#distant-rose

[anathemafiction]

That last ask got me wondering, will we have a chance to talk about our mother with our ro in book 2?

There will be, but just as a word of caution, it won't be too soon, and it won't be with all the details on the table. Romanu's past and how closed off they are about it is a cannon trait of the character and not something the reader can overrule.

But you can influence how soon, if at all, you talk about her.

The first person you can speak of your mother openly, curiously, won't be Hadrian or Alessa.

[aconfusedsquirrelsstuff]

Why do I feel like while Rose is experiencing her first ✨Traumatic✨ doctor/unit thing (aka the end of the world) Fourteen and Donna have gone off on a besties weekend to some spa planet just chilling

Donna:you think Rose will be okay alone at work?

Fourteen: course it's Unit! It's the safest most secure place on your planet second only to my TARDIS.

Donna: I just keep worrying, going off like this...being unreachable yknow?

Fourteen: Nah, that's just parental Jitters you got to let her spread her wings, fly, learn to cope on her own all that other stuff people say. Besides, we deserve this.

Donna: your right. As you say when she's not home she's at unit, what's the worst that could happen?

[neostellarjpg]

i find big buff traditional hollywood celebrity alpha dave in a suit to be handsome like everyone else but i can't help but think of him as this scrawny eccentric socially awkward dude extremely dedicated to nothing except his abstract radical performance art. fans develop images of him but there's nothing of himself he deliberately puts out into the world besides his projects. no real friends, no lovers. fronts and fake personas galore. isn't trying to waste his time and emotion on people he'll lose anyway. that kinda thing

[rosenotactuallyquartz]

Rose sleeps best when someone is "on guard".

Pearl sleeps best when she has someone to cuddle her.

rose sleeps best when pearl’s cuddling her because she loves cuddles and she knows that, since it’s pearl, she’s guaranteed to have someone on guard. rose has trouble sleeping because she’s too jittery & she has way too many thoughts, but pearl keeps her grounded & helps her get rest (rose actually benefits from sleep & pearl encourages her to sleep often but that’s a whole other thing i could talk about)

pearl doesn’t like to admit that she sleeps the best when she has someone to cuddle her. she even says that she doesn’t like to sleep—she’s happiest watching rose sleep & being on guard (for example, watching out for signs of nightmares so she can wake up rose).

but when she’s cuddling with rose, she drifts off and she wakes up without even knowing that she slept. she assumes she “lost track of time.” rose is her favourite slumber pal, hence why she passed on the plushies so quickly in chille tid.

[amentet-draws]

Some beautiful roses

[ofliterarynature]

SEPTEMBER 2024 WRAP UP

[loved liked ok nope dnf reread* (book club)]

Bryony & Roses • The Paragon Hotel • The Invisible Library • (The Magic Fish) • The Gathering • Paladin of Souls • Mislaid in Parts Half-Known • Red White & Royal Blue* • North Woods • The Empty Grave* • Barda • Lost in the Moment & Found • The Creeping Shadow* • The Spellshop • Lalani of the Distant Sea

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Lockwood & Co - not much to say, but it was fun revisiting an old favorite! It's becoming clearer with age and rereads that there are things about this series that I don't like, but the things I like definitely outweigh them - the way it does ghosts and uses a casebook structure among them! Would highly recommend if you're looking for something a bit spooky and mysterious.

Lost in the Moment and Found - this book was very hard to get into, because as it warns you, the opening involves a child experiencing grooming and gaslighting from an adult, and it is tense. Oof. But that said, between this and Mislaid in Parts Half-Known, I think Antsy's story and the Shop Where the Lost Things Go might be my favorite place and narrative arc we've seen yet.

Barda - I was obsessed with Ngozi's Check Please! for a number of years, and I think she's a very funny person in general! I read this on the strength of that alone despite no previous knowledge of the DC characters involved. I do honestly think this needed to be twice as long to get the depth of story necessary for an outsider, but dang did she pack the emotions in! I can fully see why she's obsessed with these characters, even if I don't feel like I have enough info to get into it myself.

North Woods - honest to god I'm so glad I picked up a copy of this at the library book sale, because I don't know if OR when I might have gotten to it otherwise. I don't really have the words, but it's one of those slow, literary, speculative, books that you have to work to put together that I love to listen to on audiobook and just marinate in for a few days. I would highly recommend to fans of Emily St John Mandel.

Red White & Royal Blue - I'll be honest, I somehow found myself on a FirstPrince fanfic binge and eventually hit a point where I thought to myself, you know, I've only read the book once, maybe I should go check that out again. It was fun! Remarkably similar in tone to the fanfic, so keep up the good work yall ;D

Paladin of Souls - Y'all. I'm so mad it took me this long to get to this after Curse of Chalion. I've seen this recommended so many times independent of the first book and they were so right, I loved it. Character-driven fantasy, great world building, a middle-aged female character who's on a journey of self-discovery and also so done with everyone's shit (including the gods, lol).

The Gathering - a murder investigation in Alaska with vampires *sounds* cool, but... the vampires are people, they're sentient, they have a culture, but they're also deeply hated and treated like predatory animals and are designated a protected species? It's trying to say something, but I'm not sure it works. Definitely taught me that I don't like crime novels or thrillers, but some bonus points for being unexpectedly queer.

