all the mys ships that did/might happen in my rewrite(which isn't even started but shh). It ended up being just me ranting about mys!Garrance.

At first, it follows smh. But then. It's just me rambling. Well. It's me rambling in general.

tw for mentions of homophobia and smoking.

Now, now, i think i've been neglecting these two recently. Honestly I don't even remember how I started shipping them but I did, and years later here I am, still drawing and writing about gay block men.They're literally engaged in mys and no one is convincing me otherwise(<- this whole thing will get its own post eventually). Uhm, okay, now that I got that out of my system, maybe I should give some actual hcs.

◇ Garroth is a year older than Laurance.

◇ They used to be close friends when they were little(most of the mys cast knew eachother in childhood at some extent), but once they entered their teenage years they grew apart,and the fact that Garroth and his family moved away when Garroth started high-school not helping their situation.

◇ Garroth did his freshman year and a bit of his sophomore year in O'Kasis Academy, but due to not being able to fit in ended up moving to Phoenix Drops High(after a lot of complains and pleases from him and Zianna towards Garte).

◇ Well, when he got in PDH, Laurance has been there already for like half a year(he was a freshman), and was already hanging around the Shadow Knights, so as you may imagine Garroth and Laurance didn't really got to interact a lot.

◇ In that summer, Laurance and Gene broke up for unknown reasons. The entire school, of course, found out about that.

◇ Garroth did try to get closer to Laurance that year. It did not work.

◇ Laurance spent that year mostly alone, with the daily interruptions of some people who were trying to try their chances with him.

◇ They started finally getting closer again when the 'canon' started(Laurance's junior year, Garroth's senior year)

◇ Aph basically made them interact by befriending them both and making them sit together every single day.

◇ Regardless, Laurance and Garroth started hanging out together on their own not long after.

◇ Laurance fell first. Garroth fell harder.

◇ They never got together in high school, actually, though it was pretty obvious they liked each other.

◇ Originally, Garroth didn't even realise he caught feelings. Man was busy, ok? He was thinking about college, and besides, his father would NEVER accept one of his sons being queer-

◇ The realisation that he is, in fact gay hit him like a brick.

◇ Regardless, that's a subject for another time.

◇ Aph and Travis, the best wingmen EVER.

◇ They were hyping up Garroth's every move. It was very obvious what was happening, for everyone but Laurance, that is.

◇ Laurance had long rants about his 'secret crush'.

◇ it was not a secret.

◇ They were very in love. But a bit too stupid.

◇ Anyway. Garroth leaves for college next year(thankfully for him missing most of the Ein situation)

◇ Laurance weeps the entire year.

◇ He still finds ways to make Garroth visit though

◇ Be it complaining about forgetting his lunch and being too busy to go and get something for himself or being about cigarettes.

◇ Garroth, of course, 'falls for it' every time.

◇ Laurance finds out Garroth was planning on cutting off his family entirely(temporarily, he regains contact with Zianna and Vylad a bit later on. He litteraly wakes up with Zane going to a college close to his)

◇ Basically, he takes Laurance with him.

◇ But first, Garroth goes to his last family dinner for a while, Laurance there's to. Garte isn't pleased.

◇ Well, they clearly make an exit.

◇ They're dating at that point, sharing their first kiss in the car. Very romantic.

◇ While college they share an apartment somewhere close by.

◇ When they meet the rest of the cast ABSOLUTELY NO ONE is surprised that they're dating.

◇ Of course, after college, they move in together, somehow being persuaded by Dante to let him move in with them.

◇ They get engaged in Emerald Secret, I'll expand on that eventually.

◇ Pet names. A lot of them. From both sides.

◇ They don't do pda a lot because Garroth doesn't feel comfortable doing so, but behind close doors, Garroth IS the clingy one

◇ They're still holding hands almost 98% of the time,though

◇ It doesn't bother Garroth that much that Laurance smokes, but he still tries convincing Laurance to do it less and less.

◇ Which actually works because Laurance does smoke much less than he used to! He is trying to give up on it completely, not only for Garroth but himself. But of course, as any addiction, it's hard.

◇ Anyway. They aren't very jealous. Of course, there is some type of jealousy there, but it's rare, and they usually talk it out privately.

◇ Kisses.

◇ They are hyping up each other constantly.

◇ I just like them being happy, ok?

◇ As I said before, mys!Garroth is a dog person, mys!Laurance is a cat person.

◇ Yeah, so...Ungrth and Raven. Not so much of mystical creatures in this one, are they?

◇ Those two are their kids. They don't actually really want actual human kids. Not now, at least. Maybe later.

◇ Their idea of the best date is lying on the couch together with some snacks while watching crappy movies

◇ It's a bit hard when a certain someone is blasting music from the basement(cough Travis cough)

◇ They love him tho

◇ They also miss Dante sometimes(<- moved out eventually)

◇ Laurance knows how to play the guitar. I think you know what he has done with this ability.

◇ It was in private, though. Garroth might have sobbed a bit(/pos).

◇ Laurance also blasts music while he does his part of the chores. It's country music. It's the only time when he actively listens to it.

◇ Something about his fiancé and country music combined is very attractive to Garroth.

◇ mys!Garroth doesn't know how to cook(does not stop his from complaining about Laurance's way to do things tho, in a light-hearted manner, obvs). mys!Laurance is a very good cook.

◇ Garroth likes reading a lot. He sometimes reads to Laurance before sleep.

◇ They're eachothers comfort.

◇ Cadenza made it clear that if they ever have a wedding, SHE'LL design the suits. Of course, no one complained.

◇ Speaking of, the Zvhals adore Garroth.

◇ The Ro'Meaves. Uhm. Well. Garte dislikes Laurance. A lot. Zianna adores him, though! Vylad and Laurance are friends(I have yet to work on their dynamic in mys, so that's all I have for now). And then there's Zane. Mys!Zane and mys!Laurance are the best yet worst frenemies you'll ever meet.

◇ Speaking of, Garte hates more the fact that Garroth is dating Laurance than the fact that Garroth is gay.

◇ He got used to Garroth's 'queerness'. But not with Laurance.

◇ Laurance doesn't stand Garte either for obvious reasons.

◇ They went over for a family dinner once. Yeah. It was even worse this time.

◇When they first started dating, journalists were all over them. Garroth hated it, Laurance wouldn't have cared too much if it didn't bother Garroth.

