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juvian · 4 years

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A turn of events - Chapter 11

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Summary : Korimi Lockser always been one of the best students, but one day when her crush decide to come visit his friends more often, including her sister. She decide do to the dumbest thing she’s done in her life… fake being stupid to get is attention.

Disclaimer : A lot of swear words and Fairy tail belong to Hiro Mashima !

Characters : Korimi Lockser (Oc), Minerva Orlando, Yukino Aguria, Rogue Cheney, Sting Eucliffe, Rufus Lore, Orga Nanagear, Sorano (Angel) Aguria, Juvia Lockser, Umi Lockser (Oc), Yukito Lockser (Oc).

Shipping(s) : Oc x Rogue Cheney.

Genre : High school au, modern au, romance and humour.

Words : 3534

Chapters : Masterlist // Chapter 10 // Epilogue

Chapter 11

So let’s rewind a bit and let me clarify this. I spent 3 years loving the same boy, I spent 3 weeks lying about the fact that I am not good at math to get close to him and yesterday I discovered that in reality I am not in love with Lyon … And I just realised I may have been in love with my best friend for a while… In what mess did I get myself into?

Did I know it or I just refused to acknowledge it? I am so confused right now and I don’t know how to react. What am I going to do? Prom is in a couple of hours, I don’t know if I am ready to face him? Do I want to speak to Rogue about it or will I just lie and never tell him? I am good at lying apparently so I could just lie, nobody will know it. But Now that I think about it, that’s probably why our friends were so annoying about the fact that we should be a couple…Oh god, so lying is out of the question. I was going to continue thinking about my problems when I heard a knock on my door.

“Yeah?”

“It’s Juvia? Can I come in?”

“Umm Yeah.”

My sister came in and sat on my bed, looking at me with a smile on her face. She seemed a bit worried, but happy that I don’t look like a mess.

“How is Kori-Chan doing today?”

“Good, I feel better, still confused, but better.”

“What happened yesterday, you can tell Juvia anything you know?”

“I know, but I am a bit shy, you know…” I said, embarrassed. “You know that I had a crush on Lyon right…?”

“Juvia thinks everybody knows it to be honest.”

I let out a growl, good everybody can read me like an open book, except the one I had a crush on.

“You also know that I had this stupid plan to make me fall in love with him? Well it failed.

“Oh no, did Gray-Sama tell him!” My sister exclaimed, worried. “Juvia told him to not say anything, he was so confused by your behaviour and it was hard to convince him to not tell Lyon.”

“No, that’s not it, but I still hope this idiot didn’t tell him anything! Especially since it’s not true anymore…”

“You just lost Juvia now… What happened?”

“What to do Juvia when you discover after 3 years that you’re not in love with the person you thought you were?”

“Oh Juvia see… You don’t have a crush on Lyon anymore and you feel weird about it.”

“Yes.” I said, looking down. “I saw him with a girl yesterday and it didn’t even bother me, so I thought it was weird, so I questioned myself a lot and…”

“Juvia thinks you were just in love at first and you were confused when the feelings started to fade so you convince yourself that it didn’t…”

“Maybe also to convince myself that I wasn’t in love with my best friend…?”

“You mean…?”

“I think? I am not sure, but for a while I’ve been feeling weird around him and when…”

Before I could continue what I was going to say my sisters started squealing like crazy and took me in her arms. I was really confused now, why is she acting like this?

“Juvia is so happy to hear that!”

“Why?! Why are you so happy to know that I may be in love with Rogue?!”

“To be honest Juvia always thought you'd make a great couple! And Juvia also knows that Lyon has a crush on someone…But she didn’t want to make you sad so she didn’t say anything!”

Oh…My sister knew that I didn’t have a chance, but didn’t tell me because she hates seeing me sad , she’ll do anything for me to be happy. I should be mad, but I can’t.

“Oh….”

“I hope you are not mad at Juvia, Lyon was making you happy I didn’t want to tell you and…”

“I know Ju, I’m not mad, it’s okay.” I smiled. “Sure, if I knew I wouldn’t have done this, but you didn’t want to make me sad, you are a good sister I can’t say nothing against that.”

My sister smiled at me, came to lay with me on my bed and took my hand to reassure me.

“So what is Kori-Chan going to do now?”

“I am not sure if I should tell him, if I am not 100% sure, he is my best friend. I don’t want to screw this up if I am wrong.”

“You are not wrong, Juvia knows it.” She smiled at me. “And she is sure that even if in the end you are wrong, that Rogue will still be there no matter what.”

“You are right but still…”

“No but, now you have to get up off this bed, your friend will probably come soon to get ready for prom and I am sure you don’t want them to question you to death if they see you like this.” Juvia laughed, getting up and offering me her hand.

I took it and at the same moment my feet touched the ground we heard the bell ringing. Probably the girls.

“Speaking of the devil, here they come.” Juvia said, laughing. “Now come we have to get you ready for the best night of your life!”

I smiled at her and followed her to the first floor. Now I will really have to decide what I am going to do, confess tonight or not.

***

“Go! Go! Go! We got work to do, girls!” Minerva said, pushing me towards the stairs, immediately after I opened the door.

“Are you just going to push me and order me around in my own house?!”

“Yes, I will.”

I groaned and let Minerva push me towards the stairs. I went to my room, my friends following me, where we would prepare ourselves for prom. My sister followed too, she will never let the girls dress me up without her. Sorano also insisted on being there for Yukino. So we were 5 girls in a room, it was a bit of a mess.

“Korimi, now come sit here!” Minerva yelled, in front of the mirror.

“Why am I first?” I groaned.

“Because I decided you would, now come sit here.”

I sat on the chair like Minerva told me to and I prepared for the worst, but my sister came to save me.

“Minerva would you mind I take care of Korimi?”

��No, go ahead, I’ll just watch to be sure you’re doing it correctly.”

My sister laughed and thanked her. She started brushing my hair and I started to relax, but sadly it didn’t last long.

“So Kori, what happened with Lyon did you confess?” Minerva asked, looking through her makeup bag.

“No I didn’t.”

“And what’s your excuse now?”

“I just realise that I was stupid and prefered to have him as a friend.” I said half lying and rolling my eyes.

“He was with a girl weren’t he?”

“Yeah, but for real I realised that I wasn’t in love like a thought.”

“Do you want to talk about it?” Yukino asked, with an apologetic smile.

“No it’s okay thank you, I don’t really want to think about it, for now.”

To my surprise Minerva didn’t continue the conversation and continued to observe my sister work with my hair.

“So Korimi what do you want Juvia to do with your hair?”

“I don’t want it curly, but I want it wavy!”

Juvia executed herself and after some time we heard Minerva’s phone ring and she groaned.

“What does he fucking want.” She murmured to herself before answering. “I told you to not fucking call me idiot, how do you want me to tell you this time? With my foot up your ass?!”

Just the way she’s talking, I am guessing Sting is the one calling her right now.

“Sting… No! You can’t see the girls until tonight, stop calling me!”

What was I saying, only Sting can be answered with violence like this. I saw Minerva close her eyes and groaned again before pressing a button on her phone.

“I did it, are you happy now?”

“Yes! Hi girls!”

“Oh, hi Sting!” We said in unison.

“I’m with the guys right now, I wanted to video chat with you, but Minerva won’t let me, so let’s talk like this.”

“Why thought? We are occupied, Sting.” I said, and heard him fake crying.

“But I want to talk to you, it’s that too much to ask?”

“Yes it is!” I said, in unison with Minerva.”

“But!”

“Sting, leave them alone, they have better things to do than talking to you.” I heard Rogue say and I felt the blood reaching my cheeks, I hope nobody saw it.

“Listen to your brother Sting, we gotta be pretty for tonight, bye.” Minerva, said while hanging up on him.

Poor Sting we’re worse than bullies. Juvia continued to style my hair and when she finished it was makeup time. I asked her to go as less makeup as possible, I was not into makeup that much. When she was finished it was time for Yukino to get torture by her sister, who was trying to convince her to do a sexy look, when Yukino only want to look cute like always. Yukino won in the end because Minerva threatened Sorano to take her place if she didn't want to do what our friend wanted. When the older girl finished, me and Yukino took care of Minerva, our friend opted for a dark makeup look with red lipstick, she straightened her hair and did space buns on her head like she usually does.

