#i cannot wait for the sequel 😔

[excaliburcabbage]

🍁🦊jin sakai tribute gifset - “the first ghost.”

“There will be no grand choirs to sing

No chorus will come in

No ballad will be written

This will be entirely forgotten…”

-florence + the machine

[pinkasrenzo]

mid-year book tag

thank you @bloody-wonder for the tag🥰

1. Best Book You’ve Read So Far in 2024? Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat, positively destroyed me

2. Best Sequel You’ve Read So Far in 2024? also Dark Heir and I cannot wait for the sequel I need. answers.

3. New Release You Haven’t Read Yet, But Want To? The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black, tho I have yet to read the previous book so it’ll have to wait :”)

4. Most Anticipated Release For Second Half of 2024? Nothing at the moment, but we’ll see if something catches my eye

5. Biggest Disappointment? Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman, it had a very interesting premise but didn’t do much with it? Or at least I feel like it could’ve done so much more cause the potential was there but it didn’t, instead went over the same point over and over again in a fairly boring way so the whole thing ended up falling flat for me

6. Biggest Surprise? Can’t say a book has surprised me yet so far, all have pretty much matched expectations, but there’s still time

7. Favorite New Author? Not exactly new but Pacat did confirm my love for her writing once again, and did not disappoint even with the “limits” of YA target audience which did have me a bit skeptical at first, but boy did she deliver

8. Newest Favorite Character? Will Kempen (Dark Rise) is the most pathetic wettest little meow meow he’ll have to be so strong to withstand book #3😔💪🏻

9. Newest Fictional Crush? I too would be weak for Sarcean (Dark Rise), I get it Anharion I truly truly do🙏🏻

💕Best Ship💕 James/Will (Dark Rise) have me chewing wires they’re so !!!!!! the rituals are so damn intricate jesus chRIST.

10. Book That Made You Cry? Not cry but The Body by Stephen King nearly had me there ngl

11. Book That Made You Happy? The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic, tho arguably not a happy book :”)

12. Favorite Book Adaptation You Saw This Year? oh 3 Body Problem was amazing binged it in one sitting I could not stop watching and I definitely want to read the books some day! Also ofc Interview with the Vampire was insane and unhinged and so so so good and I need season 3 yesterday. and I will read the books for this too, need me more absolutely deranged vampires

13. Favorite Review You’ve Written This Year? I don’t really write reviews but I did spam Dark Rise to @novishu and got her to obsesses over read it so I’m counting that as a very successful review😌✨

14. Most Beautiful Cover? Firekeepeer’s Daughter is mesmerising, love the mirror effect and the colours! Also The Chosen and the Beautiful has very delicate feel to it, and fits the book perfectly so that’s a close second

15. What Books Do You Need To Read By The End of The Year? I’m trying to get through all the books/ebooks I already have so that’s a plan. Also I’m currently reading The Goldfinch and if it doesn’t wear me out I might tackle The Secret History next and then Babel as I’ve had those on my TBR for a while now, and I wanted to read Babel after TSH since I’ve seen it described as a critique/different take on the same themes of that (and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell which I’ve already read)

(no pressure) tagging @fugitoidkry @novishu @montdargent

[starcollectorsilas]

bestie you still alive? Haven’t seen you on the dash lately :/

Any fanfic recommendations? I’ve hit a wall I think. Anything I enjoyed either isn’t updating anymore (don’t take this as me pushing You For updates btw no stressing out here no sir) or is in very very early stages to a point where I’m not sure whether not i actually enjoy it (case in point: this time travel fanfic I stumbled across that barely has any plot atp — like one chapter I think? And while the summary sounds pretty good I dunno if it’s worth getting invested :/)

HI i am still alive yes!!! i've just been very busy and distracted. I only got back from my summer camp last Friday, so Saturday was Recovery time and Sunday went school shopping, Monday went looking for volunteering work(didn't find any😔) Tuesday had a roadtrip and yesterday I was writing music all day(I have a Problem)

I have done a post with fanfic recommendations before and I did just spend ages looking for it to link it but I cannot find it for the life of me. I actually don't read a lot of fanfiction myself, I prefer writing it BUT I have a few authors I could recommend.

