#whisper in the woods

[fillycolt]

so the thing about ronnie is that he would never Admit to being transfem but he does accept it just about as much as he accepts any other aspect of his identity, give or take. and i mean like actually within himself, not how others perceive his acceptance of whatever. he's the kind of chick to "come out" by adding a trans flag to his bio for like 2 hours and then deleting it and then adding it back beside his (trans) bf's name with a heart "bc [he's] an ally :p" and just show up to the function in a dress or booty shorts or with makeup done and not say anything. he's typed and deleted the same "how did you figure it out" message to morgan a hundred times but he's never gonna ask bc then it's gonna be a whole thing and he's already got too many Whole Things going on in his life. and he doesnt want to change his name or pronouns or "be a woman full time" so what's the point? (the point is what makes you happy? what makes you comfortable? what frees you? but he can't answer that about anything, anyway). i'd like to think that if he had a serious talk with sid about being trans (bc sid is no t no op transmasc) some things would maybe click but ronnie is a nesting doll of "i would so much rather pretend this is too big of a mystery for me to solve" so i dont even know

[miryel89]

[graphicpolicy]

This Halloween, Mad Cave summons classic Romanian Folklore with Whisper of the Woods

This Halloween, Mad Cave summons classic Romanian Folklore with Whisper of the Woods #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

Coming this fall from Mad Cave Studios, an all-new adult dreamcore horror OGN, Whisper of the Woods, from writer and artist Ennun Ana iurov! Follow classic Romanian folklore and find out what happens when a young university student finds himself thrust into a haunted village in the middle of Transylvania! In search of his missing friend, Adam travels to the heart of Romania’s most supernatural…

[2000spopculture]

vanity fair ‘ it's raining teens ’ 2003 cover 🎀

[amy---pearson]

Chlorociboria Aeruginascens, the Turquoise Jewel Fungus, is a rare and mesmerising species that adorns the forest floor with its vibrant blue - green hues.

Found in temperate forests across Europe, North America, and Asia. This tiny fungi thrives on decayed wood, creating a stunning contrast against the rich browns of its host.

Its unique pigmentation, xylindein, is so vivid that it has been historically used to dye wood for artistic and decorative purposes Despite its small size, the Turquoise Jewel Fungus captivates with its almost glowing quality, resembling fragments of the sky fallen to earth.

Its beauty reminds us of nature's intricate artistry, hidden in the quietest corners of the forest.

📷 Nature Lapse

[theabigailthorn]

yesterday I was panicking because the next video seemed way too big and impossible to finish on time, and today I've written five pages of the first draft and I've got that "Ooooh it's cooking!" feeling. Gotta trust that the Little Spirit who comes up with all my creative ideas has my back

[shy-sapphic-ace]

List of queer books I read, loved & recommend!

(There isn't any particular order, I wrote these as I remembered them)

Master Of One - Jaida Jones & Dani Bennett (mlm, fantasy, very cool worldbuilding and magic system, funny, cool characters)

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree (wlw, fantasy, very soft & chill vibes)

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (wlw, high fantasy, cool worldbuilding, kinda reminds me of LOTR but with more dragons and feminism and lesbians)

Even Though I Knew The End - C.L. Polk (wlw, supernatural noir, cool 1930s detective story with angels & demons, I loved this one!)

The Love Interest - Cale Dietrich (mlm, science fiction, very cool concept)

The Darkest Part Of The Forest - Holly Black (side mlm, fantasy, cool fae lore)

The Weight Of The Stars - K. Ancrum (wlw, not quite science fiction but space stuff is involved, lovely and complex characters)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (mlm, fiction, very nice in general, there is also a sequel)

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee (mlm, historical and vaguely fantasy, nice story but I preferred the sequel honestly)

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee (wlw, the sequel to the one before, more fantasy elements than the first, asexual main character!!)

Gallant - V.E. Schwab (no romance, but in the background one of the characters(?) uses they/them pronouns, very cool dark fantasy vibe)

Stranger Than Fanfiction - Chris Colfer (gay main character, trans main character, coming-of-age, nice book)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (yes it's the Love, Simon book, mlm, fiction, pretty nice)

They Both Die At The End - Adam Silvera (mlm, sci-fi ish but mostly fiction, cool ideas, but the ending is sad! Very amazing book though, I haven't read the prequel yet)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (wlw, bi main character, historical fiction, cool story, just a neat book in general)

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (wlw, sci-fi, very cool time travel stuff!! and very beautiful, it felt like reading poetry most of the time)

