#sage robin is bullying me

[witchcraftandburialdirt]

What’s the strangest/weirdest thing the Mun has watched on youtube?

✧ ── 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍

1. What’s the strangest/weirdest thing the Mun has watched on youtube?

── "Oh yes, the video site - strange to me how this world's population has endless information at their fingertips and yet instead of research they choose to focus on pointless nonsense. They seem to enjoy videos that delve into the many features regarding the oceans in their world; a call to the void perhaps? Why bother trying to frighten oneself with imagery and experiences they will never have? What is there to be scared of in the oceans' floor when you'll never be at the bottom of them anyway?"

[booksociety]

Book Society presents its November reading event! This time our members have selected Behind the Mask as the theme and A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown as the optional book of the month. The event will be full of mystery, as we’ll be reading books featuring a prominent theme of secret or hidden identity. We hope you come and join us! This event is open to everyone, not just our members.

✧ how to participate:

optional: reblog this post; check out our network and members

read (or reread) either A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #1) (young adult, fantasy, romance; 480 pages; TW & CW: death, animal death, panic disorder) or a book of your choice that fits this month’s theme

share what book you’ve chosen, thoughts, reactions, and/or creations

use the tag #booksocietynet (see terms of use) in your event posts, and include “@booksociety’s Behind the Mask Event: [insert book title here]” in the description of your creations

the event starts on November 1 and ends on November 30

✧ reading recommendations (under the cut):

Across a Star-Swept Sea (For Darkness Shows the Stars #2) by Diana Peterfreund (young adult, dystopian, romance; 449 pages)

Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness #1) by Tamora Pierce (middle grade, fantasy; 274 pages)

A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals #1) by Alyssa Cole (adult, contemporary, romance; 360 pages)

A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water #1) by Bethany C. Morrow (young adult, fantasy, contemporary; 288 pages; TW & CW: suicidal intent, police brutality, racism)

Bonds of Brass (The Bloodright Trilogy #1) by Emily Skrutskie (young adult, sci-fi, lgbt+; 304 pages; TW & CW: violence, war, invasion, oppression)

Bring Me Their Hearts (Bring Me Their Hearts #1) by Sara Wolf (young adult, fantasy, romance; 370 pages; TW & CW: violence, blood, gore)

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer (young adult, sci-fi, romance; 400 pages; TW & CW: terminal illness, child death, child abuse, ableism)

Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity #1) by Elizabeth Wein (young adult, historical; 352 pages; TW & CW: torture, death, war)

Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty #1) by Rosamund Hodge (young adult, fantasy, romance, retelling; 346 pages)

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia (young adult, contemporary, romance, mental health; 385 pages; TW & CW: suicidal intent, anxiety, bullying, cyberbullying)

Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland (adult, contemporary, mystery, thriller; 368 pages)

Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist #1) by Renée Ahdieh (young adult, fantasy, romance, historical; 392 pages; TW & CW: ritual suicide, death, violence)

From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (new adult, fantasy, romance; 634 pages)

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by Robin LaFevers (young adult, fantasy, romance, historical; 549 pages; TW & CW: sexual assault, physical abuse, violence, gore)

Jackpot by Nic Stone (young adult, contemporary, romance; 345 pages)

Legendborn (Legendborn #1) by Tracy Deonn (young adult, fantasy, romance, retellings; 512 pages)

Magyk (Septimus Heap #1) by Angie Sage (middle grade, fantasy; 564 pages)

Mirage (Mirage #1) by Somaiya Daud (young adult, sci-fi, romance; 320 pages; TW & CW: torture, death, violence, gore, racism)

Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1) by Bill Koningsberg (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 320 pages)

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay (young adult, fantasy, romance, retelling; 400 pages)

Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (adult, fantasy, lgbt+; 848 pages)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (young adult, contemporary; 416 pages)

Red Queen (Red Queen #1) by Victoria Aveyard (young adult, sci-fi, dystopian, romance; 383 pages; TW & CW: torture, violence, toxic relationship)

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1) by Pierce Brown (adult, sci-fi, dystopian; 382 pages; TW & CW: torture, death, violence, gore, colourism)

Renegades (Renegades #1) by Marissa Meyer (young adult, sci-fi; 556 pages; TW & CW: violence)

Roar (Stormheart #1) by Cora Carmack (young adult, fantasy, romance; 380 pages; TW & CW: torture, violence)

Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove #1) by Shelby Mahurin (new adult / young adult, fantasy, romance; 513 pages; TW & CW: torture, violence, gore, blood)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood #1) by Becky Albertalli (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 303 pages; TW & CW: homophobia)

Slay by Brittney Morris (young adult, contemporary; 323 pages; CW & TW: racism)

Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars #1) by Elizabeth Lim (young adult, fantasy, romance; 392 pages; TW & CW: sexual assault, off-page death of loved ones, war, violence, blood)

Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert #1) by Olivia Dade (adult, contemporary, romance; 416 pages; TW & CW: fatphobia, body shaming)

The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles #1) by Amy Harmon (fantasy, romance; 328 pages)

The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom #1) by Danielle L. Jensen (new adult, fantasy, romance; 354 pages)

The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno (young adult, contemporary, mystery, thriller; 256 pages; TW & CW: suicide attempt, depression)

The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson (young adult, fantasy, romance; 492 pages)

The Last Magician (The Last Magician #1) by Lisa Maxwell (young adult, fantasy, historical; 500 pages; TW & CW: sexual assault, violence, racism)

The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas (young adult, historical, retelling; 348 pages; TW & CW: death of loved ones, war, violence, gore, slurs, sexism)

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang (young adult, romance, lgbt+, graphic novel; 277 pages; TW & CW: transphobia)

