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hell-river · 2 months

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I also read Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry, which is a historical fiction with one of the most heart breaking trans stories I’ve ever read and Parry somehow also made it a happy ending? This book made me stare at a wall for five real life minutes. It was one of the most well done multi-pov/multi-plot-becomes-one-plot books I’ve ever read. The vibes were incredible, the characters were incredible, and I really don’t know how it doesn’t have more of a following. Idk much about New York, but Parry’s descriptions of 1890s Coney Island and New York made it the absolutely perfect place to set this story.

#I would also heed the trigger warnings because this is also a story about motherhood and women’s bodily autonomy in that era #sometimes it was A Lot but I didn’t find it to be just there for shock value it was important to the story #it was just an incredible story I’m so glad I picked it up #my reading #bookblr #church of marvels #church of marvels by Leslie parry #books #reading #historical fiction #Coney Island #new York

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readingoals · 10 months

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This book has been sitting, unread, on my shelf since whenever The Night Circus was doing numbers on tumblr. I think I picked it up cause it gave off similar circus-y vibes but, actually the circus aspect is a lot less prominent in Church of Marvels. Which isn't necessarily bad but definitely wasn't what I was expecting.

Here's the thing. I enjoyed it, as I was reading it. The start was a little slow but once the four characters started meeting and their stories started to intersect, it picked up. Parts were a little convoluted or confusing but the plot was interesting and I liked the characters well enough. But only while I was reading. It just didn't really hold me. I'd finish a chapter and not feel much inclination to read another. I put it down and didn't think of picking it up again for two days. And then when I did go back I was like oh this is good actually! Until the next time I stopped.

I don't want to spoil anything in case anyone is planning to read this soon but I will say there was an unexpected queer storyline which might have been the most interesting part. I'll put a bit about that under the cut for those who are curious and don't mind being spoiled but, from what I can tell, own voices reviews have been pretty favorable, so theres that. It is set in 1895 and the four main characters are working class minorities (3 women, and a dark skinned man) so they do go through Some Shit but for the most part it felt realistic to the setting, if a little amped up in some places to increase tension and drama.

But, yeah, I just. I can't tell if I liked it that much but I also can't pinpoint exactly what was wrong with it. I think partly it was my preconceived notions of what the book would be (aside from the circus thing i was expecting it to be YA which it very much isn't), but maybe it's partly just not written as well as it could have been. I'm giving it 3 stars, though I may drop it to 2 depending how I feel about it in the next few days.

For those curious and prepared to be spoiled:

one of the women is revealed to be trans as like the big twist in the last third of the book. It took me by surprise although, when I thought back, there were a lot of clues and hints so it might not have been as surprising to others. And I think it was done well, especially in period accurate explanations/discussions of passing (mentioning the type of corset she wore and how she knew where she'd be safest when out in the city and things like that)

There are some descriptions of how she was kicked out of home and how she got into sex work to survive, which included dealing with a lot of physical abuse. And she is sent to an asylum - it's where we meet her - which also includes some traumatic shit, but again that is historically accurate.

#booklr #church of marvels #leslie parry #brigid speaks #read in 2023 #book update

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annabelle--cane · 10 months

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I like the subtle world building implications in the differences between the usher foundation and the magnus institute. if the usher foundation and the magnus institute were meant to be direct parallels to each other, then the usher foundation would have been established in like the 1870s in boston or nyc, but no, it's in dc and was founded no earlier that 1955, and that gives me less "old respectable academia" vibes and more "insane reagan era project comissioned to weaponize the supernatural in the cold war that didn't work but was never officially shut down."

#tma #marina marvels at life #some types of statements that I think the usher foundation has:#stories about cults and churches that are all incredibly fucked up but only about 10% of them are actually paranormal #area 51 alien sightings (all of these are false and/or true but mundanely explicable)#lotta nuclear power ones that adelard dekker spent weeks of his finite mortal life poring over #bigfoot (these ones are real)#corruption statements about rats in nyc

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yuhi-san · 3 months

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you know what the blood gulch chronicles are so fucking funny. the first few episodes is just a bunch of idiots shit talking. absolute useless nonsense.

but its not random rubbish being thrown around. the conservations, as ridiculouse as they are, have a flow. You can actually follow how you got from a to q, even if just looking at a nd q seperately is like, how the fuck did that happen. every comment bounces off of a previous one.

red team trying to name M12 LRV. its just gold. the bickering. simmons being the one not believing that pumas are a real animal. how they keep roasting grif for 'making up animals'.

the way the lines are delivered. it's hilarious.