◇They are being left relatively alone nowadays

Yeah, that's all I have for now. Thank you for actually reading all this, and pls ask me stuff about the cast or other ships. I'm always happy to rant about them or hear others do it

[sabaramonds]

Title: but in the desert instead there is a juniper tree Fandom: Make the Exorcist Fall in Love Word Count: 3k Relationships: Dante/Vergilius, Dante & Daniel, Daniel & Vergilius Characters: Vergilius, Dante, Daniel Warnings: canon-typical religious themes, implied/referenced sex, implied/referenced homophobia. some headcanons & speculation re: vergilius stuff. Summary:

Vergilius visits Dante and calls an old friend.

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[that-gay-guy-from-hell]

Deep Regret: Dante x Male Reader

Summary: Younger Dante was a much different man than he is now; things that are forever burned into your mind. Things that bubble back up to the surface and you tried to suppress; but this time, you are unable to quell your inner turmoil.

Beginning Notes: Originally this was a Nero fic. but the further I got the more I felt this fit Dante better. Minor blood warning; it's only for the first paragraph. 🌦️🍃🌦️ Male reader x Dante Unestablished relationship; however, there is talk of being friends with benefits--although it is not mentioned, it was during the time between DMC 2 and 4.* Angry fluff? Dante is a fucking idiot; seriously. Minor internalized homophobia (Dante)

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     Today’s contract had been long and grueling; not only were you out of bullets, but you were also running out of patience.

     With a swift kick, you knocked a Hell Cania to the ground and kneeled on its back. A loud growling shout left your lips as you pulled back on the demon’s neck, followed by the sound of tearing flesh and tendons. Blood spurted from the demon as you yanked harder; ripping its head from its body. With a slight twitch of irritation on your lips, you tossed the disembodied head from the corpse and stood up. 

     Dante watched with a wide-eyed confused expression at your sudden animalistic aggression. If you had been in a better mood, the red devil would have made a playful remark about how that was semi-arousing; but the two of you just continued forwards in an uncomfortable powder keg of silence. 

     Generally speaking, you didn’t consider yourself an angry person but you’d reached your breaking point. The worst part was, you didn’t even have the right to be this pissed off with the legendary hunter; only making your annoyance worsen.

     Not being able to stand the silence any longer, Dante finally spoke, “So… You wake up on the wrong side of the bed or..?”

     With gritted teeth, you clenched your fists in a vain attempt to stay calm, “No.”

     Dante pursed his lips, “Then what’s wrong?”

     “Nothing,” you answered him curtly.

     “Come on,” he sighed and walked faster to catch up to you, “I know something’s up--Did Verge say something rude again?”

     “No,” with an audible swallow, you grumbled, “Just leave it be.”

     “Nope, sorry I can’t do that,” with a bright laugh, he playfully shoved your shoulder. 

     Without thinking, you turned and socked him right in the nose; breaking it.

     “Hey!” the red devil yanked his nose back in place as it healed quickly, “What the fuck is your problem?!” he threw his hands up in frustration.

      “My problem?” your tone was angry enough that it had circled back around and become an uncanny calm.

     “Yeah, your problem!” Dante’s lip twitched as he scowled. 

     With violently angry steps, you turned to approach your partner, “You-!” you jabbed your pointer finger harshly into his chest, “You are my fucking problem, Dante!”

     “The fuck did I do?” he hit your hand away from him.

     “Don’t play stupid,” you shoved him harshly, making him stumble back a bit, “You know exactly what I am talking about!”

     Silence had re-emerged as the two of you stood staring at one another Dante had a confused hardened glare and you had a large enraged scowl. That’s when you fully allowed yourself to snap; taking him by surprise. 

     You tackled him by the hips to the ground and pinned him down. Dante squirmed a bit before shoving you off him. Using the momentum from the shove, you stood back upright. Still unsure of what was going on, Dante stood back up as well. The two of you got into a small scuff; which only confused Dante more. The red devil did his best to not hurt you (since he could quite easily break your bones or worse) while you didn't hold back in the slightest. Seeing an opening, you used a Muay Thai sweep and knocked him back onto the ground. Then you pinned him underneath you, harshly digging your elbow into his throat--staring deeply into his turquoise eyes. 

     He put his hands up in defeat, “Alright- Alright, I yield,” it was then that he noticed your pained stare and decided to take a calmer tone with you, “Just tell me what I did.”

     A tremble found its way to your lip as you dug harder into him before removing yourself from his neck. You stood up and moved your jaw side to side in thought. With a purse of your lips, you shook your head and turned from him; not only ashamed of what you just instigated but of why your mood was soured in the first place. 

     However, the red devil wasn’t having that nonsense and he bolted upright. Quickly, he grabbed your shoulder and turned you to him, “No- we are talking about this; right here, right now. I want to understand so I can make it bet--”

     “There is no making this better,” you hissed at him and scowled, doing your best to hold in your tears.

     “Just tell me,” Dante’s grip tightened as he frowned slightly, “please..?”

     You just stared back at him in silence, not knowing where to start or even if you should tell him.

==

     This feeling started to grow out of control around a month ago.

     The two of you were finishing up an evacuation job; nothing new. Except, today one of the civilians decided to personally thank Dante.

     When evacuating, you had watched her interact with the red devil. She was a petite young lady--maybe in her late twenties--and she had long pearl-beige hair with deep brown eyes. Along with that, she was very soft-spoken and seemed very sweet; a perfect woman for a brash man like Dante. 

     You didn’t quite hear everything that was said but when you looked over at your partner, the young lady was kissing his cheek and handed him a slip of paper. It wasn’t uncommon for people to be overly grateful and friendly with the two of you--especially Dante--but this was a whole new ballpark. 

     With a confused but happy smile, Dante waltzed over to you, “Hey, you’ll never guess what just--”

     “You finally experienced the touch of a woman?” a grin decorated your face, despite the slightly sad feeling stirring in your gut. 

     “How did you..?” he furrowed his brow.

     “I saw you,” you knelt and tightened your bootlaces, trying to ignore the growing lump in your throat, “She seems nice; you got her number too, right?”

     The red devil gave you a toothy grin, not realizing your discomfort,  “Yep! I think I’m gonna call her and go out on a date.”

     “Ah,” you stood back up and slapped his shoulder lightly, “The 40-year-old virgin is finally getting some action, good for you man.”

     The two of you shared a small laugh; knowing that was far from the truth. No, in reality, being his first was something that you had the privilege of taking--as he did yours. Although you’d never tell him, it still hurt you that Dante didn’t want to pursue an established relationship with you; unable to get over the fact that you were both men sharing long intimate nights with one another. 

