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[a-disaster-gay]

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[hawkstincan]

thanks for the tags @nixie-deangel and @holycafe <3 i think i did this some time ago, but who cares here we go again xD

rules: without naming them, post a gif of ten of your favorite films, then tag ten people to do the same

in no particular order

no pressure tag: @softboydepot, @stacysmash, @eaion, @bedalk, @madsteacup, @starstruckpurpledragon, @simpledontmeanpeachy, @luna-shimizu, @thefancydragonqueen and whoever wanna join the fun

[madsmeetsmisha]

My dear friend @madsteacup wrote a Sterek fic for me as a Christmas gift. I am so touched. She is not even into this ship. Thank you so so much honey. <3

You don’t need mistletoe to kiss me

thatwasamazing

Summary:

Stiles gets exactly what he always wanted for a Christmas - Derek Hale.

[majorbitchwillgraham]

This is the cutest thing :)

I'm tagging..

@onchyart @madsteacup @the-crooked-library @littlemermaidx

[hawkstincan]

nine people I’d like to know better

Got tagged by @nixie-deangel thanks <3

Last Song I listened to: Forever and One (Neverland) by Helloween

Currently Watching: ... well, i'm mentioning only shows i'm actively watching on daily or weekly basis: Grey's Anatomy, The Good Doctor, 9-1-1, Walker, Beacon 23, The Rookie, Chicago Med, Alert: Missing Persons Unit; rewatching House M.D. (daily); airplane accidents investigations on youtube (mostly Mentor Pilot); dbd youtubers

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy?: Savoury and sweet (not drinks though).

Relationship Status: single, as i always was and probably always will be.

Current Obsession: Ted Lasso and Trent Crimm are driving me crazy. Coldflash is living rentfree in my head and not going anywhere. Hannigram is seductively smirking from the dark corner and winking at me. I'm fine (nope)

Tagging (for those who wish to do this): @starstruckpurpledragon, @mommalosthermind, @holycafe, @madsteacup, @majougari, @bedalk and whoever else wishes to do this!

[questionablygourmet]

From your book ask: 2, 15, and 17 please 😊📖

2. top 5 books of all time?

Oh, that one's hard. Let's go with...

One of the Wayward Children novels, by Seanan McGuire. I'm not sure which one, but I've read Down Among the Sticks and Bones and Come Tumbling Down the most.

Kushiel's Dart, by Jacqueline Carey

Daughter of the Empire, by Janny Wurts and Raymond Feist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss

and for a nonfiction.... I'm choosing between a few here, but probably The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt. I was annoyed at my mother for how she recommended it (she seemed convinced it would utterly blow my mind and change my worldview, which it really did not), but it was still a very, very good book with a lot of useful information and concepts that I still find myself referencing.

15. recommend and review a book.

I spent a lot of time on this one on the personal blog, so I'll copy from there, with an additional note that it gave me nontrivial Hannibal vibes -

I just finished The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, by Natasha Pulley, and I would be delighted to recommend it. It is the story of a British government clerk whose life is saved by a mysterious pocketwatch that was left in his flat one day, and the Japanese watchmaker who made it.

It is a little slow to get into (which is why I didn’t read it when I received it as a gift in 2016; I was finishing grad school then and did not have much mental energy to spare); while clearly there is Something Weird going on with Mr. Mori, the watchmaker, it’s hard to believe he’s the person who actually made the bomb that his watch saved Thaniel from, despite another expert’s assertion that the remains of the bomb trigger mechanism bear the hallmarks of his work.

If you don’t know ahead of time - though I’m about to tell you! which will hopefully convince more people to read it (there is a tiny fandom with some good fic and it could use some more!) - the fact that it’s actually a romance really sneaks up on you. I went into it without knowing anything except that my dad had given it to me after he read and loved The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern) on my recommendation, and said that this book had made him feel a similar sort of wonder.

This made me sure it couldn’t possibly be queer despite the neon signposts in that direction for quite a while. xP (My dad, while generally on the progressive side for a rich, cishet white male boomer… does not voluntarily read a lot of queer fiction.) So I got a very pleasant surprise! But I don’t think one loses anything from knowing it’s a queer romance going into it; it’s absolutely delightful to watch it unfold in its meandering, quietly lyrical sort of way.

