#im reading the book rn and its so good

[theannoyeddragon82]

wow these bitches are really fucking gay

#this specific comment is directed at hesper and wylan from six of crows but literally applies to any of my characters #*jesper #im reading the book rn and its so good #idk at this current moment if wesper is actually canon but. they are in my head. #can i just say the line #flirting with him(wylan) might actually be more fun than annoying him #is REALLY FUCKING GAY #also ON THE SAME FUCKING PAGE #JESPER TELLS WYLAN THAT HES CUTER WHEN HES SMART #TO HIS FUCKING FACE #so idk how they're not gonna be canon at this point #thank you for coming to my ted talk

[theorahsart]

Fellow autistic ppl- do you ever hyper fixate over smth really, really niche, and then find your brain is just like super tired because there is very little outlet for the niche thing you're super into and you can't really talk about it with anyone?

I much prefer when I'm hyper fixating over smth everyone knows about so I can talk about it more and just literally get it outside of my head haha

#I'm basically really interested in the French Revolution rn #but no one else is #cos it like happemed 250 years ago lol #Im reading a rly good fiction book set in the french revolution #but it was written in 1993 #no one knows about this book #But its so good ;_; its getting so dramatic but I cant talk about it with anyone lol #autism #autism hyper fixation #hyper fixation

[weavingshop]

dreadreaddreaddreaddread (or ; unconnected oppenheimer vignettes)

stigmata: escaping texts ; héléne cixous//warm bodies ; issac marion + oppenheimer quoted in american prometheus ; kai bird & martin j. sherwin//plainwater ; anne carson//straw house, straw dog ; richard siken//american prometheus//unknown//the unabridged journals ; sylvia plath

#go watch oppenheimer rn!!! please #its so good #also go read american prometheus the book its based on im serious #web weave #web weaving #oppenheimer #oppenheimer web weave #cats weavings #i watched it yesterday and i wish i could see it a million times over #oppie weave

[misty-zzz]

do yall ever read a book that you wish had a fandom

to the point of drawing fanart

and the hyperfixation is taking over

#misty’s random thoughts #the book im reading rn is the theif of always #its so good!!!!!! #read it if you can! #please!

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

no by all means keep judging cartoon villains solely by if they get redeemed in the end. i know some of us like to talk about other stuff like characterization or entertainment value or nuance as something that makes a good villain. but i think the only thing that actually matters is if the villain ends up on good terms with the protagonist at the end. all the Good TM cartoons with Good TM creators make the villains die a Horrible Death for being Abusers or whatever. and all the Bad TM cartoons with Bad TM creators Forgive Fascists by not making them get publicly executed by the 14 year old protagonist in front of the 8 year old target demographic.

i mean im so glad that more cartoons nowadays are subverting the psyop to support fascists that a few queer artists and queer shows definitely invented in 2017. there are so many popular cartoons doing that. it's almost like there are more properties killing their villains now and in the past than there ever were of properties that didn't do this. and it's almost like whether the villain gets redeemed at the end is more about the context of the story and its themes leading up to a narratively sound decision.

but you know. a few queer shows made by trans ppl were popular and they didn't kill their fascists and even had the gall to make them nuanced while also looking into the harm they did. guess it's trendy to forgive your abusers now because like two cartoons said so. out of like 40 other similarly high profile works that just straight up hit their villains with a bus or smth. by all means. keep heaping praise onto that one show about how they "let their villain just be evil" instead of talking about anything more interesting. that's so subversive, everyone's doing it!