“Now the dress!” Minerva looked at us with a serious face. “Now the real torture begin.”

***

It was now the moment I was afraid of. The Boys would be here in any minutes for prom and I was stressing out. I still didn’t know how to react to Rogue and I was going to see him soon. I know, I should just act like I always do, I mean nothing changed, so why am I so afraid?

The bell rang and my mom went to get it while we were finishing the important details of our dresses and everything.

“You are such handsome boys, look at yourself! Yukito come see them!” I heard my mom say.

“We should get down now, the boys are here.”

“We can take our time girls, I am honestly not excited to see Sting.”

“Stop being so mean to my date Minerva.” Yukino said, laughing.

We laugh and leave my room followed by Juvia and Sorano. When we appeared on the top of the stairs it didn’t take long for the guys to see us and they started shouting excitedly, except for Rogue who just smiled. My mom was right, they were really handsome in suits.

“The girls are here!” Sting shouteed, excited. “My friends are the prettiest girls in the world, look at them!” He continued and gained a glare from my dad.

“Yeah for once you don’t look like shit Sting.”

“Why do you hate me so much Minerva! What did I ever do to you!”

“Existing.”

Sting fake cried again, while everybody laughed. Yukino joined him and gave him a hug, for which Sting looked at Minerva smirking. He’s dead later that’s for sure.

“You’re beautiful Korimi.” I heard Rogue say.

I almost forgot about him. I looked at him and blushed. How was I supposed to survive the night if my best friend looked that hot?! God help me.

“Y-you are handsome too Rogue, thank you.”

He smiled and gave me his hand and I took it with pleasure. We watched Minerva and Sting fighting. My parents and the girls were laughing. I let go of Rogue’s hand and went to see my parents.

“Oh Korimi, you are so beautiful darling.” My mom told me, smiling. I could see her eyes sparkle, because tears were threatening to fall, same for my dad.

“Your mom’s right Korimi, you are really beautiful.” He said. “I rented a limousine for you and your friends since there’s too much of you for my car, it’s waiting outside.”

“Thank you dad, you should’t have.” I said, laughing and hugging them.

I looked at Juvia, who were waiting for me with her arms wide open. I went to her immediately and hugged her with all I had.

“I hope Kori-Chan and her friend will have fun tonight.” She said. “And good luck with Rogue.”

“Thank you Ju, I love you.” I said, smiling.

“Juvia loves you too.”

“Are you coming Kori? We’re going!” Orga yelled, everyone waiting by the door.

“Yeah I’m coming! Thank you Ju, mom and dad!”

“Thank you, Miss and Mister Lockser!”

***

When we arrived the music was really loud, tables were placed a bit everywhere and in the center, they keep a big space for everybody to dance like they wanted, it’s prom after all we are here to dance. We sat at a table and waited until it was time to eat. The food was delicious, the principal did a great job finding the chef, even if I believe it was Mister Yajima… Anyway. We stayed a bit and soon after Minerva insisted that we get up and dance. Rufus and Orga followed her immediately, Sting convinced Yukino to follow too. For me, I didn’t feel like going yet, I was still nervous. Rogue looked at me, I knew he didn’t want to dance, but he probably found it weird that I was still at the table and not trying to convince him to dance.

“You’re not trying to make dance Kori? You really want to wait until Minerva forces you?” He said, laughing.

“I want to sit a bit longer, I feel weird.”

“Are you okay? Is it Lyon again or what you ate?” He asked, worried.

“Neither of those, I am just sad it’s already prom, I would say, time flies.”

Rogue gave me a reassuring smile and stood up. He gave me his hand and I looked at it confused.

“Come here, If we don’t get up Minerva will find a way to make us.” He said, smirking. “And if you are sad about school ending, better enjoy this night to its fullest.”

I smiled at him, took his hand and followed him to the dance floor. We joined our friends who had disappeared in the middle of the dance floor. Yukino tried to follow Sting, who was actually a good dancer, Minerva was dancing with Rufus and Orga. Our tall friend also tried singing, but Minerva hit him, nobody wanted to hear Orga sing to be honest… After a couple of seconds Yukino noticed us and told the others we were there.

“Finally you are! I was starting to think I had to drag you here myself.”

“Sorry Mimi, I wanted to sit a bit more, but we are here now!”

“Now the party can start for real! Orga yelled putting his fist in the air and the others followed.

***

We danced for a couple of hours before someone came to make an announcement. She took the mic on the stage and asked us to stay quiet for a moment, so everybody went to their table and sit so we could listen to her.

“Hi everybody! Are you having fun?” She asked and everybody shouted. “Good! I want to take a minute of your attention to make the announcement everybody has been waiting for, the prom queen and king!”

Everybody became excited and you could hear everybody chatting and make predictions about who would be the prom queen and king. I heard a couple of my friend's names here and there and even my own, which I didn’t understand, because I don’t think anyone will name me queen of anything. The girl asked us to keep quiet again and start her announcement.

“So with the student’s votes the prom king is…Rogue Cheney! Come take your crown.”

We all looked at Rogue with confusion on our face especially me. But I saw in the corner of my eyes Minerva smirking, oh no she didn’t….

Sting was laughing so hard he almost fell while Rogue got up off his seat looking at me with shock and confusion on his face and went in front to get the crown. I am pretty sure Minerva walked around school and paid people to vote for me and Rogue, I hate her. Please don’t call my name! But if I am not named Queen that means another girl will have to slow dance with Rogue…. Okay no! Please call my name!

“And our prom queen is… Korimi Lockser! Congratulations to you two!”

My friends shouted and Orga pushed me gently out of my chair when he saw I was too shocked to get up. I saw Minerva laughing and I glared at her.

“Don’t look so shocked sweetie go get your crown!”

“Minerva Orlando, I will kill you.”

“I will be happy to see you try, now go join your king!”

I glared at her one last time and went to the front too. I looked at Rogue with a blush on my face before accepting my crown and let the girl put it on my head. When it was done, I took my place beside Rogue and the girl took the mic for the last time.

“Now the prom queen and king will open the slow dance for us and we will join them a bit after the start of the song, thank you so much for being here, I hope you have fun and congratulations again to them !”

Rogue took my hand and made me follow him to the center of the room. The attention on us was making me even more nervous than I already was and all I wanted was to hide somewhere nobody would see me. The song started playing and we started dancing, since Rogue was not really a good dancer, I had to take the lead which made it worse. After a moment, people started to join us and I started to relax a bit.

“You’re tense, you should relax.”

“I know but it feels weird being the center of attention like this.”

“It’s Minerva’s fault isn’t it? Probably Sting too.”

“Yeah… I saw her smirking, everybody looked shocked when they heard your name except her, she probably organised all this.”

“And I am happy she did honestly.” He said and I saw the serious look on his face. “It’s giving me the courage I didn’t really have.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“What I am trying to say is that…I like you Korimi.”

Oh. My. God. Did me… Did I hear this right? Did he just say that he liked me?! I could see that he was getting nervous, probably because of my shocked face right now. I was probably scaring him more than I should.

“You…You say what?”

“You heard it right, I like you.” He repeated, himself nervously. “In fact I’ve liked you since I met you, but I didn’t want to ruin our friendship, so I preferred to stay friends, better than not be with you at all.” He took a breath before continuing. “And there was Lyon, you liked him so I didn’t know what to do. Before you ask, no, the fact that you don’t like him anymore didn’t make me take this decision, in fact I decided months ago to confess to you tonight, Lyon or not. Time flies and I was scared I wouldn’t have another occasion to tell you this so. So yeah, I like you, no I love you Korimi and I mean it.”

