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A book just made me look up “flatworm penis fencing.” 😂
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Tim with his clone baby pictures: Here he is as a zygote ... and here he is after his cell divided for the first time!
Jason: Wow ... glad you got that.
Steph: Yeah, we really needed all 278 of these pictures.
Kon: *tears in his eyes* I know right? It's beautiful. Can we see the embryonic pictures again!
Tim: Fuck yeah, here he is when his spine started to develop.
#timkon#timkon clone baby au#my posts#batfam#caden#tim would document everything#the baby book is top secret and kept in the batcave and he looks at it constantly#they grow up so fast
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kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight 💚
more book fiyeraba because i am nothing if not a slut for a good book couple i can hit with the t4t ray 🔫
#wicked#wicked book#wicked the life and times of the wicked witch of the west#fiyeraba#fiyeraba fanart#fiyero tigelaar#elphaba thropp#wicked fanart#mo’s art#yes those are top surgery scars#i love a gorgeous transmasc sue me#and for clarification this is like. post timeskip territory fiyeraba#“man isn't it fun to hook up in secret and pretending i'm not disgustingly in love with you!! surely horrors will not follow!”
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Sometimes I think about that book I read as a kid where the protagonist figured out the secret to human photosynthesis (by eating a ton of iron-rich food (like liver (which he hated))) thus turning himself into a plantsim & effectively solving world hunger But then the government shut him down because if nobody needed to eat food anymore the economy would utterly collapse and. there’s no point to this post. sometimes I just Think About It
#just me rambling#I don’t remember the title#but I DO remember the cover was bright yellow with a sort of caution-tape-vibe#and looked like it’d been stamped with. like. ‘TOP SECRET’ or ‘CLASSIFIED’ or something#which may or may not have actually Been the title but heck if I know#I read that book exactly Once#and it was well over a decade ago#so honestly who’s to say
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so I found out ab Duo Nina gushing over legally distinct Persona 5 yaoi in her voicelines and I immediately had to pull her............
#nina fire emblem#eponine fire emblem#feh#fire emblem#fire emblem heroes#kagero is here too ig#I'm not even gonna tag this as shuake LOL#I knew the whole banner was a massive Persona 5 reference but#straight up talking ab a younger dark haired guy and an older ginger guy???#talking ab forbidden romance between a guard and thief????#the one guy in her yaoi book even looks like akechi#other guy doesnt look like renren tho#talking ab them revealing secrets over time (ok that ones a stretch)#anyways I never pulled this unit despite Nina being my daughter bc the combo was too weird#but now I'm like. this is the best unit in the game#top tier taste princess lets go to comiket together#this is only a step above a sketch sorry
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I was watching a YouTube review for The Secret History, and the person voiced that there was nothing sad about Bunny’s death and that one could really only be happy about it, and that Francis was just there vibing the whole novel, not doing anything wrong. And that’s when I clicked off the review. I mean, this is fiction so you’re welcome to be happy Bunny died. He’s not real and also functions as a part of a story, and if you’re glad he’s out of there, fine. But I’m sorry I just do not think that was a happy occasion or that Francis was “just vibing.” 😭
#I’m sorry I sympathized with Bunny#would I fraternize with him irl?#absolutely not#but Tartt did a good job of letting him still have humanity#Francis isn’t in like the top worst people in this book#but he gets so sanitized because people think his anxiety is cute#I even sympathize with Francis so much#but he’s not a good dude#the secret history#donna tartt#tsh#bunny corcoran#francis abernathy
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RAHHH BENE GESSERIT DESIGN
+ original sketches under the cut
