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sunlitglycerin · 1 year

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books of 2023

key:

🌔 reread

🪹 no thoughts no praise

🌊 i have to emotionally recover from this

💥 many thoughts not all praise

🌷 enjoyable

🫧 lovely

january

1. annihilation by jeff vandermeer 🌊

2. the uncoupling by meg wolitzer 🪹

3. the interestings by meg wolitzer 🌔

4. sorrow and bliss by meg mason 💥

5. the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger 🌷

6. brown girl in the ring by nalo hopkinson 🌷

7. astrid parker doesn’t fail by ashley herring blake 🪹

february

8. little eyes by samanta schweblin 🌷

9. we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson 🫧

10. fight club by chuck palahniuk 🫧

11. salt fish girl by larissa lai 🫧

12. a visit from the goon squad by jennifer egan 🌊

13. wintergirls by laurie halse anderson 🌊

14. oryx and crake by margaret atwood 🪹

15. severance by ling ma 🌊

march

16. olga dies dreaming by xóchitl gonzález 💥

17. the hating game by sally thorne 🌊

18. second first impressions by sally thorne 🌷

19. american royals by katherine mcgee 💥

20. the worst best man by mia sosa 🌷

21. my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh 🌔

22. the change by kirsten miller 🫧

23. sealed with a diss by lisi harrison 🌔

24. fledgling by octavia butler 💥

25. the road by cormac mccarthy 🌊

26. intimacies by katie kitamura 🫧

27. le divorce by diane johnson 🌊

april

28. it happened one summer: a novel by tessa bailey 💥

29. fifty words for rain by asha lemmie💥

30. all my puny sorrows by miriam toews 🌔

31. speak by laurie halse anderson 🌔

32. the queen’s gambit by walter tevis 🫧

33. you will know me: a novel by megan abbot 🌷

34. the virgin suicides by jeffrey eugenides 🌔

35. the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse by charlie mackery 🌊

may

36. beautiful world, where are you: a novel by sally rooney 🌷

37. conversations with friends: a novel by sally rooney 🌊

38. a tree grows in brooklyn by betty smith 🫧

39. emergency contacts by mary h.k. choi 🌔

40. i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson 🌔

41. if i never met you: a novel by mhairi mcfarlane 🌷

42. the girls by emma cline 🌊

43. confessions of a shopaholic: a novel by sophie kinsella 💥

44. second place: a novel by rachel cusk 🌊

45. convenience store woman by sayaka murata 🌔

june

46. the black presidency: barack obama and the politics of race in america by michael eric dyson 🫧

47. i’ll be you by janelle brown 🪹

48. the best american short stories (2020) 🌊

49. crazy rich asians by kevin kwan 🌔

50. the suitors: a novel by cécile david-weill 🌷

51. monster high by lisi harrison 🌔

52. elegance by kathleen tessaro 🌔

53. monster high: the ghoul next door by lisi harrison 🌔

54. monster high: where there’s a wolf, there’s a way by lisi harrison 🌔

july

55. monster high: back and deader than ever by lisi harrison 🌔

56. thin girls by diana clarke 🌊

57. eileen by ottessa moshfegh 🌷

58. china rich girlfriend by kevin kwan 🌔

59. composing a life by mary catherine bateson 🌷

60. in every mirror she’s black by lọlá ákínmádé åkerström 🌊

61. the invasion by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

62. less by andrew sean greer 🌊

63. the visitor by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

august

64. when katie met cassidy by camille perri 🌷

65. the message by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

66. the predator by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

67. the capture by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

68. the stranger by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

69. david kibbe's metamorphosis: discover your image identity and dazzle as only you can by david kibbe (who could have guessed) 🌷

70. the most fun we ever had by claire lombardo 🌔

71. earthlings by sayaka murata 🫧

72. pageboy: a memoir by elliot page 🫧

73. diary of an oxygen thief by anonymous 🌊

74. bridget jones’s diary by helen fielding 🌷

september

75. idol, burning by rin usami 🫧

76. cleopatra and frankenstein by coco mellors 🌷

77. kitchen by banana yoshimoto 🫧

78. addiction by design by natasha dow schüll 🌊

79. the fellowship of the ring by j.r.r. tolkein 💥

80. smashed: story of a drunken girlhood by koren zailckas 🌊

october

81. american psycho by bret easton ellis 🌊

82. all the lovers in the night by mieko kawakami 🫧

83. peace, love, and baby ducks by lauren myracle 🌖

84. if i had your face by frances cha 🌊

85. milk fed by melissa broder 🪹

86. legally blonde by amanda brown 💥

november

87. seven ways we lie by riley redgate 🌖

88. even the stars look lonesome by maya angelou 🫧

89. airhead by meg cabot 🌖

90. being nikki by meg cabot 🌖

91. runaway by meg cabot 🌖

92. wuthering heights by emily brontë 🌊

93. slouching towards bethlehem by joan didion 🫧

94. the heart principle by helen hoang 💥

95. in the shape of a human body i am visiting earth, edited by ilya kaminsky, dominic luxford, and jesse nathan 🌊

