#this was valentine art but i forgot to post it here oops

[zaczimcon]

Sharing a sodie pop

[transdemon]

just a little cupid to sit around and look cute, he's very good at that. not much else

[tiredkiwii]

Raeda valentines art I forgot to post here, oops

[peonnes-art]

September 2024 blog updates (this was meant to be for August but I forgot to finish it oops):

Ending up discarding the #fandom related tag entirely. You can tell if a reblog is related to a specific fandom if I tag that specific fandom's name. Otherwise, it's just pretty art to me lol.

There are image descriptions for almost all my art now! Only the Valentine’s Day art process is left, I believe. (coincidentally, it’s that OC’s bday today! HBD Pierre!)

New tagging system again under the cut. Putting it below the cut for my reference:

Comments, and post-edit comments if there are any.

Fandom, then character name. (or my OC tag #peonnes’s ocs. I don’t tag OCs’ names.)

If it's part of an art series, e.g. my yearly Genshin Summer series, I will tag so here.

Digital art program, if any.

#my art (for categorizing my own art away from reblogs)

#old art, if applicable (for if I post art that's more than 6-ish months old)

The year the art was made.

The queue tag, if applicable.

After that, all tags are random miscellaneous one because adding more tags gets more attention when it comes to my art.

[ace-of-rabbits]

Realized I forgot to post these~

Oops. Oh well.

Here are some valentines cards I made for my friends because i appreciate them and Valentine's can be whatever the fuck I want so I choose to use it to celebrate friendship instead

For @add-a-mint @ratsinmamouf @rambling-arts

[bunnerscrib-28]

I forgot to post my oc valentines art oops, here's hamburger and hotdog😭

[bunboygenius]

valentines estizuli art i forgot to post here oops

[elifinchsart]

oops i forgot to post this here but valentines day art for @pizzamafiaart of his wonderful dnd characters altine and brie who bring me great joy!

[beautifulpaxielreads]

May Wrap Up

Books completed (ratings out of five stars)

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) * by Suzanne Collins, audiobook read by Tatiana Maslany (★★★★★)

Cairo by G. Willow Wilson, art by M. K. Perker, lettering by Travis Lanham (★★★)

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (★★★★)

Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1) * by Neal Shusterman (★★★★)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins (★★★★)

Books currently in progress

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon…

…but I plan to start The Toll (Arc of a Scythe #3) really soon!

*reread

Challenges, Games, and other Booklr interactions

Answered @lizziethereader​’s Weekly Bookish Question #179 (May 3rd-May 9th): What’s the latest addition to your bookshelf? and Weekly Bookish Question #181 (May 17th – May 23rd): Where [sic] you ever late to something because of a book? (my answers here and here)

Tagged by @storytime-reviews​ in the Big Book Tag game (my answer here)

JOMP Book Photography Challenge, May, Day 15: Time Period (set by @just0nemorepage​)

Shelf Confidence Book Photo Challenge, May, Day 13: Pretty in Pink (set by @myownlittlebookcorner​)

Answered @lizziethereader​’s Weekly Bookish Question #179 (May 3rd-May 9th): What’s the latest addition to your bookshelf? (NB This is NOT the same answer I mentioned earlier, I made that post later in the month than this) (full thread here)

Finished 2 books on my backlist, unofficially as part of @bookbandit​’s Beat the Backlist challenge.

As of today, I’ve so far read 27 books this year out of my planned 70. Running a bit behind, alas, but the year isn’t over yet!

Original Posts on Tumblr

Posted photograph of my current/upcoming reads shelf as of May 22nd (link)

Posted photograph of my newly-purchased copy of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (link, please note this is reblogged from my original blog @beautifulpaxiel​)

Posted an acknowledgement and thank you for reaching 800 followers for this blog, including my own graphic (link)

Posted photograph of my latest bookshop haul as of May 1 (link)

Reflections on May’s Reading Goals

 I finished all the books I had been reading in April, except for Northanger Abbey, which I really wasn’t in the mood for.

I didn’t start On the Trail of Genghis Khan. At the rate I’m going, I probably won’t read that until July now – but we’ll see.

