#romeo and juliet 68

[frenchnewwaves]

olivia hussey

[boomboom-tanjiro2019]

Easy

PT. 1 EX! READER X EX! ACE

Description: Angst but also ridiculous-extra stupid-shit. Reader does some wrong but so will Ace. HAPPY ENDING (No one dies and everyone gets what they need in the end) MODERN AU!!

WORD COUNT: 3680

Prologue

“And you are sure you are getting the promotion today?” Nami raised an eyebrow over to you. 

You roll your eyes, “Psh… Nami, you realize who I am right? Cecil adores me, and we already know she’s going to retire. I think she’s calling me in the office because she’s retiring even earlier than accepted, I mean, she’s old as shit.”

“Ugh… she lectured me on how girls her age didn’t wear skirts as short as mine when they were my age… it was below my knee, Y/N. AND I’m not even in the marketing department, I’m in finance, why was she even concerned about me?!”

“Well… when I am Chief of Marketing to take her place, I will instead encourage you to wear sexy outfits, Nami.” You wink exaggeratedly.

Nami smiles and shakes her head, “Flattering, but HR might not find that as entertaining as we do.”

“Oh yeah that’s not good.” You pause and fake sigh, “Our love will have to be hidden.”

Nami sheds a fake tear, “We are like the platonic Romeo and Juliet… you know… without the death… and pedophilia…”

“A shame I think it would add drama and spice … the death part- not the pedophilia, obviously.” You sigh and place a hand on Nami’s shoulder, “We are unintentionally HR’s worst nightmare I think.”

She shrugs, “Jinbei will understand.”

You stop at a large entrance with two tall engraved wooden doors with shiny golden knobs, a small white and black houndstooth placemat in front of the door, looking out of place compared to the modern marble floor, white walls, and bold furniture and paintings along the rest of the hallway. You had felt the peculiar feeling of walking through those doors a million times before, it was like time traveling back 50 years. How Cecil, a woman who had seen the dinosaurs and who did not bear the resolve to advance her views further than the 1700s became Chief of MARKETING for a RESORT company? Well nobody was exactly sure, by all means it made no sense. Cecil liked you because you sucked up to her, but made sure the company still advanced by undermining just about every request she had. In fact you were sure if Cecil were left to her own devices, Sabo and the folks in the law department would be drowning in lawsuits. 

You turn back to Nami one last time, “My outfit look modest enough?”

Nami nodded, “I can’t wait for you to be able to wear clothes that fit. I’ve seen your actual closet…” She raked your body up and down, making sure to focus on the bland gray and horrid shoes. “...This is a crime in comparison. 

“Great. Wish me luck.” You raise up your hand for a high five, to which Nami immediately reciprocates, before stomping off in her purple skirt and blouse with beautiful jewelry that might have given Cecil a heart attack had she seen it. 

You knock on the door, “Chief Brookes?”

“Come in!” Her scraggly voice calls out.

You open the door and step through, careful to shut the door and resist walking down the horrifically long, green brown rug Cecil used to guide a pathway to her desk. 

“Ah. Y/N.” She gives a smile. Though she was around 68, she looked more to be in her mid-fifties. Absolutely gorgeous woman with a smile that makes you feel safe. That is, until she cuts into you with jabs about your work and overall appearance. Not only that, but so terrible at her job that higher management has been waiting for her to retire. They have come to the conclusion that waiting for her to either kick it or retire in an eccentric manner is better than having to fire her. “My favorite protege.”

Only protege. No part of Cecil Brooke’s favor towards you was accidental. Though part of you had to admire Cecil’s spite and lack of tact. Your admiration might be deeper had she actually been good at her job. “Hello Mrs. Brookes.” You carefully walk up to her desk with a polite smile. 

She smiles wider, “You know I’d rather you call me Cecil.” She lies. She enjoys the hierarchy culture. “Sit sit!”

You carefully pull out the chair and sit down. Making a show of laying your hands down in your lap gently, a stark contrast from the person your team has seen these last few years, “Can I ask what you called me in for?"

Cecil nods and her expression hardens. She grabs a tissue box from across her desk and places it in between you two. “Just in case…”

Good sign.

“I called you in here because… very tragically and very suddenly… I have decided to cut my career short.”

‘If she considers that short, I can only grieve for her husband’s self esteem.’

“What?” You make a point of furrowing your eyebrows, “With all due respect-“ which is none. “-You can’t just quit when the company needs you so desperately.”

“I know it’s a lot to take in. You must be shocked.”

“I’m flabbergasted.”

“It’s tragic, truly.”

“Truly” you nod, slowly shifting your expression from false outrage, to false disbelief, to false sadness. 

“Don’t worry.” She reaches her hand over yours, “I will still be here for 4 weeks. I will teach you everything you need to know…”

‘Even better sign.’

“I am… heavily considering recommending you to take on my position.”

You gasp, “Mrs. Brookes! I couldn’t-“

“You can.” She smiles, “With my guidance over the next few weeks, I believe I can teach you my ways. I will be testing you along the way though. It won’t be easy.”

‘Anything is easier than trying to make our marketing department mediocre at best with you rejecting all of our ideas.‘

“I understand. I am honored to be in your thoughts…”

She puts her hand over her heart, “You just remind me of myself so much.” She sighs, “Well then… I guess that’s it. I will follow up with you later.” She shakes your hand.

You say your goodbyes and walk down the vomit inducing carpet. It would be the first thing to go.

“Y/N? One more thing for tomorrow.”

——————————————————————

You stand near the entrance of one of the interview rooms on the first floor. The one HR usually uses for interviews. Today, it was your interview room, along with Cecil’s if she ever decided to show up. The possible employee would be there in 20 minutes, 10 if they decide to be smart and come off as a try hard. Cecil’s favorite breed of person.

“Y/N?” You hear a familiar voice call out. Sabo. Team 5 leader in the law department, brother of two significant people in your life. Luffy and your ex boyfriend. Though it’s apparent your ex refrained from giving details of the relationship’s end by Sabo’s continued comfortability and friendship with you, though this day it didn’t seem so. “What are… you doing here?” He gives a strained toothy smile.

“Waiting for Cecil so we can start this interview.”

“Right… but… wouldn’t the… team manager the position is under be doing the interview?” He stays smiling, though it gets more and more unsettling as he whips his head around, “Isn’t it supposed to be Yamato doing the interview? Where is heeee?” He laughs in a rather scared manner.