96. good for you by tammara webber 🌖

97. here without you by tammara webber 🪹

december

98. breasts and eggs by mieko kawakami 🌊

99. ender’s shadow by orson scott card 🌖

100. girlfriend in a coma by douglas coupland 🌊

101. altered states by anita brookner 🌊

102. i don’t know how she does it by allison pearson 💥

103. the hunger games by suzanne collins 🌖

104. catching fire by suzanne collins 🌖

105. mockingjay by suzanne collins 🌖

#dear diary #books #february #march #january #april #may #june #or maybe we ignore june tbh #july #august #september #october #november #december

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djemsostylist · 9 months

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In general I feel that most adaptations are terrible, and, at least for all modern adaptations, exist purely to make money for a studio desperate to become "The Next Big Thing™". Now by and large I don't particularly care; does it suck that The Witcher ended up being a super boring political slog instead of a fun monster of the week adventure with a girl and her parents? Sure, but I'm not a part of the The Witcher fandom, most book/game fans recognize the show is shit, and by and large its skipped the public consciousness such that it makes little no impact on much. In fact, The Witcher might, if anything, shed light on creators crapping all over existing IPs to make a name for themselves by using a preexisting IP as a resume to make the things they actually want to make.

Wheel of Time I have no investment in, having never watched the show or read the books, but I'm given to understand that by and large, its fairly universally disliked, and that the book fans are disappointed but largely unaffected by it's current crapness except to note its crapness and move on.

That's not to say that these sort of shit adaptations aren't disappointing; they certainly are, but because the two fandoms were largely unknown in the public conscious, and bad enough that even the most "normy" of people skipped by them, their effect on the existing IP is little.

Star Wars is it's own sort of hell, because while the characters I love are mostly safe (thanks in large part to Disney deciding to write their own stories, thereby inadvertently saving my characters from a fate worse than death), the utter crapness of the current DisneyWars saturates enough of my online fandom life to be mildly annoying in that I can't avoid it. But also, people who are obsessed with Ezra or think that Ashoka Tano are the best thing ever don't bother me much, bc in the Star Wars I knew and loved, these people never existed.

Tolkien is different in a way that is often hard to express, but I think it comes down to both his feelings about his stories, and also the general view of the public. I've had this argument with people a million times, that while yes, the books will always exist, with the current way that media is consumed, the amount of people who have actually read ANY Tolkien at all is smaller than you'd think. I've stumbled across countless posts from people talking about how they are huge Lord of the Rings fans, and have never even read Fellowship.

Now, I'm fully aware that there are people who will be offended by this so called "gatekeeping", but I remain baffled by the sheer number of Tolkien fans who have never actually consumed any of his written works. I'm aware that the Silmarillion is dense, and I'm certainly not about to recommend HoMe to the average reader, but the number of people who speak with authority (and incorrectly) on the themes of his works that have never read past Rivendell is astounding.

And the issue is, by and large, Tolkien is known now more by the Lord of the Rings movies made in the early aughties than he is by the works he wrote. Christopher Tolkien worked tirelessly to ensure that this father's authentic work would be persevered, that anything published posthumously would adhere so strictly to the vision of his father that large chunks remain unwritten to this day.

And then Amazon comes in and bulldozes over everything, and we are asked to be okay with it. More than that, we are asked to accept it, to stop being worried or concerned about it, to just shut up and live with it.

It doesn't matter if you like Rings of Power. It doesn't matter if you have never read a single Tolkien book in your life. It doesn't matter if you think Tolkien is an overblown writer who cared too much about nature and language and not enough about stories (an argument I have sadly seen far too much). The fact remains that Rings of Power and its writers did not give a single fuck about writing anything close to what Tolkien wrote or would have wanted. Rings of Power is crafted to be a resume for it's showrunners on their next steps to Hollywood, and attempt to create the next "GOT", the next Big Thing that will garner them enough fame and attention to let them do what they really want in Hollywood. The show cares nothing for it's source material--that much is clear from the handling of the characters, the butchering of the timelines, the mere fact that they seem to have not even given a single thought to theme or message or meaning.

And while sure, I will always have Tolkien's works for myself and those people who actually love Tolkien, and not the visual representations of his works, butchered onscreen (and yes, I do mean the Jackson movies as well), by and large with the passage of time, Tolkien will come to mean less the stories loving written of a world he envisioned, and more to mean the corporate schlock turned out for profit or the lovingly misguided fan interpretation of one of the greatest fantasy stories of all times, at least to the larger public conscious.

I will never feel bad about my criticism of Rings of Power. Never. Because it wasn't created for anything more than corporate greed and resume building, and each new fact revealed cannot convince me otherwise.

Celeborn is merely the longest in a long line of characters who are victims to a story that uses their names but not their likeness, not their soul, not who they are to the story they were used to create. At this point, it doesn't even make me mad, it makes me sad. The Second Age has always been important to me, for the stories it told and the characters it created, and watching it be handled like this hurts. And I doubt it will ever stop.

