#yes I am reading the novels now

[hayateart]

I had a dream tonight about MDZS, where WWX and the group had to go on a hunt, travel for days, camp in the forest, and they were generally tired but determined.

It was somewhere after WWX's identity reveal, but before final showdown against JGY, so while everyone was there, all sect leaders, nobody trusted WWX.

But still, WWX woke up at night, lying on the hard forest floor, with pebbles and twigs poking his side, but warm. So warm and feeling safe and protected because... Jiang Cheng was hugging him in the sleep. Because no matter what, Jiang Cheng missed his brother and he just loves him so much.

Jiang Cheng was asleep through it and Wei Wuxian went back to sleep, carefully as not to wake him, because obviously JC would not want to hug him anymore if he were awake.

It was a bittersweet dream, but I'm glad I had it.

[not-the-coffee-machine4]

Me: *tries to see what the Queen fans on TikTok have to say*

*Jim hate*

*”facts” that may or not be actually true*

*”Freddie Mercury was bisexual-“*

*Using Barbara Valentin as evidence*

*thinking things that happened in the movie actually happened irl*

*general misinformation about everyone and everything*

Me: aaaaand back to Tumblr I go

(open tags at your own risk, there’s a whole essay in there)

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

Sometimes I don’t understand why a fandom has decided to create a popular side ship out of whole cloth and like two onscreen interactions (sorry xicheng shippers).

But I absolutely respect the thought process behind seeing scorpion king, the poorest of meow meows, and his whole….deal with zhao jing and simply giving him a different less evil old man to work out his freudian issues on. You can take the xie-er out of his fucked up sugar daddy relationship but you can’t take the daddy kink out of the xie-er, etc.

xie wang/ye baiyi just makes sense really.

[a-dash-in-the-middle]

the human craving to lend books to my friends

[whumpwillow]

just read a book where a guy said on two separate occasions, “I am begging you on my knees” while he was, in fact, not on his knees. cmon. you gotta commit to it

[icewindandboringhorror]

Apparently I can meet my goal of roughly 400,000 words in 6 months if I just somehow write at least 2,200 words a day ghbjh... Almost 2,500 today... huzzah...

[poisiyn]

u know what, i'm not fighting the mental illness anymore

[lloydfrontera]

i stand by my conviction that the best way to read tged is by stopping in ch 401 but i do have a rant concerning ch 402 that is locked and loaded for posting and i don't know if i should wait for today's chapter to drop so you guys have the full context or if i should pretend it isn't happening and i'm talking about a hypothetical ending that definitely didn't happen

[thegirlwholied]

not to have a grudge against all books written in a certain POV but first-person alternating, we meet again, my beloathed

[void-bitten-ghost]

Okay I just had a dream where some sort of fae humanoid creature was trying to shape me into.... something? By having me witness and act in horrors???

It was a group of us humans and a group of fae and one of the people with me said they found something in thier grandma's collection that was like. A powder? But it turned out to be iron based and we used it in the water on the floor to sever and protect all the other people who'd been caught up in this horrible dreamlike situation. The problem with that, though, is I still wanted to know why. Why the hell this Elias Bouchard from Magnus Archives talking all seeing bitch had been so set on just giving me enough information about the scenes that had been set up to solve them myself but at great fucking cost.

Anyway while all the other fae were burning and retreating back behind a dark souls fog wall this fucker turns back and, to my utter surprise and delight, starts answering my questions while walking around in the iron tainted water like its nothing. So not fae then. Or maybe far too powerful for a diluted powder to affect? Either way it was like. Huh. This bitch really was going and then stayed just because I asked/he chose to. Ite. Lemme just re-evaluate real quick.

But yeah, they were trying to.... make an apprentice? But that wasn't the right word. A follower? They were making something, but it needed to be with a willing participant. Told me about failed attempts, about how after all the simulations the previous people had passed they'd frozen like deer in the headlights when a real creature with ill intent came at them. I was looking at their petrified remains when he/they said all this, so the evidence was there. I believed them.

I mentioned it being ridiculous that after experiencing what I'd just gone through and surviving that the people would choke Then of all times.

That's when they decided walk up behind me and show themselves as a Creature Of Ill Intent, still vaguely humanoid but with no discernable features other than a mouth and eyes. Too many eyes, all looking at me far too intently before stepping even closer, pressing me back into the statue-like corpse of someone who came before me and failed. It's saying something about fear responses, maybe how they're predictable?

