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septemberkisses · 11 months ago

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the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

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inkskinned · 29 days ago

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having good & true friends will literally save and protect you in a million unfathomable ways. like okay we have written so many times about lovers. but the way a platonic friend laughs and cries with you. the way they hold your hand at 14 years old and at 34. the way they keep a little silver tie to you, touching base over and over and over. how you can go years without talking, only to re-meet and discover: oh shit! you're still cool!

there are people who have been in my life for more than half of it, and i have loved every version of them. do you know how fucking beautiful that is. yeah love will save the world. but the way friends love you is gonna save the you.

#and before one of u is like '' i have no friends :(" i used to be there too actually #abusive partner cut me off from ALL of 'em. i didn't think i was lovable #it made me EXCEPTIONALLY shy. i still am actually!!!!#i just ... started saying ''yes.''#i would take pictures of flyers in my library and go to whatever events they had #i started taking community classes #if someone mentioned like ''i am gonna start x group'' i actually took a deep breath #and approached them to be like . okay i want in.#i started making the first move with new people - a small compliment #a smile or a little joke. just to share the space with them.#i have MASSIVE social anxiety. bad parent and bad relationship will do that to ya.#but i just... kept going. and going. and going. to each of these little things. and then...#like. .... idk i just am very blessed. i have a STUPID number of friends #a lot of which i reconnected with. bc it turns out love is never wasted. adult life just.#like. gets in the way. but also... i loved u as a weird little kid. i love u now as a weird big adult.#i promise i PROMISE ur friends are out there. u just have 2 find them. and btw #i didn't make friends with everyone. but i did get a lot of people to smile or laugh.#aint that something.#this process took me something like 2 years. it was HARD!!!!!!!!!!#i love u!!! hard things are often worth it!!!

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caihosreads · 6 months ago

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☠️ Kaz “Dirtyhands” Brekker

#caihosreads #young adult #shadow and bone #ya books #book art #six of crows #kaz dirtyhands brekker #kaz brekker #kaz and inej #leigh bardugo #crooked kingdom #six of crows fanart #six of crows kaz #booklr

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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 2 years ago

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christ sometimes I just wanna. steal a time machine & go back & sit down next to my 9-year-old self and just like. let them pull out their pokemon card binder & gush about their holographic gyarados or whatever. I'd just smile & ask questions about motherfukcing bulbasaur & tell my kid self that I thought they were a neat person, & someday they'd find other people who thought so too.

like i'm a grown adult who honestly finds most kids stuff boring, but. damn if i could go back & hang out with my baby self & listen to them ramble...just so they knew someone was listening. i would in a heartbeat. thinking about u kid

#wouldn't roll my eyes or check my phone or get bored or nothing #I'd just listen to that little dork & smile & encourage them & let them explain how their favorite gameboy games worked #i was the kind of kid my adult self would find annoying & uninteresting but like #most of the actual adults in my childhood felt that way too. including my dang parents.#and ya know sometimes they showed it. a lot of times without realizing it. and that messes a kid up #if you don't make an effort kids WILL recognize your disinterest and lack of attention.#kids deserve to have caregivers who show interest and engagement #even when it's over stuff that adults find boring. especially then maybe #your kid doesn't have to be fun or interesting or easy or well behaved to deserve positive attention #they deserve positive attention because they are YOUR KID #if love is unconditional then DISPLAYS of LOVE and AFFECTION must also be unconditional #not something that must be earned #telling your kid that you love them is not enough. that is step one out of like a thousand #if you just tell your kid you love them but you don't demonstrate affection and interest and patience and warmth and etcetera #your kid isn't gonna feel loved! I Love You will just become a trite phrase that they regard with mistrust!#bitch you gotta FOLLOW THROUGH

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starstuffandalotofcoffee · 1 year ago

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this was a good read

#honestly this is also why i can't stand the ya only crowd. i read SO much fucked up 80s and 90s YA as a kid #like YA can in fact be good (though it's still directed at teens)#but the sanitized versions goodreads adults are demanding aren't really fun for anyone #also i read both ya and adult books as a teen. i think you need to.

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obsob · 1 year ago

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happy and proud!!

✷(print shop)✷

#mine #original #sm how managed 2 miss pride month....but its pride month every month in this house hold #ive read two bad YA books so far this month as a break from th 2nd farseer book but now.....i am back.........i am reading th 3rd one #its gna make my brain explode i can feel it #n then idk what i will read. maybe th hands of th emperor #could i read smth other than 800 page epic fantasy pls #the YA books werent too bad for YA but they hve that YA cringe 2 it. idk how u people read it constantly #if i hve 2 read th word 'heck' one more time #also theres always like. disney channel vibes. like i read gay YA romance n its so sanitised n vanilla. its so superficial #like i get this is for 16 year olds but were is the longing. the yearing. these guys are fanfic tropes stuck 2gether 2 glue.#also. what is with nearly every mlm romance / fantasy being YA not adult fiction. whats up w that #anyway hve a good evenin im gna do knitting!!!!!!!!!!!!

