#i am already so obsessed with this book

[romancefairy]

"Kissing him is profane. It gives me all the horrible satisfaction of smashing a crystal goblet."

— Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

#i am already so obsessed with this book #like omfg stop #this is so beautiful #books #fanart #bookworm #book quote #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #dark academia books #jude duarte #dark academia #classic books #holly black #the stolen heir #tfota memes #incorrect tfota quotes #tfota fanart #tfota #headers #tcp headers #tcp memes #tcp #jude duarte headers #jude and cardan #jude fanart #cardan #high king cardan #jude x cardan #oak

[degreeofdisorder]

small thing about the snippet: i love that it's obvious they're on henry's home turf and not alex's. alex gets like a second of annoyance before he goes full politician smile and complies, henry slightly complies but gives himself a longer moment to be a little bitch about it because it's not like this journalist is gonna say something to the prince of wales, right?

#rwrb livenats #red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #rwrb spoilers #i am genuinely already So Obsessed w matthew's version of henry lmao #I feel like he reads as more of a little shit (which he is but we don't really see it as much bc the book is alex's pov) #(so his reactions to many things are lost bc alex is focusing on himself) ((but not in the movie)) #also unpopular opinion but i lowkey like that nick didn't finish the book #also because he gets to build henry's character as himself and not him thru alex's eyes yk #I don't know #these are big feelings I'm having over a 15 second snippet

[northern-passage]

Hi kit! Any books recs or your favourite ones? I’ve been having a thought time at uni and I need a break

hmmm well not sure what you're in the mood for, but i just read what we fed to the manticore and i cannot recommend it enough!!! it's not exactly lighthearted but it is really touching, approaching environmental conservation and even military oppression through the perspective of animals. i also finally just finished pageboy, which took me some time to read but i recommend it if you're interested in celeb memoirs (emphasis on celeb memoir; while i liked page's stream of consciousness about his experiences, it's very raw and lacking introspection, imo. but still worth a read if you're interested).

otherwise i don't have much to recommend that i haven't already before, i'm trying to really get back into reading consistently this year (and reading books that are actually good lol) a lot of the books i read last year weren't really good enough for me to want to recommend.

but i did really like minor detail, but if you're looking for a break maybe skip it for now as it's a very heavy read. if you're looking for a quick and weird extreme horror book then i'd recommend to be devoured.

i'm now reading i shudder at your touch which i linked a few days ago, i'm about 3 stories in and i've really enjoyed the second and third one (sea lovers was like right up my alley), but the first one is kinda a slog to get through (or not, if you like stephen king i guess)

#im also like 4 pages into house of hunger so i cant really say anything about it yet. but i am reading it #and im reading cobalt red but ive been put in time out by spotify and ran out of audiobook minutes so. i cant read anymore of that #for like 8 more days lol #like i said unfortunately most of the books i read last year simply. were not very good #aside from the few ive already recommended before #its hard for me to say any favorite books bc its been so long since ive read some of these #who knows if they hold up.... #i used to be obsessed with the night circus by erin morgenstern tho. i should reread that bc i dont really remember much #i also always recommend the southern reach trilogy #ask #anonymous

[killemwithkawaii]

Why didn't anybody tell me that, upon the stroke of midnight on my 30th birthday, I would suddenly be struck with the irresistible compulsion to completely refurnish my bedroom???

#k.e.w.k. overshares #*turns 30* ...MY FURNATURE CAN NO LONGER BE PLASTIC #I CRAVE THE FEEL OF WOOD AND STEEL #(and also scented candles... SO MANY fucking scented candles...) #so yeah if anybody has been wondering where I've been for the last week and a half (?) the answer is: #obsessively refreshing the 'free stuff' page of craigslist #scouring thrift stores and garage sales #and prowling the streets of local neighborhoods in hopes of snatching up spring cleaning freebies #PSA: It is the time of year that rich people yeet perfectly good shit on the street #keep them peepers peeled and GO GET YOU SOME SCRATCH N DENT TREASURES FAM YOU (AND ME) DESERVE IT 👀✨ #I already got a book shelf some little knicknack shelves to go on top of the book shelf two cube shelf things and some shoe racks #for like $25 + cost of gas ✌ UwU 🏆 #and now im off to hunt down a dresser because I am an Adulty Adult Man possessed 🤷‍♂️ #Edit to my own unpublished draft: DRESSER AQUIRED (SHES DIRTY AND COVERED IN STICKERS BUT SHES MINE AND SHES BEAUTIFUL QWQ ✨)