#rings of power #tolkien #rop critique #is it criticism to say that a bad thing is bad #im honestly really upset about celeborn #id rather he was dead tbh

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nice2meetyouu · 1 year

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Usapang J2 nanaman. May new joiner noong mid-January tapos nag-quit na siya end of March. Shookt gallore tuloy ako. Nag-thank you na lang ako at nagsabi ng words, pero gusto ko talagang malaman why so fast. Specifically, kung na-toxic-an ba siya, or sadyang ayaw na niya, or may better opportunity na dumating.

Overthinking the outcomes:

Pwedeng sabihin niya ang truth.

Pwedeng magsabi siya ng generic reasons para iwasan ang pagsasabi ng katotohanan.

Pwedeng sabihin niyang none of your business.

I felt na medyo inappropriate din i-ask kaya hindi ko na lang itinuloy. Guminhawa pa naman ang kapaligiran mula noong dumating siya. Pero tuloy lang ang buhay.

Dapat pala laging ready na magsialis ang mga kasamahan. Naku-curious talaga ako though. Andami niya kasing inayos na mga bagay-bagay like siya 'yung nag-start ng directory, siya 'yung nagkakalat ng word about hiring, and I think since walang dedicated lead gen person, siya 'yung nag-aasikaso no'n, among other coordination tasks. Nagkaroon nga rin ng monthly townhall mula noong pumasok siya. May papalit kaya sa kanya?

Ang unstable naman. Naalala ko nga, sa isang work ko before, 1 day lang tumagal 'yung isang new hire bago sinibak. Wala nga siyang output na nagawa, tumagal lang 'yung proseso for nothing. Baka time to reflect na rin bilang hindi ako komportable sa mga biglaang pagbabago, which means na 'di ako suitable sa mga start-up unless health-related or kakilala ko 'yung people involved. Siguro kasi fresh pa from school kung saan hindi naman option 'yung ayaw mo na kaya magku-quit ka. Hahahaha.

Sabi nga ng isang ka-work ko sa J1 na nag-quit early Feb (kakapasok ko lang, paalis naman sila, sad), hindi niya raw kasi kailangang tiisin 'yung work. Unlike noong residency and fellowship (yes, tuloy-tuloy siyang umakyat sa parang corporate ladder [na hindi corporate] sa world of medicine kaya tapos na siya sa fellowship at 30 years old), wala siyang choice. And since dinedicate na raw niya ang youth niya sa medicine, she wants to be able to decide this time kung ano nang gagawin niya sa buhay, at kung kailan niya gusto.

#kung nasurvive ko yung toxicity ng internship #bakit di ko kakayanin yung present-day toxicity #but the thing is #bakit ko titiisin yung insufferable na mga kasama #hindi naman ako masokista

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sincerelyjea · 1 year

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I Left The Church And Here Is Why:

When I was a child, I was baptized as a Catholic. We usually go to church every Sunday, but I honestly don't feel like it.

Don't get me wrong ha; I have high respect sa lahat ng religion except sa mga naniniwala kay Quiboloy. This is just based on my own PERSONAL opinion.

I remember that during my early days I always wanted to be part of "Salubong," Pero alam ko sa sarili ko na it won't really happen because I am really scared of religious figures inside the church, especially the statues of saints. I don't know why, but I can't even stare at the small Santo Niño we have in our house (May superstition kasi ako noon na naglalakad 'yon tuwing madaling araw lol).

As someone who was born into a Catholic family, we are always encouraged to attend Catholic events such as the "Simbang Gabi," "Alay Lakad," and more, but never did I get the point of worshipping or praying with religious figures (No offense meant to those who are doing it) Maybe it's just their way of remembering God and His sacrifices; I don't know.

Before I graduated from primary school, I can recall that I talked to my mom and said that I do believe in God. I really am, but I don't want to join them anymore in church because I am trying to figure out myself. Pumayag naman sila maybe because they are confident naman na they raised me and my brother right.

During first year highschool, I have a teacher who is so kind talaga hindi lang sa akin kundi sa aming lahat. And then one day, they invited the whole class to attend campus ministry (Sa Apex ako nag-secondary btw and mayroong campus ministry doon every week handled by a preacher from CBBC. I don't know kung anong tawag sa ibang religion pero parang "Bible study" s'ya or "Cell group" ganon.)

And yeah, that's the start of everything. Naka-balik ulit ako sa church pero this time hindi na sa Catholic. Wala ng mga santo and everything. Literal na building lang with a pulpit for preaching and Sunday school rooms. Everyone brings their own Bible (unlike Sa Catholic na usually Pari lang ang nagbabasa).

I became active in praising and serving the Lord. I tried my best not to miss any fellowship inside the campus, area, church, or Sunday school. Literally, the involvement is there. Masaya ako. At the same time, grabe rin talaga yung character development ko doon kaya rin pinayagan ako ng magulang ko to be baptized there and change my religion. After several years, I was practicing piano na kasi I really wanna join the orchestra. Hindi lang natuloy kasi nga I decided na to left the church. Pinag-isipan ko siya nang mabuti at matagal. Mahirap syempre but it's for my own good na rin kasi a lot of things aren't aligned with my principle na.

