#queerbrujas

[veeples]

3, 5 and 12 for the book asks!! 💕

hi silv <33 ty beloved!

3. What were your top five books of the year?

Answered here! Even though The Broken Earth trilogy didn't make my top five just because, like, I consider it together as a series and I technically started that in 2022, I'll give a funny story and say that when I borrowed The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin a bunch of water from my bottle spilled onto it and I had to buy the library a new copy OTL. Which I'm totally fine with replacing it, I'm just mortified at myself that it happened! It made me finally throw away that water bottle since it never closed correctly.

5. What genre did you read the most of?

According to StoryGraph, it's LGBTQIA+ which really isn't a proper genre of it's own, but after that, it's fantasy, literary, and horror! I would love to continue to delve more into the horror genre, maybe dip my toes into older works and see where the foundation lies.

12. Any books that disappointed you?

I kind of touched upon it in another ask, but The Spite House by Johnny Compton set me up for low expectations (because, like, I can kind of eye a B-rated horror concept from a distance), but overall it has a poor build in tension and suffers from just way too many POVs for a novel of it's length. I think for a classic haunted house sort of narrative, the thriller part should revolve around the threat of the house, and yet the most thrilling part happens... at a different house??? And there's so little satisfaction in unravelling the mystery when the characters who are new to this town and this house don't really have to do any digging themselves. Another character offers insight, and another character is able to push the Informational Character to Release the Information. There's no digging, there's no uncovering, and I think this is due in part to the POVs extending to characters outside of the focal family who know nothing about the situation they're in. And then because there are so POVs, I do feel like it cut in hard to deeper and more meaningful characterization for the family. I mean, a haunted house is cool, but it's really about the people who haunt it and people who get haunted by it, so. Really a bit of a clumsy narrative with a halfway decent mystery and concept of death and ghosts, but it felt very flat for me.

[end of year book asks!]

[roxygen22]

https://www.tumblr.com/queerbrujas/647102106485014528/send-me-a-number-and-ill-write-a-micro-story

Nap from this prompt list for Timothee

Micro Story Prompt

Nap

"Lunch is - boys?" You turned and looked around the kitchen but could not find Timothée or your 4-year-old son, Caleb. They were typically seated at the counter and anxiously waiting anytime they smelled food.

You made your way through the house, listening for signs of your boys. You followed the sound of the TV to the living room and wished you had your phone or camera with you.

Both were asleep, curly heads lolled to the side and mouths agape in nearly twin-like fashion. Like father, like son. Caleb was comfortably cuddled between Timothée's side and the arm rest of the recliner.

Your barely contained chuckle made Timothée stir. He blinked and looked up at you slightly confused.

"Enjoy your nap?" You flashed a big grin.

He looked down at Caleb, then back up at you. "I guess we played hard this morning."

"Well, I hope you played hard enough to work up an appetite because lunch is ready."

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Masterlist

Tag List:

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[lavampira]

book recommendations

tysm @winedark and @rosenfey for the tag <:

passing it along to @hythlodaes @scionshtola @coldshrugs @likeabirdinflight @lesbianalicent @veeples @narrativefoiltrope @kirnet @disequilibria @jennystahl @elvves @queenofthieves @weird-ecologies @erielake @verbose-vespertine @solarisrenbeth @onceinabluemoony @queerbrujas @oldblood but ofc no pressure!!

1. the last book I read:

GOTH WESTERN by LIVALI WYLE — well. technically, it’s an indie graphic novel. but it’s a western meets magical realism about necromancy, revenge, and the power of love. and lesbians. I burned through it in a couple hours sitting because I was so gripped by it tbh.

2. a book I recommend:

THE HACIENDA by ISABEL CAÑAS — an absolute all time fave book in my heart; I would say one doesn’t even need to necessarily love horror to get invested in this one, since it also involves very interesting critique of spanish colonialism, religion, and class struggles in post-independence mexico only using hauntings as the lens to view it.

3. a book that I couldn’t put down:

THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE by SAMANTHA SHANNON — I was glued to this book for a solid two weeks despite its length. I have a lot that I would change about the pacing and certain events or qualities of some characters’ outcomes, but it was such a fun fantasy read, and I had a difficult time even moving on from the setting and protagonists once I was done.

