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sft-chrries · 10 months
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winters
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pairing: sabito x fem!reader
a/n: if you are in the hp fandom in 2021 yall probably know this drabble :P YES ITS RECYCLED😭
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“aren’t ya a little cold there, darling?” sabito questioned his girlfriend who was reading whilst sitting on a frosty rock near a lake. she averted her gaze to him and shook her head.
“the cold doesn’t bothers me,” she said in her soft voice, “i quite like it. now, why’re you here? aren’t you supposed to be in training with giyuu?”
a chuckle left his lips as marching his way towards her, sitting next to her.
"i knew you'd be lonely, and we already trained yesterday and the other day, so why not spend time with you today?" he answered, intertwining his hand with hers. his eyes widened when he felt how icy her hand was. "damn, (name), you're freezing! let’s go inside and get you warmed up."
“a walk with you would be nice,” she smiled, standing up as she dusted herself. while she was doing that, sabito had an idea. “c’mon no-“ before she gets to finish her sentence, sabito pulled by her waist, and kissing her passionately.
his lips were warm and soft, he then gently bit (name)’s lower lip, her lips parted slightly, allowing his tongue to slip inside.
when the both of them finally pulled apart, she lightly smacked his chest as she exclaimed, “what was that about?!” face flushed and lips slightly swollen.
he smirked before grabbing her book with his right hand while the other was slinging on her shoulder.
“figured your lips would be cold too”
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🍒 sft-chrries 2023
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bizarrequazar · 7 months
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Cnovels I've Read
I'm in the mood for making a list and @danmeiljie's danmei list has inspired me, so ~enjoy~ if you care. I'm classifying "cnovels" in the broad literal sense of novels written in Chinese by Chinese authors, so this is not limited to just webnovels.
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★s are my personal rating, ❤ denote favourites. I'm aware that there's zero consistency in this list between use of Chinese vs English titles, I'm just going by what I usually refer to them as.
Finished
Danmei
Advance Bravely by Chai Jidan ★★ Read Sept-Oct 2022 Comment: Is it good? No, absolutely not. Is it AMUSING? Yes.
Beijing Comrades by Bei Tong ★★★★ Read July 2023
The Easter Egg Game by Bo Mu Bing Lun ★★ Read Dec 2020-May 2021
The Easter Egg Game II by Bo Mu Bing Lun ★★ Read July-Sept 2021
The Easter Egg Game III by Bo Mu Bing Lun ★★★ Read Sept-Oct 2021
Fantasy Farm by Xi Zixu ★★★ Read Dec 2019-Feb 2022
Guardian by Priest ★★★★ Read July 2019-March 2020
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat ★★★★★❤ Read Aug-Dec 2019; currently rereading via Seven Seas tl
Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu ★★★★❤ Read June-Nov 2019
Mo Dao Zu Shi by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ★★★★★❤ Read Aug 2018-Feb 2019; currently rereading via Seven Seas tl
Mo Du by Priest ★★★ Read Jan-Nov 2020 Comment: Really liked the first two books, after that I kind of lost interest tbh.
Qi Ye by Priest ★★★❤ Read June 2021
Saye by Wu Zhe ★★★★★ Read Nov 2019-Aug 2020
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ★★★ Read Nov 2018-May 2019; Jan-Dec 2022
Spring Trees and Sunset Clouds by Wei Liang ★★★ Read Dec 2019
Tian Guan Ci Fu by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ★★★★★❤ Read Nov 2018-Mar 2019; currently rereading via Seven Seas tl
Tian Ya Ke by Priest ★★★❤ Read June 2021; currently rereading
The Way of Evil by Priest ★ Read Mar 2020-May 2021 Comment: Very interesting if you look at this as an earlier draft of Mo Du.
Welcome to the Nightmare Game by Bo Mu Bing Lun ★★★★❤ Read July 2019-Nov 2020; Nov 2020-Apr 2021
Welcome to the Nightmare Game II by Bo Mu Bing Lun ★★★★★❤ Read Nov 2020-Apr 2021 Comment: Easily one of the most devastating endings I've ever read (compliment).
Welcome to the Nightmare Game III by Bo Mu Bing Lun ★★★ Read Aug 2021-Jan 2022 Comment: Would be 4 stars if BMBL hadn't split it into two, ie. it doesn't have a proper ending since it's continued in IV.
Yuwu by Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat ★★★★ Read Dec 2019-June 2022 Comment: My own enjoyment suffered greatly from the long break I took from it. I'm planning to reread it altogether once the Seven Seas tl is complete.
Baihe
Didn't Know the General was Female by Rong Qing ★★ Read July 2020
Female General and Eldest Princess by Please Don't Laugh ★★★★❤ Read Sept 2019-Jan 2020
The General's Manor Young Concubine Survival Report by Wind's Little Bell ★★ Read August 2019
I'm More Dangerous Than You by Ande ★★ Read May 2023
Jing Wei Qing Shang by Please Don't Laugh ★★★★ Read July 2020-June 2021 Comment: Should have been at least fifty chapters shorter imho.
General
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin ★★★★★ Read April-May 2023
Current / On Hold
Antidote by Wu Zhe
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
Di Huang Shu by Xing Ling
Golden Terrace by Cang Wu Bin Bai
Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong
Little Mushroom by Yi Shi Si Zhou
Ruzhui by Please Don't Laugh
Dropped
Sha Po Lang by Priest Comment: Planning to try again at some point. The yifu thing turned me off, but I think I wouldn't be bothered by that now.
The Universe Jumper by Hao Jingfang Comment: Fuck her. 🖕🖕
The Villain's White Lotus Halo by A Big Roll of Toilet Paper
High Priority
In the Dark by Jin Shisi Chai
Welcome to the Nightmare Game IV by Bo Mu Bing Lun
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heaven-s-black-box · 5 months
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You + Me= ?- Ferid x GN! Reader
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Recovery date: March 1st, 2021
Description: "I don't think I've ever met someone who hasn't looked at a math book and said, "Fuck me."