The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con #2) by Ashley Poston (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 320 pages)

The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves #2) by Roshani Chokshi (young adult, historical, fantasy; 416 pages)

The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) by Marie Lu (young adult, fantasy; 355 pages; TW & CW: self harm, death, violence)

The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy #2) by Marie Rutkoski (young adult, fantasy, romance; 416 pages; TW & CW: slavery, violence)

The Witch Hunter (The Witch Hunter #1) by Virginia Boecker (young adult, fantasy; 362 pages)

To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo (young adult, fantasy, romance; 344 pages; TW & CW: death, gore)

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord (young adult, contemporary, romance; 368 pages)

We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya #1) by Hafsah Faizal (young adult, fantasy, romance; 472 pages; TW & CW: torture, violence, death, sexism)

What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon (adult, historical, romance; 411 pages; TW & CW: off-page death of a loved one, violence, blood)

White Tears by Hari Kunzru (adult, mystery, thriller; 271 pages)

[nancywheelxr]

I HEARD YOU WRITE FOR STRANGER THINGS would it be possible for you to write something where Steve is either being abused or bullied and doesn’t tell anyone because he doesn’t think he’s worth it but they find out

YOU HEARD RIGHT I DO WRITE FOR STRANGER THINGS, and hey, this is my first ST prompt! I hope I do it justice, anon!

*

Most of the time, Steve likes this job at the video place better. Well, it’s not exactly his lifelong dream or any of that shit, but hey– who has the time for that, right? What, with monsters and goddamn literal Russian spies running around.

It's been a busy summer alright.

The only bad part– actually, no, not the only one, Keith isn’t exactly a perk of the job either– but the worst part is Tommy.

He comes in at least twice a week, sometimes with Carol in tow, and hangs around like a goddamn creep and takes his sweet time insulting Steve. It’s his new fucking hobby.

And, like, it’s not like it's a big deal or anything, Steve can take it, he fought off those freaking demodogs from hell or whatever last year, Tommy Hall is like, not even in his list of problems, it’s just that– once upon a time, Tommy was his best friend, okay, so it kind of extra sucks. Steve went to Middle School with Tommy and Carol. Middle School. That’s, that's puberty, that's, Steve helped Tommy ask Carol out for the first time. 

So yeah, it sucks.

And Tommy, he has some freaky timing. It’s like he knows when Robin is busy in the back room or just not there at all. It's freaky, seriously. Or maybe it’s just Steve’s bad luck that's freaky.

Like, right now for example. Robin’s in the back, organizing their stock. She won’t hear him screaming, is all he’s saying. And here Tommy is, ringing that goddamn bell while Steve hides in the Horror section.

“Come on, Harrington,” Tommy calls, sounding a weird cross of irritated and delighted. At least Carol's not with him this time to blow her goddamn bubble gum in his face. “I’m a customer and all, be a good working bee and come help me out here.”

Steve sighs.

He drags himself back to the counter and plasters his best fake smile on his face. “Hey, Tommy,” he grits his teeth. This is the last time he’s letting Robin get all the organizing duties. “How can I help you today?”

“I don’t know, I don't know,” Tommy grins meanly. It's not a nice grin, and unfortunately, Steve recognizes it, might even have worn one like that himself before, well, before. “Can’t really choose a movie. Why don’t you bring me all the new ones you got, hm, King Steve?”

“Come on, man, don’t call me that, you sound like,” he falters, clears his throat. Yeah, go on Steve, go on and bring up the dead guy, that's great, awesome, really. “Just don't call me that, okay?”

“Why? Oh, right,” he snaps his fingers as if he ever used his two brain cells for a goddamn thought in his life, “I forgot you’re all nicey-nicey now. Oh, man, you seriously still doing this crap nice guy routine even after the Wheeler bitch dump you?”

“Don't call her that either,” Steve snaps, clutching the tape with white knuckles. Just a few more minutes. Just a couple more minutes and Robin or Keith will start making noise back there like they’re coming back and Tommy will go away like the good cowardly bully he is. “Here’s your fucking movies.”

Tommy, of course, ignores him. “Gotta be nice to me, asshole, I’m the fucking client,” then, his grin turns into a full-blown smirk and Steve feels like shoving the tapes all up his goddamn nose. “But hey, how funny is it that you fucked yourself up like this for her and she still left you for that creep, whatshisname. So funny. How the mighty have fallen and all that, Carol was tellin’ me this shit the other day.”

You know, Steve would very much like to say he didn’t change because of Nancy, of how she kept going on about doing the right thing or how she made him want to be that guy, to be a good person. He really wanted to believe he changed because that was just the sort of person he wanted to be, that he would have turned out this way even if Nancy hadn’t taken him back after that first Upside Down scare. 

But the thing is, he’s not sure. Maybe Tommy has a point and he did change just ‘cause of Nancy. Maybe he’s a hypocrite or something. Still, though. He likes who he is now, likes it a lot better than his old self.

“Working at a video store,” Tommy shakes himself, lips curling in disgusting as he adjusts his tie just to make sure Steve notices he’s wearing a stupid tie. “Man, you’re really at a new low.”

Honestly, if Steve didn’t know it would only encourage Tommy into bitching his head off, he’d point out Tommy has no room to talk since he’s working for his dad in a lame ass office job. No college for Tommy either, and at least Steve’s got a job without his dad having to intervene. 

“Look, do you really have nothing better to do, man?” He sighs, dragging a hand across his face. The clock above the kid’s aisle reads four in the afternoon; Steve’s still got another couple hour on his shift. “It’s goddamn Friday. Are you this pathetic?”