#shut up pandora #check off my 'monthly rant about the treatment of the creators of steven universe and she ra' #this is because of the 'praise' ive been seeing for belos btw #yes i love his panache i love how much he fucks up everything and i love how hes beyond redemption #thats not because he was Born Evil and has always Been Evil??? #ppl who show baby belos going out of his way to make calebs life a living hell and evelyn Rescuing this poor blond boy from his Evil Brothe #i am sending so many bad vibes at you rn #he isnt a good villain bc dana terrace decided to be 'subversive' by not redeeming belos #JUST being subversive while writing the story doesnt mean you make a good story being subversive =/= being good #hes a good villain because while his decisions are dogshit we can understand why he made them on an emotional level #and since gravity falls seems to be the golden standard for modern cartoons i guess #bill cipher also isnt a good villain bc hes evil and they killed him #bill is a good villain bc hes entertaining in the threat he poses #what makes a character a good villain is about stuff they do while theyre being a villain #dont just sum it up with 'duhhh they killed them at the end so its good' thats entirely dependent on the story! #anyway this is specifically about modern western cartoon fandoms #if youre telling me to watch shows that arent modern western cartoons or like. read a book then know that i do that already #this stuff isnt as big of a discourse topic in those circles but im talking about this specific circle rn

[soldier-poet-king]

I need to be strong and hot and also get new (thrifted) clothes and I have been feeling the creation of self so much so intensely lately and its such a joy but I'm SICK and been laying here ALL DAY and there is. Only so much tv I can watch and fluff I can read. Before I'm like. I can't sit still any more

#the duality of fran #i had the shakes so no cross stitch #and my attention span for passive media consumption is. low #i DONT binge things. i am mentally incapable #i watched like 4 eps of snk and 4 eps of derry girls. took a nap. read almost a full vol of mdzs #and now its like. ok. ok. can we stop feeling sickm thanks #its too dark out to craft (strian my eyes when I'm ALREADY fighting a headache) #im not sleepy given i slept a lot last night and then laid about all day today #im just. AHHHHHHH #video games probably noy a good idea bc head. and also. it is easiest to lie down rn #sitting. hurt. #its such a stupid thing some 24 hr bug itll be gone by morning #but for rn im just. AHHHHHHHHHH #everything feels worse when u feel sick and ur hair feels greasy. tbh #I WASHED IT LITERALLY THIS MORNING #i wish i was a tv enjoyer more. tbh #i just. cant sit still i get distracted idk why #and i dont with books or video games in the same way #stupid brain

[dykeandballs]

good morning

#yesterday i spent the evening with a friend which is always nice #i rarely go out especially with company :3 #the mean girls movie is fun and cute #a lot of those girls had chemistry and need to discover lesbianism #ive been reading htn and struggling w monster baru so i might put that on hold for a bit sorry to my fans #i dont know why book 2 is such a slog rn but i wont abandon it #i was wearing a hoodie for palestine yesterday and a woman asked me where i got it which warmed me #she was with her family and still caught me on her way out #also happy black history month if any of u disagree wt my opinions this month yr racist #anyway im gonna play some games and read to cope with it being sunday #oh i also watched anatomy of a fall the other day its very good!!!

[rubybaely]

rewatched the darkest minds movie and rereading the book and i think that

a) movie still sucks but

b) i don't think they ever could have made a faithful and interesting movie bc so much of what makes the book and ruby compelling is her internal dialogue and her mental development and it's just so hard to translate to the screen in any way

(though the movie didn't seem to care abt giving ruby any development at all, even if they had tried it wouldn't have hit as hard as the book imo)

#its giving katniss syndrome #two whole ass paragraphs of character analysis is jennifer lawrence staring at the camera and we're supposed to get it? #i LOVE ruby and her thoughts i love her i'm enjoying this book and its vibe so much #im only at the first one rn (my favorite) #haven't read it in years #and i cannot stress this enough they did ruby so dirty in the movie #in the books she hates her powers!!!!! she hates herself!!! she thinks she's a monster!!!! in the movie she doesn't give a fuck #there's my 2 cents #the darkest minds #tdm #rethinking about back in the days when we wanted every single book ever to get adapted #but like some stories just correspond better to a certain medium and don't translate well to another #like a part of it is wanting the piece to receive the attention it deserves #but like not everything would be good on the screen #i mean im not against adaptations i just think some will inevitably suck or be unfaithful #don't know whats going on with the raven cycle for example but i think if they wanna do something good they are on thin fcking ice #the vibes are so strong with that one it would be easy to mess up #anyway

[the-yearning-astronaut]

I think.... over the last two days I think I've read just about every Murderbot fic on AO3 that meets all my (current) filter criteria... I'm pretty sure the only one I have left now is a 200k epic....

