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The Rules of Ever After, written by Killian B. Brewer, is a young adult M/M fairy tale romance. It's very cute and fluffy, and it's a lovely read if you're looking for a lighthearted happily-ever-after. It takes classic fairy tale tropes and makes them gay, and it's just fun.

I got it from the local library after seeing it recommended as a soft, casual afternoon read. I got through it pretty quickly, so if you're looking for something simple, fun, and wholesome, this is a great one to check out.
Here's the official plot summary:
The rules of royal life have governed the kingdoms of Clarameer for thousands of years, but Prince Phillip and Prince Daniel know that these rules don't provide for the happily ever after they seek. A fateful, sleepless night on top of a pea set under twenty mattresses brings the two young men together and sends them on a quest out into the kingdoms. On their travels, they encounter meddlesome fairies, an ambitious stepmother, disgruntled princesses and vengeful kings as they learn about life, love, friendship, and family. Most of all, the two young men must learn to know themselves and how to write their own rules of ever after.
I think I would have probably been obsessed with this book if I'd had it as a teenager. I love fairy tale homages and retellings, and I used to re-read all my favorite MG & YA fairy tales until the books fell apart. Finding it as an adult was a fun throwback to the sort of books I loved best when I was younger. If you're looking for cute young-adult MLM romance, give this one a try!
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Thirteen loves freedom. Her symbol is a butterfly which also represents freedom. She speaks her own mind, dresses her own style, lives on her own terms and rather spend time alone so others aren’t a problem.
MC in contrast who felt as if they’ve lost their freedom. Who felt burden ever since S2 (ironically Thirteen's first unnamed mention the lesson before the disaster) and since then were bound by duty to hone their sorcerer skills to protect the human/ 3 realms.
They'd caused damage to it. If they don't work hard to atone and protect the 3 realms they should have been the one stabbed instead
By S4 they were essentially blackmailed into joining the student council and since then worried about contributing with council duties, appearances, demons and their opinions on a human in power, nobles convincing Diavolo the human is a threat, RAD students protesting, Sorcerer’s Society who don’t trust them, all while still keeping up with Solomon's classes, continuing to improve their magic, keeping up with RAD classes and homework, and fitting in as the good human who brings everyone together, spending time with their— when was the last time they've spent time with their friends and loved ones? Once you think about their situation returning from the NB timeline it gets even worse. They still have to figure out what happened and who Nightbringer is, all while MC’s powers spiked up and were then tested by the ones they trusted and while there’s clearly tension between the 3 species & realms.
And then there’s Thirteen.
Thirteen exists outside it all. A reaper who isn’t bound to the Devildom, Celestial Realm, or Human World. She’s also said to be different from other reapers and operate her own way. She’ll only ever involve herself if it interests her —which mainly includes you— but otherwise she doesn’t care for the most part.
MC somehow makes enough time to spend with Thirteen at times in a cafe or walk around shopping helping her find new trap materials. Thirteen doesn’t ask anything from MC except their presence (and compliment her traps, of course). MC doesn’t feel like a threat, burden, or see expectations laid out for them. Even with all her chaos and unpredictability, it somehow brings a sense of comfort. Anyone else would question whether you’re right in the head for that. But with Thirteen MC feels something they don’t feel often anymore: Freedom. They admire her sense of freedom and relish in theirs when they have time to spare with Thirteen. It won’t break them free or entirely unbound, but it makes them feel less trapped. Less alone. They’re not alone.
