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*listening to scary winter ambience and reading scary winter book*
I’m scared :(
#it’s Dark Matter by Michelle Paver#more creepy than outright scary#good book for reading at night#I have a lot of thoughts about it and all of them revolve around it being like a 2.5-3/5 star book#middling in that like the bones of a good story are there but it just doesn’t go far enough in any aspect of what it’s engaging with#yet another book hindered by the epistolary format as well#and lack of verisimilitude#because like. if it hadn’t been epistolary it wouldn’t have mattered so much that the prose wasn’t convincingly 1937#you really just have to nail dialog and thoughts and if the rest is only loosely period then like whatever#but a diary??#sigh#just an aggressively okay book#also extremely unsubtle#which I’ve noticed is a new thing that has been bothering me about certain books lately#diary author: I could tell they didn’t like me because I was lower class#book author: yeah I think class was a huge theme for me#like….#it was pretty good at being creepy though I’ll give it that#I just wanted MORE#woah nellie#and don’t even get me started about the queer aspect#also frightfully unsubtle#what is compelling about epistolary novels is the reading between the lines#because most people aren’t aware enough of exactly what’s going on in their head to spell it all out like that#sigh sigh#alas
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𝖠𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺-𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖲𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗇 | 𝖨𝖦: 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺_𝖺𝗋𝗍
#this has to be one of my favorite little comic ever cus YEEEES#I love me a good rain lighting thunder trio <3#ESP while laying in bed with a good book#had to share#cottagecore#comics#art#cute#drawing#rain aesthetic#cozycore#cosycore#reading#comfycore#wholesome#we had MASSIVE rain here today and some lovely lightning & thunder . so this was basically my just switch night to say and bed to couch
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Shout out to FNAF phone guy finally getting a name!
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#fnaf fanart#phone guy#fnaf ralph#william afton#spring Bonnie#FNAF the week before#SO idk if yall heard#but a new fnaf book is about to drop but some folks got it early#and the book is called ‘the week before’#and it stars phone guy! official name revealed to be Ralph!#I’ve seen a few pages of it already and god it’s peak#phone guy is officially a full character now#SO in celebration I wanted to draw something out for him!!#William just calling Ralph ‘phone guy’ over and over#cause the book mentions too 💀 phone guy is his canon nickname in fnaf too#SO silly love it gonna get this book no doubt to read in full#fnaf is so good rn guys I’m deep in it 🩵#so expect more arts 🩵🩵🩵
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Redrawing one of my favorite drawings from The Book of Bill
God! These bitches gay! Good for them! Good for them!
#the book of bill#bill cipher#stanford pines#billford#Gravity Falls#i stayed up until 3am last night so that i could finish the book#and then i was awake for a full hour (probably) trying to digest what the fuck did i just read#oh Gravity Falls it is good to be back#side note#the ARG that's currently going is amazing#i have never seen the community this invested in something since... probably Lost Legends
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one of my favourite little things about the murderbot diaries is how present all secunit's friends are even if they're not actually physically present. it doesn't do the annoying thing where it jumps through hoops to bring back characters that aren't really relevant to the narrative but it also doesn't do the other annoying thing where it pretends they never existed either. like secunit talks about art and mensah all the time even when art or mensah aren't in the book. it's clear how bharadwaj has impacted its personal growth even when she's literally on another planet. it complains about gurathin and pin-lee when they're not there. it's still sad about miki and don abene and it mentions tapan and maro and rami even though it only knew them for a few days (because when you're new at being a person every interaction with other people is important even if it's short). iris reminds it of mensah. iris also reminds it of ratthi. its hair is fluffy bc it let amena play hairdresser off-screen and it messages her so she knows it's okay. it doesn't have to worry about protecting volescu anymore because volescu retired thank goodness. it's still using thiago's language module. etc etc etc
it's such good writing because it's such a little thing that gives the characterization and relationships greater depth and also reinforces the running theme of friendship in the series and then also subtly gives this sense of 'the people you love are a part of you/your story' and also reinforces secunit's role as a storyteller because it's constantly telling little stories about all its friends.
#theyre good books brent#murderbot#dont mind me apparently when i have an evening nap and no work the next day#i stay up late possessed by a spirit of literary analysis.#oh hell im probably going to have another super nerdy literary dream tonight ffs.#the fact that this has happened multiple times is both sad and embarassing. i know we should all just be ourselves and embrace the cringe#but dreaming about literary analysis is really going too far i think.#if youve read all these tags you should also read the murderbot diaries. thank you and good night.