First my beloved friend @sorry-i-panicked who is the author of 'The memory of your name' which you will find is actually the only sskk fic to exist. I am not a particularly avid sskk shipper myself but i eat this fic UP every time it updates. It's still ongoing, and usually updates every other monday <3

I'd also recommend another one of my mutuals, @woklaza who is the author of 'Looking at the stars like we used to' which I regretfully haven't read yet but is definitely on my tbr They've also written a number of other bsd oneshots too!! I did a fic exchange with them for valentine's and it was AWESOME so i highly recommend

'to forget that is unforgivable' by @myshenkamouse is also really good, though it hasn't been updated in a while. I know the author has been working on the next chapter(I've had the honour of beta reading) and it is REALLY good if you have the patience to wait.

The main other thing I'd recommend may the series of relationship reveals by xxalwayssofia on ao3, I haven't read them all but I want through a phase of a few days where I'd just sit for hours and read through them, there's 47 so far, and I found them pretty funny most of the time.

Sorry I don't have more ;-; I'm really not the person to go to for fic recommendations, since I usually only read what my mutuals write. Some things I read and enjoyed were 'Tempus Fugit', 'Magic and Mystery' and the sequel, this fic with a title too long to type, 'Exposure therapy' (ongoing), and 'The life we could've lived' though I haven't finished it yet.

In terms of my own fics, I'm going to work on the next chapter of as the gold bleeds into grey right now actually, and I'll probably post it when it's done instead of waiting for sunday. I don't know how many of my fics you've read, but I have 33 in total, so maybe you could check some of the others out if you haven't yet.

I hope this was a satisfactory list!!! ty for the ask

[genevieveskingdom]

Why I switched from Choices to Romance Club 📖

I started playing Choices in 2019 and I was always so delighted when they veröffentlicht published a new story. I really loved playing that game, but last year I discovered a girl on YouTube who was posting some let's plays from Theodora and I immediately wanted to try this game.

~ The graphic is waaay better and more realistic.

No reused faces nor characters. I am always amazed about every new book and its characters. Even the so-called "unimportant" side characters have their own design and are not reused which cannot be said about Choices unfortunately. 😔

~ Better character development. Your choices really matter and have different outcome for the MC.

The way you interact with each of the characters has its consequences. The LI's also interact like real people and if you date someone and then decide to switch to an other LI, their romance path is closed. You really have to choose wisely for whom you decide to be with.

~ Quality over quantity

I don't really remember how many books are currently published (ended and ongoing) in RC, but it's definitely not as much as in the Choices app. I HATE the VIP books and that fact that you have to wait thousand years for it to get widely released! 😵 And when you open the first chapter you see that it's just another single love interest book with some three macho guys you are not attracted to (I respect everyone who's into the standard "sexy" type of men, of course, it's just not me 😇) and three girls from whom you choose the kleinste smallest evil.

~ More accessible diamonds and teas

I LOVE Diamond Rush, Tea Parties and so on 😍 It's sooo player-friendly and so worth it! Even the access to diamonds and teas is more suited for wide audience and honestly - when RC is so generous and want to give you so much for free, then you want to buy some diamond/tea pack from them even more, because you know they value their players. 🙏

~ No single love interest books!

Oh my gosh, I have been so annoyed that most of the books Choices release lately is meant for single romance. The problem is not with faithfulness, but with the fact that everyone has their own definition of attraction and beauty. And most of the main LIs in single love interest books are written stereotypically (Bad Boy, guy nextdoor, rebellious girl...) I miss the plasticity of their personalities, of their appearances. Not everyone who matches today's beauty standards is actually beautiful. There should be diversity in LIs. Some of them should be curvier, more slender, with glasses, with bigger nose, with disability, with albinism... Just go on the street and look at the classic human beauty seen every day in public transport! Stop giving us some plain definition of beauty which lacks its own charm.

The only thing I would improve in RC would be the option to choose if we want to play as a male, female, non-binary...etc. As far as I know, only Gladiator's Chronicles have a male MC.

