#I’m reading a book book and not fic

[givemeureyes]

day 1 without ao3: i have gone through all 5 stages of grief multiple times and have invented a 6th. i will not disclose what the 6th stage of grief is.

#I AM GOING INSANE #what am i supposed to do?? #’you should work on your WIP’ NO I CANTTT #‘ read actual books on your real bookshelf’ NUH UH #ao3 #archive of our own #i’m tagging ships #malec #destiel #hannigram #jonmartin #tomgreg #kenstewy #imagine all the fics i could be reading rn

[swords-and-starlight]

i feel the need to remind everyone that Damen’s literally one of the smartest and most well-educated characters in the series. He’s extremely well-read and knowledgeable about military tactics and strategy, which if you didn’t know also includes a huge depth of history knowledge, and his talent comes from both education and years of experience. He’s smart enough to know geography and terrain information of an area he hasn’t needed to have information on in seven years, and even then, the lands they are talking about were in mainland Vere, not Delpha, so his studies were his own initiative. he has favorite poems! HE ENJOYED DEBATING OBSCURE PHILOSOPHY WITH HESTON!!! like y’all Damen is just as intelligent as Laurent, it’s just that Laurent’s intelligence is about manipulation and chess and Damen’s just a nerd.

(also people are gonna be coming for me for this one but i think Damen likes books and libraries a lot more than Laurent ever did)

#i would bet my college tuition that Damen loves analyzing and debating about books #‘damen wouldn’t understand hamlet’ stfu he would eat that shit up #side note tho damen would love hamlet it’s a lot like his and laurent’s story #there’s definitely more that i’m not thinking of right now #but even on my first read of the series there were so many scenes where Damen is extremely competent and clearly educated and trained #i don’t understand all the fic writers that make damen some himbo golden retriever and laurent this sarcastic girlboss #damen #capri #captive prince #damen of akielos #damianos of akielos

[sweattyspaghetti]

Edit: Tyler with celestia tee existed. Same brain. Same brain..

Hello fight club fandom. It is absolutely abysmal and also a crime how no one (at least to my knowledge) has drawn Tyler Durden in the princess celestia t shirt. We missed out

I have brainstormed multiple fc drawing ideas and hope that they become real.

#my art #art #illustration #fight club #soapshipping #tyler durden #the narrator #yknow I didn’t fully vibe with the movie but here I am with the book on its way #so in actuality #I’m sick #they made me deathly ill #in the awesome way #also you guys should read fc soapshipping fics on AO3 #genuinely banger holy moly #tbh after the day I watched the movie I wanted to rewatch it #that says enough #Tyler can durden deez nuts

[frm9pm]

mirror of ecidyrue book 3

#drarry #sorry I have a long list of doodles for this fic it like consumed two weeks of my life I got no sleep and miraculously still got work done l #thanks for joining me in my brain worms whoever reads this #oops this actually happened in book 3 #x’d I need to sleep more I’m mixing up details

[sentientsky]

demon muriel <3 (somewhat inspired by @underlined-in-spirit’s art, which was inspired by @phoen1xr0se’s fic!)

#again this isn’t quite finished but I don’t want to work on it anymore lol #I hate the outfit but whatever lol #I’m obsessed with Muriel u don’t understand — they’re such a sweetheart #something something crow-adjacent (cause of the book at the end of s2) #Phoenix I haven’t read your fic yet but I hear it’s INSANELY good <3 on my to-read list hehe #crowley #good omens #ineffable husbands #good omens 2 #aziracrow #aziraphale #go2 #ineffable lovers #ineffable wives #good omens season 2 #gomens #gomens 2 #good omens art #good omens fanart #my art #gomens art #Muriel art #Muriel good omens #demon!muriel #good omens muriel #inspector constable #ineffable divorce #aziraphale x Crowley #Crowley x aziraphale #digital art

[sh5]

it’s been said 1mil times but this site’s obsession with treating fanfic as revolutionary praxis and as literature of its own merit is going to drive me neurodivergent. i enjoy writing fanfic myself, which is partly why this sentiment is so frustrating, bc like…I’m lurking in those damn tags, I am the author that people are choosing over real literature—and I know damn well we are not producing works of art.

yelling, “read real books!!!” obviously isn’t effective and just makes people defensive, but at some point…you’ve got to pick up a classic. you’ve got to pick up something from the english canon, even the loosest of canons, and you have to read a real book and struggle with real concepts and grow in real ways. there’s only so much a fanfic centered around a yaoi ship can do for you. it’s inherently derivative, inherently limited, inherently dependent on its source. like…read real books for the betterment of yourself. and so you’re less annoying on tumblr. thankies.