#I love thinking about how mentally MC is affected by the burden of conflict between the realms especially ever since S3 NB#they’re scared their friends won’t even see them as their friend anymore but they’ll see MC only as a diplomatic human#ofc their thoughts aren’t true but it’s issues after everything that’s happened#the tags went off topic but#Thirteen doesn’t really care to begin with but she’d stop giving an f to all 3 realms if you asked anyway because shes biased for you#or she’d side with you or whatever you sided with seen in lesson 11#also warning for the random second pov mentions lol#obey me#obey me thirteen#obey me thirteen x reader#obey me thirteen x mc#obey me one master to rule them all#obey me shall we date#I just love thinking about this dynamic between thirteen and mc it’s been eating away at me#I rambled without looking might edit some parts later to make sense but I still hope people get what I’m thinking#pip.rambles
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every single time somebody makes a list of all the times rex went :DDDDDDDDDD in the last four episodes of tcw they always, ALWAYS forget this one every time and it saddens me deeply because look

look. LOOK 😭😭😭😭😭 PUPPIEST PUPPY EYES THAT EVER PUPPIED 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 NOBODY EVER NOTICES THIS ONE WHYYYYYY IT'S LIKE THE BEST ONE
i am sick and thinking about The Character is unfortunately the only remedy. except it's not unfortunate because YAAAYYYY MORE CHARACTER 🥳🥳🥳
#he !! was so !! happy !! to see her !! and so !! proud !! of who !! she'd become !!!!!!! sobbing screaming ill and dead !!!!!!!!!!!!!#star wars#clone wars#rexsoka#i like to make myself feel disgustingly sad by imagining what could've been had order 66 not happened#bro they would've had so much time. bro imagine. bro imagine ahsoka comes back she becomes a knight#the 501st is divided between anakin and ahsoka ahsoka becomes a general keeps the 332nd rex stays with her#but they work with anakin all the time everyone is happy life is good the war ends the republic wins the clones are granted citizenship#fox assassinates palpatine and is never caught ever#the jedi council realize how stupid their “no relationships” rule is and bly and aayla get married#fox and riyo get married anakin's able to get the secret out and he's also able to get some help with his struggles after telling obi-wan#the clones all get their chips removed rex and ahsoka get their heads out of the clouds anakin is the greatest wingman of all time#sobbing. i hate palpatine so much. BRO WHAT COULD'VE BEEN. WHAT *SHOULD'VE* BEEN 😭😭😭
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Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girl found dead in a hidden room.
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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#lan xichen#jin guangyao#jiang cheng#wei wuxian#qin su#EDIT: Tumblr published an earlier draft with only half the notes I wrote so: late entry on my JGY thoughts.#Unlike the mystic powers of the stockmarket (what the OG meme is referring to) I think this situation calls for more active investigation.#qin su is such a deeply tragic character to me and I really wish we got a bit more from her.#Love everyone who sent me messages about her after the last time she appeared.#I think she needs a spin off of her being a transmigrator SO badly.#MDZS has so many interesting characters - but it sometimes fails to give them the proper room to really develop past a role in the plot.#That's just the consequence of writing a story like MDZS. Not every character in a book *needs* to have a rich inner life and backstory!#To do so would bog down the story and obliterate any notion of pacing. It's just not possible.#Jin Guangyao (nee Meng Yao) is unfortunately not free from this leeway rule. He is the culprit of this murder mystery plot#and thus NEEDS to encapsulate the themes of the book. And personally he's a 7 out of 10 at best on this front (in the AD).#MDZS is about rumours twisting reality and working towards truth. And about how people & situations are rarely ever black & white#JGY has his motivations. He's well written in regards to his actions making sense for his character.#What started as good traits (drive to succeed & improve his image) became twisted over time (do anything to maintain his image)#and it's a good parallel to WWX! He has the same arc (with different traits)! Bonus points for IGY in that regard.#but man....by the time we confront this guy for murder there's not a lot of grey morality. He's just...deep in the hole *he* dug.#There's a beautiful tragedy to it! More on JGY in later comics - this is getting pretty long already!
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even after settling down, theyre pretty cautious.....
.......it doesnt last long
#princess tutu#princess tutu spoilers#ahiru#fakir#fakiru#art tag#my anime straight couple ever. nobody is doing it like them#anyway i know theres not a lot of reasons to think the 'confessing love = disappearing' rule still applies post-canon#but ahiru being human again necessitates that there are still reality-warping powers at work#and it's because of drosselmeyer that she was ever human in the first place so i can see them being nervous about it#also this is an aside but i picture after fakir writes ahiru back into a girl they kinda have to flee gold crown town#to avoid fakir getting his hands chopped up by cultists and everything yknow#they settle down somewhere else in the german countryside with a little village nearby and have a simple life#ahiru keeps practicing ballet and fakir keeps writing and theyre happy :)
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me: apple white is actually a really complex character and her moment with the evil queen was one of vulnerability because she can't be frustrated with how things turned out anywhere else and some part of her was still bitter that she had to give up something good for everyone else. the evil queen knew this and was playing on it. she was also playing on the pressure that snow put on her as well to 'get her happily ever after'. all of this resulted into her throwing the apple in the direction of the mirror in frustration (most likely to get her to shut up), which accidentally caused her to free the evil queen which she did not mean to do. once again afraid of making a mistake and this time having people KNOW about it she then covers for the evil queen as she's afraid of what people will think of her and not anything else because she's a flawed character. the evil queen the promises her happily ever after of course but apple doesnt really have a say in it as she's forced to do whatever the queen says in order to keep the facade that shes 'perfect' because (once again) her upbringing made her scared of making any sort of mistake so she tries to cover for herself instead.
people for some reason: YOURE JUSTIFYING HER FREEING THE EVIL QUEEN!?!?!?