     Thankfully, that horrible mindset had been long abandoned, nowadays, Dante was completely straightforward with his universal attraction. 

     The occurrence with the young lady turned out to be nothing special; hell, you weren’t even sure if Dante ever went out with her, but it still bothered you. Things only got worse as this kept happening. 

     At first, it was only after jobs where the two of you would save civilians or run into other non-DMC hunters. Then it was every time the two of you went anywhere; out to eat, shopping, or even hanging out--people just kept hitting on Dante. 

     After a while, he started to hit on them back, blatantly flirting with them right in front of you with no regard for how much it hurt you. It drove you nuts. All you have ever wanted was to have just a chance with the red devil, and now, you were watching dozens of others shoot their shot and Dante was enjoying it.

     You never said anything to him. What could you even say? The two of you had discussed the fact that Dante was only into you because of the sex; that’s it. So why had you allowed yourself to grow attached to your long-time friend in that kind of way? 

     It ate you up inside and out as the month went on, slowly turning you into the bitter person you are now. 🍃🌦️🍃      Your face was expressionless as you let a few stray tears fall, finally coming up with some sort of answer. You whispered with a slightly strained voice, “I think that I am going to switch partners…” a pit formed in your gut at the thought, however, you couldn’t keep bringing up the past to him; not like this. 

     “What?” Dante’s eyes went wide, “No, hey-- We can talk about this--”

     Without saying anything, you pushed his hands from your shoulders and turned from him; not wanting to let him see that you weren’t able to keep your eyes from weeping any longer. 

     His voice was soft as he went to reach out for you again, “Baby, I--”

     You whipped your head around fast enough that it made you lightheaded, “That! Right fucking there! That’s the goddamned problem, Dante!” you balled your hand up into a fist and shoved him; a mix of red-hot anger and tears adorning your face.

     He shook his head a bit with a furrowed brow in confusion, “Wha-” that’s when it clicked, “That’s what this is, isn’t it?”

     Once more, you didn’t say anything and turned away. In the past, Dante had blamed you for loving him; that it was your fault for growing attached to him. You stood stiffly and braced for the same unbridled angry lecture you had gotten all those years ago; however, it never came.

     Softly, Dante sighed through his nose and quietly spoke, “I’m sorry.”

     You tensed your shoulders upward in confusion.

     Using one of his hands, Dante gently grabbed your wrist, “Look, I know that I have said some… pretty bad shit to you about… us,” he leaned his forehead on your shoulder blades, “I am sorry.”

     Your body shook as you let out a shuddering breath, not believing what you were hearing.

     He moved down to your hand, holding it as if it would break from the slightest of breezes, “I shouldn’t have treated you like that,” his voice cracked a bit as he tried to figure out what he wanted to say, “and I know that it hurt you… and I,” Dante furrowed his brow and spoke quieter with every word, “I didn’t mean any of it… I know that we are- that I,” his voice trailed off before he sighed again and returned to an audible whisper, “I love you, please don’t go.” 

     With a whimper, you looked up at the sky in hopes that he wasn’t just lying to you. A tremble formed in your lips and jaw as you took heavy slow breaths through your mouth; unsure what to say.

     “I know that you probably don’t believe me,” he leaned harder into you, “but if it is any consolation… I never did call any of those people.”

     You stuttered out a croak of a response, “Bullshit,” you barely could speak through the lump of mixed emotions in your throat.

     “No,” Dante removed himself from your back with a shake of his head, “No, I am serious. I didn’t go out with anyone, there was no point.”

     A small noise of disbelief is all you could manage in response. 

     The red devil let go of your hand and moved to stand in front of you. Although you did your best, you couldn’t help but look down from the heavens at the less-than-angelic devil in front of you. Dante's expression was a mixture of pained and pleading; one that you had never seen before. 

     He slowly moved closer to you and pulled you into a tight hug, setting the side of his face against your neck, “I’m sorry.”

     Your hands wrapped around him and grasped his coat as you cried. Although you know he wouldn’t admit it, you could feel Dante let loose a few stray tears against your neck. The two of you just stood together and forgot about the world for a moment.

     With a gentle whisper, Dante buried his face into the crook of your neck, “I can’t lose you, please.”

     At this point, you weren’t sure if you wanted to kick him in the nuts or kiss him, giving your tone a slight sound of frustration, “How do I know that you aren’t-?” your voice cracked which left your thought half-spoken.

     Dante pulled back out of the hug and grabbed your hands, “All I can offer is my word; which I know probably doesn’t mean much…” he sighed, “but I really do care about you--I always have. I was just,” Dante looked downwards with a small amount of shame on his face, “ afraid .”

     You broke eye contact and shook your head as you moved your jaw around in thought, “You’re an asshole, you know that?” despite your expression, your voice sounded disingenuous.

     With a whisper and nod, Dante smiled slightly, “Yeah, I know.”

     Your lips were still trembling when you turned back to face him, “Why didn’t you say anything-?” because of your crying, your voice was muddled and thick; which sent a sharp stabbing sadness through Dante’s heart.

     “I thought that after what I did--what I said--that you didn’t,” he moved one shoulder in a shrug, “didn’t have feelings for me anymore; figured it was for the best, ya know?”

     You shook your head slightly, “If you pull the same bullshit as before…” you moved your jaw to the side, “ I will kick your ass; you got that Dante?”

     The red devil chuckled lightly, “If that’s all then there’s nothing to be concerned about,” he moved closer to you, leaving only a few inches between you both, “Cause it’ll never happen.”

     Despite your upset nature, you couldn’t help but laugh at his out-of-character actions from him. 

     “What?” Dante gave you a confused tilt and a small smirk.

     “Just weird hearing you be so,” you shook your head, “nice.”

     “Well, you’d better get used to it,” the red devil leaned down so he was at eye level with you, “cause I am gonna be so nice to ya that you won’t even remember all those bad things.”

     “Oh god,” you laughed, “That feels like a threat.”

     Dante smirked, “In a way,” he moved to place his lips right above yours, resting the side of his nose against yours, “it kind of is.”

     “Mn, how scary,” you gently smiled. 