Notes: Recovered in conjunction with an anonymous researcher.
Word count: 547
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Y/N groaned and pushed their hair back. They’d been sitting in the library for hours trying, and failing to do homework. Due to their horrible procrastination they had left all their homework to Sunday night. So instead of being curled up in bed scrolling through social media or watching anime, they were sitting in the library… scrolling through Instagram.
Their scrolling was interrupted by a notification dropping down. It was a text from their… they wouldn’t really call him a friend, maybe acquaintance Feird. Y/N rolled their eyes and opened the messenger.  Normally they’d ignore him, nothing good usually came out of talking to him, but they really didn’t want to do their homework.
Rat Bastard 5:59 p.m What are you up too 6:00 p.m What do you care Rat Bastard 6:00 p.m Bored Got a date?;) Who’s like lucky guy
Y/N rolled their eyes, a common occurrence when talking with Ferid. Of course Feird would message them when he was bored. Next to Mika they were his favorite person to annoy. And Mika now had a boyfriend so Feird had taken to picking on them for being alone. Which was even more annoying because they wouldn’t be alone if Yuu and Mika hadn’t ended up dating each other. Not that they weren’t happy for them but it often left them alone and vulnerable to Ferid.
6:03 p.m Ya I do  What’s it to you Rat Bastard 6:04 Oh who’s the guy 6:04 It’s a study date With my math book I figured I’d go out with someone who has equal appeal :) Rat Bastard 6:10 p.m Well,
From behind them a hand caged Y/N in and the person lead over them saying, “I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who hasn’t looked at a math book and said ‘Fuck me’.”
Y/N jumped and almost screamed before realizing it was Feird leaning over them. They reached up and pulled out their ear buds. They scowled up at him and opened their mouth to tell him off. Their words died in their mouth though as Faired leaned down and kissed them. Before they could close their eyes he pulled away and Y/N scowled.
“So, would you like a hand?” He stood up and pulled out the chair beside them and leaned in, “Or should we just get straight to the fucking?”
At that Y/N turned bright red and face planted into their book. Feird immediately started snickering and leaned back. Y/N was so lost in embarrassment that they didn’t notice Feird pulled their book out from under them until they hit the table.
“What the hell?” they whisper yelled.
“So, where are you stuck?” he asked like nothing had happened.
“Why do you care?” they scowled.
“I’m guessing you haven’t had dinner,” he said “ So, the sooner you finish, the sooner I can take you out for dinner.”
“Are you asking me on a date?”
He looked up from their math book and smiled. He didn’t answer their question but that was the most sincere they’ve ever seen him smile. Taking their math book back, Y/n pointed to a question. Pushing over their notebook they smiled slightly.
“Here.”
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I posted 67 times in 2022
50 posts created (75%)
17 posts reblogged (25%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@biandlesbianliterature
@sapphicbookclub
@lgbtqreads
@lesbrary
@shiraglassman
I tagged 50 of my posts in 2022
Only 25% of my posts had no tags
#queer books - 38 posts
#sapphic books - 34 posts
#lgbtq books - 33 posts
#reviews - 26 posts
#wlw books - 23 posts
#lesbian books - 15 posts
#sff - 12 posts
#author of color - 9 posts
#fantasy - 8 posts
#romance - 7 posts
Longest Tag: 30 characters
#getting the band back together
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
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Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars is one of the best books I read in 2021, and it is also one of the weirdest. It centers around three women: Shizuka Satomi (a violin teacher who made a deal with a devil and must deliver seven violin prodigies’ souls in order to save her own), Katrina Nguyen (a transgender teenage girl, wildly talented on the violin and deserving of so much more than she has been given), and Lan Tran (a retired interstellar space captain who runs a donut shop with her four children). When Shizuka discovers Katrina in a park, she immediately knows she has found her final soul, but Shizuka’s growing feelings for Lan may change her perspective on everything.
If you think that summary sounds like a roller coaster, wait until you read the book.
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki was reviewed at the Lesbrary
155 notes - Posted January 15, 2022
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Would you believe that more than 26 sapphic books come out this month? It’s true! Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to find out which books have queer representation, or what kind of representation they have. So here’s a big list of bi and lesbian books out this month, sorted by genre.
26 Bi and Lesbian Books Out November 2022!
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If you want a teen romcom in an F/F YA book, this is the read for you!
It’s enemies to lovers and fake dating! It is very much like a teen romcom movie: the two of them get to know each other over their music choices on the drive. They have miscommunication. They both open up about their insecurities. Scottie realizes that, despite being hung up on her toxic ex, maybe the girl she’s been looking for has been right in front of her this whole time. There’s also the “only one bed” trope. They even discuss teen romcom movies!
I listened to this as an audiobook, and it was a quick, fun listening experience! It’s cute, and the ending is cathartic and sweet.
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen was reviewed at the Lesbrary
267 notes - Posted January 16, 2022
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When I say I want sapphic romcoms, this is what I want. I want sapphic romcoms that pack an emotional punch. That present the diversity and the affinity of queer womanhood. That have queer women who call themselves queer with no explanation and bi women who have loved men. That have complex family dynamics that both are about queerness and absolutely are not. That feel like romance novels with romance tropes and everything that we love about romance and are at the same time fundamentally, intrinsically, profoundly, and lovingly queer. Romcoms that f*ck and also fall in love. Romcoms with real, wild emotions and feminism and humor on every page. Romcoms that were written for queer women about our own lives, to be enjoyed only secondarily by everyone else. When I say I want sapphic romcoms, I mean I want this book.
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake was reviewed at the Lesbrary
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voyaging-too · 15 days
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Michael Ende: Momo. Still one of my favourite children's books, and worth the struggle of rereading it in German. It's about a conspiracy to embezzle time from people, and the strange little girl who stops it with the aid of a clairvoyant tortoise.
