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rxin3akamallory · 9 months

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Howdy!

(I am Taiga Aisaka irl lol)

I finally decided to make an intro on this account because it’s inconsistent as hell even though it’s my main one.

But yeah hello!

I’m Mallory (people call me Mal a lot) I’m a goofy ahh autistic 21 year old

She/Her are my preferred pronouns, but I’m okay with They/Them as well if it’s easier for you to use.

I’m biromantic/asexual

I’m not in college but I’ve been working for nearly a year now! It takes up half of my time but I’m still free decently often.

I like to draw, write, make OCs and self inserts, play video games, sing and listen to music. I sometimes post my art and characters occasionally but not often on here. (I should tho)

This is my main tumblr where I used to post strictly Finding Nemo related posts but my fixation had faded out since 2021 (I still love the movie and it’s sequel but it hasn’t been my main interest anymore)

Here are my other tumblrs if they’re interesting enough to take a look at.

Second tumblr: @rxin3srandomthoughts

Meme tumblr: @rxin3smemes

Aesthetic tumblr (kinda defunct now): @rxin3saesthetics

Stim tumblr (the one I use most often besides my main): @rxin3stims

I have a large DNI list on my stim tumblr, but I’ll put a general one here too. It’s also in my bio:

DNI if:

A nsfw/k!nk blog

Racist

Homophobic

Transphobic

Ablelist

And a personal one, if you romanticize serial k!ll3rs or sh00t3rs. Big on the latter because of personal trauma and because that monster has been romanticized here before and on other platforms on the internet and I find it not only disturbing and horrifying but also disrespectful to the victims, their families, and the survivors.

If you fit under any of this criteria, you will immediately be blocked.

A lot of my content is OC related, so here is a list of ‘em!!

Self Inserts (1)

Self Inserts (2)

Self Inserts (3)

Moodboards: 1, 2, 3

Self Insertmas 2023: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, Day 21, Day 22, Day 23

Self Insert Birthday Countdown 2024: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, Day 21, Day 22, Day 23, Day 24

I also have a lot of special interests and fixations! Here’s a “small” list of a majority of them to get to know me:

Non film/tv:

Tennessee (Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge specifically!) Literally my comfort place. I love when I get to visit sm!!)

OneRepublic (My favorite band!)

Littlest Pet Shop

Bunnies!

Film:

Wreck-It Ralph (only the first film)

Frozen (mainly only the first film)

Big Hero 6 (also the manga and the tv series)

Encanto

Finding Nemo/Finding Dory

Cars (1-3)

Onward

Guardians of the Galaxy (and the tv series and the 2021 game)

(Current fixation! Rocket is my bf fr /hj)

Jurassic Park/Jurassic World

The Florida Project

Madagascar (1-3)

Rise of the Guardians

Ice Age (1-4)

Rio (mainly the first film)

Sing (mainly Sing 2 only)

The Mario Movie (2023)

Vivo

The Muppets (specifically modern, 2011-2015)

TV:

The Fairly Oddparents (Seasons 1-5)

The Powerpuff Girls (1998 only)

The Office (US only)

My Little Pony (I haven’t finished it Friendship is Magic, I mainly fixate on the 2017 movie and the 2021 film from Gen 5)

Bluey

Fish Hooks

Green Eggs & Ham (Netflix)

Smiling Friends

Thomas and Friends (before CGI era)

The Peanuts (I didn’t know where to put it so it’s here lmao)

Video Games:

Animal Crossing (Mainly New Leaf and New Horizons)

Mario Kart (Mainly 7 and 8)

Mario Party (Mainly Superstars and Island Tour)

Animal Jam

Detroit: Become Human (My favorite!)

Cuphead (I never finished the show but I should)

BlazBlue (Mainly Chronophantasma and Crosstag Battle. And the anime Alter Memory)

Arcana Heart (Mainly 3 Love Max!!!)

Five Nights at Freddy’s (I don’t think it counts because I never played the actual games but I’ve watched so many play throughs)

Anime:

Studio Ghibli in general (I’ve not seen every film though)

Cardcaptor Sakura

Tokyo Mew Mew (I need to watch the reboot!)

Lucky Star

Toradora (my favorite!)

Madoka Magica (I need to finish Record! And I can’t wait for the next movie!)

Smile Precure (watched it because Glitter Force sucked)

Himouto! Umaru-Chan

The Quintessential Quintuplets

Rent-A Girlfriend

BNA: Brand New Animal

Fruits Basket

My Love Story

Ouran Highschool Hostclub

Love Chunibyo and Other Delusions

True Tears

Wotakoi: Love is hard for Otaku

Maid Sama

(There’s more but this is all I got in in my head rn)

Ask Answers!!

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Well that’s pretty much it!

I hope you like my account where I occasionally post actual stuff and mainly reblog things from my interests lol

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slayerkitty · 6 months

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BL & Me: 2023 Edition

To celebrate my full first year as a BL fan I decided I wanted to do an end of the year list. Something to commemorate the absolutely wonderful fandom year I've had. Prior to watching my first BL, I had not participated in any fandoms since 2015. Getting back into it reminded how much fun it is and I've met and followed so many amazing people in the last year (technically, I watched my first BL in October 2022, so it's been more than a year...).

These lists are going to focus on the BLs (and two Thai dramas that wanted to be and probably should have been BLs) that came out during 2023 (or their finales aired in late January through February). Since I'm still playing catch up on older BLs, there are several that I watched for the first time this year but I might do a separate post for that.

Total # of BLs watched this year: 42

Thailand: 38 Dramas, 1 Movie

Japan: 1

Korea: 0

Taiwan: 2

Clearly I need to watch more from Korea. Currently I'm making my way through Taiwan's BLs so once I am sufficiently caught up on those, I will be moving over to catch up on Korean ones. Until the last month or so, I had never seen a Taiwanese BL, so that's what started me on watching those - I'm almost done with the ones that have been recommended to me so far.

It's plain to see that I love Thailand's approach to BL's the most; they are what hooked me into BL and keep me watching.