     It wasn’t clear who moved first, but the two of you interconnected lips. Dante’s hands moved to your sides and grabbed you tightly; using that to help pour every ounce of how much he loved you and will love you within that single moment. The kiss was fervourous and passionate, and yet, it was somehow sweet and innocent all that the same time. Long languid slow movements of his firey lips made you tremble; forgetting how much you missed his burning touch. Your hands moved his chest and grabbed his shirt tightly, making him smirk. Dante decided to knead into your sides with his fingers, deeply massaging your muscles; making you moan quietly. 

     The legendary hunter devoured those sweet melodic noises as he pushed his tongue very cautiously into your mouth; not wanting to overstep his bounds. However, you gladly welcomed him with your own. Feeling your passion, Dante’s grip tightened harder into your sides and made you groan more. Using one of your hands, you gently ran your fingers through his silken locks, making him shudder and moan loudly. 

     Slowly, the two of you parted lips and stayed with foreheads touching, a small faint purring could be heard through each of Dante’s breaths. Both of you just stood together, holding one another; enjoying the warming comfort of a flame long since tended to. One which you never wanted to leave again and neither did he.

     However, all good things must come to an end. A loud shuffling noise accompanied by distorted growling quickly reminded you both that you were still on a job. With a smirk and one long last look into your eyes, Dante parted from your grasp and took care of the mini-horde that had appeared. Leaving you to process what happened. To process that Dante was finally yours. 

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Ending Notes: *Just to clear things up a bit: because Dante only wants a physical relationship with you, the pair of you did not become a mated set. 🍃🌦️🍃 He's a little OOC; but whatever lmao. I might do a follow-up on this one (or maybe an angsty prequel about the time between 2 and 4). == What to expect next: "Tainted Purity" Vergil x Male Reader "What Do You Call Me?" Vergil x Male reader "Uncontrolled Instincts" Vergil x Male Reader "Stubborn and Old" Vergil x Reader "You Can't Leave Me Here" Nero x Reader "A Part of Me" ??? x Reader (it's a surprise) (These are all in my WIP folder; I don't know what will be done first or if there will be others that will come before these)

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Thank you for the tag @katsigian !

Here’s what I’m working on. I’ve had Johnny’s backstory on my brain a lot recently, so I’ve been brewing some plans to write his entire childhood out, from 3 years old to 15, when the war ends and he loses his friend.

I’ve been struggling to write from a 3 year old’s POV because my writing style is very flowery and 3 year olds definitely wouldn’t talk this way, but for now I’ve decided to just lean into it and kind of go for an ‘omnipotent narrator’ feel in the first few chapters (I know, one of the seven deadly sins of writing!).

Cw for implied abuse:

I want this story to have the same feel as Kite Runner, Aristotle and Dante, and Moonlight style-wise, which has been a struggle to emulate.

Later on in the story, when he’s 13, I also want to shift into focusing on the confusion of hitting puberty alongside him struggling with feelings for his best friend despite his father’s rampant homophobia (which is an attempt to explain why he’s so dodgy about his bisexuality in-game).

Anyway, I hope to have the first chapter published soon— this story’s way out of my comfort zone, so I pray that the rest of it goes well! Look for the Boy Who Kept Me Sane on AO3!

Tagging @calibvrn @wilxfyre @wingedhorrors @arczism @vince-linder with no pressure whatsoever :)

[firelise]

Hi, I'm Camille. I'm Black Dominican-American and sometimes I make gifs. Here's things I've made & a PSA on my favorite things as of 2024:

TV Faves

Currently Watching: Abbott Elementary, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

The Get Down

Warrior Nun

Interview with the Vampire

Russian Doll

Reservation Dogs

Ramy

Good Omens

Watchmen

Andor

Loki

Gilmore Girls

The Midnight Gospel

Midnight Mass

Young Royals

Season 2 of Bridgerton (specifically)

Only Friends

Music Faves

Black women in general

Indie Hip Hop/Neo Soul

Reggaeton/Dembow/Afro-Beats

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter

Solange

Franklin Ocean

Lorde

Aminé

Doechii

Rico

Amaarae

Tems

Chloe x Halle

Victoria Monet

Jazmine Sullivan

Nao

Little Mix

Movie Faves

Titanic

Pride & Prejudice

Atonement

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Snowpiercer

Your Name Engraved Herein

Crooklyn

The Handmaiden

Get Out

Nope

Chevalier

Brandy's Cinderella

Book Faves

All of James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Akwaeke Emezi & Octavia Butler's works

Aristotle & Dante

Song of Achilles

Percy Jackson (& HOO)

Things I don't tolerate

Homophobia

Transphobia

Zionism

Celebrities with rape/assault charges

Rosalía, J Balvin, J Lo, racist White Latinos & White Spaniards in general

Beyoncé slander

Things I mildly dislike

Taylor Swift

[koskela-knights]

Smalltown Boy HCs & Lore dumping

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53524066/chapters/135478702

The fic is finished for a while now, so today I wanna share my thoughts and HCs behind this fic of gay! Ilmo 👀

Whatever my personal HC is regarding his sexuality (it switches constantly lol), I still HC Ilmo to have looked up to the lumberjacks and fishermen of his town and it's what inspired him to contribute to his community and try to save it 🥺 Together with a few other minor hints I tried to drop in there

More random ramblings, sorta spoilers and kind of me-lore dump about this whole fic becos I love talking about these things <3

Idk how accurate it would be in this part of the US + time, but my dad used to tell me stories when he was a young lad (in the 70-80s) nobody rly blinked an eye if he hung around with adults. Like on holiday, going on a boat trip with others that were non-family) But I liked that vibe/idea so I made the Koskela kids hang around the lumber mill etc. a lot when they were young and that those men were the father figures/role models after their own dad passed away.

I HC their parents being part of the Torchbearers but it was a secret for them until they got older and their mom finally came clean about what really happened to their dad. EDIT: In the final fic, it ends up to be Zeke who tells the Koskelas the secret. This also cements Ilmo and Jaakko's desire to follow in their parents' footsteps later in life.

The whole red thread of questions is inspired by the book Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe which is such a wonderful book ldkfdsj

The mention of the trailer park owner is how I imagine the reason for Ilmo to strive to become a better owner later in his life (as we can see with him 'taking care' of Saga's bills after she supposedly left Watery for a while. It was illegal but he's like fuck the government + class solidarity which I think is very fitting for him and Jaakko)

The conversation with Zeke was inspired by a scene in Moonlight where the MC asks his father figure about the F-slur.

