#i dont really care abt book covers

[elliereject]

ifhy .1

* in which ellie’s obsession relationship with you begins to sour as your romance with your new boyfriend seems to flourish. it seems she’ll stop at nothing to ensure your happiness, (which you’ll find with her, obviously) even if it means hurting you in the process.

* lowkey obsessive ellie, (I LIKE EM’ A LITTLE CRAZY!), angst + comfort (next chapter(s), infidelity, unrequited feelings yet also mutual pining (just read it like, idk idk I forgot how to do these),lmk if I missed anything!

* im back, ok not really this has been rotting in my drafts forever and I was reading it back and I was like damn I lowk cooked with this. It’s unfinished as of RN but this is only 1/3 of the fic im just splitting it up so u don’t have to wait months,,for it..like my other fics..DONT ASK ME ABT THOSE, cuz I don’t got an answer. IN THE MEAN TIME ENJOY THIS! <3

* mdni (but like if u do wtvr, nothing crazy happens in this chapter)

wc ~ 1.6k

pt. 2 here

Ellie Williams fucking hated you.

Surprisingly, she didn’t at first. In fact, she was in love with you, bordering infatuation.

She had seen you for the first time at the local bookstore before the semester started, you were flipping through a book about time and relativity with a concentrated look on your face. She smiled to herself when she saw you push up onto your toes to reach for another book but to no avail. She took this as an opportunity to walk up to you and reach over your head to grab it, making sure to flex her lean, tattooed arm before placing it in your hand.

Her jade eyes locked on yours and your face heated immediately, you mumbled a “Thank you.” Before scurrying past her to the checkout.

Imagine her surprise when on the first day of classes, she walks into her astrophysics course and sees you, doodling in your notebook with that same concentrated look on your face.

Of course, she sits next to you, flashing that charming smile that has sweat gathering at your hands. She tells you her name then asks for yours and learns about your major, favourite course, and how you’re staying in a little apartment just outside the campus before more students and your professor filed in. You didn’t know why but you just felt so comfortable telling her things, She laughed at your corny jokes and made even cornier ones, and she admired the doodles that covered your notebook and the little duck pen you used.

You didn’t want to speak too soon, but it was safe to say you were harbouring a tiny bit of a crush on her.

Ellie on the other hand, was completely ready to admit it. She felt her love for you grow each second she was around you. Your smile quite literally felt like the sun shining upon her, your laugh made her want to drop her studies of space to pick up stand-up comedy just so she could make it her job to make you laugh. In her eyes, everything you did was perfect. Her thoughts were completely consumed by you, you, you.

And for a few months, things were amazing! You had been introduced to Dina and Jesse and even spent Halloween hanging out with the trio watching horror movies and eating each other's weight in candy. When the holidays rolled around you and Ellie, along with the others, cozied up under some blankets and made fun of cheesy Hallmark movies while she tried her hardest not to interlock her hands with yours even after your pinky brushed against hers for the sixth time.

During finals, Ellie and you organized designated study days that usually ended in giggling at stupid memes on each other's phones or late-night food runs. Of course, there were lingering touches and flirtatious glances here and there but you were too shy to act on it and Ellie would rather die than make you uncomfortable so she kept you just at arm's length. Besides, she knew you were too timid to approach anyone else, so in a way she had you all to herself.

Then, you met him. Some motherfucker whose name she didn’t care to remember. However, she did remember the innate feeling of anger that surged through her body when you gushed to her about him and how he was a history major and the way his glasses framed his face perfectly and whatever the fuck else you found interesting about him.

She nodded and laughed and smiled along with you when you would drone on about him but would excuse herself to the bathroom to tend to the crescent-shaped wounds in her palms from digging her fingers into them so hard.

She tried her best to not show these negative emotions to you because she knew how much you didn’t like when she got mad but fuck was it hard. Especially that one night when you were out with him and you hadn’t replied to her texts in over 5 hours. Man did her drywall take some damage that night.

And when you finally did reply you had completely disregarded her message and went on to boast about the time you had and how gentlemanly he was. All she could do was reply with a dry “sounds like fun🙂” before she went back to throwing a tantrum around her room and tormenting that poor wall…she’d have to remember to buy some spackle before the end of the semester.

Then, there was the time she trekked over to your apartment with some pizza for a surprise movie night and saw the bouquet placed in front of your door. She set the box down to pick up the flowers and read who it was from, her body reacted before she could rethink. She tore the flowers from the beautifully wrapped packaging and stomped on them over and over and over until all that was left were broken stems and tattered petals.

Thankfully, you got home just a few minutes later and missed her outburst. You gasped when you saw the smashed flowers and asked her what had happened, she shrugged and lied easily, claiming it was like this when she got there. She let out a breath when you shook your head and sighed, saying it was probably your next-door neighbor who had always been a bit of a grouch.

She had genuinely thought she was doing a pretty good job of hiding her true feelings for both you and him but it was when you gleefully announced that he was officially your boyfriend she knew she was done for. You squealed and pulled her in for a hug but it felt like her heart had shriveled up into a clump of black coal and woosh like magic, her love for you had turned into something twisted, something possessive.

It was when you invited her over to your apartment to eat dinner with him that she had started considering the idea that you knew she had a crush on you and you were just fucking with her emotions for fun.

How could you start dating, let alone seeing some random ass motherfucker when she was right here! She knew she could treat you better than he could even dream of, she knew everything about you and she’d make it known to you how perfect she was for you, one way or another.

That night at dinner she sat uncomfortably as you fluttered around your tiny kitchen, adding last-minute touches to the spaghetti you made and despite the grumble in her tummy it felt like she had no appetite when she watched the hungry way he looked at you, as if you were a juicy steak and he was a starved wolf.

Once you were finished plating the food and placing it on the table you sat down eagerly and tried your best to mediate the obvious tension.

“Soo uh, Ellie, you’ve been really into watercolour recently right?” You beamed.

“Uh-huh.” She said dryly, twirling her spaghetti around her fork.

“Oh that’s cool, you know watercolour as an art form has been around since Egyptian times! It’s funny to think that like—Cleopatra was painting with water and grapes or something!” He spoke and you giggled like it was the funniest joke in the world. She shot you a look that said really? because she knows she could make a joke that was way funnier, and would expel your real laugh.

“That’s cool. You know how to shut the fuck up?” She mumbled into her bite of spaghetti.

“Sorry?” He asked and you gave her a sideways glance.