Most Anticipated BLs: Bed Friend, Between Us, Cutie Pie 2 You, Moonlight Chicken, Naughty Babe

My Highest Rated Shows on MyDramaList: I Feel You Linger in the Air (10), La Pluie (10), Moonlight Chicken (10), Our Dining Table (10), Laws of Attraction (9.5), Midnight Museum (9.5), My Dear Gangster Oppa (9.5), Only Friends (9.5), Shadow (9.5) and Kiseki: Dear to Me (9.5).

It's a very interesting mix of shows here - one from Taiwan, one from Japan, and the two regular Thai dramas.

Favorite New Trope: Waltzing Gays. 2023 said, "Let the gays dance!" and they did.

Memorable Fandom Moments (The Good, The Bad, And The Absurd):

Altering the name of Moonlight Chicken. When we heard the name of the show, it was impossible not to make fun of it just a little. Many a nickname/play on words was created for this show and it was so much fun to see what others would come up with.

The ONN fandom protesting the O part of their ship landing a new BL and a new BL partner (complete with hiring a truck to drive around with a sign).

The Pit Babe Omegaverse post breaking containment and topping out at just over 69k notes (NOICE).

Playing "Spot the Cameo" during Midnight Museum and watching while GMMtv marched out practically their entire pool of talent for the show and yet still needed both Gun and Nannon to play more than one character.

Playing "Spot the Cameo" for Kiseki: Dear to me as they practically had all the major BL actors cameo in the show.

The fandom exhaustion over the marketing/casting announcements for Red Peafowl and the eventual fandom decision to just worship our lord and savior Kuhn Feathers instead.

Best/Worst Use of Product Placement: (you decide which is which)

Midnight Museum using the product placement car to hit and kill a character.

Oiishi Green Tea being used as part of foreplay/foodplay in Dinosaur Love

The random Toyota Service Center call during a highly emotionally charged moment in Bake Me Please

Every single 7/11 scene in Venus in the Sky. Every single one.

The spicy meals used as torture devices in Kiseki: Dear to Me

Shows That Started Great But Couldn't Stick the Landing: Dangerous Romance, Hidden Agenda, Only Friends, Our Skyy 2 (select episodes), Step by Step

Best/Favorite Kisses:

GunCher "challenge" kiss (A Boss and A Babe episode 2)

TinnGunn bed kiss (My School President episode 12)

WinTeam poolside "fall into each other" kiss (Between Us episode 2)

JokeZo balcony kiss (Hidden Agenda episode 8)

YaiJom rain kiss (I Feel You Linger in the Air episode 7)

PalmNueng rooftop kiss (Never Let Me Go episode 5)

LianKuea wedding kiss (Cutie Pie 2 You episode 4)

(I could keep going but I'd be here forever so I'm stopping myself)

Worst/Yikes Kisses:

DinoRak (Dinosaur Love) - just... almost all of them. THERE IS SO MUCH TONGUE. Normally this is not a bad thing. However, here it's basically Dino tongue-bathing Rak's face like a dog and it did not work for me. Yikes.

KanghanSailom bathroom kiss (Dangerous Romance episode 6?) - I've tried to like it. I have. It's Perth. It's Chimon. It's AWKWARD. Yikes.

DanNai "locked in a room all night" kiss (Shadow episode 9) - it's bad because it's not reciprocated and IT HURTS DAMN IT.

Most Surprising/Memorable Show Production Moments:

Our Skyy 2 x Bad Buddy x A Tale of a Thousand Stars crossover announcement.

Finding out while watching Pit Babe episode one that it was Omegaverse after being told that aspect had been removed for the show.

Pixelated Butts/Genitals in The Sign

Mame landing McDonald's money for Wedding Plan

Gun Attaphan playing not one, not two, but three separate characters in Midnight Museum.

Feel free to use any of these categories if you're doing an end of the year list too; I can't wait to see what others might come up with.

#BL & Me: 2023 Edition #Thai Bl

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starxcxboy · 7 months

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hello stranger!

this is an introduction to my tumblr blog

maybe it will help me find some mutuals or else

Plus I myself would love to see all the things I'm into in one particular place. I guess that's what this blog is for. I mostly post about cinematography, my favorite song lyrics, albums, music videos or photoshoots.

fandoms I'm currently in: taylor swift, beyoncé, nicolas winding refn, david fincher, quentin tarantino, gotham, bakugan, stranger things, tmnt 2003, game of thrones, euphoria, ahs, glee, avatar tla, black mirror, westworld

Taylor Swift said never grow up so I didn't. Member of the fire nation, member of house targaryen, a clown, darkus brawler, heir to the iron throne, guest of the hotel cortez.

🎧 stan list: Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, Lana Del Rey, Tove Lo, Halsey, FKA twigs, Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, SZA, Grimes, Arca, Jessie Ware, Kali Uchis, Disclosure, BANKS, Sabrina Claudio, Shygirl, Doja Cat

📺 fav tv shows: American Horror Story, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, Black Mirror, Bones, Daria, The End of the Fucking World, euphoria, Extreme Ghostbusters, Fleabag, Game of Thrones, Glee, Gotham, Legion, Life with Louie, Lucifer, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Mr. Robot, Pose, Preacher, Spider-Man (1994), Stranger Things, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Too Old to Die Young, Westworld, What We Do in the Shadows, Why Women Kill, You

🎬 fav movies (a long list): Taxi Driver (1976), Blade Runner (1982), Scarface (1983), Back to the Future (1985), When Harry Met Sally (1989), Paris is Burning (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Groundhog Day (1993), The Crow (1994), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Léon (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), Titanic (1997), Gia (1998), American Beauty (1999), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Fight Club (1999), The Matrix (1999), American Psycho (2000), Cast Away (2000), Amélie (2001), Shrek (2001), Minority Report (2002), Kill Bill (2003), Mean Girls (2004), Shrek 2 (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Freedom Writers (2006), V for Vendetta (2006), The Mist (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), Kung Fu Panda (2008), Wall·e (2008), 9 (2009), Up (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Despicable Me (2010), Inception (2010), In Time (2011), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Master (2012), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Despicable Me 2 (2013), The Great Gatsby (2013), Only God Forgives (2013), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Birdman (2014), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Gone Girl (2014), The Dressmaker (2015), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Arrival (2016), La La Land (2016), The Neon Demon (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Logan (2017), Phantom Thread (2017), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Animal World (2018), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Green Book (2018), Mandy (2018), Ocean's 8 (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Under the Silver Lake (2018), Ready or Not (2019), Joker (2019), Parasite (2019), Knives Out (2019), The Worst Person in the World (2021), Babylon (2022), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), The Whale (2022), Barbie (2023), Infinity Pool (2023), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Poor Things (2023), Priscilla (2023), Robot Dreams (2023)

if this flops rita ora hacked me

#intro post #if this flops rita ora hacked me #help me find mutuals

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thecandywrites · 1 year

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Monster March 2023 Day 18- Pixie