“Change of plans. New employee is under my team until further notice.” You raise an eyebrow at him, “Why?”

“…No reason.” Sabo squeaks out, “Bye now!” Just like that, he is turning the corner on his heel as fast as he can. You hear a thud at one point followed by a curse but you try to ignore it.

Cecil appears from around the corner, dressed like a neon Cruella De’Vil. Her makeup masking her natural olden beauty with a clown color palette. She gives you a curt nod and unlocks the door, expecting you to follow along with her actions wordlessly and fluently. Thank goodness after years of staring her down to copy her mannerisms, this comes easy. You both sit next to each other in the room as Cecil decides to speak her first word of the day, “I will finish my section, then you will speak your peace. I will give you a 50% say in this. Since the new graphic artist will be under your team. Your first test is managing a new employee on top of the new marketi-“ something something something.

You just nod and smile until she is interrupted by a knock on the door, followed by a muffled sound sounding like Sabo’s voice saying ‘you can just open it’ whoever it is decided that this is a great idea and finally turns the knob. You glance down at the paper you realize you have yet to read any of or review at all. Drinking with your girls out of excitement took up valuable time. You hear the sudden stop of steps as you stay glued to the page, determined to at least scan over the resume-

Portgas D. Ace: Grand Line Resort, Graphic Artist job application.

No. No. No. You look up to meet the face you’ve avoided for a good 5 years. Chocolate brown eyes, splatters of freckles, muscled physique, bronze skin…

You can’t read his mind but if you could you are sure it would be the same thought as yours.

Fuck.

———-

“Fuck” A man you assume is Luffy’s brother says as he stares at you. Frozen like a deer in headlights.

He was coming out of the bathroom. Quickly going to grab a towel from the hallway closet in the flat he shared with his brothers. How was he supposed to know one of Luffy’s… hot friends would be here? The one he would eye across the one class he had with you during a professor’s boring lecture?

Your eyes unintentionally drift down as you try to comprehend what you are seeing. You quickly regret it. Your eyes dart up and you try to forget what you’ve already seen.

You two make eye contact for a few seconds before he, still wide eyed, closes the door while you dart down the hallway. You aren’t going to forget that first impression anytime soon.

———— 

You remember your first legitimate sight of Ace, a memory that is not helping you in this situation at all. A different memory seems to be playing in Ace’s head by the look on his face as he takes in your appearance. Looking for changes maybe. 

Ace shakes Cecil’s hand casually, but falters when he reaches you. What is he going to do? Pretend like he doesn’t know you?

“Good afternoon. I’m Ace, last name is Portgas.” He smiles at you but you can read in between the lines. He is as unprepared as you are. 

Though Ace is smiling and behaving semi-normal despite the situation, you are sure your body language and facial expressions convey your true thoughts. You sit there still as a brick as Cecil gestures for him to take a seat. 

He doesn’t look at you. Cecil introduces you at one point but his eyes look almost past you. Cecil doesn’t seem to notice anything off about his demeanor, but you do. He runs his fingers through his hair one to many times, his blinking is way too fast, he leans forward too much, and the arm closest to you isn’t on the table like the other one is. Details you aren’t sure how you remember.

Questions go by, when answering Cecil’s questions he turns to your direction but his eyes stare right past you as he answers. As soon as he turns to you his breathing quickens, his hand clenches and his shoulders tense. All things you notice before he turns back to Cecil to make eye contact with her.

Cecil coughs and turns her head in your direction. You know what for, though you’d rather be anywhere but here. You cross your fingers and hope you and Cecil don’t have the same questions since you were not at all paying attention.

“So, Mr. Portgas, how did you hear about this job?” You tilt your head curiously.

He takes a breath as soon as you speak your first word. He looks like he’s holding onto every word as you speak. “My brother works here… he recommended this position because I have an art major.”

You nod. Sabo must’ve been shaken because of you interviewing and having Ace in your team, “Impressive. And what can you bring to the position?” You squint your eyes skeptically

Ace freezes, “I believe…” he loosens his tie nervously.

You glance at Cecil, who is taking note of his behavior. Cutthroat bitch. Part of you is internally celebrating at the prospect of Ace not being a potential employee, but the other half is begging him to get it together.

“I can bring a new and innovative point of view to the team. Though this is my first legitimate office job and that can be a challenge to adjust to… but I’m not worn down from the job or stuck to the old way of doing things because of it.” It’s a decent answer, though Cecil doesn’t seem to appreciate his response.

You can see Ace is overthinking his answer in his mind, though his proud smirk says otherwise. He wants this done as soon as possible. Quite frankly, so do you. “That’s it for me. Thank you.” You say as quickly as possible.

Ace mumbles, “Thank you.”

Cecil didn’t seem too impressed with that either.

…That’s a good thing, yeah?

Cecil’s lips purse as she stares back at him, “Here at Hiraeth Resort, though our other departments may embrace new innovation, I have been sure to play our cards safely by using the same technique all these years. I’m afraid this might not be what you are looking for out of a job.”

Ace’s eyebrows furrow at her response, quickly scanning over your face, searching for something, a reaction to her words. The disbelief that you had confined yourself to a job like this etched across his features. His eyes linger on the bland gray and the jewelry metal that differed from your usual. You told him to never buy jewelry in that color, “I assure you I will do a great job no matter what your focus is.”

“...” Cecil analyzes his response before waving her hand, “That is it for me, we will get back to you at some point. I’m sure somebody appreciates the time you spent in this interview.”

That one stung.

You see Ace’s jaw clench and his features narrow before he sighs, “Thank you for your time Mrs. Brookes and… Ms. L/N.” He sends you a look of deep rooted betrayal masked by a layer of professionalism and longing. You aren’t sure which part of it is worse. 

He reaches for a handshake from Cecil, which she does not reciprocate. He hesitantly reaches out for yours, hand shaky. He starts to pull back after a second, but you reach out to meet his hand. The handshake is brief, but the shiver the contact brings you is downright embarrassing. 

As soon as that door shuts, Cecil turns to you, “Absolutely not.”

“...Why?” You should probably just nod and agree like you would with anyone else, no matter how qualified you believed they were. Something stops you.