She smiled tightly and swallowed before answering, “Just said that’s cool!”

Dinner dragged on as he droned about the history of the Renaissance or fucking Christopher Columbus, she didn’t actually know, she tuned him out. After you cleared the plates, you ushered them into your cozy living room for a movie and when you excused yourself to the bathroom she plopped down on the couch next to him, subtly pulling out her switchblade.

“So, Kevin—“

“Actually my name—“

“I don’t give a fuck what your name is, matter fact I don’t give a fuck about you in general. What are your intentions with ★?”

The man tensed up as Ellie expertly spun the blade around in her fingers.

“Uh—I mean, she seems cool and dating her has been pr—“

“Cool?” Ellie scoffed, “She’s fucking perfect, and I hope you know whatever you have going on with her right now? It won’t last. Soon she’s gonna see you for the limp-ass motherfucker you are.”

He was taken aback, “What?—I’m sorry, did I do something to offend you?”

“Your whole existence offends me.” She rasped, inching her blade closer to his neck. “She’s not meant to be with you.”

He furrowed his brows, “You like her, don’t you?”

Ellie rolled her eyes, “You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.”

Before he could reply you were back from the bathroom and she slipped her blade back into her pocket and got up with a firm grip on his shoulder.

“What were you two talking about?” You asked as you grabbed a bag of chips from your small coffee table and tore into them.

“Oh you know, girl talk.” She smiled, digging her blunt nails into his shoulder. Translation: don’t say a fucking word.

You rolled your eyes playfully like you even had a clue of what was going on, “He’s not a girl, dumbass.”

She shrugged, stepping away from her previous seat to plop down on the other small sofa.

The rest of the night proceeded relatively smoothly, your boyfriend had been so shaken up by Ellie’s words that even with you sitting next to him he kept his distance with worried glances toward Ellie now and then. Ellie crunched on her popcorn happily and watched the movie with a satisfied smile and a chipper aura.

— ★

🤔 shall I put out the second part? only time (and interactivity! 💝 pls don’t let this flop) will tell!

#ellie the last of us #ellie tlou #ellie williams #ellie angst #ellie au #ellie fic #ellie fluff #ellie smut #ellie x reader #jealousellie #tlou fanfiction #tlou

[lokisgoodgirl]

hi babe <33

let me tell you a very funny (slightly embarrassing) story that happened last week!!

so i was helping the english department at my school clean out their big and very outdated literature study books bc im best friends with all of them duh

anyway . im casually oohing and aahing at every book i see and stealing whatever poetry book i can find that they dont want anymore

until i come across this small pocketsized book! its teal and the spine is cracked and from afar the big S on the cover and the teal colour makes it look like fucking. Shrek. so naturally i was like ???? A SHREK PLAY???

and so i picked it up bc a gal got curious!! and i look closer and it turns out to be Henry IV part 1! and bc i cant keep my big mouth shut i yelled "OH M GOD ISNT THIS THE TOM HIDDLESTON PLAY???" and the entire office went. Quiet.

And they all turned to look at me. mind you these are women who ARE in Tom's age range so they pretty much grew up with his work!!! and ofc they KNOW him its tom hiddleston. and one of them was like " the??? the tom hiddleston play??" and trying to save my dignity (not that im embarrassed but also kind of) i was like yeah ? didnt tom hiddleston play in this?? to try and keep myself casual like no what im not an obsessed fan hello im So Normal about him!! i could feel my face burst into fucking flames bc how do i explain to these women that im obsessed with his work while they look at me like they know I read fanfiction (like THEY DONT. THEY DO. I KNOW THEY DO. BC THEY ALWAYS MENTION IT.)

and so then. the entire fucking department spent the day picking up whatever stupid Shakespeare book they can find and saying really loudly IS THIS A TOM HIDDLESTON PLAY?? and i guess they ALL assume now the ONLY WAY I KNOW ANY ENGLISH LITERATURE is through Tom Hiddleston.

absolutely embarrassing. but i got to keep the book so WHATEVER.

but oh my god i think a part of my pride died that day. it was REALLY FUNNY but oh my god. no i DO know english literature i JUST HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT TOM HIDDLESTON PLAYED IN A FEW OF THEM!!! leave me ALONE.

i cannot believe i had to out myself like that. no actually i dont care but its the fact that these women KNOW the sort of stuff going on out there i am 90% sure some of them HAVE WRITTEN FANFICTION BEFORE and i had to sit there and act like i didnt just finish reading the most filthy panty melting smut of some tom hiddleston character. like hello. oh my god. it was funny but also horrifying.

anyway so now the whole department knows me by association to The Tom Hiddleston Play and a) oh my fucking god but b) cant help but giggle a little if they MUST know i AM Crazy abt him and his work idc WHAT they say (they act like they dont have friday movie nights where they watch whatever play he's got.)

anyway. the end.

This is the stuff life is made of 😆❤️ I was laughing and cringing along with you omg. So funny🤣

"IS ✨THIS✨ A TOM HIDDLESTON PLAY?!" 🤣

It sounds like they were very sweet and jokey about the whole thing. And yes, fanfiction will be no biggie to them I'd bet😂

It reminded me of when I was casually explaining to my parents why exactly my football-allergic ass was going to Soccer Aid last year with @lokischambermaid - and I fumbled and said "oh, well there's an ac-torr that she and I are fans of and so you know we're just err-"

My Mum, who I have never mentioned TH too before in my puff: "Is that Tom Hiddleston?" 🤨

Me: 😵😵"...yes"

And that was all that was said about it 🤣but she knew. She has eyes. Awkward moments are so funny in hindsight. Thank you for sharing this with me🤣

#funny mutuals #funny asks

[strawbubbysugar]

your writing is absolutely published book-worthy. Sure, it needs a truckload of editing, but all books do! I'm really excited to buy the real copy one day. Are you planning to self publish, or to go to a publisher? Any ideas for the blurb or cover? Can you tell the brainworms have set in?

hgdsfgh I CAN tell!! BUT I LOVE IT!! I edited the intro to the book bc of your feedback & Im very happy with it now :) (also with the 10% getting rid of thing, I feel like im adding 10% more since I no longer have the base knowledge the fandom has of fnaf & I need to explain more things hgfs) I really want to go to a publisher. I think ive got something here thats really good. I dont care abt any money I make from it tbh, I just want as many people to read it as possible! Ive got a few ideas for the cover!! nothing set in stone yet though. I def think I want it to be the front of the park. maybe june standing in front of it silhouetted, and his shadow is Hello's? But that feels too obvious/cliche... As for the blurb, I HAVE NO CLUE ITS SO HARD TO CONSOLIDATE YOUR OWN BOOK DOWN TO A FEW PARAGRAPHS WITHOUT GIVING AWAY TOO MUCH

