#apparently 736

[janaispunk]

constellations in his eyes

pairing: Dave York x f!reader

summary: Your fiancé stands you up on your birthday. Dave doesn’t.

word count: 736

tags/warnings: infidelity, shitty boyfriend, angst, fluff, kissing, able-bodied reader, reader has hair, no use of y/n

a/n: this is based on the song high infidelity by taylor swift and written for @beskarandblasters’s taylor swift drabble challenge. i love taylor and this song and dave, so this was very fun 🫶🏻 check out the whole challenge masterlist here!

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dividers by @saradika-graphics <3

(apologies to everyone who’s waiting for the next safe and sound chapter, i promise it’s almost done 🫠)

It’s your birthday, April 29th.

Rain is soaking through your dress, the drenched fabric clinging to your skin, wet strands of your hair sticking to your forehead. Unfamiliar lips are pressed against yours. You don’t remember the last time you’ve felt this happy.

You’re supposed to meet your fiancé for dinner tonight. When you call him, you’re already seated at the table, waiting for him to meet you there.

“Give me a break,” he sighs at your demand for an explanation, “I’m sure you’ll find someone else to buy you dinner.”

“Excuse me?”

“You know what I mean. None of those guys from your office available tonight?”

“Fuck you.”

You slam the phone back onto the table, swallowing down the angry tears that are starting to well up in your eyes. You have been dealing with his unreasonable bouts of insecurity and jealousy because you’re working in a male-dominated field for way too long. You had hoped that he would get over it eventually, but it had rather gotten worse, mixed with remarks about how he made more money than you and how thankful you should be that he took care of you.

After staring down at the table for a few moments, you pick your phone back up again. If this is what he thinks of you any way, you might as well give him a reason to.

“Hey. Can you come and pick me up, please?”

Of course Dave could. You’re often assigned cases together, are often huddled up in the office when it’s already dark outside and your colleagues have gone home. You like working with him, like how quiet but straightforward he is, how he understands your way of thinking. You like him.

You’ve been out for drinks before, to celebrate successfully solved cases, but nothing more, no matter how many times he hinted at being interested in more. Because you’re not that kind of woman, despite what your fiancé apparently thinks.

Until now. It’s your birthday and you’re gonna spend it with someone who actually likes being around you.

When you walk out of the restaurant, he’s waiting for you, his brow furrowed in concern, immediately asking if you’re alright. You nod, mumbling something about a change of plans, nothing to worry about. You can tell that he doesn’t buy it.

He’s walking you down the block to his car, one hand at the small of your back. You feel yourself melting into him and his calming presence beside you, into the self-assured way he’s taking charge.

Neither of you had expected the sudden downpour, soaking the both of you to the bone within seconds. You stop in your tracks, staring at him in surprise for a second, before you burst out laughing.

You stumble over your own feet as you try to keep walking and instinctively grab his arm. He turns in your direction and steadies you, an amused smirk on his face, his hands a heavy weight on your hips, his touch burning into you.

You lean in and kiss him before your mind catches up with your actions. He stills for only one moment before his lips start moving against yours with a caressing urgency that makes your heart clench with longing.

Your hands cling to him, to his shirt underneath your fingers that’s just as drenched as your clothes, to the broadness of his shoulders that’s sending a rush of excitement through you. The absurdity of the whole situation makes you giggle against his mouth and you feel the rumble of his own laugh more than you hear it while his arms are wrapping tighter around your waist.

You don’t care that you’re in the middle of the sidewalk, that rain is still pouring down on you, that this is not the man that you’ve agreed to marry.

Because when you open your eyes, he’s already looking at you, the lights of the city reflecting in his dark pupils, like constellations that you want to get lost in. For the first time in forever, you feel seen. Your fingers burrow into his hair and you pull him closer again, connecting your lips with his once more.

When you reach his car, he opens the door for you and asks if he can take you home with him. You say yes.

None of it feels real, but you feel more alive than you’ve felt in a long time.

thank you for reading! if you liked this, please consider reblogging, commenting, sending an ask or interacting in any way. it’s really what keeps writers going <3

#janas fics #dave york #pedro pascal #pedro pascal fanfiction #dave york fanfiction #dave york x reader #dave york x you #dave york x female reader #dave york x f!reader #pedrostories

[slytherins-journalist]

Care to fuck me?

Mattheo Riddle x Gender-neutral! Reader Summary: You find your roommate/ best friend masturbating and offer to help him out Word count: 736

You enter Mattheo’s room, your best friend and roommate. The lights are off and his headphones are on, his facing his laptop with his back turned to you. You hear soft moans escaping his lips and quick work of what you can only assume that he was masterbating.

You stand in the doorway and watch him, your curiosity getting the best of you. His mains are like music to your ears, and your cunt throbs in response. You can’t help imagining what he would sound like if you two…

Mattheo notices you and quickly removes his headphones, turning around to face you. He’s got a surprised and guilty expression on his face.

"What are you doing here? I'm busy." He says in a cold tone, trying to cover up the fact that he was caught masturbating. He closes his laptop discreetly and moves it away. 

You can't help but notice the bulge in his pants and the way he's looking at you with lustful eyes.

You walk into the room further, suddenly possessed by your desire for him. “I can see that.”

Mattheo’s eyes widen in surprise as you enter the room. He quickly tries to cover himself up, but it's too late. You’ve already seen his bigger than average cock. And you want to see more of it.

“What are you doing here? And why did you just barge into my room like that?" he asks, trying to maintain his cold and indifferent demeanour.

You can see the lustful look in his eyes and feel the tension between the two of you.

All your shame goes flying out of the window and you kneel in front of him “Want some help with that?”

Mattheo’s eyes widen in surprise as you kneel in front of him, his bulge growing even harder at the sight of you on your knees for him.

“Are you serious? You'd really do that for me?" he asks, the lustful look in his eyes becoming more apparent.

“Mhm.” You tug his pants down further, down to his ankles, so you’ve got better access.