Now I have some personal highlights about Choices I'd like to get rid of because it's been in me for so long 🙉

First thing's first, The Princess Swap was such a good book. I loved the idea. Still, I've got a certain love-hate relationship with this book. First of all, biology and genetics does not make sense in this standalone. Secondly, lord Cecil was not as bad as everyone thinks. He and the king were my most favourite characters, actually. 🤭 Third, I was so annoyed by the prince/ss of Ismar. We were forced to marry them, we could not even say no.🤦

I loved BOLAS N° 1. I replayed the story twice. I was in love with Tyril Starfury. Even though I loved Kaya Duskraven more. She was sooo gorgeous! When they introduced the sequel to us I was naively hoping that we might get Kaya back. That we would find some magical artefact, for example, and bring her back to life, so that she can join the party and be our new love interest. I would definitely switch to her. Instead, we got Valax... I am a little bit disappointed by the sequel, to be honest. They were promising us so many mesmerizing things and I was just expecting a little more from the three years waiting episode. Not only did I not understand why Cherta and Willow joined our party and then they left afterwards... I was like: okay, new love interests apparently. And then whoosh, they vanished. And we ended up trapped with the Valax-drama until the last chapters... I respect everyone who likes the sequel, it is just not me. Unfortunately. I will stick to the good old first book, which I love. 🩷

[foundationsoftheslay]

SABBRA CADABRA – prologue.

(  TRIGGER WARNING: SLIGHT MENTIONS OF MENTAL ABUSE!  )

DECEMBER 26, 1982 IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

THIRD PERSON P.O.V.

leighton sighed gently as she continued sewing scarves with her mother. the eighteen year old girl, who was the youngest of all her siblings, was very close with her mother - she was definitely more of a mama's girl than a daddy's girl - and one thing the two girls bonded over was sewing.

"leighton, you look like you have something on your mind, dear," her mother, jan, said to her, setting down the cloth she was showing and looking at her daughter. "yeah, there's a lot on my mind, actually," the young teen responded. "trent, uhm... you know how he's been these past two years, nothing but horrible to me, so i finally dumped him."

"as you should've," jan responded, making leighton giggle a bit. "but the problem is, he's still living with his parents, and he knows where i live, so he can definitely still get to me; that really worries me," the brunette said to her mother, tears forming in her eyes at the thought. "hey, honey, it's alright; you don't need to worry about it, alright? we'll all protect you, baby girl," jan said, wrapping an arm around her shoulders, and celeste let it all out; she began sobbing nearly uncontrollably.

( trigger warning here)

her now ex-boyfriend, trent, had been... well, not exactly her high school sweetheart, but her high school boyfriend for just over 2 years now. when she had first met him, he seemed like a real nice guy, but basically immediately after she started dating him, trent began acting like a manipulative dick. he'd make her get into things she didn't want to get into, he made her do things she didn't want to, he made her believe that he loved her when he was really just using her. leighton was gullible as fuck, and she did and believed all these things. she was a puppet with her strings being pulled by trent, the master of puppets. this had all been going on for two whole years, and then leighton's older brother, cliff, finally smacked some sense into her and got her to break up with him.

( trigger warning end )

just then, the front door flung open, and jan looked over to see cliff standing there with a wide smile, which was quickly replaced with a frown when he saw his baby sister crying. "hey, leighton, what's up?" he asked her, rushing over to her and sitting next to her and putting a hand on her shoulder. the brunette struggled to speak through her sobs, but she was able to get something out. "it's a long story," she responded when she was able to take deep breaths and collect herself. "so long story short, i dumped trent, but i'm still scared of him getting to me somehow."

"and like i said earlier, we'll protect you," jan told her. "yeah, we'll do it with our lives. i'd gladly beat his ass, just so you know," cliff reassured his sister, making her smile slightly. "oh, also, you know how i talked to the boys of metallica about maybe hiring you as our wardrobe lady?" the redhead asked his sister, and she nodded. "well, you're hired, leighton," cliff said with a smile, and leighton smiled widely. "really? oh my god, thanks so much!" she said, hugging her brother tightly, and he chuckled slightly and hugged her back.

in the matter of seconds, all her worries were gone, and she was the happiest girl in the world. all her years of beauty school and practicing design were finally paying off! she didn't care if she wasn't going to get paid well.

all that mattered to her was that she finally got a job that she'd been dreaming of having.

[sexysilverstrider]

last year my fav 2020 otome games are piofiore and collar x malice. this year my fav 2021 otome games are olympia soiree and steam prison.

cant wait for 2022 but one things for sure: my favourite and most anticipated game is piofiore episodio 1926 ☺💕💕💕

[squarefriend]

Gosh dang it, you really got me thinking about this all day!! So, have some skeleskirts!!:

(Bonus self indulgent ball gown pictured above ❤️)

Pants are logistically harder to put on than skirts. Very him.