In this story, Zeke is really one of the biggest inspirations for Ilmo to pursue the motor club thing, bike & cool jacket and all :')

Initially, Zeke was going to be gay but ICR what changed my mind 😅

Jaakko’s throwing hands is both a HC but also now more confirmed/supported by the dropped Cult lines Jaakko has where he expressed violent tendencies lmao

The Koskela kids sneaking into the mortuary is my attempt to show them learning to illegally sneak into things from an early age xD also to show their fuck the establishment vibes once more

Originally, the Prom fic was going to be the final chapter but then I finished writing the coming out scene with Jaakko and thought that'd be narratively more fitting to end the story on. So the prom fic became its own bonus thing :D

I wasn't gay in my early childhood/mid teenhood but homophobia and the gender binary were rampant in school. Which were partial inspirations for what Ilmo's dealing with in this story. I was a very gender non-confirming cis girl who looked androgynous and it fucking sucked in high school. I downright feared going to the public bathroom becos of catty girls talking shit behind my back, within my ear range of course)

Additionally, high school students knew if you were different. Whether you were super flamboyant or not, they'd notice something was 'off' about you. I noticed it happen to myself and to a friend of mine.

[nebulapaws]

Hgbdfmn if you feel comfortable with it, would you mind sharing what's in the server? I'm genuinely curious because! good lord!! but also I don't want to join and get smited if people think I support that LMAO all good if not!!

I can't see this ask on my puter, but I can find what we had and send it. Couldn't get everyrhing cause I got kicked for callin them a Dandriff Donkey and Vanilla crickets, but one of my friends got more screenshots for y'all's enjoyment.

With that in mind, I wanna state DON'T use the server as a block list. Half the people in the server are a flavour of queer and observing them like zoo animals--I will say, we already met at least five different people who've wanted to use the server as a block list of some kind. With that in mind, we've done some trolling, so uhhhh under the cut is what we got.

Tw; Homophobia, Transphobia, and Antisemitism

( * Note; that Casey, Dante and Magnolia are fellow gay people who joined the server to troll and spy on the server. They're not actually One of Them, they were playin a bit.

This is like, just one conversation about antisemitism by the way. Here's some other stuff in it:

There's so much in here, that I can't possibly fit it into one post, but its just. It's piles and piles and piles of disgusting hot takes. Currently, bro is still arguing against a Jewish person about whether or not he, a Mormon, is allowed to equivocate a Jewish person to a cow. So, do with that what you will.

As for the server layout, the channel description channel is incredibly vague about each channel. There's no direct bot channel (apparently, I'm supposed to go to the LAYOUT channel? to test my LAYOUT? girly pop you shouldn't try to be unique perish instead LMAOOOO)

They have no "Lounge" channel, they just have a chill channel where if more than two people talk at a given time, and god forbid a system talk, then its "too wild" and needs to "calm down". I would like to say that their server is ridden with porn so that's cute. KEEP GOING GAY PEOPLE THAT'S FUNNY AS SHIT

Anyways, their profile picture is Malink do you understand how stupid it is to make the face of homophobia MALINK?? bro, those are the last two people who'd EVER EVER hate and oppress gay people. They'd sooner shut pathetic people like them out their door than they would leave behind any gay person.

They spit hateful rhetoric in a thunderdome known as "Perspectives", a channel that has ONE MINUTE SLOW MODE where they spit the most hateful and cold takes you've ever heard. Find a bigot branch and it'll be FRUITFUL, trust me. They also don't allow cursing on there, which just occurred to me LMAO.

anyways, reblog this to scare a bigot:

[somnas-writes]

Anyways here are some ship that I’m gonna write into my MCD rewrite because these characters deserve to be happy and gay + my reasonings

Aphmau/Katelyn/Zoey

LESBIANS. Aph and Katelyn had more chemistry than with the other love interests. Zoey was there for aph since day one. Zoey and Katelyn could bond over being protectors

Laurence/Garroth

They were too good for Aph, they compliment each others personality more than they could compliment aphs

Plus like the angst??? Laurence is in denial of being LGBT (homophobia exists </3) and acts aggressively straight. Garroth mistakes having a reliable, stable friend for having a crush.

Dante/Travis

Jess making Dante have a wife AND baby momma was cruel + unnecessary, I refuse to believe some type of contraceptive doesn’t exist in MCD.

Travis shouldn’t be with Katelyn (especially with the way they acted towards each other in canon). They don’t click and I refuse to make them act like they could 😾.

Nana/Lucinda

they so should fall in love, the rivalry???? The tension?? They deserve it

Also Lucinda would never be straight, let’s be real

Aaron/Jeffory the golden-heart

I hate that Jeffory DIED, my guy didn’t deserve that.

They essentially fill in what the other lost. Jeffory lost his wife and had to raise his daughter alone. Aaron lost his wife and kid. They could be good for each other.

Also I hate Aarmau with a BURNING passion 😼

——

An alternative couple was Aph/Garroth/Laurence

It could’ve been an actual love triangle instead of the stilt that we got

They work together really well as a trio but not as individual couples.

You get what I mean?

—-

That’s all. Thank you for indulging my delusions <3

[daisyyy-do]

Intro!

I thought i’d do one of those intro posts because damn there’s a lot of you, and who doesn’t love talking about themselves? im joking i swear

Main Points

This blog is mainly going to contain topics about the Redactedverse, however it may contain content about Interactive Fictions as that is my newest obsession.

I am of age.

I am more than fine with anybody interacting with my page as NSFW topics (if there even will be any), will be posted under ‘read more’.

My DM’s are happily open for anyone who wants to discuss anything Redactedverse related, IF related, or anything else we might have in common! plz i need more redactedverse friends.

I will not tolerate any kind of discrimination or homophobia on my blog. If you’re in general saying shitty things; you’re blocked.

That’s about it for the main points! have a wonderful rest of your day!

Points to get to know me!

I have a mild massive obsession with raccoons.

I absolutely love video games! Some of my favourites are the Life Is Strange series, Cyberpunk 2077, Spirtfarer, Days Gone, The Last of us, the Far Cry series, and a shit ton more.

I also love reading! The dystopian, sci-fi, cyberpunk, fantasy genre are generally my favourite but found family is really what sells it for me. Six of Crows, The Raven Cycle, Aristotle and Dante, are just a few of my favourites but there’s once again, a shit ton more.

If it wasn’t obvious from the border divider above I’m on the ace spectrum! Specifically Demi-sexuality. Hello ace friends i <3 you

David Shaw is my main man.