Mattheo’s eyes widen in surprise as you tug his pants down. He quickly removes them and his boxers, tossing them to the side. 

“You sure? I mean, we've been friends for a long time now." he says, trying to hide the fact that he was so excited about what was happening.

“Friends can help each other out” You stroke his cock experimentally, sliding your finger over the slit to tease him.

Mattheo’s breath hitches as you stroke his cock. He looks down at you with lustful eyes, nodding in agreement.

“Okay… yeah. Let’s do it." he says, leaning back on the bed and closing his eyes in pleasure as you continue to stroke him.

You open your mouth and push it over his cock as far as your gag reflex will let you. You start to bob your head up and down, swirling your tongue around his tip when you can.

Mattheo moans in pleasure as you put your mouth over him and start bobbing your head up and down. His hands go to the back of your head, pushing you deeper onto his cock.

“Oh my god… that feels amazing." he says between moans, completely lost in the pleasure.

You hum in agreement and tap his hip, encouraging him to fuck your throat.

Mattheo’s breath hitches as your humming sends vibrations over his dick. He starts to thrust his hips forward, pushing himself deeper into your mouth.

"Oh fuck… yes, just like that." he says, lost in the pleasure of the moment.

You moan around his dick and hollow your cheeks, sucking harder.

Mattheo moans in pleasure as you do, his hands gripping the sheets tightly. He starts to thrust harder and faster, getting closer to orgasm.

“Oh god… I'm gonna cum." he says, warning you before he releases into your mouth with a loud moan of pleasure.

You suck him through his orgasm, his cum hitting the back of your throat. You finally pull off with an obscene pop, and lick your lips, not wanting to waste a single drop. “You taste so good, Matty.”

Mattheo whimpers in response, and he watches in amazement as you pull off and lick his cum off your lips.

“You're amazing." he says, still breathless from the intense pleasure. "I've never felt anything like that before."

“Care to fuck me then?”

#reader is afab though #inspired by a chatbot #mattheo riddle #mattheo riddle x you #mattheo riddle x reader #mattheo riddle smut #slytherin boys

[blueteller]

The Beautiful Subtlety of TCF World-Building

I could write an essay about how magnificent it is. In fact, I probably already did. However, it always hits me again, every time I re-read it.

Just look at this moment.

-Human, do you want to loot these magic devices?

“Aigoo.”

Cale was flabbergasted. […] Rather than trying out these gambling magic devices that resembled slot machines of his previous world, the Dragon instead wanted to steal the device and break it apart in order to see how it worked.

Cale did feel a sense of satisfaction, but feigned ignorance as he asked.

“Why?”

[…]

-What do you mean why?! We need to figure out how they work! […] And then I will be able to take all of the money from here! I will use 1 silver coin from my piggy bank in order to rake it all in!

Cale’s expression turned stiff.

A dragon really was amazing. Raon was thinking even more practically than Cale.

Cale seriously considered Raon’s suggestion before seeing someone put in 1 copper coin, which was 1 cound in the Caro Kingdom’s currency, into a machine and then turning away.

Resignation, anticipation, desperation, obsession, and despair. Cale didn’t want to take the money that was gathered through the collection of all of these emotions.

Wouldn’t it be better to steal from wealthier people if he was going to steal?

-Chapter 187

It's such a small moment, I didn't catch it at first. But did you see it?

Did you see how Cale considered Raon's offer, because it's in-character for him to like the idea of free money... then immediately turn away from it? Why would he? What is it about gambling that disgusts him so much?

Cale dislikes gambling because of his abusive uncle. And we don't learn about that until much, much later:

“Wow, really?”

It was at that moment.

Choi Han overheard a voice that made him stop on his way inside the mart.

Two women were standing by the discounted items located outside. They were frowning while chatting with each other.

“No, Mr. Kim really fell deep into gambling?”

Mr. Kim.

Choi Han couldn't help but stop whenever he heard that family name.

"Exactly! He's asking anybody he knows if he could borrow some money from them! Apparently his eyes look hollow and he reeks of alcohol!”

“My goodness. Unnie, then is Mr. Kim Seung Jong not working?”

“How can he work when he’s like that?”

The older looking middle-aged woman snorted and shook her head before lowering her voice.

“But isn’t there a kid in his house?”

“Ah! I, I heard that he brought his distant relative!”

The woman who was chatting with her covered her mouth with her hands.

“My goodness… then-”

“Ah. That is a bit concerning.”

-Chapter 736

We don't learn until Choi Han's indignity test that Kim Rok Soo grew up with an abusive uncle. We only heard about him being orphaned and spending time at the orphanage before that point. I'm not sure if his uncle was ever mentioned at all.

Cale is someone who obviously cares about family a lot. Clearly, his uncle is a memory he tried his best to suppress.

Because he is someone who can never forget, but is able to pretend to forget everything he doesn't like.

That is some excellent world-building, right there. The most amazing part is how far ahead the author was planning. Think about it!! The subtle moment about gambling happened over FIVE HUNDRED CHAPTERS before it became relevant to the story!!!

This author is incredible. I admire them a lot.

...Also, poor Cale. No wonder he didn't want to rob casinos. The idea of gambling is at the very least a source of minor trauma for him 😢

#tcf #trash of the count's family #lcf #lout of the count’s family #cale henituse #cale #tcf cale #kim rok soo #character analysis #world building #tcf is amazing #tcf chapter 187 #tcf chapter 736

[starlitangels]

The Power of Words

I can, apparently, only ever write ficlets for these two, not full fics. Enjoy? 736 words

CW: heated verbal argument

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“There’s nothing stopping you from leaving, y’know. Least of all me,” I remarked.

Guy swore, paused his game, dropped his controller, and whipped his head to stare at me. “What—and I mean this with the utmost affection—the hell is that supposed to mean?!”

I shrugged. “If you wanna break up with me, I’d respect that.”

“I don’t—where did that—respect—the f—honey what are you talking about?!” Guy spluttered.

“Don’t act like you didn’t know I could hear you yesterday.”

Guy’s confused expression dropped. “Oh God. What did I say?”