So, when I saw this prompt, my first thoughts were of course the movie Fern Gully, with some splashes of Epic.

And then, my hand slipped. And then this happened. And I'm saying sorry right now. Trigger warnings ahead- loss, grief, anger, abandonment, death, destruction. All of that.

At the end, when I had written it and was proofreading it, all I could think of was in The Count of Monte Cristo when Edmond finds the treasure but he looks, so...empty. And Jacapo asks what he wants to buy and he says 'revenge' and when Jacapo suggests he just shoots and kills them in quick succession, Edmond goes 'Death is too good for them. They must suffer as I suffered. They must have their world, all that they hold dear, ripped from them as it was ripped from me.' And that was very much the angle I conciously and subconciously went with this.

So you'll see a lot of that. Because in the stages of grief, some can get stuck on one of them, usually anger. And you get to a point that because you're in pain and you're suffering, and you feel alone and isolated, and losing your own battle with grief and loss that you get into a vicious cycle. Which I have been doing my best to avoid. And I took everything I've been trying to avoid and I let it out on this. Sorry.

Because what I've learned after over a decade of therapy is that- Suffering does not begit suffering. And making others suffer, does not heal your own pain.

And as someone who has lost 16 people in the last two years alone, one of them being my second favorite person in the world (my grandfather, the day before my 18th wedding anniversary too, and my cousin who committed suicide not even a whole month before that. She was my age and who had daughters my daughter's age. And everything I thought I had dealt with since my last suicide attempt, 8 years ago- came roaring back to life and apparently I had not fixed or healed all of it so I've been working on it since then. Especially my own survivor's guilt with my cousin)

I'm doing Monster March because it's a way for me to grow past it and a way to deal with it in a healthier way. Because nearly all of my traumatic life events have always been in March so the month of March is always the darkest and hardest month of the year for me. But this prompt, got the beginning of the brunt of it. And there will be others that you'll see more of it. And I'll tag those too.

So, with all of that in mind. Please know that I know way too much about tragic loss and the interruptions of life and losing people that can never be replaced and losing all the possibilities of 'what might have been' or 'if only I had seen this I could have done something' and being helpless, and hopeless and especially a lot of survivor's guilt. And watching as everyone else moves on but you're stuck and you're stuck with your own loss and grief. So you'll see that anger, that rage, that resentment, that bitterness, that abandonment and that vicious cycle. And I usually use my creative writing to create a world where everything is ok and nothing hurts. But not this time.

So if you feel like I'm being unfair by taking my own loss and taking it out on this prompt and you'll see it in future prompts too, I get it. No hard feelings. Enjoy anything else but this. But I felt a warning and a heads up was warrented and an explanation was needed.

As always thanks to @borealwrites for their Monster March 2023 prompt list. It's literally keeping me alive and going and moving forward and trying to heal and get better. Thank you.

Monster March 2023 Day 18- Pixie

The Hollow

You watched on as the Queen Pixie walked along the pathway, the very flowers bending over her to offer her their scents while their leaves provided her shade. She rarely left The Hollow, and was unusually fair because of it and over time grew quite sensitive to the sun’s rays.

She was always under heavy guard when not in The Hollow itself, which was currently in a deep, dark cavernous pit with only a hole at the top that let in light and rain water.

But this was the most important part of her reign. It was where she would choose a special bud that would choose the next princess who would then grow to be a queen of the forest. She was so regal, her long gown of petals ever fresh and soft, along with her hair that had been braided so elegantly. And while becoming a queen, meant that she lost her wings, she didn’t really need them. For all of nature would take her wherever she wanted to go or need to be.

There were always dangers though, especially when she was out in the open. There were always other pixies in other forests, eager to fight for territory, to either amass more or simply keep any other from invading onto their own. But lately, more and more were refugees from other forests that had been taken down and turned into anything the big people wanted it to be. Which only put more pressure on the need to keep the balance in nature, between the new and growing and dead, dying and decaying.

But the sound of animals running for their lives interrupted things, then, the unmistakable sound of a chainsaw began to break through the procession along with the talking and shouting of the large ones. The queen was quickly ushered away while many fled and the sound was coming from The Hollow, which meant she needed to seek other shelter.

Because chainsaws meant one thing- deforestation from the larger people.

You wanted to flee with the others, but you chose a tree that was too small to be chopped down, so it was left to stand alone. But that meant that you were trapped where you were and couldn’t flee with the others. So you watched in horror how what was once sacred ground was then trampled on. Trees that had stood for hundreds of years were cut in a matter of moments. And down, down, down, they all came.

The animals that once called this forest home, now had to flee to a new one. And what was once ancestral ground, was ravaged and stripped bare.

But the worst blow, was the pool that the buds were blooming from, died from the gasoline and other chemicals dumped into the small pool before any of them could be chosen and what was once an age old tradition was ruined to the point that it couldn’t be revived. All of which you were helpless to watch from where you chosen to hide. But all of it, being seared into your mind and memory.

The ground was dug up. A wet rock, like cold lava, was poured and overnight it turned from wet to as hard as bedrock. Then new towers were raised, but not of dead trees, but of metal. Then lines of lightning were put on the towers. Before finally, the big people left, leaving a monstrosity of metal and lines of lightning in their wake. You could see for miles as they were part of yet another line of metal trees, all with lines of lightning. And any who came too close, got zapped and electrocuted and died.

