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There! Finalized my model sheet for my HPMA girl, Anastasia Read! You can read more about her here at this moodboard post I did for her, but basically she’s a Gryffindor who dreams more than she talks and is determined to be the heroine of her own fantasy story.

Some more info about Ana under the cut...

Ana doesn’t resemble her biological parents, John Read and Bonnie Pinkstone-Read, much at all except in hair color (both are also brunettes). Her soft, endomorph frame, strong shoulders, and bluish gray eyes come from her maternal grandfather. As an adult Ana’s even taller than her mother Bonnie, who’s very petite all the way around.

Poor Ana is actually quite self-conscious about her weight, thanks in no small part to the, um...attempts at support from her mother Bonnie, who frequently expresses “concern” about Ana’s health because of her size. At school she wears a highwaisted skirt to hide her tummy, as if she wore a skirt like all of the other girls’, she’d look like -- in her mother’s words -- “a sack of potatoes tied in two.” It’s also the reason she always wears pants, tights or leggings -- she thinks her legs are very chubby and unattractive. Despite her roundness, however, Ana’s also always had very strong shoulders and is on the taller side compared to her other female classmates, which helps her put off a tougher image.

Bonnie Read’s biggest foible as a mother is her immaturity. She wants to be Ana’s “friend” more than a mentor most of the time, and so has difficulty enforcing discipline or even in setting a good example. Bonnie almost immediately dated three other men after divorcing John, all of whom either pointedly ignored or expressed open resentment toward her daughter Ana, before she finally met, dated, and married her second husband. Bonnie’s dependent personality and (as mentioned) subconscious weightism doesn’t help matters either.

Ana’s father John Read is an active-duty soldier. He’s actually an incredibly absent father who never really had much interest in having a family, but Ana’s always put him on a bit of pedestal, partly because of her image of him having become a soldier for noble reasons like serving his country and partly because him not being there to actively be a poor parent like her mother Bonnie made it easier for Ana to romanticize John in her mind. Ana writes to John very frequently. John doesn’t write back much at all.

Ana’s best mentor figure is her stepfather, Bradley Pinkstone (a wizard and Gryffindor alumnus himself). He and his two grown sons Jasper and Preston (a Slytherin and Gryffindor in their day) are very affectionate toward Ana, which kind of weirded her out at first, considering she’s not their blood relative and she’d assumed they’d hate her...but oh, was she ever so glad to be wrong! The new Pinkstone-Read family live in a rather pretty brick house in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Her best and favorite class is History of Magic, but she tends to enjoy all classes where she can write essays. She’s always been miles ahead of her classmates when it comes to writing, especially considering that there are no specific writing or grammar classes taught at Hogwarts. Just about every written assignment Ana’s ever submitted has gotten an O.

Contrariwise, she struggles in classes that are more “physical” like Care of Magical Creatures or Flying.

Despite not getting into Flying class or Quidditch, though, Ana does take time to practice flying on her own at night when no one else is around. She finds moonlit broom rides incredibly romantic and great inspiration whenever she’s suffering from writer’s block.

Ana’s an avid journal keeper! She goes through a good five of them every year. She generally magically shrinks her finished creativity journals for easier storage, and she always hexes whichever one she’s currently writing in order to make sure no one else can open it. (If you’re somehow lucky enough to get her permission, she’ll open her creativity journal for you so you can read it and look at the doodles she did.)

Her favorite authors are Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Hans Christian Andersen, and William Shakespeare. Her favorite type of movies are high fantasy like The Princess Bride, Stardust, and The Lord of the Rings.

Ana’s also huge into Japanese manga! Her one true love is Sailor Moon, but she’s very fond of shoujo manga titles like Cardcaptor Sakura, Ouran High School Host Club, and Fruits Basket.

Ana’s favorite musical genre is symphonic metal, introduced to her by her oldest stepbrother Jasper. Her favorite bands are Within Temptation, Evanescence, and Nightwish.

As a teenager, Ana falls in love with the Victorian Gothic and steampunk subcultures, the first of which Jasper dabbles in and the second of which Preston is hard-core into. Being an INFP, she loves the creativity, historical bent, and romanticism in both movements. At the Pinkwood-Read family’s formal Christmas parties, you’ll often see all three of them wearing top hats with their holiday ensembles.

Ana does NOT make friends easily, but once you do become her friend, she’s always got your back. Her BFF is Hufflepuff Robin Isherwood @cursebreakerfarrier. She also gets along pretty well with Gryffindor housemate Lorcan O’Donnell @unfortunate-arrow, Slytherin Jordi Prewett @cursebreakerelmswood, Ravenclaw Noa March @that-ravenpuff-witch and Hufflepuffs Mitch C. Hodge @department-shoe-stud and HG Gray @ljthebard1. They all either call Anastasia “Ana” or “Annie” -- her stepfather and brothers call her “Anya.”

