#this song is THE song for the once upon a broken heart trilogy but i digress!

[romanticaacore]

arcade.

❦ What happens when you fall for a man who manages to bring you to the brink of madness?

hsr! sunday x gn! reader.

This fic was loosely inspired by the song arcade by duncan laurence. if you'd like a more dramatic version of the song, here's a violin cover, which I even recommend more for this fic.

credit: renjianshilian0 on twt, diver belongs to @fairytopea sunday belongs to me!

An endless mirage of mahogany furniture and picture perfect orange lamps decorated your vision as you stared at the perilous abyss, wondering just how in the world you even got here.

Penacony was promised to be a sweet dream, like syrupy honey on a fine cake, which was there to ease any and all possible frustrations and worries.

That was not the case.

Falling for the head of the Oak Family was not something you could have ever imagined but the stars had different plans in store for you. And oh just how cruel those stars were as they stared down at you from the sky. They glimmered and shined proudly in the inky heavens above you, almost mirroring the pretty tears which cascaded down your hollow cheeks.

Sunday had been arrested by the IPC, amongst many other things. Things you were not even aware were happening, things he had purposefully kept you in the dark in.

The bitter realization made you want to chew your nails out till blood came pouring out like a fountain.

You sat there on the bench as the October chill enveloped you in a hug, sending shivers down your spine but your heart bled too much from the pain to even care. Falling for Sunday was almost like a fairytale really - too good to be true. There had been hints, signs to his madness from the very start but you had been too much in love to pay them mind.

That came back to bite you. Hard.

Was all of this just a game to him?, you thought bitterly as you choked back a sob.

Were you nothing more than a toy to him? Did his gentle touches ring hollow, did the walls you had to painstakingly tried to climb over truly mean nothing in the end?

Part of you felt glad that he was stuck in some IPC hole somewhere, far away where you could not reach him. Flashes of his handsome face made you want to cry even harder as your fingers trembled from the pain and the cold, your poor little heart crumbling like a crushed leaf.

And yet, somewhere in a deep and dark corner lay Sunday, caged like a darling bird, shackles covering his body from head to toe as his mind kept wandering all over the place. It was difficult to keep track of what the pink haired IPC woman was proposing to him, her heel occasionally clicking on the pristine tiles beneath her as she inched closer and closer to him, offering him a deal.

Sunday wondered how you were doing. He felt himself chewing on the inside of his cheek harshly, to the point where he could taste blood and he suddenly recalled how you had once told him not to do that... And then proceed to kiss him delicately on the cheek, blessing him with your divine affection.

He held his cheek in his hand for a little bit after you parted ways with him after that. You had him wrapped around your finger like a Christmas present and you had no clue about it.

Sunday didn't deserve you.

He wondered what sort of outcome could have been if he had let you in on his plan, if things could have transpired differently if he had treated you correctly. Even if the outcome would still be something similar to his current predicament, he wondered if you would still hold him close to your heart.

Like a lost dove, he wept silently to himself as Jade exited the room, leaving Sunday to his own devices. He had no one else to blame but himself for this mess for he was the sole reason for his pain and suffering.

Copper and salt filled his vision as he continued to bite on his lower lip, pondering on the eternal darkness which was his life.

He had lost you.

And yet, he wanted you back. More than anything else in the whole universe.

[clockworkbee]

heartbreaking books somehow never leave the place they make for themselves between the cracks.

[blogthebooklover]

Noa & Mae = Orpheus & Eurydice AND Romeo & Juliet

So, something occurred to me after rewatching Disney's Hercules for like the millionth time (weird stretch, I know, lol). I remembered this post talking about how Mae and Noa's personalities are similar to Hercules and Megara. And then I remembered these two posts from @bookishdaze:

The Woman in the Hazmat Suit

Noa & Mae as Romeo and Juliet

She pointed out how Korina (the woman) may be a leader of the underground bunker, and how her name is from Kore, and we all know what other name the former is also derived? Persephone; the Goddess of Spring and what else? Queen of the Underworld! It's interesting to think about, and I'm really curious about what Wes Ball and team are going to do with this character in the next movie, but I digress.