Listed below are the reasons why I won't go to church again:

• Maraming misogynist which is a big NO for me kasi sobrang laki ng respeto ko sa mga kababaihan and naniniwala ako sa kanilang kakayahan, likewise sa mga kalalakihan.

• Maraming homophobic. Siguro pinaka-worst na narinig ko ay ayaw daw ng Diyos sa mga bakla kaya daw si Adan at Eva lang ang unang ginawa. Tapos kapag bakla ka daw, magdudusa ka sa impyerno. Like kailan pa naging basis 'yon??

• Marami dyan didiktahan ka. "You cannot say this", "You have to do this", "You have to wear this" and "You have to be like this". Ako pa naman yung tipo ng tao na kapag ayoko, ayoko. Hindi mo ako mapipilit.

• Para sa akin hindi puwedeng sunod ka lang ng sunod. Hindi porket sinabi, gagawin mo. Hindi porket ginagawa ng isa, gagayahin mo. Truth hurts pero some members of a church are blind followers. They are selfish. May mga times na hindi nila iniisip ang kapakanan ng iba.

• Some people think they are always right. They are manipulative and narcissist.

• Biggest pet peeve ko talaga ay yung mga taong masyadong religious pero ang contradicting ng ugali. Practice what you preach ika nga.

Siguro nga, too much religiousness is toxic. Tho I am aware naman that a church isn't a place for saints but for sinners to repent. Still, I would rather keep my relationship with God private na lang than be surrounded by this kind of people.

Hindi man na ako pala-church, hindi naman ako nakalimot. Palagi pa rin akong naniniwala at nagtitiwala. I'm still listening to worship song. I'm still reading my Bible. I'm still praying and trying to be a good example.

Lahat ng mayroon ako sa panginoon pa rin. Sa kaniya palagi lahat ng papuri.

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callunavulgari · 1 year

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Scrapbook 2023 | Pt I

For anyone that’s new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things that I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal.

It’s a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.

A reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read 65 books, finish 4 video games, write more than 20 fics or something larger than 20k, and expand on your original novel outline to the point that you START WRITING.

Past Years

MOVIES

January

(The Day After Tomorrow)

Jurassic World: Dominion

(Princess Mononoke)

Glass Onion

Do Revenge

(Star Wars: Rogue One)

(Ever After)

(Tarzan)

February

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

(Spirited Away)

(Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure)

(Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland)

(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

(The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

(The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies)

March

(Howl’s Moving Castle)

(Lotr: The Two Towers)

(Hercules)

April

(Lotr: The Fellowship of the Ring)

(Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Suzume**

May

(Spirited Away)

TV SHOWS

January

Willow

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

That 90′s Show

Owl House, s3

Lockwood & Co, s1

1899

February

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

1899

The Witcher: Blood Origin

Fantastic Fungi

Miraculous Ladybug, s5

The White Lotus, s1

The Last of Us, s1

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Vox Machina, s2

Modern Marvels, Tea and Coffee Episodes

Watcher: Are You Scared

Watcher: Too Many Spirits

March

The Last of Us, s1

Watcher: Are You Scared

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

Miraculous Ladybug, s5

Russian Doll, s2

Shadow and Bone, s2

Watcher: Are You Scared

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

Case Study Vanitas

1899

Buzzfeed: Worth It

April

Buzzfeed: Worth It

Watcher: Survival Mode

Watcher: Weird Wonderful World

The Owl House, s3*****

The Mandalorian, s3

May

(She-Ra, s7)

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Sweet Tooth, s2

First Kill

BOOKS

January

Seasparrow | Kristin Cashore [Fin]

Ace of Shades | Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé [Fin]

A Restless Truth | Freya Marske [Fin]

The Kingdom of Copper | S.A. Chakraborty [Fin]

Bone Witch | Rin Chupeko [Fin]

Ocean’s Echo | Everina Maxwell [Fin]

(Lair of Dreams | Libba Bray) [Fin]

(Captive Prince | CS Pacat) [Fin]

This Is How You Lose the Time War | Aman El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone [Fin]

February

The Empire of Gold | S.A. Chakraborty [Fin]

Legend & Lattes | Travis Baldree [Fin]

The Bone Season | Samantha Shannon [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid

(A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah Maas) [Fin]

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

The Burning God | R F Kuang [Fin]

The Shadow of Kyoshi | FC Yee

March

The Shadow of Kyoshi | FC Yee [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

A Mirror Mended | Alix Harrow

A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah Maas [Fin]

Our Violent Ends | Chloe Gong [Fin]

The World We Make | N.K. Jemisin [Fin]

The Sun Down Motel | Simone St James [Fin]

Babel | RF Kuang [Fin]

The Hollow Ones | Guillermo Del Toro [Fin]