#ask #so(u)l project

[everythingsinred]

lil musing on natsume + manga

anyway im not mad at the world anymore. i choose peace! let's talk about natsume's manga for two seconds bc i realized just now that @crimoncitrus , @thesightofworms, and i discovered the reason why natsume reads yaoi while we were playing the ga karuta game and i never reported those findings!

its just cuz rui and nobara like yaoi so theres a lot of that particular reading material in the da. natsume loves to read manga so. he makes do with whats around... i love that explanation SO MUCH bc it gives a new dimension to the da class dynamics. natsume hates those two people but is willing to swipe the books they bring to class lmao.

personally i think that explains why he reads so many random things, yaoi aside. he reads sanrio catalogs and books on jam and cooking. idk boy's a bookworm! he'll take anything as long as he can read. kinda like how as a child, if i was visiting my grandparents in serbia i'd end up looking through encyclopedias and shitty mystery novels i probably wouldnt rly consider otherwise bc its all that was available. natsume just reads anything, i guess.

including mikan's anger at mochu here as further evidence that he was able to give a really good gift! in the tokyopop she even accuses mochu of cheating...

for natsume's bday, mochu got him "manga he really wanted to read" and natsume looked as visibly excited as natsume ever lets himself be, probably bc hes happy to be able to read smth he wants rather than whatevers laying around. i know our boy's a special star and probably has plenty of money to fund a manga collection, but he doesnt seem to enjoy going to central town any of the times we see him there and he's usually just eager to leave asap so i dont think he makes a habit of going out of his way to buy manga. plus, i imagine mochu's huge haul for him took time and care that natsume wasn't willing to put in for himself. but mochu cares abt natsume so was willing to painstakingly search for his friend's favorite titles.

i know he usually uses manga to cover his face in class, but that's because he's tired and sick and needs rest. the glimpses we have of his bedroom suggest he reads manga there...

look at those books!

anyway rip to natsume bc his laziness wins over his desire to read something he actually enjoys everytime.

also for some reason despite the fact that i dont rly watch a lot of shounen, i wont be moved on my headcanon that natsume would. my reasoning is.... because.

#i think about natsume every SINGLE day. sometimes i write abt my thoughts but sometimes i cant. #today yall can have ramblings that arent particularly connected.... #gakuen alice #hyuuga natsume #how do i say this..... hmmm #he acts like someone who knows a lot abt naruto and bleach #if that makes sense. i cant be any clearer than that #anyway i was gonna go thru the manga real quick but i dont feel like it lol

[rui-drawsbox]

What's up it's Nazunon again (hope you're feeling good and are healthy and stress free <3)

Bc of the stuff you said in the last post abt having magic being very OP I had a thought about how to make it less OP.

Imagine it only working in dire circumstances (like Yosano's from BSD) so it isn't always an option, or causing severe physical harm to the person performing the magic.

And yes! Nihility/Harmony Nazuna ftw he is the Tingyun/Bennet of Magical Girl Arashi.

Anyway hope you're having an amazing day!

-Nazunon

i officially declare the nazuna nito struggle in this au

first of all. Hi!! Hello Nazunon and Anon!!! and a big hi to @neptunite-stars too cuz we're gonna be discussing their ideas too! im making this a list or im gonna go crazy crazyiwascrazyonc-

Powers! (not weapons, we'll get there later)

First (1) option! Healer! Nazunon says to tone down his healing powers while anon says to keep him op to show the great loss he was in Valkyrie. Gotta agree with Nazunon in this one, even if Nito is only in the final battle, a healer with no restrictions is wayy too op and would make the audience feel like there's no reason to feel worried for the main team, because even if they get hurt they can just heal and go back to work :/

A way to prevent this (using Nazunon's example!) is putting conditions! A few ideas are that he can heal only a certain percent (some bruises will keep hurting and cuts may not fully close) due the stressing situation they are, or he can transfer the bruises to his own body, as a way to represent his caring personality yet tendency to take too much. Orrr following Yosano's(BSD) powers as example, he can heal others while hurting them, directly contradicting his personality and making him reluctant to use his powers unless is strictly necessary (kind of -1HP but +5HP per hit lol)

2nd option! Support! Can buff his ally or debuff the enemy, or mabye both, idk. A buff idea is reinforce the clothes/armor of his allies (+DEF/VEL) or weapons (+ATK/VEL), and for the debuff ma~ybe inflict little but progressive dmg, maybe where whenever his attacks hit will make the enemy feel numb which can make them unknowingly ignore the cuts and bruises others make them.

3rd option! straight up a Tank. Also starting with the Weapons and Neptune's ideas. What's the weapon that would make the little guy a walking menace, you ask? A big pair of scissors is answer! like, almost as tall as him. It *has* to be that big to be used as a shield, and when it's closed it will make the shape of a sword!

Very delicatte looking, but strong metal! It has to be able to cut heads after all hahaha!/hj

Now going back to supports/healers, i've got the classic options, staffs and books.

Needle staff and antique books (yes they're from genshin but i didn't really wanted to design the covers, but you get the idea).

The staff has a little floating threads mess in the center from where i think infinite threads should come out, but for specific purposes, like heal or reinforce allies for his healer/buff thing, or he can stab the needle in the ground to make the threads go for the enemies foot, forming sewing patterns on the ground, keeping them trapped in the place.

And the books can have like a bunch of magic/alien fashion history that Nito has to study in depth to properly cast whatever he needs. Need to heal someone's deep cut? gotta know how to do a medical stitch in detail. Wanna tie up someone? study how to properly make the knots or take the risk of them escaping.

Anyways! Those are my takes for Nazuna's weapon/rol, hope y'all enjoyed it. I dont plan making any of them 'canon' unless i make a poll about it or see a bunch people directly saying they preffer a specific one (probably).

Rui-out★

#rui draw smth #ensemble stars #enstars #nazuna nito #enstars magical knights au #(omg magical girl arashi) #asked the pillow about this a few times ngl. it was pretty complicated to put sense on my ramblings kajdsfs

[furymint]

2023 Creator Reflection

ffxiv.