Upon finding out how much her BFF Robin likes flowers and plants, Ana went out of her way to collect some books on the Victorian language of flowers. (Her brother Jasper gave her a hand with finding some good ones.) One Valentine’s Day she even sent Robin a friendship bouquet of irises, goldenrod, oak-leaved geraniums, and southernwood without any sort of note -- not that it was necessary, given that flowers’ message translated to “Just wanted to let you know you’ll always be my best friend.” (Everyone else assumed Robin had this mysterious secret admirer.)

If anyone rubs Ana the wrong way, they can expect a formal dueling challenge. Ana is witty on the page, but not verbally, and she’s upfront and honorable enough when she’s angry to want to “take it outside” and settle the dispute on the dueling field the way a knight would avenge a slight to their king’s honor, rather than be backhanded or sneaky about it.

Ana may be cisgender and identify as straight, but she is the ULTIMATE LGBT+ ally. Even when she was a kid, she would get very hot under the collar about homophobia, racism, or any other sort of prejudice, thanks to her Gryffindor sense of honor and her INFP sensitivity, and after Bonnie married Bradley and Ana met Jasper (who’s transgender FtM himself), Ana became all the more passionate about LGBT+ rights. She only becomes more vocal in her support after some of her friends come out of the closet too.

Ana’s greatest fear is being insignificant. This is depicted in boggart form as the whole room around her suddenly becoming huge, to the point where she’s as tiny and helpless as a mouse.

Ana’s Patronus is a black swan. If she ever became an Animagus, she’d be a large brown and gray tabby cat with oddly colored bluish gray eyes.

I could see Ana one day becoming a well-regarded author of fiction books for young magical children.

#hpma #anastasia read #my art #art #about anastasia #robin isherwood #henrietta gray #jordi prewett #mitch c. hodge #lorcan o'donnell

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confettipizza · 3 years

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Lunar Recap

How it started. How it’s going. How it ended for the last lunar cycle of 2020.

This lunar cycle began with the New Moon on Jan. 12, 2021 @ 11:01 PM CT (Jan. 13 @ 05:01 UTC). It was the 13th Moon of 2020 according to the lunar calendar. And it ended Feb. 11, 2021, just before the 1st Moon of 2021! Happy Lunar New Year 2021, Year of the Ox!

South Korean Court Orders Japan to Compensate Women Forced into Sex Slavery

Colorado AG Opens Grand Jury Probe of Police Killing of Elijah McClain

Guantánamo Bay Prison Starts 20th Year of Indefinite Detentions

Pfizer to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Output as WHO Warns of Vaccination Inequality

Lawmakers Catch COVID-19 After Sheltering in Room Where GOP Reps Refused Masks

FBI Warns of “Armed Protests” in All 50 States and at Biden’s Inauguration

Tomorrow is Sun conjunct Pluto. Something that’s been lurking in the shadows bout to jump out. Might be pretty big, but there’s also the individual personal experience of this event and might feel more like an early Full Moon for you.

House to Impeach Trump as GOP Shows Signs of Backing Removal

Well this is dumb. Sun conjunct Pluto?

The $3,000-a-month toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail

I also remembered/realized how much I really love Anna Sui designs since I was a kid which is pretty random to pop up on my radar, but this woman gets that all I want is sparkly heart shaped objects in lacquered black and flowy hippie dresses

Trump Tells Aides Not to Pay Giuliani’s Legal Fees as Bid to Overturn Election Fails

All I know is talking about dreams and discussing them with others makes you feel better. The tarot angle is there to shed some light on what the dream is actually telling you.

Joe Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion Coronavirus and Economic Relief Package

ICE’s Acting Director Resigns After Two Weeks on Job

Found out today the woman at the car mechanic I've been faithfully taking my car to for the past two years can speak to the dead and had some messages for me from my dad who passed in October-

Intuitive guided tarot card pull.

Waxing crescent into Aries Monday, January 18, 2021 at 1:06 AM CT Today’s Astro x Tarot forecast valid for the next 24 hours: Feelings are flaring up for you to make a statement, a very zippy move or a quick decision about someone or something.

So long as you remain flexible and agile, whatever you choose to do with them will work to your advantage. If you decide not to impose hyper-agility into your decision making rn, then kudos to you! You’ve gained practice points in self-control experience.

