#lifes a witch

[bluephoenixdruidicprincess]

So I'm reading this reverse harem book because reverse harems have just kind of been my thing lately. And I think I'm going to like the main female protagonist in this book which is honestly is kind of rare in reverse harems. Normally I'm pretty apathetic to the female character in reverse harem romance books -- they're almost always hard around the edges, not like other girls, fantastic martial artists with anger issues. Which there's nothing wrong with these attributes in a female protagonist but I'm honestly getting kind of sick of reading about that kind of character; this kind of character is just everywhere in the reverse harem genre. Maybe I want to have a reverse harem with a female protagonist that isn't so overtly strong and easy to aggravate. There is something more inherently interesting to me about a protagonist that maybe doesn't necessarily have the capability to beat up very guy that stares at her but instead is you know friendly and has a more inner strength to her. Like honestly, in reverse harems, I kind of enjoy the main female protagonist's best friends more than the actual protagonist. She can still be not like the other girls and take 0 shit from the main characters but also you know be vulnerable and kind and friendly. But anyway, only a few pages into this book and so far this character doesn't seem like she's going to embody too much of what you typically find of female protagonists in reverse harems except for the not like other girls thing (that I don't think I will ever be able to get away from in reverse harems unfortunately) but the thing I cannot stand is this girl's name. First name: Astra. Last name Nomical. Her full name is literally Astra Nomical. And I cannot take this book seriously whenever she's called that. I can deal with calling her Astra. I can deal with calling her Nomical. But whenever her full name is mentioned, I can't take her seriously, it takes me out of the book so bad. Don't know if the character herself gave her that name or if it was her parents that gave her that name. Either way, to me its not quirky, its not cute, its just cringey AF. And I beg for the sake of my sanity, that these non-sentient fictional characters who have already been written and therefore have no control over what has already been written in the book to stop calling her by her full name. I want to enjoy this book but I can't if I'm continuously being reminded that this girl's name is Astra Nomical.

Oh and by the way if anyone's interested the name of the book is Life's A Witch by Skyler Andra.

[animal-s0ul]

[tomwambsgays]

unadulterated loathing

[aesethewitch]

When I was a kid, we moved into a house that had a huge lilac tree out front. It was mostly rotten, and it needed to be taken down before it fell. It took a while, but eventually, it was gone.

Mostly. A couple years later, little lilac babies popped out of the ground in its place. My mom was determined to get rid of them, because she'd planted a beautiful flower garden there, and the lilac trees would overshadow and kill the whole garden. I insisted on saving at least a few saplings. She said fine, but I had to dig them out and put them in pots myself.

So, I did. I spent days digging little lilac bushes out of the ground and putting them into pots. Some couldn't be saved, but some could. When all was said and done, I had five brand-new lilac saplings. Seven or eight years old, and it was my absolute pride and joy.

Three died due to sun scorching, severe drought that no amount of watering could save, and perhaps just being moved from their place in the ground. But two survived, and I was awfully proud of them! I'd go out and talk to them every single day. I watered them by hand and made sure they were fertilized properly. I learned all about their favored environments, and I was determined to make sure they lived.

One of my mom's friends saw what I was doing with the lilacs. She asked if she could have one to put in her backyard, and I agreed on the condition that she take very, very good care of it.

It's now fucking enormous. I'm talking ten feet tall and bursting with beautiful purple flowers every spring. My mom still gets updates each year as they start to bloom, which she forwards to me. And all I can think is, "That's my friend! Thriving some twenty years on, there it is."

The other tree nearly died, too. It lived in a pot for far, far too long. I wanted to plant it somewhere in my parents' yard, but my mom was reluctant. Eventually, we agreed to put it in the far back garden. It grew okay for many years, despite the shade, but in all these years, it's never bloomed.

Last year, the massive tree casting massive shadows over the lilac and the garden cracked in half and fell. It tumbled into the garden, crushing part of the nearby shed and destroying a few plants beneath it.

It missed my lilac by inches.

The clean-up is long done. The rest of the tree has been cut down, and my lilac has full sunlight for the first time in fifteen years. It won't bloom this year, I know. But it's got new shoots up. It's taller than ever. I spent half an hour a few weeks ago praising it for surviving all this time, dreaming about its future and telling it how I believe it'll become the tall beauty it's always been meant to be.

I think next year, I'll see flowers.

[thehobbitchronicles]

books made of magic, fairytales, poems and love

[thatsbelievable]

[daisylambs]

[sabeedraws]

This is your friendly reminder that Elphaba is alluded to being trans in the book <3

Edit: been informed that she was implied to be intersex, actually – sry, its been 10 years and I am overdue for a reread haha

[toffeenutcrunchlatte]

[morning-star222]

[wackarat]

Tf2 X Monty python guys. We see the vision

[khajiithaswitchywares]

Go hiking. Fake your death. Become one with the forest. Elevate to forest god. The simple things.

[cozy-brew]

so peaceful :)

Source: @arinniedalison

[bebs-art-gallery]

Art by Laura Benson

[hellmxuths]

What's the point in my fireplace if the remote is older than my ggg grandma? Shit eats batteries like no tomorrow. I want it on for ambiance while I decorate 😭😭

[thehobbitchronicles]

Hello May,

please be good to us and full of better days, laughter, happiness and amazing things 🌿🪻🌸