#I’ll get a comment like ‘this is better than books I’ve read’ and I’m like. watch me delete this fucking fic. dare me. #lee speaks

[inklore]

I saw you post about how people should like to comment on writers work but I slightly sympathise bc some people are embarrassed and/or think that their comment/reblog would be useless. But more people are coming to this app to read a fic like another wattpad or an ‘easier’ ao3 instead of using their acc to post what they like yk

Srry for the rant <333

no need to apologize for the rant it’s always welcome here if it’s done in kind and yours was <3

i get what your saying about people coming to the app thinking it’s like all the other reading platforms but if we’re being honest i’d say ao3 is easier, better selection, plus when someone views your work your ‘hits’ go up and that can sometimes help more people find your work if they go by that / sort the fics on ao3 like that. wattpad literally has the same system of ‘views’ on your work that help boost it, but also commenting there is really big (as someone who was once on wp comments meant everything which is why i don’t get how ppl don’t understand that comments are everything here as well).

you could also say these other platforms make it seem like tumblr works the same way and it doesn’t, but even when writers try to spread the word on that fact not everyone wants to listen or sees it because people don’t rb (which tumblr was made for that let’s not forget).

but on this great app it doesn’t matter how many people view our work, read it silently, press the little heart, no one will see it unless you rb it. and being shy about commenting and thinking comments won’t matter is backwards thinking to me. how do you think writers feel knowing they have 100 notes and 10 of them are rbs and 0 comments? like we know there’s people out there reading our work and not even giving the pointless heart to it and there’s not much we can do about it, and yeah we are so grateful for all of it, but what we wouldn’t give to even have ONE PERSON comment some emojis on our fic. let us know that someone other than ourselves actually liked it. a ‘like’ can mean anything, it can mean nothing. it does nothing. it’s nice, it’s acknowledging, but that’s all it does. it’s a silent compliment that keeps our minds wondering.

if you weren’t embarrassed to read the fic you shouldn’t be embarrassed to comment on it. i’m not trying to sound harsh but it’s 2023, half the population reads fic. devours it. ppl are famous authors because of it now or get ‘tiktok fame’ over liking it. you commenting ‘omg amazing’ or putting two little emojis in a writers comments is only going to make them feel seen. feel great. feel like they’re not just posting stuff on here for bots. so i don’t super sympathize with people who are embarrassed because i just can’t wrap my head around it. but i’m also saying it’s okay and i’ve never once saw a writer get mad over anything someone has commented on their work (unless it’s been mean or a criticism they didn’t ask for or a ‘part two pls’).

if you like something on here reblog it!!!! comment on it!!!!!

#as someone with anxiety adhd and depression i get the being nervous about it but i’ve literally pasted a quote from the fic and added #thot emojis after it #like that’s all it takes to make a writers day #i literally went down someone’s masterlist and devoured and commented on every fic #thinking wow i’m probably being annoying #but i didn’t care because their writing was so fucking amazing and i NEEDED to tell them #reading is silence is for the books in your bedroom not tumblr #in** i’m too lazy to rewrite the sentence #yell shout #if you like it comment #reblog it #▸ laur answers

[brackenfur]

after firestars claws tear through his throat, scourge thuds against the grass, struggling to breathe. his growls come out only in gargles, and he glares up at his opponent, only to see that it’s no longer firestar standing over him at all.

his mothers kind orange eyes are staring down at him, and as scourge opens his mouth to speak, he finds that he can no longer taste his own blood, or feel it dripping down his neck, for that matter.

he looks down at his paws and doesn’t see the dog teeth jammed over his claws, or feel the tightness of his collar - his paws are unmarked, small with kitten down poking between his toes.

“tiny?” quince meows softly; scourge blinks up at his mother, who only stares at him with adoration. “are you ready now, tiny?”

scourge - tiny, somehow both of those names and neither, at the same time - gets to his paws, suddenly very small in front of quince. but he no longer is thinking of firestar or bloodclan, of tigerstar or bloodshed or killing - his thoughts are only full of joy at seeing his mother again, standing in front of him. thinking of spending his days at her side again, of laying against her side as she cleans behind his ears, like she did so long ago.