4. a book I’ve read twice (or more):

THE SONG OF ACHILLES by MADELINE MILLER — my first time reading this myth retelling was my freshman year of college, so I reread it again ten years later to see if it would still hold up for how much I loved it, and it absolutely did. the perspective of the man standing beside and in love with the hero interwoven with the tragedy of achilles and patroclus takes me right out and the passages that tumblr enjoys to quote from it have so much more impact in the full context of the narrative.

5. a book on my TBR:

OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA by JULIA ARMFIELD — this poor book keeps getting knocked down on my TBR but I’m determined to read it this year. I’m intrigued by the horror of the protagonist’s wife ‘coming back wrong’ in a sense, and the recommendations based on its similarity to ANNIHILATION, but also the fact it seems to be a wlw scifi horror, too.

6. a book I’ve put down:

AFFINITY by SARAH WATERS — I wanted to like this one so bad, considering how often waters has been hyped up to me as The Author for historical lesbian novels and the fact it delves into victorian spiritualism, but the pacing felt so slow at getting to the point in the plot, and when it finally did, the twist put me off on finishing the end. it’s probably more of a case of ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ but I def had to DNF it.

7. a book on my wishlist:

GHOST STATION by S.A. BARNES — space horror quickly became a fave niche genre that I got into last year, so I’ve been very excited for this release, too. I’m also a fan of how barnes writes atmospheric dread and I have high expectations for it.

8. a favorite book from my childhood:

WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTË — it altered my brain chemistry as a teenager in high school and I haven’t been the same since I read it. I distinctly remember listening to ‘you said I killed you — haunt me then!’ read aloud and having to pretend like it didn’t make me feel so completely unhinged in the middle of class.

9. a book you would give to a friend:

PIRANESI by SUSANNA CLARKE — I was recommended this one by a friend to begin with, so it feels like an even more perfect book to pass forward. I think it’s one of those books that’s easy to get absorbed into even if it’s not a typical genre one would read, and it’s such a life-altering experience to go through with the protagonist, too. the underlying message that we’re all changed by our own trials and we’re never the same as we were before lingers with me.

10. a book of poetry or lyrics you own:

CRUSH by RICHARD SIKEN — it’s taken me so long to finally track down a physical copy at my bookstore but it was worth it because it remains my fave book of poetry to date. I could quote so many lines, after how hard they’ve hit me, and some of them have influenced my own writing or pairings in some ways.

11. a nonfiction book you own:

HAVANA NOCTURNE by T.J. ENGLISH — back in 2015-2016ish I went through a true crime phase in the prohibition era through the foundation of the US mafia, and this is a very informative book on how the mob became tied to cuba and how the revolution affected it.

12. what are you currently reading:

AN EDUCATION IN MALICE by S.T. GIBSON — I stumbled across this retelling of carmilla set in a late 60s massachusetts women’s college after reading gibson’s A DOWRY OF BLOOD and had to give it a try. I’m enjoying it so far; the prose is full of thick emotional yearning and electric chemistry, and the balance in the narrative of toxic mentorship, historical romantic and sensual attraction between women without shaming them for it, and vampiric elements is really fun.

13. what are you planning on reading next:

WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT by T. KINGFISHER — I only found out the other day that the sequel to WHAT MOVES THE DEAD was even released but I’m so desperate for the next part of alex easton’s story (and how eerily kingfisher writes horror) that it shot up to my next read.

[lvllns]

book recommendations!

i got tagged by @rosebarsoap and @narrativefoiltrope!! thank u both!!

i'm gonna taaaaag @pensdragon @pinkfey @waspgrave @venusmages @queerbrujas @princesshoneytea and anyone else who wishes to do this!!

the last book i read: excluding manga, the red threads of fortune by neon yang!

a book i recommend: always always always the darkness outside us by eliot schrefer. do you like science fiction? would you like to experience the slow unraveling of a mystery aboard a spaceship as two young men gradually fall in love amidst the backdrop of Shit Being Weird? do i have the book for you! i still think about this book two years later. it had me staring at the wall for three days after i finished it contemplating life and what it means to be human.

a book that i couldn't put down: i will not bang on about the previous book so here's a different queer science fiction novel, winter's orbit by everina maxwell. science fiction, political nonsense, trying to solve a murder, slowly falling in love. it's just so good.