April

The Stolen Heir | Holly Black [Fin]

A Mirror Mended | Alix Harrow [Fin]

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi | SA Chakraborty [Fin]

Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid [Fin]

Love & Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch [Fin]

The Dawn of Yangchen | FC Yee [Fin]

Hell Bent | Leigh Bardugo [Fin]

Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

May

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

The Oleander Sword | Tasha Suri [Fin]

The Beautiful Ones | Silvia Morena-Garcia [Fin]

Happy Place | Emily Henry [Fin]

Foul Lady Fortune | Chloe Gong [Fin]

PODCASTS

January

(Zero Hours: A Matter of Time)

February

Critical Role, Campaign 2: Episodes 1-3

March

Critical Role, Campaign 2: Episode 4

April

N/A

May

N/A

VIDEO GAMES

January

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, 12 hours?

The Last of Us [Fin]

(Horizon: Forbidden West)

February

Persona 5 Royal, 220 hrs [Fin]

Assassin’s Creed: Origins, 20ish hours

Stardew Valley, 20 hours?

March

Stardew Valley, 56 hrs

(Kingdom Hearts 3)

April

Stardew Valley, 56 hrs

Assassin’s Creed: Origins

(Bioshock Infinite) [Fin]

May

Red Dead: Redemption

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

POSTED FIC

January

N/A

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

N/A

May

N/A

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

January

N/A

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

N/A

May

N/A

Fanmixes/Spotify Playlists/Graphics

January

2023

Kawaii desu desu bullsh*t

February

Favorites

March

N/A

April

Prelude Music

May

N/A

DELIGHTFUL FIC

January

Invitations by nbfutureboy | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | “Uh, Steve? How do you know my Dungeon Master?”

the sun in the west by misantlery | House of the Dragon | Rhaenyra/Daemon | 6k | Scenes from the reign of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, first of her name.

Halfway There by nbfutureboy | Stranger Things | 2k | Eddie wakes up to a thumping headache, a sweat under his collar, and a warm spot in the bed where Steve had previously been.

I Could Lift You Up by ouijaboy | Watcher | Shane/Ryan | 5k | Five times Shane made a big ol’ romantic gesture, and one time Ryan returned the sentiment.

whatever you want by Wildehack (tyleet) | Wolf 359 | Kepler/Jacobi | 5k | Kepler doesn't fuck him that first day, when Daniel swallows his pride like it's a hot coal he can feel boiling down to the pit of his stomach and dials the number left on the card.

turn our golden faces into the sun by liesmyth | The Locked Tomb | Harrow/Gideon | 5k | After Canaan House and Cytherea's death, Harrow wakes up on the Erebos as a newly-made Lyctor. She meets God. Then she meets God's daughter.

Two Pollens (Alike in Indignity) by rhysiana, ritualist | The Untamed | Nie Mingjue/Jin Guangyao | 12k | Meng Yao gets dosed with truth pollen. The cure has some side effects.

A Man of Honor by astolat | GOT | Jaime/Robb | 36k | Tyrion sighed. “He's nineteen, well-favored, and as far as I know, neither demented nor stupid. And not a hint of a betrothal. Sorry.”

in the garden of my heart by liesmyth | House of the Dragon | Alicent/Rhaenyra | 1k | It was a strange feeling. Alicent she found herself grasping Rhaenyra’s fingers, hard, filled with a possessiveness she couldn’t give a name to, a fierce love that threatened to burst out of her.

February

The Mistress Clause by sir_not_appearing_in_this_archive | Mistborn | Wax/Wayne, Wax/Steris | 51k | Wayne doesn’t poach, because poaching’s just a fancy word for stealing a heart, and he doesn’t steal (anymore). But he might trade for a heart, if he can find something of equal value to swap it with.

Here, After by spqr | 9-1-1 | Buck/Eddie | 12k | Buck’s not proud. Buck lives in a horror movie.

high water by spqr | Star Trek | Spock/Kirk | 7k | “Andorian wine is very potent,” Spock says. “How much did you consume?”

rhadamanthus by spqr | Star Trek | Spock/Kirk | 6k | Spock murmurs, “I cannot imagine a universe in which it is not my life’s duty to protect you. You are — “ he has to search for the right words, in Jim’s language. “You are — most dear to me, of all things.”

Necromantic Adventures in Bodyswapping! by liesmyth | The Locked Tomb | Augustine/Mercymorn | 4k | Mercymorn swallowed. Then she said, “I should’ve known you’d suck your own dick, you empty-headed egomaniac.”

That Old Forever by spqr | Star Wars | Din/Luke | 29k | Din had commed laughing to show him his ewok targets stacked three deep in carbonite, which would have made Luke laugh too if he weren’t too busy being sullen and sleep-deprived and generally unpleasant—and focused on concealing a giant, soul-crushing, absolutely mortifying pubescent crush on his adopted brother.

a warm spot in a cold snap by hygarden | Wolf 359 | Jacobi/Kepler | 4k | The thing is it’s not like Jacobi hasn’t thought about it.

a luxury few can afford by three-fingered (calciseptine) | Marvel | Spiderman/Deadpool | WIP | "And what's the going rate for swiss cheese?" Peter asks as casually as possible.

