#sbos

[acekatherineplumber]

Mid-year 2022 Five-Star Books!

1.       All’s Well by Mona Awad (tw for addiction, college professor puts on a production of All’s Well That Ends Well with mysterious benefactors)

2.       We Hunt the Flame and its sequel We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal (Arab-inspired fantasy world)

3.       The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale (character-driven ballet drama)

4.       House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (perfect balance of creepy and feminine)

5.       Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (everyone already knows this one, I know, but it’s so good)

6.       Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl (it’s hard to discuss this one without spoilers, so I won’t, but this author is excellent)

7.       The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Woman tries to uncover the truth about Vlad the Impaler)

8.       The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas (I know I’m late to the party on this, but it’s so good)

9.       Unlock Your Storybook Heart by Amanda Lovelace (poetry collection)

10.    The Belles by Dhionelle Clayton (What if plastic surgery, but magic?)

11.    Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler (retelling of Taming of the Shrew)

12.    A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (Thai-inspired retelling of Les Mis)

13.    Great or Nothing by Joy McCullough et al. (retelling of Little Women)

14.    The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (reread, but newly rated 5 stars, Think Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, but mostly light and fluffy with a gay romance)

15.    Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe (retelling of The Tempest)

16.    The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal (tw for death of a minor, a group of au pairs experience Paris)

17.    Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (cute lesbian romance, third in a series_

18.    Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall (regency gay romance)

19.    Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (lesbian romance, quintessential lesbian reading)

20.    Sailing by Orion’s Star by Katie Crabb (seriously so good, if you read anything on this list, read this, Les Mis meets Robin Hood set during the Golden Age of Piracy)

21.    Gallant by V.E. Schwab (feels similar to Coraline, but less creepy)

22.    Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (retelling of the Ramayana, featuring one of its villains)

23.    Ballots and Barricades by Ronald Aminzade (academic text about class politics in France during the 1800s)

24.    Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman (poetry collection)

25.    The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (woman solves her father’s murder, featuring an old map)

26.    Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune (think The Good Place, but gay)

27.    Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake (cute lesbian romance)

28.    A Bite-Sized History of France by Stephanie Henaut and Jeni Mitchell

29.    King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye (retelling of Hamlet)

30.    Portrait of a Thief by Grace Li (Heist with an all-Asian cast)

31.    Ship of Theseus by Doug Dorst (basically an epistolary text between two college students trying to uncover the identity of an elusive author)

32.    Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (A poisonous princess learns to navigate her world)

33.    Macbeth by Jo Nesbo (MAJOR tw for drug use, what if Macbeth was a cop and Hecate was a drug lord?)

34.    Guardians of the Louvre by Jiro Taniguchi (translated comic about a man and his experiences in the Louvre and meeting artists)

35.   Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf (Scrabble tournament but add murder)

36.   Elektra by Jennifer Saint (feminist myth retelling, which is what Jennifer Saint does best)

37.   The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (wildly acclaimed, triple perspective story about an apothecary who helps women)

#elphie reads #sbos #Sailing by Orion's Star

[valiisthea]

Dion gives Terence a little smooch~~~

Unprompted Kisses || Always Accepting!

@oadventurescall

Terence feels his heart take flight and soar at such a soft show of affection from his prince. It's a small and simple little kiss, but it sends blood rushing through him like a surge of adrenaline, and he finds himself wanting just a bit more.

So, boldly, he reaches forward and cups Dion's face within his hands. His eyes make contact with the breathtaking honey of Dion's, and leans forward to kiss him again.

Maybe it will be enough to distract Dion away from reports and duty, if only for a few moments.

#c; terence #owyrmtail #oadventurescall #sBOS #sobs even LOL

[punkeropercyjackson]

Batkids Pjo au!!

I call this one 'Stephanie Brown and The Olympians'!!!You can probably guess the characters but in order,it's:Stephanie as the daughter of Poseidon and heroine of the Great Prophecy,Cass as the daughter of Hades and her best friend/the deutragonist/love interest,Tim as the son of Zeus and the tritagonist/Stephanie's other best friend/qpp,Jason as the son of Poseidon and main antagonist(who's neither a fascist nor a ped0phile because i'd never make him Luke),Duke as the son of Helius who was mistaken for a son of Phoebus,Dick as the minor goddess of demigods and Damian as the son of Hades and Persephone!!

There might be more coming so look forward to that!!

