#i reread the series and there’s nothing???

[sillylittlerock]

ty for the tagg i love these sm i like reading everyone's answers

3 ships i like ~ byler 100% (mike and will) that's my main one LMAO but i also like percabeth (percy and annabeth) and elmax (el and max)

First ship ever ~ honestly probably hazel and alexander from the "a muder most unladylike" series, 10 year old me loved them, or (dont jude i was like 10) ron and hermione from harry potter... IVE CHANGED I SWEAR

Last song you've played ~ from the start by laufey <3

Fav childhood book ~ the "a murder most unladylike" books for sureee i still reread them if im having a bad time mentally bcs they're oddly comforting

Currently reading - the Metamorphasis by Kafka (which i'm loving) and Powerless (which i am not a fan of so far but i hate DNFing books so)

Currently eating ~ nothing but i'm having leftover pizza for lunch soon

Currently craving ~ MOZZARELLA STICKS I NEED THEM and my dad forgot to get any from the supermarket yesterday so i have to wait another week :(

tagging @thebe4ulog and anyone else who wants to joinn

9 Fandom Folks to Get to Know Better

TY for tagging @echo-coyote !!

3 Ships I like: TBH I’m not rly into shipping (aroace-spec) but I do specifically love seeing Bly/Aayla in my feed they just so cute!! I should draw them.

First Ship Ever: Never really had one to this day lol

Last Song You've Heard: Moon&Prince from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack

Favorite Childhood Book: I think the My Father’s Dragon books hold the most noistalgia for me 🥰 They’re still in my bookshelf.

Currently Reading: I'm finally reading Dark Disciple! And Walking Practice by Dolki Min. A Korean horror book about a shapeshifting alien who eats the people it matches with on tinder.

Currently Watching: Tim and Eric Super Awesome Show Great Job! and always running back through TBB and TCW casually. Thinking about starting Shogun soon tho? I also need to finish Rings of Power and Vox Machina. The Amazon ads are killing me tho.

Currently Consuming: Nothing I just woke up but will soon grab my water bottle.

Currently Craving: a chocolate croissant that is waiting for me in the kitchen 😳

NPT: @spicy-tomato-sauce @soularsss @collishere @stars-n-spice @noblelightfighter @electrikworm

(Apologies if ur already tagged I have been offline for a bit hehe)

[lisbethtylanhnem]

Rereading TFOTA and I realize one of the reasons I like it so much—so much more than Holly Black's other books, even—is because it's masterful at delivering on its initial promise.

The promise being a redcap murdering his unfaithful wife and raising her daughters as his.

Everything is a consequence of this.

Every single decision Jude, Taryn or Vivi take is directly influenced by this.

Jude wanting nothing more than power and becoming queen? Vivi wanting nothing more than to leave? Taryn nothing more than to fit in and killing Locke?

That's because they have Madoc as a father.

And this is also why I think the relationship between Jude and Madoc is the most important one in the series.

He is the main antagonist. His motivations and his moves stir the plot forward, always, and what stirs it even more is that he raised his daughters to be mini-him: more than worthy opponents, more cruel and cunning than most faes.

Madoc was behind the Greenbriar line assassination. He was the one instructing Taryn to fool Cardan. He was the one almost killing Jude in TQoN. And more that I forgot.

Just a thought, though. I'll refine it one day.

[pigeonclaw]

All done! I tried not to use anybody more than once but some repeats were just unavoidable. If I reread the entire series again right now, I'm sure some of these would change, but here's who I thought of.

My reasons and a blank template under the cut.

Berryheart & Sunbeam: I was so stressed reading about them lol. But I appreciated how complex their relationship was, especially on Sunbeam's side. Berryheart loved her kids, and she hurt her kids quite badly because she thought she was doing the right thing. And that was a tough thing for Sunbeam to cope with. It's not a positive relationship but it is compelling, and I enjoyed that!

The Three: This is more for Lionblaze and Jayfeather (mainly since we've had more time with the two of them) but it would be wrong to leave Hollyleaf out! Most siblings in this series have some sort of strife between them, and these three have had their moments too, but they cared deeply about each other.

Rootspring & Shadowsight: I liked their friendship in TBC. Particularly I liked how insecure they both were, but how they admired each other for the very traits they were insecure about. It was sweet. Perhaps they should kiss.

Tree & Rootspring: This is largely just because Tree is the most supportive dad ever. I like that he stuck by Rootspring and helped him get Bramblestar's message out while still keeping his secret -- even though it was really inconvenient, his son's feelings mattered to him. I like that as soon as trouble came, he was ready to pack up and get his family out of the Clans, but he listened to their wishes and stayed and supported them.

Nightheart & Frostdawn: Their friendship was very sweet in Thunder. I love how Nightheart supported Frostpaw when she was at her lowest point, and how Frostpaw learned to rely on him, which helped her start trusting others again.

Brightheart & Cloudtail: A classic old pairing. I guess I'm a sucker for stories of one character being terribly wounded and at the worst point in their life and then another character supporting them through it and them bonding. Whether that's platonic (like Nightheart & Frostdawn) or romantic like Brightheart & Cloudtail, I'm a fan.

Tawnypelt & Birchfeather: I probably don't need to explain this one since everybody's talking about it. But Tawnypelt's support of Birchfeather when his own parents refuse to acknowledge him is sweet.

Fireheart & Cinderpaw: It's been a while since I last read the first arc, but I remember enjoying these two as both mentor and apprentice and as friends. Nothing too deep here, they were just fun to read about.

Sunbeam & Lightleap: It's a shame their friendship broke down so early into ASC. I enjoy a ship between someone who's calm and sensible and someone who would commit arson on a dare. They could balance each other out, or they could stress each other out. Either way would be interesting to read about!

Please talk to me about your favorite relationships of various types as well! I always enjoy hearing what kinds of characters, tropes, etc appeal to other people.

Here's the blank template!

[onestorytorulethemall]

guys we’ve gaslighted ourselves into thinking travis stoll and katie gardner are canon

[starry-eyed-psychopomp]

You’d think that omegaverse aus would work really well for SVSSS, what with PIDW being a shitty internet porn series with 10,000 variations of sex pollen, but if you really try to rework the whole universe for abo you’ll find that it would actually crumble the very foundations of the series. This is due to the simple fact that the entire plot is spurred by Su Xiyan’s pregnancy, with her giving birth to Binghe alone while Tianlang-jun is imprisoned, but if the series was omegaverse there is no way in all hell that notorious dom sugar daddy masc Su Xiyan wouldn’t be the alpha to submissive and breedable omega Tianlang-jun. ANY other possibility is OOC on a world-breaking level. In this essay I will

[bookwyrminspiration]

hey. if you haven't read the A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons (highly recommended for high/hard fantasy lovers)

Some of the wording is intentionally a tad misrepresentative simply because its funnier that way, but it's still accurate.

please read a chorus of dragons by jenn lyons. please. i promise I've spoiled like nothing, there's so much context and other happenings missing. i am begging

[rollercoasterwords]

hiiiii i hope life is good! just wondering if you've read any good fics lately that you'd reccomend ? :~)

simply have not been reading v much fic the past year or two my peak fic-reading year was in 2022…however have enjoyed some r/s oneshots + a few drarry fics over the past few months!

crushed ice by sectoren @sectoren is a really fun r/s oneshot in which s keeps showing up 2 r’s part-time jobs…had me giggling & kicking my feet etc…

your hand in mine and other brief, annihilating intimacies by superloonyluna @superloonyluna is another r/s oneshot w absolutely beautiful writing in which s is a performer in a traveling theater troupe & r is their last minute stand-in for the leading man <3

revolvevlover by firethesound & zeitgeistic is a drarry fic that actually killed me…technically a oneshot as well but it’s 56k words so. harry is an assassin who gets assigned draco as a mark…ending made me wanna throw my phone at the wall 🤧

nor all that glisters by sweet_sorrow (sweet_s0rr0w? i can’t tell w the ao3 font…) @sweet-s0rr0w is another drarry fic in which draco starts taking felix felicis post-war during his house arrest 2 try and turn his life around 🤭

completely different fandom but read the end of the world by fernwithy a while back which was a fic abt haymitch’s hunger games & really liked it <3

have so many fics on my to-read list as well that i simply haven’t gotten around to yet…if anyone else has recs they’d like 2 share please feel free…