I know this is too much self-projecting but i really want sans to use a dress

[galkyrie]

1. Galky i cannot overstate how much I’m obsessed with Under the Vitrine Glass 😔😔😔😔 it kept giving and giving and my the end of it i truly understood the utter devastation of never being able to experience that for the first time again.

2. On one hand my fave chapter was the culmination where Jason’s trailing Tim during the abduction and just has to…. Sit with it. On the other hand the chapter with their confession scene had me howling like a stock wolf sound in a kid’s show halloween special u see

6. Steph’s high school au romcom guess of what jaytim was doing undercover is definitely up there for things that suddenly come into my mind like a pop-up ad on kissanime and so is young justice eating their defeated crab monster

but actually that part in fates when jasons in tims bathroom panickedly calling roy and the archer says like ‘how do u platonically call another man baby 🤔’ that haunts my dreams like a generational curse

8. Your prose!!! And descriptions!!! You’re rlly great at setting moods and pacing and im so jelly of how well you do ur dialogues!!!!

9. I think we’re all excited for fates!!! But honestly i am also creeping in the corner for ur once-mentioned vitrine sequel bodyguard fic

12. Obvious answer aside, i actually revisit your drabble series a lot!!!! Like refilling a cup of coffee the whole thing is just a rlly nice pick-me-up!!

13. One day I’ll be some boring business person in a boring desk job and ill have a business card that i give out to everyone and under my name and contact information itll be right there: ‘read galkyrie fics on ao3’ (jk but it’s definitely on my starter list anytime i have friends who want to get into jaytim!!)

Roppie hiiii omg thank you!

As soon as Fates is finished I'm going to be going through and do a rewrite for Vitrine so! Maybe you WILL get to feel like you're reading it for the first time again.

I'm SO glad to hear that the scene with Jason having to just wait was as effective as I was hoping, I tried really hard to strike a balance between Tim's competence and the danger the position he'd put himself in posed, and Jason's absolute respect for the first one while struggling with the second. It and the scene where Tim needs him to touch him to ground him mean SO much to me.

I'm delighted to hear that some of the funnier parts work for you! I'm always questioning if these things are amusing to anyone but me

I actually wrote the first few scenes for the Vitrine sequel WAY back and will have to look at it again at some point- I have NOT forgotten I'm just a baby who doesn't want to look up new jerseys municipal codes and would need some fortitude to write Tim in his "Wayne Heir" persona for an extended amount of time

Honestly this was so sweet and thank you for taking the time to send it. I'll have you know I read your JTW time-travel comic basically three times a week because!!! Doting husband Jason who can't resist spoiling his Babybird even if it risks a paradox, and giving Jay shit and baby Jason's surprised Pikachu face the second he says "husbands" is the CUTEST thing

[revenant-dumpster-fire]

hey there! i absolutely love your content (especially your writing, it’s like one giant, intricate poem. AND THE WORLD BUILDING OMG) and i just had a question for you

i’ve recently rediscovered your fic ‘Just a Volunteer’ (started it a year ago before i lost it 😔) and sadly, i’ve almost reached the end of it. i was just wondering if there were other works you’d recommend similar to it?? (...in other words rev fics. *shakes my fist in the air* you completely outed me as the revenant lover that i am) 

side note: i’m aware of the sequel ‘Lost Files’ and can’t wait to read it next but i just know i’ll plow through it because of just how good your writing is ☹️ take care you stylistic genius, hope you’re doing well!!

Oh, thank you so much! That's so kind of you!

If you haven't seen (and I apologize if you already know this): the good news on my fanfic is that The Lost Files is one (difficult) chapter away from completion, and Book #2 is actually almost halfway done! It's only being held up by that aforementioned difficult chapter. I am doing my best, and I really genuinely appreciate the patience and kindness of everyone sticking around.

Anyways, onto your real question!

As for suggestions, it is so dependent on what you're looking for! I try not to read too much of other people's work just because I don't want to accidentally plagiarize any ideas, but I can point you in a few directions! Also, plenty of stories are incomplete. (All these link to Ao3, which is the premier site for this kind of content. I didn't want to make anyone uncomfy by pointing directly to a Tumblr, so I hope this is okay.)