Which also got me to thinking about the possible story inspirations for the next two movies in Noa's trilogy: the second movie might be a loose retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice, and the third might be Romeo & Juliet (or it could be the other way around, too).

First, the myth/legend of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Orpheus was a demigod and a musician whose beautiful songs were loved by anyone who heard them, mostly by women. However, the only woman he loved was a human named Eurydice. Depending on which version it is, their wedding blessing wasn't entirely finished on the day of their marriage, which was to be ordained by Hymen, the god of marriage ceremonies. This is perceived as an omen of ill faith from the two lovers. Again, depending on which version it is, Eurydice is enjoying some time to herself, or with the Nymphs in a field; but a snake bites her ankle and she dies from its venom.

Overwhelmed with grief by the death of his wife, Orpheus decides to venture to the Underworld to bring her soul back. Since Orpheus is a demigod, it's easy for him to travel down to the realm of Hades to search for his wife. His songs tame Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of the Underworld, and the creatures hidden in the shadows. When he comes upon the thrones of the king and queen of the Underworld, Orpheus pleads his case of returning Eurydice's soul to her body by singing a song so moving; that it even warmed the hearts of the immortal rulers. Hades and Persephone agree to let him take Eurydice back to the world above, on the condition that Orpheus does not turn around to look at her until they are both in the sunlight.

Orpheus has second thoughts about the gods tricking him that Eurydice is not behind him as they walk. Just before they reach the entrance to the world above, he turns around and manages to see his wife before she is taken back into the shadows of the Underworld. Realizing his mistake, Orpheus begs to try again, but he cannot. Once again, depending on the version, no one enters the Underworld twice while still alive.

Now the ending for Orpheus's story varies, whether he dies of a broken heart or is killed by a creature; however, in one version the Muses take his lyre and send it into the heavens becoming one of the star constellations.

Second, William Shakespeare's play of Romeo & Juliet.

The play that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, had to read in their freshmen/1st year of high/secondary school. So, a quick recap: Two young teenagers from sparring houses in Verona, Italy, they meet up at an event hosted by the other's family, decide they are in love (after three days of knowing each other) and marry in secret. However, someone from both houses end up dead; Mercutio (Montague) and Tybalt (Capulet), the latter kills the former and Romeo kills Tybalt out of grief and revenge for his friend. Friar Lawrence advises Romeo to visit Juliet before he is sent into exile. After spending the night with her, Romeo leaves. Juliet is grief stricken by the fact that Romeo is in exile, and she has no choice but to marry the man who was chosen to marry her, Paris. Friar Lawrence, once again offers advice but to Juliet this time, to take a sleeping potion that makes her seem like she’s dead.

Once Juliet awakes from the sleeping draught, she finds that Romeo has poisoned himself due to misinformation about her death. Friar Lawrence urges Juliet to come with him to a convent to be safe. However, she does not, choosing instead to stay with Romeo and since her love drank all of the poison, she takes his dagger and stabs herself in the heart. By the influence of the Prince, the two grieving families put aside their differences in memory of their only respective children.

Third, Noa and Mae, and how the previously mentioned stories could work for them.

For the second film, while Noa isn't a musician per se, he does show the abilities of an engineer (fixing a fish rack, and the cattle prod). HOWEVER, he does have to sing to Eagle Sun to get the bird to come to him. My head canon is that maybe Noa works on various different inventions while he's training to be the next Master of Birds. If Mae returns to the Eagle Clan, and sees Noa's inventions for herself, she would probably have mixed emotions at the fact of seeing an evolved ape even creating something from the remains of human technology.

Remember: Noa's and overall evolved ape intelligence TERRIFY her.

However, I think the more she spends time with the Eagle Clan apes, the more she realizes apes and humans can probably co-exist with each other.