a book i've read twice or more: i've read tithe by holly black like. a dozen times by this point. i love the modern faerie tale books so much.

a book on my TBR: re-coil by j.t. nicholas! more science fiction! this time with the ability for people's consciousnesses to be backed-up and then downloaded into a new body!

a book i've put down: i've only ever put down two books. thr*ne of glass and ac*tar. it's a no from me.

a book on my wishlist: somewhere beyond the sea by tj klune! the sequel to the house in the cerulean sea! i'm greatly looking forward to meeting back up with arthur, linus, and the entire group of kids.

a favorite book from my childhood: i can't pick one so the immortals quartet by tamora pierce!

a book you would give to a friend: the city of brass by s.a chakraborty. doesn't matter if you like fantasy or not. you get this book. read it. read the whole trilogy.

a book of poetry you own: cracks knuckles i'm actually sad bc i can't remember if i saved all my poetry chapbooks from undergrad :( however! the year of blue water by yanyi was. amazing. incredible. i know i saved it because it just changed me so fucking much. salat by dujie tahat was also fucking incredible. they spoke to my poetry class and they were a DELIGHT!

a nonfiction book: broken by fred kay which is about the suspicious death of alydar, a famous thoroughbred stallion.

what are you currently reading: the horse god built by lawrence scanlan which is about triple crown winner secretariat, focusing heavily on his groom, eddie "sweet" sweat, and the influence eddie had on the stallion. also diving into looking at how grooms, black grooms specifically, are often overlooked when it comes to the entire package of a race horse.

what are you planning on reading next: oh man probably intimacies, received by taneum bambrick, who was my poetry writing professor (and many other classes professor lmao), and it's a poetry chapbook! and then following that, i will probably pick the tensorate series back up with the descent of monsters by neon yang!

[serenpedac]

anTiquity Tuesday

The lovely @romirola tagged me to share an older fic and I love this idea a lot. Here’s a tooth-rottingly sweet Gabi/Farah fic!

Rainbows and Daisies

Pairing: Female Detective/Farah Hauville Words: ~900 Rating: Gen Warnings: None

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They settle on a patch of grass shaded by several trees. The daisies around them match those on Farah’s overall shorts (“Shortalls,” Farah had explained that morning while pulling up her striped socks) and grass tickles Gabi’s ankles.

Read the full fic on Ao3

Tagging anyone who wants to share an older work (it doesn’t have to be Tuesday ;) but please do tag me, I’d love to read your writing) and also (no pressure, of course):

@cleverblackcat, @agentnatesewell, @evilbunnyking, @lykegenia, @chargeortega, @narrativefoiltrope, @queerbrujas, @thee-morrigan, @amlovelies, @chroniclesinlacuna, @nerdierholler, @ava-du-mortain

[grapecaseschoices]

what kind of art would someone make about you? here

tagged by: i stole it; tagging: @serenpedac @galpal95 @quinnorion @mt07131 @sustainably-du-mortain @unitedindistaste @griffin-wood @sun-teas @honeylemonbutte @sunshineandviolets @straightuppotato-ocs @graysonblck @queerdetectiveblue @queerbrujas and anyone who wants!

Hiyam:

films [yes!]

you are wild and there’s no way for your essence to be captured in a frozen format. you are a character and the only way to describe you is to capture you in motion. you are electric. people are naturally drawn to you because you exude confidence. everything you do, you seem to know what your next step is. you are the muse to many, even if you don't know it, but deep down you do. people tend to fall in love with the idea of which i'm sure can be exhausting.

Bethany Josnel:

music [hrm]

you are a breath of fresh air. you are soft and free. you disappear as quickly as you appear, and everyone wishes you had stayed around longer than you did. your voice is what makes people fall in love. everything you say is in harmonies and codes, and only the most experienced listeners can fully understand you. your presence is always enjoyed but you aren’t always given the praise you deserve; people will let you stay in the background. all you want is for someone to really listen to you.

Lala:

poetry [!!]

you choose your words carefully and your words will be heard. you’re smart as hell. you know it and so does everyone else and you carry yourself with a sort of confidence. you’re a bit of an artist yourself, even if unintentional. you can find beauty in mundanity but you also know when to be a realist. people fall in love with you because you are a confident mystery and they're dying to find out more. you fear that this attraction that people have to you is based purely in curiosity and nothing else.