Roll To Charm Person by harriet_vane | Stranger Things | Will/Mike | 59k | Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers.

it hurts at first (but it ain't that bad) by Lise | The Untamed | Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | 12k | Xue Yang might be dying, but he can at least make sure Xiao Xingchen knows who tricked him.

so little time and i'm way off track by defractum | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 25k | "Have you heard of Wei Wuxian?" someone bellows.

god was a dog-man by spqr | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 12k | “Do you have a secret teenage son?” Stiles demands, as soon as Derek opens the door.

March

Here's Not Here by theroguesgambit | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 10k | Stiles is different today.

It Can All But Break Your Heart by orbiting_saturn | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 7k | Turns out, Derek can’t go anywhere without getting hit on.

I Might Be A Fool by prettylittlementirosa | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 35k | The thing about Stiles, though, is that for him, turned on and angry are not mutually exclusive feelings.

The Price by theroguesgambit | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 18k | Stiles must surrender the most important thing in his life to protect the town… and no one can figure out what it was.

you were there and so was i by magneticwave | Teen Wolf | Sterek, Allison & Stiles | 8k | For their tenth birthday, Stiles had gotten Allison a mug from a kiosk at the mall with AREN’T YOU GLAD WE EVOLVED OUT OF NEIGHBORING CELLS on one side and a picture from their school trip to the zoo, the one where Allison was hitting a goat trying to eat Stiles’ shirt, on the other.

Same As It Ever Was by QuokkaFoxtrot | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 62k | "Deja-vu? Like you feel like you've done this before, because-"

In Bloom by Celia_and for BensCalligraphySet | Star Wars | Rey/Ben | 14k | He doesn’t love her. But when his hands are on her body, she can pretend.

April

straight at the sun by brawlite | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 4k | Drunk as a skunk and feeling maudlin, Wolfwood finds a stranger in a saloon who reminds him of Vash. He lets hungry fantasies get the better of him.

night sounds by brawlite | Trigun Stampede | Knives/Wolfwood | 6k | While drunk, Wolfwood confesses his feelings to Vash. It goes surprisingly well -- until it really, really doesn’t.

fool in the moon by arahir | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 8k | Wolfwood carries a body.

I just can’t wait for love to destroy us by FlowerCitti | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 8k | There are small things to be noticed, if you know to look, that make Vash just a little less human.

come to conceal the confusion we feel by iodhadh | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Chengmei | 7k | As far as Song Lan is concerned, Xue Yang is nothing more or less than the most irritating student taking lessons at the dance studio he co-owns with his boyfriend.

No Passing Fascination by madamerioulette | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen | 36k | “If no consensus can be made, and no act of justice agreed upon, then it falls to myself and my companion Song Zichen to take matters into our own hands.”

May

Hawkins Halfway House for Homeless Horrors by Trensu | Stranger Things | Eddie/Steve | 2k | Steve wanted to be a dad more than anything. Unfortunately, he was a single dude in his thirties which meant no adoption agency in the world was willing to give him a chance. Or at least no human adoption agency.

Please Hold by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Lesson of the day, no matter how busy you are, it's rarely a good idea to let your subconscious take the wheel.

pretty doctor by spqr | House | House/Chase | 5k | ROBBIE DOWN UNDER. LET ME GET UNDER YOU. “CRIKEY, THAT’S A BIG COCK!”

My Right Hand Man by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | In which movie night takes an unexpected turn, and it's surprisingly easy to just let it happen.

then out of nowhere, somebody comes and hits you with an ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh by @calciseptine | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 42k | A man with spider-themed superpowers accidentally breaks into Wade's apartment.

like a record, baby by jilliancares | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 8k | “I already have an escape plan,” Deadpool says. He grabs Peter’s wrist, raises it above his head, and then digs his thumb into Peter’s spinneret.

So No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way by Jenetica | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 32k | Peter Parker's life doesn't need an influx of new, distinctly spidery Spider-Man powers.

let me explain by jilliancares | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 8k | Peter's starting to realize just how much Wade knows about him

Tiny Entanglements by MargaretKire | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 7k | Spider-Man has some hidden desires. So does Deadpool. Things get complicated when Morbius claims to have a cure for Peter’s ‘impure’ DNA.

Your Call Is Important To Us by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Steve needs a minute, and some moral support from a friend, after accidentally kissing Eddie goodbye.

Hard to be Soft by stereobone | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Eddie's had sex on a bed before. A lot, actually. Face down, usually, sheets dirty, barely able to breathe, someone holding him bruise-tight and pressing his face into the mattress.

A Breach In The Wall by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 1k | Steve is forced to wonder if it's still a rude awakening when you're just pretending to be asleep.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

January

2022 || Multifandom Mashup (Happy New Year)

2022 Movie Trailer Mashup

therefore i am [Wednesday]

Paint It Black || The Rolling Stones

February

MARVEL || Ode to Joy

House Targaryen | Fire & Blood

The Batman || Where is My MInd?