#halp #now what?! #*paws through my current list of prompts* #there's gotta be one here that'd make for a good place to start writing my own fic... #drawing fanart is great & all but there r Some Things that I *need* that just rn't possible for me to conceptualize in a way i can *draw* #the murderbot diaries #current filters basically include: must have MB and ART in the fic together in Some Way; no noncon; and none of my squicks #and even then there were some fics where id eye the tags and be like HMM thats definitely not my Usual but color me Intrigued #and i probably had about 20 pages to comb through but now im done and I'll probably go through them again but I'll definitely #be reading fics that just wont Hit the way i need/want them to rn #i was dumb and read them all while not logged in so idek how many ive read #ive been Spoiled by big old fandoms with Lots of canon and fanon and fic #ive forgotten what its like to be in 1) a small fandom and 2) a BOOK fandom #anyway I really wanna write but im a Scaredy Cat and i don't really have anyone to spitball with who will also enable me

[ovydka]

im in a vicious cycle rn. watch good omens 2, think about good omens 2 to an unhealthy extent, watch good omens 2 (again)

ive watched it 3 times already and im in the "think about good omens 2 to an unhealthy extent" part of the cycle and am considering watching it again but i feel like watching the same show 4 times in a row within 3 days is a new low even for me so i fear i might get sick of it if i watch it again so soon after the last time. i might rewatch the minisodes in a day or two just to keep myself fed on the good omens content while i still have my prime video trial

#rereading the book is out of the queation because i finished reading it 3 weeks ago and i have like 5 unread books sitting on my shelf #good omens #good omens 2 #im thinking about ineffable busbands so much im sick to my stomach #also the crowley watercolour painting is in its weird ugly stage rn idk if i like it

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

It's dead af at work. We got through our four reservations and have had no walk ins, and my manager won't cut me because he hates doing my job (and we're friends and he knows I need the money) and tbh I don't want to be cut (can't really afford to be) but I'm actually going insane from sitting on my stool, going through Tumblr, Insta, Kindle, then standing up and going through those apps again, then sitting down and going through those apps again, etc. it's nice to get paid to do nothing, because tbh if I was cut then I'd just be doing this but in my bed, but I'm getting so fucking restless.

#truly im unneeded rn #my other manager gave me the option to be cut before my shift even started but again. I'm broke af #so i came in. and im getting paid $15 an hour to scroll through all of my apps #and im trying to be mildly productive #trying to do some resding because i didnt resd as much as i wanted this month #to make up for it i finished three books in the last two days and im going for a fourth #one of them i had already started. one was pretty short. and one was so good that i tore through it fast #this is a more difficult story. about a school shooting. not super fun but a good story nonetheless #you ever read a book and then want to forget it so you can read it for the first time again? #i just read jumper by Melanie Crowder and it was so good. although apparently the diabetes information isnt accurate #but the story was very very good and kept me interested the whole way #the problem with this school shooting story is that its good. it draws my attention. but its understandably very hard to read #fourteen ish minutes until my paycheck goes through and then i find out if i can pay rent this month #that's part of why im restless too. nervous about paying rent. my job hours are unpredictable and so are the paychecks #i think ill be okay but as always im terrified that it wont #anyway im in a bit of a reading rut. if you hsve any book recs (not a big fan of fantasy. generally like realistic fiction. ya. lgbt) #that type of stuff. like jumper. the Miseducation of Cameron Post. message not found. stuff like that #open to recommendations #love yall. i hope you all have more thsn enough money to pay rent