The queen had no choice, she had to leave The Hollow and the forest. It was too dangerous for any pixie or fairy or fae to live here anymore. And she could only hope and pray that another Pixie would welcome her and her court into their own.

But you refused to leave. You wanted the large ones to pay for the damage they had done. And you wanted the queen to come back. And a new princess to come and reclaim the realm. But, yet, none did. And all you could do was helplessly watch as it was an all out war between the forces of nature waged.

And then when the trees dared to grow their branches towards the lines of lightning, a big metal bird came, with chainsaws on the bottom of it to cut back the branches that dared to grow anywhere near the metal trees with the lines of lightning, which only added insult to grave injury.

And as much as you wished you were the size of a giant to rip it all out and stomp on the larger people’s homes and destroy them and their homes- to see how they liked it and force them to abandon homes and abandon everything they had destroyed only to build to suit them. You were rather powerless to do such things.

Because you were just a pixie, stubbornly staying right where you were and watched on, seemingly helplessly, but growing more angry, more wrathful every day the trees of steel stood, with their lines of lightning, buzzing away with their power harnessed by the large ones.

By now, most had moved on, the queen had died, going from court to court, begging for leniencey and pleading for her fellow pixies to find refuge in other courts. Only to die just as she had managed to find one who would and did. But it was so far away, there was no safe way for you to get back to the others. Since all the forest between you and where she eventually found refuge, had also been cut down and devastated and rebuilt to suit the large ones. She died with no way to select a new princess. Which left this realm wild, untamed and in a constant state of being “trimmed back” by the large ones who deemed it so.

Not that this stretch of forest was worth their divine protection anyway now that it was desecrated by the big people. But you could still remember, what it was, what it used to be and wishing you could have seen what might have been had the large ones not interrupted when they did. And had you been chosen as a princess, how you would have proclaimed all out war on them for it.

That was why you didn’t hesitate that whenever you saw the large ones “hiking”, you didn’t think twice about leading them astray. You didn’t feel the tiniest bit of guilt when they would get lost, get turned around, and not know what way was up, apart from the ground under them and the sky above them. Leading them to the very electrical lines that would still stretch on for miles, but would never lead them back to “civilization”. Because you were always leading them towards complete and utter wilderness where they would surely run out of food. And since they poisoned your once sacred pool, let alone any other water source, you watched as they went hungry and thirsty, and their lives hung in the balance, the very balance they destroyed by destroying a perfectly good forest before you would push them into the large pit that The Hollow always was. But now without it being a pixie court. Was just another, deep, dark cave like pit with no way for any of them to escape. Where bats usually stayed in, but even the bats had moved on and didn’t use it anymore.

When the queen and the others first moved away, you came here, and explored what was once a grand pixie court hall. Now left bare and lifeless pit with only an opening in the roof to fly out of. You wept to feel the beautiful magic that used to fill this place, was gone. Leaving only you, and your own feelings of loss, of sadness and rage.

So, as an act of revenge, what was once hollowed ground, would be the grave of any large one who ever came back to this stretch of the forest. You would see to it if it was the last thing you did.

Others would come, searching for the lost ones. And those you were all too happy to lead astray too until they met the same fate, being led, delirious from dehydration and with one final step or one push, fall, fall, fall they would go, like the trees that once stood that fell only to be replaced by the trees of metal. They would fall, with no wings to help them fly out again and usually die as they splattered on the ground or onto the other bodies of your other victims as their life force only seemed to fuel you and your own. And soon this forest, which was once so precious, got to have a reputation as being “haunted”.

Good. They destroyed your peace and your home, you would fight fire with fire so to speak, even if you were just one pixie. You didn’t care how your own hate and resentment twisted you like a vine. You would never forget and you would never forgive such an unforgivable sin. And you would make every big person who came here, suffer the same loss that was once inflicted on countless beings, animals, and pixies and fairies and other fae alike. And you would make them feel the same pain you felt. The same sense of being lost and hopeless. And watching how things would never be the same. And the loss of what could have been, if they hadn’t been greedy in taking up your forest and stripping it of it’s good healing magic. Leaving only you behind and your pain and anguish that would never heal.

But then, that only attracted other “paranormal hunters”. With their cameras and fancy recording equipment. Which used that damn lightning, which you had since learned was called “electricity”. You were happy to do the same to them. Sabotage them until they ran out of batteries that held their electricity for their little gadgets, leading them to the same place you had led all the others. The Hollow. Now, just a pit, full of rotting bodies of other people before you gave them one last push into it themselves before you’d take their precious “electronics” and chuck them into the pit yourself after you harvested their life force. Like picking fruit off of a tree.

Soon The Hollow wasn’t so hollow anymore. It was becoming full of dead bodies.

But that was only until you could invite other things to decompose and destroy what you lured into it. Soon it was an entire system of it’s own. Feeding off of every new body of a big person you could lure there. But while such vengeance gave you momentary delight. It did not heal your pain, or calm your anger. If anything, it only fueled it more. And the more it seemed to consume you.

And before you knew it, you couldn’t remember your queen’s name, or her face, or the faces of the ones who you used to love and care for, or even their names. Which only made you even more angry and sad that you had forgotten the very one you had been doing all of this for in the first place. And you took it out on every large person who was ever on the lands that used to be your queen’s realm and beyond. To the point that the very large ones who built houses, left them and abandoned them, only for the forest itself to start to reclaim the land because you’d lure any and every single large one to the pit. And many large ones feared for the safety of their little ones. And while you would not lure the younglings. By now, only the native animals knew they could travel freely within your forest. And the deer especially knew that if they were being hunted, to run to your forest, and you’d lure their hunters for sure. But no domesticated animal of the large ones would dare enter the forest. Even they knew- they were not welcome there. Because they did not originate with the forest itself and would do everything in their power to keep their owners away from you and your forest. So your chances to get victims grew fewer and fewer, your ploys to lure them were more desperate and brazen.

But then, another fairy princess came to see you as you sat on the edge of the hollow and watched as your latest victim succumbed to their demise and wasn’t even fully dead before the various insects started to eat him alive.