Alana:

novels [pretty much!]

you fall in love easily and hard, and you are the image that pops into someone’s brain when they think of a love interest. you are a romantic and find yourself falling in love a hundred times a day because your imagination is wild and certainly knows how to get the best of you. you are soft and delicate and need to be handled with care, because a heartbreak would break you into a million pieces. you don’t want much else except to be loved and to love. you want to live out your wildest dreams, and the person that loves you can't help but let their imagination run wild with you.

Ori:

paintings [... yeah, i can see it]

everything you do is a work of art. you are beautiful without even trying, simply lounging around looks like you’re posing and waiting for someone to sketch you. you come off as light and easy but you are often misunderstood. people don’t tend to see you for who you really are, and focus too much on how effortlessly you appear to navigate the world. there's some kind of darkness behind your eyes that only some can see under all the layers of paint.

[magebastard]

tagged by @narrativefoiltrope to make an oc in this meiker and assign them a poisonous flowering plant w this uquiz! thank u so much this was a TRIP

i’m not 100% who hasnt done it yet but tagging @coldshrugs @queerbrujas @fairmonkey @thee-morrigan @grapecaseschoices @rosebarsoap @esmeralda-juniper @purahs @lilas @veeples and whoever else would like to do this bc i want to see them all

Lane Wheatley - Lily Of The Valley

This is the poison of giving too much. You feel yourself emptying out, dizzying, discoloring-- until you fear you will fade entirely and wither away. You have always had to give. You never had a choice before. They pluck your flowers for their beauty, they trample your leaves carelessly, they pull out your roots by the fistful and berate you for daring to grow. And now that you have a grove to spread out in, your rhizomes tangle and curl in on themselves. When cruelty is all you've ever known, thriving seems impossible. But the answer is not to make yourself small and offer every lovely thing you are to the world in the hopes it will have mercy on you. The answer is to let yourself dare to thrive for thriving's sake, to grow in the wild ways you wish to-- and to do that for yourself for once.

[dwead-piwate-meggers]

Tidbit Tuesday

Because I am back on my bullshit and Charlotte’s not-love letters continue.

Tagging: @ejunkiet , @agentnatesewell , @evilbunnyking , @queerbrujas

I’m sure a therapist would have something to say about a childhood with an absent mother and my tendency to form relationships with emotionally unavailable partners. I suppose I should be grateful that at least you’re openly unavailable, instead of pretending otherwise? Can I call that progress?

[solarisrenbeth]

tag people you’d like to get to know better!

tagged by @gwaha 😽

LAST SONG: this mashup on repeat 🤩

CURRENTLY WATCHING: beef (finally) , daisy jones and the six (bc my friends said daisy has jordy vibes and they were right 🧎‍♀️), below deck: down under (boat show fridays beloved 🚢)

THREE SHIPS: i only care about my own characters’ ships and the characters of my friends, sry 🤭 but uhhhhh currently in rotation: sdv!jamie x sterling, solara (literally always but i’ve been listening to their ship playlist and weeping), jordy x athena or levi or andi from @/apt502-if lmao

FAVORITE COLOR: currently, terra cotta

CURRENTLY CONSUMING: toaster strudels

FIRST SHIP: there were probably earlier ones but the first one i remember experiencing blorbo-induced insanity over was alistair x mahariel

PLACE OF BIRTH: pennsylvania, usa

CURRENT LOCATION: indiana, usa

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single 💃

LAST MOVIE: little women (2019)

CURRENTLY WORKING ON: uhmmmmm myself? dkdksksk 🚶‍♀️

tagginggggg @lavampira @magebastard @queerbrujas @joachimtriers @queerdetectiveblue if ya wanna! ✨

[whalesfall]

tag game!