Anyway yeah that's when they/it proceed to try and scare me by showing off it's sharp teeth, scraping them over my shoulder while evil monologing and uh. Long story short it had The Opposite Effect of what they were intending and I think I may have freaked out a creature of nightmares so much it made me wake up

Edit: I think it was the fear of being late for work that attracted the creatures that fed on fear so like. Go Capitalism I guess

[theultracharmingladynoire]

is anyone here into orv?

[lordsardine]

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[essektheylyss]

I AM attempting to read at least four books this weekend and that IS ridiculous but alas, here we are.

[biromanticwritergal]

Me having to read stories where the femme characters are badly written to be really dumb or evil. (To the point where you the reader asks yourself Why would their butch even like them?)

And also in regards to all the WLW tv shows getting the mass cancelation. Because we cannot have anything nice it seems.

Even an old wlw show I was watching on streaming didn't finish because it too was cancelled after only two seasons. And it was a good show too! This has been a problem for a while.

[ecoterrorist-katara]

Yes! And even tho golden age detective novels are kinda reactionary, they’re also a damn hoot and rarely about active cops! Also Arsène Lupin is detective novel-adjacent and he’s the opposite of a cop (except for the time…iykyk)

i am a woman at war with herself, torn forever between my love of detective fiction and my hatred of cops and cop media

[mortifying-macaroni]

im really starting to like your ship! can I just say that I love the old man x brat trope a little too much that's going on there Andrei and Gretchen are so different from each other yet they are kinda the same in a way? Though at the same time they do balance each other out nicely like we can see that Andrei starts to loosen up around her at least a little while Gretchen starts taking things more seriously when she joins the Sabbat. Always love it when they're straight up taking the piss out of each other those are usually my favourite parts! it's giving married couple vibes haha I just love the chemistry they both have in the fanfic as well as in your artwork. You truly are talented at everything you do and i hope to see more of them. Cheers!

Anon you better get the fuck over here so I can cuddle with you and your humongous galaxy brain right on the meat couch cause I'm just- SQUEEEEE!!!! THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL AMAZING WORDS AND THANK YOU TO THE MOON AND BEYOND FOR READING MY BABY!!! 🖤💝💖🩷 DUDE, you absolutely get it! I'm telling you! I'll forever preach about the excellency of that trope!

You see, they do need each other. Andrei is someone who's not used to facing defiance from his subordinates and he most def doesn't let that go unpunished when he does face it in those rare instances, HOWEVER he lets Gretchen remain unscathed, not because she was "The Camarilla's newly lost, most prized possession with so much intel" but for the reason that her lack of fear fascinated him. Her fire is unlike anything he has ever seen or experienced in another, her young spirit and moxie entertain him. There's never really a dull moment with her. He gets a certain thrill when they argue, but on the other hand, sitting down and talking cordially about their love for the grotesque also serves as relaxation. It's their common ground. She doesn't try to "fix him" in the slightest; that's one of the many things he appreciates about her. He loves her not only for the way that she makes his beast roar, but the way she tames it when her own one comes into play. After centuries upon centuries of solitude, Andrei finally found the perfect half who can handle his worst while also recognizing his best, all while showing him that it's alright to put his guard down every now and then- that cracking a warm smile doesn't diminish his sinister nature.

As for Gretchen, she's found the perfect mentor in Andrei, despite all their squabbles, she does look up to him and tries her best to accept that the path to gaining respect is treacherous with little to no shortcuts in her situation. Her turning over to the Sabbat toughened her, hardened her heart while simultaneously teaching her how to work harmoniously with her pack. The whole trial was a catalyst to her being reshaped into a weapon of destruction that was on a quest for power, validation and freedom. With great patience Andrei helped forge Gretchen into the weapon that she wanted to be. Though she did shed pretty much most layers of her "human side", her rather lighthearted nature couldn't be purged (not that Andrei would actually want to get rid of it anyway). She achieved tremendous growth and maturity as a vampire thanks to him and his centuries worth of experience. And exactly through him, she found the liberty she was looking for and so much more: love, respect, self-improvement, partnership and she couldn't ask for anything else.

Anyway! Thank you again for reading my ficcie & admiring my art 🫶🖤 So glad you're enjoying those two grumpy bastards. I have a whole lot planned for them, don't you worry, my sweet. Hope you'll stick around to find out 😘 Bless you, love you and I hope you're having a fantastic day/evening! 🩷💘💝💖💗💓💞💕