More Than 760,000 Pounds of Hot Pockets Recalled

‘I Answered the Call of My President’: Rioters Say Trump Urged Them On

Raphael Warnock and the Legacy of Racial Tyranny

The Extraordinary Courage of Aleksei Navalny

Whoa, I was like a cycle early on celebrating the lunar new year! I’ve been a month into the future for a week now. My bad! I apologize for any confusion.

I was thinking that the soul's law of attraction is probably pretty unstoppable even concerning partners, so like, if someone didn't love you back then it's not some mistake or human misunderstanding that you or they need to fix.

To find one's soulmate looks something like 2 souls flying towards each other from opposite ends of the galaxy to join their physical selves together in a collision force so brutal you're stuck like that and if that's not what yours looks like then maybe that ain't your soulmate?

All the men going to jail for their poop smearing Capitol rioting have online dating profiles and that’s reason no. 2 I do not date online! Reason no. 1 is ain’t nobody cute on there.

The Witch’s Myth: The true story of the crane husband

Where are your witch stars, Circe and Hekate, located? Their location can explain your relationship to witchcraft. Circe is in my 1st house influencing my outer appearances and Hekate is conjunct Jupiter influencing my domestic style and home to be distinctively witchy.

Sun into Aquarius Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 2:33 PM CT Here is your Sun into Aquarius forecast effective for the next several weeks of Aquarius season.

Down to earth and grounded is our most qualified position to receive everything we need and use everything we receive. This is the reality of ourselves, the human condition.

We love reality based reality.

Get ready for reality-grounded White House press briefings

Why do people believe the lies they’re fed? Because those lies are designed to be more palatable than reality. Lies offer a quick easy patch, but what you’ve gotta ask yourself is are those lies actually designed to support the flow of all things into your life?

~* First Quarter Jan. 20 3:02 PM CT (21:02 UTC) *~

Biden and Harris Attend Memorial to Honor 400,000+ COVID-19 Victims in U.S. on Eve of Inauguration

Steve Bannon Among Final Trump Pardons and Commutations

Trump Admin Declares Multiculturalism Is “Not Who America Is” as WH Releases Racist, Revisionist Report

4,000+ Columbia Students Back Largest-Ever Tuition Strike

Today, whatever you’re doing or are wishing to become will be to the benefit of this unifying, love-aligned uprising.

Joe Biden Sworn In as 46th President of the United States, Ending Trump Era

Good inauguration Astro climate this morning feels like. #BidenHarrisInauguration

“What has shaken the U.S. population so badly, this assault on the Capitol yesterday, is really nothing by comparison to what U.S. operations have done in Latin America, in Asia, in Africa, in the Middle East, to other democratic movements and elected governments over the years.”

Progress towards wholeness can’t be made until we own up to the roles we’ve played in the past.

Read the full text of Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem ‘The Hill We Climb’

When did politics get so vibrant and fashionably uplifting? Please and thank you! #Inauguration2021

The two of wands says to review your options, do your research, crunch the numbers, imagine the outcomes, but there’s no need to force making a choice if you don’t have to. Buy yourself some time and let the plans for a resolution find you, not the other way around.

Donald Trump Leaves Office and Washington, D.C., Threatens “We Will Be Back”

Watchdogs Demand Transparency as Corporations Pour Millions into Biden-Harris Inauguration

Senate Dems File Ethics Complaint Against Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley over Jan. 6 Insurrection

Federal Forces Arrest Ex-Marine for Beating Officer with a Hockey Stick During Capitol Riots

It’s Friday and it just feels good to be alive, a socialist and calling Bernie Sanders cute on Inauguration Day week! What a difference a pandemic makes.

Instacart Lays Off 2,000 Workers, Including Group Who Started Company’s First Union

Mars square Jupiter January 23, 2021 @ 1:49 AM CT (7:49 GMT) Someone wants you to know that you are ready to conquer your perceived limits to arrive at expansion in your thoughts, feelings, emotions and understanding today.

Waxing gibbous into Cancer January 25, 2021 @ 12:51 PM CT (18:51 GMT) It’s a supportive Moon for dreaming for mental health and well being. Begin a dream journal or review your latest dreams, reflecting on them for a few minutes today.

You are opening yourself up to an emotional practice that includes care for yourself in ways no one else (besides you and your connection to the Moon) can provide.

And too my Tarot Dream Readings are open if you would like guidance or support on a particular dream. See my pinned tweet for how it works.

When one’s soul is allowed to lead one’s life, working in the dark shadows, the invisible silence, the soul’s manifesting results are way more lasting and way more powerful than egocentric anything.

Good morning, self! A reminder my ego has never done a thing for me my soul can’t do better.

