#maybe i gotta read this book

[cerise-on-top]

hi<3 if you can, can you do valeria and laswell with a gothic s/o? like someone who likes darker/morbid things and things like that! love your blog by the way! it’s definitely my favorite blog to come look at after a long ass day <333

Hey there! Sorry, but I couldn't really find too much on what counts as dark and morbid in the goth scene, so I wrote more general HCs, I hope that's alright still ^^;

Valeria and Laswell with a Gothic!S/O

Valeria: She’d most definitely be intrigued, but not too much. In all honesty, she doesn’t know too much about the subculture, she’s never really met a goth who was clearly one. However, if it makes you happy, that’s all that matters to her. While she won’t really know too many bands, or any at all, she’d be more than happy to listen to a few if you want her to. Yes, she won’t always have the time, but when she isn’t too busy she could put on some songs by Joy Division or The Cure, she really doesn’t mind. She can vibe to that sort of music, even if it isn’t her favorite. You’re more than welcome to discuss the literature with her, though. She’s probably never read a single gothic literature book, but she can buy you some. Anything from poetry to a regular novel, it’s quite alright. While she won’t be the best person to go to when it comes to discussing those, she’ll support you either way. However, something she could definitely enjoy would be going clothes shopping with you. The fashion is kind of nice, she has to admit, so she’d be more than happy to buy you whatever garments you desire. Will go out of her way to find something you might like as well. I can’t see her being too much into the history of goth culture, though. It’s nice that you are a goth, if you want to tell her about it, then you can and she’ll listen to you, but she likely doesn’t have the time to research everything by herself. Tell her about its roots and she can definitely appreciate you going against what’s mainstream and how it all came to be. She’s a very defiant and rebellious woman herself, so she definitely gets it.

Laswell: She knows so many people, I wouldn’t be surprised if she has worked with goths before. And even if she hasn’t directly, she’s likely seen quite a few walking around the city. She usually grows worried for them in summer since their attire is black, which makes it quite hot. However, she’d be very intrigued by you and your subculture. It’s something very near and dear to you, so she would put in the effort to learn about your history. Will give some classic bands a listen as well. She just really wants to have something to talk about with you. Besides, she gets to learn more about you. While she may not be the biggest fan of your interest in death, considering she’s surrounded by it more often than not, she’d be more than happy to indulge anything else it has to offer. Laswell spent a good chunk of life left alone with her thoughts, so she definitely knows a thing or two about melancholy, the state of the world and introspection. Maybe not in the same way you do, but she can definitely keep up in a conversation. She’s likely also unintentionally read some of the more popular gothic novels out there and liked them, so she’d make for a good discussion partner as well. While she doesn’t particularly understand the need to make your face completely white, she doesn’t mind. In fact, she thinks it looks quite cool, even if it’s not for her. However, the fashion in and of itself looks really good to her. Again, she wouldn’t want to wear it, but something about Victorian and Edwardian fashion has a certain something to it that she can’t quite place. Like Valeria, she’ll definitely buy you things she thinks you might like. Anything from a suit or a corset to a book about poetry. Beware, though, she will read the books before you can.

#cod #cod x reader #valeria garza #valeria garza x reader #kate laswell #kate laswell x reader #I am so incredibly tired so I'm sorry if this is bad #the day I'm writing this is Monday and I worked for nine hours today which wasn't very fun #I'll be working for nine hours tomorrow again and I'm not looking forward to that but I need that overtime #I've never met a goth before so I don't even know anyone I could ask about it #I know an emo or two but that's not the same #still I gave the music a listen and I gotta say it sounds pretty good #I can see Valeria indulging you in your morbid things though. if you collect animal bones she can definitely acquire some #whether it be through roadkill or ethically killed animals #Laswell wouldn't be too big of a fan of having bones at home but she won't stop you either #she'll just tell you to keep them somewhere she won't necessarily have to see them all the time #she's not squeamish but she prefers to not think about death too much outside of work. she gets enough of it on the daily #Laswell would be more media literate than Valeria though. she's definitely analyzed some poems for fun when she was younger #Valeria doesn't have the time to read too much into something. or read a book at all. a poem maybe but that's it she won't read into it

[yarrowleef]

I’m trying to start a collection of every xenofiction book from a cats POV that I can find!! this is my criteria list:

older middle-grade and up fiction stories (maybe some exceptions for children's books if I really like them)

Mostly or only cat POV, not stories about people with cat sidekicks

about actual cats, not a human that shapeshifts into a cat, nor cat-like two-legged humanoids

Focusing on domestic cats and maybe small wild cats, not big cats 

It doesn’t have to be a traditionally published book, but it does have to be something completed that I can buy a copy of

Graphic novels count!