9 people you want to get to know better

tagged by @euelios thank you! <3

last song: actual song? iron & wine's version of time after time, which I've had on repeat out of agony. song I used to scratch the itch in my brain? instrumental version of just dance, which, you know. fucks.

currently watching: black mirror's latest season! demon 79 what a moment. cheeky demons, apocalyptic consequences, oh yeah.

currently reading: loosely all at once, the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson, project hadea by nyehilism (scifi delight), play it as it lays by joan didion, and the world's wife by carrie ann duffy.

current obsession: sort of always the torments, right? waiting for something to really sink my teeth into, but I meander in the meantime.

going to throw tags at @antigonick @helenekuragina @ejunkiet @stoneware @the-rebel-archivist @kittlesandbugs @gingerbreton @agentnatesewell @queerbrujas <3

[veeples]

book recommendations

@lavampira AND @narrativefoiltrope beloveds tagged me! thank you for the tag dani and i'm still soooo thrilled you loved goth western so much <3

tagging: @nerdferatum and @winesharksea and anyone else! tbh if you're a mutual of mine and you're on storygraph hmu, i love following other people and seeing what they're reading.

1. the last book I read:

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty — I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't expecting to tear up from a memoir detailing her year working for a crematory, but it ended up being a very touching experience in understanding how Caitlin went from college graduate to eventual Ask a Mortician (one of my fave youtubers I miss her so much). It is a book that deals with death, both the traumatic and the relatively peaceful, so maybe not the LIGHTEST of reads, but one I actually wanna re-visit soon!

2. a book I recommend:

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin — I got recommended this series by @queerbrujas, and wow! I think if you're someone whose interested for a sort of, soft start into sci-fi, the elements are there and add value, but the emotional arcs and world building that unfolds is just so masterfully done. Once I really got into the first book, I tore through the next two in the series with relative ease.

3. a book that I couldn’t put down:

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo — This is just a super fun fantasy read!! It makes me wanna read more like, fast paced heist sort of novels. Each character in the ensemble has a strong personality so they all stand out from each other, but they complement each other well and offer interesting relationships with each other! I was so enamored by the book I had to run out to a store to buy the sequel the night I finished it.

4. a book I’ve read twice (or more):

The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir — Funny thing is, I almost never re-read books because I feel like, good God I already have so many on my to be read list that I keep adding onto, I don't have time to re-read books. But this series has a ton of re-readability value, and it's almost necessary to take a second or third or fourth pass (depending on how insane you are) to pick up on the subtleties and the continuous narrative of themes that Muir puts down once you get past the memes and lesbians. I'm putting the whole series here because I've read Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth 2-3 times now and will probably re-read again before Alecto the Ninth comes out (impatient grumbling).

5. a book on my TBR:

Sterling House by Alix E. Harrow — Can I be completely honest, I actually don't know that much about this book. A librarian gave me a little book magazine when I was picking up some books one day and this book was on the cover. And the cover was just very pretty. I'm a very shallow person, you see. Also a bit like a bird because I see something pretty and I want it. But I also really wanna read Dungeon Meshi, so there's that too.

6. a book I’ve put down:

The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese by Michael Paterniti — This book was honestly such a drag to read. Slow paced and at 80% in, I still hadn't gotten to the confrontation between the original cheesemaker and his best friend who sold his family's cheese and business for money, which is so hyped up. There's a point to it taking so fucking long, and the point is, that's apparently just how the people the author visited told stories. Long winding tales with bunches of offshoots. Probably great as an orally told story. Bit miserable as written word.

7. a book on my wishlist:

The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels by Stefan Timmermans, Pamela Prickett — This one I saw in an e-mail for new books that came out in March, I think, and I have an interest in funeral practices and issues in modern day death management, thanks to being such a big fan of Caitlin Doughty. This book deals with the growing phenomenon of the unclaimed dead, which got touched upon in one of Caitlin's books, but not expanded upon. I try not to buy books if I can avoid it, but this one being so new and probably a little too niche for my library, I'll have to purchase it if I wanna read it!

8. a favorite book from my childhood:

??? — I don't think I have one to speak of that I can remember. I remember really being enchanted with some book about a girl finding a secret garden, so maybe it was Literally just The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgsen Burnett. Or like, I really liked the kid's book about the old lady who swallows a fly. Does that count???

9. a book you would give to a friend:

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson — This book was recommended to me by a friend, specifically the audiobook version. And wow, yeah! I kind of judge audiobook, and really narrator quality, by this one! The narrator put so much love and emotion into narrating the book, which really highlighted the emotional high points and made them punchier. This book may have made cry a little because I am always a sucker about characters who feel they don't fit in anywhere, who feel odd, who feel different, but find support and community and love with other people who feel the same way. So, like, I would definitely give this book to someone if they wanted an introduction to how good audiobooks can be.