#im not justifying it but explaining the complexities behind the situation that for some reason people miss#apple has flaws and its perfectly fine not to like her for those and think shes annoying because of it. but completely ignoring her writing#and her character is annoying as hell. shes a teenager who was brought up for one thing. ruling the kingdom for her story#so when that falls apart and she gives that up of course shes gonna feel antsy and a little bitter about it. i didnt like this personally#but it does make sense for her character and how she has little empathy for the rebels as she doesnt understand them#now... WHEN SHE FREED THE EVIL QUEEN it is not something that she did on purpose. it was an accident that was set off by frustration#it was the accumulation of all her faults come together and her freeing the evil queen helped her see that. shes not justified in doing it#but just straight up making it seem like apple meant to do it and MEANT to ruin everything pisses me off sm#apple white#eah#ever after high
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The pipeline of "I'm so tired of people making Starlo a cop/royal guard in AUs. He is not a cop and he is not a rule follower nor an actual embodiment of justice, people fall too much for his sheriff persona" to "I'm so tired of and believe all of the above. However, Starlo could join the royal guard in an UT/UTY Swap AU but only if Ceroba is in Asgore's place"
#the cowboy hat yodels#I'm not maintagging this because I do not want the discourse but listen. Listen.#Starlo is someone who tries to go above and beyond for his loved ones#He would ONLY ever consider joining the royal guard if he is childhood friends with the royal princess#And wants to be there for her after she has endured tragedy. Ok. This is ESSENTIAL#Otherwise it's not happening. His cowboy ass is not joining a rigid system where he has to abide by rules and protocol#Fighting myself from elaborating but this is important to me ok ok ok
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they acquitted Karen Read of killing that cop 🥳
#idk if she did or not but the way his cop buddies were so vitriolic after the first trial made me go fuck these guys#and from the circumstances of the last night that I’ve heard. fuck him.#there was some hint that his friends at the party were the perpetrators idk if they were ever ruled out but
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we have gone from mclaren being annoyed that max knows the rules too well to them openly admitting lando doesn’t actually know them.

multiple drivers (including max, charles, esteban) knew exactly what they should do in this situation and turned off their engines.
#and the penalty that was given was a cop out and the biggest load of bullshit i’ve ever seen#how can u openly admit ur driver and team doesn’t know the rules ONE WEEK after discourse about max knowing them too well#how can you openly admit ur driver and team doesn’t know the rules. full stop#f1#max verstappen#charles leclerc#esteban ocon#red bull racing#ferrari#alpine#brazil gp 2024
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SIKE yall thought im done with sparchess…. Pirate au belong to @everafterwhat !! Also my Victorian AU hehe and genderbend (dms for yap)
happy pride 10 reblogs and i draw sparchess yuri rockstar gf x ballerina gf
#key is drawing#my art#eah#eah fanart#eah au#ever after high#sparrow hood#duchess swan#sparchess#duchess x sparrow#sparrow x duchess#victorian au#rule 63#genderbend#they r living rent free in my head#these bitches
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MDZS AU where Wei Ying is taken in by the Wen Sect and raised as a servant cultivator, a soldier. He saves Wen Ning from bullying in their childhood and becomes friends with the Dafan Wens. He grows to be one of their best weapons, but sees through Wen Ruohan’s oppressive goals
Wen Ning and Wei Ying are sent to Cloud Recesses (Wen Ning to learn, Wei Ying for infiltration) where Wei Ying makes fast friends with Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang, but Lan Zhan proves difficult. Lan Zhan is intrigued by the boy with harsh eyes and brilliant smile but doesn’t give himself away too easily, becoming a challenge for Wei Ying, one that the young cultivator can’t seem to shake his mind of. Wei Ying knows he should stop pushing Lan Zhan but finds himself enjoying the reactions Lan Zhan gives
Later, Wei Ying is sent to aid in the destruction of Cloud Recesses. This is the first time he realizes just how disastrous Wen Ruohan’s rule is and vows to try to stop it. He secretly saves Lan Zhan and helps Lan Xichen to a safe hiding place. Lan Zhan is infinitely more drawn to Wei Ying.