My head canon for Mae is that it was her entire family and friends as the team that was sent out on the mission in KOTPOTA, and after Proximus Caesar's apes killed everyone, she barely escaped with her life as she says to Noa. And she had to survive alone in the wilderness before coming across Noa and the Eagle Clan village. Like Noa, she is also just a scared little kid trying to understand everything that had happened in the 200-300 years of a post-apocalyptic world. And now, she literally had/has no where else to go, no home to return to (since we all agree on that one head canon she's one of the few humans immune to whatever remains of the Simian virus), until she spends more time with Eagle Clan.

For whatever reason, Mae has to go back to the underground bunker, or maybe she's kidnapped by another human group from a different bunker; but I'm going with the former for this take. Noa can't take the fact that she has to return to the humans, seeing how humans and apes can live together, and he sets out with Anaya and Soona to get Mae back. When the trio arrive at the human bunker (the one from the end of Kingdom), Noa must plead his case to Korina to get Mae to return to Eagle Clan. That her living amongst apes is proof that both species can co-exist. Maybe even offering one of his inventions and/or an eagle egg, to the human leader as a sign of peace and hope for a future.

After Korina hears Noa's case, she agrees to let Mae return to Eagle Clan; now I imagine that instead of the sadder ending of Orpheus and Eurydice, it's the ending of the Hades and Persephone myth instead, the human leader offers only one condition to Noa: that Mae returns to the bunker when the last leaf falls and the first snows begin. Unlike apes, humans cannot survive the harsh winter weather. Both Noa and Mae agree to this term, and they continue living in the Eagle Clan village until the fall/winter. On the other hand though, I do see this working the other way around: that Noa is the one who is captured, and Mae is the one to plead her case to Korina.

And finally, the third movie. The story line we all want to see!

When Mae returns for the winter, let's assume it's been a couple of years or so by now, there is tension amongst the humans in the underground bunker. Half of them don't like this arrangement of a human living amongst the apes in the above world. The Tybalt & Paris equivalents (gonna call them Bunker!Tybalt & Bunker!Paris) in the third movie are feeling reservations about the arrangement, confessing their concerns to Korina when Mae returns. Korina (also being The Prince equilavent for the third movie) tries reassuring them that Mae staying with Noa and the apes is a test to see if the two species can live and work together. But Bunker!Tybalt and Bunker!Paris are not having it, and they arrange for a duel with Noa until Anaya (since we all agree that he's the Mercutio equivalent, poor thing) steps in for his childhood best friend.

Aaaaaaand we all know what happens next! However, let's imagine Bunker!Paris somehow leaves the scene.

Noa, enraged with grief for his best friend, kills Bunker!Tybalt but soon realizes he made a huge mistake and he decides to step down as leader and exile himself from the Eagle Clan. Because a good leader doesn't kill in revenge, no matter the reason. Meanwhile, when Mae hears the news of Bunker!Tybalt, she blames herself for the whole outcome. Korina makes the decision for Mae to stay in the bunker, for a possible upcoming war with the apes and to keep her safe. Mae doesn't want any more bloodshed, and she confides her concerns with the Nurse equivalent (again, gonna call them Bunker!Nurse; or maybe it'll be Dar as the Nurse Equivalent as well, but I digress). Bunker!Nurse feels empathy for Mae, but agrees with Korina about staying in the bunker. That Mae's skills and intelligence are needed for an upcoming war.

Mae doesn't want a war though, she soon realizes that the apes and Noa are her family as well. She sneaks out of the bunker in the cover of night and tries to find Noa.

Not entirely the same, but I do imagine a scene similar to The Lion King 2 (again, another Romeo & Juliet retelling; although, it would be hilarious if Noa & Mae broke out into song, but that's my crazy take heeheehee); when Mae and Noa reunite, away from everything and everyone trying to keep the two species apart.

Noa tries to convince Mae to run away with him, and explore the remains of this post-apocalyptic world, hoping to find more apes and humans similar to the unlikely duo. And create a new village where the two species can co-exist. Mae doesn't buy it though, she confides in Noa about returning together to prevent an upcoming war between apes and humans.

Once they return, they see it has already happened, once again taking some inspiration from The Lion King 2 here.

Bloodshed and dead bodies from both sides of the battle field. The human girl and the male ape are horrified by the war.