[silverislander]

symptoms disorder is causing symptoms of a disorder to me once more. shocking and tragic. who could have predicted this

#im just frustrated man. its hard #working on my essay has been easy! im having fun im excited to do this and i think im doing good work #but unfortunately bc my brain is tied to seven horses running in opposite directions. its the ONLY thing i can fucking work on lately #ive been putting off work in my three other courses in order to work on my essay #and now those deadlines are coming up and i still cant fucking. make myself do stuff to meet them #i have 2 days to write up at least 6 discussion posts from 2 weeks ago + write at least 2 journal entries on books i didnt get time to read #+ finish a short essay #i have a week to finish 2 other short essays #i have a week and a half to finish the next part of my big essay #i need to start work on my theory presentation so i dont fall behind bc presentations are NOT smth i half ass #i havent done any of the readings for any course in almost a month. im so behind on those its not even funny #but i can only make myself do one fucking thing rn and its the least relevant thing where the deadlines are negotiable. why #levi.txt

[shannara]

just finished fourth wing and oh boy was that very not good!

#im writing an actual serious review to post elsewhere but holy shit. man . im glad i read a free ARC and not like. a copy i paid for. #bc that would be such a waste. #HOW is this book at a 4.7 on goodreads. its so #soo. mid. #i think if you cut the sex scenes it would be acceptable YA. #like its very very juvenile #the keyword there is Acceptable. it would not be good YA #for ye who do not know what FW is: 1. lucky 2. its a new fantasy novel thats been sold out EVERYWHERE for like. a solid month. #like this book was expected to be massive and they still RAN OUT. rn it's looking like LATE july/early august for it to be back. #i WILL say this: that last 100 pages is better than the first 400 combined.

[vakta]

i read 80 pages today SLAYY

#ik thats not THAT much but hey #ok actually i will stop putting myself down rn ok this is cool 80 pages is rly cool and im proud #i fell asleep while i was reading earlier and i woke up feeling like i had been run over by a truck #that wasnt pleasant and i felt like a failure bc im supposed to like this book this is a very good book everyone i asked told me this #so idk why i dont rly like it.. well maybe bc i dont like books that are difficult to follow #like i never know what is flashback and what is a lie and what is thats actually happening and its frustrating #so yeah it makes me feel stupid basically #BUT even if im a little bit dumb i still have tried my best today and thats cool imo and i try to focus on this

[soldier-poet-king]

INEXPLICABLE DISTRESS

#franposting #i mean. ik what the inciting incident is #but that shouldn't be enough to feel like THIS #Plus ITS A REALLY STUPID THING TO BE UPSET ABOUT #my brain is just like. oh but this connects to ur deep dark fears of abandonment and isolation and being unwanted #and never enough and never a friend etc etce tc #Its SO STUPID #AND YET #im gonna go read my stupid book that im not even enjoying but i just cant get into it #im only like 30 pages in and its just. ok. so when are things going to happen #OR when are the characters gonna be compelling #at least ones gotta happen #and rn its just worldbuilding #i like fantasy but i prefer character driven fantasy #not everyone is tolkien and not everyone makes LONG ASS GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS GOOD #im.just. ok. ok maam. but what is the CONFLICT HERE

[heartyearning]

who up tell me an album to listen to while i do my little tasks today

#multiple albums will probably be listened to i have a bunch of little chores and im in the mood for some music !! #been mostly reading audiobooks but im like a little Done now #i listened to white trash zombie and like. idk idk. i like the concept i like the character i thought i had a good time #but the more its settling the more im very very :///// about the casual racism #like idk i was wondering if it was like part of the character trait and it'd be redeemed or whatever #but like idk. and i think this book is from 2014 so im feeling more and more weird abt it esp bc its not like #the kind of casual racism you usually see like it feels a little more directed/pointed/uhm. meaningful if you will #i could for sure be wrong so im gonna read some reviews of the later books but rn. i need a music cleanse