I am an INFP and a Sagittarius.

Psychology is the secret love of my life.

Not really a point to get to know me BUT i wholeheartedly recommend checking out Interactive Fiction if you haven’t already or you love reading. Just search it on Tumblr and then there’s a whole new universe before you! I am so down to give recs if anyone wants them 👀

[panfluidme]

RULES FOR REQUESTING (APHMAU)

Rules of requesting:

I'll write some smut for any of the ships

Go as fluffy or as angsty as you want

I will not write about suicide or eating disorders

I will not write about homophobia/transphobia/racism or anything of the sorts unless if the victim of this hate is later comforted by friends and/or family

Feel free to DM me your request if you don't want me to give you credit

If you want me to write a ship that isn't in my list, lemme know. I will not do any incest ships, so don't even try

No x readers

No Travlyn, Einmau, Larmau, or Garmau (really any ship with Aphmau that isn't Aarmau)

No requests past season four of MyStreet. I've watched the fifth season, but I don't remember anything past it. Most of the stuff with be for MCD as that'll be in this book

If you request anything and break one of these rules, I won't be writing your request and will delete your comment or DM

Rules for commenting:

No bullying

No slurs

No hateful speech

No sexual advances

I don't care if you comment (I even enjoy it & read every comment I get on my main account), but if you break any of these rules, I will delete your comment and reach out to talk with you through DMS. If you continue your behaviour, I will report you

Ships:

Zanvis (MyStreet strictly)

Garrence 

Aarmau

Kate~Chan

Zane~Chan

Dante~Chan (MCD strictly)

Vyladate (Vylad x Dante for those of you who don't know)

Danvis

I own none of the characters (minus a handful of OCs for plot convince) or any of the art used in this book! If you see your art in this book and don't want it in here, lemme know!

[cerothenull]

I graduated high school in 2008 from a rather progressive theater school in a major city and there was still a ton of homophobia directed at the openly queer kids I went to school with. So many of my old friends and classmates never came out until after graduation or they started going to college.

There was only one openly trans guy in the school, my friend Dante, and he went through absolute hell from the teachers and other shithead students harassing him so much.

Now that it’s years later I’ve learned a surprising number of my graduating class ended up transitioning as well.

So yeah, even as recently as 15 years ago (oh fuck it’s been that long) it was dangerous to be open about stuff like this

I graduated high school in 99.

There was a student at our school named Wayne.

Wayne was gay. It was obvious. He was unable to stay in the closet even if he wanted to. To make matters worse, he was also Black. From a bullying standpoint, that was not a great combo. Both Black and white students made fun of him relentlessly. He was ostracized from the only community that may have given him protection. Only us theater kids stuck up for him, but not to significant effect.

Wayne was bullied so much that at one point he finally snapped and attacked his bullies with a lunch tray. I was actually seated in perfect line of sight and just sat there chewing my soggy fries in stunned silence. It didn't even seem real as I was witnessing it. The image of him wailing on his main bully as the food on his tray flew off is permanently logged into my long term memory.

The bully he attacked had blood all over his face and went straight to the nurse. Other than superficial cuts, he was not injured.

Before the attack, Wayne went to teachers for help. He went to guidance counselors for help. He went to the principals for help.

He did all of the things you were supposed to do. No one helped him. They wagged a finger at the bullies and warned them to stop.

Wayne's lunch tray melee was the only thing that worked. His bullies stayed far away from him. But a week later Wayne was expelled and the bullies were given no punishment.

So... no.

No one in my school talked about being trans.

Because the only way to survive being openly queer was to bash people with a lunch tray.

[cherryelectricboogaloo]

Which of your OCs would get along the best? Which would hate/dislike each other? Which would be a terrifying team?

FROM CANONICAL INTERACTIONS AND SUCH, I’ll pick the ones that stick out in my head the most

DSMP would definitely be: Jean and Drache, Jean and Cherry… and I think a team up of the three of them would be the absolute MOST terrifying team, physically at least. Take a draconic hybrid who needs training to control their strength + a former gladiator who’s been through the trenches in 2B2T and lived to tell the tale + a former God emperor who brought an entire continent down to its knees. Those guys can Fuck You Up.

From DC, knowing who asked (hi Jimmy <3) it always ends up being Ellen and Enver I’d say, they match in energy and enthusiasm most of the time and it’s easy for them to get along despite acting like opposites most of the time, sibling things. Who hates each other? SARA AND HERLOCK IN THE SAME ROOM, HOW DOES THAT GO PFFFFFFFFFFFF a stoic detective who’s got all of Jean’s attention and Jean’s best friend who is VERY jealous of her friends? How could it POSSIBLY go wrong? And a terrifying team… I think I’d go with the Harker twins (Ellen and Enver) and Shannon/Rogue, put three metas in one city and let them fight as a unit, Shannon’s brief vision or the future comes VERY in handy with the flying squad.

From Ordem Paranormal, I only have a very few characters and no one has enough context on them, HOWEVER: Anya gets along the best with Jamile between my characters, they’re a combatant and a specialist after all, Anya handles fighting the paranormal alongside people just as grounded in Reality™ as herself. The ones who would least get along is Anya and Matteo, for the simple reason that Matteo is an occultists and uses rituals. Nothing that makes Anya more upset than Rituals and Occultists (Mathias and Dante are exceptions because they’re Useful). Most terrifying teamup would be all of them in the same room, though it would take lots of teamwork to make them all get along.

From Danganronpa, the ones who get along the best would definitely be Airi and Hachirou. They’ve known each other the longest, been together as a couple and as friends the longest, consider each other equals and have, in every way, become better as people together. The ones who least get along HAS to go to Josette and Mizuki, internalized homophobia vs raging bi lesbian queen FIGHT, especially with how traditionally feminine Josette presents and how Mizuki is all about being the world’s biggest delinquent punk. Most terrifying team, at least physically, has to go to Kaito/Louis and Johanna. Put a very well-trained thief who knows almost all types of martial arts and the Ultimate Duelist on the same team, give them some direction and watch them destroy the world!

[lazybug16]

Books I read/reread in the last 3 months of 2022 and recommend (and yes, all apart from two are queer)

Also recommend to check for trigger warnings just in case, this website for books is the one I use, or you can ask!

