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bookcoversonly · 1 year
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Title: Summer in the City of Roses | Author: Michelle Ruiz Keil | Publisher: Soho Teen (2021)
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malerek · 2 years
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Under the Radar YA 2021 #14 | 4 underrated YA books 🐝
Here are 4 more underrated books turning one year this week 📚 #Booktwt #BookBlogger #UnderRadarYA
Under the Radar YA is a Sunday weekly feature of little-known YA books turning one year this week. How does this work? 📚 The books featured on this little-known YA books list have less than 150 reviews on Goodreads and were published one year ago this week.📚 There are no sequels featured, only standalones and first books in a series.📚 The list used for reference is YA Novels of 2021.📚 I’m not…
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sirenpearldust · 2 months
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Butter cookies
Notes: There may be a second part either of their future or before they were separated.
Pairing: Azriel x Reader
Warnings: fluff
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“You look like an overgrown pigeon standing at my door. Come inside before you startle my neighbours,” she snapped, huffing.
His shadows wandered towards her easing her annoyance over being woken up from her slumber by the deranged bat - who was about to enter her domain.
She adjusted her clothes, embarrassed of wearing a tiny red nightdress in front of him. The white granny cardigan, her attempt of modesty in her hurry to open the door.
Strolling through her living room she opened the curtains, welcoming the sunlight in; unlocking the balcony door the summer breeze cleared the stuffy air.
“You do realise it’s midday,” he chuckled quietly, cutting the white roses before putting them in the blue porcelain vase he’d bought her on her 300th birthday.
“Yeah, yeah, don’t patronise me,“ she dismissed his comment with a wave of her hand.
The summer breeze and the sunlight seemed to have an immediate effect of tranquility. Eyes closed she stood there drinking it all in, her skin glowed healthily.
He observed her, how his shadows engulfed her, noticing their sense of peace in her presence.
Strolling towards her, he admired the view, understanding why she chose this place over Velaris during the winter.
Turning towards him she opened her eyes, narrowing them immediately at him.
“Put the tea kettle on the stove; I want chamomile,“ she commanded.
Following her orders, he smirked and shook his head at her playful demeanour.
“You idiots seem to only remember and visit me when you’re in trouble so count me a bit surprised of your visit. Please don’t ruin my vacation and writing of my new book.“
He only hummed.
Gathering her book scripts she also set aside her watercolours, the shadows cleaned the space on the red sofa by arranging her pillows and folding her soft grey blanket.
Joining him in the kitchen, she took out her homemade sweet butter cookies and pastries, placing them on a plate to share.
Azriel attempted to grab a cookie, only to have his hand smacked. Looking at him with disappointment, she said “500 years and you still haven’t changed any bit from the boy I’ve met back then.“
Laughing, he remembered the time he and the boys successfully stole three entire batches before a party, only escaping her fury and a gruesome death by a whisker.
Carrying the full tray, he settled next to her, spreading his wings comfortably. Taking a butter cookie he swallowed it at once. He grinned at her, but she only shook her head, blowing on her tea before sipping.
“They were always your favourites.“
“Is that why you always keep making them?“
She playfully replied, “Maybe I’m just trying fatten you up, and keep you away from everyone else, all to myself and no one would suspect me.“
Smirking, he said “I don’t think I would stay fat for long in your presence; and considering your track record of attempted murder, I do think you would be the first suspect of my disappearance.” Both laughed at her past attempts of almost strangling Cassian to death for burning her kitchen down. The male was a danger to society causing uproar everywhere he went.
Turning her attention to the view outside, she felt fuzzy at his gaze.
He admired her beauty, his eyes briefly lingered on her revealed skin; quickly averting them to avoid making her uncomfortable.
His shadows started swirling between them noticing both their emotions. They took a palmier(pastry) and ate it to relieve themselves of the tension, as they were just as nervous.
Azriel felt a mix of ease and unease in her presence. Struggling with his own feelings towards her. She made him feel both whole and conflicted, his emotions stronger than ever.
The memory of their first kiss, his initial taste of feeling complete, remained etched in his mind. Without her he felt a sense of loss.
Recollections of her reassurance, gentle touch and guidance, despite her own lack of experience, remained vivid.
She embraced his shadows, knew of his status as a bastard and held his scarred hands without hesitation or prejudice.
Her tenderness towards him gave him a reason to live, a sense of worth.
Had she not made clear that she wasn’t seeking a partner at the time, he might have courted and pursued her hand in marriage.
However, one unexpected night she left by order of the High Lord to return to her family in the Hewn City, leaving him heartbroken.
Attempting to cope, he had drowned his sorrows, ending up in an unkown women‘s bed. His first time he couldn’t recall even after 500 years.
