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hello hello, as i thought, i am going to be migrating over to my main (the new @alexlikesbooksandtea) and this one will be an archive of my old stuff! so uh, go follow me over there! i won't be posting on here anymore (or at least not once my queue runs out lol)

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Another Name for the Devil by Mason Deaver

Sweet evil, come deliver us.

Gabriel has spent the last decade trying to forget his best friend, the first boy he ever loved: Jacob. Ripped away from each other in the midst of a family tragedy, Gabriel grieved for Jacob alone, surviving in their small religious town before finally breaking free to attend college, where they found new friends and relationships to pursue. To Gabriel, Jacob became a distant memory.

Until one fateful Halloween night, when the two are reunited, and Gabriel couldn't be happier. Now, as adults, they can find the comfort and love that they desired in their adolescence. However, it doesn't take long for Gabriel to realize that time apart has changed Jacob. The once confident and assured boy has grown into an isolated and obsessive adult. And the more Gabriel discovers about the man he loves, the clearer the danger becomes. 

When Jacob reveals to Gabriel his life's work - his studies into the occult, demonic practices, and his ultimate desire to summon and communicate with Paimon, a King of Hell - Gabriel finds himself dragged into a world that they never asked to be a part of. But the further Gabriel goes, the more they realize that the demonic king is not the true threat and that evil has been beside them all along....

A twisted, supernatural thriller from the acclaimed and best-selling writer Mason Deaver about a love darkened by trauma and turned wicked by obsession. 

#trans books #mason deaver

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I added a sparkle, just for the dramatic effect

#nimona

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really wishing i could go back and tell past me not to make this a sideblog, it's the only one i post on anyways. might be some username shenanigans which will most likely just end up as a username swap so maybe go follow my main (@alexvalire) cause this one will probably end up dormant

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Okay so does anyone have any books like Hell Followed With Us by (i think) Andrew Joseph White? Something about the religious trauma body gore and MC being trans made my brain go brr.

#i would def recommend The Spirit Bares Its Teeth when that comes out too #i read the arc and wow #chomping at the bit #incredible #hell followed with us #the spirit bares its teeth #andrew joseph white

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Gideon, pretending to joke: So, my Crepuscular Queen, when are we going on a date?

Harrow: I don't know, First Flower of Our House. When are you going to ask me?

(later)

Camilla: And then you just ran away?

Gideon, head in her hands: I didn't expect her to flirt back! I freaked out. Camilla: You're hopeless. Gideon, wails: I know!

#the locked tomb #griddlehark #gideon nav #harrow nonagesimus

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How to be slutty and celibate: a guide by Dream of the Bitchless

#the sandman #dream of the endless

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i am sure that if Jonathan had access to a mirror;

he would see a fresh wound upon his neck- red, irritated, with a fleck of dried blood on his collar

he would see a version of himself that has been denied true restful sleep, experienced the horrors, and unimaginable stress

he would see the dimming hope in his eyes, a candle lit for a love he may never see again that’s growing darker …

Oh, what a foul bauble of vanity those mirrors are, what wickedness they reveal in their silver depths

#dracula daily #re:dracula

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some people really be out there typing fanfics longer than war and peace in their free time and then going on about their life like it's no big deal. how fucking incredible. like no offense to tolstoy but that was like. his whole job

#fanfic meta #i'm slowly getting into the world of fanfic and wow #y'all are something else #incredible

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I went to see Jekyll and Hyde's musical last night from my country

and the person that plays Jekyll/Hyde is originally in the metal music industry and is a very talented/well known artist.

And the growls that he left, whenever Edward Hyde was around left me ovulating

#jekyll and hyde #ok ok there's nothing quite like seeing this musical onstage tho #i saw it recently cause a friend was doing it #and it was so fucken worth the 1.5 hour drive out into the country #the lead was just incredible #chefs kiss

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you're my king and I'm your lionheart

(Am I actually posting on Tumblr again??? Idk but it seems as good a time as any doesn't it)

#nimona #i just watched this a few days ago and oh my god #i'm in love #i already wanted to read the graphic novel #but i extra need to read it now

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"To-night is mine!"