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

Eve Brown is 26 and still hasn't found her passion, so after an argument with her parents she drives off and finds a cute B&B that is hiring a cook, so she takes her chance, not expecting to find out new things about herself along the way

I read this book because there are autistic characters in it and I felt so fucking seen when reading this book (especially by Eve), very very good book and the dialogue is AMAZING, you will definetly laugh! Also just fyi two very explicit scenes and very graphic (all consensual and lovey dovey) but wanted to say it just in case because they use more explicit language than what I'm used to lol 9/10

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. brown

Almost a year after a flu pandemic two boys find each other and help one another on their journey to find help, and feelings might start up on the way to their destination

Started reading it because I love The Last of Us and knew this was going to be sort of that style and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED it, I couldn't put it down like... I have no words... wow, one of the best stories I've read! Jamie and Andrew my beloved 10/10

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Two 15 year old boys meet in the summer of 1987 in El Paso, Texas, at the swimming pool where Dante teaches Aristotle how to swim, which marks the start of their friendship and adventures together, and maybe more...

An absolute delight to read and these two boys are just adorable (their parents are also super nice), very easy to read and keeps you wanting to know more about the story 9/10

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Continues right where the previous story ends, we see how Ari and Dante's relationship moves forward while also touching the topic about the AIDS epidemic, internalised homophobia, family and friendship

I really liked the sequel, you get to delve deeper into Aristotle and the people around him, and the ending was just as beautiful as the first one, Aristotle and Dante must be protected at all costs 9/10

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Some children find a door/portal to another world which they eventually consider home, but they eventually end up back in the real world again. It might have felt like years since they left, but it's only been days for their parents/siblings who were in the real world waiting for their return, so they send them to a special school to get better (and also meet others like them who have been through the same experience)

Fantasy and mystery book (a bit of gore too because of murder), very very interesting and fast read, and if anyone deadnames Kade I will deck them 9/10

Heartstopper (volume 1-4) by Alice Oseman

A graphic novel showing the journey of young lgbtq+ teenagers showing their life through high school in the UK, the main characters are Nick and Charlie and we see them grow and fall in love

Just an amazingly adorable lgbtq+ story and beautiful illustrations, you will fall in love with the characters instantly, definetly recommend, especially for someone who might not be a "book" person since it's like a comic/graphic novel 10/10

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

An American girl goes to a school in Scottland for her final year in high school and gets to be roommates with a princess, what could possibly happen...

The slowest of slow-burns, enemies to friends to lovers, and roommates, what more could you ask for? Sort of a mix between Red, White and Royal Blue and Young Royals but wlw. Also Perry my chaotic beloved 7/10

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

Angel is a massive fan of the boy band The Ark and meets up with an internet friend to meet them and go to their concert, all the while we also see how Jimmy and his other two band mates cope with fame and fangirls

You think famous people are perfect? You put them on a pedestal? Feel possessive? Ship them together? Then read this book to learn the reality of it all and maybe you can grow tf up 8/10

Lost Christmas by David Logan

A child called Goose lives with his nan in Manchester and does petty thefts for a bit of cash, alongside his dog Mutt, but what he doesn't know is that stealing a certain jewellery will be the first domino to unravel certain events that might just change his life, and possibly a second chance

This book will break your heart and mend it in the most marvelous way, you can connect with every single main character in one way or another, the story is fascinating and the twist is just so unexpected, one of my favourite books that I read as a kid and reread now 9/10

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Georgia and her two best friends just finished high school and are going to the same university, but things start to unravel when Georgia thinks that she has wasted her teens by not having her first kiss yet at the ripe age of eighteen, but soon finds out why she has never had a crush (and wonders why society is so obsessed with sex and love)

I am Georgia and Georgia is me, I felt so seen in this book and I could understand almost all of the main characters thought process and struggles, thank you Alice for writing this book, it means the world to me 9/10

Nick & Charlie novella by Alice Oseman

Takes place about a year after the 4th volume of Heartstopper, Nick is a few months away from going to university and Charlie is worried that a long distance relationship might not be the best idea... But of course, they are Nick and Charlie, so not even that can stop them

Very quick read, angsty and spicy at the same time lol 9/10

Our Favorite Songs by Anita Kelly

Aiden and Kai haven't seen each other since high school five years ago, and running into each other in a queer karaoke bar might be just what they needed to reconnect and get to know each other

If you liked Alex and Henry from RWRB then you will love this, it's fluffy, smutty and angsty and it's just an amazing story, very fast read too and it will get you hooked from the very beginning 10/10

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Takes place about a year or two after Solitaire, following the life of Frances Janvier and Aled Last. They need to start thinking about their future and university options, but before anything is decided, a YouTube podcast called Universe City might be the answer they needed

Oof okay, this was darker than I thought it was going to be, had to take a few breaks because of intense scenes and personal trigger warnings, that's why I lowered the rating by a point, but just like any other Alice's books, very well written 8/10

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

FSOTUS Alex and Prince of Wales Henry have to pretend to be friends, and in doing so actually become friends, and something more (shenanigans ensue)

One of my favourite books EVER! (If not my favourite book that I've read so far) Amazing characters, amazing writing and you feel the emotions so deeply, and Alex is a little shit (affectionate) throughout all of it 10/10

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

Takes place in the universe of Heartstopper (around volume 3-4), but this time the protagonist is Victoria "Tori" Spring, Charlie's sister. We get to see her life at school and at home, and how a blog named "Solitaire" changes everything

Much darker that Heartstopper but still an amazing story, you really just want to give Tori a hug 9/10

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

People recieve a phone call on the day they are going to die to inform them of the tragic news, two boys in their late teens recieve the call and spend the last day together, forming an unlikely friendship and something more

I'm so much like Mateo it's INSANE, also very interesting how some of the characters were connected with one another, very interesting concept and part four was my favourite, but also get your tissues ready because you will CRY 8/10

This Winter by Alice Oseman

Takes place about 1-2 weeks before Solitaire, during Christmas day. Written in Tori, Charlie and Oliver's POV

Very quick read, and you get to know the extended Spring family a bit more, also Nick's family a bit 9/10

Volverán a por mí by Josan Hatero & Use Lahoz

"Disobedient" teenagers are sent to an academy in scotland over the summer so that they learn how to be good and disciplined, meanwhile three strangers become friends and find out what really happens in that grey mansion and try to escape

This book is in spanish, I read it for the first time when I was in high school (like 10 years ago when it first came out lol) and instantly fell in love with it, it has the same vibes as Every Heart a Doorway but more dramatic, very cool and easy to read 9/10

Queer rep:

Act Your Age, Eve Brown (pansexual character)