1. dance me to the end of love

this one was fun! i always like merging a character's outfit with the bg so i liked doing that again. picking the colors for elliots outfit was also enjoyable. ive wanted to make smth w that cover for a while

2. shame was still the tyrant of his life

i only wrote two nol and eli things this year and neither of them are finished. the first was a continuation of a scene where nol kisses elliot against the blue stained glass in his room--i once posted it but then i deleted it bc it made me feel woozy for its allusions to sex. i wanted to rebuild it and take a shot at it now that im comfortable writing n reading sex, but i never got very far. theres actually lots of nice parts! i just like nols dumb angsting the best!

3. valentine

i really wanted to focus on nol's eye here, but also not make it too obvious lol. i used a ps filter like a schmuck but i wanted it to be darker without making it even more difficult to see, so i took away their bodies and limited the colors to make it what it is.

4. amateur cracksmen

the second nol n eli wip, which doesnt have many interesting lines rn, was a raffles-inspired story where eli drags nol as his valet to a rival artist's house and tries to steal back the brooch that he bought from an underground dealer feat. much babbling abt the state of societal responsibility that war is supposed to bring

ffxvi.

1. herz an herz dir

i wrote some reflections about this one already here. i honestly was very (distressed voice) cant believe im writing pure fanfic for the first time in over ten years and lacked a lot of direction when i started bc uhhhhh terence has 8 and a half mins of screen time. i tried to convince myself that it's not much different than me stealing brucemont for my own evil devices, but the unique perspective of seeing quite so much fan content def influenced my interpretation. i wanted their relationship to be much more imbalanced from the get-go initially--dion using his power unintentionally and terence barely passing a thought abt it until later bc he's just so accustomed to obeying--but i ended up giving terence a lot more sway & ammunition in their argument. the breakfast bed thing is also smth im rly fond of.

2. mund an mund

there's also additional meta for this one here. i made a silly doodle abt it also. dion kept picking fights here! it honestly turned out how i expected. when i first started this fic, i was gonna have dion start out right in oriflamme and meet ter and kihel there, but i booted them to northreach so i could have this stretch of conflict. i think it's like. Bad Pacing. technically. if i still believe the conflict introduced in the next chapter is the core one, that is. which i sorrrrta do. but i dont care bc i rly like the visual of kihel laying in dion's lap and getting to put a gun on the wall w ahmed.

3. eines atems

its been two months since the last chapter and this chapter is humiliatingly not written. i have all my scrambled notes and scenes that i jotted down in between the first two chapters, so i have a full direction, but it's been really difficult to write lately. ive been devoting all my time to trying to recoup my mental health and work on my teredio secret santa. ill start next year with this wip as a priority, so for now i only have the photoshop edit for it. kihel is holding terence's hand--it's his pov turn.

overall i didnt like this year very much. i didn't read, create, research or do a lot even though i tried to. i became really disconnected from all of my friends bc im too tired to stay for rp or hold online conversations. at this point, i dont play ffxiv at all except the few times i managed to rp a little. i moved into nanny's house and have my own space, but don't have the presence of mind to do anything about my pc, books, and so on, although i did make a lot of progress rewrapping my books w fresh wraps and some other things. my plans for next year are to reach out to a couple of my friends, build my pc, relearn + rebuild + relaunch my queer lit blog on open source code, survive school, and rediscover the productivity ive lost the past few years.

teredio has helped me a LOT to find community, inspiration, and art in my loneliest year yet. im very proud of my fic and grateful every day to the ppl who have reached out to me about liking it. even if im sorry about my productivity rate in comparison to how many extraordinary writers there are in the ship's fandom, i know i have to be easy on myself to relearn how to write, create a writing schedule that works for me, and stop punishing myself when i cant get the words out.

past reflections:  2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

#ngl writing this out made me feel like #i reopened a lot of grief about my ability to work and create #and i need to walk away from it before i cry even more lol #thank u to my fc for still being the place #i love to visit when i wake up #even though all of us a struggling a lot #with life and ingame motivation #brianna babbles

[book-buni]

rahh im so peeved rn bc this girl in my english class was totally looking down on paperback books VERY DISRESPECTFULLY, saying bs like "hardcovers are better bc theyre prettier" (ummm?????)

i was like "i prefer paperbacks more" super calmly even tho i hate her and she was like "ew no they break easily, i hate how they bend" like mf the bends in their pages are what shows that they lived. it shows that i read them and i loved them.

also i was like "yeah hardcovers are nice but paperbacks are more convenient and comfortable and easier to annotate" and she was like "uhhhh tf who annotates their books 🙄 i would never. thats like ruining the book!"

i got so mad im so mad still omfg

i try so hard to be accepting of her as a reader but shes always so disrepectful of other readers i wish i could kick her out of the community i hate her sm like u dont deserve the label "reader" if you're gonna be such an elitist and pretend to be better than everyone else (when youre literally not!! she doesnt even know who oscar wilde is dammit!!)

ughhh

also i cant believe she even dares to call herself a reader if shes gonna hate on paperback books.... theyre literally books too wtf does she only care abt aesthetics???

i don’t think annotating is ruining the book but i’m paranoid if i did i’m gonna regret doing it 😭

and hardcovers are nice for preservation in the long run but I don’t understand why the girl in your class is being elitist about something that doesn’t even matter as much as what’s inside? (I really like feeling the pages for some reason but also the other important inside is the story of course) hardcovers are so much heavier if I want to read while lying down. i don’t have enough arm strength for that. plus they sometimes have that paper cover/slip thingamabob that I really don’t like the sound of and the fact that I have to readjust the position of the cover thing so it doesn’t completely slip off the book itself - I think one time I actually removed it once though and just put it back on when I wasn’t reading in the moment

and sometimes for aesthetics I don’t like the cover of the occasional book but it’s really not that big of a deal because why am I buying the book if not for reading it without knowing what I’m getting into except that gut feeling that I will like it

also in general if someone is making a super big deal (not a little friendly debate thing) about whether a hardcover is better than a paperback or similar things they usually aren’t people who read as much - but I could be wrong about that

#books #book community #thoughts

[cactusringed]

hi! its t! i hope you dont mind me spamming your inbox abt this, i dont have any other scardubs shippers who i can talk to. you can let me know if you do! :]

youre so right about bdubs not being cruel and calculating enough

just imagine bdubs not quite understanding the weight of scar offering him his life. to scar, it feels like lilacs and poppies and can we still be friends. to bdubs the offer feels like no kill passes, clocks covered in blood, and scar's fire aspect sword burning through his back. salt on top of a ready existing wound

bdubs furious in a way nothing but scars blood on his hands could ever describe or soothe. but he can't do it yet. all he can do is snap at scar about, 'just you wait until im red,' and tell him that hed really appreciate it if scar went and jumped off a cliff or stood on a cactus.