#i thought theyd look more witchy#bc of how many times they get called witches in the book#also top right is how i picutred jessica#you cant see the tiara well tho#in my defense i got lazy towards the end#but for some reason i figured shed have an emerald somewhere in there#+ i thought theyd be more covered up bc well. theyre secretive nuns#now imma use the voice on you rq right#**you do not see any anatomy errors**#these were partially inspired by iguin from witch hat atelier btw#anywaysys#bene gesserit#dune#frank herbert´s dune#frank herbert#gotta tag old frankie#art#my art#yippee#oh and if you read this far#go listen to david matthews' dune album#go go go#thats peak dune#i was listening to it when i first sketched some of these designs out
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when i tell u that i love lane's wardrobe so much and that i would kill to even have a sock from her closet, im not lying
#its so crazy that thats the only black mirror achievement i have#even the free outfits are top tier#tbh makes sense im fucking insane for that story#this book is divine#romance club#rc#rc lane#rc hsr#heaven's secret requiem#rc heaven's secret requiem#rc achievements
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You know those dairies with a heart shaped lock that were everywhere in elementary book fairs? Those are the Secret Life task books to me. Each player has a key that only works on their lock and it’ll only open when they have an active task or a new one to complete
#are the dairies universal i feel like they were such a staple of my childhood experience#and anyway the task dairies are as sparkly and decorated as their real life counterparts#the players don’t write in the book but it DOES conjure the mental image of the secret keeper statue entity#writing in them with a glittery pink pen topped by one of those fluffy pom pom things#kaya posts#secret life smp#secret life smp spoilers
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finally caved and started reading all for the game. two chapters into the foxhole court and what kind of gay fucking shit is this! also did not know there were sports in here
#idk whats going on i thought it was like the raven cycle with magic and shit its called the foxhole court??? no fae???? what the fuck!!!#and i cant understand whats happening with the sports. i didnt get it. i hope i dont need to i just know kevin is top dog of the bad dogs#neil is mid mid except hes got a death wish so they want him carnally???#ill be reading it super slowly bc im busy but i can feel it slowly turning up the heat on my brain cells as i read. they are burning.#ive got naught but ten#and neil's not neil but he is and he has a bag of secrets he's hiding in someone else's closet like okayyyy go off author fuck whats the#authors name.... nora sakavic FUCK I SHOULDVE KNOWN NEVER TO TRUST A WOMAN NAMED NORA#i dont know...i dont know.... but also the only gay neil i know is the one from dead poets society and its hard to separate the two rn#is the rest of the book going to be like this what did i get myself into. am i mentally prepared#bc i wasnt for trc and it FUCKED! ME! UP! im STILL insane#ugh. ugh. anyway. way gayer than expected. also at one point someone asks ''how safe is safe'' and MY DISAPPOINTMENT#when the answer wasnt safe as life? immeasurable. in fact i had to close the book. went to study accounting.#ACCOUNTING. HELLO?? CAN ANYONE HEAR ME IN HERE???#the tree speaks#all for the game#aftg#what are yalls tags?#neil josten#the raven cycle#trc
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Top Secret! (1984) by Jim Abrahams, David and Jerry Zucker
Book title: And Love So Wild (1961) by Charles Little
#top secret!#lucy gutteridge#hillary flammond#and love so wild#charles little#books in movies#jim abrahams#david zucker#jerry zucker#val kilmer
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Blorbos Wrapped
Goodbyeeee, I had too much fun.
Entirely too much fun. I'm doing this shit again next year LOL. This was a fun love letter to all the amazing people I've met on here. To all of my followers who read, comment, reblog, or like: thank you, thank you, thank YOU. I would not be here without your support. Love you, bunches. Mwah!