I honestly I didn’t know how to react, my best friend just confessed to me that he was in love with me for years and since I was stupid I never noticed. I was so shocked that I stopped moving, which worried him, I could see it and I felt bad. I didn’t know what to say so I did the best thing I could do right now… I kissed him. Yeah... I kissed him... It didn’t take long for him to kiss back and honestly it felt so right. All my worries disappeared in an instant, it felt like all my life I was destined to be there. Why did it took me so long to see it? We broke the kiss after a while and looked at each other's eyes.

“I don’t know what to say…”

“It’s okay, I think the kiss was enough for me to understand.” He said, laughing at me and I looked at the floor, embarrassed. “Well I hope, it meant something.”

“Yes! You looked scared, I didn’t want you to think I didn’t feel the same, because I do.” I said. “I realised it yesterday, but I still do.”

Rogue laughed and kissed me again. I had nothing to be scared about in the end, everything worked perfectly.

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yoohyeon · 6 years

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Resume : Korimi Lockser always been one of the best students, but one day when her crush decide to come visit his friends more often, including her sister. She decide do to the most stupid thing she’s done in her life… faking being stupid to have is attention. (OC x Lyon Vastia)

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deuteriumuniverse · 2 years

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Gosho's Detective Picture Book Reviews

My review of detectives (and detective novels) based on Gosho's Detective Picture Book (also called Gosho's Mystery Library) are as below, to be completed not in the near future.

❤️ denote my personal favorites

Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) ❤️

Kogoro Akechi (Edogawa Rampo)

Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie) ❤️

Arsene Lupin (Maurice Leblanc)

Jules Maigret (Georges Simenon)

Kousuke Kindaichi (Seishi Yokomizo)

Lieutenant Columbo (Richard Levison and William Link)

Zenigata Heiji (Kodo Nomura)

Philip Marlowe (Raymond Chandler)

C. Auguste Dupin (Edgar Allan Poe)

Ellery Queen (Ellery Queen) ❤️

V.I. Warshawski (Sara Paretsky)

Father Brown (C.K. Chesterton)

Cordelia Gray (P.D. James) ❤️

Heizo Hasegawa (Shotaro Ikenami)

Mitsuhiko Asami (Yasuo Uchida)

Nero Wolfe (Rex Stout)

Shunsaku Kudo (Nobumitsu Kodaka)

Hannibal Lecter (Thomas Harris)

Miss Marple (Agatha Christie) ❤️

Sam Spade (Dashiell Hammett)

Shozo Totsugawa (Kyotaro Nishimura)

Ninzaburo Furuhata (Kouki Mitani)

Perry Mason (Erle Stanley Gardner)

Mikeneko Holmes (Jiro Akagawa)

Inspector Samejima (Arimasa Osawa)

James Bond (Ian Fleming)

Kyosuke Kamizu (Akimitsu Takagi)

Charlie Chan (Earl Derr Biggers)

John Thorndyke (Richard Austin Freeman)

Touyama Kin-san (Tatsurou Jinde)

Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane)

Philo Vance (S.S. Van Dine)

Akakabu-kenji (Shunzo Waku)

Drury Lane (Ellery Queen)

Katherine Turner (Misa Yamamura)

Henry Jackson (Isaac Asimov)

Denshichi (Tatsurou Jinde)

Lew Archer (Ross Macdonald)

Kiyoshi Mitarai (Soji Shimada)

The Old Man in the Corner (Baroness Orczy)

Joseph Rouletabille (Gaston Leroux)

Hanshichi (Kido Okamoto) ❤️

Koichiro Munakata (Seiichi Morimura)

Eitaro Imanishi (Seicho Matsumoto)

Gideon Fell (John Dickson Carr)

Yuichiro Goda (Kaoru Takamura)

Ukyou Sugishita (Yasuhiro Koshimizu)

Steve Carella (Ed McBain)

Hideo Himura (Alice Arisugawa)

Riyako Asabuki (Shizuko Natsuki)

Robert Ironside (Collier Young)

Akihiko Chuzenji (Natsuhiko Kyogoku)

Kiyoshi Shimada (Yukito Ayatsuji)

The Continental Op (Dashiell Hammett) ❤️

Ningyo Sashichi (Seishi Yokomizo)

Joseph French (Freeman Wills Crofts)

Yoshibumi Takagi (Kenzo Kitakata)

Mom (James Yaffe)

Rintaro Norizuki (Rintaro Noziruki)

Koko (Lilian Jackson Braun)

Manabu Yukawa (Keigo Higashino) ❤️

Daisuke Kanbe (Yasutaka Tsutsui)

Inspector Zenigata (Monkey Punch)

Robert Langdon (Dan Brown)

Akojuro Senba (Juran Hisao)

Kanki Ibaragi (Futaro Yamada)

Bannai Tarao (Yoshitake Hisa)

Richard Cuff (Wilkie Collins)

Philip Trent (E.C. Bentley)

Gregory House (David Shore)

Yoshio Kuraishi (Hideo Yokoyama)

Adrian Monk (Andy Breckman and David Hoberman)

Inspector Onitsura (Tetsuya Ayukawa)

Enshi Shunotei (Kaoru Kitamura)

Lincoln Rhyme (Jeffery Deaver)

Kei Enomoto (Yusuke Kishi)

Keisuke Shiratori (Takeru Kaido)

Genya Tojo (Shinzo Mitsuda)

Shioriko Shinokawa (En Mikami)

Handyman of Susukino (Naomi Azuma)

Kageyama (Tokuya Higashigawa)

Hotaro Oreki (Honobu Yonezawa)

Lisbeth Salander (Stieg Larsson)

Lieutenant Fukuie (Takahiro Ookura)

Takeshi Yoshiki (Soji Shimada)

Jiro Egami (Alice Arisugawa)

Kyouko Okitegami (Nisio Isin)

Sakurako Kujou (Shiori Ota)

The Phantom Thief Detective Yamaneko (Manabu Kaminaga)

Riko Rinda (Keisuke Matsuoka)

Shinichiro Hanaoka (Koji Hayashi and Junpei Yamaoka)

Richard Castle (Andrew W. Warlowe)

Hiroto Miyama (Manabu Uda)

Yukimasa Yugami (Hideo Iura)

Mikoto Mitsumi (Akiko Nogi)

Keita Kurokochi (Takashi Nagasaki)

Totono Kuno (Yumi Tamura)

Maomao (Natsu Hyuga)

Sherlock Holmes (Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss) ❤️

Rohan Kishibe (Hirohiko Araki)

Seiko Fuji (Miko Yasu)

#gosho aoyama's mystery library #gosho aoyama's detective picture book #mystery #detective fiction

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smalltownfae · 3 years

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Priority TBR

I’ve been thinking about how I want to read an entire fantasy and scifi series because I grasp the story better and I am more invested in the world and characters if I spend more time there. So, I will try to do that next year instead of starting unfinished series (also this makes my tbr shorter :D). Except for Discworld because the books kind of stand on their own and can be read whenever I feel like it. For that series I am planning one book a month.