They both enter the sidelines of the battlefield, the apes and humans pause briefly when the ape and human are in sight. Mae and Noa each take turns pleading their case, that humans and apes can live in peace and harmony if they work together. There cannot be anymore bloodshed between them. The test of Mae (and maybe a few other humans) living amongst the Eagle Clan works, and there can be a solution between the two species.

But wait, you dear reader ask, doesn't the Shakespeare play end tragically?

Yes, the OG play is a tragedy. However, like the aforementioned Lion King 2, there are other R&J retellings with a happier ending:

Gnomeo and Juliet

Warm Bodies

Interesting how the second one is also set in a post-apocalyptic world, albeit in the zombie horror subgenre xD.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

[the-modern-typewriter]

Can I ask for your book recommendations / your favourite reads?

I've done posts like this before, so for something a little different even though I'm probably still recommending the same books every time haha, have my favourite few books that I've read every year since 2017.

2017

A Darker Shade of Magic series by V.E Schwab

If We Were Villains by M.L Rio

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

2018

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

2019

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Things We Say In The Dark by Kirsty Logan

2020

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

In An Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (part of her Wayward Children series, but a lot of them have a standalone novella vibe to them).

2021

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E Schwab

A Spindle Splintered by Alix. E Harrow

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

2022

Salt Slow by Julia Armfield

Dark Rise by C.S Pascat

Honourable mention to the podcast, The Magnus Archives, which I listened to instead of audiobooks for a significant chunk of the year and really enjoyed overall.

2023 (so far!)

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy by Stephanie Garber

Yellowface by R.F Kuang

In The Lives of Puppets by T.J Klune

The Wicker King by K.C Ancrum

Honourable pre-2017 mentions go to...

The Secret History by Donna Tart, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon and The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.

[annamatix]

fandoms i'll talk about

books

-ally carter book series (gallagher girls, heist society, embassy row, not if i save you first, winterborne home)

-jennifer lynn barnes books/book series (the inheritance games, the fixer, the naturals, little white lies)

-the folk of the air trilogy

-shatter me series

-caraval series

-once upon a broken heart trilogy

-the red queen series

-the hunger games series

-a good girls guide to murder trilogy

shows/movies

-gilmore girls

-how to drain your dragon WHOLE FRANCHISE!!!

-the music freaks

artists

-taylor swift ♡ huge swiftie here lmaoo will probably incorporate TS songs into how they relate to book characters

-sabreenie weenie carpenteenie !!! (sabrina carpenter)

-plus other music artists that come & go

!!

will update as hyperfixitions grow lol we'll see

[kaeyasimpski]

Intro post 🍁

About me:

Hei, I'm Lin (you may also call me Linnie)

23 years old she/her

Genshin Ar60 EU server kaeya,miko, mualani, Alhaitham and sigewinne main

I usually post about my favourite genshin characters and stuff that I just like in general 💗

Other socials:

-tiwtter @/ kaeyasimpski

Some of my favourite characters🧡

And many many more💗

Books:

• The shatter me series by tahereh mafi

• This vowen kingdom by tahereh mafi

•Once upon a broken heart

•rhe bell jar

• folk of the air trilogy

interests:

- reading books,the colour

pink, Barbie, vaporwave, 80's nostalgia, grunge fashion, mellow music, makeup, collecting figurines and many more...

Top 3 favourite songs:

A playlist from me to you 🍁🧡

DNI:

**please DNI if you are into problematic things (klc, pr0ship)

and if you want to spread hate to the characters or topics

I don't want any negativity and drama

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Okay that's all for now 🧡

💗I hope you have a beautiful day and thank you for reading 💗

Also I would like to thank everyone for liking and rebloging I appreciate it alot 💗

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[rosyandraw]

I would love to know what other books you like 💛

Omg this is so wholesome of you, how long do you have? lmao

Here is a collection of the books I have read recently and loved:

Garron Park by Nordika Night (MM enemies to lovers)

Fake Out by Eden Finley (MM fake relationship)

Far From Neverland by Rylee Hale (Grown-up Peter Pan/Captain Hook)