#grif not missing a beat when he deadpans 'a walrus' is still sending me #say what you will but the voice acting in rvb has always been stellar #oh churchs screeching #every dialog they are having is just gold #¨the characters are aware that most their conversations is just malarky #but its not done in a over the top marvel way of #oh they know they are being hilarious little shits #they are just like that #red vs blue #rvb #listening to the episodes at work and stuff is funn but it does mess with the tone of my writing oh boy

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calkestis · 2 years

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MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL Season 1, episode 13 | “Daredevil”

#matt murdock #daredevil #marvel #mcu #daredeviledit #marveledit #mcuedit #userelio #useremi #userxoames #xuserannie #tuserpolly #tusercora #userbaz #mine #take me to church cause that last gif put thoughts in my head #*

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marveltournaments · 5 months

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#marvel #marvel comics #marvel 616 #monet st croix #m #penance #samuel chung #blindspot #x-corp #church of the sheltering hands #avengers unity division #weapon x-force #x-men #hellfire club #x factor investigations #generation x #polls

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wolfpup026 · 2 years

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L’ange du mal

Fanart for a white demon love song by officecowboyy on ao3! It’s a victorian vampire hunter AU story and I love it so much

#loki #mobius #lokius #marvel #mcu #fic rec #took some creative liberty on mobius' outfit because he's not actually a priest in the fic but i couldn't resist #l'ange du mal is a real statue and there's a hilarious story behind it #a church commissioned a sculpture of the devil but when it was done they were like 'he looks way too hot' and removed it #then they got the artist's brother to make another one but it's just as hot imo #my art

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mutants-r-us · 2 years

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time to pull out all your fleabag jokes

#marvel #daredevil #she hulk #she hulk spoilers #matthew murdock #jennifer walters #avengers #could just imagine matt asking hen to go to church with him #or just telling her hes catholic #i need this conversation #i need it #whats their ship name #matt/jen #darehulk

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mizzarh · 5 months

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Matt Murdock

#Matt Murdock #Daredevil #sketch #Rewatch #Is it weird that one of my favourite things about dd is how matt always ends up bloody and self-loathing on a church floor #He’s such a dramatic little goth <3 #You go live your best life babygirl #Charlie cox #fanart #digital art #marvel

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comic-art-showcase · 7 months

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Sandman by Wilfredo Torres

#wilfredo torres #sandman #thomas haden church #spider-man 3 #sam raimi #marvel #ditkoctober

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fruitsaladc0wboy · 10 months

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I think the thing a lot of people are misunderstanding the “everything post s13 is just a simulation run by epsilon” thing is that like. yes it’s just a simulation but it’s also a probable future of something that COULD happen to the reds and blues. like I feel like the route they’re taking is less “none of this matters anymore because it wasn’t real lol” and more “here are some more things that COULD happen to the reds and blues but there are also a million other adventures they could hypothetically go on and it’s up to you to decide what’s real” so really everything post 13 is as canon as you want it to be. I could be totally wrong but that’s just the vibe I got from the trailer and also my own wishful thinking

#im also totally fine with those seasons being retconned personally but this is like. my ideal rvb ending LMAO #also consider the fact that it is extremely funny that zero is now canonically church making a marvel movie with his friends #bc he thought it was cool #zero is now equivalent to the sarge movie from the psas. and I think that’s beautiful #rvb #red vs blue #babble bee

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once-upon-a-january · 1 month

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Hi everyone, hope you’re doing well.

I’m a medical student in NYC, and I’m really struggling right now in terms of money; both my family and myself are in a lot of debt, I’m not eligible for FAFSA, and I don’t even have enough money to buy a $2 drink. My food may run out within the next few weeks. I don’t know of any pantries I can visit or any government benefits I would be eligible for.

I know the economy is hard for everyone right now, and I feel a lot of shame in asking this. But please, if anyone has even a little bit they could spare, I would be beyond grateful.

I don’t have cash app (it doesn’t work with my bank), but my Venmo is @chi_s_o_u_2229.

Please and thank you very much. I’m very appreciative for any support. 🙏🏾

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camyfilms · 1 year

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NO WAY HOME 2021

I've watched you from deep behind Norman's cowardly eyes, struggling to have everything you want while the world tries to make you choose. Gods don't have to choose. We take.

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vintageseawitch · 1 year

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watched the extended edition of No Way Home and-

THERE'S A DELIGHTFULLY AWKWARD ELEVATOR SCENE

with my precious bby Otto up front 🥺

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ominouspositivity-or-else · 4 months

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A CHILD IS BORN, A SON IS GIVEN! GOD HAS SO LOVED THE WORLD!

#MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS #i was sitting in church today and marveling at the love of God #what wondrous love is this oh my soul #what woundrous love is this that caused the lord a bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul #im obsessed with Jesus im obsessed with the love that he is #like whom all the world cannot contain was a child so small his mouth could not form words and his hands were clenched into little fists #his legs were chubby and his mama kissed his forehead #the hay was itchy and he probably made a couple whiny baby noises #those adorable infant cries that yank at every heartstring #all for me #God did not need to become a man #God did not need to become a baby #but becasue he loved me he was once a newborn #because he loved me he was once 2 years old and crying skinned knees #because he loved me he was once my age #God is love #the love is Jesus #what wondrous love is this #catholic things #merry christmas!!!#christmas

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marveltournaments · 5 months

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#marvel #marvel comics #marvel 616 #edwin jarvis #samuel chung #blindspot #avengers #church of the sheltering hands #polls

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