I dug my fingernails into the skin of the apple I’d been munching on as my grip tightened on it. Juice spurted from the punctures. “Something to the effect of ‘you shackled yourself to a cruel, unreasonable taskmaster’.”

Guy stared, greenish-blue eyes wide and eyebrows attempting to disappear into his hairline. “Did I really say that?”

My other hand dropped to the dining table. The thick, heavy ring on my middle finger clanked hard against the wood. “Don’t act like you didn’t know what you were saying,” I snapped. My nails dug deeper into the meat of the apple. “Mr. Vocab King or whatever the hell you’ve called yourself before.”

Guy kept staring. Slack-jawed. “Baby… you know me. I speak before I think and I exaggerate to be funny.”

“Oh so you don’t consider yourself shackled to me but you do think you’re stuck with me in some way that’s just barely lesser than steel chains. Great.” I used my hand on the table to shove to my feet.

Guy scrambled to his, following me down the short hall to where I stormed into our bedroom. “Honey, no. Never—”

I clenched my jaw around grabbing my overnight bag out from the back corner of the closet where it had been shoved. “You—of all people, Guy—should know the power of words.” I grabbed a couple shirts off their hangers and threw them at where I’d opened the small suitcase on the floor.

Guy seemed to realize what I was doing. “What—why are you packing?”

“Because you think you’re chained to me and decided to finally admit it in the middle of a monologue against decorating. After we’ve been together for almost two years.” I yanked open a drawer in my dresser and snatched jeans out, adding them to the pile. “So I’m giving you space to decide what you actually want without the pressure of my domineering wickedness hanging over you. Or whatever you said yesterday.”

Guy was going along behind me, putting my stuff back where it belonged. “I didn’t mean any of it like that, hon, I swear—”

Until I grabbed the shoulder of his T-shirt and shoved him against the wall. “Stop. That,” I snarled. “I’m going to go spend the night at my brother’s while you figure yourself out.”

“Is this why you were still awake at two-AM last night?”

I let go of his shirt and rolled my eyes with a scoff. “Leave it to you to change the subject.”

“I don’t consider myself stuck with you,” Guy shot back. “I love you. I’m happy with you.”

“Happy? With the person who rations affection like it’s a non-renewable resource and forces you to decorate.” I scoffed. “Sure.” I pulled the hoodie of mine he’d been trying to hang back up out of his hands. “You may consider yourself an insufferable headache but we both know I’m the one that’s hard to live with.” I threw the hoodie back in the suitcase. “I’ll see you on Monday, Guy. I’ll say hi to my brother for you.” I grabbed some socks and the shirts he’d put back on their hangers in the closet and dumped them all in before zipping it up. “Think about the power of words while I’m gone and what you actually want out of this relationship, hmm? I’m in it for the long haul. If that’s not for you, I’ll respect that. But at least be an adult and tell me to my face. I get that you love me. But think some things over while I’m at my brother’s.” I zipped up the bag and shouldered past him out of our room, dragging it behind me. I shoved my feet into my boots and grabbed my wallet and keys. “I love you too.”

“Honey—”

I ripped open the door and slammed it shut behind me before he could say anything else.

#cw: angst #redacted asmr #redacted audio #ficlet #Redacted Guy #Redacted Honey #Redacted Pizza Guy #Starlit Fic

[simpknight]

Hi!! Been following you for a while now so the moment you opened requests I was ready to ask uwu ✨

Could you make headcanons about how Diarmuid! lancer, Bedivere and Arjuna!archer would react when g/n master gifts them a flower they found pretty and made them remember about them? Like, a present to them because well, they deserve good things ;;;; (i know, pretty fluff😔) And if you don't mind, as a bonus, them having already a crush with the master👀

THX U FOR UR WORK! love how you write and hope u have a nice day! ✨

Thank you so much for requesting! I hope you also have a lovely day!

I know you didn't request this, but I added a small text to introduce the prompt. I hope you like it!

Relationships: Arjuna x gn!reader /Diarmuid x gn!reader/ Bedivere x gn!reader

Rating: Gen

Words: 736

Warnings: None

After fixing a minor singularity, Mash, your servant and you had to wait before Rayshifting back to Chaldea. Apparently there had been some interferences that made difficult going back.

You’d been waiting for at least half an hour with no updates on the situation, so you decided to stretch your legs and go for a walk.

Mash was worried at first; it would be dangerous for you to go alone in case a monster attacked you, but you reassured her it would be fine. You wouldn’t wander too far after all.

After a couple of minutes walking, you found a small clearing in the dense forest. There were some beautiful flowers growing in the ground and you felt like taking a closer look at them. You didn’t recognize the type of flowers they were, still you thought they were really pretty. There was something about them that made the flowers look special, so you decided to pick up one. Perhaps they would be a nice detail for the servant who accompanied you in this mission.

Diarmuid

- He was a bit worried about you. You weren’t away for a long time, but in these woods you wouldn’t know when a ferocious boar monster would appear.

- He was relieved when he saw you picking up some flowers. You seemed happy surrounded by nature, the rays of the sun gently caressing your skin.

- “Hey, Diarmuid, look.” When you noticed his presence you hurried to meet him “This flower is really pretty. It somehow reminds me of you.”

- He tried to speak but found himself unable to. He just stood there as you gently tried to put the flower on his hair.

-“See? It looks really nice on you.” You were oblivious at how tense he felt by having you so close.

- Despite his nervousness he chuckled and advised you to go back were Mash was in case Chaldea solved the communication issue.

- That day when he returned to his room, Diarmuid left the flower you gave him in a small vase (and Fionn teased him a lot for it).

Bedivere

- Mash asked him to go look for you, just in case something happened; connection was reestablished and it was time to go back home.

- He found you sitting in the grass, mesmerized with something on your hands. When he called your name you made him a sign so he would come closer.

- ”Look Bedi! I found this cute little blue flowers so I decided to make this” You showed him the flower crown that you’ve been making. He thought it was adorable.