Julian of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love. Some intensely weird and very beautiful theology from a medieval anchorite. I'm still not a believer, but her version of God is a lot more sympathetic than the one I usually see in churches. All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well.
Frank Herbert: Dune. Certainly a book.
Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert: Bunt! Striking out on Financial Aid! Adorable webcomic about an adorable bunch of athletically challenged art students playing softball. Bit too YA for me, but again, adorable.
Terry Pratchett: The Truth (reread) One of my favourite Discworld books, less because of the clever commentary on journalism and more because it introduces one of my favourite minor characters in the series, Otto Chriek the vampire photographer.
Movie
Dune (2021) They adapted it. They adapted some of it.
Podcasts
New Year's Day. Experimental podcast that updates once a year.
Passanger List. Investigative conspiracy thriller with some great acting.
Webcomic
Meredith Gran: Octopus Pie. Top-notch well-characterized slice-of-life stuff. Usually not my genre, but loved this one.
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handsofdarkness · 1 year
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WITHIN TEMPTATION Teams Up With OPUS COMICS For New Series
Symphonic metal band WITHIN TEMPTATION is bringing its unique vision of the future to comic audiences with a brand new series from Opus Comics based on the group's 2019 album "Resist" and 2021 virtual concert "Aftermath".
Set in the distant future, an endless battle rages between two species — an advanced but inherently humanoid species ruled by a techno-organic matriarch on one side, and a cruel race of alien artificial intelligences on the other. Multiple stories collide to paint a sweeping portrait of the matriarch's life and her struggle to balance what she was created to be with the impossible forces that shape her.
In order to bring this story to the comic book page, the band has teamed up with acclaimed YA author Marieke Nijkamp and heavy metal artist Montos to flesh out their dystopian world.
WITHIN TEMPTATION vocalist and co-founder Sharon Den Adel says: "'The Purge' cover star Genesis has come to life on our stage and in different merchandise designs, and now she will be taking you on the biggest quest of her life — in both our next album as well as in our comic book series.
"Teaming up with Opus for this seemed like the logical decision, as they are a heavyweight in creating comic books and only work with the best designers and storytellers. We can't wait to show you the final result! We hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do!"
The first issue will be available in a limited-edition print run featuring an exclusive numbered foil cover by Agustin Alessio ("Star Wars", "Avengers", "Thor: God Of Thunder") direct from Incendium Online, with a newsstand edition in comic stores this May for wide retail release.
"The symphonic splendor of WITHIN TEMPTATION has always transported listeners to other worlds, and experiencing those songs supported by the incredible set design of recent stage shows and virtual performances presented a wonderful opportunity to explore their futuristic vision with an all-new narrative," says Incendium and Opus Comics founder Llexi Leon. "Today, the battle against AI is suddenly a very real topic, particularly for artists and other creatives, which is reflected in the story of the matriarch and her struggle."
"Within Temptation" #1 is the first in a three-part mini-series at 40 pages long, and is solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors' March Previews catalogue for May release at Opus Comics' signature $6.66 price point. Fans can also buy a numbered limited-edition version of the book with foil treatment.
Legendary leaders of dark anthemic music, with a career spanning two decades and with seven studio albums under their belt, WITHIN TEMPTATION are a genuine force to be reckoned with. Simply, they are one of the world's most successful heavy rock groups. In 2020 and 2021, the band released "Entertain You", "The Purge" and "Shed My Skin", singles that all peaked in the Top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Indicator charts and topped the official German charts. The band's work has received numerous international awards, including a World Music Award, MTV Europe Music Awards, a Metal Hammer Award, and many more.
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badlydrawn-oocdnd · 4 months
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Lmao this is over a year late but since Tumblr hasn't given anyone the year in review yet here's last year's
Also I want to get this out of the drafts
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We posted 122 times in 2022
That's 18 more posts than 2021!
105 posts created (86%)
17 posts reblogged (14%)
Blogs we reblogged the most:
yourplayersaidwhat
@badlydrawn-oocdnd
@happiidragon
@godlessrevlry
We tagged 119 of our posts in 2022
Only 2% of our posts had no tags
#dnd - 102 posts
#dungeons and dragons - 92 posts
#out of context dnd - 81 posts
#dnd art - 39 posts
#korrin - 39 posts
#dnd meme - 34 posts
#ellie - 25 posts
#harriet - 22 posts
#ooc dnd - 19 posts
#dnd comic - 16 posts
Longest Tag: 139 characters
#agdhdb mane here i was gonna say i dont usually tag myself but y'know what? this is something id put on my blog im okay w the tag this time
Our Top Posts in 2022:
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Elly sure sees trees
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art by da dm
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He seems like a nice lil gentleman
[A portrait of a Kenku in a gold-spangled blue scarf and wizard’s cap. He has a splotch of white feathers on his forehead. Floating above his hand is a fuzzy nebula of white stars. Also in the portrait is a picture of a black book with a constellation and a white dot on the front. The picture is labelled, Bishop “Void” Blackwell.]
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Night hags are mean :(
[A version of the “Are ya winning, son?” meme where the father opens the door into a room where Oskendorser the kobold is sitting on the bottom bunk of a bed, looking terrified.]
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y’know i haven’t got much to say about this
[A two-panel comic. In the first, a mass of black tentacles and darkness dotted with white eyes rises up over the horizon at sunset. A person in the foreground asks, “O Great One, Why do you favor kenku to do your bidding?” In the second panel, the creature replies, “FOR THE VIBES LMAO”]
(by da dm)
34 notes - Posted May 6, 2022
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We were in the mines for 12 hours. Korrin wanted that oatmeal. (Korrin did get her oatmeal.)
36 notes - Posted January 4, 2022
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Guess who forgot to post thisss
Thank you to everybody, rebloggers and contributors alike! Thank you especially to our wonderful dm who puts up with our nonsense while playing :^) waiting to see what this year's is!
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ninja-muse · 1 year
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I posted 3,047 times in 2022
That's 22 more posts than 2021!