[clonerightsagenda]

Honestly my two biggest questions going into the Lockwood tv show adaptation will be

Did they find a way to preserve the humor of the narration in a visual format

Have they Made Up A Guy to give Lucy an alive straight love triangle

#re: the second imo the most elegant option would be aging down that swordsman who hangs out with marissa #idk what his deal was anyway or why he still had the sight #he's already obsessed with them and frankly it's hard to believe a 14 yo has better upper arm strength than an adult man #now a lot of that can be explained if he's being aged to death by the gate #wonder how old the orpheus society members *really* are... #anyway to be clear i don't want this to happen #I just suspect it will in some form and am preemptively making up a guy to get mad at #my mom asked me nervously 'these books don't have romance do they' #and I went well it's mg so it basically maxes out at some implied crushes #I do however have dark suspicions about the tv show #'may your work be turned into a netflix show' <- ancient curse probably #lockwood and co

[13eyond13]

Can I ask your fav death note fics (if you don't mind)? Can be gen or L/Light....

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "13eyond13"?

Yes, I have put my recs into a tag here that you are more than welcome to browse. It might have some other kinds of recs shoved into it (like DN fanfic recs from other people or media recs) - but it's 13eyond13.tumblr.com/tagged/reccs

My URL here is simply a version of the name "beyond birthday" ... I first made this blog when I was in the midst of writing a B-centric fic and got stuck on it. I thought that I'd make a tumblr so I could do more than just creep on the DN tumblrs here (which is what I used to do) and actually reblog some writing inspo stuff and post my thoughts about the series and such. "13eyond13" was just the first thing that worked for me when I was trying to pick a name, and at the time I didn't think I'd actually be talking to people here much. So I didn't put a whole lot of thought into how well it'd work as like... a name that people refer to you as or anything (I think it sucks for that!) But I've just had it for so long now that it stuck and I'm attached, I suppose

#and if you REALLY want to know why B it's because I am also creepily obsessed with L #but yeah like i'd never try to pronounce my url out loud haha #i would be embarrassed to idk how you'd say it #anyways i havent really read new fic in a long time tbh i sort of fell out of doing that several years ago #when i got into reading books a ton #so anything i'd rec would probably be a bit older and already to be found in that tag #reccs #fanfic #ask #anon #p

[whatareyoudoingwithamaserati]

aftg is a series about running and trauma and regressing and healing and becoming the person you never thought you could be and learning how to live comfortably in your own skin again. it’s about committing to the bit and about being a major asshole who has found other assholes and formed a family with them and about several paragraph long iconic roasts and it is about HEALING. AND JEAN IS GETTING HIS TURN. GOD.

#I first read the books when I was in an abusive situation and got to go throigh Neil’s trauma as I was dealing with my own #and now for jean’s book about healing to come out when I am out of that space and have healed……… it is almost poetic. aftg is one of the #only books to have made me cry and I think tsc will be able to make me cry as well #I’m so curious to what Nora has planned. I’m deeply invested already and SO very obsessed. pour one out for USC Trojans #it’s their turn to find companionship and happiness and care. and I hope Jean gets better and regresses and then gets better again #I hope he THRIVES. I hope we get to see stickball lesbians i hope we get to meet more Trojans I hope Jeremy is just as brilliant as always #i hope there is sunlight inside the dorms. sunlight inside the court. sunlight shining on the face of a man kept in the dark #o7 aftg you mad mad series. I love you with all the love my loveless heart can have #cats.txt #aftg is also about the use of ableist slurs which. comes with the books! maybe it’s controversial of me but I don’t give a shit about the #use of cripple. if anything the INSTANT aggression and backlash to the usage warms my heart

[thebeautifulfantastic]

how unfortunate that i have two hyperfixations, several side interests, and a load of homework all clamoring at the same time for priority in my brain

