#gold wind

[slavhew]

Mista Twista

[toobtoob]

[brightgoat]

GOLD EXPERIENCE REQUIEM

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[soln3shko]

[bioluminesced]

life overflowing

[nightmarereverie]

San Francisco Music Box Company, “Promise Of Love” Music Box

[smorhe]

what’s scarier than a vampire that can send you into the infinite death realm?

a teenager.

anyway i found a photo of the 1931 Dracula movie and it kind of spiraled from there

[cornsarts]

hey

[nobeerreviews]

Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow.

-- Dan Millman

[toobtoob]

[silentagecinema]

beauty in the 1920s

[brightgoat]

you know when soldiers don't get notified that the war is over so they stay at their post and think it still goes on while everyone has moved on, that's GE to me

STANDVERSE AU

[ichimakesart]

Through the cracks

[kindnessinsilver]

Does anyone else have a penchant for m/m romance with main character who have interesting sexualities and submissive streaks a mile wide? Or is that just me?

Alex Rowland has had me eating out of the palm of their metaphorical hand for the past several months because of some of their main characters. Anybody who has known me for really any amount of time and ever heard me talk about my taste in books will know that I have a tendency to find a power dynamic reading in almost any pairing I really like, but Alex made it easy with some of these guys. They make me want to cry in the best ways because it is so beautiful to feel seen.

Running Close to the Wind:

Avra Helvaçi, absolute feral gremlin brat who just wants to be teased and pitied and mocked and for all his friends to be just a little mean to him all the time as long as they think it’s endearing or hot. I relate to this so strongly it’s almost not even funny, but I can’t say that because Running Close to the Wind is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. Avra’s sexuality is “yes please how soon?” except for the rare times when it’s “actually can you please just hold me I am sad and tired.” He has been in an on-again-off-again relationship with his best friend and biggest bully for 15 years, and they understand each other and tolerate each other in ways that no one else on the planet ever could.

A Taste of Gold and Iron:

Evemer Hoşkadem shows us a completely different version of submissive leaning that also calls to my soul. He is dedicated to service, honor, and protocol. He is a core guard of the royal family, and he has been chasing this goal for years because he believes that it is something great and noble. Fealty comes more naturally to him than humor or general affection. He believes in the trappings of power but also in the responsibility of power. Power has the responsibility to care for people, live up to their expectations, and accept the service that is its due. He is seeking, trying to find purpose and trying to find someone worthy of his service and his devotion. Evemer wrecks me because I swear I’ve lived those moments and because I’ll always be a little jealous of characters who get to prove their loyalty by risking grievous bodily harm. His sexuality is “meh” and “shoulders” and “competency kink”. Mood.

When I tell you that I hardly included half the incriminating quotes from the internal monologue of Evemer, I mean it. Read this.

Yield Under Great Persuasion: (under a read more because this book came out a month ago)

Tam Beckett, in Alex’s newest book, definitely doesn’t have the same level of obvious submissive streak, largely because it is covered up by a huge swath of bitter and lonely. Still, the interesting sexuality part applies, and he’s got a few lines that sing to me in similar ways. He has been in love with this one guy for 20 years but also he hates him. But also if he goes longer than a week without his dick, he might die. But also if the guy invites him for a second round, he might throw himself out a window. He is angry at Lyford and angry at his favorite god. He is angry at death and the passage of time. The instant he is given a chance (or 2 or 4) to make up for what a shitty human he’s been for years now, he jumps at it. He wants to be good, he wants to be loved, he wants to be worthy. But also he’s an asshole with a sharp tongue and he will push Lyford’s buttons until the man snaps if that’s what it takes to see his real reaction. He’s also got a similar level of touch starvation and need to be held and loved that Avra has.

[notsomajestic]

Father & Son

Dio Brando & Giorno Giovanna → JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

[ariaste]

THREE WEEKS LEFT until my pirate comedy comes out, set in the same world as A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON!

Avra Helvaci has just accidentally stolen the most valuable secret in the world, and he's heading to a remote pirate republic find a buyer. And to see the cake competition.

Also featuring such questions as:

What to do when your ship is pulled over by the fantasy sea cops?

How can a jump-rope contest be heavily plot-relevant?

What happens when a government stops considering you a person and labels you just meat?

Who is the most avid and passionate communist in this little island town?

It's out on June 11th from @torpublishinggroup!