“You’ve changed.” She said as she sat beside you. Her wings, surprisingly, still on her back, despite the crown of flowers around her head.

“Everything changes with time.” You remarked.

“Are you here to stop me?” You asked her, half hoping she would say yes, because while your vengeance had not been quenched. It had left you tired. Just, so tired and weary.

“No. I’m here to ask when it will be enough. How many more will you kill before you feel your queen avenged?” She asked.

“I don’t think there will ever be enough to avenge her. She died, heirless. She had to abandon this birthright and this hollow that had been hers and part of her dynasty for nearly eons.” You answered.

“Eventually the large ones will either come and never leave this place again, or they will stop coming all together. What will you do then?” She asked.

“If they come and never leave? Then I’ll never have to worry about not having a big enough supply to feed me by falling into the hollow. If they stop coming, then I will have peace. Loneliness, but peace. After…so long.” You answered as you had to really fight to remember what it was like before this.

“Do you even remember your queen’s name anymore?” She asked.

“No. I can’t even remember what she looked like. I just remember she was fair, just, always so fair. Because she lived in the hollow. The plants had to cover her with their leaves to give her shade.” You tearfully recalled as she sensed how deeply such a traumatic event still haunted you.

“Do you still remember where the pool was?” She asked.

“Yes, it’s still a puddle every time it rains. But the buds have all died out. There’s no way to resurrect it.” You answered as you felt the tears run down the wrinkles of your face.

“Show me.” She encouraged you before you brought her to it.

“Here’s where it used to be. Where the buds used to bloom. She was right in the middle of the bud ceremony when the big ones came. Poison got into it and killed it. And now, this little depression, barely enough to hold water during a rain, remains.” You answered before she knelt down and put her hands to the ground before a bud, magically grew up, as if it had been waiting to rise through the earth, like the cicadas, but for what was, who knew how many decades later, close to a century if not longer.

With only a breath, it came forth, and she picked it, imbuing it with power before she handed it to you.

And suddenly, it was like an old wound, finally getting the healing balm it should have gotten from the beginning as you held this precious bud as if it was your first child.

“Here, you are now the Pixie Queen of this forest. I know that your realm is a realm of one. And your magic is limited. But you have not forgotten the sacredness of what used to be. You don’t have to use the pit as your Hollow. But find a place, a new place, to make your own Hollow, your own pixie court. I have seen how the animals have started to come back here and they have trusted you with their care and survival and have even adapted to the large ones. I think it’s fitting that only you, would be ready and willing to protect them. And any other fairy or pixie who wanders, who roams and looks for a new place to call home, can find refuge with you. And I hope that with this magic, you can finally heal your wounds. Or finally find that your queen was avenged. And that you were the one to avenge her and you are the one to begin a new dynasty. Each princess chooses what kind of queen she will be. And because of the changes with the larger peoples. You will never lose your wings, but I hope, one day, you will remember - what used to be- not with pain and anger and anguish. But with hope, that you will rebuild and regrow. And turn death and decay, into something new, and living. And while you will have to keep a balance, I hope that you will find the peace you so desperately have waited and longed for all this time.” She said as the bud bloomed in your hands, revealing a crown of your own for you to put on your head.

“Princess” She bowed and curtsied gracefully as you did your best to do the same before she flew away on the back of a morning dove.

You came back to the pit, looking at all the death, destruction and carnage you had wrought for all this time.

Their loss of life, did not feed and fill up your own sense of loss after all. If anything, it was just more loss. More pain, more suffering. A cycle that was never going to stop unless you stopped it yourself.

You felt a large person start to walk towards you and for once, your first instinct was not to lead them here to die, but to protect them from the pit in the first place.

“Stop.” You commanded and they did but looked around, rather bewildered as to why they suddenly couldn’t move.

“There is danger here, slowly approach, but be careful.” You told them before they carefully did, only to gaze into the deep pit, filled with dead bodies.

But now that they knew, it was here, you simply flew away.

Soon, that person brought more people with him, and they all soon began to empty the pit of the remains. And began to identify all the victims of your wrath.

Then they cleaned it out, fully and completely and built a very tall fence all around it and forbade anyone from getting anywhere near it. And the bugs and other creatures that fed on the dead eventually died out and disintegrated into dust by the time you returned to it. You couldn’t find another place to call Your Hollow. For you had grown too fond and familiar with this one anyway.

Which left it empty once more. But now that you wore the crown, a throne you had never noticed before was up on one of the walls, the steps leading up to it, jutting out of the wall before you ascended it. With each step, it was like you were renewed and untwisted and untangled, the hatred and spite and anger and need for vengeance, vanishing with every step. A new, flower petal gown grew where there were once barely bits of leaves and thorns and vines. And once you sat down in the throne, suddenly the pixie court was brought back to life. It was somehow the same yet brand new. And while you were a court of one, you were- for once, truly happy. And felt a sense of peace where once was a place of so much sadness and sorrow.

It didn’t take long after that before more pixies and fairies alike came to your court, as you were happy to invite them to stay. And with the pit still having a hole in the roof, that meant that you could dig a new pool, that the very rains would fill and refill before you placed the sacred bloom in it. And soon, the bloom grew leaves and roots deep down and into a new plant all it’s own.

Because as long as that fence was high enough to keep everyone else out, it was enough to keep you and those under your care in. And because of the status of the hollow, meant that no big people could come here anymore. Which meant the animals were free to come back and reclaim the forest, even though they gave the towers of metal with their lines of electricity a wide berth. And now that you were the queen of this forest. You helped the trees in your territory, no longer grow their limbs towards the lines of electricity because you didn’t want them to be cut off again, or worse, fall onto them or be cut down, or even lean towards them.

You even built a special tunnel that led from the pit to the surface, should any animal be found the prey of the big people, could find refuge here. Or if any of the forest caught fire, you could keep all the animals safe in here, with it’s pool of fresh rainwater, with it’s buds and lily pads, keeping the water clean and fresh as others planted their various gardens and now what was once a pit of despair and suffering. Was practically it’s own paradise.