#it’s so frustrating rn because yeah i do have to get some online coursework done so I don’t fail this class #but i ALSO want to relax before to go to bed #so what do i do? #(after i finish another module) #i could start heartstopper season 2 or i could make progress on the book i started today or i could watch a mission impossible movie #or i could watch a greta gerwig movie or i could start that tv show starring rebecca ferguson #there’s no WRONG choice but i want to do it all #& at the same time therefore this feeling that i have to watch things at the ‘right’ time in order to achieve maximum enjoyment #so like. that’s setting me back too because i want to reach maximum enjoyment for all these things #my gut feeling is to just start watching silo since i’m already obsessed with rebecca anyway #and if i watch mission i’d have to start from the first movie which she’s not in (until the fifth movie) #and i’ve been consuming so much alice oseman content lately i feel like i need to take a small break before i watch heartstopper s2 #and my book… well i am in a rush to finish it because i have to get through all my library books before i move #but it could probably wait until tomorrow #idk maybe i’ll watch an episode of silo and then read a few chapters if i’m still awake enough #wow this is such a rambly post i’m so sorry #belle speaks

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I have started making a new playlist (something I almost always do when I find a new obsession) and it’s hard to keep making it because I’m not done with the source material yet and I am not about to search for spoilers so it’s just so much guesswork right now.

#i started reading some new books #i did not expect to get into them because the fans i’ve seen on social media are just like #next level rabid about it but who am i to judge there #and you know there’s another hot male character they love to woobify and that turns me off to a series so fast if i’m not already obsessed #anyway i am actually enjoying the books now and am on the third one and yes i am actually obsessed with him too #but in a chill way because i’m cool obviously #my friend was listening to book 3 on the plane so i bought book one #and now i’ve been reading them faster than she’s listening lol #anyway this is why i have 8 million playlists on spotify because i do this every time #personal

[violetclarity]

no but seriously has anyone else read the Scholomance trilogy bc I just finished book 2 and I am a puddle of emotion

#the scholomance #listen. LISTEN. #I knew the ending was going to Get Me and somehow it managed to do so in a way tthat was both totally expected and completely shocking #thank god I already have book 3 #although I am waiting to start it until at least tomorrow #that's adulthood folks: skipping dinner to finish reading a book but recognizing that you cannot start reading the next book the same night #anyway if you haven't read these books might I suggest...reading these books #and then discussing them with me #just a thought #please #I think you will like them #esp. if you (like me) are obsessed with house proud #just a thought!

[yourtinseltinkerbell]

but... why? like first of all fogg’s never been that kind in his life, and second of all they made a whole song and dance about julia being kept out for time loop/beast reasons. did fogg keep this from jane? because she expected alice to be there, considering that she pushed quentin towards her. or did she know? did they do it because they knew alice would find her way to brakebills anyway, only feeling even more alienated?

#the magicians #alice quinn #as always i am obsessed with the timelines #yes i know it's a book detail but book details should still make sense within the show #also they already changed the reason julia wasn't at brakebills so why keep this one? #1x05

[roobylavender]

i don’t really agree with the idea that ra’s can be swapped out for talia in terms of damian’s upbringing and nothing would change about the story bc he’d be near exactly as abusive as morrison wrote talia to be like.. no.. that’s just misunderstanding ra’s as a character which frankly a lot of people do. ra’s is emotionally abusive but there are still specific patterns to that behavior. he wants the people at his side to genuinely believe in his vision and abide by it and act upon it, it’s far more complex than him being a physically abusive person who would brutally train a child with no remorse or regard for that child’s well being. current canon esp in the last year has led to this belief that talia grew up cold and pressured to take upon the role and be the perfect weapon but she didn’t. she and ra’s were implied to have a relatively fine relationship as she grew up and things only began to shift once bruce entered the picture and became an influence on talia and her loyalties

