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jiujiu and a-ling for @spriteofmushrooms 🪷💝
Jiang Cheng carrying toddler Jin Ling in a business suit because he has to go to a meeting but a-Ling refuses to go anywhere with his nanny
in the end, a-ling went to the meeting together with jiujiu and had paw p〇trol anyways!! also those are his FAVOURITE stickers 🥰
edit: (part 2 of the jiujiu and a-ling struggleverse)
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— inspired by falseknees's comic and demonicfarmer69's tweet
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the untamed + text posts
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NHS: oh my god why does he have chenqing—
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The full comic is finally over!!! Thank you for following it ~
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bookhooc · 10 days
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🌈Them gay shows 🌈
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Finally did it guys! BL Drama recommendations flowchart catered to me. Me only. ME people who might have the same taste as me. Enjoy
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bookhooc · 1 month
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Wip happy bday Kevin
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bookhooc · 3 months
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What is it with gay people killing themselves at the end of books
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bookhooc · 3 months
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If We Were Villains fanfics - a thread by me
Since some of you asked me to recommend some IWWV fics in order to process that devastating ending, here’s my personal thread. I vividly hope  you’re gonna enjoy it :) 
1. what is woven into the lives of others - helloearthlings - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
 I think this is the most popular IWWV fic since the first review on Goodreads has posted a link to this story, but that’s only fair given that it is masterfully crafted. The story’s centre is Oliver and James’ reunion, and therefore Oliver’s journey to find him.
2. you’ve got me wrapped around your finger (do you have to let it linger?) - orphan_account - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
This is a “what if..”  and explores how things could have been if the night of their last party -the one in the library, talking through King Lear’s riddles- Oliver would have figured out the truth in time and they would run away together.
I’ve read it an embarrassing number of times, and each time it has the ability to broke my heart in shards not only for the two of them but for the bigger picture of those six as a family (I’m a sucker for a good found-family trope and this one didn’t fail to deliver a heart-warming feeling with only using spare details, shreds of memories and careless laughter from a payphone at 2am).  
Also, there’s this brief inner monologue that perfectly encapsulates Oliver’s perspective and his ardent loyalty for his real-life Shakespearean Tragic Hero:
“I never blamed him. Forever, I will blame the plays. I will blame the theater. I will blame myself and I will blame Richard, but I will keep James safe“.
 This is it. This is canon for me. I’d tattoo it on my skin if I could, there’s so much sentiment in these few lines. Also, can we please talk about the prose? ”but the sparrow had begun to open its eyes, and I met James’ glazed eyes with my own“, it had me in tears.
 3. as if it were the first - Chapter 1 - crownsandbirds - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
 This is another reunion fic; it takes place two years after Oliver’s release from prison, and in this universe, we found a broken James who is living -literally- under Alexander and Colin’s wing since his failed attempt to suicide six years ago.
 It’s written by James’s pov, which allow us to know the real reach of his feelings, how pervasive is his sense of guiltiness, how broken beyond recovery he is –“James doesn’t self-harm physically anymore, but he doesn’t think he’ll ever stop looking for opportunities to break his own heart”- so buckle up for some angst -but really, when it’s not angst when we’re talking about two Shakespearean lovers?-.
 Bonus point: the story gives us an intimate view over Alexander and Colin’s relationship, a criminally underrated couple in IWWV in my opinion.
4.  the dead man’s float - misandrywitch - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
 Another reunion fic -yeah, you can practically sense our desperate need of a closure whatsoever after M.L.Rio thrown us under a bus with that last line- passed with full marks not only for its peculiar use of a theatre structure which resembles the original novel’s structure -enter, final act, exeunt- but also for the honest portrait of its characters. There are not cheesy moments nor big declarations of love, which is something that represents the original characters: James and Oliver never opened up about their feelings, not even in the end (M.L.Rio once highlighted the importance of Oliver’s answers to James, a simple “you know why”; not even in that moment, behind the bars, they can state their feelings for each other), they’re only capable of Great Acts as papa Shakespeare taught ‘em (aka: go to prison for a crime you didn’t commit. Aka: fake your own death in order to recreate the only non-tragic Shakespeare novel. Aka: ME SICK AND TIRED OF THOSE THEATRE KIDS).
 Despite the premise, I very appreciate this Oliver: long gone the insecure shy obtuse kid, we now find a practical man that knows what and who he wants, who doesn’t step back in front of a confrontation with James -but still, he would blindly follow him to the end of the world-; and I deeply cherish this James Farrow who openly admits and accepts that he’s not the flawless Tragic Hero the Dellecher decided for him to be, so he’s finally free now to live his life according to his own rules and desires, that it’s okay if  he’s a bit coward; human.
BONUS SMUT FIC - cuz sometimes a brief first and only kiss in the middle of a school play is not enough, no matter how poetic it was
no other companion - crownsandbirds - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
 Christmas came early this year. You’re welcome
Now, some secondary fics, shorter but still impressive
1.     home is where it hurts - crownsandbirds - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
This is through Alexander’s point of view, and it focuses on the weight of Richard’s death, the motifs that led him to say that fatidic and excruciating “nothing”. There’s a lot of James and Oliver here; there’s this part that to this day is still impressed on my brain:
“Oliver and James were truly a pair of the kind Alexander had only seen in books, old classical books that talked about turning a river into blood and defeating Gods. The prince and his companion, Hamlet and his Horatio”.
2. And Therefore is Winged Cupid Blind - Civilbloodoncivilhands - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
Set during the third year of Dellecher, the clique is in the middle of one of Gwendolyn’s classes; Oliver is oblivious, James is whipped, Richard is a dick and Alexander is the queer queen we all know and love.
3. Merely a Madness… - sapphicfratboy - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
 This is a close-up on James Farrow’s private life, from his first kiss and first crush to the encounter with Oliver.
 Something I really appreciated here beside the impeccable prose is the way the author sticked to the truth of the facts: the students of his father that used to slip in the library with him, Oliver’s love for old rock band t-shirts, James addressing his own father as “Professor” in a sardonic way etc
4. Maybe This Is Where It Ends (Take A Bow) - fathand - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio [Archive of Our Own]
 A brief “what if…” if James would have gone to prison. Short but incisive. 
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bookhooc · 3 months
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no bc the bi panic oliver must’ve been feeling when he saw both his crushes hate making out with each other
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bookhooc · 3 months
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can’t stop thinking about how oliver marks went to jail for james, to protect him only to have james farrow absolutely lose his mind over it and die.
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bookhooc · 4 months
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Long Thiam oneshot rec list
Here I come with another rec list. This time it’s oneshots! long ones, soooooo 10k minimum. Please check tags and warning before reading some of them contain heavy angst and sensitive topics. Some of those fics are part of a Big Bang Event so there is some awesome art to check out. Also check out the writers other works they’re amazing!
rec under the cut (please let me know if a link doesn’t work/is missing
List Updated on the 02/05/2020
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bookhooc · 4 months
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Neil Josten takes off!
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Some SPTO style andreil I finally got to color
I’ve just been stressed so this was a really nice break to help me shut off my brain for a bit😮‍💨
When I did this line art, I had started watching SPTO and I went through just 3 stages of grief trying to understand how to do the style but I think I got a hang of it
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bookhooc · 6 months
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mmmm snowbaz kiss from At the Speed of Light
A little something I did for @orange-peony fic which I love with all of my heart 🥺🥺
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