132 posts created (4%)
2,915 posts reblogged (96%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@a-ramblinrose
@therefugeofbooks
@leer-reading-lire
@mostlyghostie
@stefito0o
I tagged 3,045 of my posts in 2022
#who queue? - 2,870 posts
#book covers - 915 posts
#stacks of books - 652 posts
#bookshelves - 601 posts
#cover art - 432 posts
#spines - 386 posts
#open books - 333 posts
#book recommendations - 295 posts
#mugs - 209 posts
#bookstores - 203 posts
Longest Tag: 112 characters
#lords noodle and doodle came back and there was the most spectacular collective accident scene i've read in ages
My Top Posts in 2022:
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2022 Release TBR
Where the Drowned Girls Go - Seanan McGuire (contemporary fantasy) - January 4
Heartstopper, Volume Four - Alice Oseman (YA romance) - January 4 🏳️‍🌈
Battle of the Linguist Mages -  Scotto Moore (contemporary fantasy) - January 11 friend says it’s probably not my thing
Anatomy - Dana Schwartz (YA historical fantasy) - January 18
The Servant Mage - Kate Elliott (fantasy) - January 18 🏳️‍🌈
Love and Other Disasters - Anita Kelly (romance) - January 18 🏳️‍🌈
Some by Virtue Fall - Alexandra Rowland (fantasy) - January 25 🏳️‍🌈
Hot and Sour Suspects - Vivien Chien (cozy mystery) - January 25 BIPOC
The Christie Affair - Nina de Gramont (historical fiction) - February 1
Bluebird - Ciel Pierlot (science fiction) - February 8 🏳️‍🌈
Dead Silence - S.A. Barnes (science fiction/horror) - February 8
Age of Ash - Daniel Abraham (fantasy) - February 15
Carolina Built - Kianna Alexander (historical fiction) - February 22 BIPOC
Gallant - V.E. Schwab (YA fantasy) - March 1
The River of Silver - S.A. Chakraborty (historical fantasy) - March 1 BIPOC
Spelunking Through Hell - Seanan McGuire (contemporary fantasy) - March 1
Umboi Island - J.J. Dupuis (mystery) - March 8 🇨🇦
Memory's Legion - James S.A. Corey (science fiction) - March 15 I’m three books behind on the series, no way am I getting to this this year
When We Were Birds - Ayanna Llord Banwo (fabulism) - March 15 BIPOC
The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd (mystery) - March 15
How to Take Over the World - Ryan North (science/humour) March 15 🇨🇦
Comeuppance Served Cold - Marion Deeds (historical fantasy) - March 22
The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn (historical fiction) - March 29
The Wolf Den - Elodie Harper (historical fiction) - March 29
Conversations with People Who Hate Me - Dylan Marron (memoir) - March 29
Portrait of a Thief - Grace C. Li (thriller) - April 5 BIPOC
Shadows of Berlin - David R. Gillham (historical fiction) - April 5
Amongst Our Weapons - Ben Aaronovitch (urban fantasy) - April 12 BIPOC
Persians - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (history) - April 12
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A couple weeks ago I was blessed with a reading copy of A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows, and let me tell you, it should be on every fantasy lover’s TBR for this summer. This is a story about kind, sensible, competent people dealing with assassins and intrigues, about finding love in unexpected places, about healing and unlearning unconscious biases. The writing and the setting are both lush and to be sunk into. It’s a beautiful queer love story, full of gentleness, wonderfully escapist in general, and gave me serious Marvellous Light vibes the whole way through. It’s not without darkness—there’s a very notable rape early on, for instance—but gosh, I need people to read this just so I can squee about it with them.
Out July 26, 2022.
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My dad unhauled a bunch of books before Christmas and let me have my pick of them. A pic of the full stack will be coming, probably in my February wrap-up, but I just had to share this one! Don’t have a date for it, but it was awarded to a technical school student in 1910.
116 notes - Posted February 25, 2022
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The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper is a refreshing take on historical fiction. Not only is it set in Roman Pompeii rather than northwestern Europe in the 19th or 20th centuries, but it’s centered on enslaved sex workers and told in modern language. (No thou’s or attempts to mimic Latin here!) The author has done a great job of bringing the ancient world to life and making it feel nearer than it is.
The book focuses on Amara, born into a middle-class Greek family and sold into slavery after family tragedy. As she does her best to better her circumstances at any cost, we get not only a portrait of a living Roman city with its pubs, parties, clothing stores, food stalls, and everyday injustices, but also a wonderful sense of the friendships and competition within the brothel she works in. I loved seeing how the women there formed a community among themselves, and how they fit into the wider society (or didn’t). I got the real sense that Harper had not only delved deep into how Roman society would’ve worked at the street level, but had done her diligence regarding the lives of (modern) sex workers too.
I also thought that Harper did a good job portraying the characters as complex, fallible, and human. She gives her female characters, especially Amara, the full range of emotions and all are believably imperfect. The worst of the men get sympathetic moments and the best of them, damning ones. They all feel of their time too—relatable or familiar, but also holding attitudes and beliefs that remind you this isn’t a modern story. (For instance, it’s clear that Amara knows slavery sucks for all enslaved people, but she never quite questions why slavery is even a thing.)
All in all, reading this felt like reading about real people leading real lives much more often than it felt like reading a novel. It’s a slowish read that feels at times like it’s digressing or offering up set pieces of Pompeiian life, but those moments all get woven back in neatly by the end. (It’s also slowish because of emotional drain. I couldn’t binge-read because bad things kept happening.) I found the ethical dilemmas compelling, though—if you’d damned no matter what, what’s the right option?—and enjoyed both how Harper told this story and woven in her themes and critiques. It’s definitely been one of the highlights of my reading month and I hope it gets a lot of attention once it’s out.
Note: while this book is definitely pro-sex work and has a lot of sympathy for those who find themselves forced into that life or exploited, it’s still set within an incredibly misogynistic society that saw no problem with degrading or harming women. If harassment, issues with consent or boundaries, or sexual violence are things you don’t want to read about, this might not be the book for you. They’re rarely graphic, but definitely prevalent.