She almost laughs, “He’s a disaster, sure some of his responses were decent… but a new point of view? Creativity? His job is to draw designs for the company mascot and posters! Look at this portfolio. ¼ of it is tattoo designs.”

“Everyone starts somewhere. He has a ton of job experience, it’s not all tattoo designs. He’s done posters and logos for restaurants and other businesses.”

“Ah yes, because a former firefighter will be very helpful in this job field.” She reads off the job list on Ace’s resume.

Hot. “It shows determination and sacrifice.” And it’s hot.

“I just don’t think he’s a good fit for the company.”

You fiddle with your rings, a color you despise, but it is Cecil’s preferred metal. “He has potential, I believe.”

She turns towards you, disbelief in her eyes, “You’re really for this guy?”

If she finds out about you two having dated, a clear conflict of interest, your chances at that promotion fly away.

You slowly nod, “I think he could be helped.”

Cecil scowls before sighing, “4 week paid internship, at the end of my time here, I will decide if he gets the job or not. You are in charge of shaping him to my standards.”

Your breath hitches. 4 weeks of constant… Ace? Nightmare, horrible idea.

“...Yes ma’am. I will not disappoint you.”

She grabs her pen and writes something down, “You best not, your job future is riding on the line as well. Dismissed.”

—------------------------------------

Nami waves you down frantically as you are headed to the local coffee shop after work, a distressed Sabo and Koala next to her. 

Nami gestures for you to sit down, which you reluctantly comply with, death staring at all three of them while they give you nervous smiles. 

“You all knew?” You ask.

They nod.

“So did everyone else…” Sabo cringes, “But we didn’t think he was going to be under your team… so…”

“Right…”

“Listen… We know the situation is.. Rocky… but Ace needs the job… and there has been a lot going on for him. He got fired from the fire station after breaking Teach’s arm because he insulted pops.” Koala adds

Thank god he didn’t put the fire station as a reference.

“So far one person is for his hiring and the other wants him as far away from her and her department as possible.” You comment.

You immediately are met with a mix of pleading, disappointment and very subtle… threats? The last from Sabo, mainly.

“Guys.” 

They continue. “GUYS!” Their attention finally is on you, “I am for hiring Ace, it’s Cecil who is against it”

Nami pauses and looks up at you, “...That checks out… actually.”

“I may not want Ace to be in proximity to me, but I won’t deny him a job. He has 4 weeks of a paid internship before Cecil decides if he gets a permanent job or not. Believe it or not, I defended Ace, no matter how-” You sigh, “... He is.”

—-------------------------

Sabo opens the door to Ace’s apartment, watching for a moment as pots and pans are roughly dropped on the counter as Ace stomps from fridge to cabinet to counter. “What.” Ace roughly lets out, not making eye contact with Sabo.

“...How’d the interview go…?” He awkwardly smiles. Ace whips his head up and scowls, the expression on his face giving all answers, “Right…”

Ace exhales deeply, “As soon as I saw her there I just knew… Why would you even let me go if you knew before that it was happening? Life just adores me, clearly. We break up, then I finally find some peace with my firefighting job, now that’s over and I come face to face with her. Waiting for her judgment, jobless, unworthy like some pathetic…! Ugh…” He rubs his temples, “I didn’t even read the email, I don’t want to deal with it. I should’ve just stayed at the tattoo shop, but I need to make enough to travel and… Jesus.”

Sabo stays silent before quietly glancing at Ace’s computer, pictures of your instagram open. He gives a wide-eyed stare back at Ace, who closes it and tosses it on his couch. Sabo ignores it and continues his thought, “Y/N defended you. Cecil despised you, but she says that you are being given a 4 week paid internship. Cecil- Mrs. Brookes- will decide at the end of it whether you actually get the job…” He gives a smile and a shrug, “Do with that information what you will.”

—--------------------------

Reason One to hate Portgas D. Ace:

He’s uncooperative

You point the camera back at the tall tan man across from you, trying to forget you have seen this aggravating man naked on your first meeting, “You realize we are doing this interview for you guys’ sakes right? All freshman basketball players this year. You’re on the starting lineup, so people are actually looking at you. And all the answers you have given me are inadequate.”

Ace leans back in his chair with a sigh, “I don’t see the point, really. I’m not trying to go to the NBA or anything.”

“Why?” You say, intrigued.

“...I don’t know?”

You throw your hands up, “Oh. My. God!”

“Why are you doing this anyway? Shouldn’t some sports journalism majors be doing this?”

“They all got caught using Chegg on their assignments and sharing answers in a group chat, so now me and some other Marketing students with a journalism minor have to do it.”

“...Oh.”

You groan, “Let’s try this again, why don’t you want to do basketball after college?”

Ace inhales, “...I don’t know… I guess… I mean… I like it, but I mostly do it because of the people on the team. Also it’s too much publicity… worrying about stepping on people’s toes and shit. Doing it professionally just seems… wrong… I don’t really know what I want to do with my life that I’d be good enough at…”

You turn off the camera, it didn’t seem like the type of response that should be recorded. For a split second, there was no camera, there was no mini microphone you had attached to his shirt. There was no 5 foot distance between the couch he was sitting on, his posture now up straight. It was just… you and this guy. Granted it was a guy you had first “met” when he was naked coming out of his bathroom, but still. Just you. Just you and ‘Ace’  “...It’s freshman year, you still have some time.” You shrug.

“...Yeah…”

You shake your head and turn on the camera again, “Uhh… now for the other questions.”