Fantasy:

Tensorate series by Neon Yang

The Queen’s Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner

Riddle-Master (2 books) by Patricia A. McKillip

Cygnet by Patricia A. McKillip

Winter Rose (2 books) by Patricia A. McKillip

Sevenwaters Series by Juliet Marillier

The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee

Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin

Magids Series by Diana Wynne Jones

The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabth Moon

Hythrun Chronicles: Wolfblade by Jennifer Fallon

World of the Five Gods by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan

The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden

“Interview with the Vampire” by Anne Rice

“Lonely Castle in the Mirror” by Mizuki Tsujimura

“The Watchmaker of Filigree Street” by Natasha Pulley

“Alphabet of Thorn” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Ombria in Shadow” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Od Magic” by Patricia A. McKillip

“The Book of Atrix Wolfe” by Patricia A. McKillip

“In the Forests of Serre” by Patricia A. McKillip

“The Bell at Sealey Head” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Song for the Basilisk” by Patricia A. McKillip

“The Bards of Bone Plain” by Patricia A. McKillip

“The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip

“Wonders of the Invisible World” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Dreams of Distant Shores” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Something Rich and Strange” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Tigana” by Guy Gavriel Kay

“Kiki’s Delivery Service” by Eiko Kadono

“The Buried Giant” by Kazuo Ishiguro

Science Fiction:

Xenogenesis by Octavia E. Butler

Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler

“Fledgling” by Octavia E. Butler

“Bloodchild and Other Stories” by Octavia E. Butler

“Cage of Souls” by Adrian Tchaikovsky

“Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell

“Moon-Flash” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Kingfisher” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Fool’s Run” by Patricia A. McKillip

“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel

“The Space Between Worlds” by Micaiah Johnson

“The Stone Sky” by N.K. Jemisin

“Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro

“This is How You Lose the Time War” by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

“To the Warm Horizon” by Jin-Young Choi

Classics:

“Middlemarch” by Middlemarch

“North and South” by Elizabeth Gaskell

“Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert

“Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte

“Emma” by Jane Austen

“Persuasion” by Jane Austen

“Lady Susan” by Jane Austen

“The Sundial” by Shirley Jackson

“The Bird’s Nest” by Shirley Jackson

“Hangsaman” by Shirley Jackson

“The Road Through the Wall” by Shirley Jackson

“The Lottery and Other Stories” by Shirley Jackson

“The Mayor of Casterbridge” by Thomas Hardy

“Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier

Contemporary:

“There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job” by Kikuko Tsumura

“Radio Silence” by Alice Oseman

“Nocturnes” by Kazuo Ishiguro

“The Unconsoled” by Kazuo Ishiguro

“My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises” by Friedrik Backman

Magical Realism:

“The Chosen and the Beautiful” by Nghi Vo

“A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki

“Earthlings” by Sayaka Murata

“Elatsoe” by Darcie Little Badger

Historical Fiction:

“Affinity” by Sarah Waters

“Tipping the Velvet” by Sarah Waters

“The Thirteenth Tale” by Diane Setterfield

“The Mercies” by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee

“An Artist of the Floating World” by Kazuo Ishiguro

“The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro

“When we Were Orphans” by Kazuo Ishiguro

Mystery/Thriller:

“Out” by Natsuo Kirino

“The Decagon House Murders” by Yukito Ayatsuji

“The Good Daughter” by Karin Slaughter

Comics/Manga:

Yuureitou by Nogizaka Tarou

“Our Dreams at Dusk” by Yuhki Kamatani

“Shiver” by Junji Ito

“Through the Woods” by Emily Carroll

#tbr #yay one more list #but I can refer to this one for a particular genre #for next year and obviously will not get to even half of these

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I made a slightly condensed version of my Spooky Ref list; it still has a heck ton of movies and books, but now I combined certain categories, eliminated a few, and removed some of the titles that don’t quite fit. If you are looking for things to watch or read so you can get into the Halloween mood (or of you just like some creepy content), here you go!

Movies and Books for October

These range from children’s media to adult content, so be sure to check the ratings/reviews, this way you’ll find ones that are suitable for the right viewers. The dates of movies and names of authors for books are included to make searches easier

(a * symbol is for when a title is in both sections, a book that got made into a movie, ect)

Halloween and Ghosts

Movies- Hocus Pocus (1993), *the Halloween Tree (1993), the Nightmare before Christmas (1993), Trick r Treat (2007), Monster House (2006), Halloweentown (1998), the Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949), Scary Godmother Halloween Spooktacular (2003), Poltergeist (1982), the Haunting (1999), Casper (1995), Ghostbusters (1984), the Haunted Mansion (2003), Thirteen Ghosts (2001), the Others (2001)

Books- How to Drive Your Family Crazy on Halloween by Dean Marney,*the Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, the Haunted Mask (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge, Stonewords a Ghost Story by Pam Conrad, Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn, Ghost Beach (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn, the Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein, Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn

Witch/ESP/Mental Powers

Movies- *Practical Magic (1998), *the Wizard of Oz (1939), *the Witches (1990), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (1999) *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), the Craft (1996), the Witches of Eastwick (1987), *Carrie (1976), *Firstarter (1984), *Matilda (1996), the Last Mimzy (2007)

Books- *Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, *the Witches by Roald Dahl, Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones, *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling, *the Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum, T*Witches by HB Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld, the Worst Witch by Jill Murphy, *Carrie by Stephen King, *Firestarter by Stephen King, *Matilda by Roald Dahl, Scorpion Shards (Star Shards Chronicles) by Neal Shusterman, the Witch’s Boy by Michael Gruber

Vampire and Werewolf

Movies- Blade (1998), the Little Vampire (2000), Hellboy Blood and Iron (2007), *Hotel Transylvania (2012), Fright Night (2011), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Alvin and the Chipmunks meet The Wolfman (2000), Ginger Snaps (2000), Van Helsing (2004) Wolf Children (2012), the Wolfman (1941)

Books- Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe, Dracula by Bram Stoker, ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King, Red Rider’s Hood by Neal Shusterman, the Werewolf of Fever Swamp (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, Werewolves Don't Go to Summer Camp (Bailey School Kids) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones, Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause, Night of the Werepoodle by Constance Hiser

Zombies and Slasher/Gore

Movies- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), ParaNorman (2012), Night of the Living Dead (1968), *Pet Sematary (1989), Zombieland (2009), Resident Evil (2002), Dawn of the Dead (2004) Scream (1996), a Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), *I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Kill Bill (2003), Happy Death Day (2017), the Hills Have Eyes (2006), US (2019), Friday the 13th (1980), the Thing (1982), *the Girl with all the Gifts (2016)

Books- *Pet Sematary by Stephen King, the Haunting of Derek Stone by Tony Abott, Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, *I know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan, the Dark Half by Stephen King, The Dead Girlfriend (Point Horror) by RL Stine, Another by Yukito Ayatsuji, the Prom Queen (Fear Street) by RL Stine, *the Girl with all the Gifts by MR Carey

Demons/Possession/Afterlife

Movies- the Omen (1976), Insidious (2010), the Exorcist (1973), *Christine (1983), City of Angels (1998), All Dogs go to Heaven (1989), Fallen (1998), *Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Bedazzled (2000), What Dreams May Come (1998), the Book of Life (2014), Flatliners (2017), *the Lovely Bones (2009), Coco (2017), Jennifer’s Body (2009), the Mummy (1999)

Books- *Christine by Stephen King, Needful Things by Stephen King, HECK where the bad kids go by Dale E Bayse,* Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Paradise Lost by John Milton, Inferno by Dante Alighieri, *the Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Monsters/Mythology/Dangerous Animals

Movies- Monsters Inc (2001), Godzilla (1998), *a Monster Calls (2016), *Jurassic Park (1993), King Kong (1933), Doug’s 1st Movie (1999), Darkness Falls (2003), Atlantis the lost empire (2001), Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), *the Last Unicorn (1982), Urban Legend (1998), *How to Train Your Dragon (2010), the Flight of Dragons (1982), Shrek (2001), *the Hobbit (1977), Quest for Camelot (1998), Ferngully the last rainforest (1992), Lake Placid (1999), Jaws (1975), *Cujo (1983), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Anaconda (1997)

Books- *a Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, *Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, Sasquatch by Roland Smith, *the Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle, the Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan, the Boggart by Susan Cooper, *How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville, *the Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, *Cujo by Stephen King, Cat in the Crypt (Animal Ark Hauntings) by Ben M Baglio, Congo by Michael Crichton, Watership Down by Richard Adams, the Dark Pond by Joseph Bruchac

Dolls and Toys, Circus/Carnival/Clowns, Comedy Horror

Movies- *Coraline (2009), the Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), Child’s Play (1988), Toy Story (1995), 9 (2009), We’re Back a dinosaur’s story (1993), the Care Bears Movie (1985), Little Nemo adventures in Slumberland (1989), *Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983), *Big Top Scooby-Doo (2012), Killer Klowns from Outer Space, *IT (2017), *Beetlejuice (1988), Army of Darkness (1992), Gremlins (1984), Arachnophobia (1990), Jawbreaker (1999), Tremors (1990), the Frighteners (1996), Twilight Zone the Movie (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Eight Legged Freaks (2002), the Goonies (1985)

