#like jfc lin what the hell

[theboarsbride]

"A Court of Thorns and Roses" Reading Update I

Page 101 - 24%

So, some major notes so far:

-I refuse to believe SJM knows how to write poor people. I refuse to believe that Feyre's family has been poor for a decade. How tf can the sisters be so dainty and act so oblivious and bitchy about work for survival after NEARLY 10 YEARS OF ECONOMIC DESTITUTION???????Just their mentalities, how they react to being poor, how they treat their belongings, how they treat their food, how they handle their money, etc. doesn't really line up.

-I can't stand SJM's writing style. SO MANY MF EM DASHES HOLY FUCK AND THEYRE IN PLACES WHERE THEY'RE UNNECESSARY. And also she reuses the same sentence structure, and it bothers meeeeee. (ex.- i was going to the bathroom, which was white and clean and shining. Then, I went to school, a place that was dull and bland and boring.) Like jfc. I wholeheartedly believe the conspiracy that no one actually edits SJM's book because good LORD.

- Feyre is dumb and deserves death. Like the instance with the Pooka. She suddenly sees her crippled father on Tamlin's land in Prythian in the middle of the night??? Given the wary hostility and aggression and distrust she's been displaying towards everyone and everything so far in Prythian, why isn't she doing the same in this instance???? She's said herself she is wary of faerie tricks, and acknowledged that not even whole, able-bodied humans are able to survive in Prythian without the help of a faerie, so why would she think her DISABLED FATHER, who is helpless in the mortal realm, be any different??? And why would she CARE that her father has come for her??? Did she not hope that her family starves without her, so that they realize she's important to them and she holds them in such an embittered contempt?????

- I LOVE Lucien <3 I like this fox-boy, he is funny and actually treats Feyre like the murderer she is (because yes, she's a murderer, and takes PRIDE in having killed a faerie. Which Feyre has some nerve being hostile to faeries who have been nothing but courteous and gracious with her, and thinking THEY are in the wrong when she was the one that MURDERED their friend).

- why couldn't Tamlin remain more like his beast form, making this more of a BATB retelling? I literally imagine him looking like Legolas but JACKED. This is where my ire of 'BATB but the beast is just a hot guy that growls or has behavioral problems' first began. It's such a shallow version of the story and completely misses the point. And the fact that this is also a retelling of The Ballad of Tam-Lin, a Scottish folktale, and does really nothing that's an homage to the story aside from Tamlin's name, the fact he shape-shifts (albeit BARELY), and there's (poorly written) fae really irks me.

-for once I want SJM to actually describe paintings rather than describing what the painting is of. I don't believe for one minute that SJM did more research into art, style, etc. because for the life of me I couldn't tell you what Feyre's art style is, nor do I really care because her having painting as a hobby is so pointless and has no effect on her character whatsoever.

- SJM is lazy as fuck with her world building. ex.- Lucien saying capital 'h' Hell, as in Christian Hell, when humans are agnostic/atheist with a sparse number of fae-worshiping cults (and were once implied to have had a polytheistic religion) and fae worship the Cauldron and other faerie deities so like.....why not use a few extra braincells to create her own version of Hell rather than using lazy cultural shorthand that, by the logic of this book's world, doesn't work????; underutilizing fae lore so now they're either underdeveloped spectral entities or LOTR elves... BORINGGGG!! GIVE US ACTUAL FAE IN LITERATURE AGAIN!!!! (*applauds Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries and Krystal Sutherland's House of Hollow*)

These are my major thoughts for the first quarter of the book.... See y'all again at 50%!

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[starchildrenofdustand-ashes]

What would be your dream cast for Hamilton?

Alright this ask has been here for a few days and it’s PUT ME THROUGH HELL

So. I’ve seen Hamilton live in Chicago and now I’ve seen the OBC on Disney plus. I usually have a dream cast for every show I love but jfc I fucking love the OBC so much (and Ik some ppl get mad when you say this) but I genuinely, seriously am in love with the OBC. They’re all so amazing so this was really fucking hard.