[inthewitchesstew]

My book recs

☆Mostly classics but a few more modern ones in there too!! Make sure to check warnings for any books you read ☆

1. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides

2. 1984 - George Orwell

3. If We Were Villains - M.L Rio

4. Animal farm - George Orwell

5. Dracula - Bram Stoker

6. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

7. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

8. Notes From the Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky

9. Dante's Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

10. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

11. Ariel - Sylvia Plath

12. The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath

13. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath

14. Moby Dick - Herman Melville

15. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper lee

16. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

17. Macbeth - William Shakespeare

18. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky

19. The Devils - Fyodor Dostoevsky

20. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky

21. A Nervous Breakdown - Anton Chekhov

22. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre

23. The Wind in The Willows - Kenneth Grahame

24. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

25. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

26. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

27. Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

28. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin

29. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

30. Emma - Jane Austen

31. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

32. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

33. The Odyssey - Homer

34. To The Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

35. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

36. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

37. A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

38. The Trial - Franz kafka

39. My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

40. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

41. The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

42. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

43. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

44. Selected Stories - Alice Munro

45. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

46. Normal People - Sally Rooney

47. Existentialism is a Humanism - Jean-Paul Sartre

48. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

49. Persuasion - Jane Austen

50. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

51. The Death of The Heart - Elizabeth Bowen

52. The Iliad - Homer

53. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey

54. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger

55. The Outsiders - S.E Hinton

56. The Chrysalids - John Wyndham

57. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

58. Middlemarch - George Eliot

59. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

60. Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

61. Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche

62. The Stranger - Albert Camus

63. The Republic - Plato

64. Letters From a Stoic - Seneca

65. Man’s Search For Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

66. The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus

67. Bunny - Mona Awad

68. Belladonna - Anbara Salam

69. The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman

70. My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun - Emily Dickinson

71. How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing - Michel de Montaigne

72. The Telltale Heart - Edgar Allen Poe

73. The Death of Ivan Ilych - Leo Tolstoy

74. Come Close - Sappho

75. The Fall of Icarus - Ovid

76. Tender Is the Flesh - Agustina Bazterrica

77. Cassandra - Christa Wolf

78. Forbidden Notebook - Alba de Céspedes

79. Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen

80. Carrie - Stephen King

81. Mrs. S - K Patrick

82. Sunburn - Chloe Michelle Howarth

83. Perfume - Patrick Suskind

84. After Dark - Haruki Murakami

85. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

86. No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai

87. Wednesday's Child - Yiyun Li

88. My Husband - Maud Ventura

89. All Down Darkness Wide - Sean Hewitt

90. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

91. The Waves - Virginia Woolf

92. The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith

93. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

94. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

95. Journey Into the Past - Stefan Zweig

96. Outline - Rachel Cusk

97. Chess Story - Stephen Zweig

98. Diary of a Madman - Nikolai Gogol

99. A Very Easy Death - Simone De Beauvoir

100. A Writer's Diary - Virginia Woolf

Enjoy!!

[seeinganewlight]

2024 books read

2024 goal: 150 books

january: 1 - heartstopper vol. 1 → alice oseman (reread) 2 - heartstopper vol. 2 → alice oseman (reread) 3 - heartstopper vol. 3 → alice oseman (reread) 4 - heartstopper vol. 4 → alice oseman (reread) 5 - heartstopper vol. 5 → alice oseman 6 - a fragile enchantment → allison saft 7 - some shall break → ellie marney (audiobook) 8 - only if you're lucky → stacy willingham (arc) 9 - over my dead body: a witchy graphic novel → sweeney boo 10 - notes on an execution → danya kukafka (physical & audiobook) 11 - murder on the orient express → agatha christie (reread) 12 - our wives under the sea → julia armfield (physical & audiobook) 13 - the invocations → krystal sutherland (arc) 14 - red string theory → lauren kung jessen 15 - the breakup tour → emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (arc) 16 - the name drop → susan lee 17 - the secret of the old clock → carolyn keene (reread) 18 - bright young women → jessica knoll (audiobook) 19 - last call at the local → sarah grunder ruiz (audiobook) 20 - no one can know → kate alice marshall

february: 21 - worst wingman ever → abby jimenez 22 - drop, cover, and hold on → jasmine guillory 23 - with any luck → ashley poston 24 - the atlas six → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 25 - that's not my name → megan lally 26 - not here to stay friends → kaitlyn hill 27 - this golden state → marit weisenberg 28 - today tonight tomorrow → rachel lynn solomon (reread, annotation) 29 - past present future → rachel lynn solomon (arc, annotation) 30 - the atlas paradox → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 31 - the guest list → lucy foley (audiobook) 32 - in the market for murder → t.e. kinsey (audiobook) 33 - the neighbor favor → kristina forest 34 - in the mix → mandy gonzalez 35 - everyone in my family has killed someone → benjamin stevenson 36 - the seven year slip → ashley poston 37 - veronica ruiz breaks the bank → elle cosimano (audiobook) 38 - finlay donovan rolls the dice → elle cosimano (audiobook) 39 - the simmonds house kills → meaghan dwyer (arc)

march: 40 - the mysterious case of the alperton angels → janice hallett 41 - the book of cold cases → simone st. james 42 - what the river knows → isabel ibañez (audiobook) 43 - cut loose! → ali stroker & stacy davidowitz 44 - how i'll kill you → ren destefano 45 - the reappearance of rachel price → holly jackson (arc) 46 - when no one is watching → alyssa cole (audiobook) 47 - outofshapeworthlessloser: a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out → gracie gold (audiobook) 48 - julius caesar → william shakespeare (rerad, audiobook) 49 - the family plot → megan collins (audiobook) 50 - if we were villains → m.l. rio (reread) 51 - alone with you in the ether → olivie blake (physical & audiobook) 52 - disappearance at devil's rock → paul tremblay (audiobook)

april: 53 - shakespeare: romeo and juliet graphic novel → martin powell & eva cabrera 54 - shakespeare: macbeth graphic novel → martin powell & f. daniel perez 55 - shakespeare: julius caesar graphic novel → carl bown & eduardo garcia 56 - shakespeare: a midsummer night's dream graphic novel → nel yomtov & berenice muniz 57 - twelfth knight → alexene farol follmuth (arc) 58 - kill for me, kill for you → steve cavanagh 59 - murder road → simone st. james 60 - everyone on this train is a suspect → benjamin stevenson 61 - listen for the lie → amy tintera 62 - king cheer → molly horton booth, stephanie kate strohm, jamie green 63 - twelfth night (musical adaptation) → kwame kwei-armah & shaina taub 64 - in juliet's garden → judy elliot mcdonald 65 - fat ham → james ijames 66 - death by shakespeare → philip l. nicholas, jr 67 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread) 68 - good girl, bad blood → holly jackson (reread) 69 - as good as dead → holly jackson (reread) 70 - dark corners → megan goldin (audiobook) 71 - the one that got away with murder → trish lundy (audiobook) 72 - funny story → emily henry 73 - imogen says nothing → aditi brennan kapil 74 - people we meet on vacation → emily henry (audiobook, reread)

