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[fairycosmos]

Are there actual castles in Newcastle? I’m genuinely curious.

there are certainly a lot of castles in the greater newcastle area! :) x

[bohemian-rhapsody-in-blue]

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Do you have a favorite poem or one you can recite?

Thank you for the ask! (This was actually a double ask—the first one was here!)

I started answering this a bit ago, saved it in my drafts, and then panicked because I couldn’t find it immediately and I thought Tumblr had deleted it…but nope, it’s right here, just saved under the date it was asked (a few days ago) instead of the date I started to write my answer. So @dragoneye01 has gotten their answer in the form of both this published ask and a series of panicked DMs. That’s the way it goes on this hellsite, I guess.

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Do you have a favorite poem or one you can recite?

I’ll admit my taste in poetry is pretty basic (especially given I’m an English major), but here are a few I really like—and by a few, I mean eight-fucking-teen, because I couldn’t whittle down the list.

Alone - Edgar Allan Poe (when I was 15, lonely, and honestly quite pretentious and overdramatic, this one SPOKE to me)

America - Claude McKay

Antidotes to Fear of Death - Rebecca Elson

Aubade with Burning City - Ocean Vuong

A Bird Came Down the Walk - Emily Dickinson (I’m taking a whole class on her work this coming semester!!)

The Bells - Edgar Allan Poe (this is mainly because I sang a setting of it in 9th-grade choir and it was fun to sing the word “tintinnabulation”. By the way, semi-relevant post here)

A Brave and Startling Truth - Maya Angelou

How Things Work - Gary Soto

I’m Nobody! Who are you? - Emily Dickinson

Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll (one of my last high school assignments was a presentation about nonsense poetry and how it’s translated, comparing this to the poems of Sukumar Ray in Bengali!)

Mock Orange - Louise Glück

Not an Elegy for Mike Brown - Danez Smith

The Old Astronomer to His Pupil - Sarah Williams (this is the one I often cite as my favorite poem of all time)

Planet of Love - Richard Siken

The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe (duh)

Sonnet 130 - William Shakespeare (my favorite of his sonnets, but not the one I was assigned as a member of my college’s Shakespeare club—that’s Sonnet 11)

To Live in the Borderlands - Gloria Anzaldúa

The Tradition - Jericho Brown (for my first-year writing seminar in college, I wrote a paper comparing this poem to Not an Elegy for Mike Brown, and I wrote some of the ideas of that essay in the tags here)

In terms of reciting poems, I’m pretty bad at committing poems to memory (weirdly, I feel like I’m actually better at memorizing prose). BUT, in fourth grade, I read every Shel Silverstein poetry compilation I could get my hands on, and those kinda stuck in my memory and remain there today, over a decade later. I can’t remember the exact wording of poems I wrote entire papers on, but I can still recite the entirety of Shel Silverstein’s “The Nap Taker” by heart.

[Classic Author Asks]

[asexualbookbird]

Top 5 most hated books

I'll keep it to one per author

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline

Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher

Hemlock Grove - Brian McGreevy

The Talisman -Steven King

Gone - Michael Grant

bonus: Armada by Ernest Cline. I lied, Mr Cline sucks too much to exclude Armada.

[jasper-the-menace]

Please tell us about your MTG decks

I also got an anon asking about Commander decks, soooo JASPER SIXTY CARD DECK SPEED ROUND! I play either Kitchen Table 60 card or Commander (these will be featured as a response to the anon instead of in this post). I usually play against only my mom, but we're slowly getting all of the youth of a small town into the game as well. Not entirely sure how that happened.

First up is the White Slice Tour, a monoWhite deck I made to see what the hell is the appeal of monoWhite. I haven't gotten to play it yet, but it's a fairly low-power deck.

Next we have Rats. That's it, monoBlack Rat Tribal. It is my baby and they are here to overthrow the gods. My mom hates the poor things.

The third one for this evening is my Flying Theme deck. This is White-Blue and exists solely to counter my mother's monoWhite Angel deck. Yes, Alrund's Epiphany is in here.