National Guard Deployment at U.S. Capitol Becomes COVID-19 Superspreader Event

Russia Violently Cracks Down on Protesters Calling for Release of Alexei Navalny

Trump Plotted to Oust Acting AG, Use DOJ to Force Georgia to Overturn Election Results

Hunts Point Market Workers in the Bronx Win Wage Increase After Week-Long Strike

This mourning brooch is a mindful way to mark the death of a loved one while paying tribute to the impact it has had on you. Bring back this Victorian trend!

Veteran Talk Show Host Larry King Dies After Hospitalization for COVID-19

Hank Aaron, Who Overcame Racist Barriers to Become Home Run Record-Holder, Dies at 86

We don’t give our bodies or our intuition enough attention and nourishment a lot of the time, so today’s the day we practice finding and sitting quietly with our inner voice.

~* Full Moon Jan. 28 1:17 PM CT (19:17 UTC) *~

House Delivers Article of Impeachment to Senate, Triggering Trump’s Second Trial

Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani for Lying About 2020 Election

President Biden Increases U.S. Vaccination Goal to 150 Million Shots in 100 Days

President Biden Reverses Trump’s Transgender Military Service Ban

Biden Restores Plan to Feature Abolitionist Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill

Value is further added the more you mint your words with a most whole and complete love. Love is the greatest asset we can let appreciate in our lifetimes.

This Full Moon tomorrow sends a flash point that reminds you to circulate this wealth because it’s the greatest emotional gift we can bestow upon our loved ones, family, friends, neighbors, elders, members of our community, etc.

Venus conjunct Pluto in Capricorn January 28, 2021 @ 10:18 AM CT (16:18 GMT) Going through your day today uncovers a forgotten desire or creative goal. You find yourself asking something like: Remember when I wanted to become a pastry chef?

Although you decided to pursue a different course, take a moment to focus on and honor this memory when it arrives and then release it. What did you become instead and why?

45 Senate Republicans Back Dismissal of Trump Impeachment Trial

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Supported Violence Against Pelosi and Others in 2018 Facebook Posts

Taking the time to recognize and honor your past desires gives the respect these memories deserve and it integrates them into the whole wider scene of the individual, both shadow and light on your path builds confidence in your steps, confidence in yourself.

You are who you are for a reason.

Had no idea how literal this grassroots King of Pentacles card was gonna materialize today, but here it is folks! When a subreddit takes down a hedge fund!

Leader of Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, Was a Government Informer

U.S. Freezes Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Reviews Deal with UAE Made Under Trump Admin

Poland Enacts Near-Total Ban on Abortions, Triggering More Protests

Honduras Locks In Total Ban on Abortions, Attacks Marriage Equality

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Confronts Parkland Survivor David Hogg in Newly Resurfaced Video

The stock market this morning: Sh*t! Normal working class people read the market and figured out the game! Time to change the rules again. Let’s write it in ancient Babylonian hieroglyphs this time. They’ll never figure that sh*t out.

A message crucial to promote the awareness of your personal role in the collective will become evident over the next three weeks. You will come to ask yourself, What am I doing with my life?

If you aren’t familiar or comfortable with seeking your inner journey, then the greatest clue I can offer you at the start is to become open to the invisible world within you. How you learn to relate to it is completely personal and uniquely your own

Speaking in more concrete terms the next few weeks may manifest a life event for you where you must apply both logic and feeling in order to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion concerning an interpersonal relationship or the question what am I doing with my life?

This Mercury retrograde should be a cinch, but during it don’t buy tech if you don’t have to. And remember to triple check communication before hitting send. If you arrive at conflict be quick to apologize and say no more until tomorrow

President Biden Expands Affordable Care Act Enrollment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

House Speaker Blasts GOP for Assigning Racist Conspiracy Theorist to House Education Committee

Lawmakers Demand Probe into Trading App Robinhood After It Blocked Stock Sales That Hurt Hedge Funds

Pioneering African American Actor Cicely Tyson, Winner of Two Emmys, Dies at 96

Sun in Aquarius square Mars in Taurus February 1, 2021 @ 4:33 AM CT (10:33 GMT) The warrior’s edge has melted away and now you can take the scenic route through a field of wildflowers and mushrooms instead of blasting your way through a hillside of obstacles.

This energy catalyzes a scene that supports growth through varied experiences and it encourages everyone to seek their own way to resolutions, conclusions and understandings that are uniquely their own. Searching out your own way illuminates a strategic aspect of your purpose.

Happy Venus in Aquarius! The idea to refresh your wardrobe, hairstyle or redecorating by public opinion can be too hard to ignore under this influence. Your personal style will be influenced by the collective for the duration.