@ramblers-lets-get-ramblin
#Megaminds musings#Spotify Wrapped#Spotify Wrapped 2023#Blorbo Wrapped#Blorbos Wrapped#fun with stats#the only stats I care about#I've written entirely too much#How do I download this motivation to real books#Holy shit#This isn't even all of the shit I've written#Just the top ones#The Secret Tyrone Files#Megaminds Secret Files#They Cloned Tyrone fanfic#They Cloned Tyrone fan fic#They Cloned Tyrone smut#Loki smut#Loki fanfic#Loki fan fic#Bucky fan fic#Bucky fanfic#Sam Wilson fanfic#Sam Wilson fan fic#Snowfall fanfic#Snowfall fan fic#Franklin Saint fanfic#Franklin Saint fan fic
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thinking about how elias went from learning how to take care of themself and exist as a person from the neath's servants, to becoming a paramount presence and London's Adored Regent in a few short years
#elias leroux#oc chatter#like. talk about a fucking jump in station and status holy shit elias#this is also why eluas was practically living in scandalland their first year and a half in the ndath#they were learning how to be a Fucking Person AND a Proper Member of Society at the same time and they were learning BOTH fast and dirty#when they lived with their parents they read lots of books so they had tons of technical knowledge#but they didn't have much practical knowledge until they escaped to the neath#I'm also thinking about possibly having them actually work as a servant for a little while. doing jobs that could be done in their chair#while starting on light fingers.#to be fair. probably not many jobs they could have done! i imagine helping with food prep a lot and mending clothes#how did they leave servantry? uh. combination nadir + lethean tea leaves they probably just. fucking forgot they had a job fjdbdhhd#and shortly after that they talked themself into being on the railway and made up a new identity at the house of chimes#and also going through the Genders tm so. lots of conning and scheming and elias brutally claeing their way to the top#and with the railway started The Swan Bride happened and then they rapidly gained Actual Position and Power (and money) so the climb got#easier from there. still not EASY but. easier.#and then 'winning' the Marvellous just fucking. skyrocketed them to the top. but elias started very very low and is always terrified someone#will find out and uncover their secrets and take away all elias has
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Doesn’t matter if she going crazy or crying she always giving face card
(also ignore the name I gave her. I don’t know I just fuck with it and I didn’t want to use the given one)
#best HSR update#no words#top tier book#top tier plot#top tier MC#top tier everything#romance club#rc heaven's secret requiem
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Oh hey look-! It's the Blue Man Group!
TLT Masterlist
#Im too tired to come up with a funnier joke rn lmfao#So... Im alive!#Been busy and just... emotions#(like I was on the verge of tears today because i dropped a pen... lol)#But here's some art WIP for y’all#Heard some snippets of Rust’s album and I am so hyped#Like i am gonna go donate plasma so i have the extra cash to buy it asap when it's released#but anyways#I spent nearly 4 hours between 2 days just staring at human skeletons; spines are hard to draw#and YALL CANT EVEN SEE MOST OF IT-#Bonus points for those of you who know what 2 Necronomocons Doc’s book is a combo of#I missed drawing this handsome blue bastard (lovingly)#*pats him on the top of his head*#I love him so so much#/pos..? I guess lol#the living tombstone#tlt#tombsona#Doc#Doc tlt#tlt Doc#the living tombstone Doc#Doc the living tombstone#digital art#digitalart#WIP#art wip#fan art#(color wheel meme WIP btw-- yes i know i started this MONTHS ago *places a finger on your mouth* shhh its our secret)#also the quality drop is abhorrent wtf lmao-- Should be a bit better than the OG but still is a bit wonky smh
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The Secret History Book Review
The Secret History Book Review
My biggest complaint of the last few books I’ve read is that there hasn’t been enough character development. There’s been plenty of plot, ample action, and steamy sex scenes, but nowhere near enough character progression and interactions.
Thankfully, The Secret History has character development in droves. One might argue that character interaction is the only thing The Secret History has and they wouldn’t be entirely wrong.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a book I’ve been wanting to read for a very long time. It has a host of things I really adore: dark academia, a close-knit friend group, an appreciation for Greek and Roman literature, and complex characters whose morally gray choices make them intriguing, yet grotesque.
The whole plot of The Secret History can be boiled down to this: California outcast, Richard Papen, decides that attending a rural Vermont college called Hampden is the solution to all his life’s problems and an escape from his abusive father and careless mother.
There, he becomes intrigued by a secluded group of students that study Greek under the illustrious tutelage of Professor Julian Morrow.
Obsessed, he eventually gains entrance into this sequestered group and becomes embroiled in the drama, tension, and attraction that saturates the group members at all times.
A number of the group attempts to revive a bacchanal, returning to their violent and primal urges. During a successful bout of this Greek tradition, a local farmer is brutally murdered–by them. Citing that they were out of their minds, they bury the man and go about their lives with the public completely unaware.