when the idea of losing talia to bruce began to veer into reality, ra’s became more possessive and insistent in what he wanted talia to do to ensure she would remain on his side. but even then when she ultimately left him for good to move to metropolis the retaliation that ra’s took out wasn’t on her, it was on bruce. he respected her attempts to break out and do something on her own terms, and that’s not to absolve him, i’m simply pointing out how he’s capable of respecting the people he cares about so long as they don’t go directly against him. so when you toy with the idea of ra’s killing damian’s adoptive parents (which is something i believe he would do. they’re an obstacle to his family after all) and thereby choosing to raise him on his own you have to remember that damian is ultimately a child who will possess little to no tangible worldview with respect to what ra’s is preaching (unless his parents are conveniently environmentalists and he’s a genius child which personally is a boring cop out)

so damian is this relatively unexposed kid whose parents suddenly die only for a man to present himself as his grandfather. ra’s pulls the strings to let it all show in the paperwork and damian goes home to one of his bases. and i think the first thing ra’s would do is teach damian about the world. about the way he views it but in the simplest terms understandable to a child. and he would pull damian into this world of scholarship and travel and athleticism not out of cruelty but out of love. bc there is genuine love that ra’s has for bruce and talia even if he eventually abused it. he was overjoyed when they were going to have damian. and he can still be overjoyed and engrossed in the idea of having a grandson to call his own and to teach his philosophy to even if ultimately what he would be doing is projecting his own desires onto damian. he can hope for damian to be the one person in his family who stands by him and understands him and follows him and it can be tragic bc we know his worldview is ultimately wrong and what he’s done isn’t right and damian needs to be rescued asap. but it would all be punctuated by love that would frankly be so much more interesting to explore bc the real crux of ra’s as a character is that he is incredibly proud and lonely and loving in all of the most heartbreaking and potentially unforgivable ways possible. he holds onto people too tightly without understanding why they might want to let go. and there’s no better person to explore the breaking point of that behavior through than a completely unaware damian who ends up on his doorstep and genuinely believes he’s going to live with a grandfather who loves him in all of the right ways. and love him ra’s does. just without telling damian all of the ugly truths it took to get him there

#ra’s al ghul #personal essays #i am genuinely. a gazillion times more interested in exploring ra’s as the emotionally manipulative person he is #than as some crazy guy obsessed with immortality and body swapping and beating a child into obedience #like he genuinely is character assassinated a lot and it’s not brought up nearly enough when the storylines with him could be so cool #bc again i keep emphasizing it but i DO think he would love and adore and poor everything of himself into damian #but it wouldn’t change the fact that it would all be backed up by a lie #it wouldn’t change the fact that he would be hiding damian from his own parents #it wouldn’t change the fact that rather than trying to make amends with bruce and talia he would look to a child to give him solace #it wouldn’t change the fact that when damian finally found out the truth he would be devastated #bc ra’s could be someone he genuinely grows to love. and all of it would be mired in lies #idk it’s just. way way juicer to me than your standard omg let’s train damian to be a super soldier 🤪 shtick #damian in general to me is boring sorry we’ve already established this he really is just my oc atp #i should clarify i mean this as a concept like who he was created to be. it’s boring it’s racist it doesn’t capitalize on the lore etc #but i mean i have no regrets about that bc my take on him is informed by what the al ghuls are actually like. not character assassination ☺️ #the al ghuls are genuinely so cool and people’s criticism of morrison should extend to the way their lore was bastardized as a whole #if we are being real. like everything he did with utterly bland utterly boring utterly unimaginative #and i want batman fans to FREE themselves. go back pick up a book from the 70s or 80s it’s just #so much more fun and anointed with depth. bride of the demon literally apex of ra’s characterization #along with that one batman chronicles issue eight story the prison #he’s soooo complex like do i think he /deserves/ forgiveness no but bruce and talia do ultimately pity him in some form #and if there was a way to make him powerless and keep him alive and change him they would pursue it #anyway i am getting away from the point here ig what i am trying to say is the al ghuls are packed with so much love and more writers #ought to explore it. instead of making up fucking. demon magic lore or whatever the fuck #like they’re already fucked up in so many ways idk i genuinely don’t believe you need to add to the pit lore to explore them as people #i just realized the stories i recced for ra’s characterization are from the 90s lmao. oh well. they still banged #talia al ghul #damian wayne #dc

[kuuyandere]

hi, aidoneus!! how've you been?? i hope well? i was curious — do you have any book recommendations? your tone is very articulate and distinct (positive). i just got the vibe that you might be well versed in your literature (although, i could be completely off, so forgive me if i am!!) because of that.i hope you have a wonderful day!! :)

I have been tired, but alright for the most part. And I’m glad you enjoy the writing style (I get teased for sounding like an old man haha), thank you. I wish you a good day also! Have you been well?