may: 75 - episode thirteen → craig dilouie 76 - the girls i've been → tess sharpe (reread) 77 - the girl in question → tess sharpe (arc) 78 - wild about you → kaitlyn hill (arc) 79 - just for the summer → abby jimenez 80 - my best friend's exorcism → grady hendrix 81 - second first date → rachel lynn solomon 82 - the ballad of darcy & russell → morgan matson 83 - the good, the bad, and the aunties → jesse q. sutanto (audiobook) 84 - truly, madly, deeply → alexandria bellefleur 85 - your blood, my bones → kelly andrew 86 - amy & roger's epic detour → morgan matson (reread) 87 - romancing mister bridgerton → julia quinn (reread) 88 - the viscount who loved me → julia quinn (reread) 89 - bittersweet in the hollow → kate pearsall 90 - to sir phillip, with love → julia quinn (reread) 91 - when he was wicked → julia quinn (reread) 92 - it's in his kiss → julia quinn (reread) 93 - on the way to the wedding → julia quinn (audiobook, reread) 94 - emma → jane austen (audiobook, reread)

june: 95 - first lie wins → ashley elston 96 - we got the beat → jenna miller 97 - firekeeper's daughter → angeline boulley 98 - chlorine → jade song (audiobook) 99 - what stalks among us → sarah hollowell 100 - hollow fires → samira ahmed (audiobook) 101 - part of your world → abby jimenez 102 - the road trip → beth o'leary 103 - yours truly → abby jimenez 104 - finally fitz → marisa kanter 105 - the last love song → kalie holford

july: 106 - dead girls walking → sami ellis (audiobook) 107 - home is where the bodies are → jeneva rose 108 - we used to live here → marcus kliewer 109 - the children on the hill → jennifer mcmahon (audiobook) 110 - what moves the dead → t. kingfisher 111 - my throat an open grave → tori bovalino 112 - dashed → amanda quain (arc) 113 - asking for a friend → kara h.l. chen (arc) 114 - beach read → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 115 - book lovers → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 116 - happy place → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 117 - you have a match → emma lord (reread, annotation) 118 - bonnie & clyde musical script → ivan menchell (reread) 119 - such charming liars → karen m. mcmanus (arc) 120 - she left → stacie grey (audiobook) 121 - let the games begin → rufaro faith mazarura (audiobook) 122 - death at morning house → maureen johnson (arc)

august: 123 - cleat cute → meryl wilsner (audiobook) 124 - i wish you would → eva des lauriers 125 - the break-up pact → emma lord (arc) 126 - water for elephants → sara gruen 127 - when you get the chance → emma lord (reread, annotation) 128 - come out, come out → natalie c. parker (arc) 129 - my lady jane → cynthia hand, brodi ashton, jodi meadows 130 - the lies of alma blackwell → amanda glaze (arc)

september: 131 - the spare room → andra bartz 132 - late bloomer → mazey eddings (audiobook) 133 - savor it → tarah dewitt (audiobook) 134 - triple sec → t.j. alexander (audiobook) 135 - the skeleton key → erin kelly 136 - the examiner → janice hallett (arc) 137 - the dark we know → wen-yi lee (audiobook) 138 - pretty girls → karin slaughter 139 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread, annotation) 140 - lady macbeth → ava reid 141 - the pumpkin spice café → laurie gilmore 142 - the main character → jaclyn goldis (audiobook) 143 - queen macbeth → val mcdermid (arc) 144 - the cinnamon bun bookstore → laurie gilmore (audiobook)

october: 145 - midnight on beacon street → emily ruth verona (audiobook) 146 - make me a mixtape → jennifer whiteford (arc) 147 - haunt sweet home → sarah pinsker 148 - graveyard shift → m.l. rio 149 - the bitter end → alexa donne (arc) 150 - morbidly yours → ivy fairbanks 151 - someone in the attic → andrea mara 152 - a new lease on death → olivia blacke (arc) 153 - the christmas tree farm → laurie gilmore 154 - staged → elle cosimano 155 - the reunion dinner → jesse q. sutanto 156 - a crime of fashion → emma rosenblum 157 - the nosy neighbor → nita prose 158 - one lucky subscriber → kellye garrett 159 - a classic case → alicia thompson 160 - interview with the vampire → anne rice (audiobook) 161 - horror movie → paul tremblay (audiobook) 162 - everything is poison → joy mccullough (arc) 163 - romeo and juliet → william shakespeare (reread) 164 - no place left to hide → megan lally (arc) 165 - macbeth → william shakespeare (reread)

november: 166 - dinner for vampires → bethany joy lenz (audiobook) 167 - make the season bright → ashley herring blake 168 - a bánh mì for two → trinity nguyen (audiobook)

[thesoulesscollection]

New Ocs (Kinsley Family)

New Ocs dropped! The parents of Honey & Choc Kinsley & grandparents of Cherry. I've just been thinking about them lately and if anyone's interested, I would love to share anything about them with you all.  

The picrew in question was a lot of fun and is made by lullindo

Some lore dump down below

Full names are Ronald ‘Ronnie’ (Redacted) ‘Kinsley’ & Truffles Eclairs Kinsley 

Both were born in 1940, only a few months apart. Truffles was raised with the Toppats whereas Ronnie grew up in a rural little town cut off from the rest of the world

Truffles was an only child though she did long to have siblings to keep her company, she took in some comfort from the other children of the Toppats clan. 

^ Ronnie was the second oldest of four children & was close with all of them. As well, with the other kids in the small town he lived in 

Their relationship dynamic would be kinda inspired by the bad boy x good girl or Romeo & Juliet but deep down are mushy, goofball nerds who both gotten the bad hand in life. 

^ As well, their relationship would be best described as tragic and is met with a sad, bitter end. Where they had struggled to keep their head above the water yet inevitably drowned

The pair first met in late 1954, it was near instant love at first sight and they were quite smitten with one another. Would write the other lovey dovey letters whenever they were apart

Become teen parents at the age of 16yo with their first child and son, Choc. Then three years later albeit more planned out (barely) had their daughter, Honey

Both teens was made (forced) to keep the child (unplanned) and be wed to avoid having a bastard child out of wedlock by Truffles’ mother, Candy Kinsley 

Truffles Kinsley unfortunately died at the young age of 21yo due to health complications she both suffered from her own lifetime long illness and the births of her two children. 