However, one member of this special group, Edmund “Bunny” Corcoran, catches on and becomes increasingly agitated and volatile. Not only because he was left out of the horrific activities, but also because a man was killed and no one was facing consequences.
Fearing that he’ll tattle on them and expose their crime, Henry, one member of the group, convinces the others to kill Bunny.
They succeed, rather easily actually, and what follows is the disintegration of their lives as a result. It is a brutal and raw dismantling of their mental health, their relationships, their futures, and their happiness, all derived from this one act that seemed too easy at the time.
Seeing as Bunny is killed only a third of the way into the book, I thought much more was in store for the characters plot-wise. But instead of focusing on crazy shenanigans and shallow action, Tartt devotes her time to the characters and the slow loss of their humanity and grasp on the present through a deluge of addiction, bad choices, and gnawing guilt.
The process is so slow and grueling that you don’t even notice how terrible things are for the character’s until it’s too late.
The second thing I’ll note outside of the plot is Tartt’s writing. I think she’s a great writer.
She has some really poignant lines that made my breath grow thin. They were so beautiful and apt for the particular moment in the story which made me really appreciate her writing style.
However, her writing was a lot more contemporary and easy to follow than I was expecting for someone who garnered so much attention for her novel The Goldfinch.
The characters themselves were the stars of this novel. My biggest criticism of Fourth Wing, the last book I read, was that all of the characters were either perfect angels or the most vehement of villains. The Secret History is the opposite.
All of the characters make abhorrent choices, but despite this I don’t think they’re evil (even though you very much could categorize them this way).
The reason I don’t automatically see them as terrible people is because Tartt does such a good job of highlighting their humanity. She describes their frustrations, desires, interests, and the good moments of genuine trust, friendship, and affection between the group and not just the duress, ire, and violence. This dichotomy is difficult to achieve and yet Tartt does it so well.
My only slight criticism of this book is Richard, the main character. Richard is very much a bystander to the events around him and seeing the novel through his eyes is both enriching and frustrating. Richard, far more than the others, seems closed off, reticent, and ignorant.
As the last member to join Julian’s select sect, he comes into the group not quite knowing all the nuances and histories that the others do.
This makes the reader simultaneously feel like they’re on the journey with Richard, but also out of the loop for many of the inside jokes, pointed comments, or tense altercations, especially as Richard himself doesn’t always ask for clarification, details, or explanations.
Richard, while he does take part in the murder of Bunny, isn’t involved in the bacchanal and is only included in fragments in the drama to come afterwards. It’s an intriguing part on Tartt’s behalf that she chose to write from Richard’s POV, one I’m not sure I agree with.
The other characters outside of Richard are both fleshed out and oddly shallow. I know characteristics of all of the members of the group, but would have difficulty describing any of them to an outsider who hasn’t read the story.
There’s Henry, Bunny, Charles, Camilla, and Francis. As a writer myself I know how difficult it is to flesh out multiple characters. I don’t think Tartt did the worst job, but I also think she could have done better at giving me an idea of who these people are at their core.
There are a slew of side characters that expand the setting, breathe life into the school, and make for more robust conversations and interactions, but none of them are super significant.
However, I don’t get the impression that they’re meant to be. They’re side characters, stay side characters, and play their role as needed. The main characters of the group are what matter and that is shown bright and clear with every page.
The Secret History is a good read. I’m not quite sure what expectations I had of this book and if they lived up to it, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
It wasn’t a frenetic read that made me unable to put it down, but every time I picked up the book, I found myself engaged and completely sucked in.
Recommendation: If you liked We Were Villains by M.L. Rio and Ninth House by Leigh Barugo, then you will like The Secret History. In fact, you might like The Secret History even more because it’s considered the original of all these dark academia stories to begin with. Try it. You won’t regret it. I know I certainly didn’t.
Score: 8/10
#the secret history#donna tartt#popular fiction#popular books#book blog#book review#book recommendations#book rec#books#top books#favorite books#book recs#8/10
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