One Last Stop - Casey McQuinston (wlw, background trans & pan & queer characters, sci-fi or fantasy idk, but time travel, I loooved this book, great)

The House In The Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, THIS BOOK oh my gosh you should read it!!, just cute and lovely and good)

Under The Whispering Door - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, this book is also sooo amazing, great character development and awesome relationships and stuff, it's been a while since I read it but it was so good)

In the Lives of Puppets - TJ Klune (mlm, ace main character!!, sci-fi, now THIS is found family, oughh feelings. argh, tj klune you’ve done it again, a human and his family of funky robots… I love them)

And They Lived... - Steven Salvatore (nblm, fiction, about gender identity and learning to love yourself, read it a while ago but it was very nice)

I Wish You All The Best - Mason Deaver (nblm, fiction, about finding your identity and people who care about you, very cute and sweet)

The Song Of Achilles - Madeleine Miller (mlm, historical, very good in general)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (mlm, background wlw in the third book, fantasy, it's a trilogy, basically Harry Potter if it was gay and also better)

Silver In The Wood - Emily Tesh (mlm, fantasy, very pretty, lots of fae stuff and lovely descriptions, it has a really good sequel too)

Pretty much anything by Alice Oseman (all cute and lovely and great, though I've only read Radio Silence so far I hear only good things, Solitaire is on my to-read list)

I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuinston (wlw, fiction, it's been a while but I liked this book)

The Falling In Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (wlw, fiction, this book was so cute and funny and deeply emotional it made me Feel way too many things, I'd definitely recommend it)

What Big Teeth - Rose Szabo (a bit of queerness all around, fantasy, werewolves and monsters, this one was pretty cool!, lots of original ideas for the world/character building)

His Quiet Agent - Ada Maria Soto (mlm, asexual, fiction, about like spies but this book was so gentle and sweet I wanted to cry in the best way possible)

Some By Virtue Fall - Alexandra Rowland (wlw, historical fiction(?), theatre drama!! rival romance!! duels!!, a very good read in general)

Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend - Emma R. Alban (wlw, historical fiction, I’m not usually one for regency romances, but I really liked this!!, very cute and lots of drama, and there’s a sequel coming out soon!)

[laikacore]

Now available for free, Laika Wallace’s second novella, LOVE LIKE THIS

Link in first reblog to website where you can read it for free as a downloadable PDF or in browser

cover by laika wallace

She had never known a love like this...

After Morgan, Laurie, and Cherry make the brave-- and maybe a little crazy-- jump to move out of their family homes as teenagers, they are quickly faced with the struggles of living together for the first time. In this heartwarming novella, picking up where the story left off at the end of Whisper in the Woods, the three girls come into their own while navigating each other's family dynamics and learning how to be young adults. Away from the abuse in their pasts, they find support and care in each other, forge new relationships, build themselves a true family, discover their new world, and finally know the depths of love.

Trigger warnings for this story include: abusive families, dysphoria, financial hardships, divorce, homophobia, alcohol, underage drinking.

It is now available on the Internet Archive for FREE!

It is also available for $1.99 on many ebook stores like Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords.

Clickable links in first reblog.

[raventreehall]

love how theon and joncon actually proved to be some of the most successful military tacticians in the series solely because they decided that maybe they should just... sneak up on people? it's never occurred to anyone in westeros before that maybe marching across half the kingdom for ten days with your 30,000-strong army while blasting warhorns and banging drums isn't the most efficient way of fighting. but theon and joncon come onto the scene with like twenty guys and a dream and decide to invent proto-guerrilla warfare. taking the seat of a great house in a day? tywin lannister WISHES. mace tyrell hears that storm's end was taken without a years-long siege and cries. randyll tarly caught dead. guess it pays off being delusional and gay

[miryel89]

What if...?

[mythallia]

“die with a smile” was actually written for imp! freelancer and vindemiator

[agarafile]

i am gonna ramble for a second bc i cannot stop thinking about the gem and scott and their creaking hearts.

creaking hearts are such a cool feature bc in order for them to work, they need the wood. they need the trees and the forest and life. and on return it creates life.

scott has nine of them. gem has one. a veteran and the newcomer. both going after the hearts. the desire and craving for having life and the contentment with what you can have. the safety in people and the danger of a sword. why are there so many parallels with the two of them?

[path-through-the-woods]

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[sewercassowary]

My mom: So what kind of music do you listen to these days?

