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He left bloody fingerprints on the rock, but there was something satisfying about that. I was here. I exist. I’m alive, because I bleed.

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Manhattan

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because adam practiced at many things, adam was good at many things, but this – what was it even called? scrying, sensing, magic, magic, magic. he was not only good at it, but he longed for it, wanted it, loved it in a way that nearly overwhelmed him with gratitude. he had not known that he could love, not really. gansey and he had fought about it, once – gansey had said, with disgust, stop saying privilege. love isn’t privilege. but gansey had always had love, had always been capable of love. now that adam had discovered this feeling in himself, he was more certain than ever that he was right. need was adam’s baseline, his resting pulse. love was a privilege. adam was privileged; he did not want to give it up. he wanted to remember again and again how it felt.

happy birthday, @wespers 🤍🪐

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“more than anything, the journal wanted. it wanted more than it could hold, more than words could describe, more than diagrams could illustrate. longing burst from the pages, in every frantic line and every hectic sketch and every dark-printed definition. there was something pained and melancholy about it.”

happy birthday, @selwynkane 🤍

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@asianlitnet event 03: places — shanghai, as portrayed in these violent delights by @chloegong

as the west throws its arms up in unending party, as the rest of the middle kingdom remains splintered among aging warlords and the remnants of imperial rule, shanghai sits in its own little bubble of power: the paris of the east, the new york of the west.

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@asianlitnet event 06: favorite character — juliette cai

this was her life. this was her city, these were her people, and because she loved them, she had sworn to herself a long time ago that she would do a damn good job of being who she was because she could be no one else. 

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They speak of Roma Montagov and Juliette Cai as the ones who dared to dream. And for that, in a city consumed by nightmares, they were cut down without mercy.

— Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

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SHADOW AND BONE APPRECIATION WEEK day one: favorite character ☆ inej ghafa

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jane’s leaning against a pole, leather jacket shrugged down to her elbows and backpack slouching off one shoulder, headphones on, black hair falling in her eyes as she nods to the beat. and it’s just…hope. 

join us at mcquistonsource! 

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@storyseekers event 14: book to read to understand me

like - okay, I dated this girl who was an artist, right? and she’d do figure drawing where she’d draw the negative space around a person first, and then fill in the person. and that’s how I’m trying to look at it. maybe I don’t know what fills it in yet, but I can look at the space around where I sit in the world, what creates that shape, and I can care about what it’s made of, if it’s good, if it hurts anyone, it makes people happy, if it makes me happy. and that can be enough for now.

— one last stop, by casey mcquiston 

happy release day to one last stop! 

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you can try, she guesses. you can tear yourself apart and rebuild from scratch, bring yourself to every corner of the map, sew a new self from the scraps of a thousand other people and places. you can try to escape to fill a different shape. but at the end of the day, there’s a place at the foot of the bed where your shoes hit the floor, and it’s the same. it’s always the same.

for @terranovas​ ♡

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS!!! To kick off 2021, I’d like to spread a bit of love and do a mutuals appreciation post!! I love you all very dearly, and tumblr (+ discord) has been a great support system during these trying times.

To begin, I’d like to give some special shoutouts!!

@kagetatsumis cindy, i love you so so much and you are such an incredibly kind and talented person!! your edits are always stunning and your writing is incredible, i feel so lucky to be able to call you my friend!! i wish only the best for you with that program and crowned, i just know you’ll achieve big things!!

@verafarmiga alessa, i’m honestly just in love with you and your blog!! you’re like warmth and cheer come to life, and i love seeing your content pop up on my dash! i’ll never forget that little scully edit you made for me and the little bear you attach at the end of your tags <3 thank you for supplying amazing x-files content, and i hope this coming year brings you countless blessings!

@oceanics ania, it’s been awhile since we talked, but i just wanted to say thank you for being an older sister figure to me :’) you are incredibly talented as well, and so, so helpful and kind!! i hope everything is going well for you, you deserve nothing but the best!!

@patruchilles reya, i feel like we’ve known each other since, well, forever, but you’ve always been one of my dearest internet friends!! thank you for your never ending encouragement and support, you have no idea how much it means to me!! i love you so much, and i’ll never forget aaromeda :’) i wish you only happiness and blessings for the coming year, i hope it’s one of the best seasons of your life!

@perseannabeth mariana, sometimes i still can’t believe we’re mutuals, honestly!! you are an incredibly (and i don’t mean that lightly) talented writer, and your work is some of the best stuff i’ve ever read, and it’s kept me company through some hard times :’) thank you for sharing your gift with the world (and for what you’re doing for other people as a doctor!!) and i hope your year is filled with nothing but goodness!

@valesclarke ishani, we only became friends pretty recently, but honestly, i think you might be one of the purest person i’ve ever met. you are nothing but kind, and your daily messages are so sweet! thank you for encouraging positivity at all times, and i hope your year is as amazing as you are!

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@acotars @addielaruxs @alexhenry @augustsjanes @benoitblanc @blacktwiste @branstark @breker @cecilylightwood @darkduet @deadpoets @dnscully @dragonrepublic

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@earthbendcrs @fangsrins @frays @gwillans @hannachen @hcrror @hermionegrangcr @inejghafaz @janesaugusts @kadygrants @keanurevees @kieumyvu @kitaychenn @ladyeowyn @linhiko @loveslippeds

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@mareshes @newrcmantlcs @nataliamaximoff @nikov @ohwarnette @parrishes @princeoberyn @quxiaotan @radiantsusan @rgcnsey @rhsand @rinkitay @roahes @roxyhorrcr

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@seijohs @shakespeares @sleepsongs @snowhites @sunflowervol6 @suyins @thenightscircus @thenighttrain @torispring @waayne @warstorm @wasenchanting @whiledancing @yanxi @yourletters @zofias

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hello loves!

it’s been a busy, lovely, yet crazy year! for me it was the year I decided to make this blog and make edits for the books I love. whilst doing so, I got to meet a ton of amazing people who I am grateful to know. I am constantly meeting new people on this site and I can’t wait to see who else I meet in the new year!

this is appreciation post for all my current mutuals. I appreciate and love all the people who follow and support me! my mutuals go the extra mile and make my day brighter everyday just by being on my dash. I love talking to you guys through tumblr, discord, and in the tags on posts! you all make me laugh and smile everyday and I thank you so much for your kindness and for being you!

even if we don’t interact, talk, or have met. I appreciate you all and hope this year has been wonderful to you and wish for the new year to treat you even better! 😊🖤

Keep reading

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story of yanxi palace: aesthetics

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And when I was shipwrecked, I thought of you.

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tagged by @kagetatsumis to share my favorite books of 2020 !! ❤️

legend (series) by marie lu

shadow of the fox (series) by julie kagawa

aurora rising by amie kaufman & jay kristoff

wicked fox by kat cho

the wrath and the dawn by renee adieh

the blood of stars (series) by elizabeth lim

kim jiyoung, born 1982 by cho nam-joo

i didnt read a lot this year and a bunch of them were series so it aint much but its honest work 😔✌️

tagging anyone who wants 2 do it aodjsj i havent interracted w other bloggers in so long rip

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back on my yanxi palace bullshit 😚✌️