These are the ones I know so far, please let me know if you have any more that I can add! (not listing every book’s sequels, series are presumed to be lumped together)

(also note: I have not read most of these books yet, so I can’t say what kind of graphic/sensitive content they may or may not have. I'm just trying to make as complete a list as I can for personal reference)

Warrior Cats (obviously, this one is a free space)

Varjak Paw -- S.F Said

Tailchaser’s Song -- Tad Williams

The Wild Road -- Gabriel King

Catwings -- Ursula K. Le Guin

Stray -- A.N Wilson

The Book of Night with Moon -- Diane Duane

The Wildings -- Nilanjana Roy

The Tygrine Cat -- Inbali Iserles

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents -- Terry Pratchett

 The Familiars -- Adam Jay Epstein

In the Long Dark -- Brian Carter

Felidae -- Akif Pirinçci. Unfortunately! but I don’t want to talk about him and no one should buy his work. just adding so people know i’m aware of this book already

The Cats of Roxville Station -- Jean Craighead George

The Traveling Cat Chronicles -- Hiro Arikawa

Blitzcat -- Robert Westall

Cat House -- Michael Peak

Cats in the City of Plague -- A.L Marlow

Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria -- Rahma Krambo

Cat on the Edge -- Shirley Rousseau Murphy

I Am a Cat -- Natsume Sōseki

The Alchemist’s Cat -- Robin Jarvis

The Stink Files -- Jennifer L. Holm & Jonathan Hamel

I, Scheherazade: Memoirs of a Siamese Cat -- Douglass Parkhirst

The Mouse Butcher -- Dick King-Smith

Heroes Rising: Book One of Catmage: Genesis -- Meryl Yourish

#theres gotta be more so send me suggestions plz #yarrow speaks #yarrow reads other books #xenofiction #reblogs to spread this are appreciated #warrior cats #when I have time i will come back and organize them by middle grade-YA-or adult #maybe include upper middle grade for things like warrior cats itself where many people cant agree whether its really middle grade or YA #middle grade books have a hell of a range in tone...i would be guessing with a lot of them #frankly im not sure how to draw a clear line between YA and adult either but well cross that bridge when we come to it

[ladespeinada]

The Bear, S2E6, Fishes & The Bear, S2E9, Omelette // “Fall Out Boy Forever” from They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Hanif Abdurraqib

#the bear fx #michael berzatto #carmy berzatto #hanif abdurraqib #they can't kill us until they kill us #Michael Berzatto & Pete Wentz both being depressed Chicagoans is but a faint connection but a connection nonetheless!!!! #petition to have a fall out boy deep cut in the next season of the bear or something well known too! maybe a little grand theft autumn?? #or nobody puts baby in the corner or SATURDAYYYYYYYYYYY #i've clearly been reading my books instead of packing them like i should be doing because i gotta move out of my place in 2wks lmao #*edit #fall out boy

[lucdoodle]

Made these for funsies

#yes twoflower has 4 eyes XD i imagined him with 4 eyes when i started reading the books #and now i just think they're a neat character design detail XD aiuhguihergutiuti #2 of his 4 eyes are usually close #i thought about making their age difference 8 years (for the whole wizardry stuff) but then thought that it was a bit too much maybe #do they have a ship name?? #ah probably not... #my favorite ship names are the one using words instead of their names (like the tf2 ship names) #but gotta say 'rinceflower' sounds pretty cool ! #rinceflower #discworld #rincewind #twoflower #the color of magic #the light fantastic #interesting times #myart #a ship name using words for them would be 'rinced flower' i suppose

[accio-sabrina]

Johanna: I dare you-

Peeta: Katniss isn't allowed to take dares.

Johanna: Why not?

Katniss, head bowed: I have no regards for my personal safety.

#hi yes i still post fandom stuff sometimes #also there is a huger game renaissance? #right before my super important exam? #like how is this fair? #ive read the books m u l t i p l e times and made my family watch the movies #anywayyyyyyyyyyyy #gotta tag this shit so people can see it #go away tags are embarrassing #hunger games #incorrect hunger games quote #katniss everdeen #katniss #peeta #peeta mellark #johanna #did she have a surname? #idk?? maybe #she was one of my queer awakenings #women filled with rage? #so fucking hot #queue cuz im embarrassed cuz i feel like im posting too much #everlark

[loppiopio]

live izaya reaction to chapter 29 (honey python) of a cheap imitation.