Me: I've been listening to a lot of Will Wood recently! It's like alternative theatrical rock, and a little bit of folk and cabaret, hard to explain, he's pretty good

My mom: Sounds cool I'll check it out (Plays Will Wood on shuffle)

Will Wood from my mom's iPhone 6S speakers: I could suck you dry on the rocks with a twist

[delphi-dreamin]

Hiya sweet thing 💕

May I request threesome Headcanons between MC, Solomon and Asmo or MC, Beel and Belphie 🌻

Love you darling heart. 😚😚

Saadie, my love, you have created a monster. I had to physically stop myself because I could have gone on forever. Once I got started, the words just wouldn't stop.

I...may have gotten a bit carried away. 😳

Anyway, threesome headcanons! 🔞 Minors, kindly fuck off 🥰

Attic Club Sandwich

What could be better than one demon pleasing you? Two. Who are somehow telepathically linked and focused entirely on you.

You don’t know exactly how the twin thing works, but they somehow each know exactly where the other is going to be, what the other is going to do, and use that to enhance your pleasure.

They each have their favorite places to touch and tease you. Beel can't get enough of your neck and shoulders, kissing, sucking, biting at the sensitive skin and drawing beautiful little whimpers and moans from your delicate throat. He also thoroughly enjoys the soft skin of your tummy, squeezing and kneading and lightly pinching the fat there, however thick or thin the layer, he loves it.

Belphie adores your thighs. Of course they’re perfect for napping on, plush as any pillow and warm against his cheek. But he also loves licking a stripe up your inner thigh, kissing and nipping playfully to elicit a response from you. When you arch your back, he greedily bites down on the spot, just to hear the blissful cry you give him. He loves your tits almost as much. Perfect for laying his head on, or nuzzling between, the velvety flesh tender and responsive when he squeezes and caresses, and he loves the little yelp you make when he takes your nipple between his teeth and bites.

But when you have the two of them together? Laying back against Beel’s expansive chest, his mouth on your shoulder and large hands gripping your waist, with Belphie between your thighs, kissing and biting his way to your core? It's a close to heaven as you've ever been in hell.

Usually, Belphie fucks you first. He’s not as big as his twin, and he prefers getting to feel just how tight you are around him before you’re stretched and relaxed for Beel. And he's wonderful at working you open, taking his time to really warm you up, getting at least two orgasms out of you before he lets Beel take over.

And when Beel takes over. He’s huge. We know this. Even after Belphie’s prepped you, he’s still a stretch. A delicious stretch, but he’s careful to take his time and make it as good for you as it is for him. He isn’t as rough as Belphie can be, knowing how easily he could hurt you. But between Belphie's hands and mouth on you and his cock splitting you open, the noises you make for them? He can sometimes get a little carried away.

They both love looking at the marks the other gave you, Belphie admiring the purple ring that Beel’s teeth left on your shoulder and Beel gently caressing the deep red hickies his twin left on your thigh. They’re both happy knowing that you make their twin so happy.

Laying between them after is so comforting. Resting your head on Beel’s chest while Belphie’s curled against your back, both of their hands resting possessively on your warm skin, their breath cool and reassuring as they dream peacefully. Knowing just from their touch how much they both love you.

Yeah...I may have gotten carried away. 🙈 Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! 💖

Taglist: @sassykattery @sparkbeast20 @attic-club-sandwich @kyungjoon-do @consolationblog @rensphilia @flemmingbamse

[canonical-transformation]

Hold up. Is Andersdotter the witch of the Echoing Woods?

The Witch of the Echoing Woods is implied to escape her own storybook at the end of the artifact set story. (The golden butterflies on the cover are gone.)

She speaks of the story she's in as if she were its author, seeking a home for her characters.

The witch loves her golden butterfly ornaments. On that note, check out the bookshelf next to the Envisaged Echoes painting, and Wolfy's reward chest.

Also butterfly shaped: the book we interact with to enter an Imaginarium Theater battle. The front door. The sofa window.

And of course — and the thing that got me looking in the first place — since very early on, Genshin's artifact sets have given worldbuilding teasers for upcoming or current content. (5.0: early Natlan + Cataclysm-era Natlan. 4.6: early Natlan + Remuria. 4.3: Remuria/Fontaine + fairy tale. 4.0: Remuria + Cataclysm-era Fontaine. 3.6: Narzissekreuz + Khvarena. 3.3: Nabu Malikata + Gurabad. You get the idea.)

...except that 4.3's Nighttime Whispers in the Echoing Woods seems to be the same kind of standalone as Moonlit Bamboo Forest. Given that Andersdotter was to feature heavily in 4.7 and 4.8, this seems like the most plausible connection.