Many years Ronnie came to his own untimely demise at the age of 40yo at the hands of (Redacted) and the case is left unsolved

Once Truffles’ death settled down, her mother, Candy swooped in to take care of her two young children when Ronnie unexpectedly got up and left soon thereafter. 

^ Candy would tell her grandchildren of his sudden departure being caused by grief, yes but importantly, he was ‘freed’ of being chained down to family life. 

If they were still alive, the pair would be in 75yo 2015 & 84yo in 2024 and would've celebrated 59 or 68 years (in the respective years) of a relatively happy marriage despite the horrible bumps along the way

[doyoueverstopandthink]

umbrella academy characters as music on my playlist of my favorite classical pieces

luther: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”: II. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso) - Ludwig Van Beethoven (performed by Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique with John Eliot Gardiner as the conductor) 

fits season three luther the best

this is the lightest movement of the symphony, which i think fits in with him falling in love with sloane and working on growing through his childhood trauma

the last phrase of the piece is viewed as two birds taking flight. that’s literally him and sloane. 

diego: Träumerei (Kinderderszenen, Op. 15) - Gemafrei - Robert Schumann (performed by Ronny Matthes)

also fits season three diego best

this is from a collection of schumann writing pieces that highlight his life (this one is from his dreaming during childhood)

he now has a child (in stan and in his and lila’s biological child) and is essentially dreaming of all the ways he’s going to do better at raising his kid than his dad did for him

allison: Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 - Sergei Prokofiev (performed by Matti Raekallio)

this is a piano sonata that doesn’t have actual movements separating it into chunks, just a vibe difference throughout different parts of it

the most technically demanding of prokofiev piano sonatas and he said it was “pretty, interesting, and practical” (which fits allison pretty well) 

klaus: Otello, Act 4: “Ave Maria” (Desdemona) - Guiseppe Verdi (performed by Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Maurizio Barbacini, and Das Münchner Rundfunkorchester)

desdemona’s last moments on stage before getting murdered by her husband, and she’s essentially saying “i love this man with my whole heart and i need to prove that to him before something drastic happens” 

klaus is very much so the same due to his whole “i love dave with my whole heart and i need to prove that to him before he dies in a war that uselessly killed a shit ton of people” 

they’re also both characters that are unapologetically in love

five: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: 1. Largo - Dmitri Shostakovich (performed by the Borodin Quartet)

if the second movement is five in seasons one and two, the first movement is five in season three

he’s pissed off with the world around him, yet he’s stuck with this bone deep tiredness that he can’t get rid of

he just wants all the difficulties in his life to fade away so he can go back to living as close to a normal life as he can

ben: Act 3: LII. Juliet’s Death - Sergei Prokofiev (performed by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko as the conductor)

ben is dead in season one and two, but the audience knows that he’s still capable of interacting with others due to klaus’s powers, and the audience knows juliet isn’t actually dead, but romeo thinks she is

this movement is one of the most heart-wrenching in all of classical music 

the movement that follows is juliet’s actual death, ending on an even sadder note that this movement began with (similar to ben fucking dying again)

viktor: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (performed by San Francisco Orchestra with Michael Tilson Thomas as the conductor)

it’s believed that tchaikovsky composed this when he was pissed off at the world for his inability to be openly queer and he just ended up being tired of everything

follows viktor’s storyline of coming into your true identity and trying to find a sense of confidence with it

lila: Piano Trio in G Major, L. 5: III. Andante espressivo - Claude Debussy (performed by Bertrand Chamayou)

very little is known about the history of the piece (which fits lila)

there’s a lot of emotion present with a lot of vibrato present in the stringed instruments, giving an additional sense of longing

the climax of the piece is very accented, giving it a sense of almost sadness and keeping that longing present

[paralyze-fic]

Paralyze.

Chapter 68

We were walking around U.A.'s campus while Togata was talking with Izuku. I was between both of them, Eri was holding my left hand and onto Togata's uniform, she seemed a bit scared but curious, looking around at all the students rushing to make their stands for the Culture Festival.

Some third years came up to us, talking to senpai, and Eri pressed herself against me. Our senpais insinuated that Eri was Togata's daughter so that might have been why she let go of him.

"Okay, letting the jokes aside," the third-year senpai handed us a flyer, "This year class A is going to obliterate, you better come too!"

While I looked it over, I felt a soft tug on my sleeve. The bright red eyes of Eri were looking up at me with curiosity.

"Can I see it too?" I smiled at her and knelt next to her tiny frame. She held the paper with her hands and we looked at it together. "It's pretty."

We looked at it for a bit more before I had to give it back to our senpais. We looked around, seeing students rushing from one way to the other.

"Even with still a month for preparations, they are really busy!" I nodded at what Izuku said, observing everyone. And I saw a dragon head coming toward us, but izuku didn't seem to notice it. I was about to warn him when he turned right as the dragon was a few inches away from his face. "Uwahh?!!" His scream had my right ear ringing.

"My god, Izuku..." he looked at me with a nervous and apologetic smile, and I just chuckled, ruffling his green locks.

"Excuse me..." a head popped from behind the dragon. He was the guy I met at the training camp, with Kendo-chan... his name was Tetsutetsu-kun, right? "Ah, (L/n) and Midoriya from class A."

I saw two more heads popping up, and the blond guy, also known as Monoma, began with his mockering.

Now, believe it or not, he had never said anything mean to me, not sure why though. He didn't seem that bad actually, he just... Like to be annoying toward class A.

But then I glanced down at Eri, and I noticed she was looking at the fake dragon head. I smiled at her, and caressed her hair, she stared up at me, her eyes showing surprise and a bit of fear.

"It's okay, Eri, it isn't real." Izuku turned to look at her too, bending slightly down to her height.

"Are you okay, Eri-chan?" She nodded at him, holding tight onto my uniform.

"I thought it was the person who fell from the sky."

Her voice... so cute! But, wait... person who fell...?

"Oh, you're talking about Ryukyu." Thank you, Izuku. That does make sense now.

"You will do a live show, right?" I looked up at him, Izuku did too, and we nodded together. "I think that would work, but this time I'll tell you directly. Class B will be the best!" I just stared at him curiously. "'Romeo and Juliet in Azkaban: The Return of the King'," uh...what did he just say...? "A fantasy work total and exclusive from class B!"