Okay, maybe egging Tommy on wasn’t his smartest idea. Tommy snarls, “shut the fuck up, asshole. Least I’m not the one slumming here– what, even your old man didn’t want you? Too stupid for even the copy machine of his fancy office, too many buttons for you?”

There’s a second of silent where Steve tries really hard not to show the full-body flinch he really wanted to do, the way this one isn’t as easy to shrug off. In fact, he’s still thinking up a way to make his face stop doing whatever it’s doing and come up with a witty response or whatever, when the pile of New and Exciting! tapes he and Robin had organized earlier toppled right down on Tommy. 

“What the fuck,” Tommy swears, stumbling back and tripping over his own feet, falling on his ass right in the middle of the store. Incidentally, it reveals the cause of the conveniently funny accident– behind him, by the door, all the kids are glaring at Tommy with big scowls on their faces. It’s kind of adorable, actually. Funny thing is, El is leading the pack, suspiciously wiping at her nose. 

Huh. “Huh,” Steve says smartly. Jesus, so much for not being a dumb ass. “Welcome to, welcome to– okay, what the hell, guys?”

“Hi, Steve,” El smiles like she didn’t just send Tommy sprawling again, “me and Will are visiting.”

“I, yeah, I can– hey, it’s, uh, it’s nice to see you, but,” he clears his throat, leans a little over the counter to check Tommy’s enraged face. It’s kind of funny, really, he looks like a demented goblin, all red in the face. “You okay there, man?”

“Fuck off, Harrington–”

“Oh my god, we literally just piled that shit up,” Robin speaks, suddenly materializing beside Steve, hands on her hips and scowling darkly at Tommy. Still, her eyes are sort of gleeful as she tears into him. “Okay, dude, that’s like, a super high offense here, so I’m truly, terribly sorry to say you’re banned.”

“And who the fu–”

“For life. Seriously,” she continues, talking over him while Dustin cheers loudly from the door and the rest of the kids snicker openly. “I’m this close to chasing you out with a broom.”

Tommy seethes. He squint-glares at Robin but the humiliation is starting to get to him, so again, like the cowardly bully he is, he takes off, awkwardly walking around Max’s death glare to stalk out the shop.

“Oh, my god, El, that was so awesome–”

“Oh man, I hope the tapes are okay–”

“Can anyone tell me who the hell that was–”

“Oh my god, Max, you know him, he’s the dick that always gives us shit–”

“Okay, I always wanted to ban someone for life–”

Everyone is talking all over each other as they’re wont to do anytime there’s more than three of them together in the same room and it’s not bad, not really, but it’s kind of overwhelming and Steve really needs a bit of silence to get his shit together.

“OKAY, OKAY,” Dustin yells over the ruckus, herding the kids to the counter and somehow that gets all eyes back on Steve. Goody. “So, oh my god, man, why didn’t you like, punch him in the face? Steve, Steve, you already won your first fight, that could’ve been your second, come on, Tommy Hall is a dick, no one likes him anyway, you could have totally beat him.”

Steve shrugs. “He’s been around for like, two months. Figured he would get bored eventually– it’s not a big deal, okay? Can we, can we for once, not make a big deal?”

“What?” Mike scoffs, all offended, and makes a face. “We never– you’re the one always screaming and making a big deal out of shit, oh my god, we just wanted to watch the new Alien movie.”

“That is true,” Robin muses, nodding sagely. Then, she narrows her eyes at Steve in that terrifying way that means she’ll know if he’s lying. “What do you mean he’s been around for two months? He’s been giving you shit all that time– why didn’t you say anything?”

“It’s not– I mean, it’s whatever,” he mumbles, shrinking away from her and her righteous fury, “not a big deal, okay? I mean, thanks guys, really, I, uh, appreciate it. And it’s always great to see Tommy make a fool of himself. But you don’t have to– you don’t gotta worry about me or anything, is all.”

“Steve!” Max cries, horrified.

“STEVE,” Dustin screams, loudly.

“Steve,” Robin huffs, weirdly quiet.

“You’re welcome, Steve,” El smiles.

“You were great, El,” Mike swoons.

“Oh, my god,” Lucas rolls his eyes.

“Are we still renting the tape?” Will asks awkwardly.

“It’s fine, you guys–” Steve starts.

“And anyway, I could totally beat him up for you if you wanted,” Max adds helpfully, “I’m pretty handy with your bat!”

Steve zeroes in on her. A thousand horrifying scenarios go through his mind of what sort of trouble they could be getting up to with his bat, oh my god, that’s– that’s basically a weapon, Jesus, they shouldn’t get anywhere near that shit– “Since when do you have my bat?”

“Dustin nicked it off your car last month when you were giving us a ride to move his stupid radio,” she explains brightly and innocently.

“Max!” Dustin says, with all the drama of someone feeling deeply betrayed, “Steve, I didn’t steal or anything, okay, I borrowed it– it’s totally different, and anyway it’s not like you were even using it!”

“Well, it doesn’t matter, because I’m getting it back,” he replies, his hands immediately going to his hips before he can cross them over his chest. See, this is exactly why people think he’s their babysitter. He’s not even getting paid, what the fuck. “Where did you shitheads hide it?”

“Like we’d tell you,” Mike rolls his eyes with all the scorn and arrogance of someone just entering high school. It’s great, Steve is only gonna strangle him.

“I swear to god– if that shit isn’t back on the trunk  of my car–”

“Come on, Steve, don’t be–”

“I SAID IF IT’S NOT BACK IN THE–”

“YEAH, WELL, MAYBE WE LOST IT IN THE WOODS, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THAT–”

“WHAT WERE YOU LOSERS EVEN DOING IN THE WOODS, OH MY GOD, WHAT THE HELL YOU GUYS–”

Robin is still watching him scream back and forth with the kids and she got this weird look in her eyes that Steve doesn’t know what it means, but he thinks it might mean something good. He hopes it means she likes the rest of the shitheads, hopes it means she would like to be part of their stupid, weird ass gang, because she’s kind of his best friend here. 

