#libby speaks

[adlibbed-adventures]

I FUCKING HATE THIS GODDAMN PACT. SOME ASTROLOGICAL SHIT HAPPENS AND ZURITHRA DECIDES IT’S TIME FOR HER WHORE ASS TO POSSESS ME AND TURN MY HEAD 180 DEGREES BECAUSE IT’S, LIKE, SILLY FUNNY HAHA OR SOMETHING????

Fuck. Okay. New journal, I guess. Gotta be formal and shit about it, introduce myself, that whole thing. Y’know, I don’t think anyone will ever read this (because if I’m not dead and I catch you doing that shit, you’re going to be heading that way pretty fucking fast) but I have a headache, Kaen is asleep, and I want to bitch about something, so there.

[downrightbooks]

Here’s your reminder that even Rohan thought that Tobias Hawthorne was awful.

(I love Rohan so much 🤭)

[no1bookgirl]

what if eve and her gang fuckingn blow up hawthorne island in glorious rivals

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

saw speak no evil last night, which i really enjoyed! it proved to be my very favorite kind of stressful movie, i.e. a slowburn thriller where people go to a beautiful and remote location and then Things Go So Wrong! it reminded me a lot of other faves ex machina, men, 10 cloverfield lane, the menu, ready or not, the recent blink twice, etc.

just some thoughts about this movie (spoilers!)--

+ i really enjoyed all the gender role stuff going on in this one a whole bunch. this is, of course, a classic gothic romp in my eyes. therefore, watching the dad -- down on his luck, feeling emasculated by his female family and by life not favoring him as much as it was supposed to! -- get seduced by the alpha male andrew tate-y bs embodied by james mcavoy's character, like the dad was but a shrinking naive gothic heroine missing or even lusting after all the red flags, was SUCH a fun subversion to me. yes! yes!!!

+ every time that mackenzie davis's character tried to establish boundaries and they got run over and then she let it slide to be palatable, i viscerally FELT THAT. there was, of course, a big element of 'privileged people wanting to appear woke so they keep being boundlessly pityingly nice to the poor people', but even deeper than that, i think this was a great portrayal of how women in particular are expected to constantly accommodate and ignore their intuition. the bit with making her eat the goose. D: and it got worse!

+ i also really liked how in the big showdown, the mom and the kids were the ones who actually took out the enemies, and the dad was the only one without a 'kill' to his name. (though he did sacrifice himself by jumping off the roof, mirroring Accomplice Wife's self-sacrificial death!)

+ gosh, the dark implications re: Accomplice Wife's character were so harrowing - the victim becoming the abuser - and the fact that the little girl was being primed to follow in her footsteps ..... D:

+ i enjoyed that the kids were the ones who had the sort of Big Finding Bluebeard's Closet Of Dead Wives Reveal. (my bf pointed out that this is a bluebeard story, and it so is! my favorite!) that sort of ASOUE-y feeling of kids having to make it on their own because adults aren't a guaranteed source of safety. MAN, poor ant. :'( that kid had a HORRIBLE time. i really admire his persistence in keeping on fighting and trying to communicate.

+ i saw someone in the reddit discussion thread say that couple vs. couple is an underrated trope, and i agree! would love to see more of that in cinema.

+ love how the title operates both on the level of "this kid can speak no evil about what we do because we cut his tongue out" AND "don't ever say anything mean to people or you might hurt their feelings and what could possibly be worse than that (oh, this, i guess) 😬"

+ can't believe they did nick miller's favorite song cotton eyed joe so dirty like that. :( that scene honestly brought tears to my eyes from pure misery. the fact that some parents really do treat their kids like that ...................... (even if that wound up not being totally the situation in this particular movie). disgusting and heartbreaking.

+ the most a+ "eternal flame" use since gilmore girls.

+ after i watched the movie i read up on what the original film was like, and may i just say: that would have broken me psychologically in the movie theatre. thank god i didn't have to see that. THANK GOD! sometimes american optimism really works for me, honestly. if it's a gothic, then in the gothic, they've always got to make it out at the end!!! bruised and bloodied and haunted but still standing! so i'm really glad they did!

+ it honestly never occurred to me that people would thirst over james mcavoy in this movie, because he's so gross and horrible, but it takes all sorts to make a world, it turns out. the internet teaches me that every day!

+ anyway, i had a great time watching this! would definitely watch again! but gosh, was it a special kind of fun and stressful to watch it unfold the first time.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

You know what's ironic is all the people putting hate in the tags won't be able to vote on any future polls once they're blocked. They're ruining their chances of future victory.

Correct! But I just think that’s fair: if you’re going to ruin the fun for everyone else by being mean spirited why should you get to participate in the future fun? You don’t have to like every book submitted. There’s a lot of them; that’s very improbable. I certainly don’t like every book submitted. But it’s legitimately easier and less time consuming to say nothing than to be hateful, and also it is just literally not that deep.

These polls are silly and for fun and if you’re getting legitimately mad about them to the point that you’re hating on the competition it’s maybe time to log off. This is also a competition second and a convoluted way to recommend/find new books first. So before logging off maybe look into some of the other books submitted! Maybe one of them will calm you down! I mean this genuinely, there are so many books in round one every time this tournament happens. Read something you’ve never heard of that someone else loved enough to submit that got knocked out early because no one’s heard of it, and feel some connection to your fellow queer book fans and be reminded that this is a hobby. Reading/fandom/this tournament. It’s a hobby we’re all sharing so we should be nice to each other and appreciate that.