Didn’t start any of my e-books. Oops.

I read Scythe, and as I write, I just finished the sequel, Thunderhead, the ending of which was mind-boggling. I’m not counting it as part of my books read in May since we’re already in June. Didn’t start The Toll, unfortunately – but I’m confident I’ll be finished with that one within a few days or so.

 As far as books on my backlist go, I finished Cairo and Red, White & Royal Blue.

I didn’t manage to get to Saga Land this month, but hopefully I’ll get to it sometime in June.

No more moodboards yet, but my participation on Booklr has been much better (see above) so I can live with that for now.

Started my new library hold, As far as the stars – but alas, I wasn’t really enjoying it, so I DNF’d it. Life’s too short for books you don’t like.

New followers

52!!!!!! Thank you to all and I hope you are enjoying my blog.

Interesting observations

I’ve really been enjoying the Arc of a Scythe trilogy, starting with my reread of the first book, Scythe. I got done with the 2nd book, Thunderhead, yesterday, and I can’t wait to see how Shusterman gets his characters out of that massive cliffhanger.

My TBR has been slow going. I just seem to keep putting off books and getting hold of new ones which pushes the old ones even further down the list. I DO want to read the books on my TBR, but the thing is there are so many good-looking OTHER books out there! Has anyone got the answer to this conundrum?

 I’m starting to get back into my reading groove this month after the lacklustre April I had - both in terms of Booklr participation and actual reading. I think I’m finally getting used to filling all the free time I have thanks to COVID-19, so it doesn’t seem so much of a chore now.

 I really need to learn to put down books I’m not enjoying earlier. I justify reading these books in the hope that book will improve, but it doesn’t always do that. I’ve been really wrapped up in the Arc of a Scythe series, which, as good as it’s been, doesn’t always leave much time for other books.

You may have noticed (ha!) that I’m still reading The Priory of the Orange Tree. I think this is one that I’ll keep returning to while I read other, shorter books in the meantime. I think it’s the kind of book that rewards a slow read, especially as the world building is so rich. Still have no end date in sight, but I don’t feel the need to rush with this one.

One big thing that I forgot to mention in my reading goals for April was The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins. I read it well into the night and into the early morning and I have to say, it kind of left me shellshocked. I’m still trying to process it all, and I can say there’s a reread on the horizon so I can absorb more.

Reading (and reading-related) Goals for June

 Continue reading The Priory of Orange Tree at my own pace. No pressure to finish this month (or possibly the next) …

Start the books I recently borrowed from the library – Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman, Green Valentine by Lili Wilkinson (Aussie author!) and Onyx & Ivory (Rime Chronicles #1) by Mindee Arnett.

Start at least one of the ebooks on my tablet.

Read The Toll (Arc of a Scythe #3) by Neal Shusterman. Can’t wait to see how he wraps this series up.

MAYBE reread The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes? Not sure yet, TBH. @lovelytothebone wants to do a group chapter-by-chapter reread at some point so I’ll probably wait for that.

More Booklr interaction, of course. That’s a given.

My GoodReads count for 2020 so far shows I’m two books behind schedule in my goal to reach 70 books read. I want to bring that up to date.

Maybe do another moodboard? Only if I’m in the mood (pun fully intended, he he) ….

Read at least one book by an author of colour

Start Saga Land by Richard Fidler & Kári Gíslason

I think that will do for the time being. See you all in July for the next monthly wrap-up!

[siconkus]

Happy Valentine's day!

(Something short for Valentine's day, I meant to post this yesterday but forgot oops)

—

Connor was having the time of his life, sitting in a cafe with Markus and Simon. The three of them were spending Valentine's day together, as friends, because none of them had a date.

They had both offered after he had mentioned in passing that he was sad he'd never been on a date, and while the proposition had presumably been on a platonic basis how could he resist such an offer from his two crushes?

Especially when Markus insisted they provided the full date experience, including holding hands.

 Markus is stroking his palm across the table, recounting a story about some androids who were helping decorate New Jericho and had spilt paint all over the floor, while Simon has his other hand and is staring at Markus adoringly.