@desi-pluto

#stephanie brown and the olympians #sbo #stephanie brown #cassandra cain #tim drake #jason todd #duke thomas #dick grayson #damian wayne #blasian stephanie brown #cherokee tim drake #black jason todd #latino jason todd #afrolatino jason supremacy #dick grayson:trans woman extrodinare #butch cassandra cain #batfam #the batkids #pjo #hoo #stephcass #t4t stephcass #trans 4 trans and autistic 4 autistic found family realness #picrew #💌 #summerposting #platonic timsteph tag

[thsc-confessions]

"hot take so beware but sbo was written better than tt was"

"disclaimer! I don't hate or dislike ellie in any way whatsoever. I love her. I have a fictive of her. she's great I love her character genuinely"

"but tt hyped itself up too much I think and sbo was executed very well" submitted by anon

#honestly I get you with this #I had a little more fun playing through sbo than tt tbh even tho I love them both a lot <3 #ALSO I AM. GETTING THROUGH THESE CONFESSIONS LIKE A TURTLE I'M SORRY YY #I GOT SICK AND IT THREW ME OFF💔 #and school it starting soon nooooo #cries #ALSO congrats anon your confession is my 600th work thingy in ibispaint how do you feel #mod dave #thsc #thsc confession #thsc confessions #idk if I should use character tags--ehh naaahh #anon

[sciderman]

f in the chat for the stupid six-armed spider-man plotline i wanted to do for halloween but couldn't because capitalism kicked me in the heinie

#sbo many funny scripts on the cutting room floor... #sci speaks

[frazzledazzlin]

Stickmintober Day 4: Favourite Ending | Toppat King |

I love like 4 other endings but this one was going to be the most fun to draw (and reg and rhm share a car like do you see what im trying to say here)‼️

#other endings are triple threat/toppat recruits/SBO/toppat4lyfe #no i do not have a toppat bias what are you talking about #the henry stickmin collection #thsc #henry stickmin #ellie rose #reginald copperbottom #right hand man reborn #rhm #scriboozles #stickmintober2022

[theonceoverthinker]

50,000 views!!!!

#sorry i haven't updated the story on tumblr for a while #super bowuigi odyssey #sbo #bowuigi

[nonomikun]

i love earrings i love earrings I L0VE EARRINGS mmmmmhm

thats me hahahah ...... . . ..

where is she running to 🤨📸

#thsc #thsc earrings #thsc charles calvin #thsc henry stickmin #thsc ellie rose #earrings #charles calvin #henry stickmin #ellie rose #the henry stickmin collection #nonomikun #sbo stickvin are husbands theyve told me

[refrigeratedboombursts]

Stephanie Brown and the Olympians hcs?You don't have it super stict to DC canon bc it's literally an au!!

Her and Cass were childhood bffs

Her and Tim met at an arcade

Her egg cracked thanks to a sweet girl from the Aphrodite cabin who wanted someone to practise makeup on

Does Not like Poseidon

#ask #summer :) #sbo

[fluxydrawings]

hey there! my beloved orb microphone has been slowly dying on me cause the wiring in the back got a bit fucked up on top of me buyin it offa ebay for like 20 bucks, and its recently taken a quick downward spike so :|

as some of you might know im a podficcer! on top of that i also greatly enjoy spending hours in vcs so a good mic is Essential. i soon might be deprived of my bread and butter, my lifeblood, the reason for living even. truly a travesty that you can help prevent while also gettin colour art out of

reason im puttin this up is cause im job huntin atm (it sucks) and dont really have any extra cash but will die soon in real life if i cant get a new mic, but nofin’s like, urgent or anyfin so dont worry bout that lmao

Like it says, dm me if interested! also if you’re the ultra generous type and dont want any art my ko-fi’s over here <3

#commissions #artists on tumblr #my art #im gonna miss my orb so much dude.... #its a pretty good mic n its done me well thus far and i Have been wantin ta upgrade ta a nicer one for podficcing anyway BUT LIKE. WHERE ELS #E AM I GONNA GET A PURE ORB. ITS SO SILLY LOOKIN #sob sob sbo #also i change art styles like. every drawing if u mightve noticed on this blog but these r specifically for that one stlye :0 i actually fee #l comfortable enough drawin it ta like. bother takin comms w/ it akwerkwe #shiny <3

[acekatherineplumber]

Books, Books, Books! (aka, mid-year book freakout)

I normally only post my 5-star list to facebook and I might also do that here, but I wanted to do something extra. 