Books- Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell, *Coraline by Neil Gaiman, No Flying in the House by Betty Brock, Doll Bones by Holly Black, Joyland by Stephen King, *Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, *IT by Stephen King, the Cuckoo Clock of Doom (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, a Dirty Job by Christopher Moore jr, Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Treasury) by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell, JTHM (Director’s Cut) by Jhonen Vasquez

Gothic/Dark Fantasy, Curse/Transformation

Movies- *the Addams Family (1991), Rebecca (1940), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Mama (2013), the Phantom of the Opera (2004), Crimson Peak (2010), Legend (1985), the Dark Crystal (1982), Labyrinth (1986), *the Neverending Story (1984), *the Secret of NIMH (1982), Anastasia (1997), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Willow (1988), *the Last Unicorn (1982), the Princess Bride (1987), *Legend of the Guardians the Owls of Ga'Hoole, Beauty and the Beast (1991), the Princess and the Frog (2009), the Swan Princess (1994), the Thing (1982), the Mask (1994), Freaky Friday (2003), Song of the Sea (2014), Pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Books- the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, the Shining by Stephen King, Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark, a Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, Well Witched (Verdigris Deep) by Frances Hardinge, Poison by Chris Wooding, *the Neverending Story by Michael Ende, *Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O'Brien, a Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz, the Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis, Zel by Donna Jo Napoli, *the Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle, *Guardians of Ga’Hoole by Kathryn Lasky, Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl

Mystery/Thriller/Psychological/Suspense

Movies- Clue (1985), *Holes (2003), Get Out (2017), Hot Fuzz (2007), Minority Report (2002), Kidnap (2017), Saw (2004), Wind River (2017), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), the Great Mouse Detective (1986), Eve’s Bayou (1997), Breaking In (2018), Cube (1997), *Secret Window (2004), Silent Hill (2006), the Sixth Sense (1999), the Good Son (1993), Psycho (1960), Donnie Darko (2001), Fargo (1996), the Game (1997), the Invisible Man (2020), Breaking In (2018)

Books- *Holes by Louis Sachar, the Lost (the Outer Limits) by John Peel, We’ll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark, When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman, *Secret Window Secret Garden (Four Past Midnight) by Stephen King, House of Stairs by William Sleator, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

Sci-Fi/Space Aliens, Robots and Technology

Movies- I Robot (2004), the Iron Giant (1999), the Terminator (1984), AI artificial intelligence (2001), the Stepford Wives (2004), Wall-E (2008), *Screamers (1995), *Sphere (1998), *Blade Runner (1982), *2001 a Space Odyssey (1968), MIB (1997), Mission to Mars (2000), Galaxy Quest (1999), Alien (1979), ET the extra terrestrial (1982), Independence Day (1996), Spaced Invaders (1990), Buzz Lightyear of Star Command the Adventure Begins (2000), Chicken Little (2005), *War of the Worlds (1953), *Contact (1997), Signs (2002), Treasure Planet (2002), Frequency (2000), Back to the Future (1985), the Time Machine (1960), Planet of the Apes (1968), Lost in Space (1998)

Books- the Terminal Man by Michael Crichton, Feed by Matthew Tobin Anderson, *Second Variety (Screamers) by Phillip K Dick, *I Robot by Isaac Asimov, Cell by Stephen King, *Sphere by Michael Crichton, *Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner) by Philip K Dick , *2001 a Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke, a Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, the Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman, *War of the Worlds by HG Wells, *Contact by Carl Sagan, Childhood’s End by Arthur C Clarke, Aliens Don’t Wear Braces (the Baily School Kids) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones, the Invasion (Animorphs) by KA Applegate

Dystopia/Disaster, Other Worlds

Movies- Waterworld (1995), the Matrix (1999), Escape from New York (1981), *Demolition Man (1993), the Day After Tomorrow (2004), Volcano (1997), the Fifth Element (1997), Titan AE (2000), Armageddon (1998), Twister (1996), the Birds (1963), the Book of Eli, (2010) Spirited Away (2001), *Alice in Wonderland (1951), Pleasantville (1998), *the Phantom Tollbooth (1970), *the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), *Hook (1991), the Pagemaster (1994), *James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Books- Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the Road by Cormac McCarthy, the House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, 1984 by George Orwell, Armageddon Summer by Bruce Coville and Jane Yolen, the Giver by Lois Lowry, the City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, *Brave New World (Demolition Man) by Aldous Huxley, Malice by Chris Wooding, * the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the Golden Compass (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman, *The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (the Chronicles of Narnia) by CS Lewis, *James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Anime/Manga and J-Horror

Movies- Akira (1988), Perfect Blue (1997), Ring (1998), Dark Water (2002), Ghost in the Shell (1995), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Cat Soup (2001), *Cowboy Bebop the Movie (2001), Blood the Last Vampire (2000), Pokemon the First Movie (1998), Sailor Moon R Promise of the Rose (1993), DBZ the World’s Strongest (1990), Digimon the Movie (2000), Ju-On (2000)

Manga- Claymore by Norihiro Yagi, Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, *Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi, *Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa, *Blue Exorcist by Kazue Katō, *Soul Eater by Atsushi Ōkubo, *Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi,

Anime- *Yu Yu Hakusho, *Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, *Soul Eater, *Blue Exorcist, *Inuyasha, *Cowboy Bebop, Mob Psycho 100, .hack//SIGN , the Promised Neverland, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Ghoul, Hellsing Ultimate

Super Hero

Movies- Hellboy (2004), Ghost Rider (2007), the Incredibles (2004), Batman Beyond return of the Joker (2000), TMNT (2007), Logan (2017), Black Panther (2018), Sky High (2005), Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse (2018), Justice League Crisis on Two Earths (2010), Batman Under the Red Hood (2010)

Comics- Animal Man (New 52, 2011) DC Comics, Swamp Thing (New 52, 2011) DC Comics, BPRD Dark Waters (2012) Dark Horse Comics, Nextwave (Agents of HATE, 2006) Marvel Comics

Animated Series- Batman the Animated Series, X-Men Evolution, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Darkwing Duck, the Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans (2005), Static Shock, Green Lantern the Animated Series

Cartoons and TV shows

Over the Garden Wall, The Simpsons (Treehouse of Horrors), Regular Show (Terror Tales of the Park), Adventure Time (Stakes), Scooby-Doo Where Are You/What’s New Scooby-Doo, El Tigre the Adventures of Manny Rivera, Phineas and Ferb (Night of the Living Pharmacists), Gravity Falls, Good Omens, Miracle Workers, Grimm, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, What We Do In the Shadows, Hotel Transylvania the series, Wolf’s Rain, Danny Phantom, Aaahh Real Monsters, the Munsters, So Weird, Tutenstein, Gargoyles, Xena Warrior Princess, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Tales from the Crypt, Goosebumps, Samurai Jack, Metalocalypse, Super Jail, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Futurama, the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, *Beetlejuice (animated series), Sabrina the Animated Series, the Owl House, Bewitched, Growing Up Creepy, the Addams Family (animated series), a Series of Unfortunate Events, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Star VS the Forces of Evil, Amphibia, Infinity Train, Penn Zero Part-Time Hero, Murder She Wrote, the Venture Bros, Avatar the Last Airbender, Invader ZIM, People of Earth, Star Trek Next Gen, Rick and Morty, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

#text #ref #movies #books #spooky #horror #creepy #movie list #book list #halloween #halloween movies #halloween books

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Cardcaptor Sakura episode 32 was quite fun. Kero-chan and Syaoran swap bodies because of the Change card, and they need to wait a full day before Sakura’s able to return them. So we just get a day of them doing shenanigans in the other’s body, Kero-chan in Syaoran’s body struggling to not stand out and embarrass the real Syaoran, meanwhile Syaoran in Kero-chan’s body struggling with the fact that he’s now in a tiny body he doesn’t know how to use and he needs to be completely static, which gets him into bother when he goes to school with Sakura to check up on Kero-chan-Syaoran. All good fun. Plus a series of events leads to Syaoran in Kero-chan ending up inside a crane game, and we have to win him out, which was nice. And that’s about it, episode was cute fun, not really anything else to say about it other than that I liked it.