In an effort to move on from her he became infatuated with Morrigan.
Everything except her appearance reminded him of you; her innocence, her connection to the Court of Nightmares, her complicated family affairs, her defiance, her stubbornness and the light in her eyes.
It all reminded him of you, the one still holding his heart.
Noticing his absent-minded stare, she waved a hand in front of his face, bringing him back.
“I asked if you’d like to stay with me for a few days. You deserve a break,“ she insisted.
Concern etched on her face, she pointed out his exhausted appearance ,“look at how much weight you’ve lost, have you been sleeping at all?“
Bringing up his dark eye circles she gripped his chin softly rubbing his stubble.
“You didn’t shave or cut your hair! You look like an exhausted father of five!“
Holding her hand before she could remove it completely, he responded chuckling “you sound like a nagging wife, caring for the father of her five children. I’m a grown male, you don’t have to worry about me, I take care of myself.“
“Don’t downplay my worries. Did the others even notice how exhausted you look? How much work is Rhys giving you?“
Her concerned nagging continued until she caught his gaze at her lips. Her heart was about to pummel out of her chest.
Smirking, she leaned forward, teasing, “Are you listening, Azzie baby?“
His wings shuddered at her proximity and voice. His body moved closer to hers, almost tasting her sweet lips.
The world seemed to pause, their heartbeats echoing as they drew in even closer.
Almost, he almost felt the relief of her lips on his.
A loud knocking interrupted them. Abruptly they separated.
Quickly rising and tightening her cardigan against her body, she walked to her door, where her elderly neighbour awaited her.
Frustrated he groaned rubbing his face, trying to calm his heartbeat as he looked at the ceiling.
His shadows whirred violently and whispered angrily around him as they were anticipating their kiss only for their Faeries to get interrupted.
Hearing the door closing, he watched her. She remained unfazed by what had happened moments prior and approached him explaining the kinds of teas she had been gifted and the invitation she’d gotten.
“Let’s get your hair fixed before we attend, I need a plus one before mothers start throwing their sons at me again.“
Though he groaned, he agreed, his jealousy and protectiveness would not leave her to be pestered or to be taken from him.
“I’m going to my room and get ready.“
At her disappearance, the shadows whispered and gushed of the softness of her hair and skin, her sweet scent, her beautiful eyes and more - their comments never ceased.
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AI-generated illustrations of Prythia and other locations from the A Court of Thorns and Roses series.
The Night Court, Velaris, the House of Wind
The Spring Court, Tamlin's manor
The Summer Court, Adriata, Tarquin's palace
The Autumn Court
The Winter Court
The Dawn Court
The Day Court
Illyria
The Archeron Manor in the mortal lands
The Hewn City, Court of Nightmares
The Night Court prison
The Library at the House of Wind
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jasontoddssuper · 8 months
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I know what situations Jason Todd should be put in.Dc does NOT
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alexissara · 4 months
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Upcoming Sapphic Games "Goddess List" Part 2.
I’m back with a new Sapphic Games Goddess List this list will mostly not be touching on any game I mentioned on the previous list so do check that out for even more upcoming sapphic games. A lot of the games from the previous list have now been released but plenty are yet to see their day in the sun yet so do give it some love, I am giving a forecast of what I see in the horizon for 2024 and beyond. I will likely make a new one of these lists when I think I have enough games to talk about. If you know about any games coming with any significant Sapphic parts of their narrative or gameplay please let me know and I will happily include them in the next list. 
I am just making these lists because for me, at this point I mostly want to play games I feel represented by so I am doing this research anyway, I may as well share with you all. That said this research is hard and long, I play every demo I can for games labeled LGBT that have a shot of being sapphic, I try asking devs if their game has sapphic content, I try to find every single place the games been spoken about, not to mention actually hunting down these games. It is a big process and if you would like to support me doing this research over on Pateron or Ko-fi that would be amazing, plus you’d be helping me make more sapphic art like my work  in the TTRPG space but also I am low key working very slowly on a video game because it’s something I always wanted to do. Could be 25 years for now but every dollar makes it more possible for me to make more polished art from comics to games but anyway, let’s move on from asking for cash to tempting you with things to spend cash on with the list. 
Non VNs
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Sunnyside
Sunnyside is boasting a large as hell roster of romanceable characters with 24 characters being boasted to be on release. Like most farming sims you pick from the fabled three pronouns She/He/They and customize their character. You pick your gender on a slider from Female to Male so you describe your gender through the place in the slider you picked and characters have a preference inside of that. They said on a live stream that the minimum options you should have is 4 which I took to mean maybe if your gay or a lesbian you might only have 4 of those 24 options to romance which is not great really to know the game has so few options for you out of all the options in the game but we'll have to wait and see on how it plays out. There is also no polyamory in the game, you can be dating a few characters at a time but there is a lock in point where you must be monogamous. It's one I am keeping my eyes on but has it's ups and downs in it's approach to gender and sexuality. I do really appreciate it boldly moving outside of the norm though and actually standing out in the crowd of dating sims.