- “I was planning on giving you just one of the flowers because they reminded me of you. In the end I thought it would be better to make you something with them instead.” You admitted laughing.

- He didn’t know what to say. He wanted to thank you when you interrupted him to put the flower crown on his head. It turned out to be smaller than you expected.

- You teased him a little, saying he looked really cute with it. Then you winked at him and that was what turned him into a blushing mess.

- Luckily for him you didn’t notice because if you did he would probably die from embarrassment.

Arjuna

- He was already following you after you announced you were leaving. It was not that he didn’t trust you, he knew you wouldn’t get into trouble, but he wanted to make sure no monsters were nearby.

- After making sure there weren’t any enemies, he approached you. You seemed to be occupied inspecting some wild flowers. Did they catch your attention because of something special?

- Sometimes he found your behavior peculiar, he couldn’t understand what was going through your mind.

- Especially he didn’t understand why you liked him to accompany you so often in your missions. He thought it was nice that you cared about him, even if he couldn’t express it out loud.

- “Master, perhaps we should get going.” Before leaving you took one of the flowers, one you were looking at with a particular interest.

- Once you went back to Chaldea you gave the flower to Arjuna, claiming it was a small token of affection. You didn’t want to give it to him earlier because you didn’t have one for Mash.

- Arjuna took the flower gently on his hands with a faint smile on his lips. He would make sure to treasure your gift.

#fanfiction #fate grand order #fgo arjuna #fgo diarmuid #fgo bedivere #reader insert #fgo #arjuna x reader #diarmuid x reader #bedivere x reader #diarmuid ua duibhne #arjuna #bedivere #gender neutral reader

[anchovies-4-dinner]

AITA for lying to my partner? || [deleted]

Words: 736

Warnings: implied double suicide

A/N: best read with the siri voice in mind

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For context, I (m26) have accumulated a lot of debt from my recent project and am under a lot of pressure from work. Because of this I'd been living with my roommate which I'd tried to hide from my partner.

It all started with my partner acting more aloof, which is weird since they are usually quite open with me. Not only that, but they'd been asking to visit my house more often; I know you may be thinking this isn't a big of a deal but among my peers I had an especially high reputation that my secret could destroy. Only a handful of people know but I don't intend to add my partner to that list as we had already planned our future together, the debt could complicate things.

As for said debt, it was very stupid, but I couldn't help burrowing a loan for my project and now it's biting me in the ass; I thought I could pay it back in no time considering my job but the costs just kept piling up. Anyways, I had a suspicion that the loaner had begun to badger my circle so I went to confront her and try to reach an agreement. She wouldn't have it - she said that since my projects are successes anyway I should have no problem. I've never wanted to kick-drop someone so badly in my entire life.

If that wasn't bad enough I then found my partner snooping in my house. Apparently my shit roommate let them in, saying that he usually doesn't get involved but that they had a right to know. Thanks for nothing asshole. In short, my partner totally freaked out; they were always speaking of a lavish lifestyle so the bombshell singlehandedly destabilised my beautiful 4 year relationship.

They wanted to take a break at least until I had sorted out my debt and we got into an argument; I told them I couldn't believe they were abandoning me at my lowest, while they said they didn't want to marry someone so irresponsible. A lot of hurtful words were exchanged and I can't help but think that they meant every single one of them. My partner tried leaving but in a state of anger I grabbed their arm which I now know lead to bruising. I don't remember much after that, but I blew up in their face - never had I felt more regret than watching their expression turn from anger to fear.

We didn't talk after that. At this point I was growing desperate, and with my relationship dragged through the mud I turned to all sorts of illegal activities, including selling some of my friends' belongings/gadgets without their knowledge. Anything to get rid of my debt. I guess I wasn't subtle enough as my roommate realised and kicked me out.

I'd never been homeless before but during that time I was struggling to balance my reputation and new burden; thanks to one of my friends being a survival expert I managed to get along with what little skills i'd learnt, but my appearance was a whole different matter. It didn't take long for people to find out.

I went from a well respected figure to a laughing stock. With such vicious rumours circulating (some with a hint of truth) it would take a rebirth to fix my life. The only upside was that the loaner had stopped contacting me, presumably accepting the fact that she couldn't squeeze out anymore mora.

But what really did it was watching my own partner start over with someone else. Someone much more financially stable - my own fucking roommate. Even now as I'm typing this I can't help but laugh at the kind of drama this has turned into. It only makes sense to give it an equally dramatic end. Wouldn't you agree, Al Haitham?

I always knew you had an eye for (y/n), but I never thought you'd go so far as to ruin my life. Well guess what, dickbag, by the time you've read this I'd have already returned the favour.

Did you know that (y/n) is a heavy sleeper? It was incredibly easy to get where I am now, sitting in their bedroom only a foot away. I can even smell their shampoo. Oh how you'd kill for this opportunity.

Oh how close you were.

#yandere genshin #yandere kaveh #gender neutral reader #yandere al haitham

[havendance]

No Man’s Land Comics Timeline (and Reading Recommendations)

Made to accompany my No Man’s Land Plot Timeline (for if you want to write fic set in No Man’s Land and want to know when stuff happened).  This is the order the comics are in the No Man’s Land Omnibuses and thus the order that I read them in. I've bolded the issues that I really enjoyed and added notes by some others that didn't make the cut but I'd definitely recommend checking out for one reason or another.

Batman: No Man’s Land #1

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83

Batman #563  - These first three issues really just set the scene for No Man’s Land and do an excellent job of it, you should definitely read them if you’re going to read No Man’s Land

Detective Comics #730

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #51

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #116

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #84

Batman #564  - You can take or leave the story that this issue is a part of, but Leslie Thomkins shows up in this issue and has a nice moment with Bruce

Detective Comics #731

Azrael Agent of the Bat #52

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #117

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #85

Batman #565

Detective Comics #732 - The story in these two issues features some good Barbara Gordon content and her discovery that there’s someone else out acting as Batgirl.