The story is set in a fictionalized 19th century, with clockwork that can do things it really shouldn’t, and a few other supernatural elements; I think I’d classify it as “steampunk-esque,” but not really steampunk. It’s more that it sits adjacent to that aesthetic category. There’s some exploration of themes of nationalism and cultural shifts (and British cultural hegemony), but they’re secondary to the development of relationships between the characters, and may be a bit too… British in perspective�� for some readers. (Clan na Gael/Clann na nGael, a historical Irish republican group, plays the role of something of a bogeyman; they are the architects of some major bombings around London during the course of the story, and the way the story pokes at Japanese cultural shifts was interesting to me but felt a bit under-resolved.)

At any rate, if you like understated, slow-burn romance (with a side of found family and trauma-processing), it’s very worth a read!

17. top 5 children’s books?

Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems - ack, I don't seem to still have a copy, but I'm glad I was able to find the title. I've always loved poetry and these are just. So much fun. I can still recite one of the longer story-poems from it from memory.

The Magic Well, by Maida Silverman - Basically Tam Lin, except with a mother and daughter, where the daughter becomes the ward of the Queen of Fairies. Gorgeous art, and I read it so many times.

Dinotopia, by James Gurney - an absolute fucking classic.

The Paper Bag Princess, by Robert Munsch - more of a young-kid sort of book, but so good. I used to "read" it to my little brother before I actually could read, because I had it memorized.

The Lorax, by Doctor Seuss - I fucking adored all of Doctor Seuss's stuff growing up, but The Lorax was my favorite. My dad did the best voices with that one.

[madsmeetsmisha]

I tried another one

@madsteacup

[hawkstincan]

thanks for the tag @nixie-deangel <3 <3 <3

no pressure tag: @holycafe, @madsteacup, @starstruckpurpledragon, @mommalosthermind, @bedalk, @luna-shimizu and whoever would like to :3

ASK GAME!!

Do THIS QUIZ and say your result

Thats what I got!!! @wanderingwierdo @the-cherryblossom-system @blooper-malte @a-secret-rpblog @gobodegoblin @beeflingo @ibuildblasters

[relentless-endurance]

"Thanks for clarifying misinformation i should have fact checked or deleted when it was debunked over a month ago but uwu you were mean and im blocking you because you didn't coddle me"

Wait.... Wait for it...

ah. now I understand

[diemetzgermeisterin]

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD! Once you are given this award you’re supposed to paste it in the asks of 8 people who deserve it. If you break the chain nothing happens, but it's sweet to know someone thinks you’re beautiful inside and out! 💖💞💖 💞

Right back at you  🖤🖤🖤

[suntosirius]

From your writers choice ask: 7 and 10 😁

7. Which fic do you believe you took the most creative liberty with and why? 

Honestly, any AU fics. I love feeling comfortable enough in a fandom to be able to write AUs with characters people will inherently recognize anyway.

10. Which of your fics do you wish more people would talk to you/ask questions about and why? Be honest!

Equinimity XD I felt that it was one that we planned so cleverly and did so well with and so few people read it because it was a crossover and part of a small fandom.

[ask me some things!]

[hawkstincan]

thanks for the tag @madsteacup <3<3<3

no pressure tagging: @nixie-deangel @starstruckpurpledragon @holycafe @luna-shimizu @eaion @mommalosthermind @bedalk @softboydepot and whoever wanna join

show me your beautiful self this tuesday night 🤍

[hawkstincan]

thanks for the tag @holycafe <3

no pressure tagging: @nixie-deangel @starstruckpurpledragon @madsteacup @mommalosthermind @softboydepot @eaion @luna-shimizu @bedalk and whoever wanna try

[hhannigram]

22 for your Spotify ask 🙂

<3

[kristarfweefweexd]

💌 send this to the nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get back you must be pretty awesome 💌

Awe right back at you!

[majorbitchwillgraham]

Thanks for the tag

@iamfuckingtrash @themostineptthateverstepped @madsteacup

1. Take this quiz

2. Take this picrew

3. Tag some people

Thank you for tagging @chrisoels

Tagging if you like to: @figuringthengsout , @ka1imba , @kayrielwrites , @msblueberrybi