10. a book of poetry or lyrics you own:

The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda — I bought the bilingual version of this book last year so I could see how Spanish is used in poetry, and then found out that he has a complex way of using Spanish so maybe it's not that useful. <3 And then I didn't read it at all, it's still on my bookshelf. Judging me. u_u I'll get to it one day.

11. a nonfiction book you own:

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado — Don't remember how this book got on my radar, but I went out and bought it and was so pleasantly surprised by how the style Machado uses in it to detail her memoir of an abusive relationship. So it's not a light read whatsoever, but just by style alone made it very evocative, it almost reads like literary fiction. I never thought about approaching memoirs or non-fiction in what I figure is a kind of non-standard way, so it stands out from the other non-fiction books I've read.

12. what are you currently reading:

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver — So this is apparently a sort of, like, modern retailing of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, which I would have got, except like, I'm not that big of a literary nerd. So I had to look that up. Really, it caught my attention because I'm currently re-listening to a fave podcast, Old Gods of Appalachia, and this book is set in like, 80s-90s Appalachia so it's adjacent enough to my interest. So far it is masterfully written and has such a strong voice for the narrator and protagonist. It's also a thick ass book, well over 500 pages which is a bit out of my usual range, but it's been nice to sit down with a longer story that feels like I'm sitting down to listen to the guy tell me his life's story.

13. what are you planning on reading next:

??? — Bruv who knows? I don't plan these things until I'm done with whatever I'm reading now u.u. I have a little gay romance I bought during indie bookstore day and I also promised @sysba to read some other Chinese manhua with some other sad tragic gay boys. It'll probably be that one.

[s-ewell]

Thank you for the tag @losingface 💖

My TWC detectives, as they are for now!

Deena (she/her): Farah

Kaiya (she/her): Morgan

Theodore (Theo) (he/him): Ava

Gonnarenamemyoriginaldetectivejusthaventdecidedyet (she/they): Nate (also LT route on different saves hehe)

Tagging: @queerbrujas @brightpinkpeppercorn @mepheesto and anyone else who what's to do it! (also sorry if you already posted this and I didn't see 😭)

[lavampira]

big 3 + venus swatches

tagged by @piratebay to share my signs’ palette using this thread - tysm!! all the muted purples and then a bright ass blue are so funny to me lmao

I’ll tag @hythlodaes @lilas @coldshrugs @consulaaris @queerbrujas @narrativefoiltrope @solarisrenbeth if anyone would like to do it 🖤

[ninanirina]

Ohhh this was fun!! Tagged by @queerdetectiveblue to make this tier list of tropes <3 I have a lot of nopes 😮

Tagging whoever sees this, and maybe @queerbrujas, @misseffect, @shadoedseptmbr, @mapplestrudel?

[serenpedac]

3, 15, and 21 from the fic writer hype asks please?

<3 Thank you for the ask!!

3. Headcanon you've adopted from a writer

N having a hair pulling kink, haha! I'm not sure who first coined it, but I first encountered it in this chapter of @evilbunnyking's Natural Philosophy. Love that the fandom collectively decided this for N! (ngl, I got lost reading several of the chapters in this collection again)

15. Fic(s) that inspired you to write

Here comes angst, but @narrativefoiltrope's fics (in particular the end of all things and such a living death) about mortality for their detective Winter are what made me think more about this for Yael as well. Erin's exploration of mortality is very thoughtful (and makes me hurt so much, but that's okay) and I love how Adam is written in the second fic.

21. Fic(s) you would/have forced someone else to read

starlight and entropy by @ejunkiet: Beautiful, beautiful writing that combines two of my favourite things: N Sewell and astronomy. This one is so romantic and very much Nate *dreamy sigh*. One of my favourite fics ever.

the music lovers hear by @queerbrujas: I have recced this one to several people haha, because I just can't get the image of a shirtless Nate playing the violin out of my head. On top of that, the writing is gorgeous!

[grapecaseschoices]

quirks & habits

BOLDS are true without fail (or as true as most things can be sans fail); ITALICS are either occasional habits/quirks or ‘just because they can WOULD they?’ or aren't very good at it.

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 VAL: 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

KAI:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

PIERRE:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything �� can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

KENDIS:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

ANDY:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal