#in the afterlight spoilers

[infinitysgrace]

it's the end of 2022 and I'm still upset about Cole

[eatyourdamnpears]

since it’s Ruby’s birthday today, I’d just like to remind everyone of the fact that no one celebrated Ruby’s seventeenth birthday

[eatyourdamnpears]

how dare you say this to me

what’s even sadder than coles death is knowing that if the roles would’ve been reversed and it was liam, cole would’ve never left sawtooth without him and gotten them both killed.

[rk-tmblr]

“Sorry, 'm late I know...”

Geto turned back and saw him walking in his direction, with his lanky body inside the teacher black suit that covered most of him.

“Satoru...?”, he smiled at his name called so incredulously, “What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here!"

“Ouch that hurt,” the white haired man feign a sting in his chest, right above the heart, as dramatic as ever, “I'm a man of words!”, he justified himself.

He couldn't handle the memory of that promise Gojo was referring to. Not right now, not in that moment when it was impossibile to have him there at one arm reach...

“You're really here...”, he whispered while grasping his arms, still stunned, “It can't be, you're-”

“Suguru,” he murmured his name softly as he reached to his cheeks and holding oh so dearly, “I gave it all, 's alright, I wanna rest now.”

[fuckmeyer]

How do you imagine the Cullens and Bella dressing like in your book?

similar style but slight adjustments.

Bella probably goes through the biggest change. she starts off In the Afterlight wearing jeans, band tees, chunky sweaters, & very eclectic pieces (bowling shirt ABSOLUTELY exists). in Come Nightfall she changes - she 1) won't wear anything she stole from Edward (i.e. sweaters and flannels), 2) does so much activity outdoors she's wearing exclusively athletic wear, and 3) is forced to hide her scent later on so objectively dresses WORSE with stained, mismatched thrift-store clothes. doesn't own a khaki skirt. in By Starlight, now that Edward's home, she's back to athletic wear. Edward likes this very, very much.

Edward has the same style with more color. NO sleeveless white button-up because what the FUCK. when he's hunting, he's a jeans and flannel shirt kinda guy - he'll often wear clothes he hates when hunting. (ofc, now that Bella wears his flannel shirts, he's rethinking his tastes.) otherwise, day-to-day, he's a loose slacks, undershirt, & suspenders kinda guy (think 1950s or 20s). nice button-ups and dark fitted sweaters in deep, dark colors like navy, burgundy, phthalo green. extremely lame in a cute way. light spoilers for future chaps, but this man is literally always trying to hide his body.

i picture the Cullens dressing mostly in timeless outfits and styles.

Esme adores dresses and skirts à la Audrey Hepburn. classic, chic, evergreen. she would wear neutrals the most day-to-day but adores flowing prints and polka dots when she feels in the mood :) definitely wears ratty skirts or jeans when gardening.

Rosalie's casual/business casual style has some Princess Di influences with some modern trends mixed in (thanks to Alice). keeps some greasy old jeans and overalls for her mechanic work.

Carlisle really misses wearing embroidered brocaded waistcoats & frilly shirts. thinks modern men's fashion is boring. slacks and button-ups for this man. CARDIGANS ALL DAY. misses wearing ascots, but likes scarves. god, he hates modern men's fashion.

Jasper actually loved his 90s grunge/punk era and never really left it. army boots/doc martins (with the coded laces OFC), ripped jeans, plaid shirts, band tees, beanies, leather jackets with handsewn patches.

Emmett is jeans and tees all day. James Dean kinda guy with the boots, slacks/jeans, nice white tee, bomber jacket.

Alice is a freak. she's following every trend. she says it's to keep the Cullens in the modern world (true - to their dismay, she WILL go through their closets and add/subtract items). but really, it's her way to stay connected to the present day. she has ofc rare commissioned pieces from different designers, beautiful pieces from eras long gone that she can't bear to part with (because ofc everything comes back in style), weird pieces from niche trends... but she absolutely DOES dress like she's straight from a 2000s-era issue of Seventeen. for better or worse.

[wordsandrobots]

The Ragnarök in G Minor playlist

So! Now Ragnarök in G Minor (part 19 of 20 in my Iron-Blooded Orphans post-canon fanfic series Wishing on Space Hardware) is finally posted in full, I thought I'd share the full list of songs quoted at the end of each chapter. Mainly because I used a draft of this post as a way to keep track of all the YouTube links I needed and, well, it'd be a shame to let it go to waste.

This will contain some spoilers for WoSH overall, since where applicable, I'm naming the characters the songs relate to (along with the chapter titles, which are attempts to sum those characters up in a single word). Thus, a cut, to save anyone who wants to dive into the fics unspoilered (I am completing the series with fic #20 in a week's time, so now is an excellent time to do precisely that, if you're up for joining me for 650,000 words of complicated feelings about one of the best shows I've ever had the pleasure of watching).