But anyway, he thinks it does mean that. Saving Steve’s ass from hearing Tommy Hall shit talking his life has got to be some sort of bonding experience and she does say hell yeah when Dustin suggests very forcefully that they all go get burgers on the diner two blocks down the street. So. There’s that.

By the time the moon is high in the sky, Tommy Hall and his bullshit is completely forgotten.

[dumbledore-and-grindelwald]

Rowling and Writing Trauma

I was in a discussion and someone said that Rowling can’t write trauma, which is really interesting to me because she DOES but the fandom hates the characters for coping with it at their own capacity or the actions they are making in the process.

Dumbledore ‘s secrecy and need for control after being used and betrayed? He’s a monster!

Snape’s hatred towards muggles after leaving with an abusive and oppressive muggle father and him going off the rails after being bullied for years in the only sage-haven he had? He’s coming out of nowhere!

Ginny straggling during her possession, her fear of her life and the lives of those around her being destroyed and her effort to stop being the insecure girl who had relied on someone other than herself? Not to mention her entire arc with Albus in Cursed Child? Her trauma wasn’t handled!

Harry’s own trauma manifesting and affecting his actions in Cursed Child? He is out of character!

Riddle’s psycological trauma when it comes to being left alone in the world , the mental-health history of the Gaunts aside, clearly affecting his behavior and ideology? It does not matte cause he cannot love!

Even when it comes to Cormoran Strike, there are fans who reduce the phenomenal way in which Cormoran and Robin’s trauma was hinted and slowly unraveled in the first two novels until it got explored in a more esoteric way in the wonderfully character-driven and psychological ‘Career of Evil’.

So, at the end of the day, I am really wondering if her ability of writing trauma is even in question here, or if we should focus on the real issue here, which is the reader’s tendency of being unable to handle the ‘flaws’ or the unreasonable behavior that tend to manifest when a person is experiencing trauma and the unrealistic expectation of character development being equated to the character completely moving past the traumatic experience in question.

[wearebraveyourhighness]

Because, I am meanie and said Lauren should do all of them I guess I should do them all to just to be fair. :)

1: Top 3 ice cream flavors

MInt, Purple Cow, and Blueberry Cheesecake

2: Top 3 disney movies

Beauty & The Beast, Pirates Of The Caribbean, and Robin Hood

3: Top 3 vacation destinations

Ireland, Alaska, and England

4: Top 3 places to shop

Love Culture, Hot Topic, and Worlds Market

5: Top 3 school subjects

English, Creative Writing, and History

6: Top 3 makeup products

Eyeshadow (that’s mostly it because I’m not exactly a girly girl, lol)

7: Top 3 music artists

Shakira, Lady Gaga, and Christian Kane

8: Top 3 spices/herbs

Mint, Parsley, & Sage

9: Top 3 drinks

Sprite, Lemonade, and Chocolate Milk

10: Top 3 apps to use

Etsy, BeFunky, and Tribez

11: Top 3 months of the year

January, February, and October

12: Top 3 clothing items

Boots, Leggings, and Sweater

13: Top 3 tv shows

Prison Break, The Originals, and Beauty & The Beast

14: Top 3 romantic dates

Walking in the park, Sitting on the back of a tailgate watching the stars, and Bonfires

15: Top 3 kinds of flower

Lilies, Roses, and Lilacs

16: Top 3 christmas movies

Frosty The Snowman, White Christmas, and Prep & Landing

17: Top 3 OTPs

Rey & Kylo Ren, Sherlock Holmes & Joan Watson, Hayley & Elijah from The Originals

18: Top 3 quotes to describe your life

I don’t really have 3 quotes to describe my life. I just like quotes in general. Can’t narrow it down to 3.

19: Top 3 characteristics you love about yourself

I’m very motherly even though I have yet to actually have children, I like my eyes, and I’m a very good listener to some people I’m more a psychiatrist than a friend sometimes, lol.

20: Top 3 kinds of candy

Sweet Tarts, Sprees, and Jolly Rancher

21: Top 3 ways to exercise/ be active

Dancing, Squats, and Hiking

22: Top 3 spirit animals

Wolf, Eagle, and Deer

23: Top 3 pet names

Peekaboo (I use to peek under doors as a kid. I was very curious.), Sweetie Pie, and one other one I don’t care to mention, lol.

24: Top 3 books

I don’t have a top 3 for books because I like all books. :)

25: Top 3 most used websites

Tumblr, My work website so I can figure out my schedule for the week, and 

26: Top 3 people you last texted

My fiance’ Adam, my friend Scott, and my best friend Virginia

27: Top 3 hashtags you use

I don’t really use hashtags

28: Top 3 instagram accounts you follow

I don’t use Instagram

29: Top 3 guilty pleasures

Sweet Tarts, Fuzzy blankets, and SeaGrams

30: Top 3 summer activities

Swimming, Camping, and Hiking

31: Top 3 things to draw

Landscapes is the only thing I can draw. I suck at rest. 

32: Top 3 aesthetics

No idea what that means....