#durarara #izaya orihara #a cheap imitation #shitpost #i made a thing #tumblr wouldn't let me upload more than one video in the same post so this a stray from the 🥥 post #this one might be funnier on its own though so maybe it works out #i expect the notes on this one to not exceed the single digits hsgsds #but hey it is a thing i made so i'll leave it here for posterity #unlike the others in the 🥥 post this one was specifically made for marketing #which is a thing i started doing on twitter to try and entice my book club victims to read a new chapter of the fic #at a pace i thought would be more fun #so it's supposed to be very ??? since my intended response was meant to be like “??? wtf is going on in the next chapter” #“i've gotta read it” #“oh” #“no” #and it did work for one friend lol #so mission success #anyways maybe someone here will enjoy it too who knows #the sounds btw are just michael jackson noises it was supposed to be a reference to that one voiced meme of the shit bunny crying #and then placating themselves by imagining them railing their fav #y'know #the shit bunny by @battleguitar on twitter #https://twitter.com/battleguitar/status/1622025684670631936 if you want to see the comic #i tried my best to find whoever voiced it but i think that post must be gone :( #i have it saved though as a reference so if anyone wants it i guess dm me haha #ACTUALLY HOLD UP I JUST FOUND IT NOW #https://twitter.com/coalbones/status/1622112973102669829 :000 #thank you for your service twitter user @coalbones

[the-way-astray]

i would’ve accepted a book 9.5 if it had been from marella’s pov and started where stellarlune ended (like unlocked did with legacy).

#kotlc #NO BUT THINK ABOUT IT #we’d see marella’s realization that she found what fintan wanted and now has the information necessary to find out what happened to her mom #and then she’s like. wait. i gotta get out of this elysian situation first whoopsie daisy. but we could find out WHAT HAPPENED TO HER MOM #more fintan content and more four horsegirls content and WE’D SEE MARELLA’S FAMILY DYNAMICS (ESPECIALLY HER MOM) THROUGH HER EYES #and also marella’s stuffed animal :) bonus i guess #could be like unlocked where it switches between sophie and marella to keep some amount of connection to the main series #shannon messenger i am outside your house don’t ask how i got here but #the pov choice being marella was so obvious literally who cares about what keefe was doing in the forbidden cities #i should be past this but i’m still cyclicing through the stages of grief and haven’t quite reached acceptance yet lads #hhhhhhhhhh grieving over the marella pov book we never had and were never going to have #am i going to read unraveled? absolutely. i will eat up any canon kotlc content i can get my grubby little hands on #will i like it? right now i’m thinking no but hey maybe shannon will surprise me

[chambers003]

one of the many, many things i love about doctor who is that the doctor is a respected and valued person who is 100% free to do what they like/come and go as they please. it’s so… like. you dont see many people speaking up about an alien being a trusted authority figure. or even many people trying to lock them up to study them/exploit their knowledge. when you do they’re shut down pretty quick or were under the influence of something/someone else.

they’re the president of the earth, which implies enough world leaders know about them and agreed to this, and of course they’re unit’s specialest little guy ever. it’s been shown multiple times it’s not even that hard for the general public to track information about the doctor down, and yet, no protest. if it’s happening, it’s all off-screen. it’s just a nice change of pace.

#it’s just. the classic ‘oooh something alien we gotta study it and blah blah whatever!!!1!!’ just. isnt present. it’s good #note: ive only seen new who idk what went on in classic who maybe they already did all that. #and havent read any books. #idk! be nicies if im wrong though #my post #doctor who #if i said that ‘if this show was american this would not be the case at all’ would you guys be mad #tbf i am not british or american. australia would also do something american because thats what we do. 😦 #the guy in ‘dalek’ was clearly meant to be a dickhead so his opinion’s immediately invalid #(the giggle spoilers next ->) #kate lethbridge-stewart was getting brain spiked so she Doesnt Count™️ #<- also blatant favouritism on my part #what i want to know is where was osgood. they’re awesome i love them she should’ve been there #this is off topic #they/she because theres 2 of them

[cobaltfluff]

my man could you be any more obvious

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bonus me overanalysing maruki after seeing him twice vs my smug friend who has been recommending me this game for years

#p5r #spoilers #art tag #maruki my man your glasses give it all away #IT'S ALWAYS ALL IN THE GLASSES! character design plain and simple #your sweet smile hides nothing!! #your pain and sadness is barely masked!! #i read you like a book from the beginning! #obvs not all the details but tbh i think it's a good thing in a way that it's not exactly subtle #anyway my friend had been telling me to play this game for years #and she was right. i loved every moment of it. #it is right up my alley exactly my cup of tea #i was also talking to another friend and i was like #i love maruki so much he's my sort of character i hope he doesn't turn out to be the bad guy #and he just looked at me like uhhhhh i dont want to spoil anything. #shh you dont gotta tell me. i KNOW. #i feel like these games arent exactly subtle lol #but maybe for the better sometimes