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If your ever having a bad day just remember your not Darrel Curtis having to read his younger brothers theme where he’s called heartless and a bitch a hundred times per page while his other brother is being called hot and perfect every time he’s mentioned
#it must’ve been an awkward dinner that night#“no pony honest I thought it was good just…maybe don’t talk about how buettiful soda is for a minute“#or worse you could be Mr. Syme having to read that who BOOK#the outsiders 1983#the outsiders#the outsiders 1990#the outsiders musical#the outsiders book#sodapop curtis#dallas winston#ponyboy curtis#darry curtis#johnny cade#steve randle#two bit mathews
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knighted
#MOMENTS THAT MAKE ME EMOTIONAL. BAUL CALLING HIM BY NAME NOT CALLING HIM HUMAN. WEAK AT THE KNEES#i think ill only have time to draw these two pieces before i leave for the holidays so i want them to be a set. i think its fun#talked abt it on twt but artistically its SO fun that book 7 has the 'good guys' w the colors of the night. greens and purples and darks#and the 'bad guys' of the humans strike their queen down with a brilliant yellow light. the light IS the darkness is conceptually yummy#trying to lean into color choices and intentional comps lately. lilias piece reading L>R feels like the angle pushes down on him#here sebek faces with the eye's movement so its more positive. like hes climbing towards his beautiful bright future. ouughj#never before in fandom have i wanted to so clearly break down my own art choices like a historian but diasom does smth to my brain#twst#twisted wonderland#sebek zigvolt#baul zigvolt#ch 7 spoilers#suntails
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cant stop thinkin bout charles and erik readin together on the couch but instead of reading with him charles is listening to eriks thoughts while he reads. Live mind commentary ……..
#xmen#cherik#charles xavier#erik lehnsherr#snap chats#the rare time i post an idea of mine only because i really cant think of a way id draw this#usually i hoard my ideas cause i like surprising you guys but this aint really one i feel like drawing so. For You my friends#like i COULD but. idk just isnt particularly something im itching to draw it just seems cute#but anyways no chat let me cook alright hear me out cause i talk in my brain all the time while i read#sometimes i stop reading just to think about a bit i read yeah#i want charles to listen in on all of eriks side comments or observations he makes while reading something#like if he wanted to charles could read the whole book in less than five minutes- maybe shorter than that#and that aint fun that aint cool …. so time for Audible: Husband Edition. With Commentary#ITD BE SO COZY just hangin out by the fireplace …. maybe its snowin outisde … if snow even exists anymore atp#a light fire cracklin and the study SEEMS totally quiet otherwise and yet…..#charles has been locked in to erik’s off-the-cuff literary analysis and mild comments for the past twenty minutes. its simple but its bliss#charles doesnt have to worry about being seen as invasive .. he doesnt have to suppress his powers …#the rare occasion erik lets charles into his mind for somethin so innocent .. ive made myself sick i fear#see now i wanna try writing a fic but 1.) have written in years 2.) id have to really think hard on how erik would commentate on a book#hm…… actually i do wonder what erik’s commentary on The Fable of the Bees would be …..#IN ANY CASE. maybe - at the very least- i can draw cherik by the fireplce someday ….#thatd be cute … hm …. depends on if i get in the mood for it down the line#anyways i have to drive back to my dorm !!! boo !!!! so good night everyone !!!!!
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posting some of my unfinished comics just to get them out of my mind and because I still think the ideas have merit. Picked at this one for a while before deciding I just wasn't vibing with the compositions even though I really liked the emotional pacing, lol
I imagined this scenario taking place a good while after Band Together, when JD has mostly smoothed things over with the bros but has yet to actually say the words "I'm sorry" because dealing with guilt is hard and he hates the thought that those feelings will never really go away no matter how much he apologizes or how hard he tries to fix things and yadda yadda that's a rant for another post
anyway here's the script I was working off of because I still feel bad I didn't make it to that last bit of dialogue
#my art#trolls band together#trolls fanart#trolls john dory#trolls floyd#dreamworks trolls#trolls#fuck floyd's hair in this btw BIG factor in why I ended up dropping it lmao#he's reading one of clay's sad books#anyway bonus ramble for anyone who actually reads my tags: JD doesn't want floyd to see him crying here#but he doesn't care about bruce seeing him crying in that other comic I posted#because in that case he was too distracted by BRUCE crying to notice that HE TOO had started crying#whereas here he DOES notice and it freaks him out because he doesn't want to cry in front of his brothers#unflappable leader and all that#anyway. thanks for reading GOOD NIGHT
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you could never hurt me
#the top one is a little misleading theyre not beefing there^^ imesh was just like wow you let me in so close i could literally kill you :o#elias: nuh huh#anyways. it's two am and i spent the last 20 minutes writing captions for this#GOOD NIGHT#vtm#vampire the masquerade#vtmb#/elias#artists on tumblr#toreador#art#/imesh#hunter the reckoning#< i guess. i havent read the hunter books yet because i dont know which edition to go with#vampire#scarabocchi#like and subscribe for more radioactive toxic vampire relationships#it took 5 minutes to actually show up on my dash when i tell you i got SCARED#oc lore#elias lore
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RukiYui (+Mukami fam) scans from the Vandead Carnival Official Fanbook (*´ω`)♡
Spoilers for Ruki's route below!