but it all just rolls off scars back like water with a laugh and a joke. it makes bdubs see red, but hes not red. theres nothing he can do to get it through to scar that hes serious

i dont know if its better or worse if scar knows hes serious or not

maybe scar is completely clueless. sure, the ribbing is angrier than he remembers, but the routine of teasing and joking around an anger that doesn't really mean anything is familiar enough. and its not like the world theyre on hasnt made everyone darker, scar's done things to people hes not proud of too

but maybe scar knows. hes not an idiot. its a right there in your face answer that someone hates you when they keep threatening to kill you when they can and asking you to just go die already.

maybe scar thinks he can fix it. even after he makes himself useful to bdubs, dedicates himself and this life of his to bdubs, it doesn't make him any less angry. and i think scar knows that it doesnt, but just cant accept that he cant fix it. cant accept that he hurt bdubs, someone he cares about, so greatly that bdubs hates him and wants to hurt him. wants to kill him. is going to kill him, and no amount of making himself useful is going to change that

either way, whether he sees it coming or refuses to, i think when bdubs does turn red and kills him it hurts the exact same. it stings with betrayal and grief and, worse, the knowledge he deserves it. that he's the villain in bdubs book. that the only redemption hes getting is through death

i cant decide what route from here i like better

1) bdubs feels completely satisfied. the bloodlust in his veins is gone. none of it matters to him anymore... but it still matters to scar.

scar being terrified that even dying couldn't fix things, only to find out that his death fixed things and feeling worse. he pledged his life to bdubs (it feels like im sorry im sorry im sorry) and that means nothing to him.

scar means nothing to him anymore.

scar thinks hed prefer if bdubs hated him still. at least him pledging his life means something then, at least his death means something then, at least this whole situation means more than scar pulling one stupid prank

2) bdubs is still angry

scar thinks it's fixed now, with his death, but hes wrong. bdubs is red, and he wouldnt be if scar hadn't taken his green life

when scar comes back to bdubs smiling and asking if its all even now, bdubs sees red. scar thinking this is all something transactional, an eye for an eye, a debt he can pay off, pisses him off

scar treated bdubs' death like a joke. then his own like a joke. and bdubs decides hes going to make sure scar isnt laughing by the time hes done with him

3) bdubs feels horrified

seeing scar getting torn apart by the zombies was what he wanted. and for a long moment he feels euphoric.

until he realises scar isnt yelling or screaming or anything. just quiet pained grunts and heavy breaths

until he realises that scar doesnt even bother trying to fight back

until he realises the heavy breaths are sobs, and the look on his face is betrayal not pain

he realises just a moment too late and scar is dead. bdubs doesn't even have time to say he's sorry, let alone try and help. all at once scar pledging his life to bdubs feels like when grian attacked the two of them in third life screaming betrayer, his voice so heartwrenching bdubs felt bad for him even on red

scar pledging his life feels different

it feels like an apology, utter devotion to making things right with someone you care for, trust and love built on a pillar of death.

and bdubs doesnt know if he can fix it

Hiii don't worry I love talking to people I just hope u don't mind how slow I can be replying to asks ^_^ hehehuhu my ask box or dms are always open either way xoxo

See your idea of Scar third lifing in and pledging his life to bdubs is to tasty when, well, you take third life into consideration. Scar who knows what it's like to die to a prank but who was quick to forgive in exchange for complete and utter devotion. Scar who believes he can offer the same, and receive the same forgiveness he once gave Grian.

Only to realise he isn't trusted. It's a transaction. The same as a no kill pass. Meaningless unless given value by the person receiving it. And bdubs giving it no value, not believing in Scar anymore, not after he was burned one too many times.

For Scar to think he can fix it with what anyone else would call a 'deal' is an insult, after all the lies and frauds and betrayals - and bdubs, who should be familiar with in-the-moment, hot blooded betrayals for one's own safety - has none of it.

I think he would regret it and feel not only pity but horror, after killing Scar. He'd think of killing Tango in last life, and Skizz in limited life. How even in his rage Skizz offered a fair battle to settle scores. How he didn't afford the same kindness to Scar, whom one could argue pushed Bdubs (and Impulse!) into the zombie horde as a means to self preservation, with the same sort of red hot fear that a boogeyman might have. But whom one could also argue did it out of a bout of sadism and cruelty instead.

It's that uncertainty that hurts, and makes it difficult, in the end, to know if his anger was warranted. It's that uncertainty that makes it difficult to feel true satisfaction as he's torn apart just like he was.

#T anon #Long post

[astronautbatman]

human target #1-6 thoughts

okay this is not getting read by anyone and this came out like 2 years ago but i really wanted to get some thoughts down.

first of all! the JLI timeline in this is somewhat confusing. ted and booster seem like theyre in their in the forties/maybe fifties for ted which seems about right, but tora and guy seem like theyre in their twenties/mid thirties at the latest? the age range isnt an issue by itself bc obviously the characters couldnt have all been the same age in JLI. but the way they talk about their days on the team together, it sounds like it happened a good few years ago so is the implication that tora was in her teens when this was happening? so then why does she look pretty much the same in the photos/flashbacks while ted especially looks a lot younger? and also they do mention her and fire being on multiple other superhero teams before they join the JLI like in the original run so how old was she supposed to be then ???

i feel like this issue is mostly because they wanted tora to be like this younger more innocent (or is she) woman to christopher guests middle-aged cynical man which is obviously a staple pairing in noir writing. but like … aside from the kindof weirdness that dynamic always brings, in this case it also confuses the story a bit. and it’s definitely a departure from the orignal JLI where her and bea are probably late twenties at the youngest when they join the JLI.

which brings me to one of the fundamental issues ive seen people have with this: tora’s character. she doesn’t really fit the femme fatale character but tom king keeps trying to force her into that role for the sake of the crime noir genre he’s going for and it just isn't working for me. more than (almost) anyone else she reads like a very different character than the one established in justice league international. instead of being generally quite open and honest, its implied shes trying to manipulate christopher guest with her feminine wiles (?) or something. which just seems like an odd fit for her character.