Now I want an excuse to watch the movie tomorrow, so I actually went and watched episode 33 as well. Plus I’m gonna watch episodes 34 and 35 today, which I’ll talk about in this post, but like I literally just finished 33 so I can’t talk about those future episodes yet. Anyway, episode 33 was great! It’s a school trip to the ice skating arena, and as someone who’s not done ice skating in 5 years, I love that sport, and seeing all the characters just skate around is really fun. Sakura’s pretty bad at it to start which surprised me, most rollerskating and ice skating performances I’ve seen look more or less the same to me, such that I thought skill in one would easily translate to skill in another, but I guess not. Sakura does quickly learn though and that’s fun. The OP’s actually used as an insert song for all the skating around which wasn’t exactly necessary but tbf the OP’s great so I was happy either way. Our Clow Card is the Freeze card, which ends up freezing literally everyone in the arena outside of Sakura, Syaoran and Mizuki, though she just hides to let the kids deal with it. And the ensuing fight is fucking awesome, by far one of my favourite action scenes in this whole show so far. Because like the Freeze card is this giant fish monster thing that’s actually swimming underneath the arena ice, and shooting up its own like icy pillar attack things that Sakura and Syaoran have to skate around to avoid, and like any fight where the method of travel isn’t what it usually is is just inherently awesome, ice skating especially, but they combine it with some damn good animation here to make a fight that’s just, so fucking cool to watch, I adored every second of it. And that’s it that’s the episode, really great time.

Episode 34 was also super nice! It’s basically just Sakura and Yukito wandering around town doing this quiz put on by I guess the local government or something. And it was super sweet! All of the questions were fucking bullshit for Japanese kids involving like kanji and katagana and shit so I couldn’t answer any of them but hey they seemed nice. It’s fun seeing Sakura with Yukito, her crush is simply cute and he’s just nice in general. Also there’s an insert song and the instrumental sounds Jackson 5-y, that was cool. They also fall off of a cliff when Sakura ends up in something of a dazed state, but it’s cool, Yukito makes sure she’s okay. About that dazed state, that one dream Sakura’s been having has been popping up a lot as of late, also Mizuki warned Sakura about the full moon, also Kero-chan’s been lost in thought, and keeps on saying the name 2 “Yue”. I guess since we’re pretty close to the end of the first season they’re kind of setting up for a cool finale. I’m about to find out. Also although this is like, the end of the first season, I’m not gonna give a score, since all 70 episodes are the one MAL entry and I score those as a whole, but just know that it’d be a pretty hecking good score if I did give one.

Lmao forget all that talk I just had about an epic finale, this was just more regular Cardcaptor Sakura goodness, except on Christmas! Well, a little before. But that’s cool, because it’s a little before Christmas right now! Sakura invites Yukito to the amusement park as like a Christmas date type thing, and also to give him a birthday present since it’s his birthday, and the whole thing’s super sweet and cute and Yukito’s nice and Sakura’s feelings aren’t reciprocated because a 10 y/o and a 17 y/o in a relationship is fucked, and I’m glad, but also Sakura still gets to have a cute crush and that’s nice. Also Sakura goes to Meiling for advice with the present and the two share an interaction that’s genuinely positive on both sides, rather than Meiling’s usual hostility, so that was super great, particularly when they’re all in the park together (cause Meiling and Syaoran are both there too btw) and Meiling’s all “is that the guy?” and ah it was nice. Also speaking of Syaoran dude seems to be kinda crushing on Sakura now, which is neato, someone in his age range that’s not his cousin, that’s cool, but his crush on Yukito is also cute so like, we’ll see which takes prominence. Also in this episode we go up against the Firey Clow Card (it’s actually spelled like that, not even kidding) and like, fuck is it a dangerous one, could very well destroy the entire amusement park and kill everyone in it, that’d be super fucked. Syaoran has to use Time combined with Sakura using Sleep in order to give them a chance to even fight it, but none of their individual abilities can do anything. That is until Kero-chan tells Sakura to use Windy and Watery at the same time, which aside from being just a cool thing to do, lemme tell you right now, the entire sequence of Windy and Watery catching Firey is legit fucking sakuga. It’s so clean! Like this show’s animation has been pretty consistently great but this scene fucking blew me away, it looks so fucking good! The fight is over quite quickly once Kero-chan tells Sakura to use both, so the actual confrontation with Firey is surprisingly brief, but like, honestly the sakuga on display makes me not even care. Also since Sakura got Firey, Kero-chan now has some of his powers restored! He can create fire, but also really nice glowy sparkly things, that he kind of sprays all over the sky at the end to give us a really pretty backdrop for the credits. I think that’s pretty neat, can’t wait to see what else the Beast of the Seal has in store for us. And uh, I think that’s it, episode was just really good. Expected it to follow up on the plot threads that were being mad teased last episode but, eh, oh well.

And that concludes Cardcaptor Sakura season 1, I suppose. Tomorrow I’ll check out the movie and then we’ll move onto season 2. As I was just saying, this is all under the one MAL entry, so there’s no point in me giving a score, but like, fuck that was brilliant. I fuckin, adore this. I don’t even know what else to say other than I’m really looking forward to seeing more. So many plot points still to see, but also just more episodes of slice of life goodness that I love so much. I’m just, really happy I decided to finally watch this.

#cardcaptor sakura #4.12.19

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scarletarosa · 6 years

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Hello! I've been reading quite a lot this year (I set up my Goodreads challenge so that's keeping me from being lazy) and honestly most of the books I've read so far are concerning horror and women in horror. I will have to pick my bachelor's thesis theme soon so now I'm considering writing one on the history of horror... Have you read anything interesting lately?

Oh how wonderful! I absolutely adore horror novels! Here are some of the many which I have found to be rather captivating; should any strike your fancy:

The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allen Poe

The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

Dracula - Bram Stoker

The Shadow Over Innsmouth - H.P Lovecraft

Rosemary’s Baby - Ira Levin

Penpal - Dathan Auerbach

The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison

Salem’s Lot - Steven King

Another - Yukito Ayatsuji

#horror novels #book rec #books #asks

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hiddenwashington · 5 years

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mw by members?

alright so after throwing this in the group discord this is what we got! henry, gansey, kavinsky, orla, piper greenmantle, and neeve from the raven cycle, peter pettigrew, tom riddle, petunia evans, severus snape, daphne greengrass, astoria greengrass, lavender brown, and ted tonks from harry potter, romeo and benvolio from romeo and juliet, peter pevensie from narnia, anyone from overwatch, christian ozera from vampire academy, ryder lynn, kitty pryde, sugar motta, artie abrams, tina cohen-chang, mark chang, mercedes jones, blaine anderson, sebastian smythe, and jesse st. james from glee, snow white, jefferson, and charming from once upon a time, jake otto, troy otto, nick clark, madison clark from fear the walking dead, lola, narcisse, francis, bash from reign, angel, spile, dawn summers, and willow rosenberg from buffy the vampire slayer, hiccup, astrid, fishlegs, snotlout, ruffnut, tuffnut, dagur how to train your dragon, hiro, tadashi, honey lemon, wasabi, fred from big hero 6, merida’s brothers from brave, syaoran, meiling, tomoyo, kero, touya, yukito from cardcaptor sakura, kate marsh, victoria chase, stella hill, warren graham, and nathan prescott from life is strange, elijah mikaelson, freya mikaelson, kol mikaelson, stefan salvatore, bonnie bennett, roman sienna, finn, ester, mikael, vincent, and mg from the vampire diaries universe, charles xavier, erik lehnsherr, nico minoru, gert yorkes, chase stein, molly hayes, alex wilder, and old lace from marvel, maui and pua from moana, rajah from aladdin, the mad hatter, the queen of hearts, the white queen, the white rabbit, the caterpillar, the cheshire cat, and the march hare from alice in wonderland, edward cullen, jasper hale, and emmett cullen from twilight, captain hook and harriet hook from descendants, kyo, yuki, shigure, momiji, hatsuharu, hatori, kisa sohma from fruits basket, chandler and joey from friends, rory williams, martha jones, the twelfth doctor, the thirteenth doctor, jack harkness, clara oswald, the master, and yasmin khan from doctor who, zuko, ty lee, suki, mai, azula, sokka, aang, korra, asami, bolin, and mako from avatar the last airbender/legend of korra, alice quinn, julia wicker, kady orloff-diaz, penny adiyodi, fen, and marina from the magicians, and leo valdez, frank zhang, jason grace, hazel levesque, reyna avila ramírez-arellano, hades, zeus, poseidon, demeter, hestia, and any of the others gods from percy jackson! in addition members absolutely feel free to comment and add on to this!