(The Witcher) Geralt Of Rivia | Home

The Batman || Where is My MInd?

Princess Cirilla of Cintra (+Geralt & Yennefer)

It's Alright - Percy de Rolo AMV (Legend of Vox Machina)

March

MARVEL || Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania - Rise

derek & stiles || on my way

call me by your name; stiles & derek

Ellie | The Last of Us

April

Multifandom || It's Going Down Tonight

Wednesday || Bad Guy

They will not control us

Joel & Ellie | Look for the light

Joel & Ellie || The Last of Us

Daemon & Rhaenyra || Play With Fire

Iron Man & Doctor Strange || Don't put your blame on me

sick thoughts

Doctor Strange || Enemy (Tommee Profitt)

The Last of Us | When Innocence Dies

loud | Wednesday

Derek x Stiles | the one to save me

The Last of Us | Fear

Time changes everything.

wednesday || utopia

May

N/A

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

January

Meimuna - Meimuna

Colors - Black Pumas

Sho’s Song - Cecile Corbel

The Darker the Weather - MISSIO

Thumbs - Sabrina Carpenter

Dragonstea Din Tea - Feuerchwanz

Onwards We Row - Miracle of Sound

Edge of Midnight - Miley Cyrus

August - Vanisa Khamkhosy

Warrior of the Mind - Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

FU In My Head - Cloudy June

Villain - Bella Poarch

Kalyna - Go-A

I See You - Leona Lewis

Genesis - Otyken

Dimna Juda - Walkauz

See You Again - Miley Cyrus

Ohio Is For Lovers - Hawthorne Heights

Queen of Kings - Alessandra

Flowers - Miley Cyrus

Take A Hint - Victorious Cast

rapunzel - emlyn

Sorry Barbie - Todrick Hall

February

Six Soundtrack

Fairytale (Violin) - Joel Sunny

Tea, Milk and Honey - Oh Pep!

Middle of the Night - Elley Duhe

Tongues & Teeth | The Crane Wives

King | The Amazing Devil

A Little Bit Off | Five Finger Death Punch

Masterpiece | Motionless In White

Khamlu | Hubert von Goisern

Con La Brisa | Foudeqush

Interlude | Stormzy

Our Light | Lyn

Mountain at My Gates | Foals

Fuel to Fire | Agnes Obel

Arms Unfolding | dodie

Truly Madly Deeply - Yoke Lore

Step Into Darkness | Dubkiller

Main Theme | PurpleSchala

March

Hungry Heart | Steve Aoki

ceilings | Lizzy McAlpine

It’s Terror Time Again | Sesamoid

Tuning In To You | Wonstein

Lost | Linkin Park

Got You | GA Eun

Wake Up | Elaine

Watch the World Burn | Falling In Reverse

Eat Your Young | Hozier

Scars | Boy Epic

Cover Me | Black Math

Just a Man | Jorge Rivera-Herrans

April

labour | Paris Paloma

The Tornado | Owl City

Green Green Grass | George Ezra

Tombi | Kvi Baba

Suzume | Radwimps

May

Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You - Boys Town Gang

Linger a while - Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Mermaids - Florence & the Machine

Una Musica Brutal - Gotan Project

Francesca - Hozier

#heather says what #scrapbook #2023 #heather writes #recommendations

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randomconfessions · 3 months

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Evangelism o love-bombing? Discipleship o gaslighting? Counseling o codependency? Fellowship o grooming? Ayus-ayusin natin methodology natin sa church. Minsan rin kasi hindi na pala healthy mentally.

#Church culture

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anneboxing777 · 4 months

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Nung nag mcdo kami ni Rizza with the irregs, talagang makukumpara mo yon nung kasama ko yung dalawa. Naluluha ako na ewan, IDK. I miss them both. Hindi na talaga okay kapag magmmcdo tas wala kang maalala e. tanginang yan. Gusto ko na lang matapos agad yung kinakain ko para tapos na agad at makalabas na lang don sa mcdo. And that's the same day rin na hindi ako umattend ng fellowship night. Para saan pa kung wala naman akong kasama doon? Makikita ko silang okay with other fg tapos ako, nasa gitna pa rin, wondering kung anong nangyare?

I fucking hate my heart kasi di ko magawang magalit sa kahit sino sakanila. Panghihinayang lang, and the rest, care na lang na sana okay lang sila palagi.

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aliksaliks · 11 months

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what place have you traveled that you are most grateful for?

PALAWAN.

Tribes in PALAWAN.

I am most grateful for it being my first time going on a trip like this. I am more than grateful that I was able to experience the simple life they had. I am most grateful for being there and had a fellowship with the believers who DO NOT KNOW HOW TO COMPLAIN.