122 notes - Posted February 21, 2022
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Hello! I saw your 2022 Release TBR come across my dash, and I don't know if the Pride flags are to denote that the author or that the book itself is queer, but in either case, Seanan McGuire can absolutely have a flag :-)
Thanks! The flags are to denote queer characters here, not queer authors (for brevity and minimal confusion). I'm trying to be responsible and not put flags on books I'm not 100% sure of. For instance, I know Where the Drowned Girls Go is Cora's book, but I don't remember if Cora is canonically queer? Same goes for the characters in Seasonal Fears and for Alice in Spelunking Through Hell. If they're confirmed, I'll be adding that flag during my wrap-up, for sure.
129 notes - Posted January 15, 2022
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Tagged by @aliteraryprincess and @franticvampirereads, thank you!
Tagging @lizziethereader @thelivebookproject @rae-reads @thesheepthewolf @doughtah @howlsmovinglibrary
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Who is your Favorite Whumpee?? day 5
I get to gush about my favorite characters- omg yes. The order is from ones I found years ago to ones now! @whumpmasinjuly
First of all, Bee's lovely Zee @deluxewhump
ZeeZee I first read about March 2020- wow when quarantine hit, coincidence?? I loved Zee immieditaly , he was the first whumpee I ever really read for! And ahhh. I loved coming back to check on him, even asked a couple anon questions, and was shook when Bee answered within the same hour. Like omg she could make time for an anon question like mine?? So thank you for that haha. But back to Zee. A broken, quick-to-please whumpee who I just wanted to give a big hug and I will forever recommend Zee's story for anyone looking for a new BoxBoy whumpee.
The only other whump story I found before making tumble in 2021 was Danny by @ashintheairlikesnow
Ok... where do I start... probably with the writing in general. Ash is such an incredible writer and wow. WOW. As a younger writer looking for scraps of writing I could get a hold of, I found Ash's writing absolutely addictive. I'd come back to it again and again, rereading everything from the series. (For reference I rarely reread books and have only done so with 3... maybe 4??) But Danny was such a defiant whumpee but he broke so beautifully. And his recovery with his loved ones makes my heart melt. 100000000/10
Ok I don't remember this story very well- but LOVED it and told everyone I highly recommended it- Martin, @redwingedwhump
Ok so from what I do remember (I need to reread it...) It's about Martin, who was the perfect enslaved man from a very rich family. But suddenly was thrown into a gladiator circle. The poor torment he had to go through, his trainer annoyed by his slowness and having to retrain him, made him understand this place wasn't for smiles but for blood. Again guys if you're at all interested in it go read the first chapter!! It's so so good and highly recommend!!!
Someone who kinda start at the same time as me and showed us lab whump, Subject 17 by @only-shadows-dwell-where-we-are
Pretty sure the first story I requested for a taglist because it was so good. Shadow's writing is so.. detailed?? Like I was so impressed at all the medical terms and just nodding along like haha ya I understand?? So incredible. Unlike other bbu stories, Subject 17 is VERY aware he's being tortured and doesn't like it. Love love love. SO so very much.
Ok, the best recovery series here- Coriander @maracujatangerine
Ya, I have yet to talk to you... but my goodness your writing. But y'all when I tell you I binged like 54 posts... I was so hooked I can't. I CAN'T. Their writing is so lovely and whenever I go to read the recent update on the story I have a stupid smile on my face. Coriander is the sweetest, sweetest boy ever and I love him so much and would kill to protect the bby I love him... too much.
Last but CERTAINLY not least... my newest story obsession favorite villain whumpee, Haze by @whumpwillow
Oh my gosh... oh my gosh... how do I begin. Willow... you're the reason I am able to say hero and villain whump is my FAVORITE trope because of the way that you write it. I haven't seen much villain and hero stuff around here, and when I do I always enjoy it, but your story just... the concept of it I've never thought of. Haze is not a meh villain but a downright evil villain now bowing at the whims of furious heroes. He's such a lovely whumpee, so perfectly broken and the half recovery half whump I'm sure is only traumatizing him more. Yes, I love him so much... and I love you *mwuah*
Y'all go read these stories, or at least check out one of them out, these authors deserve the hype
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I posted 1,485 times in 2022
That's 1,175 more posts than 2021!
122 posts created (8%)
1,363 posts reblogged (92%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@urban-sith
@bookish-bogwitch
@facewithoutheart
@cutestkilla
@captain-aralias
I tagged 1,365 of my posts in 2022
Only 8% of my posts had no tags
#simon snow - 406 posts
#baz pitch - 375 posts
#snowbaz - 338 posts
#wip wednesday - 135 posts
#six sentence sunday - 133 posts
#inktober 2022 - 74 posts
#goatober 2022 - 55 posts
#ofmd - 43 posts
#fic rec - 37 posts
#fallen from the sky with grace - 37 posts
Longest Tag: 120 characters
#i wish it could be a book in your bookshelf and my bookshelf and i could tuck it in someone's hands and say 'read this'
My Top Posts in 2022:
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Happy Inktober Goatober!
@foolofabookwyrm-activated made the perfect prompt list for 2022.
Day Five - CHAOS
Day Three - Friends : Link
Credit to @krisrix for his Watford era hair styles: Link
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Happy Inktober Goatober!
Happy Halloween! I made it to the end this year! Woot woot!
Day Thirty-one: Spooky
Who ya gonna call? GOAT BUSTERS!
Cheers to @foolofabookwyrm-activated who came up with the idea of Goatober and frankly made a prompt list that was way more fun than the regular one!
And cheers to my fellow participants : @tea-brigade @superchlorine @thelostkat @milady-pink @erzbethluna
You're all awesome!
Day Twenty-Nine - Fairytale : Link
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Happy Inktober Goatober!
@foolofabookwyrm-activated made the perfect prompt list for 2022.