The Batman Chronicles #16

Azrael Agent of the Bat #53

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #118

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #86  - A nice standalone issue about a normal guy in No Man’s Land

Batman #566

Detective Comics #733

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #54 - 55  - I don’t particularly care about Azrael, but this story was pretty good if you do want to read some of his comics. It’s got Baraba Gordon and Leslie Thomkins in it.

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #119

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87 — A lot of plot hits in these two issues which sets up the next couple story arcs.

Batman #567

Detective Comics #734 — These two issues are the “Mark of Cain” storyline which is where Cassandra’s introduced! Definitely check them out.

Young Justice: No Man’s Land #1 — It’s young justice and just good fun.

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120 — All the bat-gangs here! Plus, good Helena content.

Robin #67 — Dick and Tim make their way into No Man’s Land together.

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #57

Batman Chronicles #17 — Specifically, the second story in this is really good.

Nightwing #35

Nightwing #36

Nightwing #37

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88

Batman #568

Detective Comics #738 — In this story Batman and Robin team up to go against Clayface and they end up making an alliance with Poison Ivy.

Catwoman #72

Catwoman #73

Catwoman #74 — The Catwoman story is just really fun. Plus, Maxie Zeus shows up in it which is always a plus in my book.

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #121 — I can’t in good conscious recommend this as a *good* issue, but it is rather entertaining in a comics sort of way. Batman vs Mr Freeze.

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #89

Batman #569

Detective Comics #736

Robin #68

Robin #69

Robin #70 — The only reason I’m not bolding this is because then I’d basically be recommending all of the Robin comics and I’m trying to hold back at least a little of my biases (I just think the Robin comics are fun, okay?). Anyway, the story in these issues reveals the fact that apparently some of Tim’s old classmates are just hanging out in Gotham’s sewers, larping as their DnD characters, which is honestly one of the more absurd No Man’s Land details.

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #58

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #122

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #90

Batman: #570

Detective Comics #737

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #123

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #91  — The story in these two issues was my favorite in volume 3 of No Man’s Land. You should definitely read it. It’s got everything that really compels me about No Man’s Land — namely people staying and doing the best they can in a city that’s hell on earth.

Batman #571

Detective Comics #738

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #124

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #92 — Superman enters Gotham pt II, this time as Clark Kent.

Batman: No Man’ Land Secret Files #1 — This issue flashes back to the night they blew the bridges. Probably my second favorite story in volume 3, cool stuff with the city itself speaking to some dude. Also, Huntress (my beloved <3) shows up.

Robin #71

Robin #72 —Tim, still recovering from an illness, goes up against Killer Croc. [Also sets up future plot points?]

Batman Chronicles #18

Batman #572

Detective Comics #739 — Jim Gordon, Rene Montoya, and Two Face in a No Man’s Land courtroom drama. Two Face is really good in this.

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125 — Batman and Jim Gordon finally talk. A really good focus on their relationship

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #59

Catwoman #75

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93

Nightwing #38

Nightwing #39 — these two issues have that sweet, sweet DickBabs content if that’s your jam.

Batman: No Man’s Land #0 — The origin of Batgirl!Helena as well as Bruce’s return to Gotham.

Batman #573

Detective Comics #740 — A plotty couple of issues, these set the stage for the grand finale.

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60

Catwoman #76

Catwoman #77 — I’m trying to avoid recommending every issue of vol 4, but these Catwoman issues are just good fun.

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #61 — This has some really nice interactions between Azrael, Barbara, and Cass

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126

Batman #574

Detective Comics #741

Robin #73

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #94 — Minus the Robin comic, these last comics are all the concluding arc of No Man’s Land. The Bats vs the Joker and Lex Luthor.

#comics #reading list #comic recs #long post #timeline #carthago delenda est #no man's land #dc #bats + birds + affiliated

[asukaskerian]

yearly word count - 2022

jan: 5 553 feb: 12 013 mar: 6 430 apr: 4 756 may: 8 320 jun: 5 310 jul: 7 111 aug: 4 768 sep: 6 722 oct: 2 804 nov: 4 207 dec: 5 467 TOTAL: 73 461 AVERAGE: 6 121.75 jesus dick. 2010: 136 235, average: 11 353/month. ... :X :X :X 2011: 167 675, average: 13 973/month. :X 2012: 332 396, average: 27 700/month. eeeeeeee. 2013: 396 917, average: 33 076/month !!!!!!!! 2014: 315 332, average: 26 276/month ... :X 2015: 206 403, average: 17 200/month. 2016: 127 495, average: 10 625/month. >:( 2017: 80 828, average: 6 736/month. .__. 2018: 128 033, avergage: 10 669/month. FUCK YOU 2017. 2019: 159 609, average: 13 300/month. huh! 2020: 105 791, average: 8 816/month. ... hhghhrhhhhhhhhhhhhhh flops. 2021: 101 776, average: 8 481.33/month. =__= 2022: 73 461, average: 6 121.75/month. hhAHHJZVB WORSE THAN 2017 FICS I POSTED THIS YEAR: * Naruto -ABO: Madara/Tobirama/Izuna Cherry Wine sequel: Days on a wire : Chapters 6 & 7 -Madara/Tobirama : forced marriage, gray-ace Tobi : What Brings Us Together (oneshot) -Gen, gem-fusion : match & mix (oneshot) -ABO: Madara/Tobirama: fallout of baby-making drugged encounter : black irises in the sunshine ... wow, zero bleach. weird, because i've been working on and thinking about bleach fic, it's just apparently all been in unpostable bits and bobs. and like seven tons of suburban OT4, which for some reason i STILL don't wanna post until it's complete, never mind that maybe five people will want to read it, it did help a ton re: reordering scenes and going back to add missing scenes and juggling timelines. makes for such a better structured fic, and yet it is absolutely NOT a method i will employ with any other fics. commintssss. *bapbapbap*

#writing woes #asuka writes #sobs

[mygeekcorner]

I posted 14,131 times in 2022

That's 2,917 more posts than 2021!