Then came time for you to pass on your reign to another. And this time, you were happy to walk towards the pool, looking among the array of buds before one stuck out at you. It was far from perfect. It wasn’t the largest or the smallest. It wasn’t even in the middle of the others.

But that was the point. It didn’t need to be the best. Or perfect. Or impressive. It just needed to try. To adapt, and especially, overcome.

#Monster March #Monster March 2023 #Monster March 2023 Day 18- Pixie #Monster March Day 18 #tw trauma #tw abandonment #tw tragic loss #tw grief #tw vicious cycle #tw deah #tw murder #tw suffering #tw survivor trauma #tw survivor guilt #ok I thnk thats everything

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skylanyx · 10 months

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Hi hi!

I know you’ve probably read my blog description lol all jokes aside, my real name isn’t Skyla Nyx. But since I don’t particularly enjoy giving away my personal information on the World Wide Web, I decided to use my FFXIV character’s name… since this is, after all, an FFXIV page (as well as a gaming blog, but mostly FFXIV).

So, since I started this thing I decided I should share a bit about me:

Name:

Skyla Nyx

Age:

27 (soon to be 28 next Friday!)

Pronouns:

She/Her

Do I have any pets:

I do! I have a Maine Coon named Castiel. He’s the best little gaming buddy a girl could ask for ❤️

Favorite Games:

Final Fantasy XIV (First started playing April 21st, 2023. I have quickly logged over 1000 hours on steam and still play every single day despite finishing MSQ twice now. I hope to write a post soon all about my journey with FFXIV. I can easily say Square and FFXIV, especially YoshiP, have saved my life in ways I am unable to describe.)

Persona 5 Royal (This game is just phenomenal in every way. The day I got my steam deck, which was the day before my 27th birthday ((received it on 8/24/2022 and my birthday is on 8/25)) I have always been haunted by this beautiful story and it’s characters. This game, much like FFXIV, has the best writing I’ve ever experienced in modern day fiction.)

Baldur’s Gate 3 (I’ve had this game since it’s early days in Early Access on my steam deck but only just started it at launch. I hope to write a review on it as soon as I finish it but I’m currently still exploring the story of Faerun with my Druid Tiefling. 💜)

Red Dead Redemption 2 (If you have ever played this game… you’ll know why it’s in my top ten list.)

Nier Automata (Same explanation as the game before it.)

Assassins Creed Odyssey (This game captures the epitome, the essence if you will, of a badass bitch.

Witcher 3 Wild Hunt (Hands down of the best fantasy/action RPG’s to ever be released. This was CD Projekt Red’s ultimate video game. It’s truly such a shame that they tragically destroyed their own reputation with a single game after their success with the Witcher.)

Dragon Age Inquisition (Only played a few hours but I absolutely adore the MMO feel to it. And the freedom you have with your own character.)

Dragon Quest Builders 2 (MINECRAFT BUT WITH AN ACTUAL AMAZING FUCKING STORY. That’s all. 😂)

Stardew Valley (Let’s just say if you were to ever build a farm with me? I will annihilate you in fishing and get us filthy rich. Mark my words.)

Garden Paws (The cutest farming game with SO MUCH YOU CAN DO. And you can do it as a KITTY.)

Favorite Movies/Shows:

Schindlers List

MCU Saga

Attack on Titan

Nier Automata

Persona 5

Demon Slayer

Signs

The Last Shift

Supernatural (DESTIEL IS CANON BITCHES. Stay mad. 😈)

The Last Exorcism

Conjuring/Insidious Saga

The Umbrella Acadmey

Good Omens

Hobby:

Gaming. I have always had a controller or portable system in my hand for as long as I can remember. I think I was 4 years old when I got my Gameboy. Ever since… I’ve been a GaMeR lol I hope to one day start writing reviews once I figure out what exactly I should look for in order to analyze for my first review. Maybe I’ll even do so here!

Anyway. There’s just a little bit about me to hopefully make some friends with similar interests!

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tropical-kabuki · 11 months

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30 questions tag

No one tagged me because I'm not really active in here, but this popped up on my "for you" page and I thought I would do it because why not

1. name/nickname: Kira. That's a nickname, I keep changing my mind on whether to share my real name around here or not

2. star sign: Virgo. And then it's Virgo Rising, Taurus Moon, Venus in Leo and I forgot about the rest (I'm not particularly into astrology, but after doing so many of those "pick an image according to your sign" things on twitter I've ended memorizing some stuff lol)

3. height: 164cm

4. birthday: September 7th

5. favorite band: Nowadays it's a split between Ghost and Poets of the Fall. I'm also listening to Voyager and Lord of the Lost a lot since Eurovision (yes, I'm an eurofan of sorts)

6. time: 4:50pm

7. favorite solo artist: ... I can't really think of any at the moment? I usually listen to bands more than solo artists, but I suppose either David Bowie or Freddie Mercury are always a very sensible choice (and very true because I love them both)

8. song stuck in your head: Buddy Holly's ‘Everyday’. Blame Good Omens for that #is it July 28th yet

9. last movie you watched: I rewatched 'Murder by Death' for the first time in many years. There's a few actors I love in that movie but... it hasn't aged too well imho.

10. free space!: Watch BBC Ghosts if you haven't yet! The last season comes out later this year, it's a wonderful show (truly funny and wholesome) and the fandom is *lovely*. That's it, that's what I'm using the free space for, you'll thank me later.

11. last show: I'm currently jumping between several (very different) shows, but the last episode I watched was 'The Thick of It' 3x01

12. when i created this blog: February 2023. I have been on Tumblr before, but for several reasons I decided to start over

13. what i post: I mostly reblog stuff about my favourite actors and fandoms... I should make a list I guess, in the meantime feel free to check my archive page to get an idea of what I like :)

14. last thing i googled: I searched about known side effects for some medication I've started with recently, because I'm feeling much more tired and sleepy than usual. Doesn't seem like it's related to the meds though.

15. other blogs: not really, no. I've thought about starting side blogs for some stuff, but I would only neglect them because I don't really have the time. I'm neglecting this one enough as it is.