Non-Terrae Plus Ultra: This fic is one of the longest I've seen, and has a number of Reader x Character interactions. This writer keeps Revenant extremely rough and mean, and it is explicit with no mature version, so read at your own risk! You can easily skip to the interactions you're more interested in, rather than reading the whole thing. The author is very dedicated to writing a lot and often, and I cannot help but be impressed by them for that.

If You Make a Robot Your B****: This is a fic writer here on Tumblr as well, but mind the rules of having your age in your bio before interacting (oops got myself blocked that way—but that's my own fault even though I'm old enough!). Either way, they made a lot and seem to have gathered a large fanbase doing so for good reason. You could easily carouse their backlog for anything you're interested in. Generally, their work is explicit (hence their rules) with no mature version.

I'm Not Supposed to Love You: As you can imagine, this one is also explicit (I really hope you weren't looking for a mature selection... goodness I messed up if so). This person also posted to Tumblr quite a bit, and honestly I just found their work super cool. I got to beta read a few chapters, and help a little wherever possible. I think they've been off the scene for a bit, and I hope the author is doing well and enjoying life, but this one may never be completed. Despite that, it'll always be nostalgic for me just because the author was always kind to me, even in a really dark time in my life.

Red Lines: Explicit. Haha... ah. Anyways! This is also a good writer form the Tumblrsphere as well, and this was—I believe—the first fanfiction I ever read? I think? So in a way, my entire writing career (as short and socially unacceptable as it has been) is owed to this one. Which is crazy to think! But honestly, my own work has a couple very loose references to this one, in part based on this piece teaching me a bit about the canon lore when I was still learning. Solid one.

So, uh, those are all explicit. I am so sorry if you were looking for ones with mature options. I don't think it's too often that a writer will make a mature version of their work, but I am very glad I did for those who were uncomfy with explicit works. I also think my narrative is a bit unique, and I'm not entirely sure who else "writes like me". All these share the same subject of affection, at least! So hopefully they'll suffice!

Thank you so much for your kind words though!! I really appreciate your kindness and encouragement. I've been able to write a lot more lately because of the support. It means a lot to me. I am glad others get so much out of something I put effort into, even if it's a bit disagreeable to more prudish individuals (whom I genuinely don't mean to offend, this is just how I cope!).

[iloveseung-gi]

The closing of

Hotel Del Luna:

11/08/2021: Man-Wol has not returned in over a month and her tree has dropped all of its leaves and flowers. Now everyone is fearful that she cannot return. Sitting at a bus stop, Chan-Seong finally breaks down. This is so heart wrenching. He is such a strong person that it breaks your heart just seeing him break down. I cried too. And then she returns to the delight of everyone. For her it was a very short time, but for them it was weeks and weeks.

11/09/2021: Episodes 15 and 16 could have been combined. It was way too drawn out with a little interesting piece here or there. We finally got to see the stories of scholar Kim, room manager Choi and Hyeon-Jung and the reason they each stayed at the Hotel instead of moving on to Heaven. I do like how they tied up all the loose ends and gave us closure for our beloved characters.

Man-Wol had full moon to full moon to get her affairs in order before the Hotel closed it’s doors permanently.

I really don’t understand why Ma Go Sin put the flower petals from Man-Wol’s tree into Chan-Seong’s chest while he was sleeping. This made me think that because some of the petals did not disappear Man-Wol would be able to stay and that she would be ‘attached’ to Chan-Seong. Nothing was ever said about this later on.

Another thing they could have done was when Man-Wol got to the Yudo bridge she stopped. The perfect ending would have been for her to be waiting at the bridge for Chan-Seong to come that way. It could’ve shown an old man and once he put his foot on the bridge he turned into the Chan-Seong that we know and holding hands they could have crossed the bridge together. It really irritated me when she smiled, turned and began to walk across the bridge. I felt like she didn’t care that Chan-Seong was suffering alone. And it does show him at the entrance of Samdocheon crying. Other than that the rest of the ending was great. Showing the people getting along with life and following their dreams gave me hope. THE END. 

P. S.: Ma Go Sin felt that the hotel was needed so they got a new owner and he named his hotel “Hotel Blue Moon”. When the new CEO came, there was a lot of hoopla, but I have no idea who that actor is… LOL, but apparently he’s someone special.

Update: Actor Kim Soo Hyun is the new owner of Hotel Blue Moon, but it doesn’t look like a new season will be done even though they left it open for a sequel. 😞😔🙁