After he said that, Monoma started yelling nonsense and I could see his classmate holding a wooden stick, getting ready to hit him.

"I'll save you the job," the boy with raven hair stared at me, and I activated my quirk.

Monoma shut up abruptly as his eyes rolled back, his body falling forward and I reached an arm out to hold him. The boy nodded as a 'thank you' and I just shrugged as if it wasn't a problem. After that, Monoma was being carried on the raven's back, and Izuku commented something about Kendo-chan.

"She's participating in the beauty contest, even if she's doing it against her will." I perked up at his words.

"Aizawa sensei didn't tell us anything about that contest..." I agreed with Izuku and looked at Togata.

"Sorry for showing you the bad side of U.A., Eri-chan..." he said to Eri, who just nodded once, as if it wasn't a big thing. "Speaking of! She's really excited about the beauty contest!"

///////

Togata had taken us here, and we saw who he was talking about. Hado senpai was floating with her quirk while Amajiki senpai was taking photos of her.

When Hado noticed us, Amajiki senpai turned around and he nodded at me as a greeting. I smiled at him, and saw him walking closer.

"How are you, senpai?" He smiled softly and stood next to me.

"I'm fine, what about you?"

Before I could answer him, Hado exclaimed something that caught my attention.

"The beauty contest's winner! Third year, class G, from the Support Course, the dazzling Kenranzaki Bibimi-san." And... I don't know how, but I kinda knew who she was.

Maybe because I've seen her once, those eyelashes aren't a joke. What a quirk...

"In this year's contest, Kendo-san, who is winning fans because of the commercial will participate. Hado-san is really excited about it." I glanced at Amajiki senpai as he spoke. "But a presentation in front of the public..." Now he was on his knees, holding his stomach with both arms. I placed my hand on his back, and bending over slightly I tapped his back softly. "Just thinking about that oww... oww... my stomach is starting to hurt!" I saw Izuku sweatdrop at our senpai's behaviour. But I honestly thought it was adorable-

No! I have a boyfriend! Whom I love very much!

But Amajiki senpai is just really huggable...

"That's why this year I will be the winner! This is my last year, after all." Senpai stood up slowly and smiled at Hado, Togata did too.

Our blond senpai closed his fist in a 'Do your best!' way, saying, "You can do it!" We stayed in complete silence for a few seconds, before Togata spoke up once again. "Anyway... let's keep showing Eri around! Our next stop is..."

//////

"...The support department!"

The next thing that was said, was a whole conversation with these two being nerds together about where we were. And while I was looking around, I saw a pretty dirty Hatsume-chan walking up to Izuku from behind him. She noticed me looking at her, and she made me a 'shh' motion with her finger.

"That's right, the Cultural Festival is the moment when the support classes shine!" And after that Hatsume-chan talked about her new creation.

This girl is amazing... although kinda weird... I approve!

She was asking Izuku about his support item when her creation exploded. The three of us immediately took Eri out of the room. We walked around U.A. for a while, and observing around everyone working on their stands, I saw him.

Shinso Hitoshi.

What do I do?

[lizzie-bennetdarcy]

Wip friday

Rules:

Post up to five (5) filenames of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to post!

After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write 3 sentences in that file.

Tagged by my dearest @hippolotamus ! 🥰

Full disclosure, I have not touched most of these in months

2nd chance romance

Romeo and juliet au

Dumpster art

David's mirror

Sleeping with the enemy au

From sleeping with the enemy au:

David hums, and ignores the bile that rises in his throat at Sebastien's words. He continues, but David's brain is racing and Sebastien's words fade into the cacophony. What happened to Alexis? Is she okay? Is she hurt? David knows she can take care of herself, but she's also never really had to. David has always been there, with bandaids when they were little, and fake passports and colored contacts once she was old enough to sweet talk their pilot into letting her use the family jet. They haven't been as close in recent years, but he was still always there when she needed him. Years. Has it really been a year since he's talked to Alexis? He quickly does the math, and realizes it's been over a year since he and Alexis have spoken. Closer to eighteen months, actually. What did Sebastien mean? "An island" is so vague, David is sick thinking about all of the places that could be. So many. Knowing Stavros, it would at least be an inhabited island. Somewhere Instagram-worthy. He hopes. David's chest ignites with an anger he thought was lost. He stopped feeling angry for himself long ago, resigned to his fate. He can't go on like this. He can't go on without knowing where Alexis is — whether she's safe. It's been too long already, and he tries not to give voice to that horrible, nagging thing in the back of his mind. What if I'm too late? For the first time since they came to this godforsaken house, David starts to make a plan.

Tagging @smblmn @mostlyinthemorning @jesuisici33 @likerealpeopledo-on-ao3 @chelle-68 @treluna4 if you would like to share 🥰

[darkmedolie]

Darkmedolie's fanfictions/comics list

Fanfictions:

A taste of your soul - Snatcher x reader

A taste of your soul (audio, read by thereaderinsertlady)

Comics:

Snatcher x your soul

1-little soul tries to go away.

2-little soul makes snatcher blush

3-little soul bites snatcher

Medosnatch

1-Valentines day

2-Snatchoctopuss

3-take a break!

4-suspicious dress

5-tasty blue soul

6-bonking game

7-outfit swap

8-Snatcher plush

9-tamagotchi

10-Do you pet your snatcher ?

11-the nooses

12-marriage (part1)

13-marriage (part2)

14-big bad wolf snatcher (follow up to this art)

15-husband-o-lantern

16-shouldn't we get more furniture ?

17-medoghost

18-booette cosplay

19-good hands

20-flirting in french

21-more tamagotchi

22-je t'aime a mourir

23-hey hey

24-ask game 1

25-the waterslides

26-ask game 2

27-ask game 3

28-starving

29-clumsy medo

30-weird mind

31-autumn

32-i miss you

33-are you listening ?

34-driving lesson

35-toilet of doom

36-snatcher as the image of death

37-in a clothing store

38-you're small

39-is that a radish ?

40-in a clothing store (2)

41-sweetest candy

42-Eating on the bed

43-medo catched a cold

44-kiss?

45-deerest

46-love potion

47-maze mod

48-AI Snatcher

49-romeo and juliet

50-high sense of smell

51-still not in bed ?

52-cookie medo

53-white dress

54-pocky bacon game

55-Sleeping with snatcher

56-Sometimes i wonder how i taste

57-Fish snatcher

58-Hat kid ?