16. do i get asks?: not very often and I'm terrible at replying in a timely manner anyway :') really sorry about that

17. why i chose my url?: When I watched the first season of The White Lotus I fell in love with Armond (Murray Bartlett's character) and the [SPOILER] tragic trainwreck of sorts that he goes throughout the season [END OF SPOILER]. The whole introductory scene to Armond and The White Lotus resort has him telling Lani, a new trainee, that the White Lotus experience is nothing more than “tropical Kabuki,” with the staff serving as “pleasant interchangeable players”. I thought it was brilliant and so funny and for some reason my immediate thought was that it would make for a great social media username. So that's exactly what I used it for a few days later, when I was picking a url for this blog. I've ended up using it in a couple other places, too.

18. following: 66 blogs at the moment, mostly people that I share interests with or blogs about my favourite celebs/fandoms.

19. followers: 16. I'm not very active in here so I'm thankful for every person that follows me despite of that.

20. average hours of sleep: 6-7 if I can. During the Summer months that number is significantly lower tho :')

21. lucky number: I don't know if I have one... I like 7, 9, 6 and 13.

22. instruments: I sort of can play drums and keyboard, but I'm self taught (I've learned mostly by ear) and a bit clumsy. I own a bass guitar but I've barely touched it, I hope I can make time for it soon because it's the instrument I've always wanted to learn (yeah, I know; bad mental health era and so on, it will get better)

23. what am I wearing?: tank top and underwear because it's too bloody hot to wear anything else, tyvm.

24. dream job: there's several, but poster illustrator/designer is the first one that always comes to mind.

25. favorite food: almost any chicken dish, I think.

26. tea or coffee: both! It depends on the occasion

27. nationality: Spanish

28. favourite song: I can't pick just one, so I'll give you a classic choice from my 'On repeat' spotify list: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Y7ndoyiIm0IaFJa13gV3H?si=ded0711cd472473e

29. last book i read: I'm currently reading 'Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War I'

30. top three fictional universes i would like to live in: this question is way more complicated than it would seem at first glance, so let me just settle for: Middle Earth, the Shire in particular, during a peaceful time.

#about me

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tempenensis · 3 years

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lele’s Masterlist

I try to always update this post, so if you are looking for something specific, please check first in this post.

Tread with care; this blog is not spoiler free. SPOILERS ≠ LEAKS. Please don’t send leaks to the askbox.

Tags to block if necessary: - “jjk manga spoilers” for manga spoilers - “le-ask” for ask posts - “anw working is shit” for my rambling

Translation

Jujusanpo audiodrama

Let’s settle this! Limitless cursed technique! (extra comic from vol. 15)

Abyss of Math Course: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Cursed Object Picture Book Deluxe (Extra materials about cursed object from Jump Giga Autumn 2021 bonus)

Jump Giga Autumn 2022 extra material: Unraveling the Gosanke Akutami-sensei’s Q&As

Jump Giga Early Spring 2023 Extra: Akutami Gege-sensei talking about Prison Realm Boundary

Character short profiles in the 3rd Popularity Poll

Official Jujutsu Kaisen Fanbook (on-going)

List of pages currently translated:

Itadori Yuuji

Fushiguro Megumi

Nanami Kento

Ryomen Sukuna

Uraume

Kenjaku

Fushiguro Touji (and Kon shiu)

Hakari

Zenin Naobito

Tsukumo Yuki

Ieiri Shouko

Iori Utahime

Haibara Yu

Yaga Masamichi

Getou Suguru

Kusouzu (death painting) brothers (Choso, Eso, Kechizu)

Cursed technique: Limitless

Chart of all technique terms

Cursed tools

Akutami Gege’s Bible : Movie, Manga

Akutami Gege’s Q&As

Excerpts of JJK 0 light novel: Nanami’s black flash scene The Kyoto students battle

Analysis

General Meta tag

Character analysis: Itadori Yuuji • Nanami Kento • Fushiguro Megumi • Fushiguro Touji • Kugisaki Nobara • Zenin Maki • Yu-un

Nanami and Itadori

Fushiguro and Itadori: not your usual rivals • the cogs in the machine

Tsukumo Yuki and Kenjaku

What’s going on in the second opening?

Tragedy of Haibara Yu

The goose who holds a reed between its mouth

Stronger through death

“Above heaven under heaven, I am alone the honored one”

Enlightenment

About the soul : soul, body, and Heavenly Restriction • soul in the brain

Jujutsu world : how to be a strong jujutsushi • rebirth • moving forward

Mythology in Jujutsu Kaisen

Video and Audio

Compilation of Audiodrama links

The first year trio go to Yokohama to watch a movie, jjk phantom parade stream

Enoki Junya (Itadori's seiyuu) narrating Itadori's thought when he fights Mahito in Shibuya, Jump Festa 2022

Night Gourmet, Nanami-only audiodrama bonus DVD 4

After the Walkway excerpt, plant Trio, bonus DVD 8

Miscellaneous

About me

My favorite jjk characters

Interview of Akutami Gege in Mando Kobayashi

Why do you call the first years “plant trio”?

Fushiguro/Itadori ship manifesto

The infamous Itadori pregnancy theory

Official media tag

Where to read jjk in japanese?

#masterlist #jjk manga spoilers #04252022 add video and audio links #27102022 add link to new translations

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haleyfury · 5 years

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One of the best parts of the summer is being able to read, swim, read, and tan. Did I mention reading outside in the summer is my favorite thing ever? My reading plans in July primarily focused on Book Expo ARCs and some necessary (summer) contemporaries. I actually read my three most anticipated books of the year this month, and I found myself craving more adult books and romance in July than usual! I definitely blame the latter for my love for the Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy this year—I recently bought the first book in the spin-off series, The Chase.

The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord (reread) | 4.5/5 Stars

I enjoyed The Start of Me and You even more the second time around! And like the first time around, I spent a lot of time reading it and floating around my pool.

The Map From Here to There by Emery Lord (ARC) | 4/5

This was a solid sequel to The Start of Me and You, but I wasn’t as in love as I hoped I’d be.