Iba ang tatag ng mga taong ito. It was INDEED A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE. Sa mga tribo simple lang ang buhay. Nakakatuwa dahil nakit ko na ang dami ring mga Pastor kahit sa mga lugar na akala natin wala nang nakatira. Sa totoo lang, napatanong ako..."Sa kabila ng hirap ng buhay nila nagagwa pa rin nilang magpatuloy sa Panginoon? Sa kabila nang kakulangan nila sa maraming bagay para sa ministeryo, naglilingkod at nagpapatuloy pa rin sila? Masaya pa rin sila? Kahit walang ilaw?"

Ilan lang 'yan sa mga naging tanong ko, pero alam niyo...NAHIYA AKO. Nahiya ako na ang dami kong reklamo. Samantakang 'yung mga tao sa mga bundok o tribo na napuntahan namin, masaya na kahit sa mga maliliit na bagay. Ang nakakatuwa kahit ganoon kahirap ang buhay doon, sa tuwing pupunta kami para makipag fellowship, NAGHAHANDA pa rin sila para sa pagdating namin. NAGHAIN kung ano ang meron sa kanila.

Lord, forgive me. Ang dami kong reklamo. Sobrang grateful ko for experiencing being on a mission at Palawan. I AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TAUGHT ME TO BE CONTENTED, NOT TO COMPLAIN, TO APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE, AND TO SERVE GOD WITH ALL MY HEART!

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keziahmnc · 1 year

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HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD

Hi it's been so long. I pray to the one who's reading this will be at peace from every silent battle that's he/she's facing.

Maybe this write will be the longest, yet please if you already started it, kindly finish it.

Two months ago, I was sobbing to my team 'coz I did not finished my school due to financial crisis. Tapos nasira pa ang cellphone ko at ang papa ko ay na stroke (two weeks ago)

It's hard, seeing my batchmates crying because of hard exams made me in pain kasi sila napapagod habang may na-a-complish samantalang ako napapagod lang. Pakiramdam ko nauubusan ako ng chance para maachieve 'yung mga bagay na pangarap ng puso ko.

No'ng nasira cellphone ko, feeling ko no'n mas lalo akong napag iwanan. Outdated sa lahat -chats, news, friends and even sa ministry. Ewan ko, ganon kasi talaga ako eh ang hilig kong i-overthink ang lahat.

Pero, may pinanghahawakan ako. Matthew 6:33 [ But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, all things will be added unto you ]

When the time that I feel like I lost everything mas nag all out ako sa Lord - I spend all my free time in training, dancing, seeking, worshipping ang even more on praying. I kneel down everything and still trust Him on my painful battle.

Then, two weeks ago. Na stroke ang papa ko - critical stage (50/50) sabi pa ng doctor. Syempre, as a human being nakaramdam ako ng takot. Na shaken ang buong pagkatao ko..

2 days sa Hospital si Papa and I'm deeply in pain. Iniiyak ko sa Lord tuwing madaling araw - I'm seeking comfort kasi 'yung takot, ibang pakiramdam. Kasi gusto ko maging ready, binabad ko sa panalangin, 'yung tipong hindi ko na masalita sa bibig ko kaya hinahayaan kong ilabas nang mga mata ko hanggang sa gumaan ang puso ko. And tomorrow morning I received a good news,

[Matthew 11:28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.] and when i woked up, feeling ko energized na ako. Super productive at may peace! Then I asked everyone to help me pray - It works!

Tapos, tatlong araw no'ng na stroke si papa nag enroll ako. May dala akong 2k as downpayment biglang nag chat Ate ko, sabi niya bawasan muna 'yung pera kasi wala nang budget para sa bahay. Pero sa isip ko, nakapila na ako eh so itutuloy ko na. No'ng ako na kinakausap, biglang sinabi sakin na kasama ako sa scholarship ng school. 🥺 Sadyang napaka buti ni Lord. In the midst, nagpapakita Siya ng grace, at sobrang nakakaiyak.

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Isang Linggo (wednesday) na si Papa sa hospital no'ng nag punta ang Pastors namin sa Church. (Kabado pa nga ako kasi akala ko hindi papayag si mama eh)

Pinagpray nila ang Papa ko, lahat nang nakakita sa posts, stories and nakarinig ng iyak ko tinulungan kami na mag dasal. And you know what...

Friday - birthday ng Ate ko. Nagising ang papa ko. Naniniwala akong lumaban siya at lumalaban pa rin. At sobrang gandang birthday gift no'n para sa aming lahat. Nakakapagsalita na si Papa kahit papaano at nagpapalakas na siya 😭❣️

Nakakaiyak yung pagpapala, hindi ko lubos maisip na during the painful days, God is still Great. Hindi Siya nagbabago at totoo na kapag inuna mo Siya - all the things will be added unto you.

To those who prayed for us - THANK YOU! Hindi ko kaya kung ako lang mag pray mag isa. Lahat nang pagkumusta niyo, panalangin at tulong niyo - it will never be in vain.

And I'm still on the process of processing every single miracle that happened to me and to my family. So thank you!

Please be encourage that God is with you, through you and in you.

[But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 NLT]

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