the only characterisation that i found more egregious was guy gardner (rip). it genuinely does feel like tom king had heard secondhand abt guys character, decided he was a bad guy (no pun intended) and wrote him to be that in this story. calling tora a bitch repeatedly, basically stalking her and christopher guest, overall just acting abusively towards her. i hate it! who let tom king near this man! never in my life have i seen such character assassination before. i never want to see the words ‘my little girl’ written on a page again.

i also did not really care for the way tom king wrote ted. his character in this can be simplified to just eccentric™️ businessman who talks too much. and is also the blue beetle. its not awful but i feel like it really misses what makes ted a fun character to read. like if you’re going to have so much text on each panel covering up greg smallwoods beautiful art then at least have him make a few jokes? i was also gonna talk about booster gold in this but its gotten wayyy too long so i’ll just say he feels like a bit of a caricature and he is saved only by greg smallwood’s ability to draw facial expressions.

saying all this, i actually have been enjoying this story. i dont understand why tom king didnt just make up a new superhero team à la watchmen and have the story been about them instead of using pre-existing characters whose personalities dont fit the genre. as a fan of raymond chandler’s books i actually think tom kings done a good job of blending the more serious noir influences with the superhero setting whilst still maintaining a consistent tone throughout. and the pacing is really good! it somehow manages to feel like a slow burn whilst having a lot happen over a few days. so its annoying that this story feels a little wasted on the justice league characters and vice versa.

anyways

i’m still kind of torn on this story and if i like it or not. i’m probably going to keep reading bc i’m invested now so if i do i might make a second post for issues #7-12. and greg smallwood’s art deserves its own post with examples so i might do that too when i’m finished with this.

#the human target #maybe some of this is a bit harsh because i am far from an expert on JLI stuff ! #but i feel like i’ve read enough to know that tom king definitely isnt either judging from this #jaws thoughts on comics #btw if anyone does see this and has any thoughts please share !! i would be interested in hearing what other people have to say abt it

[gemharvest]

I'm very scared to give FNaF movie theory videos a chance bc like. The last time I cared abt the game lore was before the Gregbot bullshit and that stuff was kinda my breaking point with the newer (Steel Wool era specifically) games, and I realllyyy do not want to listen to a guy pull the most convoluted ideas from the books n shit as if they inherently mean anything for the movies.

I know the thing with FNaF now is that the plot is basically the equivalent of like 40 shoe strings tied together in the most tangled, impossible to separate knot, and that, despite the fact the books were originally supposed to be separate from the games, both the books and the games inform eachother to an upsetting degree, but like. Fuck, come on man. Aren't any of you tired of the state the game lore is in? Can the movies pleeeaaase just be based on the first three games.

Anyways I'm glad Micheal is not an Afton and has his own shit going on (even if tied to Afton but I was expecting that from the start I think). I really hope that they don't involve the "cofounder Henry Emily" shit and instead there's a different connection to Afton, that or the movies at least don't carry the Henry Emily name over because god would the theories be even more insufferable. (William gets a pass bc his name is cool and yeah ig that's a biased statement. He got his own cover name in the movie separate from the books' cover name so we can just throw away the Henry Emily name it's fine.)

I think if the second movie were to make Micheal an Afton it'd be so disappointing. I like the movies being their own thing while inspired by the first three games outside of references to stuff beyond that. I don't think everything needs to be shoved into the FNaF lore amalgam that constantly makes things more confusing. Let's just have one continuity that's clear that you dont need to force into being a clue at hidden game lore or that game lore inherently means [xyz] for the movies outside of obvious stuff carried over.

#ramblings #oohhhh boy heres the first of many rants #im tired so theres probably a very clear tone of bitterness #i hope when im ready to rip the bandaid off for movie theories that my fears arent proven true #but also the state of fnaf theorizing is `books say this which you can draw parallels to this from the games- #-therefore in the games stuff is supposed to be like this` so i think its reasonable for me to assume people are doing the same with the #movie. sorry fnaf theory makers but god im just so burnt out on the books being used to say xyz thing is now canon #gregbot relied on what were clear censorship cuts removing dialogue referencing blood and injury to be removed #fnafs georg you know? maybe the curtain isnt blue for nothung but you forget occams razor #while i salute headcanons and aus. there is no building blocks for micheal to he an afton in the movies. simplest answer is hes not

[yb-cringe]

Give more roseblings /threat /j

Do you have perhaps some fluff?

fluff! mmm i mean… I’m writing a fic rn that’ll include fluff? if that counts? but if you want Instant gratification;

- Post-Empires roseblings is something i think abt a lot. They’re living in a village floating in the air where Gem impresses locals with fire tricks. She doesn’t wear her hat anymore. A lot to be said w that.

- I dont think either of them were the same after empires. like emotionally and physically. Fwhip was in the center of an explosion. He’s probably got a lot of burn scars and hearing issues. Gem in my mind has never recovered from being kidnapped and murdered, still having scars from that event.

- They’re very different from who they were. But for the better and for the worse. And a lot of days are tough but a lot of days are really good too. Gem doesnt have to run a school, Fwhip is taking it easy, they’re a lot more relaxed.

- A lot of mornings are spent making themselves busy (the roseblings are fast thinkers and intelligent ppl, they want to have things to do) but some mornings its quiet. Maybe it was a bad night maybe not.

- Gem can sit and read in a chair with a blanket over her and scars on full view because she’s not worried about saving face. Violet is outside flying idle circles through the sky. Fwhip is doing a puzzle or cooking or maybe tinkering something for fun this time. just to see how it works.

- It’s quiet, they’re not taking but its not uncomfortable. Its one of those silent mutual understandings that today needed to be softer than the rest.

- Fwhip knits, he forgot how much he enjoyed knitting. He makes another scarf at first for Gem but it continues. He makes the people in the village gloves and hats, sews small stuffed dragons for the kids. Its healing to create something that will never destroy. He makes gloves to cover his burnt hands but he finds out the kids in the village don’t care much. In fact they think its cool, and one time when he’s dropping off a bucket of various colored sweaters, he ends up taking an extra two hours to tell them all stories of Empires and the bravest people he ever met.