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madeofjules · 3 months ago

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Katniss and Haymitch have such a love/hate relationship and people always idealize the love aspect but I absolutely adore the hate. This is a teenage girl acting like a teenager and a grown ass man also acting like a teenager. He is hardly a father figure to her; they are both immature children who bicker constantly but protect each other like family when it comes down to it. They love each other but do not like each other because they're the same person and neither of them likes themselves. They are downright nasty to one another but the trust between them is strong because they know the other will never hold back how they really feel. I just love their relationship, even the ugly parts.

#talking about the books #movie haymitch is hashtag not my haymitch #they softened him way too much #normalize not turning every adult in a ya novel into a parental figure #haymitch abernathy #katniss everdeen #the hunger games

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blessedsweetgirl · 5 months ago

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Literally husband and wife

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animentality · 10 months ago

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#twitter #writing #ya #young adult #books

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gabriellemkari · 10 months ago

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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

If you love sword lesbians two queens in love you should preorder mine and Anna Kopp's graphic novel releasing in March!

-> The Marble Queen Preorder

and if you preorder you can pick up some extra goodies

Summary: A sapphic YA graphic novel with sword fighting, political intrigue, and magic where the princess needs a marriage alliance for the welfare of her kingdom, but she unknowingly accepts a proposal from a mysterious country, having come not from the prince, but his sister.

#artists on tumblr #graphic novel #young adult fiction #ya graphic novel #anna kopp #digital art #art process #the marble queen #salira #amelia #rose #roses #ya fiction

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marclef · 8 months ago

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so uhhhhh. that Noise update huh?

great job there buddy, you've given the dang frog anxiety!

#he was just doing his best... poor buddy probably didn't even know he was supposed to be acting!#and now look what you've done Noise! as if he didn't have enough problems goin' for him!!#my art #pizza tower #pizza tower noise #pizza tower fake peppino #see i told you i was making normal art!! see?? i promise not to flashbang you guys with Horrors okay???#..... maybe in the future if i ever do decide to post more shit like that i'll make a Super Special Sideblog for. the more Adult posts.#so i do not assault my poor unsuspecting followers with. that.#yeah. okay love ya's!!

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kumerish · 9 months ago

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Oli from The Gulf

#the gulf #comics #comic #graphic novel #ya #young adult #ya books #ya comics #ya graphic novels #cartoon #cartoonist

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soranatus · 10 months ago

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This Land Is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story

Made by Jacoby Salcedo, Julio Anta, and Francesco Segala, releasing October 2024

Blue Beetle's YA graphic novel debut, will tackle contemporary issues well-known to the Latino community. Immigration and perceptions of border life and issues will be addressed, framing current events in a DC context. Contrary to the recent film, which takes place in Palmera City, Jaime will be operating in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, in a retelling of his origin story.

#dc comics #graphic novel #dc graphic novels #ya graphic novel #young adult graphic novel #blue beetle #jaime reyes #Jacoby Salcedo #Julio Anta #Francesco Segala #news #art

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caihosreads · 3 months ago

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🕸️ Inej “The Wraith” Ghafa

#caihosreads #young adult #shadow and bone #ya books #book art #six of crows #inej ghafa #leigh bardugo #booklr

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navree · 2 months ago

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the amount of people doing the "you guys are Making Fun Of Children for like children's books/ya" is insane when that entire article was spawned by full grown college students in college saying that they're favorite book is fifth grade level

#personal #like yeah duh i guess don't make fun of twelve year olds for reading percy jackson #but by the time you're in your twenties you probably shouldn't be holding it up as the pinnacle of literature #and doing that 'x ya novel has more complexity than war and peace' bullshit #you should have more expanded and varied tastes as an adult #and you should at least want to learn and grow and read things that aren't meant for middle schoolers

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aroaessidhe · 17 days ago

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asexual books: m/m YA

Don’t Let The Forest In - ace mlm MC

Wren Martin Ruins It All - ace mlm MC

A Song of Salvation - 2/3 MCs are mlm and demi

The Spy With The Red Balloon - 1/2 MC is gay & demi

The Witch King - love interest is demi (ace girl SC too)

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

#aspec books #why is there so little ace mlm YA wtf. there's gotta be a couple I'm forgetting...#wren martin ruins it all #don't let the forest in #a song of salvation #the spy with the red balloon #the witch king #ASOS is m/f as well and The Spy is f/f as well #theres a bit more adult at least #wait sorry i changed the banner to just ace. there's no arospec here

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