Once Upon a Broken Heart and Ballard of Never After by Stephanie Garber (The Jacks from Caraval trilogy)

Life After Death by Damien Echols (Autobiography from the west memphis three accused)

Illegitimate Authority by Noam Chomsky (non-fiction political look at the decline of democracy in the US)

Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton (non-fiction and speaks for itself haha)

And here are some of my longer-term-love-affairs:

The Vampire Chronicles

The Hobbit

Pride and Prejudice

Red, White, and Royal Blue

A Song of Ice and Fire

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

Good Omens

Harry Potter (I know, I know, but I still love it so much despite JK)

The Outsiders

Slaughter House Five

Frankenstein

Private Peaceful

The Help

I read a lot of different genres but this is all the stuff that came to mind immediately haha

I could also do a list of books I absolutely loathe and I think that would be a lot longer hahaha! What about you? What's your favourite book?

[not-an-alien-i-swear]

disclaimer i’m a MINOR so please don’t be weird!

all of my thoughts will be tagged under #rita rants (tagged under this post) and everything else is reblogs!

FANDOM LIST! just a fair warning, it’s probably gonna be incomplete and updated whenever i remember something

cartoons

hilda

the owl house

amphibia

gravity falls

she-ra

other shows

dead boy detectives

i am not okay with this

sweet tooth (not finished)

outer banks (not finished)

books

percy jackson (all of them + the tv show)

the illuminae files

holly jackson books

the poppy war trilogy

caraval + once upon a broken heart trilogies

shadow and bone/six of crows

the song of achilles

+ other books without big fandoms :( (anything i have posted abt + if ur curious, ask! im also very open to book recs)

other

six the musical

heathers the musical

+ a few other musicals

acnh

this is not all but it’s all i can think of right now, more will be added later!

[avant-gaarde]

once upon a broken heart | stephanie garber | a book playlist

impatiently waiting for "a curse for true love" to come out...

I just feel like reading the third book in this trilogy would solve all my problems yk.

anyways, the playlist is here...it was actually a bit difficult to make the playlist because the vibe wasn't there when I began it. I was struggling between doing just instrumental music or regular songs and ended up with a mix.

enjoy listening!

[mxanigel]

Tagged by @noetikat <3

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Nickname: Ani

Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5'6"

Last thing I googled: how to reformat a drive in Windows 10

Song stuck in my head: Doubts will try to break you / Unleash your heart and soul / Trouble will surround you / Start taking some control ("Panic Station" by Muse)

Amount of Sleep: usually around 7 hours but last night I slept for almost 10 (unintentionally; it only happened because I'm still recuperating from last week's brutal work schedule)

Dream Job: a version of my current one but in a supportive environment with reasonable work hours

Wearing: jeans, short-sleeved shirt, sweater

Movies/Books that Summarize You: How to Train Your Dragon, The Princess Bride, Doughnuts Under A Crescent Moon, The Emperor's New Groove, The Broken Earth trilogy, Humble Pi, The Mummy (1999), the original Star Wars trilogy + many now non-canon novels, The Martian (book + film)

Favorite Song: DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE -- but Evanesce by Islet is near and dear to my heart

Instrument: I played piano once upon a time…

Aesthetic: androgynous which leans masculine or feminine depending on the day

Favorite Author: when I was younger, Timothy Zahn and David Eddings; now, it's tough to choose, but I adore everything I've read by N. K. Jemisin

Random Fun Fact: I've visited 4 of the 7 continents so far

[lesenbyan]

'Ight, Jayden's Complete List of Books taken from my Libby app. All of these were listened to as audiobooks and thus are available as such.