33: Top 3 things you’d buy if you gained three million dollars

A house w/farm, land for a wildlife preserve for wolf conservation, and a new car

34: Top 3 ways to treat yourself

Pedicure, Hair coloring, and a Nap

35: Top 3 celebrity crushes

Hayden Christensen, Tatanka Means, and Christian Kane

36: Top 3 books from your childhood

Good Night Moon, Arthur Series, and Robin Hood

37: Top 3 accents to hear

Irish, Australian, and Scottish

38: Top 3 scents

Vanilla, Lavender, and Cinnamon

39: Top 3 “friends” quotes

Don’t have any quotes really

40: Top 3 cupcake flavors

Chocolate, Vanilla, and Marble

41: Top 3 fruits

Blueberries, Raspberries, and Mango

42: Top 3 places you’ve had amazing pizza from

Dominos, Pizza Hut, and Tony’s

43: Top 3 sports teams to watch

I don’t have any

44: Top 3 crayola colors

Purple, Blue, and Red

45: Top 3 things you hope to accomplish in college

Went to college and graduated

46: Top 3 fanfictions you’ve read

I don’t remember what there titles are

47: Top 3 people you miss right now

My fiance’, my grandma who passed away, and my 

48: Top 3 fears

Blood, Germs, and Death

49: Top 3 favorite literary devices

No idea what that means.

50: Top 3 pet peeves

When guys can’t put the seat down, when people assume things about others, and when people put stigma against mental illness

51: Top 3 physical things you find attractive

Smile, Eyes, and Hands

52: Top 3 bad habits

I bite my nails, I pick at myself when I’m anxious/nervous, and I don’t go to church as often as I should.

53: Top 3 pets you’ve had/wish to have

I've had a lot of pets I don’t think I would wish to have anything else.

54: Top 3 types of foreign food

I love anything Italian

55: Top 3 things you want to say to someone in your lifetime

That is a tough question because I honestly don’t have an answer to that

56: Top 3 dog breeds

Husky, Great Pyrenees, and Labrador

57: Top 3 cheesy romance movies

I really don’t watch a lot of romance movies

58: Top 3 languages you speak/wish to speak

Irish Gaelic, German, and French

59: Top 3 series (book, movie, television)

Prison Break, Star Wars, and Call The Midwife

60: Top 3 pizza toppings

Cheese, Pineapple, and Ham

61: Top 3 youtubers you’re subscribed to

Adalia Rose, Lucas The Spider, and Batdad

62: Top 3 tattoo/piercing ideas

I want to get a Celtic cross/knot on the back of my neck, a semicolon behind my ear or on my wrist, and a quote I can’t remember on my forearm. 

63: Top 3 awards you want to win

I’m not one who likes being awarded for things

64: Top 3 emojis

I use a lot of the Star Wars ones, the hugging bear, and smiley faces

65: Top 3 cars you dream of owning

I’m not really into cars. I’m good with anything that gets me from Point A to Point B.

66: Top 3 authors

I don’t have a top 3

67: Top 3 historical figures

Hatshepsut, Pocahontas, and Joan of Arc

68: Top 3 baby names

Lyanna, Anakin, and Natalie

69: Top 3 DIYs

Jewelry, Tie blankets, and Crocheting

70: Top 3 smoothie combos/flavors

Wild Berry, Mango, and Pomegranate

71: Top 3 songs of this month

Feral Hearts by Kerli, Alejandro by Lady Gaga, and Teeth by Lady Gaga

72: Top 3 questions of this post you want to be asked

I’m not shy ask me anything :)

73: Top 3 villains

Harley Quinn, Darth Revan, and Kylo Ren

74: Top 3 Cities you want to see

I want to go back to Washington D.C., Salem/Ipswich, and Seattle.

75: Top 3 recipes you want to try

I don’t have three I have a whole drawer full :)

76: Top 3 dream jobs

Egyptologist/Historian, Veterinarian, and Writer

77: Top 3 lucky items

I don’t believe in that sort of thing

78: Top 3 traditions you have

I don’t really have any traditions I have

79: Top 3 things you miss about being a kid

I barely remember my childhood if I did I could tell you something

80: Top 3 harry potter characters

Luna Lovegood, Hermione, and Harry Potter

81: Top 3 lies you were told

Rather not talk about it

82: Top 3 pictures in your camera roll right now

They’re all nature shots

83: Top 3 turn ons

Smile, Eyes, and Honestly

84: Top 3 turn offs

Liars, High maintenance, and Rude

85: Top 3 magazines/newspapers/journals to read

I actually don’t read mags or newspapers

86: Top 3 things you wish you had known earlier

There are to many to count....

87: Top 3 spongebob episodes

Never really watched it

88: Top 3 places to be in the world

Home, Nature Preserve, and Museums

89: Top 3 things you’d do differently

To many to count, tbh.

90: Top 3 TV shows from your childhood

Power Rangers, Batman, and Pokemon

91: Top 3 meals you love

PB&J sandwiches, Mac Cheese, and Meatloaf

92: Top 3 kinds of tea

I hate drinking tea, yuck

93: Top 3 embarrassing moments

I am very clumsy so you can guess the stupid things I’ve done, lol

94: Top 3 holidays to celebrate

Christmas, 4th of July, and Star Wars Day

95: Top 3 things to do in the rain

Listen to it, Read in a nook, and Nap

96: Top 3 things to do in the snow

Snowboard, Snow Angel, and Snowballs

97: Top 3 items you can’t leave the house w/o

Purse, Cell Phone, and Keys

98: Top 3 movies you’d like to see

I don’t keep up to date with movies

99: Top 3 art mediums

Smithsonian

100: Top 3 museums you’ve been to

Various Smithsonian’s in Washington D.C.

101: Top 3 school memories

I played soccer, School choir, and FFA

102: Top 3 things you don’t/won’t miss

My younger years when I was bullied a lot, My past, and People who I thought were friends

103: Top 3 pick up lines

No idea....

104: Top 3 sports to watch

Soccer, Snowboarding, and Surfing

105: Top 3 taylor swift songs

Your kidding right.......