#i've had this book for quite a while but for some reason i never read it until today#i figured i should share ruki's section with my fellow stans hehe#i included the “gift from mukamis” q&a and the christmas artwork as well b/c it would be a crime not to#love ruki's gift ideas. we know that he is capable of some lovely poetry. and a night entirely alone with him....hoooh boy. YES PLEASE#did my best with the scans but meh#it's pretty difficult to get as good pictures as i'd like from such large pages tbh#couldn't use my scanner either since that would damage the spine T_T#maybe i'll post some close-ups of ruki's poses and facial expressions sometime. we'll see#ruki x yui#ruki mukami#yui komori#vandead carnival#yuma mukami#kou mukami#azusa mukami#mine#diabolik lovers#i've got some tokutens lined up after this#i think you'll enjoy them (///ω///) so look forward to those (//∇//)
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“I know you’re out there,” she said again.
Silence, again—and then a familiar, if tinny, voice: “No, sunshine, you don’t.”
#AHH SLATER U CHEEKY LITTLE BASTARD ILYYY#he’s so good for Gigi#love how Gigi likes to thinks abt him late at night sitting on the roof outside her bedroom window late at night <33#mattias slater#slater#gigi grayson#grayson hawthorne#tgg#books#bibliophile#book review#booklr#authors#books and reading#books & libraries#i love books#book quote#book tropes#the inheritance games#jlb
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#good morning#night#tumblr polls#random polls#poll time#my polls#polls#a poll a day#good evening#good night#love yourself#love you all#love you guys#winethorn#shower thoughts#shower thinking#shower thots#shower things#wineoclock#wine thoughts#random#books & libraries#booklr#bookblr#books and reading#bookworm#books#bookkeeping#early morning#morning routine
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#mine#doctor who#dwedit#david tennant#catherine tate#hi friends i haven't made gifs in a few days#very tiring week#i took my class on a field trip yesterday and it went well overall#but it was very exhausting!!!!#AND THEN i find out that report cards are due next week#and i haven't started on them yet yayyyy........ D:#so that's what i'll be doing all weekend sigh#i want to make faster progress on this book i'm reading#but it's been very slow going because whenever i try to read at bedtime#i fall asleep almost instantly because i'm so tired#so i'm gonna go try to read now!!! good night!!!!
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#good night gorilla#peggy rathmann#picture book#book poll#have you read this book poll#polls#requested
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it fascinates me how often a choice of first or - gasp - second person storytelling can create so much derision and discourse. having preferences is fine obviously, and as a writing choice it Does matter, because all writing choices matter. i don't really... notice?? anymore??? or like, i DO notice, but more in a "what information will the narrative give me access to" kind of way.
i know second person especially can be jarring if you're not used to it, because it's "he would not fucking say that" but for yourself. but it's also like... so many song lyrics have "you" and "i" and to me they're just. a story that exists separate from me. (to the degree lyrics exist to me at all as something other than Sounds that are part of a music piece, but that's the audio processing disorder/'did not grow up with english as a first language and never bothered to decode lyrics' of it all speaking)
i suspect a lot of derision towards first person narratives comes from a derision towards the genres in which it is a staple, rather than that it's somehow uniquely bad. there's really not much difference between a first person perspective and limited third person perspective??
#when i read the night circus by erin morgenstern many years ago the second person interludes were so alien and strange to me#what a bold and fascinating choice!! along with the black edges of the pages the book felt so strange and unique!!!#fast forward to now. reads a good short story. sees comment balking at the second person narration. realises i didn't even notice#also this is just me musing abt stuff i am not trying to discourse or discard anyone's very real feelings n opinions#ive also been thinking abt song lyrics and how many people take them as something deeply personal and by neccessity relatable#and like that's often the intention of the music!!!! it can be something so deeply personal!!!#i rarely think of music as relatable on account of. well mostly i don't hear most of the lyrics#second a lot of the music i listen to is like. folk music as a form of storytelling#and third a lot of music abt falling in love and stuff is just not gonna resonate with an aroace person and that's. so much music#my personal music priorities are Vibes and Banginess. i#am so sleepy rn
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