152 posts created (1%)

13,979 posts reblogged (99%)

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#not me - 1,073 posts

#yes - 942 posts

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#twitter - 713 posts

#this - 675 posts

#fanart - 472 posts

#forever reblog - 468 posts

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Longest Tag: 140 characters

#i'm not actually that tall but my flailing makes me look like one of those car dealer flail things which apparently adds to my height impres

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Chainsaw Man who?

There is finally a new season of this masterpiece out!

89 notes - Posted November 22, 2022

#4

I loved how Tul came over when they were eating being all "oh so this is the really good first year, huh?" and Win looked so mad like "get your own cutie to have breakfast with"

And then he continued on with "it's so rare to see Win actually like someone" and Win is just over there like "thanks man, nice assist, hear that Team? You're special"

And then they cut to Team just looking generally confused. 10/10

91 notes - Posted November 14, 2022

#3

See the full post

97 notes - Posted July 31, 2022

#2

Take heart afresh, dear husband of Madam Mina.

Professor Van Helsing

I can’t believe Van Helsing would be so open with his favouritism, everyone else is “friend John” this, “friend Arthur” that. And then there’s Jonathan “husband of Madam Mina” lmao

145 notes - Posted October 9, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

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That reply though 😂😂😂

219 notes - Posted January 9, 2022

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[as-i-watch]

I posted 5,281 times in 2022

That's 1,875 more posts than 2021!

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I tagged 5,236 of my posts in 2022

Only 1% of my posts had no tags

#one piece - 4,586 posts

#ask - 2,450 posts

#dressrosa arc - 852 posts

#as i watch one piece - 749 posts

#whole cake arc - 736 posts

#monkey d luffy - 681 posts

#luffydmonkey - 672 posts

#luffy d monkey - 665 posts

#one piece sanji - 479 posts

#one piece zoro - 365 posts

Longest Tag: 133 characters

#tho you cant really separate rebecca frol kyros bc his arc is about finally protecting her too so i thinks thats where the issue lies

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

See the full post

2,108 notes - Posted March 20, 2022

#4

What i love about Laws crew is how loud and loving and dedicated they are

And how, no matter his edgy asthetic, Law gravitates towards that kind of people

2,112 notes - Posted June 19, 2022

#3

APPARENTLY SOMEONE ASKED ODA FOR ZORO'S BUST SIZE AND HE FUCKING ANSWERED

110 cm (roughly 43-44 inches) babyyyyyy

2,169 notes - Posted April 3, 2022

#2

Luffy: *locks zoro and law in a grip and runs*

Zoro, experienced traveller:

Law, first time passanger:

See the full post

2,455 notes - Posted February 11, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

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3,080 notes - Posted July 19, 2022

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[littleoceanfairy]

Hate you

Christoffer Schistad x reader (non binary)

Fandom: SKAM

Words: 736

*Trigger warning* cursing, toxic behaviour, "hints" of abusive relationship, Christoffer basically just being mad cause he's a dumbass

"This is stupid. Goodnight Chris.", as you're about to hang up you can hear him scream into the phone. "If you don't open the f*cking door right now, I swear I'll kick it in. I don't care! I know he's with you y/n so stop lying and open the door.", Christoffer keeps yelling and as you get up you pull a blanket around your body to cover up. Speed walking through your apartment you pass the living room where two of your flatmates are laying on the couch, watching TV. "Really y/n. Again? If you don't tell him to stop screaming bloody murder outside I'll have to kill him myself.", with an annoyed eye roll Sille sits up on the couch to watch you open the door. The brown haired boy doesn't waste a second and storms past you, right towards your room.

"Where the f*ck is he? y/n I swear to god I'll kill him and you right after!", he pulls all the blankets off your bed before ripping open your closet doors. "I already said it, but I'll say it again since you apparently didn't listen to me the other twenty times I told you - I don't know who should be here or who you're looking for, Chris.", you close your bedroom door and lean against the wall while watching every move he makes. "Maksim! He is here. I heard him while we were talking.", Chris turns towards you and traps you between the door and him. "I was watching Tv, Christoffer. Alone." you answer him calmly and hold his gaze. "Don't you dare lie to me y/n!", he slams his fist into the wall, right next to your head which makes you flinch. "Then call him! Ask your friend where he is and what he's doing.", you tense your jaw and try to duck beneath his arm to get a bit of distance between the two of you. "Give me your phone.", he grabs your arm and while taking a deep breath you hand him your phone. While scrolling through your contacts he still squeezes your arm, which will certainly leave a bruise. "Why don't you have his number saved?", the brown haired looks at you with narrowed eyes. "Because I don't have his phone number. I talked to Maksim once, Chris. You were standing next to me, at one of your stupid parties!", you try to free your arm out of his grip.

"Are you telling the truth y/n?", the man let's go of your arm and you pull the blanket back ofer your shoulder again. "Why would I lie to you Chris? You know that I would never do something like that to you.", you sit down onto your bed and look up at him while he walks towards you again. Stopping right in front of you he reaches out and cups your cheek in his hand. "I hate how much I love you.", he sighs and gives you one of his signature smirks. "I hate the way that I don’t hate you.", you give him a slight smile and pick up one of your pillows that was laying next to his feet. While placing it back onto your bed you scoot up and lay back down onto the spot you had been on for the whole evening before Christoffer had interrupted your movie marathon. Chris didn't move so you pulled back your blanket to get him to lay down next to you.

With a chuckle he takes off his shoes and pulls his Sweater over his head leaving him only in his joggers. You let your eyes wander over his toned body while he sinks into the mattress next to you, immediately pulling you closer to him and trailing his hand up and down you sides making you shiver. You feel his hot breath on your neck and as you burry your hand in his hair he kisses you. Pulling back you look at him with a taunting look on your face. "With your mouth on mine, there's less bullshit coming out of it.", Chris grabs the back of your neck while guiding you to position yourself on top of him so you straddle his hips. "Just because we’re kissing now doesn’t mean I suddenly like you. For the record, I still hate you.", you smile and Chris bursts out laughing while pulling your face closer again and kissing you.

