#those are gr8

[skelebab]

Inside me there are two wolves

Wanting a little pat on the head

Hating the way head pats make my hair feel

I have sensory issues

[hms-incorrect-quotes]

Mind: Fear not, for I have the perfect plan.

Mind, flying into a building with a helicopter: This is the greatest PLAAAA—

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[found--family]

said the lesbian about a guy to the "straight" guy

[cultfic]

does any1 remember follow forever posts . . 🤘

[synthshenanigans]

This song is such a vibe I'm losing it i love being 50% more fruity

[demonwebs]

he's the "dodges all your attacks while his laughter echoes throughout the place taunting you" breed of menace in a fight. where did he go ??? who knows not u, and yeah he does mean to drive you up the wall. you also can't ever fucking take him anywhere ??? esp not home bc you'll turn around to pour tea and suddenly he's opening your secret drawer like 'yo why is there a skull and a letter of your dead mom here'

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: September Wrap-Up.

Delighted to report I am VERY far behind on my NaNo prep reading goals, and now September is gone (oops). However! This month I did manage to carve nine (9) pages out of a behemoth scene, write a newsletter article for the nonprofit I volunteer at, and alpha/hype read a friend's manuscript, so I still had a fairly wordy month (I say, as if all of my months are not Wordy™).

Photos/reviews linked below:

THE HAUNTED BOOKSTORE, Vol. 1 & 2 - ★★★½ These were cute! I liked them enough that I went ahead and ordered the next two volumes, and I'm glad I did--turns out there are only four manga in the series, so I'll have the whole thing :) I plan on returning to these after November/as part of Driscoll prep again, because they match the vibe I'm trying to channel really well.

CITY OF SAINTS AND MADMEN - ★★★½ (rating subject to change upon series completion) So on my shelf, this book doesn't LOOK like a brick, but it's 704 pages (according to Goodreads, because the pages in the back half of the book are not numbered sequentially lmaooo). It's told in several novellas strung together and then An Appendix full of all sorts of (sneakily?) relevant bits and pieces--fascinating anthology of a book, very meta-textual. It grew on me! If you can get through the first story, it's worth sticking with, and the whole series is turning into a puzzle box. And speaking of...

SHRIEK: AN AFTERWORD - 135/451 pages read; will report back later. I definitely had to dual wield CITY and SHRIEK last night to compare passages that are, in fact, duplicated across books, and I feel like the calculus meme about it. This one is structured interestingly, too: It's written by a sister (first person) about her brother, but the brother is annotating her manuscript in his own first person (in parentheticals wedged into or tacked onto paragraphs, also first person). I'm very excited to finish this, and equally excited to see what's going on with FINCH after that, so. Back to reading I go!!

Under the Cut: A Note About ~*★Stars★*~

Historically, I have been Very Bad™ about assigning things Star Ratings, because it's so Vibes Heavy for me and therefore Contingent Upon my Whims. I am refining this as I figure out my wrap up posts (epiphany of last month: I don't like that stars are Odd, because that makes three the midpoint and things are rarely so truly mid for me)(I have hacked my way around this with a ½). Here is, generally, how I conceptualize stars:

★ - This was Bad. I would actively recommend that you do NOT read this one, no redeeming qualities whatsoever, not worth the slog. Save Yourself, It's Too Late For Me. Book goes in the garbage (donate bin).

★★ - This was Not Good. I would not recommend it, but it wasn't a total waste or wash--something in here held my interest/kept my attention/sparked some joy. I will not be rereading this ever. Save Yourself (Or Join Me In Suffering, That Seems Like A Cool Bonding Activity).

★★★ - This was Good/Fine/Okay/Meh. I don't care about this enough to recommend it one way or another. Perfectly serviceable book, held my interest, I probably enjoyed myself (or at least didn't actively loathe the reading). I don't have especially strong feelings. You probably don't need to save yourself from this one--if it sounds like your jam, give it a shot! Just didn't resonate with me particularly powerfully. I probably won't reread this unless I'm after something in particular.

★★★½ - I liked this! I'll probably recommend it if I know it matches someone's vibes or specific requests, but I didn't commit to a star rating on Goodreads. More likely to reread, but not guaranteed.

★★★★ - I really enjoyed this!! I would recommend it (sometimes with caveats about content warnings or such--I tend to like weird fucked up funny shit, and I don't have many hard readerly NO's). Not a perfect book for me by any means, but Very Good. This is something I would reread! Join me!!

★★★★★ - I LOVED THE SHIT OUT OF THIS, IT REWIRED MY BRAIN, WILL RECOMMEND TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE AT THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION (content warning caveats still apply--see 4-star disclaimer). Excellent book, I'll reread it regularly, I'll buy copies for all my friends, I'll try to convince all of Booklr to read it, PLEASE join me!!

[sneeb-canons]

Soul screams exactly like the redeads from ocarina of time when startled

Headcanon #191

[starcandiesz]

♡★ Gwen is so pookie skrunkly pookiebear my gungey wungey <33333

[weezeranitsweezy]

I luv writing fanfic

[nikkiruncks]

Neia isn’t even my endgame otp, but I feel like it’s weird that antis bring up the fact that they have only 4 scenes or whatever, because if we’re going that route of only shipping dynamics with lots of scenes, Jeia, Niknate, RK, and Geia are the only ships that are the only ones there to ship.

[tsuchinokoroyale]

I’d like to reward your KH knowledge with an all-out, godless salad-tossing.

I’d also just like to reward you in general for being a funny, nerdy, and sexy little caked-up phone man, but it is what it is. 😊

Yippee!!!! I knew doing multiple replays of tetsuya nomura’s wild ride would get my ass ate one day 🥳

Just don’t ask me about the phone games.

[iobartach]

yooo! finally made it back to the coast from dublin! a long journey, but the comic con was SO worth it!!!

i got to meet will sliney! i got mig and gambit posters signed by him!!!

i know the gambit one is a cover, but i've never seen the mig one before? either way, holy shit, worth it for this encounter alone!!! we talked briefly about what it was like working with peter david and how sliney himself never would have thought he'd see spide.r man 2099 blow up in popularity!!!

and we even got to talk about batma.n beyon.d and how it was similar / inspired by spide.r ma.n 2099!!!

ahhh! i'm thrilled!!!

[synthshenanigans]

I made a new blog again :}

[achievement-hunter]

Do people finding out about a Sim named Ripp Grunt from that one post even know about Ripp's brothers Tank and Buck grunt? Or his neighbors, Pollination Technician #9 Smith and Nervous Subject?

[agayconcept]

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