Day 8 : Kids
Baby goats in pajamas! Is apparently a thing!
Day 6 : Yoga
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Feeling cheeky...
Thanks to @krisrix for guidance and encouragement.
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My #1 post of 2022
New Art Commission for
Fallen From the Sky with Grace
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Yes, it's true. I commissioned a second piece of art for my story. And look at it! Isnt it gorgeous?
The incomparable, breathtakingly talented @cynopoe made this afterglow scene for chapter two - Turbulence
I've cropped the middle out so Tumblr doesn't flag the nudity, but stop and take a closer look. There are so many details in the composition. Look at their body language. Zoom in to see the expression on Simon's face. Omg that dappled light which turns a London park (strewn with bottles) into the most romantic spot to fool around with one's boyfriend.
See the full post
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fluffypotatey · 1 year
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ooo for the wip thing: the witch & the knight~
thank you bestie!!! i am always down to gush about this wip <3
so did do a brief (liar) explanation about the wip in this post. it's a long list of short (another lie) descriptions of what my 10 wips are. this wip was listed #4
anyway, about this wip:
[edit: just gonna put my thoughts under the cut to not take up any space]
to summarize, the wip is an alternate medieval fantasy in France (because there's a lot of sources and research i can pull from medieval France also, their outfits and art were cool as shit). i'm planning on this to be a series just because the actual plot takes over the span of 10 years (bc war is long and i have relationships to build and break in that span of time).
in the story, we follow 4 characters who each represent a main theme that will be very prevalent in the wip (though there are many other themes that they'll be sharing as well). we have Tiffany (full name is Theophania), a witch from a small village who owns an apothecary shop and specializes in potions and defensive spells. Adina, Tiffany's little sister, who's also a witch who also specializes in potions but is more into magic associated with plant manipulation. then you have Sir Nathaniel (can go by Nathan or Nate) who is a knight with angelic patronage and has the "most sanctimonious stick up his ass" (Tiffany's words) when we first meet him, but is a cinnamon roll. and finallly, we have Xion, a Grim Reaper and is the leader of the of heroes' side of the war. despite being a physical embodiment of Death and it being their personal job to collect souls of the dead, Xion is fond of humanity and would rather humans live a full life for her to collect rather than have it be taken on such short notice.
ok, so bare with me, i know i have the wip listed as a "historical fantasy" but there will be a lot of creative liberties taken in this story (ya know, being that this is a fantasy first and history tour 2nd). it's historical mostly for worldbuilding purposes, which is why this wip is super research heavy T^T (the things i do for what i love)
however! i'm also using this wip for a project in one of my classes, so i now have this easy excuse to use for myself in order conduct research and flesh out this story more.
tbh a huge inspiration for this wip was when i was taking a european history class and we got into talking about high medieval France and i was just pulled in. also, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and all the books i read on her were a huge inspiration into crafting this world. tbh, i came up with this idea while researching for another mini-self project for international women's day in 2021 bc insta was being finicky and was blocking my post celebrating march 8th (i got very pissed that day lol). anyway, i as reading about badass medieval queens and then my brain went "i wish there was more medieval fantasies about badass women" so there.
another thing, here's a little snippet of the wip and what i've written so far (it's not a lot really lol, just a couple scenes in total):
She explored the empty chapel some more and found nothing to satisfy any of her questions. Not even the choir loft above held anything of importance. The chapel was a bust it seems. Figures. What a curious human. Tiffany tensed and looked around her, finding no one. She peered over the edge of the loft’s balcony and found the bottom empty like before.  Don’t be wary, dear human. Tiffany grew very wary.
but, uh, yeah, there you go!
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dykevillanelle · 1 year
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savannah “dykevillanelle”’s 2022 reading list!
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{ books read 2015 x books read 2016 x books read 2017 x books read 2018 x books read 2019 x books read 2020 x books read 2021 }
books read: 93 (goal was 100 but sometimes we have a hard year) pages read: 32,179
top 5 fiction:
(best) the overstory (richard powers)
the stars and the blackness between them (junanda petrus)
no one is talking about this (patricia lockwood)
girl, woman, other (bernardine evaristo)
last night at the telegraph club (malinda lo)
top 5 nonfiction:
(best) afropessimism (frank b. wilderson iii)
recovery from schizophrenia: psychiatry and the political economy (richard warner)
the age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power (shoshana zuboff)
virology: essays for the living, the dead, and the small things in between (joseph osmundson)
crying in h mart (michelle zauner)
bottom 5:
girl made of stars (ashley blake herring)
the four winds (kristen hannah)
aphrodite made me do it (trisha mateer)
come closer (sara gran)
(worst) lovecraft country (matt ruff)
full list and reviews, in order read, under the cut
yolk (mary h.k. choi) [ya, realistic fiction | ★★★★★]
the secret scripture (sebastian barry) [ historical fiction | ★★★]
she drives me crazy (kelly quindlen) [ya, romance | ★★]
last night at the telegraph club (malinda lo) [historical fiction | ★★★★★]
the stars and the blackness between them (junanda petrus) [romance | ★★★★★]
come closer (sara gran) [horror | ★]
racism without racists: color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in america (eduardo bonilla-silva) [nonfiction, sociology | ★★★]