Wish (prologue) -- A New England by Kirsty MacColl

Loser/Eugene Sevenstark -- Some Kind of Hero by Felix Hagan and the Family

Oddball/Yamagi Gilmerton -- Parallax by Thea Gilmore/Afterlight

Minister/Takaki Uno -- Your Bones by Of Monsters and Men

Sword/Julieta Juris -- Apparition #13 by Thea Gilmore

Corrupt/Earth (interlude) -- Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen

Stray/Argi Mirage -- Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant

Smith/Almandi Iverson (OC) -- Fight for Me by AlicebanD

Maiden/Kudelia Aina Bernstein -- Silver Lining by First Aid Kit

Devil/Kipchoge Ordsley (OC) + Mikazuki Augus -- Wolf Like Me by TV On The Radio

Reconcile/Dort Colonies (interlude) -- Something For The Pain by She Drew The Gun

Noble/Gaelio Bauduin -- The Road You Didn't Take by Stornaway

Terror/Embi -- Appetite for Destruction by Vo Williams

Survivor/Norba Shino -- Rattle and Roar by Skinny Lister

Fighter/Ride Mass -- Skin and Bones by Cage the Elephant

Ally/Teiwaz (interlude) -- The Game by The Levellers

Echo/Ahmed Fahim (OC) -- Rage of Dust by SPYAIR

Remainder/Azee Gurumin -- Try by Pink

Tool/Mackenzie Croft (OC) -- Fire With Fire by AlicebanD

Friend/Chad Chaden -- I'm OK by Honest Men

Grow/Mars (interlude) -- Injuries by Skinny Lister

Mouse/Atra Mixta-Bernstein -- Gold by The Wandering Hearts

Academic/Sri Chaifin (OC) -- Mile Magnificent by molly ofgeography

Fury/Almiria Bauduin -- Fall Together by Thea Gilmore

Human/Derma Altland -- Weeds or Wildflowers by Parsonsfield

Remember (epilogue) -- Embers by Skinny Lister

Vow (epilogue) -- Get Better by Frank Turner

Commit (epilogue) -- Modern Way by The Kaiser Chiefs

Run (epilogue) -- A Good Song Never Dies by Saint Motel

Move (epilogue) -- Battlegrounds by Coco and the Butterfields

[notebookmusical]

can you recommend sites where to get special edition books, please, with links? i'm a bit new to this and i saw some bad reviews about illumicrate and i trust your judgement 🩷

hi hi!! happy to do so — i want to preface this by saying that i've never subscribed to any book boxes long term (aside from a book box that my local bookstore was doing, but that wasn't any special editions and i stopped once my six months were up) but i do have a lot of friends who have, and i have done quite a bit of research into book boxes, etc and can tell you my experiences + what i know of them!

this ask got pretty long-winded, so please feel free to send any follow up asks if at any point i stopped making sense 🤍 answer is under the cut! x

also, if anyone else has opinions/thoughts/etc, feel free to weigh in!

okay! so to better answer your question, i'm going to assume you are trying to grow your book collection and just get more special editions! if you're looking for specific special editions, however, let me know, and i'll amend this ask 🤍

first, you have your big book box companies — illumicrate (including their romance spin off — afterlight), owlcrate, fairyloot are the ones that often come to mind when i think of special editions. most people i know who do subscribe to a book box are subscribed to one of those; they've been around forever, they usually have some fun covers. the downside to those is that unless you get a book-only sub (all of them do offer book only, i believe) you are stuck with a lot of ... stuff ... that you may not want. unless you're big on looking up spoilers for book boxes, you will have a chance of ending up with a book that you have no interest in / do not want / may have already preordered — you can always email to pause your subscription, miss a month, etc (a couple of my friends did that when a specific book came out that they didn't want to support). book box subscriptions can also get pretty pricey, especially once you factor in shipping costs, but like most things, are cheaper in the moment than during resale later. book boxes are a good way for growing your collection and being introduced to a lot of new books, as long as it's a book box in a genre you like. for example, i am not the biggest fan of fantasy, so there's no incentive for me to have a fantasy book box subscription despite their covers always being phenomenal. i think that book boxes can be great for a lot of people, but i personally do not have the space for book boxes, and would rather spend my money on books i know i'll want + book merch i want. if i really do want a specific illumicrate set, i'll usually wait for it to go on sale, or ask around to see if any of my friends have a subscription + do not want it and buy it from them! (more on this later)

then there are some other, smaller book box companies — fox & wit is one that i really like, although they take a really long time to ship (or they did, in the past, when i shopped from them — but they were also going through some stuff back then, i think something about a warehouse issue? it's been a while since i ordered from them). fox & wit specifically has some really beautiful dust jackets as well; i ordered their raven cycle/dreamer trilogy covers back then (through their mister impossible box). if i recall correctly, fox & wit's "alt covers" are just dust jackets that come with a copy of the book. there's also once upon a book club which i believe is mostly romance focused; i ordered a book from them once for a friend.