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Witch and Lillies 
A dungeon crawler all about forming relationships between women and killing monsters in a dungeon. Characters form relationships and can even have stumbles in them similar to a game like Miitopia but a bigger focus is put on romance and all the characters you can generate are women. This game does not seem to have a focus on narrative even below the degrees of something like Etrian Odyssey but if you just want the story to be the mechanics that are in play and the building relationships of these women you create then it’s gonna be a really perfect game.  
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Keylocker 
A tactical RPG with a cyberpunk flare and a built in relationship system. This game is a really flavourful game that just has an art direction that just totally captures the kind grim but with a sliver of hope cyberpunk it wants to capture. 
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Dustborn
Dustborn labels itself as LGBT on steam, it says you can shape relationships, the main girl looks gay, I am gonna put it here and not in speculation despite it technically being speculation. Some people say this game looks cringe but honestly, I am cringe and I am free, I think it looks stupid in a fun way but we’ll see how it is when it comes out. 
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Izrand allure
Izrand Allure is a game set in the world of one of the creators previous games Luxarane Allure, like that game this game will feature an all WLW cast giving us plenty of good sapphics, lesbians, yuri, etc. This game will be a complete standalone RPG with no need to have played the previous game and promises some evolved mechanics job system and a much larger cast too with 7 party members. If you were ever like I wish there was a game like Final Fantasy but lesbians were in it then I suggest you keep your eye on this one [and go download Luxarane Allure, it’s free and if you like it you could give the dev money].
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Rouge Labyrinth
Rouge Labyrinth will contain romantic epilogues with characters including a poly option. There will be sapphic romance included within these although idk if the poly option is multiple women + Non Binary people or if it is as it is in the majority of poly representation in games one man and one woman. Time will tell on that but what I can say is this Rougelike game looks really fucking cool, fighting colonisim is an all time hobby and this is a game I am really keeping my eye on. The game has a demo so I for sure recommend you check it out and see how it feels for you. 
Narrative Games 
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Living the Dream
While the game failed it’s kickstarter goal the developer hasn’t given up in fact the game’s scope is being increased. The game is a very queer game in general but when talking to the developer I did get it confirmed that this body swap adventure has sapphic romances inside of it and the designs are super cute. 
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Renai Bakudan
Can love bloom in a love hotel, probably, ya, almost certainly.  Coming from the developers of Good Lucky Baby! and LOVE BAKUDAN comes Renai Bakudan an 18+ Yuri game all about lesbians [and probably other sapphics] lesbianing it up in a love hotel. Inside of this game is even more gayness with unlockable gay erotic written by sapphic erotica writers. You play as Ex-yakuza Juri Kido who know is a cleric at a Love Hotel and ends up meeting lots of hot women. There is 7 whole romance routes with one that’s going to be voted for because it hit the stretch goal. It’s an impressive piece of sexy accomplishment and one you should keep your eyes in. 
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Lock and Key
A married couple of magical girls are having a pretty nice life. Only issue is magical girls lose their power at 30 and a murder mystery is brewing. Can they figure out what the hells going on while they still have their powers? While I don’t love the lose your powers when you turn 30 plot point I do think murder mystery and magical girls and lesbians is like a ton of good shit all backed into one good package. The demo is really solid and I think it’s a game you really should check out.
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Our Home, My Keeper 
A writer goes to the countryside and finds love, a classic. That writer falls for a fairy in a really sweet little lesbian romance game. It’s not a dating sim where you're going to be picking between love interests but it’s a narrative adventure where you’ll learn about these characters and their world.
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Summer At The Edge Of The Universe
A solar punk game with a bigger edge towards the scifi then the majority of Solar Punk. The game has two romances one with a non binary character and one with a woman. In addition there is an aro woman who you can make out with but is not interested in a romantic relationship, just friendship. 
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The Phantom of the Black Rose Revue
Capturing a clearly classic manga style, The Phantom of the Black Rose Revue is the most aesthetically unique VN I’ve seen in a long time with a bold black and white take. You play as Chihiro Sato who has a dream of being famous for her acting in her all female theater troupe. She starts getting obsessive letters and mystery, romance, and more begin to take this story in all sorts of fun directions. Act 1 is all up for playing but there is more to come in the future. 