Feel free to ask about them! I'll give summaries trigger warnings (that I remember) rate it and maybe tell you a fun fact I love or a favorite character

* is for a series that continues further than I read

+ is for an ongoing/incomplete series

[Explicit] is for detailed sex scenes; assume all books here swear

The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann *

Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells (x3) +

All Systems Red

Artificial Condition

Rogue Protocol

Exit Strategy

Fugitive Telemetry

Network Effect

Wayward Children - Seanan McGuire +

Every Heart a Doorway

Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Beneath the Sugar Sky

In an Absent Dream

Come Tumbling Down

Across the Green Grass Fields

Where the Drowned Girls Go

The Mercy Thompson Series - Parricia Briggs * +

Moon Called

Blood Bound

Iron Kissed

Bone Crossed

Silver Borne

River Marked

Frost Burned

The Anita Blake Series - Laurel K Hamilton * + [Explicit]

Guilty Pleasures

The Laughing Corpse

Circus of the Damned

The Lunatic Café

Bloody Bones

The Killing Dance

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman

Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fractured Fables - Alix E Harrow

A Spindle Splintered

A Mirror Mended

Broken Earth Trilogy - N K Jemisin

Under the Whispering Door - TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

Fifth Season

Obelisk Gate

The Stone Sky

Less - Andrew Sean Greer

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Sofi and the Bone Song - Adrienne Tooley

So This is Ever After - F. T. Lukens

Gideon the Ninth - Tasmyn Muir *

How to be Perfect - Micheal Schur

The Watchmaker's Daughter - C J Archer *

Cackle - Rachel Harrison

The Burning Girls - C J Tudor

Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M Danforth

Nettle and Bone - T Kingfisher

The Hollow Places - T Kingfisher

The Book of Tea - Judy I Lin

A Magic Steeped in Poison

A Venom Dark and Sweet

Only A Monster - Vanessa Len +

What Moves The Dead - T Kingfisher

Malice Duology - Heather Walter

Malice

Misrule

This Vicious Grace - Emily Thiede +

Once Upon a Broken Heart Series - Stephanie Garber +

Once Upon a Broken Heart

The Ballad of Never After

The Art of Memoir - Mary Karr

The Storyteller - Dave Grohl

When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi

The Princess Saves Herself in This One - Amanda Lovelace

The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One - Amanda Lovelace

The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

[clockworkbee]

What are your favorite books? ♡

Hello, anon!

Just in case I don't list a book here, you could always check the tags on my pinned post. It's got most of the books I love and/or post about in the tags.

These aren't in any particular order by the way, but I feel the need to emphasize that the top two are.

The Folk of The Air (all books)

The Dark Artifices (my all time favourite tsc trilogy)

Simon Snow trilogy

The Winternight Trilogy

Percy Jackson (those I've read; pjo and hoo)

The Song of Achilles

If We Were Villains

Shades of Magic trilogy

Strange the Dreamer duology

Once Upon a Broken Heart (books)

There are some more I absolutely love like

All For The Game

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Infernal Devices (all of tsc tho)

and more, but I don't know if I'll mention them in a top 10 list.

Thanks for the ask!

—bee 💗

[futurefind]

get to know me meme

TAG NINE PEOPLE YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER!

1. favorite colors: raspberry pink & teal!! yes like reas psd lmao

2. favorite flavors: uhhhhhhhh. unsure!! standouts for individual flavors would be deep fried batter, butter, garlic, and sweets!!!

3. favorite genres: horror (esp movies), romance, fantasy, and action/adventure

4. favorite music: I love jrock (growing up on Naruto shaped me LMAO), Patent Pending, vocaloid (I love the 'crunch' of the synthesized music and voicebanks, so often I prefer them over their covers)... idk main ones would prolly be rock, pop, and (more picky with it) metal. Nothing screamo.

5. favorite movies: uhhhhhhhhh idk tbh I mostly watch horror and am not good at remembering movie names since they're one offs. But ones that stick out would be Rise of the Guardians, Mama, Your Name. RotG is a solid fave but others are just ones that impressed on me enough to remember their names at all

6. favorite series: Zelda!! Everything else I enjoy are either one-offs are not indicators of my interest in the entire series they're a part of (Persona Emblem vs Persona, Kirby Lost World, etc). Some of them I'd like to try the rest/more (Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy, etc) and haven't got around to it but others I'm not interested in (Persona). edits in atla/lok bc i forgot abt it entirely oops-- edits in x2: nasuverse at large and esp fate/ rip-