We have two Red-Green decks: my OG(-ish) Wolf/Werewolf Tribal deck and my Boar Tribal/Food Token deck. The Wolf/Werewolf deck was the first deck I ever built (and my second ever deck). The Boar deck just kind of popped out of nowhere because I wanted to make Food Tokens, I wanted to play a Domri Rade planeswalker that my mom got me, and I had an unhealthy number of powerful boars (Ilharg, the Raze-Boar and End-Raze Forerunners, my beloveds). The rest, as they say, is history.

Now, brace yourself for the next one. Are you braced? Are you sure? Alright, here goes: Green-White Squirrel Tribal featuring the Infinite Squirrel Loop (Scurry Oak + Ivy Lane Denizen). Yes, it's just as stupid as it sounds. No, there is no win condition in this deck. Yes, the look on people's faces when I drop 94-ish Squirrel Tokens in a stack on the battlefield and inform them that my Treefolk named Scurry Oak is now a 95/96-ish in power and toughness is beautiful.

I have two Blue-Red decks: Unblockable Otters and Instants And Sorceries Matter. The Otter deck is from a family joke about how I'm an otter instead of a son or daughter. Yes, there are two Lutri, the Spellchasers in it. The Instants and Sorceries deck is the spiritual successor to my first ever deck, the Dangerous Knowledge intro deck from the Eldritch Moon set. That said, I didn't really like how it played, so I took out about half of the cards and replaced them. I'm currently waiting to retry that one.

I have two three-color decks in my 60 card collection.

The first is Blue-Black-Red Pirate Tribal. Yes, I sing the Lazytown song every time I play a pirate in that deck. Yes, it gets annoying and I lose my voice. But the absolute beauty of being able to wipe out every non-Pirate creature more than makes up for it.

The second is a Black-Green-Blue Snow Theme deck, featuring the bane of my mother's existence: Spirit of the Aldergard. She hates this fucking bear so much. And it's easy to see why: Because of its ability that gives it more power for every Snow permanent, if you have a deck that's ONLY Snow permanents, well...

The bear's just gonna fuck up your life and eat all your Cheetos and piss on your couch before rolling out of the window, that's what's gonna happen.

It's even more fun when you consider that I have three Runes in this deck. One gives a creature trample, one gives a creature deathtouch, and one gives a creature flying. This bear is a fucking menace.

...Did I mention that I'm running a full playset (aka 4) of these bears?

~Jasper

[dragoneye01]

I like your header image

Thank you!!

[friend-crow]

Dearest Crow, a while back I sent an ask for an emoji advice on a crush I had. I wanted to let you know that I took your advice and we’re happily dating now!

Oh my goodness, really?? Congratulations! And thanks for reporting back!

[moonofiron]

🪻 Do you have less than or more than 200 books in your possession?

Definitely a lot more than 200 😅

[shinixgami]

I might just quiet my job because we’re in the middle of a massive snow storm and everyone called out except me and one other person and my manager is claiming to “work from home” even though she’s been using that excuse all week and the “work” still isn’t done. It’s 3 days until next week and I still don’t have my schedule that she said she’d do Monday.

That’s crazy I mean ur boss….. 💀💀💀 if that’s what’s best for you then you should. I hope you find a better one

stay safe and warm <3

[fairycosmos]

It’s your birthday?! Happy Birthday friend 💚

yeahhhh gemini baby. i cant rly do anything fun bc work but still LOL <3 thank you my love i appreciate it sm!! sending a hug. x

[bohemian-rhapsody-in-blue]

John William Polidori: What was the last book you finished?

Thanks for the ask, and sorry for the slight delay in answering!

John William Polidori: What was the last book you finished?

Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey. I’m currently reading its sequel, Not Like the Movies.

I kinda wish I had a more intellectual-sounding answer to that question, but I read this one because I wanted a cheerful, chill romcom (partially because I’ve also just started A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, so I need to be reading something lighthearted, too, to counteract it…). In fact, I deliberately chose one of the most funny- and lighthearted-looking books from my TBR. It was pretty decent!