something to talk about (meryl wilsner) [romance | ★★] 
real life (brandon taylor) [realistic fiction | ★★★★] 
invisible no more: police violence against black women and women of color (andrea j. ritchie, editor) [nonfiction | ★★★★★] 
queenie (candice carty-williams) [realistic fiction | ★★] 
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo (taylor jenkins reid) [historical fiction, romance | ★★★] 
how we get free: black feminism and the combahee river collective (keeanga-yamahtta taylor, editor) [nonfiction | ★★★★★]
one last stop (casey mcquiston) [romance | ★★★★] 
patsy (nicole dennis-benn) [realistic fiction | ★★★] 
hani and ishu’s guide to fake dating (adiba jaigirdar) [ya, romance | ★★★] 
my year of rest and relaxation (ottessa moshfegh) [realistic fiction | ★★★★]
wilder girls (rory power) [ya, horror | ★★★★] 
not straight, not white: black gay men from the march on washington to the AIDS crisis (kevin j. mumford) [nonfiction | ★★★] 
sex object: a memoir (jessica valenti) [memoir | ★★] 
severed (ling ma) [science fiction | ★★★★] 
blood meridian, or the evening redness in the west (cormac mccarthy) [historical fiction, classics | ★★]
her royal highness (rachel hawkins) [romance | ★★] 
i’m thinking of ending things (iain reid) [horror | ★★★] 
things have gotten worse since we last spoke (eric larocca) [horror | ★★★★★] 
evicted: poverty and profit in the american city (matthew desmond) [nonfiction | ★★★★] 
boy parts (eliza clark) [realistic fiction, horror | ★★★★] 
crying in h mart (michelle zauner) [memoir | ★★★★★] 
leave the world behind (rumaan alam) [science fiction, horror | ★★★★] 
killing the black body: race, reproduction, and the meaning of liberty (dorothy roberts) [nonfiction | ★★★★] 
no one is talking about this (patricia lockwood) [realistic fiction | ★★★★★] 
my best friend’s exorcism (grady hendrix) [horror | ★★★★] 
helter skelter: the true story of the manson murders (vincent bugliosi) [true crime | ★★] 
perfume: the story of a murderer (patrick süskind) historical fiction, horror | ★★★]
the tattooist of auschwitz (heather morris) [biography | ★★] 
recovery from schizophrenia: psychiatry and political economy (richard warner) [nonfiction | ★★★★★] 
lovecraft country (matt ruff) [horror | ★] 
pretty girls (karin slaughter) [horror | ★★★] 
therapeutic communication: knowing what to say when (paul l. wachtel) [nonfiction | ★★★] 
maybe you should talk to someone: a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed (lori gottlieb) [memoir | ★★] 
the examined life: how we lose and find ourselves (stephen grosz) [memoir | ★★★]
written in the stars (alexandra bellefleur) [romance | ★] 
klara and the sun (kazuo ishiguro) [klara and the sun | ★★★] 
go tell it on the mountain (james baldwin) [realistic fiction, classics | ★★★★★]
luster (raven leilani) [realistic fiction | ★★★] 
queer and trans artists of color: stories of some of our lives (nia king, editor) [anthology, interviews | ★★★]
annihilation (jeff vandermeer) [science fiction, horror | ★★★★] 
my sister, guard your veil; my brother, guard your eyes: uncensored iranian voices (lila azam zanganeh, editor) [nonfiction, essays | ★★★★]
girl made of stars (ashley herring blake) [ya, realistic fiction | ★] 
the age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power (shoshana zuboff) [nonfiction | ★★★★★] 
folklorn (angela mi young hur) [science fiction, fantasy | ★★★★★] 
girl, woman, other (bernardine evaristo) [realistic fiction | ★★★★★] 
aphrodite made me do it (trista mateer) [poetry | ★] 
we do this ’til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice (mariame kaba) [nonfiction, essays | ★★★★★] 
the chinese lady: afong moy in early america (nancy e. davis) [biography | ★★★] 
the parisian (isabella hammad) [historical fiction | ★★★★★] 
under the udala trees (chinelo okparanta) [historical fiction | ★★★★] 
the overstory (richard powers) [realistic fiction | ★★★★★]
queen of teeth (hailey piper) [horror | ★★★] 
the southern book club’s guide to slaying vampires (grady hendrix) [horror | ★★★★]
the vegetarian (han kang) [horror | ★★★] 
the priory of the orange tree (samantha shannon) [fantasy | ★★★★] 
harlem shuffle (colson whitehead) [historical fiction | ★★★★] 
the poppy war (r.f. kuang) [fantasy | ★★] 
parable of the sower (octavia butler) [science fiction | ★★★★] 
the idiot (elif batuman) [realistic fiction | ★★★★★] 
tender is the flesh (agustina bazterrica) [horror | ★★★★] 
the four winds (kristin hannah) [historical fiction | ★★] 
manhunt (gretchen felker-martin) [horror, science fiction | ★★★★] 
tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow (gabrielle zevin) [realistic fiction | ★★★★] 
ace of spades (faridah àbíke íyimídé) [ya, horror | ★★★★★]
nona the ninth (tamsyn muir) [science fiction | ★★★★★] 
blitzed: drugs in the third reich (norman ohler) [nonfiction | ★★★] 
virology: essays for the living, the dead, and the small things in between (joseph osmundson) [nonfiction, essays | ★★★★★] 
we have always lived in the castle (shirley jackson) [horror | ★★★★] 
the black flamingo (dean atta) [ya, poetry | ★★] 
things we lost to the water (eric nguyen) [realistic fiction | ★★★★] 
ruinsong (julia ember) [ya, fantasy | ★★] 
flung out of space (hannah templar & grace ellis) [graphic novel, biography | ★★★★★] 
everything i never told you (celeste ng) [mystery | ★★★★★] 
here the whole time (vitor martins) [ya, romance | ★★]
why freud was wrong: sin, science, and psychoanalsis (richard webster) [biography | ★★★★] 
sea of tranquility (emily st. john mandel) [science fiction | ★★★★] 
free food for millionaires (min jin lee) [realistic fiction | ★★★★] 
my heart hemmed in (marie ndaiye) [horror | ★★★] 
greywaren (maggie stiefvater) [ya, fantasy | ★★★★] 
bad gays (huw lemmey & ben miller) [biography | ★★★★★] 
cinderella is dead (kalynn bayron) [ya, fantasy | ★★] 
eileen (ottessa moshfegh) [realistic fiction | ★★★] 
artemis (andy weir) [science fiction | ★★★★] 
my heart is a chainsaw (stephen graham jones) [horror | ★★★] 
the orange eats creeps (grace krilanovich) [science fiction, horror | ★★] 
afropessimism (frank b. wilderson iii) [nonfiction, memoir | ★★★★★]
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jade-everstone · 1 year
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The yearly tradition returns: 2022's Summary of Art!