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Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
Midboss are one of the biggest people in Gayming. A sequel to Read Only Memories, a very classic VN in the indie scene, brings us more gay adventures with our sapphic lead who was a character from the previous game elevated to main character. This game gives a stunning cyber punk vibe that is a visual treat and delight. 
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Call Me Cera
I got like a tiny bias in this in that they have made a little spinoff game and in it the characters play Thirsty Sword Lesbians which I worked on but they didn’t even mention any of the stuff I made for TSL in it and I also do not make royalties on TSL but I wanted to mention that the creator has great taste I guess. The game is focused on making meaningful connections and an attempt to move these games into a place where you make healthy decisions for you not just the right options to win someone's affection.
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Skate & Date
Roller Derby is for the sapphic, we know this to be true and yet there is such a lack of Roller Derby sapphic romance games but what’s this on the horizon a derby filled game about girls who are gonna do a kiss. This game sounds really cute and it’s one I have had my eyes on for a while. 
Decent Gay Potential 
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Project L
While project L does not currently have any of the many canon queer characters in the LoL universe as playable it is very likely that at least one of the canon sapphic characters are included in the roster of the game just given their popularity and that they are compatible with this kind of fighting game. If the roster leak is accurate we’ll have Vi in the game, which makes sense, big fists, in Arcane, one of the most popular characters, and just so happens to be a lesbian. Even if the leak was totally wrong, Vi feels fairly likely even with the already existing inclusion of Jinx and Ekko just because Piltover and Zaun in the Runeterra universe are probably the most popular region. 
Outside of Vi at present Nekko, Diana, Leona, Caitlyn and Nidalee are all canon sapphic women who could end up in the game as playable characters. Riot likes to reveal about 3 gays a year as has been the pattern since 2021, 2 at pride and 1 randomly in the year so it is possible 3 more women are added to this list before Project L’s release if it came out in 2024 and 6 are possible if it comes out in 2025.There will probably be some queer men, maybe they’ll finally say the one obvious trans woman is trans, we can’t know for sure but of the many characters in the their world I do think at least one of these women have a shot at making it in the starting roster. 
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SaGa Emerald Beyond
There is a pair of bonnie and clyde styled cops and while ewww pigs they do seem kinda gay so I gotta mention it here it’s possible is all I am saying. The Saga series way back in the day had a Lesbian main character, it really wouldn’t be out of the blue for the game to include a new set of sapphic women. Especially given in the gacha game it is very clear that the sapphic women are two of the most popular characters given they have been given many alts and they would only get alts if those alts sold. 
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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes 
This game is called 100 heroes, if they are gonna have 100 characters there should at least be one lesbian and 1 bi woman and they should get together. I think it could happen.  There is nothing to say for sure but I believe.
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Mahou Senshi Cosplay Club
It’s listed under LGBT games and their previous game Chroma Squad had optional sapphic romance depending on what characters of what gender you put in what role in the game. There was no real way to know you were gonna end up with that but since then they know that they have a decent queer fan base so I think it is very possible to get some sapphic fun even if it’s chose your own gay style. 
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Double Shake  Loam and Dinx seem to be intended to get together and the game is listed as LGBT+ so I am gonna go out on a limb here and say, probably sapphic. It could be that idk Loam is trans or Dinx is Ace/Aro idk for sure but I think sapphic. 
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HellMall
It’s a gay furry game, these things tend to lean towards men but it is possible that this is a gay fury game with some goodies for the Lesbians. 
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Spirit City: Lo-fi Sessions
This game probably doesn’t include proper sapphic representation but it’s kinda just a playlist and screen filter idling game to have on as you do work. What it does promise is some pride flags and maybe there will be some other queer things inside of it.
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Ghostbusters was released in the United States on June 8, 1984.  
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manibyn8ure · 1 month
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A touch of romance
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carissaobsessed · 2 years
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AND I DONT WANNA THINK ABOUT YOU ANYMORE // BUT I STILL DO
Hopeless by Carissa Summer Rose
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djaienti · 6 months
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🌹🥰🌹🥰 Roses, Roses, Roses everywhere!🌹😍🌹🥰🌹😍🌹🥰🌹
Rose City, USA
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i-carrion-icarian · 7 months
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last of the summer roses 🩷
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dowhatteverer · 1 year
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I was rewatching Bee's birthday music box scene from Bee and puppy cat and I thought: that but with Yang and Summer recording a poem for her.
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It may or may not be my little headcannon that Summer was really into poetry as a hobby and used to write poems to read to Yang and Ruby when they were little, and she would record them so that when she was out late on a mission, the girls would still be able to listen to them.
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vox-anglosphere · 2 years
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The magic of London with summer roses and a refurbished Big Ben
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Rose bracelet with labradorite & moonstone 🌹 available here. Sold!
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