#appless rp #fandom rp #multifandom rp #mumu rp #active rp #mw #Anonymous

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Bookshelf Briefs 6/25/18

Astra: Lost in Space, Vol. 3 | By Kenta Shinohara | Viz Media – Two things are the most notable about this volume of Astra, which otherwise sees our heroes going to more alien worlds and slowly firming up into the obvious romantic couples. The first is the big reveal that Luca is intersex, which comes out after a confrontation with Ulgar over Luca’s father, the senator. We’ve seen intersex characters in manga before, but it doesn’t usually hit Jump titles. The other reveal is back with the parents discussing their kids, who have now been missing for a month. It’s clear that there is some sort of big conspiracy going on here. That said, I’m not sure I’d really be continuing with this if I didn’t know the next volume was the last. I look forward to it ending, but also want to see the end. – Sean Gaffney

Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle, Vol. 2 | By Yukito Kishiro | Kodansha Comics – Having recently started reading and enjoying the original Battle Angel Alita, I was naturally curious about Mars Chronicle. While the first volume of Mars Chronicle served as a prequel to Battle Angel Alita, taking place during Alita’s childhood as a war orphan on Mars, the second volume is a sequel set after the events of the Last Order series. Tying the volumes together are the characters and the Martian landscape. Alita finds herself caught up in a dramatic battle with Erica, her childhood friend and another expert martial artist, while larger efforts to establish a unified Mars are in danger of collapsing, Alita herself framed for an assassination attempt of the emerging leader. For the most part, Mars Chronicle is a fairly accessible series even for those who haven’t read the earlier manga, although some basic familiarity with the franchise can still be useful. – Ash Brown

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 24 | By Yuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki | Viz Media – One of the more iconic things about Food Wars! are the images that are drawn by the artist summing up the preparation of food. Sometimes, when it involves the judges eating, it’s pure fanservice, but not always. There’s two terrific portraits here of the different types of cooking that two of the teams do—the one with Gin, Takumi and Megumi is shown as a sort of cocktail jazz band, while the one with Soma, his dad and Erina is shown to be avant-garde Jackson-Pollock style painters. It’s great stuff, and helps get us into the big final matches, which start with Soma immediately having rotten luck destroy him, as he’s challenging a soba expert and the meal they’re doing is soba. Ah well, he’s the hero, I’m sure he’ll come up with something. – Sean Gaffney

Ghost in the Shell README: 1995-2017 | By Takuma Shindo | Kodansha Comics – Despite being subtitled 1995-2017, the recent Hollywood live-action Ghost in the Shell film is oddly the first incarnation of Shirow Masamune’s manga to be addressed by the README guide and artbook. The rest of the volume is devoted to the various anime films and series by Mamoru Oshii, Kenji Kamiyama and, most recently, Kazuchika Kise. Each of the adaptations is given a chapter of its own which includes general information, story summaries, character, mechanical, and landscape designs, an abundance of full-color artwork, and more. For me the most interesting parts of README were the essays, the interview with Atsuko Tanaka and Maaya Sakamoto (the voices of “The Major,” Motoko Kusanagi), and the roundtable featuring all of the Ghost in the Shell anime directors in conversation with one another. README will likely appeal most to established fans of the franchise, but it provides a terrific overview and general introduction, too. – Ash Brown

Horimiya, Vol. 11 | By Hero and Daisuke Hagiwara | Yen Press – It really is impressive how the author of Horimiya is just not letting go of the fact that Hori really gets turned on by being dominated/struck, and that this really seems to bother Miyamura. It’s one reason, perhaps, why the volume ends with a short chapter that shows that, though they love each other, they still have tremendous difficulty figuring out how the other thinks. And there’s also Hori’s rage issues, which they at least acknowledge but don’t really deal with. As for the other couples, well, Ishikawa and Yoshikawa (Ishiyoshi?) are still struggling a bit, mostly due to embarrassment and embarrassing family. Horimiya isn’t as fantastic as it once was, but it’s still fun. – Sean Gaffney

Kuroko’s Basketball, Vols. 23-24 | By Tadatoshi Fujimaki | VIZ Media – We begin with the conclusion of the Winter Cup semifinal game, during which Seirin manages to defeat Kaijo by a one-point margin. It’s tense and exciting and there is a lot of manly crying. Rather than move right into the finals, however, the story diverges into flashback mode, with Kuroko telling the story of his time at Teiko Middle. This arc is fabulous and I’m a little bummed we didn’t have it earlier, as it would’ve informed so many of Kuroko’s interactions with his former teammates. However, putting it before his big matchup against Akashi makes sense, since Akashi was the one who sensed his potential to develop a unique style in the first place. In particular, I wasn’t expecting to come out of the arc loving Aomine so much. It’s nice knowing he finally did find someone who could defeat him. One of the best volumes in a while! – Michelle Smith

Kuroko’s Basketball, Vols. 23-24 | By Tadatoshi Fujimaki | Viz Media – As you might expect, Kuroko solves things, and is even allowed to make the winning shot—something that stuns him a bit. We’re clearly getting near to the end of the series, which means it’s now time for a biiiig flashback showing how the Generation of Miracles actually came to be. As you might imagine given everyone we’ve seen, it was not free and easy. Kuroko is almost put off the team a few times and the others barely work together at all. (It’s also cute seeing a middle-school, pre-sexy knockout Momoi falling for Kuroko.) I’m glad that this flashback is coming now, as we’ve come to know all the leads, and it also gives us a break from the tournament while still being filled with basketball. – Sean Gaffney

Mushroom Girls in Love | By Kei Murayama | Seven Seas – If it weren’t for the length, this could easily have fit right into the middle of A Centaur’s Life, a series that seems to enjoy randomly wandering off into whatever the hell for a few chapters on end. Instead of animal-human hybrids, this time it’s fungi-human hybrids, as our heroines try to stay married and in love despite root rot, royalty trying to break them up, and evading gunfire and the world seemingly being against them. As with A Centaur’s Life, this is not so much comedic or dramatic as just plain weird. And then there’s the girls riding tarantulas like horses… I guess what I mean to say is that if you like A Centaur’s Life and wish that the lesbians were the main characters, give this a shot. – Sean Gaffney

Princess Jellyfish, Vol. 9 | By Akiko Higashimura | Kodansha Comics – In many respects, this is a satisfying finale. Jelly Fish is back in business and it’s great to see the girls, particularly Jiji, finally able to don fancy clothes without hesitation in order to help Tsukimi’s visions become reality. In fact, I pretty much cried straight through from that point on. Reveals and reunions occur, but when one looks closer, one sees that several things remain unsettled. Amamizukan is still owned by Kai Fish, we don’t know whether Jelly Fish will actually be a success, and we don’t know how Tsukimi feels about Kuranosuke being in love with her (though I do love that he recognizes she doesn’t need a man right now). The feeling is all very optimistic, though, and perhaps it’s for the best that we just imagine a happy outcome without worrying about the details. It’s hard to believe it’s over! – Michelle Smith