59-Accidents happens

60-Surprise kisses

61-are you really a human ?

62-Hat came back

63-Is this flirting ?

64-tamagotchi killer

65-scent ?

66-this is getting insulting

67-Is it that obvious?

68-Snatcher's feelings

69-The confession

70-Medo love summer

71-Role swap AU

72-Monster romance novel

73-How they sleep

74-The only thing i need

75-Toussaint

76-No food in the store

77-Medo's gift

78-Stay hydrated

79-Snatcher's gift

80-medo's secret power

Others ships

1-Glasses

Ahit comics

1-I want to stay your princess

2-what are you reading ?

3-Snatcher's bath

4-minion's dream

5-prince at lawyer school

6-meow meow meow

7-snatcher's fur

8-pet the Snatch

9-Fridges are expenssive

comic list part 2

[micoc84]

Comics Euro+

Adv of Tin Tin (1929)-G.Remi, Caster, Snowy, Haddock, Thomson Winnie Pooh (1926) - Milne, Methuen, Robin, Piglet, Tigger Wallace Gromit (1982) - N.Park, Feather McGraw, Shaun Sheep Asterix (1959) - Goscinny, Dargaud, Vital, Obelix, Getafix Paddington Bear (1958) - T.Bond, Henry Brown, Aunt Lucy Babar Elephant (1931) - Brunhoff, Rataxes, Celeste, Basil Gaston Lagaffe (1957) - Franquin, Bubulle, Cheese Peter Pan (1902) Le Morte d'Arthur (1485) Lion Witch War (1950) Spirou Fantasio (38), Beano (38), Blake Mortimer (46), Lucky Luke (46), Tiger (54), Dappere Dodo (55), Gaston Lagaffe (57), Smurfs (58), Boule and Bill (59), Commando (61), Thunderbirds (65), Arthur (66), Bluecoats (68), Whizzer and Chips (69), Warlord (74), Roy of Rovers (76), XIII (84), Thomas Train (84), Pingu (86), Tootuff (92), Serial Teachers (97), Teletubbies (97), Bob Builder (99), Peppa Pig (04) Romeo Juliet (1597), Robinson Crusoe (1719), Beauty Beast (1740), Pride Prejudice (1813), Frankenstein (1818), Oliver Twist (38), David Copperfield (50), Alice Wonder (1865), Heidi (80), Treasure Island (1881), Jungle Book (1894), Dracula (1897), Wind Willows (08) 39 Steps (35), Hobbit (37), Pippi Longstocking (45), Lion Witch Wardrobe (50), Casino Royale (53), Charlie Chocolate (64), Mission Impossible (66), Clash of Titans (81), Harry Potter (97)

[helenvader]

67&68! For the writer asks

Thanks for the ask! ♥ 67.

Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas?

I am not very good at challenges; I think I have only done two? And one of those was my own that I posted so as to increase the number of fics for a ship that had almost none. It wasn't much of a success. Only one person apart from me did it. Ahem.

It is much more common for me to write stories based on somebody's remark in a conversation. For example my editor once said “What if the ending of Ruin and Rising was done like Romeo and Juliet, with Alina stabbing herself, too?” She never meant it as a prompt, and yet that question led to the birth of a story. One that I am very proud of, too. :-) This happened a lot of times.

68.

What, if anything, do you do for inspiration?

Not much, really. I have absolutely no power over the fickle creature that is my Muse.

But I have noticed that I often get ideas during Aufguss in the 90°C sauna. It also happened yesterday. I have a fic I’ve been horribly stuck with, because I couldn't come up with a satisfactory form for it. And while in the sauna yesterday, the solution miraculously emerged.

[sophiesdailywritingprompts]

Prompt #68: Reverse Romeo and Juliet

A boy and a girl come from different families who think they will make a perfect couple and will marry someday. However, they don’t fit. They never have, and never will, and all the love in the world won’t make it so they can be together. They care for each other from afar instead, taking whatever joy they can from making the other happy. This is a take on the famous Romeo and Juliet story without the passionate romance and the unhappy ending. The protagonists do not end up together, but are overall happy with their lives. 

[theinvisiblemuseum]

43 & 68 for the ask game <3

hiii !!! <33

43. Is there a trope or idea that you’d really like to write but haven’t yet?

hmmmmmm SO many. but i really wanna write a fwb fic... every idea i have is like SPACE ROMEO AND JULIET or APOCALYPSE ROAD TRIP or COWBOY THIEVES i need 2 get back to my ROOTS and write idiots falling in love with no plot for the sake of it 🙏

68. Are there any fics that influenced you to write the way you do?

i was in the skam fandom for a few years (shoutout those homies ily) and the skamfr fandom in particular had the BEST fucking writers. those fics still replay in my head all the time. all of those bitches (affectionate) were integral to my growth as a writer FR

[eraofstories]

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#5

jiang cheng and wei wuxian

obviously i lean into the sibling vs romantic angles in different stories, but like. both dynamics are gr9 for these two.

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#4

yes, good, ideal

7 notes - Posted June 28, 2022

#3

they're splitting the wicked movie into two films. supposedly putting anything after defying gravity would be 'anticlimactic' (unlike the year+ there will presumably be between the two films????) so they're just going to split it in two. If they weren't cowards they'd do an intermission right in the movie like in old movie musicals.

8 notes - Posted June 28, 2022

#2

so it's almost 5783, so obviously it's time for a New Year's Project. @starrygazingpie and I have gotten a slightly early start, having decided that this year we're going to watch through all of Shakespeare. Naturally we started with Much Ado About Nothing (the Kenneth Branagh version, as we weren't able to find the Tennant one on anything we were already subscribed to). But the main point is that we're looking for recommendations of your favorite filmed adaptations. Naturally we'll be watching Romeo+Juliet for that one, but otherwise we're wide open to suggestions.

10 notes - Posted September 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

"The sense of sleep was upon me, and with it the obstinacy which sleep brings as outrider"

I love this quote from today's dracula daily. Because honestly? YES! Like it might come through most clearly in toddlers who get sleepy and start insisting that no they're not, they don't wanna go to sleep etc, but I absolutely do also get very obstinate when I'm tired, even as a 29 year old woman. Very good observation of the human condition actually!

68 notes - Posted May 16, 2022

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