#that book crippled me

[kissmefriendly]

Aaaand kicking off the Discworld crossover series is a Flight of the Heron fic. A book I’m sure everyone in this blog has heard of and read. Believe me, I wanted to write a fix-it so bad, but sadly I am utterly incapable of writing stories that make people smile or bring joy. I’m still not over this book. But Death is one of my favourite characters in Discworld so, ya know, it’s a little nice. For me. And nobody else lol

Also, post-canon Monstrous Regiment is still kind of sad. Time to get angry (in the story, in the story!)

[happypeachsludgeflower]

So, in PIDW, there was obviously wife plots that could bring back the dead (mushroom body being one of them), and since we know Airplane is a hack that reuses concepts over and over, there’s probably multiple wife plots that could work, so like, where’s the PIDW fics where Liu Qingge somehow comes back to life, memories of Shen Jiu trying to save him intact, and goes to hunt the asshole down so he can repay his life debt, and along the way accidentally clears Shen Jiu’s name of all his crimes and now everyone is convinced Shen Qingqiu is a saint.

[rosalinesurvived]

If i see anyone posting bs like this its on sight

[dragonpyre]

There's advanced reading group in elementary school and then there's "you and literally one other kid get sent to a study room to read a high school level book" reading group.

And then you wonder why I'm so high achieving...

[spoekelse]

I'm trying to see something

As a young person using a cane, I get a lot of people bringing up this guy Kaz Brekker from the teen book The Six of Crows unprompted. I'm wondering if this happens to all people with canes in English-speaking countries, or just me? I'm trying to understand the factors at play here.

Since the book is for kids and came out fairly recently, I'm saying it's more likely for people to say this if they're under 30.

[serenhob]

Idk about other peoples opinions but I really hate the phrase 'differently abled'

Like disabled isn't a slur it's a description.

And I'm not 'differently abled', just cause I can't walk without my cane doesn't mean I can fly or smth

And I swear its always Able-bodied, neurotypical people that are saying this. Especially Mums of neurodivergent kids (specifically young ones like they have an autistic 6 year old), I swear they are always saying it like its a superpower, its just a state of existence Cathy I'm not superman.

I am disabled, I require aids and accommodations to functions at a lower standard than the average able bodied neurotypical person. I'm not saying being disabled or disability is a bad thing, a lot of times disability is neutral as long as you have the tools you need to adapt to a non disabled friendly society. There are positive and negative parts of being disabled and sure you can develop skills because of your disability but it doesn't mean that you are suddenly 'differently abled'. As well every disabled person, no matter if they have the exact same disability, will experience it differently and have varying opinions on it.

And I do get its mostly to combat this idea of disabled=inferior but we don't need to have that association. Just because there are things I can't do doesn't make my life less valuable, same for any other disabled person. Disabled doesn't mean less, it is a description and I think we need to remember that far more than calling disabled people 'differently abled'. Idk, it just feels like really weird advocacy that just pushes an ableist idea that disabled people can't just be disabled, you have to prove you have other worth otherwise you are worthless.

If you do use and like the term 'differently abled' for yourself or anyone you know uses it, I'm not saying that's bad. You can self identify that way, I just don't like it when people use it to describe me because it feels inaccurate and kinda performative. <3

[koszmarnybudyn]

Finally did some art for my good omens au, (yes i know im collecting aus like aziraphale collects books but oh well).

They are an angel and a demon on doods shoulders :)

I already have link finshed and am planing on drawing Taylor, Dood and Hermie as well.

Also just design notes/general thoughts:

Will saying Normal would dress vintage changed me so here he is in something vintage inspired, thought with the ever present sneakers i draw him in. I feel like he has a pupper shop or something, not quite sure, he is a mascot and local sport teams enthusiast. I should have incorporated more purple in his design to be honest, he does have some in his eyes. I feel like he uses 70s or 80s slang, generally just a word mishmash of generations. And in all his ethearnal years he has still not learnt to cartwheel.

Scary's design is mostly punk/metal/goth inspired, for once i opted for more red than purple, and brown in her hair. I decided to give her octopus eyes as a nod to her doodler connection. They are both older here (i think about mid 20s) so she gets to be even cooler than usual (she is my dress up doll for outfits i wanna wear but would be texture and comfort hell for me).

They are just besties here (sorry to my whatever their ship name is shippers im not a fan of the ship at all), and link taylor, dood and hermie will hopefully be coming shortly. As for plot stuff its good omens inspired with them trying to stop the apocalypse (idk who warlock is here, since dood is adam), its mostly show inspired since i have not yet finshed the book, and idk if plot is even really my concern i just like designing looks for diffrent situations.

[elkrisen]

decided for every three books I read I can buy a book off my tbr and right now I have 3 1/2 books read + working through 2 more so if I manage to read 3 more on top of that by the end of week I can buy the 3 books I have saved in my cart that are 20% off if I buy them together

[melonnade]

thought about sending this meme to my friend who hasn’t finished tgcf with the caption “it’s because Bai Wuxiang teaches him how to cook”

[fantastic-nonsense]

I've decided that writing Wylan is very fun and relatively easy for me, but it's also very soul-revealing becasue he has a deep desire to be perceived as competent and useful by the people he cares about the rest of the Crows and I unfortunately feel very seen about it :/

[jailedmoonshine]

I am in hell and I have no idea what to do about it

[hussyknee]

I think sometimes you just have to make peace with the fact that your actual hobby is collecting books. And that that's okay.

[joanna-lannister]

i'm gonna try to go to the tattoo artist tomorrow, i'm ANXIOUS

[kengi-bengi]

MOOD BOARD FOR ME RIGHT NOW AFTER FINDING OUT MY LIBRARY DONT HAVE THE SECOND LOCKWOOD AND CO BOOK

[toxooz]

ALSOOOOOOO i Finally got to ride a skateboard at the skatepark with bf n friends for the first time ever yesterday and i feel so 👀👀👌👌👌💯💯💯 i managed to be able to balance and push around and stop without falling and it was fun tbh!! i can see getting muscle memory and improvement by doing it consistently 😤 i just hope this aint too short of a phase for everyone so i can hopefully get me own board soon 🙏

[pipravisstan]

more books in the mail 😏