Eventually Wei Ying deals the killing blow to Wen Ruohan, usurping the Wen throne with the help of Wen Ning, Wen Qing, Jiang Cheng, Lan Xichen, Nie Mingjue, and Lan Zhan. Those involved in the attempted colonization are apprehended, while others (like the Dafan Wens) are taken in by the major sects (to provide safety and keep an eye on them)
Wei Ying and the Dafan Wens settled near Cloud Recesses; Wen Qing providing her medical services for the sect, Wei Ying and Wen Ning aiding as cultivators. Lan Zhan, who saw Wei Ying putting his very life at risk to protect others and stop Wen Ruohan, cannot deny his feelings any longer
One night, as Wei Ying smuggled emperor’s smile into Cloud Recesses, Lan Zhan catches him on a rooftop. Wei Ying gives Lan Zhan the brightest smile Lan Zhan had ever seen on the other and he can’t stop himself from rushing forward and kissing Wei Ying passionately. Wei Ying whispers “Am I allowed this?” to which Lan Zhan replies “My Wei Ying”
#and they live happily ever after#Human Weapon Wei Ying is such a fascinating concept to me#it would provide a lesson to Lan Zhan that rules and order themselves are not inherently Good#and that the adherence to them can be detrimental#because look at Wei Ying#the boy has such a blinding smile and infectious joy#but his entire personhood is being suppressed in the name of obedience#WangXian#mdzs au#mo dao zu shi#wei Wuxian#lan wangji
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pushing daisies kaishin au #2
pushing daisies au where shinichi has been able to revive dead animals, plants, even people since he was a child.
kudou "i can literally talk to the dead" shinichi
shinichi's parents didn’t exactly encouraged him to use this power. especially not in public. they’ve seen him revive and re-kill dead plants and animals in the same breath, it doesn’t take a detective to figure out what could happen near a human corpse.
but a young shinichi is curious, a young shinichi admired his father, and a young shinichi wanted to prove himself a detective. but most of all, a young shinichi wanted to help.
so when he saw his father struggle in solving a particular case, a young shinichi figured that maybe asking straight from the source would help give them a hint.
the complete horror in yusaku's eyes shinichi saw that day made him promise himself to never do it again.
shinichi realizes later on that reviving someone just for a clue on the whos, hows, and whys of their death only to touch them again, to basically kill them again, is sick and twisted and the realization leaves him feeling raw and dirty.
he then decides that if he’s gonna find out the truth, if he’s gonna bring justice, it’s not by making the victims suffer a second death. he will unravel the mystery not by magic but by logic.
the curious case of kuroba kaito
hakuba immediately contacts shinichi.
“he was...a friend. if i have to gather all the best detectives to catch his murderer then so be it.”
hakuba goes on to explain.
it was a kid heist. shots were fired. snipers. kaitou kid was caught on camera falling, as if he’d been shot, but he appears a minute later flying away on his glider with not a speck of blood on his suit. all should be well however, a few buildings away in an alleyway, the body of kuroba kaito is found dead. gunshots through the heart and chest.
a simple explanation would’ve been that the glider was a fake activated by kid’s assistant as a last ditch effort to save his legacy and this kuroba kaito was kaitou kid himself. he would’ve said it out loud but by the look on hakuba’s face, he can tell that he already connected those dots long before shinichi even stepped foot in the morgue. that wasn’t what hakuba called him for.
“can i...take a look at the body alone?”
hakuba raises an eye at him but moves to leave without questioning. "alright then. i have to check on another friend anyway. she's been...distraught ever since she heard the news and..." hakuba's words trail away as his eyes unconsciously drifted towards kuroba kaito's covered body. shinichi patiently waits through the quiet pain that he sees on hakuba. the pinch in his brows, the tenseness of his body. he must've been a really good friend.
hakuba shakes his head and turns his attention back to shinichi. "sorry, i...its been a long day. i'll leave you here then. call me if you find anything."
left alone, shinichi carefully zips open the body bag covering kaitou kid's upper body. he looked eerily similar to himself and imagining his own body cold and dead in the morgue sent a shiver down his spine. shaking his head, he pulls a chair close and reads through the file hakuba brought him.
"no witnesses. no camera. not a trace nor lead to anything. just some reports on mysterious gunshots in previous heists that lead to nowhere." they were professionals, whoever did this, shinichi thought. it was not going to be an easy case.
he takes another peek at the body. so this was kaitou kid, huh. too young to be the same as the one before his hiatus. perhaps a successor? motive could be related to his predecessor. his mother hasn't said anything of interest. does she really not know or is she protecting him? he runs his hand through his hair. there's too little information to go on...unless...
temptation rears its head. the source of information is right there in front of him. one touch and it could open up new leads to the case. an immediate disgust twists deep into his gut. he promised himself to never use it on people. to never kill. his father's haunted eyes embedded in his mind. he shouldn't. he really shouldn't. but he remembers the anguished look on hakuba's face. if he was going to do it, this might be the only good time. any longer and his touch would not revive kid. and gone along with him would be vital information to catch his murderer.
shinichi heaves a deep sigh. he has never used his abilities on dead people since that one incident as a child but he couldn't shake off the look on hakuba's face. it was now or never. shinichi reaches for kid's hand.