[movingshelves]

Tracking my “series to read one day, just not today”

Authors who have written a lot (as in “I do want to read them but where do I even start ? Should I read them in a row ?”)

Lois McMaster BUJOLD

Vorkosigan Saga (7/31)

I feel like I need to reread from the start to be able to continue.

Bothari is something. Miles is one of the few disabled characters I’ve read and it was really upbeating to have him. Pure enjoyment.

C. J. Cherryh

I wanted some old science-fiction by female writers (thanks to The Left Hand of Darkness)

Anything by her is fine.

Glenn COOK

The Black Company (0/10)

I like my fantasy to be gritty. With adult protagonists.

Steven ERIKSON

Malazan Book of the Fallen (1/10)

Read and liked Gardens of the Moon. I wanted to read all of them before leaving some place, turns out that I really overestimated my ability to read. Furthermore, I would need to reread this volume and it is long. Postponing and postponing until I have both the time and a lasting ability to read. Requires a lot of commitment and raises the question of “how do you read a long series without forgetting anything in-between two volumes ?”.

Robin HOBB

What is happening with the Fool ?!

The Realm of the Elderlings (read the first few chapters long ago)

The Farseer Trilogy (0/3)

Liveship Traders Trilogy (0/3)

The Tawny Man Trilogy (0/3)

The Rain Wild Chronicles (0/4)

The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy (0/3)

Katharine KERR

Deverry Cycle (0/15)

Dunno. She appears too often in my brain for me to let her go.

Katherine KURTZ

Fantasy from the 70s ? By a female writer ? Checked ! Classical fantasy without it being a young girl bullied, I am in.

The Chronicles of the Deryni (0/3)

The Legends of Camber of Culdi (0/3)

The Histories of King Kelson (0/3)

The Heirs of Saint Camber (0/3)

King Kelson's Bride (0/3)

The Childe Morgan Trilogy (0/3)

Marcel PROUST

In Search of Lost Time (0/15)

For reasons I’ve since quite forgotten.

Rick RIORDAN

Percy Jackson & the Olympians (at least two volumes read) (2 ? /5)

The Heroes of Olympus (0/5)

The Kane Chronicles (0/3)

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (0/3)

Somehow, it seems possible to read all of their series ... but I can wait

C. S. FORESTER

Horation Hornblower (0/15)

Watched one movie. Historical and maritime. Not something I am used to : “let’s try it”.

Cornelia FUNKE

Inkheart trilogy (0/3)

I swear I do read more “recent” books.

Ursula K. LE GUIN

Earthsea (0/6)

I’ve discovered Le Guin with her science-fiction. I like the idea of a young Ged wandering around, though.

Karin LOWACHEE

Warchild, Burndive, Cagebird (1/3)

I unexpectedly found Warchild at the library. I didn’t remember why I wanted to read it (surprising ?) but borrowed it nonetheless. To this day, I still don’t know how to feel about it but this one made me sad.

Angie SAGE

Septimus Heap (0/7)

One of those series I missed when I was younger. (Before Twilight took over).

Jonathan STROUD

Bartimaeus Sequence (0/3 + 0/1)

Had to return the first volume before completing it.

Lockwood & Co. (2/5)

Nice likeable characters. Really enjoyable but not enough for me to actively search for the following books, and even more so when I am down.

J. R. R. TOLKIEN

The Lord of the Rings (something like 5/1000+ pages ?)

Technically not a trilogy but long enough to know that I might struggle to get through it.

May finish The Silmarillion way before tackling the series.

Tad WILLIAMS

Memory, Sorrow & Thorn (0/3)

I like to read some “old” finished stuff, what can I say more ?

Roger ZELAZNY

Chronicles of Amber (0/10)

Doesn’t seem that long. Old series, as usual, there is a chance I might be in.

I am on my way (like possibly reading it in the next ten years)

Lynn FLEWELLING

Tamír Triad

The Nightrunner Series 

Both of them.

Diana Wynne JONES

Howl's Moving Castle series (1/3)

A pain to find her books in libraries and bookshops unless I buy them on the net. I do have two out of the three books in this series. And Howl’s Moving Castle is one of the few books I’ve reread and plan to reread again.

Ursula K. LE GUIN

Hainish Cycle (1/8)

I used to be less interested in science-fiction before but The Left Hand of Darkness was a slap in the face to say the least. Still not over it, it has been too long, already. A bit afraid to be disappointed in her other works (but I won’t, right ?).

Mary RENAULT

Alexander novels (0/3)

It’s either that or her Arthurian novels. I have a (weird ?) interest in Alexander the Great. This guy thought on a grand scale. Died young. Truly sad.

Dan SIMMONS

Hyperion Cantos (0/4)

I stop everytime after the priest story. Every single time.

Rosemary SUTCLIFF

The Eagle of the Ninth (1/8)

Read The Eagle of the Ninth a year ago, perhaps more, and I regularly crave for a reread.

Other series worth mentioning (quite often those ones from the 1980s-1990s, r/fantasy is often to be blamed)

Bernard CORNWELL,  Stephen R. LAWHEAD, Mary STEWART and Jack WHYTE

King Arthur.

Dorothy DUNNET

Lymond Chronicles (0/6)

I do like historical novels, even though I rarely read them. Perhaps was recommended because of Guy Gavriel Kay and prose ?

Jennifer FALLON

The Wolfblade Trilogy (0/3)

I have no idea why. Perhaps romance (?) and politics ?

Robert JORDAN (0/15)

The Wheel of Time series (0/15)

Once saw a fanart of Rand. It’s enough for me to begin a series. However, I am afraid that the depiction of women will leave me with a sour taste. Also, I don’t really like Brandon Sanderson (Way of Kings was just a nightmare to finish).