[l3irdl3rain]

Merril and Petunia are like Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg from the discworld series

Someone on here mentioned I should read this series and I really, really need to. So thank you for your reminder again!!!

[hollowflight-propaganda]

"He didn't understand why they would want to be on their own, cut off from their protectors."

Oh gee, I don't know Webs. Maybe it could be because you let Kestrel beat them all the time? Or how her and Dune would consistently verbally abuse them? Or how they were never allowed to go outside their whole childhoods? Or wait! Maybe it could be because you all were going to kill Glory.

[robo-bozo7125]

we need more fictional AI like the Thunderhead in our lives. an all powerful evil AI is great and all, don't get me wrong, but we need more benevolent incorruptible all powerful AI entities...

[freetobeeyouandme]

God rereading TFC after TSC is so fun on so many levels, starting with but not limited to Neil's character development...boy really went from "Neil Josten was nobody, he could be nothing because he couldn't stay anywhere and get attached to anyone" and thinking he might not survive the first Foxes vs. Ravens match but sticking around to make sure Kevin would to casually ordering a hit while having lunch as he waits for the FBI and eating takeout during the interrogation and being a general nuissance @ everyone including the feds. i love him so so so much

[keepthemacramesecret]

absently fantasizing about someone finding some unpublished ewh manuscript for a 4th raffles series. as one does. raffles' sister writes to bunny maybe, she never knew anything ofc and they never met but she was fond of her brother and she understands. so hes compelled to write up another 8 or 9 little adventures. maybe one is the ever hinted but never fully explained school-aged sneaking out. a few more from ham common now that some time has passed and theyre not open cases to be a risk for bunny to write about. it ends with a short structurally last-word-esque epilogue about raffles showing up on bunny's doorstep in 1908 or so because of course he survived and of course he couldnt come back right away but hes here now and wont bunny run away with him one more time?

[radiantmists]

fascinating that there are so many stories for kids that say 'you can save the world' but so few that say 'you can change the world'

[themoonking]

it’s not actually that weird that people are saying “harry potter was never good, actually” after joanne went full mask off, and no it doesn’t mean that we all secretly think harry potter is amazing but don’t want to admit it. it’s pretty simple actually: most people read harry potter when they were children, when they hadn’t read a lot of other books and therefore didn’t have a lot to compare it to. then every time you reread it as an adult, you’re looking through pretty hefty nostalgia goggles. then, after you’ve realized that joanne is a violent bigot that wants you and / or people you love and care for dead, those goggles are broken and when you attempt to look at hp again you’re more likely to see it’s flaws. it’s not rocket science.

[purpleandstarlight]

I love how Ciel loves to bits his servants who (apparently) don't do shit around the house and just destroy his property constantly but hates the dude who genuinely does everything around the manor, and does it spotlessly.

It's understandable with context (because Sebby is an asshole) but immagine:

You get a friend into kuro without explaining much of the plot, just giving some vague trigger warning on the themes and Yana's weird fixation with putting weird ang gross stuff in it, and as your friend reads the first chapter they're like "Why doesn't Ciel just fire these people? They keep Messing up and Sebastian does everything in the end." so you don't say the truth abt their real job bc that's spoiler but you say "Because Ciel and the servants love eachother very very much. They're eachother's blorbos."

And then your friend is like "Bro why is Ciel such a bitch to Sebastian then?" "Oh that's because him and Ciel can't fucking stand eachother." And your friend just stares at you like "???"

[booksandberries]

puts hand on me cheek

WHY DID I GO LOOKING FOR FANFIC ON PIXIV BEFORE AO3