[cboffshore]

Chapters two and three of If I Can Think (Of Something Clever) are here!!

Whew! Over 12,000 words later, I think I've officially ground my previous length records into the ground. It got so long that I had to slash it in half to protect y'all from a very potent case of Wall Of Text-Itis, but it's all there - just with a built-in intermission!

It should go without saying, but just to be safe: you'll want to pay close attention to the details in here. It's a lot to take in, I promise, but there's payoff. (At least, there will be with the final chapter.)

Tag list/interest check - and semi secret hint ;) - below the cut.

@tornoleander @aesthetickiwiiii @basicallyjaywalker @abunnsburrow

if you are NOT here and would like to be, let me know! Comment here! Inbox or DM me! Send me a carrier gull! Do whatever!

anyway, congrats on making it down here! Guess what time it is? That's right:

Semi-secret Hint Time!

As Lauren Child wrote in one of my favorite childhood novels:

"...it was the most simple kind of clue, the staring you in the face kind. So obvious you missed it."

- Look Into My Eyes (the first book in the very excellent Ruby Redfort series)

[definitelyimportantpost]

Every single one of my EO caster-types (Fynn, Eunith, Mori, Libby) has Some Bad Shit going on EXCEPT for Alice who's having a bang-up time blowing things up and listening to gossip at the pub

[juliens-bakery]

happy hanif book release day to those who celebrate!!

[tornrose24]

I started writing this chapter after I finished rewatching the entire series. I had rewatched the finale an hour or so before I began to type. I needed to be able to heal from something I had no control over–something that could have been different, had the story been mine to tell.

[inkoutsidethelines]

Got myself a library card, and I'm about to borrow SO many audiobooks

[libraryleopard]

If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So

I wonder how adults learn to live with this feeling that the past is always growing bigger, that you’re always losing more of yourself to it.

I take no credit for any photos

[adlibbed-adventures]

I started my last journal with how the group and I met, ‘cause all my stuff got taken by this asshole called Abbas, and we met right after. And I guess it’s a good place to start, right? If I go back to telling you stories from when I was a kid, I’m going to have to buy another one of these pretty fast. So I guess I’ll leave the kid stories for another time and start with Abbas. Again.

About five months back, I had the shitty luck of running into some of Abbas’ friends near this dig site I was helping with. I got knocked out and hauled to his slaver camp just south of Durbin. That’s where I met the group. Turns out we’d all been snatched up by Abbas. Gnoll bastard was just taking what he could get, I think. Elves like Kaen are valuable, apparently, but I dunno why he thought Ibrahim or I were worth his time. I guess it worked out, though, ‘cause instead of being sold off to who-knows-where I had my cuffs picked by Tuum and we all snuck out when a sandstorm hit.

I think we were all going to split up, at first. No reason for five random strangers - well, technically, six, but I'll save that for another time - to stick together, especially since Ibrahim's little bitch boy behaviour was already starting to show. Thing is, we all met the same lady a week before any of this happened, and she gave everyone a prophecy that basically said we had to stick together or, like, die, I guess. Here's mine:

I see in your future a time of uncertainty and terror. I see a sun outlined in black, its light withering all that falls under its gaze. I see you tied to a table with twelve shadowy figures surrounding you, each with claws ready to rend your soul. I see a grinning night sky and a void devoid of stars lurking over your shoulder. I see a net of obsidian seeking to entrap you, yet it is held back by five blazing, luminous stars. I see a lion, a thorn in its paw as it gazes with menace at a mouse wearing your face. My vision ends here - you must find these stars and avoid the embrace of the dark, my child.

I've never been super into the whole prophecy future-reading wand-waving magic trick shit, but some of that has actually happened. So. Yeah. I guess sticking together might have been the right call. Anyway, once we snuck out, we went to Durbin, and then from there we got moving. Oh, and we started a caravan - but that's gonna have to be a story for later, 'cause my hand is cramping and I'm really, really hungry all of a sudden. I'm blaming it on the demon possession.

[katranga]

😖😖😖😖

[indi-glo-archive]

why would mr. farouk become a teacher if he doesn't like kids

[emeraldgreaves]

Top 9 People You Want to Get to Know Better

tagged by @theresa-of-liechtenstein!

favorite color: teal blue (jewel tones forever.)

currently rereading: no rereads atm, but working my way through Pride & Prejudice, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker.

last song: francesca from hozier’s unreal unearth

last series: in full—succession and the marvelous mrs. maisel, both of which ended on the same day. honestly we are not much of a TV household, but we’ve been watching an episode of my adventures with superman occasionally to unwind from work

sweet, savory, or spicy? savory!!

currently working on: a hand touch prompt fic, and my personal copy of a fanbinding project.

tagging (if you’re inclined) @thenightdayblogger @rangerdoubt @queen-scribbles @lilybarthes @morning-star-joy @feykiller @dwead-piwate-meggers @bi-stander @jae-gerbomb and @anakinsafterlife

[kakujis]

I need to shower but she keeps running super fast into the bathroom and wont leave me alone LOL 😭😭😭