Juliet MARILLIER

The Sevenwaters Trilogy (0/6)

Yep, right, trilogy. Retelling of a tale. Why not.

 Sarah MONETTE

Doctrine of Labyrinths series (0/4)

???

Michael NAVA

Henry Rios novels (0/8)

I rarely read crime novels. I did found about these books at a specific time so I am very fond of these novels.

Melanie RAWN

Dragon Prince (0/3)

I don’t even know. Female author. Forgotten one ? Old one that nobody around me knows about.

[decideroffate]

Several Fates issues being touched upon in CitS

I just like hearing myself talk.

And maybe hoping to get a discussion going. I don’t think this is going too far into spoiler territory, because I’m not really going into detail of how I’m handling this. It’s essentially an elaborate list and my thoughts of how it’s handled in canon.

General

I actually don’t mind Garon’s canon characterization given every other Fire Emblem I’ve played was never subtle with their Bad Guys™ to begin with. I won’t say Garon’s changed, but I am going to say he’s got a fresh coat of paint.

Addendum; I also want to explore Garon’s past relationship with Azura.

I could go blue in the face explaining why the stupidest moment in the game was Corrin’s memories. MAGIC was the only reasonable explanation for Corrin’s lack of memory of Hoshido. Not the fact that they were a child when they were taken, not the fact that they witnessed and went through something traumatizing for a child, not the fact that it’s really not that hard to influence children, not the fact that memories fade. No ~MAAAAAAAAGIIIIIIIC~ was OBVIOSULY the best way  to go! Stars above! Just because amnesia works for some player characters doesn’t mean it works for all! Robin is still a mystery despite knowing their father is Validar! Corrin has a fucking history! AAAAH! Oh, and all it really amounts to is the one plotline almost universally hated in Fates, so there’s that too.

Vaiana is not going to just take Takumi’s insults.

One of the biggest reasons I’m writing CitS is to grey up Hoshido. My concern is coming off as playing favorites since I really don’t need to grey up Nohr more than it already is. This also includes Azura’s time in Hoshido not being as hunky-dory as she’d have you believe.

Mikoto will not be Saint Stuffed in the Fridge. I will say that between the sisters, Arete is the better queen. Mikoto dos not make things better, she makes things worse. She is the Mila of Fates.

Likewise Mikoto’s barrier has repercussions.

Takumi and Sakura are Mikoto’s children, Vaiana’s younger siblings. I’ve never been secretive about this. This choice has nothing to do with the complaints about the Birthright subtitle, rather than what I can do with it.

Jakob reigns some of his Japanese personality. Not fully, but he’s a bit ruder than his English counterpart.

I cannot for the life of me bring myself to care that the royal sisters aren’t given sacred weapons. Especially since their characters support it. Camilla always abdicates her royal title, and refuses the throne. Is it really that out there to believe she wouldn’t take a sacred weapon if offered? Likewise, Hinoka flat-out says she figured Takumi would inherit if anything happened to Ryoma, implying she never actually talked to Takumi about it as opposed to Camilla who did. So I wouldn’t be surprised if it rejected her if she tried And I’m prettying damn certain giving a couple of girls who have never seen battle powerful weapons or staff from the get-go is not a great idea in practice. I’m not above giving them personal weapons, but I could care less about the boys having sacred weapons. The story makes it clear they earned them and weren’t given them for the sake of giving them.

Worldbuilding. Yeah.

Birthright

Hoshido should have been the harder choice on a personal level. Corrin’s entering a family and culture they know little about, leaving everything they’ve ever known to destroy it. And on a moral level… Corrin only cares about a death when it’s someone they know. They lamented the Kitsune’s death more than the Wolfskin, though the Kitsune were out to kill them from the beginning. And when innocents die in Conquest, it’s supposed to be a slap in the face, while Birthright hardly bats an eye. Unless it's someone Corrin knows that is.

The game as a whole (and certain fans) treats Nohr as being in the wrong for invading Hoshido in Conquest… never mind that Hoshido does the same thing in Birthright. This will be brought up.

Deaths of people in the army (besides Kaze) are going to be a thing.

The route is basically a Traumatic Conga Line for Vaiana.

Huge deconstruction of Scarlet and Cheve. I hate the Cheve chapters. How the fuck are they being ‘oppressed?!’ At least the Ice Tribe gives us an example with Felicia and Flora. I’m not just going to take their word for it.

Conquest

Vaiana takes on the identity of ‘the villain of the piece’ far sooner for several reasons.

Ryoma is given crap for using Elise to get to Vaiana. (Look me in the eye and tell me the game would sweep it under the rug if Xander pulled a similar stunt)

Still deconstructing Scarlet and Cheve. Still hate it.

Explain why Rinkah just disappears after the Rainbow Sage chapter. (Anyone else notice that?)

I’m not going to say Chapter 15 will be better, but different enough.

It will be clear that Vaiana does not regret choosing Nohr. And she won’t be bullied into regretting her choice.

I’ve been noticing a trend that Iago is working for Anankos and killed the real Garon. I’m not doing that. That’s giving the genius who announced his intention to kill Corrin in front of the royals, and confessed his hand in Lilith’s death WAAAAAAY too much credit. So, yeah, not happening.

The Selena, Odin, and Laslow are the same Severa, Owain, and Inigo in Embers. However, Inigo is the only one of the three who inherits his father(Lon’qu)’s hair color.

Revelation

Scarlet is cut. Her ‘ship tease’ with Ryoma is gone. I can think of two characters who could play her part better without making their death so painfully obvious and beyond manipulative.

That’s really all I got for Revelation right now since I really want to have the group explore more of Valla.

