#stefan [ wishlist ]

[painofhumanity]

On the one hand, a big part of MY Stefan is that the Stefan Salvatore that was born in 1864 and became a vampire died in the late 20s or early 30s, which is the reason Damon alters the human Stefan's memories via compulsion.

On the other hand, it would be fascinating to explore the dynamics between the two Stefans, to see how the vampire would react to the actual teenage boy with his face who gets to live the human life he was robbed of (and how protective the vampire would be, and how determined he'd be to let this kid have a normal, happy life, unlike Katherine and Elena).

[ripstefan]

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[dcrkcrwns]

so who's going to give me stelena?! or should i say the hotter gay male version stelian here!!

[marisola]

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[tofeelthecold]

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book recommendations

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

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

1. the last book I read:

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

2. a book I recommend:

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

3. a book that I couldn’t put down:

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

4. a book I’ve read twice (or more):

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

5. a book on my TBR:

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

6. a book I’ve put down:

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

7. a book on my wishlist:

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

8. a favorite book from my childhood:

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

9. a book you would give to a friend:

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

10. a book of poetry or lyrics you own:

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

11. a nonfiction book you own:

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

12. what are you currently reading:

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

13. what are you planning on reading next:

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

[harrowedworld]

Teaser Trailer with launch date reveal!

Wishlist on Steam:

With thanks to Vandraho for providing the voiceover for this trailer and thanks to Stefan Sima for providing the music and sound design for this trailer.

[taleswrittena]

Ship Wishlist. These are ships I want in no particular order, under the cut for length. hmu if you're interested in these!

Geralt x Jaskier (The Witcher)

Geralt x anyone, male or female, canon or oc idc just ship with him pls

Delena (TVD)

Stelena (TVD)

Datherine (TVD)

Katherine/Stefan (TVD)

Hizzie (Legacies)

Cloud Strife x anyone

Johnlock (BBC Sherlock)

Bangel (BTVS)

Buffy/Spike (BTVS)

Cordelia x Angel (ATS)

Matt Murdock x literally anyone (Daredevil)

Sara Lance x literally anyone (DCTV)

Daenerys/Jon (game of thrones)

Hannigram (Hannibal)

Connor Walsh x any male (HTGAWM)

Olivia/Elliot (SVU)

Olivia x anyone, she deserves love (SVU)

Bo Dennis x anyone (Lost Girl)

Angel Evanglista x anyone (Pose)

Dean Winchester x anyone (supernatural)

Wincest (yes i'm going there, fight me. SPN)

Sookie Stackhouse x Eric Northman (true blood)

Tara Thorton x Pam (True Blood)

Sookie x anyone

Tara x anyone

Joe Goldberg x anyone, idc just let me write his creepy ass in ships

Johnny Silverhand x Kerry (cyberpunk)

Johnny x V (cyberpunk)

Johnny x anyone (cyberpunk)

Lara Croft x anyone (Tomb Raider)

Nathan Drake x anyone (Uncharted. Games, not movie)

Jason Kolchek x anyone (house of ashes)

Louis x anyone (ITWV, show verse)

Deacon St. John x anyone (days gone)

Sebastian x Joseph (the evil within)

Sebastian x anyone (the evil within)

Lucifer Morningstar x anyone (lucifer)

Deckerstar (lucifer)

Dexter Morgan x anyone (keep in mind he's hard to ship with)

Carina/Maya (grey's anatomy/station 19)

Choni (riverdale)

Bughead (riverdale)

Barchie (riverdale)

Archie/Jughead (riverdale)

Klaus Hargeeves/John Constantine (i just think this would be a neat crossover ship)

Klaus Hargreeves/Diego (fite me.)

Klaus Hargreeves x anyone (TUA)

Harley x anyone (DCU)

Eddie/Venom x anyone really (MCU, keep in mind ships with eddie will always be a thurple with venom)

Billy x Steve

Billy x Eddie

Billy x Nancy

Billy x anybody tbh

and literally any of my canons vs ocs or crossover ships because I love me some ocs and crossover ships.