I do enjoy literature, and I wish I read as much as I used to. My knowledge of good/popular new releases is abysmally out of date, so I would have to ask my darling if you have more contemporary YA romance tastes. You will have to be more specific about what kind of books and genres you are interested in so I can provide more tailored recommendations. I have too varied and too many favourites to provide general suggestions.

#your yandere #aidoneus asks #Currently I am obsessed with Les Misèrables- I am part of an online book club (of sorts) and everything #I'm at one of my favourite parts (Madeleine era my beloved) and reading it is probably my primary source of joy at this point #I can go on so many analysis rants about Jean Valjean and Javert (the emotionally constipated old French men) #I’m also in the middle of The Count of Monte Cristo and Dostoevsky’s ‘Demons’ #I do not recommend reading so many books at the same time #It is only because my small library does not have much Russian lit so I have to request it from the closest city which takes ages #I am in a 19th century literature phase if that is not already apparent

[rillabrooke]

thinking about how i want to write again and read a million books and play ts4 and finish my piano duet arrangement and work on my percussion ensemble project and cross-stitch and and and but i only have the energy capacity to work on one project at a time and by the time i finish something (or just make progress cuz let's be real, when was the last time i finished something), i don't have the stamina or momentum to work on anything else so i just lull in a state of inertia.

#rilla.txt #dl #i am finishing a book today - that is non-negotiable #after i finish that book i am going to do something with my hands - idk what yet but it will be SOMEthing #i might cross stitch while listening to an audiobook of the hobbit which my roommate found and really liked #then I'm killing two birds with one stone cuz I've said I'd read the hobbit for 3 years straight now. and I'm yet to read the hobbit. #but i also have to keep in mind that I'm starting another semester of schoolwork and i won't have time to do much at all #i love math - i really do - but i don't like the amount of time it takes to learn a whole new class of math #part of the reason i liked calc iii so much is that it built on stuff i already knew. it was mostly piecing things together #instead of starting from scratch. but I've been in starting from scratch territory for a while now and I'm getting tired of it #cuz it takes so much time (not that calc iii didn't take so much time but at least i enjoyed it a lot more) #there are many benefits to studying as obsessively as i do but it comes at the price of ALL MY HOBBIES

[wraith-demjin]

I just started rereading The Foxhole Court and it's so comforting I can feel myself relaxing and my anxiety decreasing I can't believe it took me this long to reread it

#that's probably concerning considering the book #aftg books are currently my biggest comfort books #im reading them even though i havent read in so long because depression sucks and makes fun things into impossible tasks #but im happy #i cant wait to be even more obsessed as i continue to read #i love their interactions #andrew and neil and neil and kevin are so funny #and andrew and kevin #its so much better rereading because i understand and so i just get to enjoy how funny and messed up they are #also i forgot what medicated andrew is like #andrew minyard #neil josten #kevin day #aaron minyard #nicky hemmick #i am not looking forward to more of nicky being creepy though #he gets so much better in the other books #and wymack already adopting neil #he has a new child and we love it #dadmack #david wymack #coach wymack #i always wonder how nora came up with all of this like jesus christ #is she okay #nora sakavic #the foxhole court #all for the game #aftg #wraith has escaped isolation

[pixieonshrooms]

oh my god i am currently reading mistborn and i cant.

this is one of the best books ive like ever read

#im still on book 1 #the final empire #but waw am i obsessed #vin and elend #damn #their ALMOST firsttt kisss #AND THEN HIM SENDING SPIES AFTER HER #I cannot wakt for him to figure out she is mistborn #fuck am i in love with that book #dont get me started in the magic system #or the little stories such as the diff religions #so wholesome #mistborn #mistborn spoilers #kinda #on the magic system* WHY CANT WE EDIT A HASHTAG WE’VE ALREADY ENTERED