All That's Left in the World (gay and bisexual characters)

Aristotle and Dante (gay characters)

Every Heart a Doorway (asexual and transgender characters)

Heartstopper (gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender characters)

Her Royal Highness (bisexual and lesbian characters)

I Was Born for This (transgender, gay and bisexual characters)

Loveless (asexual, aromantic, gay, lesbian, pansexual and non binary characters)

Nick and Charlie (bisexual and gay characters)

Our Favorite Songs (bisexual, queer and non binary characters)

Radio Silence (bisexual, gay, demisexual and agender characters)

Red, White and Royal Blue (gay, bisexual, pansexual and transgender characters)

Solitaire (bisexual and gay characters)

They Both Die at The End (gay and bisexual characters)

This Winter (bisexual and gay characters)

[bambazzle]

LGBT+ Fantasy/Fiction Books and TWs

1. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell-

(Fantasy, Witches, Vampires, kind of Harry Potter-y, Romance, TW for mention of suicidal ideation/self-destructiveness, abandonment, foster care, neglect, murder/violence, gun violence and relationship issues in the second book. It has some heavy topics but is written in a pretty light tone.)

2. Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston-

(enemies to lovers, about the son of the President and the Prince of England getting into a fight, they have to fake a friendship to fix their PR situation, TW for being publicly outed and semi-graphic sex scenes, also often politically charged discussions)

3. Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller-

(Ancient Greece, demigods, exile, TW for war/violence and tragedy, homophobia, bad parenting)

4. The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic-

(It’s about the mafia/college sports and happens to have a compelling queer storyline in the process. Demisexual main character and other gay characters. (slow burn, it’s a trilogy and the romance doesn’t happen in the first book) TW for a lot of things, it’s about kids from broken homes and the mafia so there is abuse, self harm, murder, police intervention, organized crime, drug use, assault, rehab, all kinds of weapons, manipulation, slurs, etc. The second book has mentions of r*pe (not extremely graphic but it is mentioned a handful of times and there is one semi graphic scene), and torture. It is a great series but it has heavy content and is not light reading if you go in unprepared.)

5. The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune -

(MLM, fantasy, found family, heartwarming romance, magical creatures)

6. Heartstopper by Alice Oseman-

(MLM, graphic novel, slow burn, coming out TW for anorexia, self harm, suicidal ideation, homophobia)

7. The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater-

(Fantasy, about a secret private school, slow burn)

8. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera-

(Bisexual Latino characters, whole story takes place in 24 hours because at about midnight- aka the start of the book- they get a phone call saying they’re gonna die, TW for death, family in hospital, violence, police intervention, and foster care)

9. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo-

(queer characters (but no romance in the first book, TW for graphic depictions of violence, ableism, mention of abuse, mention of sexual slavery and assault, imprisonment)

10. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (Historical Fiction Romance, Travel/Journey, Best Friends to lovers, MLM characters. TW for abuse, homophobia, racism, suicidal ideation, alcoholism, depiction of epileptic seizures, gun violence, and discussion of insane asylums)

11. In Deeper Waters by FT Lukens-

(Royalty, kidnapping, MLM characters not being released until April but it looks great)

12. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz-

(coming of age story, MLM, TW for violence/injury, surgery, transmisogyny, homophobic violence)

14. We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra-

(coming of age, friendship and romance)

15. Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford-

(magical realism, a curse about falling in love)

16. More Happy than Not by Adam Silvera-

(MLM main character, YA, “it's about a boy who is considering a memory-alteration procedure to forget he's gay because leading a life as a straight teen would probably be way easier for him. It's about science versus nature, friendship, sexuality, and a quest for happiness.” About the happy ending and how even bad moments lead to good. Hopeful but despairing. TW for medical procedure to erase sexuality, internalized homophobia, homophobia from others, depression)

17. I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver-

(Nonbinary main character, nonbinary muslim side character, romance/love and building a family out of people you care about. About finding your voice. TW for coming out and misgendering, family rejection/struggle)

18. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour-

(WLW, moving out and coming of age, self-discovery and childhood romance, TW for loss, depression, loneliness)

19. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness-

(Contemporary, about the normal people’s lives while living among Chosen Ones. Family/coming of age/acceptance story. TW for monsters, apocalypse, violence/explosions, anorexia, anxiety attacks, unrequited romance)

20. Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz-

(Dystopian story about a teenager struggling with their gender identity, TW for abandonment, oppressive government, outlawed homosexuality)

21. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas-

(trans main character, hispanic characters, paranormal YA mystery with MLM characters)

22. Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat-

(Bisexual main character, TW for kidnapping/stockholm syndrome, abuse, sex scenes)

23. Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey-

(fantasy, MLM, supernatural)

24. Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda by Becki Albertalli-

(romance, MLM, coming of age, TW for a closeted boy being blackmailed)

25. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel-

(WLW, graphic novel, coming of age, TW for csa, pedophilia, teacher/student relationships, none explicit if my memory serves correct)

26. George by Alex Gino-

(Trans girl, slice of life, coming out story, TW for deadnaming, homophobia, transphobia)

27. Afterworlds by Scott Westerfield-

(WLW, supernatural, fantasy)

28. Witchmark by C.L. Polk-

(MLM, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, mystery, Alternate universe post WW1, TW for murder/war, depression/angst)

29. The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling-

(WLW, Sci-Fi Horror, dystopian future, fictional planet, TW for psychological/emotional horror, toxic relationship, death)

30. The Culling by Steven Dos Santos-

(MLM, Dystopian Fantasy under a totalitarian, extremely cruel government. People must undergo ‘the trials’ in order to work for a government task force- if you fail at any of the trials you are forced to participate in the Culling, where the member has to choose a family member of theirs to die. TW for death, extortion, brutal violence, murder, totalitarian government)

31. Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley-

(MLM, about a court case regarding the main character and his best friend- deals with breaking points in friendships and how people and perception change. TW for biphobia, gay bashing, legal trial, abuse, knives, violence)

32. Ziggy, Stardust, and Me by James Brandon-

(MLM, Gay main character, historical fiction (Vietnam war), about a character dealing with his alcoholic father and family issues who creates a fictional world to cope where he can be out and openly himself. Coming of age. TW for bullying, alcoholism, institutionalized homophobia, familial homophobia, conversion therapy, war mentions)

(this list is a WIP and anyone can add to it! If I need to add TWs or further explanations let me know!)