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pushing daisies au #1
#kaishin#detective conan#dcmk#dc prattles#shinichi: don't panic#kaito: *remembers what happened* WHAT THE FUCK#lol#also in this au the someone dies after a minute if he doesn't touch the dead person a second time again rule applies#shinichi has never discovered this fact growing up because he never really truly tried to explore this ability#perhaps he himself is freaked out by it and ever since the day he saw fear and the haunted look in yusaku's eyes#he never wanted to revisit it ever again#shinichi would probably connect the dots a little later but#the commotion of someone just dropping dead out of nowhere outside the morgue would be what he & kaito would use as a distraction to escape#shinichi was supposedly only going to ask a few questions and touch kaito again but ofc kaito would attempt to escape immediately#anyway something something pandora revives kaito back permanently so he and shinichi can kiss and make out the end#LMAOOOOO#thank you pandora for being a convenient deus ex machina mwah now kaishin can have plenty a sexy times :>#if you saw me accidentally posting this earlier no you didnt#also i never intended for this to be long or written like this#it was supposed to be a bulletpoint list of hcs but it got out of hand unfortunately LOL#finally out of the drafts after almost 2 years im so sorry this au lmao#there's one last pushing daisies kaishin au in the drafts yippee :D
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Bitter Truth
#mdzs#lan qiren#madam lan#they were in love and I will die on that hill#mdzs art#my art#in chinese flower language blue gentians mean elegance purity and bitter truth#I like the hanahaki take where a couple in love are aware of each other’s feelings and return them but are unable to act on it#just more suffering for them to go through :)#you can’t tell me that through those long years of isolation with only the visits being her children (maybe) her a-hole husband and her BIL#that they didn’t bond over the boys and games of weiqi and heated discussions about Lan regulations and possibly#just maybe#started to wish for that ever dangerous ‘what if’#because they could never have it—he could never act on it and she was leashed in place#he might work up his courage to go against the rules for her but by that point she’s dead#and he can only punish himself and push himself to higher expectations than before and become what his brother failed to be#be what she needed even after she’s gone and instead protect her sons the way he could not protect her
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No one will ever get out of my head that, despite Holt being the monster and Jackson being the normie, their “good” side is Holt, and the “evil” side is Jackson, even though it may not seem like it, it makes a LOT of sense to me.
And it’s very clear in the little details, like Holt always appearing to be nice to people in the background of the scenes, besides having a lighter and chill personality, the typical good guy, and Jackson taking full advantage of when he was in the normie school, and also lying a lot, besides his somewhat bitter way.
Anyway, I just think this would be a great plot, well Eah
(And sorry guys for any mistake, i was lazy while wrotting this, so i just writted it on my og language and putted on the translator, lol)
#holt hyde#jackson jekyll#hyde and jackie#g1 monster high#monster high#ghouls rule#ever after high#monster high big fan
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Sometimes I feel like maybe I’m being too hard on Bruce because he’s a grieving father and you don’t judge people for how they get by when the dead usually stay dead, but then I remember that the Waynes are the closest thing Gotham (maybe even the whole of America in the DC universe) has to royalty and Batman claimed the city for himself, so when Bruce turns abandons the responsibility he himself took on for getting Jason justice, it’s not a just a dead body he turns his back on, he’s betraying a member of the people he claimed. A citizen he was supposed to serve.
#does becoming a hero mean you stop being a person#Jesus Christ#Jason never once got to be a citizen#which is to say he never got to be considered a whole worthy human#UGH#Also reasonably speaking I don’t think Batman’s relationship with the people of Crime Alley would ever recover after Jason’s death.#The thing about authority such as that of a royal or guardian is that you have got. To keep. Your shit. Together.#you don’t take your anger out on your people#You don’t get to use petty criminals as punching bags for your negative emotions#and still be looked at kindly by the most criminalized group of people in the city.#Even if they knew exactly what Batman was going through (and they didn’t) it would still be wrong.#Batman is already on thin ice being the first costume to start the trend in Gotham#he’s already openly working with cops and somehow vaguely associated with a megacorp#the way he slings around WE business cards.#Jason’s death isn’t Bruce’s only downspiral either.#The no-kill rule is a symbol. ONLY a symbol.#You’re supposed to look at the fact Batman left one singular power to the justice system and take that as the indication he is still good#still ‘in control’ and still impartial.#It’s difficult to deconstruct unless it’s with another symbol and well.#Jason is exactly that#insert spiderman quote here somewhere#Jason Todd#anti Bruce Wayne
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