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 2 | By Fujita | Kodansha Comics – If you enjoyed the first volume of Wotakoi, this second one gives you more of what you enjoyed. The four leads are still all otaku types, but realistic and not caricatured. We get to see how Hanako and Taro met, which temporarily turns Wotakoi into Haikyu!! for a bit, and also see the couples accidentally getting swapped thanks to a haunted roller coaster. And there’s a new character, introduced (I thought) to be a gay love interest to Naoya, but no, she’s just a shy girl who dresses like a schlub. Still, there’s some comedy to be mined from hiding this from Naoya for the time being. As an anime and manga geek, reading Wotakoi is both fun and heartwarming, and I like it a lot. – Sean Gaffney

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 2 | By Fujita | Kodansha Comics – I really liked the first Wotakoi omnibus, but I flatout loved this one. All of the characters are so great and so vivid, and there was an interesting structure to the two volumes included here. In the first, the continuing story of Hirotaka and Narumi’s first real date is interspersed with short vignettes and the story of how Naoya makes a friend. I came away with a much stronger idea of why Hirotaka loves Narumi, and how he feels like an inferior adult compared to her. In the second volume, the continuing story is an amazing flashback to Kabakura and Koyanagi in high school, with all the tsundere goodness one could wish for. Ordinarily, characters who bicker this much would bother me, but these two are the exception. This is a fabulous series that everyone should be reading. Get on it! – Michelle Smith

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs, Vol. 2 | By Tadahiro Miura | Seven Seas – If nothing else, Yuuna is proving to be a slightly better ecchi Jump title than To-Love-Ru has, possibly as there’s slightly less emphasis on falling into everyone’s breasts all the time. Only slightly, though, and Yuuna still positions itself for one type of reader and one alone—the horny teenage boy. But if I were a horny teenage boy, I’d like this—Kogarashi is a bit less hapless than the typical ecchi protagonist, the girls are for the most part fun (I was amused that the drunken Kitsune wannabe is a manga artist), and there is the occasional sweet romantic tease. Still, if you’re expecting romance, read Nisekoi. If you want boobs, this is the book for you. – Sean Gaffney

By: Michelle Smith

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innerpeacemanor · 5 years

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22 for the Valentine's ask!

22. fictional crushes?

okay i know you don’t want this many but i’m gonna take this opportunity to remember every single fictional crush i’ve ever had (about six thousand)

kudou shinichi, kaito kido (case closed), inuyasha, sesshomaru (inuyasha), robin, raven (teen titans), yukito, yue (card captor sakura), L (death note), tamaki (host club), fuji (tennipuri), luffy, zoro, nami, sanji, tashigi, hancock, law (one piece), danny, sam (danny phantom), ferb, perry, candice, vanessa (phineas & ferb), percy (percy jackson & the olympians), kusuriuri (mononoke), bart (bartimaeus trilogy), sebastian (black butler), celty (durarara), zen, saeran (mystic messenger), reigen (mob psycho), dazai (bungo stray dogs), victor (yuri on ice)

and then there are characters i really loved but weren’t quite crushes (either because i became less able to feel things or i was just too old for them)

snufkin (moomin), yuushi, kenya, shiraishi, eiji (tennipuri), gin-san, toshi, sougo, shunsuke, katsura, kamui (gintama), grell, undertaker (black butler), shizuo (durarara), arima (your lie in april), totsuka, shiro, kuro, misaki, saruhiko, kusanagi (k project), kaneki (tokyo ghoul), john watson (bbc sherlock), dean winchester (supernatural), lin-chan (hataka tonkatsu ramens), osomatsu, ichimatsu (osomatsu-san), chuuya, ranpo, atsushi, akutagawa, gin, (bungo stray dogs), ash (banana fish), hyakkimaru (dororo)

and im sure im still missing a bunch

okay okay (arguably) top ten

1. sanji, 2. zoro, 3. reigen, 4. bart, 5. dazai, 6. victor, 7. celty, 8. sesshomaru, 9. sebastian, 10. kido

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the-bookish-life-of-bree · 7 years

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(A Very Late) October Wrap-Up

So, seeing as I’m just now starting out with this whole booklr thing, I didn’t do too well reaching my TBR goals for the month. My goals were:

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan IT by Stephen King Another by Yukito Ayatsuji They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

I guess, looking back on it now, I did alright. I didn’t get to Another by Yukito Ayatsuji, but I read The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, and I read They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera. I also started reading IT by Stephen King in October, but I didn’t finish it in time (It’s long). I just recently started the Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, so that’s still on my TBR list.

In addition to the books on my TBR that I finished, I also finished Rick Riordan’s first Magnus Chase book, Sword of Summer, which I had previously read most of, and then DNF’d (Not because of a lack of enjoyment, but because of the dreaded slump).

So, let’s get into my thoughts on the books, below the cut, obviously, for Spoiler reasons.

Let’s just go in order, shall we?

They Both Die at the End, by Adam Silvera They Both Die at the End is about two boys, Mateo and Rufus, and one day, they both receive a call telling them that they’re going to die. They both decide to meet up (via a dating site-like app called Last Friend), instead of spending their final day alone and miserable, and make it their goal to live a lifetime in the span of 24 hours.

Let’s start this out with I expected to cry. I didn’t, but that doesn’t mean my heart didn’t hurt. Mateo and Rufus quickly became friends, then more than friends, and when it was all over, I was feeling some type of way. The only book that’s ever made me feel the way Adam’s writing did was The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. I think it had something to do with the fact that I knew something was going to happen, something bad, and because of that, my heart was in my throat most of the time. And beyond the brilliantly written suspense, every charater in this book had a part to play, no matter how insignificant of a character they seemed. This was the first novel by Adam Silvera I’ve ever read, and I can say with complete honesty that It won’t be the last.

The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordon The Lost Hero is the first book in Rick Riordon’s Heroes of Olympus series, which is a slight continuation of Percy Jackson’s story, with a few new characters (and gods) thrown in. In the Lost Hero, we have Jason Grace, Talia’s brother and the Son of Jupiter (Zeus), Piper McLean, Daughter of Aphrodite, and Leo Valdez, the best character and Son of Hephaestus. In the beginning of the book Jason wakes up on a field trip, with no idea of where he is or who he is. He’s attacked, along with Piper and Leo, by monsters and saved by Annabeth, who takes them to Camp Half Blood. Jason, Piper and Leo are given a quest, to save Hera. Hijinks and the slayings of monsters ensue.

I really, really liked this book, it was amazing, and although there was a distinct lack of my book husband, Leo Valdez (who, I can already tell, will rise to Book Husband ranks soon enough) was an acceptable substitution. As always with Rick Riordon’s writing, I found myself laughing out loud as I read, (and getting crazy looks on the bus as I did so). Reading novels by Rick Riordon always give me a sense of nostalgia, making me feel like I’m 12 years old again, and I have the feeling I’ll be a fan of him for years to come.

The Sword of Summer, by Rick Riordon Like The Lost Hero, The Sword of Summer is the first in Rick Riorden’s series, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. This one is based in Norse mythology, which is a nice change from the classic Greek/Roman Gods. Our main character, Magnus, is the cousin of Annabeth, and his father is Frey, god of Summer (among other things). In the beginning of the book, Magnus dies (not for the last time), and he’s brought to Valhalla by a Valkyrie named Samirah, Daughter of Loki. Problem is, people don’t think he deserves to be there. Some shit happens and Magnus and his two friends Blitz and Hearth escape from Valhalla and, along with the Valkyrie, Sam, they go on a quest to stop the Fenris Wolf from being freed, and to slow down the coming of Ragnarok.

Once again, this was a novel I seriously enjoyed, despite the reading slump that stopped me from reading it for the longest time. I was especially happy to see that the funny titles were back, as those were always a good time back in the olden days. Magnus was a very enjoyable, sarcastic person, which is one of my favorite character traits. Loki is pretty great too, though I assume he’s an evil motherfucker, a silver tongued villain. I’m looking forward to continuing the rest of the series, but I think I should finish the Heroes of Olympus first (And probably the Kane Chronicles, too...)

#wrap up #book #books #booklr #rick riordan #maggie stiefvater #magnus chase #sword of summer #Percy Jackon and the Olympians #The Raven Boys #they both die at the end #Stephen kings IT #stephen king #the lost hero #another #yukito ayatsuji

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