#Christofferxreader #ChristofferSchistad #Skam #littleoceanfairy #SkamChristofferSchistad #SkamChris #HermanTommeraas #HateYou #Spotify

[leohtttbriar]

To receive the poem from this other direction is to acquire the familiar outlines unfamiliarly, to reconceive their foreignness and difference. Morgan, named "þe goddes," directs an emissary to the Arthurian court to trigger a drama whose intended destination is Guenevere, the secular queen who is the desired audience or reader of its effects. A player, Gawain, is drawn into Morgan's game, under the apparent patronage of the "heuenquene," the Blessed Virgin. In the course of his journey, Gawain's supplication to this Christian goddess for a safe residence in which to perform Christian religious rites, a plaint invoking the personal name of this sacred mistress, Mary (736-39, 754), seems to occasion the appearance of the castle where an aggressively secular courtly mistress (the nameless Lady) resides--the scene for the performance of amatory rites. [...] The end limit of her play is signaled by the Virgin's rescue of "hir knyʒt" from "[g]ret perile." Finally, when the feminine subscript is read to him, Gawain in self-defensive fury attributes all responsibility and power to women, in what is commonly cited as his "antifeminist diatribe," a tirade witnessing the belief that women dominate and shape the destinies of men. [...]

This familiar-unfamiliar story transmits the registers of the feminine text, whose key players are curiously elusive, enigmatic women. Plans initiated by one woman are directed at another, performed by a third, and modulated by the actions of a fourth: read in this fashion, the romance is the theater of its feminine figures, a field in which forces of tension and filiation circulate within a feminine relay. Each woman, moreover, even the most shadowy (the Blessed Virgin and Guenevere, who exist principally as names and attenuated presences), is intricately elaborated in multiple identifications with every other woman, so that a sense of the limits of individual identity is never accomplished, troubled always by the repeated crossing over of division among the women. The result is the emergence of a feminine example in the text of identity as plural, heterogenous, and provisional, elusively reforming elsewhere just as it might seem most fixedly locatable.

"Feminine Knots and the Other: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Geraldine Heng

#thinking also now about how the story of the trojan war is like this distant drama between women #eris and aphrodite and helen and athena and penelope and andromache #medieval lit #literary analysis #sir gawain and the green knight #god also imagine the sapphic tension between morgan and guenevere or EVEN better morgan and the virgin mary

[makiruz]

I posted 15,723 times in 2022

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I tagged 15,021 of my posts in 2022

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#moon knight - 970 posts

#rwby - 965 posts

#au - 935 posts

#the owl house - 810 posts

#star wars - 760 posts

#rants - 736 posts

#my post - 512 posts

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#tumblr - 427 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i have great parents but i don't often pay attention to my own body so i don't always realize i'm feeling bad because i'm cold/hungry/tired

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I have been informed that in the comics Jake Lockley is not the most murder-happy alter, that’s Marc (who apparently once beat a dolphin to death and tried to eat it?????!!!!)

But people stereotype him as such because...?????? He’s a cab driver, maybe?????

224 notes - Posted June 6, 2022

#4

By the way I'm not supporting the invasion, don't be ridiculous; this war shouldn't have happened. My position is that you need to listen to other sources, including RT because you know its biases so you can read between the lines; once you do you realize it's not a matter of the evil Slavs invading an innocent nation.

First off Ukraine and Russia were part of the same nation until about 30 years ago; second Ukraine is made up of actually different nations and diverse groups of people, and some of them are Russian; third the Ukraine government discriminated against those Russian people, I mean come on it's not even a secret!; fourth NATO is involved, how the fuck do people forget NATO when Biden is just giving weapons to Ukraine to extend the war; fifth, yeah NATO and more specifically the USA wants to extend this war at the expense of Europe and specially the Ukrainian people; sixth the Russian people are people, they're about as accountable to the actions of their government as the Ukrainians are of the existence of the Azov Battalion and Zelensky's bs, and the dead ones have nothing to do with anything so all this Russiophobia is ridiculous; seventh, can we stop acting like it's normal to ban a language because it's country it's at war? If that were the norm English should be banned in the whole world; eighth, wait no, I think that's it, in short: it takes two to tango, and USA wants Europeans to freeze to death for the sake of owning Putin

382 notes - Posted November 30, 2022

#3

In all honesty I’m a bit sad for the people liking Ms Marvel uncritically, specially the ones being like “why won’t more people love this?”; because the show is very problematic.

I appreciate Disney finally giving the Muslim community something solid, but does it have to be like this?

Does it have to include colorism? Does it have to have a multiple Indian actors portraying Pakistani characters? Does it have to insert magic/sci fi bullshit to what was a normal human tragedy in the comics*? Does it have to make Kamala’s powers and origin all about her ethnicity even though that wasn’t the case in the comics? Does it have to change the powers to something completely different? Does it have to make the first Muslim hero of the MCU a genie? Does it have to include a group that had absolutely nothing to do with Kamala in comics just because they’re Djinn? Also, does it have to include said characters in name only? Does it have to change Kamala’s family in Pakistan from a normal working class family to rich? Does it have to make the relationship between Kamala’s mother and grandmother strained when that wasn’t in the comics? Does it have to erase the theme of internalized racism and wanting to become white and blonde to fit in into USA society?

Does it have to be like this? Does it have to be completely unrecognizable in a way that flattens the comic’s themes but also hyperfocuses on Kamala’s ethnicity?

457 notes - Posted July 11, 2022

#2

Here’s a newer, better picture of my cat for Friday the 13th

661 notes - Posted May 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The professional opinion of an actual mental health professional on the so called “fakers” is that:

You cannot tell for sure if someone is faking it or not with a 30s TikTok video

People who probably don’t have DID, probably believe they do because they have some other kind of mental illness and need help not mockery

People who actually fake DID are coming from a place of pain and making fun of them is not helpful

Focusing on “fakers” does not help people with actual mental illness and in fact only promotes the stigma

In short, shut the fuck up and promote correct information without undermining strangers online

2,223 notes - Posted September 20, 2022

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[unloneliest]

I posted 13,683 times in 2022

That's 13,180 more posts than 2021!