(commissioned piece)

#dracula daily #re: dracula #cw blood #jonathan harker

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The Piper by Julie Mannino

After an accident as a child that required part of Aiden's right leg to be amputated, he figures he'll never fulfill his dream of making a home elsewhere with a man. He'll just have to make do alone in Hameln even though the Prior rules the place with iron fist.

Three nights with a seemingly carefree drifter gives Aiden a taste of what he could have if he left. He's never met anyone with silver hair and colorful wing tattoos who plays the flute, dances, and goes by they.

Wren can lure rats with their music, and the Marquess agrees on a fee if the village is cleared of the infestation. When the Marquess refuses to pay, and the Prior accuses them of witchcraft, Wren has no choice but to leave.

But not without taking something with them.

Loosely based on The Pied Piper of Hameln, this M/X fairytale includes:

A nonbinary fairy MC A human MC with a disability Loki's daughter, Hel, who might make a deal in exchange for something. Spice A HEA

#the piper #nonbinary #queer books #bookblr

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OKAY, SO. Today's episode is one I've been looking forward to, and it definitely lived up to expectations. I absolutely adored how you can hear Jonathan at the end of his rope, all restraint fraying away. The rage in his voice when he wishes for a weapon "that I might destroy him" - not even 'kill', but 'destroy'. Partially that may be that he realizes Dracula is already 'dead', but even so that is some evocative violent word choice!

Speaking of Dracula, what an incredible performance today. I absolutely loved so many line deliveries. Something about his voice a little softer as he says "my carriage shall come for you," even though it's obviously a lie. Jonathan absolutely cannot stand his lies any longer - the way he spits out "Phh, sincerity!" is amazing. His voice as he's asking to go is so intense, so sharp and insistent but also pleading all the while, you can hear the anger and the fear. But Dracula is return is just so smooth, really really gets across that charm Jonathan is so suspicious of today. Soft, smooth, diabolical. The way Dracula stops to laugh after saying, "speed the parting guest, eh?" SO EVIL OF HIM. And the way he fuckin' mocks everything Jonathan has been through for the past two months, mocks the game he has forced him to play all this time, when he says "sad am I at your going, and that you so suddenly desire it." The sarcasm in those two words is astounding. I WANNA PUNCH HIM IN HIS STUPID EVIL FACE. Incredible. Absolutely top-tier performance.

The SFX were so good too, I absolutely loved how long the chains and such at the door went on, really drawing home how securely it has been shut all this time. And it gets even better because the length of it repeating as Dracula shuts the door again feels so final. Not to mention the wolves: I was loving the snarl of a few of them as Jonathan says they got angrier. The way Jonathan lingered/emphasized just slightly on "their red jaws" - similar to, but not as much as he did for Dracula and the vampire ladies, just enough to really cement the parallel but also show their fear doesn't come with the same kind of fascination.

And Jonathan realizes he will die here. He is too afraid to willingly walk into it. He feels so utterly defeated by this realization; he'd thought he was ready. He'd thought he had nothing left to lose, has already risked death in his last exploration, knows he does not want to allow Dracula and the vampire ladies to kill him at any cost, but... when faced with this certain death (which he witnessed only a few days ago) he can't do it. And it feels like a moral defeat as much as, more than any disappointment at a failed escape. He is absolutely miserable and you can hear it so well in his voice. He literally has to hide his face. He cannot bear to speak to Dracula again, just accepts the escort back to his room in miserable silence. It's agonizing.

And then Dracula smiles, and kisses his hand to Jonathan.

The defeat is so complete and so horrible. And then salt is ground into the wound with the conversation Jonathan overhears outside his doorway. The laughter. All four of them laughing at him. It's an almost childishly blatant type of cruelty for the vampire women to stick around until he sees them and then continue to laugh right in his face before running away - they can vanish into dust! They are choosing to scamper off like this because it feels more fun to them! It's awful and the voice acting is absolutely marvelous.

#dracula daily #re: dracula

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anyway editor matt is my favourite dracula character

#dracula daily #calendar mixup

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The entire cast of Dracula after they are ripped from their place in the natural flow of space and time and thrust a month into the future with no warning.

#dracula daily #calendar mixup

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Ok this is funny.

#dracula daily #calendar mixup