[Classic Author Asks]

[asexualbookbird]

Top 5 songs off your favorite playlist

a couple years ago, @bigcats-birds-and-books made me a playlist based on one of my OCs :)

Journey (Ready to Fly) - Natasha Blume

Army - Besomorph, Arcando, Neoni

Far From Home (The Raven) - Sam Tinnesz

Man or Monster - Sam Tinnesz ft Zayde Wolfe

Street Fight - Adam Jensen

[the-emerald-wyrm]

Hi, everyone! I’m The Emerald Wyrm!

My main blog is @dragoneye01 and my book blog is @godzilla-reads .

This blog is for all our dragon needs and is a “hoard” of dragons, if you will.

My name is E and I’m 25 and agender! I use they/them pronouns. My messages and inbox are always open to chat!

[primroseprime2019]

Ten Songs, Ten People

Thanks for the tag, @eli-writes-sometimes

4get by CG5, Or3o and The Living Tombstone

Conqueror by AURORA

Paradise by Chris Brown

Just a Man by Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Never Felt So Alone by Labrinth and Billie Eilish

Cutthroat by Imagine Dragons

Just Like Fire by P!nk

I’M Not Sorry by Neoni

Don’t Wanna Know by Maroon 5 and Kendrick Lamar

They Don’t Care About Us by Michael Jackson

Tagging: @jinxneedssleep @axie-the-simp39 @i-the-frenchiest-of-fries @towerguardian2027 @dragoneye01 @firerose @movieexpert1978 @princessquinnella @amaris-the-panda and @wingsy-keeper-of-songs

[dragoneye01]

My dash is a combo of Saltburn and The Lord of the Rings right now.

I hope y’all know I stand with Sam and Frodo as my gay rep

[onecontinuoussigh]

Catch up [tag]

Oh gosh thank you for tagging me @rohruh ✨✨✨

Last Song: Night’s Falling by Andrew Bird

Last Movie: I saw Shazam! Fury of the Gods over the weekend. I kinda don't have anything to say about it. And I guess that's pretty telling. It was fine? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Currently Watching: Just got caught up on Ted Lasso. Am doing a truncated Supernatural (Destiel focused) watch through. And slowly making my way through Midnight Diner.

Currently Reading: BOOK - Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Murderbot!) on audio, and just started Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, FIC - I just finished (and loved) Painted in Indigo by @nekare . Just opened to start reading the cabin by natalie_nebula.

Currently Craving: a chocolate milkshake. Which I won’t get. But dinner is sausage with red beans and rice, which is good!

No pressure tagging: @ancientsasswarrior @steevbuckk @dragoneye01 @zenaidamacrouras1

[princess-peregrine]

I posted 6,029 times in 2022

150 posts created (2%)

5,879 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@catgirldick

@naomibnova

@fagarchie

@dragoneye01

@owlbean

I tagged 161 of my posts in 2022

#goth girl kissing challenge - 20 posts

#liveblogging shezow - 20 posts

#jez speaks - 14 posts

#storm hawks - 9 posts

#shezow - 7 posts

#doodle - 6 posts

#monster hunter - 4 posts

#disgaea - 3 posts

#i love this - 2 posts

#i so badly want to live in that world where things can just happen - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 97 characters

#monster high girls make fursona's and realize they were all affected by the great mouse detective

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Goth girl kissing challenge 13, goth girl begging challenge. It's where I'm goth and I'm begging you, please, buy me Elden Ring, please for the love of goddess buy me Elden Ring you don't understand how much I need this in my life.

100 notes - Posted February 4, 2022

#4

Goth girl kissing challenge 6, goth girl tucking challenge. It's where I'm goth and tucking girls into bed, giving them a warm glass of milk, reading girls a bedtime story, kiss on the forehead, goodnight love you.

105 notes - Posted January 25, 2022

#3

Goth girl kissing challenge 2, goth girl biting challenge. It's where I'm goth and I'm biting girls.

380 notes - Posted January 21, 2022

#2

Goth girl kissing challenge. It's where i'm goth and i'm kissing girls.

453 notes - Posted January 20, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I am begging you to please watch Storm Hawks. Here’s a handy link to a youtube playlist of all the episodes in HD as well as some images I have taken from @lightning-claw​

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuHw9FX1wllBRmmwENMw316ST2htPTMuo

See the full post

837 notes - Posted April 21, 2022

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