The Schuyler sisters are the easiest. So Angelica was a no brainer for me. Ciara Renee is my FAV broadway leading lady ever. I literally fan cast her in everything I can. Her voice is just so fucking smooth and angelic. I think she would kill any of the sisters tbh,, but Angelica and Maria in particular. Imagine??? Her satisfied or the belt at the end of Say No To This? Perfection. I saw Andrea Macasaet sing a cover of Burn on her YT channel and I fully support her as Eliza. I also think Brittney Johnson would make a bomb Eliza. I think Yvette Nacer Gonzalez would sing Say No To This really well so Id love to hear that.

I’m not a fan of Lin’s singing voice AT ALL, but I’m lowkey in love with his Hamilton and I can’t think of anyone I’d kill to see play Ham who hasn’t already. This is the hardest one. (Edit: alright I was talking to my sister and she said in 10 years she would love to hear Anthony Ramos sing for A Hamilton and I 🤯)

As for Burr? I am deeply in love with L Steven Taylor’s entire existence. It actually was a problem. His voice is amazing and? (( he is also so pretty jfc)) Granted he is like 40 (even tho he doesn’t look it at all) I think he would also be an amazing George Washington although, I’d really love to hear Jesse L Martin as Washington.

Lafayette, Laurens and Mulligan were so hard bc I’m in love with the OBC boys. Like truly. In love with them. But I’d cast Blaine Krause as Laf and Jefferson (also I cant picture him playing either of these characters, but I think my love,Heath Saunders, would sing what’d I miss really well) I would cast Jeremy Pope as Laurens and Jelani Aladdin as Mulligans.

Lastly, Gavin Creel as King George would kill me. I’ve had many a fantasy of this. Gavin has legit one of the best voices I’ve heard in my entire life.

[bae-leth]

wow there're a TON of fanfics for 3H even though the game hasn't come out yet I'm impressed by the fandom! do you have any fic recs so far cause there are a lot more than I expected there to be!

(I originally had a very long, detailed list of fics all typed up in the reply box, waiting to be posted… right before accidentally closing the tab. ahaha…... hhaaah…. i’m not crying. not at all.)

Anyway, you’re right! As of typing this up now, there are currently 85 fics in the 3H archive - that’s astounding, especially if you’re like me and you remember when the first one went up. all you writers are so so talented :’)

This list is definitely by no means exhaustive. For example, there’s a Felix/Sylvain fic that just went up that I’m dying to read! along with a modern!AU Bylad having Sothis as a little sister that I’m reading right now!! so @ anyone:  feel free to send any recs my way and I’ll be sure to jump on it :)

(quick note: if you ever get a comment on your fic by nootnootsaggressively - that’s me! dropping love onto your fantastic words.)

Without further ado:

Anything by Willow! If you've been following me for a while, then you'll know how excited I get when Willow updates, ahahahah. Their writing flows so, so well - it’s actually unbelievable - and the way they write the interactions between the Lions is so GOOD. They’re just like the family I’d always envisioned, and I love it so so much.

Rebuild from Zero - genuinely left me speechless. I had to reread and reread in order for everything to sink in, and it left me raw and numb for hours afterwards. This is exactly my type of fic, which is probably why it's my favourite out of the ones Willow's written, but honestly, the absolute sheer amount of emotion that seeps through the words is enough to make anyone feel heartbroken for days. READ THIS ONE. 

Since Sticks Were Swords - a childhood growing up fic! Not only does it focus on Dimitri and Felix as childhood friends (which is AWWW CUTE but also OH MY GOD THEY’RE SO. DUMB. JUST COMMUNICATE) , but it also incorporates Sylvain and Ingrid, as well as the rest of the Blue Lions near the end. Seeing them all grow up together and interact was really endearing and such a delight to experience! I’m not lying when I say that I read all 20k of this in one sitting (although my eyes burned afterwards, so pls take breaks.)