“i think so, mama,” he murmurs, reaching up his nose to touch hers as she bends towards him.

“it’s time to go home now,” quince purrs, and the bloodclan leader who spent his entire adult life invoking fear into others, who wanted nothing more than to drive the clans from their home, smiles as he follows his mother.

it’s comforting, having her to lead him into the dark.

#wc #shark noises #i’m obsessed w scourge as a kit in his afterlife w quince taking care of him #whenever i post mini fics it’s usually cus i’m reading a lot so i’ve gone through quite a few books #that remind me of scourge

[crybaby-bkg]

Bakugou likes to slowly fuck you from behind whenever you’re reading, especially if it’s something more on the erotic side. Likes to peek over your shoulder every once in a while, or whenever you clench down a little harder or moan a little louder. Hums under his breath as he hooks his chin over your shoulder, your thigh thrown over his as he grinds a heavy cock inside you.

“This shit really turns you on?” He grunts under his breath as his eyes skim the words on the page. It’s stupid, he thinks, the way the author overuses the words growled and whines and sex—which should really just be called a pussy or cunt, by the way, we’re all fucking grown here—but you seem to love it anyway. You shake your head first before you nod, confused, unable to focus on the way his tip slides against your sweet spot and the filthy words on the page and also answering him correctly.

“Only because I imagine it’s you ‘nd me in these positions,” you whisper, eyes fluttering when Bakugou hums and squeezes at your tit from where he snuck a hand under your shirt. He doesn’t question you further, only reads over your shoulder, and fucks you a little harder when he pictures you in every way the book describes the two main characters.

You, bound to the bed with a soft layer of silk over your eyes, gasping when his mouth licks at your hole. Him, holding you up in strong arms as he fucks you rough against metal lockers, kissing you all the while. The both of you, grinding against each other in the tub, uncaring of sloshing water and whines of overstimulation.

It’s enough to get the both of you off, a slow steady build of a climax as he pumps you full and you gush around his thickness. But even then, you two don’t stop, just continue on with slow grinding and another chapter.

#yes I picture me n him whenever I read published books Sue me #there’s just some ideas I never see in fics that I HAVE to self insert leave me alone #I’m so sleeby okay gn guys #see you in a few hours when I queue this and my tober stuff posts lol #—new treat in the streets! 🍫 #bakugou treats! 🍬

[brainrotdotorg]

eyes

(Read schlep by @intrepidradish)

#sorry to tag you twice in a day pal #I just finished the book and now I’m. im. ouuuurrrgrhrhrgrgrhrhg god. #really great work don. absolutely knocked it out of the park as per usual #disco elysium #anybody who sees this in the main tag and hasn’t read the fic is gonna be in for a treat #my art

[finnpeach]

all I’m asking is for one of you bitches to write a best selling novel with enough cold/sneeze scenes for it to be horny and sexy to this community but wouldn’t make a vanilla suspicious. oh and i want it to be fantasy and a love triangle thank youuuuuuu

#anyways I’m ab to read the second book of th/rone of glass and there better be a cold scene #like the most whump I got was SPOILERS!!!! SPOILERS SPOILERS GUYS!!! was her throwing up bc she got her period and then when she got her #goddamn body thrown around like a rag doll and chaol said get up ❤️🫶❤️❤️❤️❤️ AAAAH RAAAAGGGHH RAAAH RAHH AHRAAAA BARK BARK BARK #Tbh. I thought cain was a love interest there and then we wasn’t and I’m disappointed #bc CAIN WAS SEXY!!!!!!!!! #and celeana is just like. blonde hair blue eyes whatever and Chaol has “chestnut” hair (whatever the fuck that means). like so they’re #basically the same character idk i hate when book characters aren’t like “light hair dark hair” yknow what I mean #like if chaol had black hair. BARK! #anyway that’s my rant. #so can you guys get to writing please and thank you #Oh yeah I wanna finish my Achilles and Patroclus fic I KNOW!!! I KNOW I ALWAYS SAY THAT! #it’s still there

[fellshish]

I’m currently continuously blown away by the softness of this good omens lighthouse fic

#good omens fic rec #ineffable husbands #good omens #aziracrow #i’m reading so slowly 😭😭 bc i’m also working and writing etc #but still. i’m loving this it’s perfect #fells book club

[deeplyridiculouslyinlove]

Just got to Caemlyn in my EOTW reread and I’m thinking about how Rand suggests to Basel Gill that he could go to Elaida about the Darkfriends, and I’m *cackling* at the idea of Moiraine getting to Caemlyn only to find Rand with Elaida of all people.