289 posts created (2%)

13,394 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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Only 48% of my posts had no tags

#tmg - 408 posts

#mcr - 376 posts

#jam posts - 306 posts

#leverage - 302 posts

#trc - 281 posts

#q - 208 posts

#yell - 195 posts

#queer tag - 156 posts

#omgcp - 136 posts

#scream - 113 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#w  last limit of bhakti i know my listening experience isn't the average i just have permanent brain worms about eliot spencer from leverage

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

have any tumblr tmg fans seen the sanguinare speculation? i’ve seen discussion on the subreddit - apparently there were postcards given out at the merch table last night with a qr code leading to this website (front of the postcard was the image from the website). folks on the subreddit are thinking it might be a surprise album drop, especially considering how long it’s been since they last released new music & the original plan for dark in here.

246 notes - Posted May 18, 2022

#4

season 2 eliot..... they put gender in him

285 notes - Posted April 29, 2022

#3

rewatching s3 e1 of leverage is like. top ten pictures taken moments before a disaster (eliot realizing he hasn't escaped moreau's influence over his life and that from here on out he will be living with either the inevitability of the team finding out about his past or the reality of them having found out). rewatching the rest of season 3 is like watching him be put through a slow motion hydraulic press. it's soooooooooooooooo

376 notes - Posted September 11, 2022

#2

listen. i always liked werewolves more than vampires, and that’s because i just never really got the appeal of vampires - i was like, vampire-neutral. happy they existed because i know how much my friends love them. so i’m fairly certain the absolute first thing i said when i surfaced from reading @thebibliosphere‘s hunger pangs: true love bites is “i get it about vampires now.” 

i absolutely did not go into reading expecting to adore vlad as much as i do, but oh my god, is this what enjoying vampires has been like for the rest of you this entire time????? why did nobody tell me! seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i cannot recommend reading this enough, i’m never going to shut up about how much i love this book, & yes, that’s fully with the intent of being a fandom pied piper & dragging you all into this interest with me.

611 notes - Posted February 11, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

for anyone who was missing it: the annotated mountain goats is back online!

for any tmg fans who haven’t heard of the annotated mountain goats before: it’s an awesome resource for lyrics & info on songs, and it’s been an absolute cornerstone of my goats listening experience since i started listening - check it out!

736 notes - Posted February 16, 2022

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[cum-villain]

I posted 18,560 times in 2022

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#shen qingqiu - 736 posts

#mdzs - 697 posts

#fe3h - 617 posts

#oh look an ask - 567 posts

#luo binghe - 457 posts

#shang qinghua - 395 posts

#sk8 - 371 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#before someone says its a rich people thing we saved for like half a year to buy it for his birthday last year and its saved money on bread

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

"What is the meaning of life if not love" um giving me a hundred dollars 🙄

1,392 notes - Posted March 4, 2022

#4

Again. What is happening in every country everywhere.

1,758 notes - Posted July 9, 2022

#3

No but imagine being sqq. You dig yourself out of dirt, introduce yourself as a dick joke, get captured by your disciple who wants to kill you oh no he must be ace oH NO hes been gay for you the whole time, watch your corpse that he's definitely slept with literally, possibly figuratively, be tossed around in a game of hot potato, barely escape by being kidnapped by a snake guy who wants to bring you to hell, and only manage to evade him by going to a brothel and listening to a song about you and your disciple fucking. You have not come to terms with the fact you like your disciple back and are caught up in the tragedy he doesnt have 600 wives. This is only half a volume and happens over the span of a week.

1,872 notes - Posted May 22, 2022

#2

Shang Qinghua is like. He's God. He has the personality of a hamster. He's gay for his boss. His boss is an OC he created that, in courting God, has almost killed God. He can write 10k words in a day and it's shitty porn. His greatest fan is also his greatest anti. He died because he spilled ramen noodles and apparently has the luck of a hamster.

2,240 notes - Posted May 26, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Anyways the queer community isn't just what's on the internet. You'll find transgender people who call themselves transsexuals because that's what they called themselves 40 years ago, you'll find bisexual women who have been in the lesbian community since before bisexual women were forced to make their own community, you'll find gay men who call themselves femmes, you'll find trans women who were drag queens for decades before calling themselves trans women (and still are drag queens). The queer community is big and colourful and beautiful and doesn't have set boxes, and it never should.

21,639 notes - Posted February 5, 2022

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[marsdetective]

12, 18, 20, and 22 for the book ask :^)

thanks!! :D

12. Any books that disappointed you?

not too many thankfully! I think my biggest disappointment was The Lola Quartet by Emily St John Mandel. I've read... 2 of her books? And liked them both, but in this one, absolutely nothing happened. i couldn't describe the plot or the themes. kept waiting for it to get interesting but. it never did.

another one was The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams which... you are already familiar with my gripes with this book. it's a book about books and words, it's got lesbians, there's two timelines that are supposed to converge thematically.... and yet, it goes absolutely nowhere and never ties anything together. and was also written in a way that was so boring! what a let down

18. How many books did you buy?

oh i have absolutely no idea D: I'm gonna run up to my room and try to get an estimate lol.

oh no i've bought around 40. of which I've read about half. blaming the fact that I got a new bookcase last year so I now have quite a bit of space for all of them. one of my goals for next year is to read at least one book I own a month

20. What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Yeah! It was probably A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon and Starling House by Alix E Harrow, two of my fav authors! I read an early copy of adofn right at the end of last year and it's one of my fav releases of the year. I also got to meet Samantha Shannon in Vancouver which was lovely!

And Starling House was INCREDIBLE, exactly my jam.

22. What’s the longest book you read?

Apparently it was Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman at 736 pages! I read it on audio which was 27.5 hours. definitely the longest audiobook I've ever read. Incredible book too, I'd recommend it to anyone interested in activism or queer history!

#asks #littlestarsailor #also i need to add that a great portion of the books i bought this year were secondhand