Trust Falls - the theme of her falling throughout the fic, yet watching her loved ones catch her time and time again? The progression of her relationship with her pegasus? made me UWU. HARD. and then the relationships with her boys?? INGRID AND HER BOYS??? EVEN MORE UWUS.

all in all, Willow's works are a real treat!! and I highly recommend them. (they also shamelessly inspire me hehe THANKS WILLOW)

caeruleus by miyuseway - (Dimitri/Felix) a Fraldarddyd fic?? with nuanced insights into Dimitri and Felix's relationship? Sinister time stuff? Felix being emotionally constipated? Wanting to hug Dimitri? A paragraph near the end that I want to copy and paste onto my bedroom wall? MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK.

Inseparable Against Everything by @cynical-gamer-media - (Petra/Edelgard) kjdsjdkbjkb THIS FIC. The plot was so, so engaging, and how these two spoke and acted around each other? They love each other so so much jfc my heart ACHES

come lady dawn by anthiese - what really intrigued me about this one is that it focusses on the strange in-between time of the timeskip. So, not everything’s gone completely to hell yet, but they’re certainly teetering on the edges of it. There’s lots of tension, and honestly I just want to know what hAPPENED (make sure to observe Dimitri in this one because. oof.) Felix and Ingrid interactions were so good, too! also SHORT HAIRED INGRID??? WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT

brave the fall by quags1re - THIS FIC!!! this is my favourite characterisation of Bylad EVER - his being-better-with-animals-than-humans definitely inspired my own headcanons for him + animals! imo it's the little bits of this fic that really make it stand out: the subtle interactions between the Lions (pay attention to every line, trust me it’s worth it!!!), Byleth’s observations of his students and how he’s growing to care for them (AWWW), the hjsdhsdhbKJJKJK NIGHTGOWN, the cutest wyvern ever.... It updated yesterday and I Screeched. Like A Banshee Taking The E-Drug

ephemeral by MerryDreaming - (post timeskip Bylad/Linhardt) - this one is so soft I’m in love!! the part where Byleth…. cups….. Lin’s face… SEE i can’t even bring myself to type it out because it’s just that soft??? I feel like I’m inTRUDING on something sacred?? JFC KJSDSFDK THIS ONE IS MAD SOFT LIKE KLEENEX. IT MADE ME SOFT TOO.

Far More Sweetsounding by WhereTheMoonShinesBright - (post timeskip Bylad/Linhardt) - again this one also made me soft, but this time because it’s very sweet. pensive and thoughtful with a touch of angst? I can’t describe what I’m feeling when I think of it very well - maybe it’s because of the intimacy. yes it’s the intimacy. anyway i like this ….  the author is skilled at words!!!

Place Called Home by Kroissant - WHY ARE YOU NOT READING THIS??? listen 1) it’s Ashe-centric 2) the plot twists made me put down my phone and stare out of the window 3) the descriptions are good and dense and RICH!!! 4) Claude’s characterisation was one I really enjoyed! I’m not going to spoil much, but he’s not predictable at all. and I liked that - the author made him v 3D! and not at all what I expected. 

Please read this fic - it’s long and rewarding and intense and you will very much enjoy it if you like worldbuilding. One part I particularly enjoyed actually was this bit about how post-timeskip Felix changed - it really made my heart go UWU. BIG UWU I LOVED IT and I loved the characterisation and how nuanced and well thought out it was!!! if you decide to give this a try, pls don’t do what I did and read it on a bus, because I got so engrossed that I missed my stop

The jerk and the lion by Chscak_e - (Dimitri/Felix) - oh my god just look at the TITLE. I cannot WAIT for Felix to become the worst nuisance Dimitri’s ever had to deal with in his entire life, simply because he was an idiot to Ashe. I can’t wait for more Ashe and Felix interactions in general!! this fic has so much promise and I’m already hooked on the premise…. Dimitri’s dialogue at the end really got me (MOOD WHIPLASH MUCH??) and dsjfddh i just. SLOWBURN i can’t WAIT!!!! AAA