Elaida, who is able to sense Rand is important but doesn’t know exactly what his deal is at this point, suddenly being *very* invested in lording it over Moiraine that Moiraine’s little pet came to *her.* Moiraine gritting her teeth to try and be nice to Elaida despite wanting to slap her because she needs her to get to Rand. Rand just totally clueless to the fact he chose the absolute worst Aes Sedai for Moiraine to have to deal with. Like the one sister with whom she has decades-long animosity.

#dril reads wot #(again) #wheel of time #rand al'thor #moiraine damodred #elaida do avriny a'roihan #I may actually have to write a little fic about this just for fun #if I ever finish the ten chapters I’m currently writing #I’m really on my new spring bullshit all I can think about is moiraine #wot book spoilers

[pearlsdiamondsandvodka]

saw “the sunshine court” trending along with “Neil Josten” and I was very confused, checked the tag AND YOURE TELLING ME THERES A NEW ALL FOR THE GAME BOOK??? why did I have no idea about this???

#you’re telling me that my biggest hyperfixation of 2016 and 2017 is back???? #those books singlehandled got me through my life for a bit #and you know what gang I’m gonna level with you #sooo many flaws so many big flaws book #written fanfic that’s so much better written #to be fair though all for the game has some of the best AUs of all time #truly there’s so many insanely good high quality fic in the fandom #that being said #I get to see my boy again???? My traumatised scared baby girl?? #my hyperfixation man deluxe??? #im going to have to read it asap #all for the game #the sunshine court #neil josten #andrew minyard #kevin day #jean moreau

[roadkilledthegirl]

ok. I’m going to say it.

I love ALL eras of boreo/decklikovsky EQUALLY, and I will FIGHT for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

Las Vegas era? Brilliant - the inexplicable teenage love and lust for each other (terrifying and amazing) - caring for someone because they’re the only person in the universe who cares for you, getting drunk and high and altogether plastered together because you’re so traumatized and lonely that you don’t know how to bond with people in any different way and hey, you both like it (a little too much in fact) so why not?? It’s DELICIOUS. this part of the book was just written too well to be put down as “unfortunate” or “less than”. It’s so so so sad and raw and angry and vulgar and and and

And you couldn’t even have post-Vegas New York, Antwerp & Amsterdam without it!! Where would the tension, the longing, the shock of seeing your - best friend? ex best friend? The guy you hate so much because you love him even more ??? Where would all of that come from without such a complex, tangled backstory???? There’s no one without the other!!!!!!

#screaming into an actual void here guys I��m sorry 😭😭 #but I’ve seen so many ‘I hate LV era’ and I think we need to remember just how important that part of the book was #it just speaks to me as an angry sad gay teenager #it’s so so important and I’ll never shut up about it #I LOVE post Amsterdam and I mostly read fics of them from that era cos it’s where the healing happens (god knows they need to heal lol) #but they need to heal from how kind and how terrible they were to each other those two years #um. anyway #enjoy this I guess #the goldfinch #boris pavlikovsky #theo decker #theodore decker #boreo #decklikovsky #tgf #donna tartt #boris and theo #theo x boris #tgf boris #las vegas era #amsterdam era

[hopelessromanfic]

came up with an angsty prompt that i will come back to when im not drowning in papers and wips:

The fic is written in two points of view, one in Mikes perspective and the other in Will’s. Will gets into a pretty serious car accident (details still cooking, my friends) and ends up comatose, yet is having like an out of body experience, seeing, hearing, and feeling all that’s happening around him despite his physical body remaining still and unchanging. Mike is by his side the entire time, unaware of this but stays and talks to him, saying all of the things he wished he had before the accident. The more he says, the stronger Will fights to wake up.

#byler #byler tumblr #byler fanfic #fic idea? #idk how original this is honestly im running on 3 hours of sleep and the book I’m reading for class has me feeling ANGSTY #will byers #stranger things #I think there’s an actual book like this? maybe? I have no clue