most book box companies have their own "shop", where you can purchase any leftover items (sometimes they have the full box, sometimes just the book, and sometimes the trinkets/merch/etc that comes with a book). some book box companies will also do special releases for books, which is outside of the monthly subscription but current subscribers will get early access — for example: illumicrate has done an emily henry set, the night circus, bridgerton, etc. owlcrate has done the raven cycle, etc. <;- i would recommend keeping an eye out on leftover stock & getting book-specific boxes over a subscription, but that is my personal opinion.

specific bookstores will also have their own special editions of books — barnes and nobles in the US, and waterstones in the UK are two big ones! sometimes this will mean sprayed edges, usually alt. covers, sometimes they'll come with an extra short story at the back.

a lot of authors tend to post about any special editions they've got coming — whether that's with illumicrate, or a smaller book box, or a bookstore! if you follow them on social media, you'll most likely be able to find out special editions that way — it's how i've found out about smaller book boxes. i'm still getting emails from illumicrate / fox & wit / etc., even though i've stepped away from book collecting unless it's a book i really really love (space, money, etc) — you could also sign up for their mailing lists if you want too!

there are also other special edition books, that are really just: collector's editions. these would include: seasons edition, books illustrated, easton press, etc. some of these are pricier than others, and are really just collector's editions.

i will also say that some special editions of books that i have that are truly just display items / collectables — my illumicrate bridgerton set is one of them; it's beautiful, the sprayed edges are gorgeous, but i hate the font on the interior, and the paper just feels weird to me. the same can be said for my seasons edition copies: it's so pretty, but i don't like the font on the interior, i don't think it's really meant for reading (if that makes sense), and it's pretty fragile. that's not to say that all illumicrate books are printed weirdly though — my night circus illumicrate is just fine! i am also just a bit particular about fonts, and layouts and such, which doesn't help. my friend just got me the sense & sensibility luxury hardback edition with gold-edged pages, and it's gorgeous! but i also think it is a book that i will never read because i have my own reading copy (which i want to annotate) and because the pages inside are very glossy! but that's okay, because all the books i have for display purposes (seasons edition classics, bridgerton, etc.) are books i usually have another copy of — or books i liked a lot, but may not see myself rereading again (for example: bridgerton series). will also add a note and say that sometimes sprayed edges (or stenciled edges) have a weird feel to them — it's a little thicker, pages can be a little stiffer, which makes sense because: paint.

i would honestly encourage you to shy away from ebay and other resale sites unless you are after something very, very specific, (in which case — tell me! because i may know someone trying to get rid of a copy/i can keep an eye out for you) because people do mark things up and there is a weird resale market for book collecting!

[wishiwereaesthetic]

i just listened to burning pile by mother mother and all i can think of is cole stewart what the fuck is wrong with me

[daysofb00ksandstarlight]

“Gem.” I reached for the image of Cole’s face and held it at the forefront of my mind. He wouldn’t be afraid. He wouldn’t leave me. “You have to walk out of here.” I felt the words settle in my mind. “Not just for them, but for yourself. You have to walk out of here on your own two feet.”

[foreverfearlessred]

““Are you sure this isn’t a nightmare? And that we won’t wake up?” “Yes.” Because dreamers always wake up and leave their monsters behind.” OOOF WHAT A LINE ASDFGHJKL

[eatyourdamnpears]

I may talk mad shit on Ruby and Liam’s relationship in the third book, but this quote has haunted me since the day I first read it

[squirrelprime]

[a-chaotic-ananas]

WHY DO I ALWAYS GET ATTACHED TO THE BADASS OLDER BROTHER IN THE STORY AND I FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM AND THEN HE FUCKING DIES

yes i'm talking about cole stewart

yes i'm talking about shade barrow

[eatyourdamnpears]

WHO MADE THIS 😭

heart = broke

[coolcatkerr]

The Weeping Monk - "Do you have a real name?" (Cursed)

CURSED SPOILERS "Lancelot, a long time ago my name was Lancelot"

Well, I have to say I felt it in my bones that The Weeping Man was not going to be the straight forward 'villain' and I veerry much enjoyed that twist. Daniel Sharman did a fantastic job

Better have a season 2 thats all I can say!!!

Song: Eternal Eclipse - Afterlight

[the-wereraven]

I am not satisfied with the ending of The Darkest Legacy. Like, Alexandra, what??

What does Clancy have to do with the Blue Star? Does Zu get her name cleared? What happened to Ruby, will she ever explain? What will the Psi kids do now? Is this fanfiction fuel? Will Roman and Zu kiss again?? Where is the new Haven? What about poor little Owen?? Will Sam and Lucas play a very important role? Who will die next?? Will there be another Orange??

Is this fanfiction fuel??