7. last song: I usually just have a select few character playlists on shuffle for work or the like but first new song would be Wish by Gia Navas (Romani FGO fansong :') ) and Ghost's cover of Stay from the last Insidious movie

8. last series: Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy overall (much fun !! :') v much want more in that world and more lore on the Fates especially--) and just now finishing up Carol & the End of the World!! :') Very fun in its own way and cute but also augh

9. last movie: ignoring misc reruns on TV I don't remember it'd be streaming the Insidious series with friends— but before that either Puss & the Last Wish or Nemona idr which! (Nemona as a character is peak sacore btw :')))

10. currently reading: Finally working through Scum Villain Saving System first hand (the official localization), on top of misc Scarlett Claire (?) books to help sleep. Thank You Libby App &lt;3

11. currently watching: Finishing up Carol & the End of the World!! After that I'll be trying the YYH live action adaption LOL uwu

12. currently working on: uhhhhh nothing tbh!! I'd like to draw more but thats infinitely loosey goosey and nebulous along w longform fic ideas yk dghdsgh

tagged by: @tvrningout tagging: anyone/everyone!! if anyone sees it and hasnt done it and wants to go ahead!!

[imhereforscm]

Good morning 💜

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It's 11:20 pm over here✨✨✨✨

I AM SOOOOO HAPPY!!!

Like- last night was absolutely amazing!!! The best night!!!! Like- OMGGGGG!!😭😭😭💖💖💖💖💖

First of all IT HAD A RED MOON!!!🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌙🌙🌙

It looks very small in the pictures and it looks kind of orange-ish??? BUT I PROMISE YOU, IT WAS ACTUALLY SO RED!!!!

And then I spent my entire night reading with music in the background and I found the PERFECT song for reading this book💖💖 It just clicks for me to read with it in the background❤️❤️❤️

The book I'm reading is "Once upon a broken heart" and if I'm not mistaken...... It's a trilogy??? I AM NOT SURE, BUT I THINK IT IS!! I have the first book and when I finish it, if I like it, I'm THEN going to purchase the second book.

Now, I can't give you a good review on the book yet, I'm not too deep in it for now to say if it is actually a great book, but so far, I can say I enjoy it! Like- I really like the protagonist so far as well and all those fairy tale elements and I REALLY LIKE IT SO FAR!! LIKE- I'VE GOT HIGH HOPES!!

Also, I spotted the pretty cover in the shelf of the store, I didn't find it from the internet and I don't see it much—almost at all.

And from my experience with "Girl, Serpent, Thorn" by Melissa Bashardoust (which I LOOOOOVED SOOO MUUUCH!!!) underated books seem to be my cup of tea a lot!!

I'm not saying the popular books are all bad, but a lot of times I've been disappointed and they just weren't for me. But of course that's just my taste in books!! A book I dislike might be someone else's favourite book and my favourite book might be a book someone else dislikes!

Now lemme show you how beautiful my version of the book is🥺🥺🥺🥺💕💖

(the pic is sideways lol)

Also...........

THE CORNERS OF THE PAGES ARE PINK AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

And here's the song I've been listening to while reading-

Also, a certain anon requested something about werelion!Leon and it's coming very soon😘😘😘😘😘

ALRIGHTY BABES!!! IF ANYONE NEEDS ME I'LL BE OVER THERE, LISTENING TO "TEARS OF GOLD", WHILE READING "ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART"!

Love you all!! I hope you all had and will keep having a wonderful day!!💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[moonlightfoxs-cantina]

I saw someone else do this on here and I want to do it too. So here are some of my top 5s right now:

Top 5 movies (this changes depending on my mood):

Revenge of the sith

The empire strikes back

Black panther: Wakanda forever

Bullet train

Eternals

Top 5 tv shows (this stays the same most of the time):

Moon knight

Andor

The mandalorian

Obi wan kenobi

Criminal minds

Top 5 song artists (based on the artists I listen to the most frequently):

Taylor swift

Charlie Puth

Harry styles

Ariana grande

Olivia Rodrigo

Top 5 books (this changes as I keep reading more books. Some of them stay the same tho):

The Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan

The caraval trilogy by Stephanie Garber

Once upon a broken heart series by Stephanie Garber

Crave series by Tracey Wolff

The summer I turned pretty series by Jenny Han

Top 5 fictional characters:

The moon boys

Cassian Andor

Poe Dameron

Obi wan kenobi

Din Djarin

Feel free to participate if you want!