- Gem reads, and shes doing it for fun instead of study. She cooks sometimes, though knowing fire magic makes it considerably more difficult. She draws, and over time her skill improves to the point where shes comfortable showing it to others. Sometimes she sits in the park drawing every beautiful thing she can and someone gives her a free warm drink of tea to keep her fingers from freezing. (And one day she draws herself in her sketch book, and thats healing too)

#asks #roseblings #empires smp

[babygirlpontius]

sooo for that jackass writing rq thing 💀💀💀 uhh well today i was feeling a bit meh bc like . overstimulation and stuff, do u think u could write abt how like . idk ANY of the guys would help or wtv (and if u dont wanna write abt that then i totes get it and ill send u another rq!!!)

(hi! i hope this is something like what you were looking for :) also i went ahead and wrote it for dunn bc idk it felt organic to me lmao)

helping with overstimulation (ryan dunn + gn!reader)

It's been a pretty loud day on set, which normally you're pretty fine with, but there's something about today - hours and hours of non-stop chaos, people in your face and a particular stunt which ended with you covered head-to-toe in mud - that's really just a step too far. So when Jeff finally calls cut at the end of the day, you're off to your trailer practically immediately for a long, hot shower and some much-needed rest.

Of course, rest isn't really much of an option in your line of work. You've barely been out of the shower for five minutes, changed into comfortable pajamas and reading a book in bed, before someone outside is hammering on the door to be let in.

You grimace, but push yourself out of bed all the same - you don't want to be rude.

It's Dunn, also freshly-showered, with a big grin on his face. "Hey, Y/N," he says. "We're all drinking a couple and hanging out by the fire-pit, if you wanna join us."

"I mean," you say, apologies ready on your tongue. "I'd love to, but - it's been a long day. I really need some alone-time, you know?"

Dunn holds up his hands like, no problem. "Totally understandable. Anything I can help with at all, or...?"

"That's really nice of you to ask." You shrug, not meeting his eyes. "I don't know. I'm just feeling over-stimulated, and if I went out there now I don't think I'd be any fun to be around."

"Ok." Dunn's brow furrows. "You're drinking water, right? You're not thirsty or anything?"

You nod. "I'm all good on the hydration front." Of course, your stomach chooses that moment to emit a very ill-timed grumble. "Maybe a little hungry, though. I finished all my snacks."

"Hey, I'll grab you something from my trailer," Dunn says. "If that would help, I mean."

"You don't have to do that - "

Dunn waves his hand. "It's nothing. Tell you what, I'll go make that snack run, and then if there's nothing else you might need afterward, I'll tell the guys you're feeling tired, make sure no one else bothers you. That sound good?"

You smile. "That's...That's really nice, Ryan. Thanks a lot, seriously."

"Don't mention it," he says, gives you a little two-fingered salute, and makes an about-face toward his own trailer. "Back in a flash."

You head back inside and pour yourself another glass of water, happy because even if you're a part of the rowdiest crew on MTV, they care about you like you're all one big family.

Which, you muse, you kind of are.

#ik we all cope differently to overstimulation but this is kind of what i tend to do when i'm feeling overwhelmed so i hope its good sdflkjs #i hope your day gets better <3 #jackass #my writing #ryan dunn

[pistolslinger]

Put us in your muses house! is there a specific squeaky floorboard? what does the house usually smell like? is it messy/clean? if they have more than one bathroom, which one do they use the most? list what the vibe is usually like there or any headcanons about their home! [[ bonus: this could apply to pre canon / childhood home, during canon, or post canon! :D whichever one really stands out or speaks to you! ]]

CHARACTER QUESTIONS.

the fahey's farmhouse:

i'm diverging from canon a bit because i don't like that leigh described their house as a cabin/hut. like. colm bought aditi a whole farm, acres of land. there was room and money enough to build her a proper home there, too 🙄 it's a bungalow, built to zemeni specifications and architectural style (open, airy, sturdy, designed to cope with southern zemeni climates). it always smels like jurda, wood fire, and leather polish — it is clean, cosy, always full of light. the rooms weren't enormous, but since colm and aditi had always planned on having lots of kids, there is at least four bedrooms :( jesper's favourite place in the entire farmhouse was the kitchen/living room area, as it was the place he spent the most time with his mother.

the slat, and jesper's room there:

its a dinky room because the slat itself is dinky as hell. kaz pays to keep it heated, and to have clean water run through the pipes (bless him), but that doesn't change the fact the walls are paper thin and the way everyone has to fight for a bed. the dregs learn very quickly that they're not gonna be able to win jesper's space by force, which is why his room at the slat is very near a bathroom, and has windows :) nobody gets in without knocking, because. again. WHO is going to square up to fahey or his pistols (nobody! they all know better). there's room enough for a small bed, his trunk of clothes, a locked chest of his personal items, and random tinier furniture (wash basin, mirror, clothes rack etc). its kept clean because messy spaces always end up throwing jesper into sensory hell one way or another, and more importantly: it always smells nice. 'cause jesper douses everything in nice scents to cover the barrel stink, or he'll die

the van eck mansion:

what else can i say abt the mansion except that its smth out of a fairytale. i'm imagining a dutch baroque design, or smth in that vein — kerch culture values austerity, and dutch baroque (smth most of the civic buildings were built to be in that period) fits p well imo! in the books, it's right on the canal, and the van ecks have a boat house for easy travel, so i imagine it has a gorgeous view of the geldestraat. very selfishly, i like to think the master bedroom (the one jesper shares with wylan) overlooks the canal and the beautiful city view. it's probably polished to utter perfection at all times, and jesper's favourite room has always been wylan's music room — its where they retire after dinner or after a long day. also. i'd bet my life savings on it always smelling like some kind of insanely expensive pot pourri

also general disclaimer: every building listed here has indoor plumbing bcus i refuse to accept otherwise. i do not care about realism. i just dont want to think about outhouses or a lack of flushing toilets/running water. thanks for understanding

#anthcs #OUGH THIS HAS BEEN MY FAV ONE SO FAR THANK YOU SO MUCH #answered meme. #headcanon tag tbt.

[fandommemequeen]

[RESURGENCE PT 2: HIDDEN IN THE CODE]

Gamer: ,,whatd happen? whyd u freeze up?

Hearts: Oh, just a glitch. I'm fine!

Gamer: alrighty, so what were u abt to say b4 u glitched?

Hearts: Um..

Null: [Those glitches don't just HAPPEN and leave the user.. like that. Something's off.]

Hearts: I don't think they were ever this conspiracy theorist-y. What do you think, Moony?

Moonbeam: { Do NOT call me that, Hearts Anon. I could care less about you and your friends. }

Null: [Moonbeam, please. I know you aren't exactly on the best terms with Gamer, Hearts and I, but I sense a disturbance here in my code-]

*Hearts covered Null's mouth.*

Hearts: That's enough, error.