Connor finds himself wishing it could be like this all the time, he can't remember the last time he felt this at peace and content.

"So that's why the floor looks like a...unique piece of art?" Simon laughs.

"Well, we didn't have the budget to redo the floor now did we?"

"You could turn that into a project. We could decorate the walls." Connor suggests.

"That's a great idea." Markus brightens. "It could encourage some androids to become artists."

"Maybe, or it could just be for fun. You know, that thing you need to try more often?"

Markus pouts. "Hey, I'm having fun right now." "Me too." Connor smiles.

"I think it was funny, choosing a cafe." Simon taps Connor's fingers gently and when they lock eyes, he winks.

"It was the first thing I could think of, it seems silly now." Connor admits, flushing.

"I like the atmosphere, it's cute. I don't know how to judge when it ends though, since we can't eat." The cafe did offer thirium, which they had ordered so they wouldn't be a nuisance

"I don't think it was a bad choice." Simon clarifies. "There's someone over there glaring daggers at us, I'm glad we're pissing them off."

"North will be so proud of you."

"Sci, you just solved our problem. We'll stay here and be lovey-dovey until the glarer leaves."

"Their food hasn't even arrived yet."

"I don't mind; as long as you don't."

 They ended up staying for another forty minutes, enjoying each other's company the entire time. They left all holding hands in case the asshole was nearby, Connor walking them back to Markus and Simon's shared apartment at New Jericho.

"Stay and watch a movie." Markus says at the doorframe.

"Is it really a date without cuddling?" Simon calls from the couch, already setting something up on the tv.

"I think that depends on the people, but...I certainly would enjoy it." Connor steps in, and Markus puts his hand on his back as they walk over to sit down.

They end up watching a really crappy romcon. Markus boos when the badly written main woman gets with the even worsely written main man, Simon complains about it being too straight and Connor simply shakes his head.

"Lily deserved better writing, and she would have been better off getting with her best friend."

Markus nods solemnly. "Emily was more romantic than...Brian? Tedd? Whatever his name was, could ever dream of being."

Over the course of the movie they have gotten closer on the sofa. Connor squished in the middle with Markus' arm thrown over his shoulder and Simon's legs across his lap. It feels incredibly domestic.

"I think..." Connor begins, feeling bold. "There's something missing from this date."

"There's no refunds, I'm afraid." Markus jokes.

"No, I think he's right."

"Ah, we forgot to kiss at the door."

"Oh." Connor's thirium pump kicks up a beat. "Would I be correct in thinking this date is no longer platonic?"

"I think we were kidding ourselves with ever believing it was."

"Yeah, a platonic friend date is a nice idea, but I don't think it works when everyone involved is pretty gay for each other." Markus chuckles, then turns his head to the side and kisses Connor's cheek.

Simon reaches out a hand to grasp Markus', using that to leverage himself more against Connor's side and press his lips against his led.

Connor's eyes flutter shut, as he simply enjoys the moment. Markus cups his cheek to give him a full kiss on the lips, then breaks it to lean over and kiss Simon.

They trade kisses between each other slowly for a while, then sink back into cuddling. Connor couldn't have asked for a better date.

[theintellectualhomosexual]

Sappy Art About a Happy Heart

Sappy Art About a Happy Heart

Normally I make at least a small effort to post something here for Valentine’s Day. I don’t know why. I guess I just feel like as a sex-positive blogger it’s written somewhere in my non-existent job description. This year, I didn’t, for one simple reason: I forgot. Like, I knew it was coming but then suddenly the first thirteen days of the month disappeared and I was like “Oops.” I tried to whip…

[bibliosexxual]

Hey guys! I’ve gotten a lot of new followers lately, so I thought I’d do a little summary of what’s been going on my blog so far this year to update you all.

I’ve been unusually prolific, so I’ve got a lot of new Sterek fics up, including some old WIPs I updated this year.

So, without further ado, here’s the masterpost, as of early May 2017. Happy reading!! And let me know if you think a post like this for my older fics would be helpful as well.

EDIT: Almost forgot, I’ve marked the most popular fics with a ���.