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tagged by @marcusagrippa whom i respect very much and will gladly keep gilgafluencing 😈

last book i read: stephen mitchell's and herbert mason's verse narratives of gilgamesh 👍 read one after the other in three days

book i recommend: erich maria remarque's all quiet on the western front. broke me. the horses were crying guys. they were crying

book i couldn't put down: too manyyy but i'd like to recommend gabriel garcia marquez's memories of my melancholy whores. was concerned at first but by the end i had a good laugh and also a fun introspective reflection

book i've read twice: hmm again too many! im a rereader! the last book i reread this past year was homer's odyssey. also, s. e. hinton's the outsiders!

a book on my tbr: dostoyevsky's the brothers karamazov has been on my tbr for an embarrassing amount of time ☹️

a book i've put down: as of now, jean-paul sartre's nausea. previously, embarrassingly, donna tartt's the secret history, though i ended up finishing it and loving it last year

a book on my wishlist: charles robinson's the original frankenstein with mary shelley's original draft and percy bysshe shelley's amended version <3 also a physical copy of caroline alexander's iliadddd

a favourite book from childhood: morris gleitzman's once ☹️ broke my little ten year-old heart. or minfong ho's the clay marble, which is about post-khmer rouge cambodia.

a book you would give to a friend: stefan zweig's chess! excellent and quick read 👍 had to read it twice for Experience

a book of poetry/lyrics you own: richard siken's crush! i saved up for it. also a delightfully explicit and taboo poetry collection by a local author that i shan't disclose :')

a non-fiction book you own: hmm do thucydides and plutarch count? otherwise i suppose maya angelou's memoir i know why the caged bird sings

currently reading: quite a few! lucan's pharsalia (jwj), virgil's aeneid (frederick ahl), gilgamesh (stephanie dalley), allen mason ward's marcus crassus and the late roman republic <- last one's on a bit of a pause

planning on reading next: oh god i probably won't stick to this list at all but as of Now! -> melville's moby dick and a. w. lintott's violence in republican rome

tagging: @xxmarvelouslifexx @pomp-quio @transbutchblues but no pressure!!

[painofhumanity]

My kingdom for Stefan and Caroline best friendship things!

(Especially Caroline declaring herself his sober companion, being the one who he calls when he wants to do drugs.)

[ripstefan]

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[doeeyedgilbert]

#𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭. an independent writing blog for 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭, from 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. season one - three tvd show based, human elena primarily. * anti-delena. * anti-plec. tvd based with other crossovers. be VIGILANT of triggering themes , tvd is a heavy themed based show : very welcoming to ocs, muses from other fandoms, mutuals & non mutuals. mun is 21+.

a study in . . . tragedy, loss, cosmic & epic love, the supernatural. the troubles of being an empath, doppelgangers, selflessness, high intuition, compassion. the quintessential girl next door, protective over those she loves. finding strength, being a writer, skillful at seeing patterns between things that other people might miss. & being a warrior princess.

[ opens. ] / [ memes. ] / [ wishlist plots. ] . . . rules & verses under cut !

01. ✘ mun is 21+ and anti-delena. i don't mind to explore delena in a platonic sense, but strictly platonic. i am duplicate friendly. i use gifs and occasionally icons (im still working on those), but feel free to use whatever you like! i just ask dont use overly large gifs pls. this is ideal size for example:

02. ✘ my elena is portrayed in early season tvd, so please keep that in mind if you write in later season tvd/ect. my elena is primarily human. the only time i'll write her as a vampire is upon request/with a plot in mind. and if with stefan, then certainly loyal to stefan. i personally despise the way plec changed elena's characterization + morals from the elena i got to know in early season tvd, so i will not be doing that here and a good part to my reasoning why i'm early tvd based. my version of this character would never betray stefan, especially for damon. unlike plec, i'm not writing for fan vote.

03. ✘ be mindful of triggering themes such as gore, blood, death, drowning; ect on this blog.

04. ✘ i am super welcoming to original characters! i adore ocs. and i am very welcoming to family ocs/children ocs in elena's older verses as long as it matches up with elena being human. & if it's a child oc, then it also has to be a stefan and elena kid bc i can't see her settling for any one else like that among the canon's on tvd. 💜

05. ✘ i love different fandoms + crossovers, so do not hesitate to write with me if you apart of one outside of tvd. stranger things, dc, marvel, outer banks, pretty little liars, disney, the hunger games, ginny + georgia are some top fandoms i love and have verses for elena for that are under construction.

06. ✘ if you follow me first, pls feel free to reply to any of my opens, send memes or ask me to plot! memes don't have expiration dates nor do open starters so again pls feel free and dont be shy<3. ok ily!!!

verses are a work in process. but i do have a dc, marvel, thg, stranger things, outer banks, ginny and georgia and pretty little liars verse! i just have yet to flesh them all out here.

[zalrb]

Delena

Oh, you've got jokes now?

When I started shipping them: Never

My thoughts: I have a masterlist.

What makes me happy about them: They can't even begin to eclipse Stelena

What makes me sad about them: That I had to watch them for three seasons.

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: Don't read it.

Things I look for in fanfic: Don't read it.

My wishlist: uhhhhhhh I guess for JP to just admit that SE was a stronger ship in every sense.

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Elena and Stefan, Damon and death.

My happily ever after for them: Their marriage being slowly poisoned by the ghost of Stefan :)

[tofeelthecold]

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