*This caught Gamer and Null's attention. Null's mind wandered back to the previous year's fiasco...

"QUIT THE TOUGH BOOK ACT, STUPID ERROR, MY SENSORS CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT. ->"

..Oh no.*

Null: [Only one being I know of has referred to me like that before, and the implications aren't pretty if it's really her.]

Gamer: u dont mean..

Null: [I do, Gamer. Now, Hearts...]

*Null stared up at Hearts, square in the eyes.*

Null: [Does the name "Fleet" ring a bell, by any chance?]

#holiday resurgence 2k22 #[hearts.jpeg] #[moonbeam.jpeg] #[null.html]

[truthundressing]

Hiii, me again! Sorry to get back to you a bit late I got distracted over dinner with friends!! And definitely not too much to ask I’m always happy to answer!

Anyways, I don’t actually have a favorite thing to cook unfortunately! I don’t really cook atm which is a shame cause I really want to but I get nervous and have to have very specific instructions or else I’ll feel like I’m doing it wrong! Plus I feel quite inadequate/stupid doing it cause a friend of mine cooks and I don’t want them to say anything about it. But ideally I’d like to cook way more often maybe when I’m like home alone so if I mess up I’m the only witness to it.

My dream place to live would probably be somewhere with some land, beautiful landscapes a nice town but not like a city. I think I’d like to stay where I was born to be close to family but afterwards I’m not too sure! Maybe somewhere where it snows!

The last dream I had and remembered was last night, I dreamed my friend was late to work while we were hanging out but didn’t do anything about it just had a little freak out then stayed to hang out.

As for my favorite book I dont think I have one. I think about the books I’ve read recently and none of them really scream my favorite. If that changes I’ll let you know!

Now for some more questions: do you have a dream car? If so, what is it? Do you have a favorite scent/candle? If so, what? What’s something you used to be embarrassed about but no longer are? (If you’re okay answering of course!) last one for now, is there and albums art work you enjoy the most/think is really well done? I’m sorry this is so long, I know it can be a bit much to have in an ask and on a blog so if you rather answer in like a tags post that’s alright! -🤍🤍🤍

hi again !!! no worries i fell asleep anyway zkdjsjsk

awh yayy thats good to know!! i loved reading through ur answers ty 🥰 <33

Dream car: i dont think i have one really :/ i have my license but i only drive when i visit home so im not really that confident of a driver and dont really see myself owning one in the future, like I'd much prefer to use public transport.

Favourite scent/candle: probably mulled wine, especially once it hits autumn/winter bc it feels so festive and home-y

Something i used to be embarrassed about: SO MUCH!! my god i was just a walking ball of anxiety like my whole teenageehood. I think something im specifically not embarassed about anymore is like being barefaced, i used to use makeup to cover up my acne and face moles like every day during school but i simply do nawt care anymore <3 and its starting to become something i kinda like abt myself😊

Album art work: oooh this is such a good question ummm one i love is the cover art for 'You could have it so much better by Franz Ferdinand'

no worries abt being long btw idm at all!!! and i like having these all in one place under ur tag so its honestly conpletely fine🥰

#i get that about cooking btw !! i read 'eat up by ruby tandoh' a few years ago and really helped me get over the fear of wasting food on a #bad meal #idk if its ur sort of thing but its a lovely book regardless <3 #asks #🤍🤍🤍 #hope u had a lovely time having dinner w ur friends btw !!!

[sothischickshe]

book stuff! 5! 17! 23!

5! What was your relationship with books like as a child?

oh super duper positive! maybe especially cos my hearing fucking suuucked?? i think my love of reading was v baffling to my mother haha cos she’s v dyslexic & was constantly told she was stupid & had decided books were not for her (she now loves reading! i can wear anyone down! haha). 

constant library visits were a L A R G E part of my childhood!!! and one of my aunts was a school librarian at a v fancy school so she was a frequent supplier too. and the house was pretty full of random books anyway, so my reading habits were v chaotic, like as a ~7 year old i was swinging from nancy drew to pride and prejudice to those lucy daniels vet books to oliver twist

i was def reading stuff that was probs ‘inappropriate’ for my age (in all senses...smut and extremely depressing and classics and why did someone give me a george eliot biography when i was like 9??) but i dont think it had a negative impact???

17! Do you know any poetry by heart?

valentine by carol ann duffy bc we studied it ad fucking nauseam in school & i’ve taken to my bed by roger mcgough bc it’s been my favourite poem since i was a lil kid & probs i wanna be yours by john cooper clarke cos we studied that in school and ive heard it a lot & patterns by kate tempest cos one time i saw her do it in the woods while i was on acid so it like b u r n t its way in there & whitey on the moon by gil scott-heron bc ive heard it a million times & probably to his coy mistress by andrew marvell bc i think someone mustve challenged me to memorise it like 20 years ago & still i rise by maya angelou bc we read it in school sooo much... hmm. in short: yes, some but generally not on purpose. 

23! Nicest edition or cheapest edition?

well, most of the time i dont buy books they just find their way to me or im allowed to take ‘em, and free is the cheapest of editions and im v into that. they’re often nice editions too though cos they’re old! im not someone who is fussy abt covers or anything (especially cos i dont hold on to thaaat many books myself) & i dont have a problem with mismatched series etc. generally i will just take what i am given

gotta book

#books #i feel like those lucy daniels books mightve been a liiiiil later #my sister was v into them so i'd smash through them too #Strong matilda Vibes #like i would read whatever i could find #no one stopped me from reading penny vincenzi or #catherine cookson or w/e #they did try to stop #me reading twist of gold by michael morpurgo though on the grounds that it was too depressing for lil kids and i was like pff ive read olive #r twist ok #my grandfather did take the pearl by john steinbeck off me for being too sophisticated though?? i should go back to that hmm #poetry #for someone who doesnt think they like poetry i seem to know a lot lmao #the thing is though: the boundary btwn poetry and rap and indeed poetry and music generally is v porous #i spent a lot of time at literary events & at hip hop events and i'd see the same ppl performing the same things at both #so some things im not 100% on whether they are 'poems' but i def know them backwards forwards sideways #if something's rhythmic and rhymes...it'll probs stick #i also know the prologue to romeo & juliet off by heart but that's probs not a poem...? #i dont really care abt book covers #except i had to cover the fire and fury cover with a collage