I don’t want to say how many books I’ve read so far this year because it’s frankly a little embarrassing because the number is so high.

Here we go!

best book you’ve read so far? Ship of Theseus by Doug Dorst. It’s literally indescribable.

best sequel you’ve read so far? We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

new releases you want to read? Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean, The Hacienda by Isabel Canas (which I just got notified came in on hold), Siren Queen by Nghi Vo, Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond, Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, The Change by Kirsten Miller, This is Not the Real World by Anna Carey, Out of the Blue by Jason June, Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour, Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen, A Little Bit Country by Brian Kennedy, and The Key to Deceit by Ashley Weaver

 most anticipated to still be released in 2022? Babel by R.F. Kuang, The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber, Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong, Bloodmarked by Tracey Deonn, and The Shattered City by Lisa Maxwell

biggest disappointment? Hotel Magnifique by Emily Taylor. I heard it was so good and it’s a beautiful book, just poorly written

biggest surprise? Macbeth by Jo Nesbo. I finally finished the Hogarth Shakespeare series, and a lot of them were mediocre, but I was really impressed with this one.

new favorite author? Amanda Bestor-Siegal (The Caretakers)

new fictional crush? Claire from Delilah Green Doesn’t Care

new favorite character? Rene Delacroix from Sailing By Orion’s Star by Katie Crabb

a book that made you cry? The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

a book that made you happy? Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

most beautiful book you’ve bought? Either Fairyopolis (found for $3 while thrifting) or the MinaLima Harry Potters

what do you want to read before 2022 ends? Too many books to list! Everything on my Goodreads list that hasn’t come out yet, and everything on my almost 300 book Google doc TBR

#story of my life #elphie reads #Sailing by Orion's Star #sbos

[traumafreeprincess]

Just found out bestie lost his virginity in *nothing but socks*. Will be reeling for days. Do not try contact me. All attraction lost.

#ick #sbo

[thsc-confessions]

"I dont like when people claim the toppat leader endings are "stickvin" endings. Adding stickvin to an otherwise complicated position of the two just makes it harder to work and requires a LOT of stretching to make romantic. It works more in endings where henry's a normal, non toppat. Anyways chestick is real in both endings dont @ me" submitted by @stilbiesrevivedclone

#I wasn't sure whether you put the don't @ me there as in don't come at me or if you rlly didn't want me to @ you😭 #PLEASE LMK #anywayz I didn't know ppl were out here calling the toppat endings stickvin endings? 🤨 #they don't even properly interact in those endings iirc #wouldn't the stickvin ending be sbo? 🤔🤔 #HELP IDK #mod dave #thsc #thsc confession #thsc confessions #anti stickvin #@/stilbiesrevivedclone

[thefirstimagifabricator]

how does one do the quote thing in ao3 comments (yk with the line down the side)…I wanna do it but idk the shortcut(??)-y thing for it TvT

#ao3 #ao3 help #sbos pls help jdnjskfs #it’s actually so frustrating bc I’ve tried a bunch of things but haven’t been able to figure out how to do it :’)

[ghul-wein]

Not exactly a ‘need’, but need to figure out what is wrong with my art, or how I share it. Not that doing art at all is about attention whatever it’s fun and I like doing it. But it feels nice I think to maybe have an audience and also just to share hard work with people. Disheartening to work very hard on something and think you get all that post time shit right, then all your notes are about 30 likes and you boosting your own post. It confuses me how some people kinda win that lottery on having their stuff take off, and this is not a slight !! Mean it so genuinely for them. But How Do I Do That

#ghul.txt #I know too I have basically no followers but I’m curious what I need to improve or do different if anything #this will be gone later but it’s on my mind #maybe I’m not making enough? but life is a lot and energy to do things even the things I need to do is sparse #and I’m not at a point I’d love to be at to focus on art and only art like that #would love to at least do it part time but #this circles back to the whole thing I’m talking sbo not no audience for that #throwing up words. #burns me up some too #bc these are fandoms I’ve been posting in forber #aware my work has not always been the best but #idk idk

[pr3st0n-the-cl0ne]

Mod go get help THAT IS NOT NORMAL

PEOPLEGS EYES DONT JUST.. STOP SEEING FOR A HOUR OR SO RANDOMLY??? HAGH

#WHAGTTYB #IM SBO CONDFUSED