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rich!Derek first date drabble (on tumblr) ~1300 words | E

Out of necessity, Derek has fine-tuned a few simple tests for anyone he goes on a first date with.

the kid!fic (on tumblr) ~2300 words | Teen

“Do you think I’m ready for fatherhood?” Stiles asks, trying to keep the panic out of his voice. He’s not freaking out about this. He’s not.

Boyd says flatly, “Stilinski, you’re twenty-one years old. You’re supposed to know how to use a condom by now.“

Stiles’ hand spasms and he accidentally squirts a huge glob of ketchup on his mound of curly fries. Fuck. He has the ideal ketchup-to-curly-fry ratio down to a science, and this is not it. “No, absolutely not what I meant. It’s just. Did you know Derek had a kid?”

❤ stress baking (on tumblr, AO3) ❤ ~1500 words | Gen

From the prompt, “You bake when you’re stressed and sometimes you give me cookies, but recently you’re giving me whole baskets each day, now I’m not complaining but are you okay?” 

❤ the flight to hawaii (drabble on tumblr) ❤ ~900 words | Teen

Jake runs a hand through his sandy blond prince-charming hair and snorts. “Please, this relationship is over when I say it is. Or do you seriously think anyone else is lining up to date you?”

For a moment Stiles is actually speechless, because how has he spent the last three months thinking this guy was attractive? How did he overlook this level of douchebaggery? Some kind of witchcraft, probably.

That’s when the guy in the row ahead of them turns around in his seat, looks Stiles straight in the eye, and says without even one hint that he’s joking, “I would date you.”

❤ the engagement (on tumblr, AO3)  ❤ 1595 words | Gen

The whole thing starts with Stiles really, really craving a meatball sub from the place across the street.

❤ the saga of the valentine’s day cucumber (on tumblr) ❤ 616 words | Teen

Drabble based on the prompt,

I JUST SERVED A CUSTOMER AND THEY WERE PURCHASING A CUCUMBER AND THEY WENT

“It’s for Valentine’s Day”

I REPLIED

“You must be lonely?”

THEY REALISED WHAT I MEANT AND NOW I’M SAT WITH A COMPLAINANT FORM IN FRONT OF ME.

❤ the nerd party, AKA the bookstore!AU (on AO3) ❤ ~4400 words | Teen

From the prompt, “We both tried to grab at the last copy of that desired book at the same time and had a tug of war.” HS!AU in which Derek is crushing hard and Stiles might not be as observant as he thinks he is.

Sterek doctors!AU (on tumblr) ~2000 words | Teen

A ficlet in which Stiles and Derek are coworkers at the hospital, Stiles accidentally (?) becomes Derek’s new roommate, and there is pining. Basically the outcome of my addiction to House, M.D.

you know you’re on my mind (WIP on AO3) 8164 words | Teen

The pen pal AU where Derek lives in California and Stiles lives in Poland. Long-distance pining, whoo!

draw me like one of your french girls (on tumblr: part 1, part 2) 3687 words | Teen

College AU + art student AU + nude modeling AU.

❤ accidentally? (on tumblr, AO3) ❤ 3683 words | Mature

Based on the prompt,

boss: “know why I called you in here?” me: “because I accidentally sent you a dick pic” boss [stops pouring 2 glasses of wine]: “accidentally?”

yup.

❤  breaking & entering (on tumblr, AO3) ❤ 4161 words | Teen

Based on the prompt, “[burglar gently wakes me] You live like this?" In which Derek Hale deserves nice things (and gets them).

prince in training (on tumblr) ~3000 words | Teen

Based on the prompt, “i grew up not knowing i was royal and now i guess i’m heir to a throne and you’re the guy who’s supposed to be teaching me how to be royal bc i suck at it and oops we made out”

❤ gorgeous beards of BHU (on tumblr, AO3) ❤ 2239 words | Teen

There are a lot of reasons Stiles is pretty sure Erica is his platonic soulmate. Her brilliant innuendos. Her epic dance moves. Her stubborn refusal to back down from things that scare her. The fact that her comic book collection is even bigger than Stiles’. And, of course, her @gorgeousbeards_of_bhu instagram account.