[willowillowillowillow]

god when they when when they they when i when when they when--

#ead x sabran #the priory of the orange tree #epic fantasy #literature #book #lgbtq #lesbian #sapphic #eadaz uq nara #sabran berethnet #gay #god i love them so much i'm screaming #they're so perfect #they feed my inner siden #i think siden is maybe symbolic of sapphic yearning #man y'all really gotta read this fuckin book #like right now. like yesterday #its not that long you can do it

[bardengarde]

One thing about me is I lie but over the most trivial stuff. I'm still haunted by the time I was talking to a guy about the three musketeers and when he asked which one I liked the most I said Porthos, when I've been a tried and true Aramis girly since 7th grade.

#why did i say that!!!!! #and i couldn't tell him the truth because who lies about their favorite character!!!!! #jacob I'm sorry #doodle if you see this u know exactly who i mean #also sorry to everyone else for seeing one of my red flags #dont reblog this #I STILL FEEL LIKE A TRAITOR I ALWAYS LOVED ARAMIS #PORTHOS IS GREAT AND I LOVE HIM AND I LOVE ALL THE MUSKETEERS HONESTLY BUT LIKE..... WOW #i gotta say porthos' fate is the one I'm most devastated by though maybe thats what i was thinking about #aramis didn’t deserve a friend like him in the end #porthos deserved better #says woman who read the man in the iron mask once in 7th grade and never touched it since #my memory may be fuzzy #and yeah when you consider that book aramis was a fucking dick in the end #maybe that also influenced my answer #doodle i think about this often I'm sorry if you have to see this😭

[bookwyrminspiration]

i gotta speed run the entire trials of apollo series NO ONE tell my little sister if she asks yeah I totally read them a while back I'm definitely not frantically reading them after years of sitting on my shelf just for her <3

#toa #shitpost #LISTEN #i was planning on reading them eventually #I read the first book. and maybe part of the second? #but like. i got into other books #but NOW #my little sister is getting into percy jackson (for will and nico) #and she's been borrowing all my books #and she recently finished the. what's the name. heroes of olympus series #and she wants to start toa next #(is reading through some other things first though) #but she thinks I've already read them all #so now I have. a small window to get a head start and frantically secretly read the entire series #so that we are on. the same page #also NO ONE tell her I actually. didn't own all the books until very recently #I bought the last two recently because I know she's going to want to borrow them #i bought them specifically so she could borrow them #NO ONe say anything this is our secret #anyway I gotta. gotta sppedread these suckers #secretly #this is the correct course of action and totally rational <- convincing myself

[moirasglittergelpen]

The guilt of not finishing several books that I started this year vs. The ever present need to reread books I love and have read a million times fight

#didnt finish dune or x wing: iron fist or the book my friend lent me (! still gotta do that! im halfway! so close!) #started rereading the angel of the crows and eagle of the ninth and didnt finish either of those lollll #and i didnt finish hogfather (maybe i can do that for christmas) or moving pictures. and i didnt finish convergence! #i pretty much failed at reading anything new this year hahahaha :/ #lucy reads

[armands-eyefuckery]

tale of the body thief was a slog, and memnoch the devil is putting me to sleep. I'm remembering why I stopped reading after this one all those years ago

#honestly? considering it again #do i really want to spend my one life reading books that i find boring? #i want to know what happens to all these freaks but it feels like there's no real plot after qotd #maybe I'll just slow down but there's no way I'm bailing before the next book #which I hope is all about Armand considering the title #i always loved him as a kid so i gotta read his whole story obvs #and from what i gather the book after that features Armand/Daniel and i gotta find out how that goes #is it worth reading a whole Anne Rice book is the question #two of them! #the vampire chronicles

[ratstuckinamarble]

When a book smacks you in the face with a het romance subplot, just imagine the dude's a butch lesbian who uses he/him pronouns and likes to be referred to as a boyfriend. Who cares about authorial intent-

#gotta make that bearable somehow okay #I did not spend money on a book to read about straight people #like include a warning next time seriously 🙄 (I'm joking (maybe)) #rätposting

[ezraphobicsoup]

spending the time (it is time to type out the full weezer discography into a spreadsheet)

#i think i’m enjoying myself??? i’m not quite sure anymore tbh but i’m not in distress or major unhappiness so it’s gotta be at least ok #mm been thinking about the ballad of costa concordia today aaaaaa #recommend the actual story of the ship iptself it’s pretty interesting too #mmmmm maybe i don’t do this now #i want to read books i think #need to do duolingo still oh we’ll post redundant send post hello how are you i’m a bit tired myself hope you’re well :)