And hey, I did something a little more design-y than my past ones! Will admit it was a bit tricky to fit each month's pics into the frames this time but I'm glad I tried a different look than usual 
thoughts on each pic + reflection on the web + how I want to handle art going into the new year below:
January - Iri Intro!
From a somewhat short-lived thing I wanted to try out: Doing sketches of OCs just to serve as an introduction reguardless of quality. The good thing is, because quality's not a factor I can do these whenever in whatever format or polish. I just prefered doing larger pics this year
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Febuary - A 'Cereal' Debate (comic short)
Ok, but she's got a point when you think about it.
From a comics class I took spring this year. The only prompt was "conversation"... well, heated debate in this case.
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March - The School Mystery (comic short)
Another one from that Comics class and goddamn I think the panel featured here alone is one of the hardest things I drew that semester. That's pen and ink with minimal digital edits and damn hoping one day I could somehow make a longer comic with a similar style bc it was really fun to ink honestly.
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April - The Fish Project
JADE WITH THE FRESH SALMON???? REAL!
Ok but for the real context, this was an April fools project I had in the works since 2021. I turned all my active art accounts at the time into an OC Fishing irony page and sent Jade, Iri, Risa, Jpeg, and both Prisma's on a fishing trip. Not sure how I'll top that in the future... I'm not revealing until April >:)
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May - MOONROT
May was when I redesigned & revealed Io to the public! They got a bunch of art this month, but the CN challenge art is my favorite of all of them.
Huh. Suprised I didn't immediately burn out because that semester was extreme in terms of work. I guess wanting to draw Io was that strong.
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June - Life, After Wither
A pre-Artfight 2022 pic: I was Team Wither! I like doing splash pics for my own page for Artfight and this stayed my main banner for just about most of the year.
The mini-story I made up for this is these three teamed up across dimentions or something to visit this forest.
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July - In the Studio, fr
I don't normally do post-Artfight related pics, but Moog ended up getting the most attacks this year and I wanted to give her an extra pic based on it.
Seems she kept a souviner from the forest in the last pic.
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August - B-Hold! The Portal King!
For Clockday on Newgrounds, Strawberry clock the portal King himself!
Kept getting swept up with other things to jump on Newgrounds events, I wasn't gonna miss one of the bigger ones!
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September - //  DIRECTION //
(outside of being gay for the robot-) I just wanted to draw Alia tbh. With a similar energy she had in her older art too.
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October - HELLSPAWN
ABSOLUTELY NEFARIOUS HALLOWEEN PIC!!!
Featuring Io's true/original form + their 'powered-up' state
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November - The Fowl Pest (Mock-Cover)
The last two are for my Digital Illustration class. This one is a mock-book cover based on a worldbuilding project of mine (still need to organize it before sharing).
Though tbh if I do want to do more art for said project I might go tra-digital or use a grittier style. During crit I was told this looked "middle-grade"... when the world is "older-YA/Adult"... still like the pic, but damn.
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December - Lan Party!
*Sigh* Always wanted to go to one of these! But alas, me and my irls are all busy these days. This is based off a different project I'm working on.
I ended up debuting some different designs for my OCs for said project (notably; Iri, Risa, and Human!Midi) but separate pics for them will have to come next year. In terms of digital lineart, this was the most intense I did this year (traditional lineart comes easier to me than digital).
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So... 2022. Jesus Christ
This year was rough for me on things personal, and things non-personal. I mean jesus christ every other week something came out that was hostile to artists one way or another on top of some rough patches in my life. I don't want to jinx 2023 or leave things on this note though...
I think my biggest takeaway from this year is I need to rethink a lot of things. How I want to do art, where I want to go, or even my 'digital wellbeing'. This year, I realized keeping art a Hobby or staying "part-time" (as in small gigs & private comms only) might be healthier for me in the long run. I've already had my doubts with a lot of "professional" practices when I was shooting for it (a tl:dr it felt like "no fun allowed" half the time). But realizing how horribly i've treated myself and my art with this chase? That was another thing.
I think i've done a lot of strong pics compared to past years. Especially in terms of backgrounds and not being afraid to draw them (though I could always use more practice, lol). But I've also come to terms with I've been affected by social media without realizing it and how it hurt how I do art. Basically, for the past two years I've been working under the fear of being boxed into doing one thing. Be it fanart, genres, etc. To the point I stopped doing things to force a "brand". Specifically, I stopped doing fanart unless it's oc-centric. I hid straight-up fanart, and started getting irrationally upset over the metrics fanart gets over my original works.
And I hate it. I hate how I let myself judge the value of my work over "numbers and engagement". I hate how I boxed myself in trying to avoid being boxed, because of chasing this corporate measurement of worth. And most importantly, I hate that I nearly forgot that I enjoyed making fanart, because of some dumb culture caused by social media numbers and algorithms. I'm exhausted. So for 2023, I think I want my main resolution to do better with my online life & how I treat myself and my art. I want to pull away from social media a bit more (ironic considered i just came back here heh), spend more time on the slower web & offline if possible, and break that cycle of letting numbers judge my self-worth. And maybe help others do the same. It's much easier said than done, but I don't want to do nothing about this toxic hellscape that is how art is treated online, I want to do something even if the only person I directly help is myself.
And for what it's worth, focusing on my site so far has been cathartic. It's somewhere I can set up my art, projects, weird shit, etc. on my own terms, how I like it. It's quieter over there. And I'm glad I kept working on it beyond just a "portfolio site".
But I guess I have all of 2023 (and what's left of 2022) to process that. For now, I could use some extra time to pretty-up my website some more and take a few more naps before the year ends.
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extra note: this post is a (slightly modified) mirror of a post over on the everlogs:
Website Version Here!
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