The Magic Fish - I've see this around, but tumblr finally convinced me that I needed to read it and I got it onto the book club list. It was completely not what I was expecting, it was so much better! The description really led me to think it would be a lot more YA-ish and be about the son, but his mom is just as important to the story! It's got fairy tales, it's got complexity, the art was incredibly beautiful, ah!!! I'll be needing to get my own copy so I can read it again and think about it some more.

The Invisible Library - tumblr apparently finds this book very divisive, and both times I've asked about it there's been a 50/50 split on whether people liked or hated it lol. SO I went in with very low expectations, and I thought it was fun! It's not a great work of fantasy, I will give you that, but I do enjoy a tropey alt/historical fantasy adventure on occasion, and this filled that niche pretty well. It also didn't lean into a romance plot like I was afraid it would, and as long as it continues to do so (or at least handles it well), I think I could have fun with the rest of this series.

The Paragon Hotel - this is somehow my third Lydsay Faye, and while I don't think I've particularly loved any of them, she can really write a very solid book! A good read, with queer identities playing an unexpectedly major part in the plot!

Bryony & Roses - I have so far epically failed in my goal this year to read more of T Kingfisher's fantasy backlist, but I saw this on hoopla and thought I could fit it in. A very good time as always!

DNF

The Spellshop (16%) - I've read the author's YA in the past and (mostly) liked it at the time, and have been meaning to read her previous adult book for ages. Unfortunately, I've been having terrible luck with anything recent being marketed as cozy fantasy. I put 2 hours into this on audiobook and my initial impression of the story was earnestly quirky, charming, and anxious. Perhaps better than L&L, but I wasn't feeling much more than a vague interest and decided to cut my losses before my feelings entirely soured.

Lalani of the Distant Sea (10%) - this book sounds really cool (yes I did love Moana), the mythology and worldbuilding in the bit I read was interesting, but it is very much written for a younger reader. If I had any in my life currently I would be happy to give this to them! Just not the right pick for me right now.

[akirakirxaa]

Swap Discord's prompt of the day was coffee shop AU, so I made a cute little scene. Don't worry too much about Akira and Persephone existing at once lol.

[wonder-worker]

"The newly widowed Elizabeth (Woodville) was exceptionally vulnerable. Several of the trustees responsible for her jointure refused to hand over the manors that were meant to sustain her in her widowhood. Moreover, her brother-in-law, Edward Grey, had seized estates that her son Thomas should have inherited from his paternal grandfather, while her mother-in-law’s new young husband, Sir John Bourchier, had prevailed on Lady Ferrers to settle her principal properties on them jointly for life, ensuring that Thomas would have to wait far longer for this inheritance too. Rivers and Scales were pardoned in July 1461 and swiftly moved into the Yorkist establishment, which perhaps explains the success of the chancery suits Elizabeth launched to regain her jointure. Her son’s inheritance proved harder to recover. By 1463, Rivers was often in (Edward IV's) company and on his council, but Elizabeth needed someone with much stronger influence over the King. She turned to a distant kinsman, William, Lord Hastings, the King’s chamberlain. Hastings drove a very hard bargain for his aid but it was probably amid these negotiations that the King’s desire for Elizabeth was kindled."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: the Knight's Widow", Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty

[surprise-its-polls]

Best Steven Universe Song - Losers Bracket Round 5

That Distant Shore

Sung by Lapis Lazuli

What Can I Do (For You)?

Sung by Rose Quartz and Mr Universe

[good-beans]

Love love how milgram uses interesting colors to substitute blood. Maybe later I collect some screenshots, but it's just cool seeing it all white, crayon scribble texture, electric green, honey-gold, and bright orange.

If I'm remembering correctly, only Bring it On, MeMe, INMF, Cat, (and just barely Purge March) show real, red blood.

Idk it just really drives home the sense of avoiding/feeling responsibility for the death depending on which type is used and I love it

[blapeh]

i love you chappell roan 🤑🤑🤑

[lianhuajing]

Tagged by @a-memory-a-distant-echo

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

“Why else would you bring me to your shady van?” the young man asked, clearly as confused as Li Lianhua himself.

I fell asleep in the middle of writing this scene haha. May or may not be related to these headcanons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Tagging: @rose-tinted-vision and u reading this. u r not safe :)

[dogsarethebest312]

Even In a Different Life You Still Would’ve Been Mine

Chapter: 21/31

Rating: Gen

Fandom: Doctor Who

Pairing: Ninth Doctor/Rose Tyler

Characters: Rose Tyler, Ninth Doctor

Warnings: none

Summary: Rose arrives in a universe where time travel has just been invented. But not the kind that happens via police box.

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@augustwritingchallenge: Crossover/Fusion

@doctorroseficmarathon: "The North Wind Blows and Carries Down the Distant Rose"

@killacharacterbingo: The Blip

@doctorrosebingo: Ninth Doctor

[grimark]

the thing about travelling with the doctor while also being in love with the doctor is that first you have to defeat their seven evil exes (different iterations of the master)

[la-cocotte-de-paris]

That moment when you wake from a dream and feel as though you had been kissed by a spirit