Or,

In which Erica posts a picture of a gorgeous mystery man to her Instagram and Stiles has to know who it is.

the roommate (on tumblr: part 1, part 2) ~1900 words | Teen

In which Stiles and Scott get a terrifying-except-not new roommate thanks to Craigslist.

❤ little spoon (on tumblr: part 1, 2; AO3) ❤ 6455 words | Teen

To save money while attending college in NYC, Stiles and Derek decide to rent one tiny apartment together. With one bed.

the blazing bombardier (on tumblr) 1670 words | Teen

Fluffy summertime meet-cute in which Stiles loves roller coasters and Derek really, really does not.

the valentine’s day showdown (on tumblr) ~4000 words | Teen

So Stiles and Erica have this competitive flirting/wooing thing going. This totally-mutually-agreed-upon-to-be-platonic competitive flirting/wooing thing. Every Valentine’s Day Eve, Erica gets him good, and every Valentine’s Day, Stiles gets her back, thoroughly.

Except this year things don’t go quite according to plan.

❤ on the bus (on AO3) ❤ 13299 words | Mature

HS!AU in which Stiles and Derek ride the bus to school together, and there are bisexual awakenings.

older!derek fic (on tumblr, AO3)   ~4000 words | Mature

Stiles likes Derek. Derek thinks he’s too old for Stiles. Meanwhile, Stiles is stubborn (and attractive).

❤ ships passing in the night (on tumblr, AO3) ❤ 1410 words | Teen

Stiles can’t say he blames Derek for quitting. Hell, this is basically the best thing to ever happen to Derek, Stiles knows that, and it’s awesome. They’d talked about their dreams, and Derek had always said he’d love to be a musician. Now his single has climbed to number eight on Billboard’s Hot 100 and his face is at the top of Stiles’ news feed every day for a week, and Stiles wouldn’t take that away from him for anything.

BUT. Just because Derek gets his dream job doesn’t mean he can just—just leave and never contact Stiles again.

Only, that’s exactly what he does.

Or, musician!Derek AU with pining.

not really casual (on tumblr, AO3) 2714 words | Teen

They meet in Biology 101. Stiles is a freshman, and he’s in this class mostly because Scott is pre-vet and Stiles signed up for all the same classes because he has no earthly idea what he wants to do, career-wise. Derek is a junior Spanish lit major taking this because he needs the gen. ed., and he’s terrible. He’s the only person in the class who’s not a freshman. He’s always a few minutes late—that’s how he ended up sitting at the table by the door with Stiles and Scott the first day—and he’s so gloomy, and he always lugs around this backpack full of Pablo Neruda books because he has a Spanish poetry class right before this one, and he takes the neatest, most meticulous class notes Stiles has ever seen. (Stiles, meanwhile, doesn’t take any notes. He takes photos of every slide with his phone as the professor talks and then spends the rest of the time goofing off quietly, doodling dumb stuff on Scott’s arm and working on five different assignments at once on his laptop.)

at the museum (on tumblr) 2452 words | Teen

Of course the first time Stiles sees Derek Hale since high school just has to be on the day he’s finally gotten Lydia from Marketing to agree to go out with him. That’s how the universe works, apparently, always giving Stiles the shittiest luck.

the hunger games AU (WIP on AO3) 7941 words | Teen

Derek shifts on his feet, says, quiet, “You must really care about him.”

“He’s my brother,” Stiles says simply. “And with his asthma, he’s—he wouldn’t have made it fifteen minutes in there. Even assuming he did, he wouldn’t kill anyone. He doesn’t have it in him.”

“And you do?” Derek asks.

Stiles stands a little straighter, looks Derek straight in the eye. “I’ll do what I have to do.” He hopes it comes out sounding more sure than he feels.

Or, in which Stiles takes Scott’s place in the arena.

***

So that’s it for this year… but the year is still young. :)

[tasikyu]

Some stuff I forgot to post here, oops- ;; The first one was for a secret valentine, the second one was an art trade and the third one was a gift~ Click for captions. o/ Audrey (c) Me Xaeli (c) @kioyori Iudicium and Sylias (c) @paradecim