[cottage-worm]

some asks 🌿 ( by @lilflowerkiddo )

• 1. have you ever been in love? absolutely. but I don’t know about anyone being in love with me back has ever happened.

• 2. who is your favorite artist? i’m really loving me some panic at the disco rn, but also dodie clark.

• 3. what is your favorite music genre? alt and indie. also the very niche genre of (usually) white girls with a ukelele softly singing on youtube.

• 4. have you ever had a penpal? noooooo but i want one. 

• 5. are you single or in a relationship? single atm but there is someone i’m pretty into.

• 6. what color are your eyes? grey. blue if you squint real hard

• 7. what is your favorite word? quartz

• 8. do you play any instruments? i play poorly on uke and i tried to play guitar for a little while but uh, my hands are too small to really do any of the chords...

• 9. what is your favorite color? blush pink, mint, or charcoal grey

• 10. do you have any nicknames? tori is my nickname. i kinda wanna go by vee now but that’s probably really lame (plus i mean you can’t choose your own nickname lol)

• 11. what is your favorite flower? it’s a three way tie between roses, lavender, and daisys.

• 12. what qualities do you find attractive in a person? romantic, honesty, empathy, and also being a huge fucking dork lol.

• 13. do you have any pets? oh boy do i. four cats, two lizards, a dog and like 7 or 8 fish. 

• 14. have you ever traveled outside of your home country? no :( i want to go literally everywhere though.

• 15. what language(s) do you speak? dude i barely speak english more or less a second language. I want to learn french, spainish, japanese, and korean.

• 16. who was your first crush? robin from the original teen titans lmao

• 17. do you wear glasses? i’m supposed too, but i tried contacts this year, and i’m kinda too lazy to put them in every day, and my old glasses broke sooooo

• 18. what is your favorite pastry? all of them, but especially chocolate croissants and cheese danishes.

• 19. do you prefer swimming in a pool or in the ocean? pool pool pool. beaches are fun but uh kinda gross, and the salt really annoys me a lot in my throat and stuff.

• 20. bright, dark, or pastel colors? pastel!!! with some dark colors.

• 21. what is your favorite social media app? tumblrrrrrrrrr mostly because i think i follow like maybe 2 people i know irl, so it’s not always like “hey look at this cool things i did with my friends” because i don’t have friends that want to or can hang out so.

• 22. what is your sexuality? bisexual as fuck.

• 23. do you have any siblings? a younger brother who is the polar opposite of me in every way and we have a strained relationship because of how he has bullied me to cope with my mom mental issues.

• 24. what is your favorite scent? lavender, but also sage and any beachy smell.

• 25. where do you want to travel to? everywhere but like russia? in partiular I’d love to visit japan.

• 26. what is your favorite film? i can’t answer this.

• 27. who do people say you look like? (celebrity/family member) i look like my mom. just with blonde hair and blue/grey eyes.

• 28. who is your best friend? neither of them have a tumblr so i won’t mention them by name.

• 29. what is your dream job? atm it’s political journalist but it’ll change next week.

• 30. do you know how to drive? yes but i don’t have a license because i don’t have the money for it. it’s been three years.

• 31. who is/was your favorite teacher? her name was mrs ludden and she was the kindest and supported me when I was in the mental hospital after my suicide attempt.

• 32. are you a feminist? see my bio lol

• 33. what is your zodiac sign? gemini

• 34. do you enjoy reading? YES

• 35. do you have any hidden talents? no i’m bad at literally everything

• 36. have you ever dyed your hair? all i CAN do is dye my hair

• 37. what is your favorite thing in your bedroom? oof this question has a long list of possible answers. 

• 38. what is your biggest fear? being truely alone, or being betrayed by all my friends. but both have happened so i got nothing to be afraid of anymore i guess.

• 39. can you whistle? badly

• 40. do you make your bed every day? on good days i do.

• 41. do you have any tattoos and/or piercings? no but i want a ton

• 42. have you ever been on a roller coaster? yes I LOVE ROLLER COASTERS

• 43. surfing or skateboarding? i mean I wanna learn to skateboard so i guess that.

• 44. are you a dog or a cat person? i’m a cat person but i’m still pro-dog

• 45. what is your favorite animal? elephants!!! followed by sharks, and turtles.

• 46. do you have a skincare routine? yeah

• 47. what time do you typically go to bed at and what time do you wake up at? i’m all over the place rn but i’d like to be sleeping by 12 or 1 and waking by 8 am

• 48. what is your favorite memory? for my 15 birthday I did overnight laser tag with my best friend and it was awesome.

• 49. how tall are you? 5′5″

• 50. what is the best gift you’ve ever received? two family friends of my dad gave me $350 for just being me and it was the sweetest thing any has ever done for me.

• 51. do you have a garden? i mean i have a bunch of indoor plants who i love like children

• 52. do you like bugs? i like the cute ones like ladybugs bees, and dragonflys. but house flys, wasps, and mosquitos can kiss my ass.

• 53. what is your natural hair color? dirty blonde

• 54. what is your favorite food and drink? i like a nice glass of sweet tea and panera’s old tomato mozz flatbread before they got rid of it.

• 55. do you want kids? idk 

• 56. what is/was your favorite class? art

• 57. what color shirt are you wearing? blue

• 58. if you could time travel, what year would you go to and why? the future to see if our political situation fixes itself.

• 59. what is your skin color? i’m just a boring pale-ish white person

• 60. hugs or kisses? KISSES

• 61. have you ever drank alcohol? never good alcohol

• 62. have you ever done drugs? i’ve some stuff once.

• 63. netflix or youtube? i can’t choose one

• 64. ice cream or frozen yogurt? depends on the flavor

• 65. succulents or flowers? both.