[lyra-brie]

Intro Post

(Every few days I remember something I forgot or have new links to add lol it's constantly changing a little bit)

So I go by Lyra (or Library lol) and I use she/her pronouns. That's all I can think of to put here lol.

I'm a reader and a writer. I love romantic fantasy in both, but I'll read almost anything. Not really into horror, but I've dabbled in most other genres when it comes to reading, all the way to non-fiction. I'm always accepting new recs even though I have a ridiculous tbr and wishlist lol.

Always happy to talk about books with anyone, but be wary of that once you get me started I won't ever stop annoying you about it lol.

Some of my favorites right now are:

The Folk of the Air trilogy [the cruel prince, etc]

The Grishaverse books [my favorite is either Crooked Kingdom or Rule of Wolves]

Once Upon a Broken Heart series (as of Oct 15. I'm hyperfixating on this one, so you're getting a lot of fandom content for them)

I have ADHD (if you couldn't tell from my overuse of parenthesis and brackets [every thought comes with a bonus thought and sometimes an extra bonus thought like this!]). I'm a Christian with more progressive theology, but this blog is a safe place for everyone as long as we're all loving to each other and respect each other's beliefs and identities (and I love having good faith dialogue [not debates!! 0 interest in theological debates.], I love hearing other perspectives and getting to talk about it, so feel free to dm me about that, too). I'm an ISFJ and a 9w1, and I don't know that much about it yet but I love typology. I also love video games, mostly Stardew Valley and the sims right now (thinking about making a secondary blog for that).

I post fandom stuff and writing things for my wips. You'll probably get lots of stuff for my wip Idk, Dragons ocs once NaNo starts. And just random stuff for whatever I'm hyperfixating on in the moment lol. I'm totally open to asks about anything involving my wips or fandom-related asks. I participate in Storyteller Saturday and Worldbuilding Wednesday every week, and feel free to ask for any of the other events, too. Tag games are also cool!

I also have an instagram @lyra.brie and you'll find a couple pics of my crocheted dinosaurs, some random faith thoughts, and song. I'm very inactive there, but feel free to check it out.

And now the fun part!! Intros to my wips and ocs:

Wisteria and Wanderlust: you can find the blurb here, as well as the link to my wattpad which has a few snippets and skits and full character intros. An overview of Zal and Clay's dynamic here.

Short overviews of the original three here.

Unnamed Academic Rivals WIP: here is a sort of summary I wrote.

I Don't Know, Dragons [this is a placeholder title, but I might just keep it lol]: this post isn't exactly a blurb, but it's everything I know so far that I can share without spoiling. (I actually need to update it and make a real post for it soon lol. The main development is that Elara's love interest is a werewolf boy.) This one is still in the planning stage so everything is heavily subject to change. I'll be doing it as my NaNo project this year, so it's posted about a lot right now. New Cynthia post here.

The Flourescent Iguana: here's the intro post. I've finished the first draft of this one, but it needs heavy replotting/rewriting.

Writing Snippets

I only have two actual writing bits on here so far, but I intend to have more, so I'll update this as I go! (Let me know if you guys want me to post the Wisteria and Wanderlust stuff I have on wattpad here, too, cuz I can totally do that.)

Idk, Dragons:

I have a bunch of small snippets posted under #nano updates

Fanfics:

EvaJacks "Who Are You?" FanFic

EvaJacks Bunny Saving FanFic

EvaJacks Baby Dragon FanFic

Wisteria and Wanderlust:

Just a quote

Poetry/Songs:

Just Broken

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So that's me! I'm always happy to make new friends and my dms are open, feel free to message me just to ramble about your wip or a hyperfixation!

@writeblrsupport