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren | 3.5/5

I liked how Love and Other Words flipped between the past and the present, but I feel like the book didn’t really bring anything I hadn’t seen before.

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendricks and Ted Caplan (ARC) | 5/5

If you thought that there could never be a thing called a ‘funny YA abortion story,’ think again and read Unpregnant when it comes out this fall.

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (ARC) | 5/5

I just knew Ninth House was going to blow me away, and it probably sounds ridiculous saying it because what else would you expect, but I found my favorite book of the year.

Pretty Guilty Women by Gina Lamanna (ARC) | 4/5

Pretty Guilty Women definitely makes for the perfect beach read and has some fast-paced, less complicated Big Little Lies vibes.

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker (ARC) | 3.5/5

Cute and diverse graphic novel!

The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett (ARC) | 5/5

As expected because she is one of my all-time favorite authors, Jenn Bennett’s take on YA fantasy and historical fiction was everything I wanted.

Open Road Summer by Emery Lord | 4/5

I’m a little sad that I’ve finished reading Emery Lord’s published work, but Open Road Summer was a cute summer contemporary about romance, friendship and self-growth.

Maybe This Time by Kasie West | 5/5

In line with loving books that I really wanted to love, I found my favorite Kasie West book!

Hudson Valley (Nuts, Cream of the Crop & Buns) series by Alice Clayton |

As mentioned above, I’ve been craving contemporary romance lately, which led me to Alice Clayton’s Hudson Valley series. This trilogy has plenty of friendship, food and steamy romance to go around

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (ARC) | 5/5

I’ve been waiting over two years for Ruta Sepetys’ upcoming novel and once again, I was blown away by her beautiful and important storytelling.

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (ARC) | 3.5/5

DNF: Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi. Major unpopular opinion here, but I was not a huge fan of Mary H.K. Choi’s Emergency Contact last year. Since so many people love her work and I’m always up for giving authors a second chance, I decided to try reading her upcoming release, Permanent Record. I really did not enjoy the writing style and Pablo’s narration/ him as a character. I read the first 120 pages and decided that it was just not the book for me.

Big Little Lies S2 (HBO) – I think I forgot to mention in last month’s wrap-up that I had started watching Big Little Lies S2. As much as I loved S1 and I did look forward to watching a new episode every week this season, overall S2 felt so unnecessary?! While the show dives deeper into big issues, like sexual and physical abuse, I felt some of the storylines were really unnecessary and the more I think about it, the more their lives would have been easier if they didn’t tell the lie. But will I watch a possible third season? Of course!

Outdaughtered S5 (TLC)- My favorite comfort reality show also returned this summer. Outdaughtered is just one of the cutest shows ever and I’m a little sad that this season was only 8 episodes.

The Man in the High Castle S1 & S2 (Prime)- I’ve been leaning towards shorter and fluffier TV shows this summer (and avoiding hour long shows as much as possible), but I decided to dive into one of the shows on my to-watch list, The Man in the High Castle. I didn’t except to love this show as much as I did! I admit I’m not a huge fan of the sci-fi-esque aspect (don’t want to be too spoilery), but I feel like it makes the show way less predictable. However, I admit that some of the politics do go a bit over my head.

Spider-Man 2: Far From Home– Spider-Man has always been the Marvel superhero I’ve been the most invested in, and like many, Tom Holland is my favorite Spider-Man. Far From Home was so good, easily becoming my favorite Marvel movie. I don’t know how we are going to wait two years for the sequel!

The Hate U Give- I finally watched The Hate U Give! I was really impressed with this movie and I loved the Angie Thomas cameo. My main/only complaint was that it felt (and somewhat was) very long.

Started watching/currently watching:

Last Chance U S4 (Netflix)

Sugar Rush S2 (Netflix)

The Man in the High Castle S3 (Prime)

Say Yes to the Dress S18 (TLC)

Reviews

CONTEMPORARY, CONTEMPORARY: July 2019 Mini Reviews

BEST MUSIC BOOK: Night Music Review

There’s Something About Sandhya Menon’s Books: There’s Something About Sweetie & As Kismet Would Have It Review

BEING IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK: If I’m Being Honest Review

WISH I LIKED IT: Again, but Better Review

A 2019 FAVORITE & MORE: June Contemporary Mini Reviews

CONTEMPORARY, MYSTERY & FAMILY DRAMA: Past Perfect Life Review

Bookish Fun

The Book Addiction Tag

Books I Refuse to Lend

Top Five Wednesday: 2019 Favorite YA Contemporaries

Top Five Wednesday: Standalones I Wish Had Sequels

Top Five Wednesday: Waiting for Books from Favorite Authors

The Funniest Search Terms on My Blog

Highest Rated Books on my Goodreads TBR

ARCS, LIBRARY BOOKS & MORE: July 2019 TBR

I hauled three books in July. Two were purchased, including Youd’ Be Mine by Erin Hanh and The Chase by Elle Kennedy. The third was Your Heart is the Sea by Nikita Gill, which was kindly sent to me by Thought Catalog.

I unexpectedly got the iPhone XR and I’m freaking in love with it. I was managing pretty well with my iPhone 6- I had some problems here and there with it and I had just recently gotten the battery replaced- but my family decided to take advantage of a Verizon sale and upgraded our phones. I try not to be phone obsessed, but the XR is just so cool! I’m loving the battery life (I can go 2 days with regular cell phone use without charging), the Face ID is so cool, and the camera is pretty great for a cell phone. If I’m too lazy to take my camera out for some bookish photos, the XR will definitely do.

Taylor Swift dropped another song from Lover, “The Archer.” I really love the lyrics, but not totally in love with the beat? Based on the three songs that have been released so far, I’m interested to see how cohesive the vibe of her seventh album.

Marissa Meyer is coming out with four new books between 2020 and 2023, including two contemporary romances! The first contemporary romance is titled Instant Karma, set for release in November 2020.

What did you read and watch in July? Share in the comments!

READING BOOKS & BOOKS: July 2019 Wrap Up One of the best parts of the summer is being able to read, swim, read, and tan.

#July 2019

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