Burmese Military Stage Coup, Detain Aung San Suu Kyi

FBI Uncovers Evidence Jan. 6 Attack Was Premeditated as More Far-Right Rioters Face Charges

Trump Faces More Businesses-Related Woes as His Legal Team Departs a Week Before Impeachment Trial

It’s only the 21st day of the lunar cycle and already we’ve gone from the end of a rotten presidential era to the people’s revolution of the stock market, ok? And this moon ain’t even finished yet!

~* Last Quarter Feb. 4 11:38 AM CT (17:38 UTC) *~

U.S. Tops 26 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Shots, Surpassing Confirmed Coronavirus Cases

Moon Last Quarter in Scorpio February 4, 2021 @ 11:38 AM CT (17:38 UTC) A time for Descending, settling, closure, receiving compliments for doing a good job. Prime time for tying of loose ends and wrapping up unfinished business.

Democrats Say Trump “Singularly Responsible” for Jan. 6 Insurrection in Impeachment Brief

With consciousness humans are able to transcend the unconscious and reconfigure our relationship to it.

Though we can transcend the unconscious through viewing ourselves objectively, we are still apart of the the unconscious. Those rules still apply to us even as we contemplate their logic.

Jeff Bezos Steps Down as Amazon CEO After Amassing Huge Personal Fortune

Amazon to Pay Contract Drivers $61.7 Million After FTC Probe Finds It Stole Tips to Pay Wages

Republican Leader Won’t Punish Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over Racist and Violent Rhetoric

Prosecutors Seek Rearrest of Kyle Rittenhouse, Wisconsin Teen Charged with Killing 2 Protesters

Sometimes the right thing to do is protect your one actual valuable thing not by defending it, but closing up all the channels the valuable thing is being attacked from the outside. Sometimes you just gotta block, delete or remove your account and move on with/to what's good.

What if we wake up one day and COVID has disappeared, like poof! It vanished into thin air? Maybe it’s the moon opposed to Uranus that’s got me wishing wild problem solvers would pop up overnight.

Poll Reveals 25% of U.S. Adults Plan to Gather at Super Bowl Watch Parties

VP Harris Casts Tie-Breaking Vote to Move Ahead with Democratic COVID Relief Bill

House Removes Marjorie Taylor Greene from Committees over Violent, Bigoted Rhetoric

Smartmatic Sues Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell for Election-Related Lies

I unfollowed some lawmakers this morning after feeling second hand anxiety over the handling of their interpersonal conflicts. Realized they were me on IG two years ago and I’ve moved on since. Can relate, but don’t wanna relive, thanks!

I just want to let y’all know that I’m coping w insufficient candle syndrome & will be studying the art & science of candle making to save myself potentially hundreds of thousands of $$ by making my own delicious smelling coconut wax babies in diy terra cotta flower pots.

Wyoming GOP Censures Rep. Liz Cheney for Backing Trump’s Impeachment

Mass Protests Continue in Burma Opposing Military Coup, Removal of Aung San Suu Kyi

You may tell others like it is today, but hopefully this inspires you to check in with yourself and be honest/come clean about something you've been overlooking.

Indian Farmworkers Blockade Roads as Mass Protests Show No Sign of Slowing Down

Black Sheriff’s Deputy in Louisiana Dies by Suicide After Condemning Police Violence and Racism

Amazon Workers in Alabama Begin Historic Vote on Unionization

Second Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump Opens in the Senate

Georgia’s Secretary of State to Probe Trump’s Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

Mercury square Mars February 10, 2021 @ 6:14 AM CT (12:14 UTC) Still talking about talking, it’s also Dark Moon time to shape or let a habit form. This practice can come from breaking free of outdated relationships with yourself or with others in order to spur growth.

Dreamed Jungkook was correcting my pronunciation of Korean last night. I’m sorry! I’ll try harder to take this lesson seriously

Senate Votes to Proceed with Impeachment as Managers Present Harrowing Video of Jan. 6 Insurrection

Gov’t to Send Vaccines to Community Health Centers as U.S. Continues Ramping Up Vaccinations

WHO Team Confirms COVID-19 of Animal Origin; Ghana Shuts Parliament After Outbreak Infects Lawmakers

Journalists Decry Raid on Progressive Indian News Site NewsClick

U.S. to Pursue Extradition of Julian Assange as Press Freedom Groups Warn of Dangerous Precede

Fossil Fuel Pollution Causes One in Five Global Deaths

Four Louisiana Officers Arrested over Police Brutality Cases and Other Misconduct

Two NYT Journalists Exit Paper Following Revelations of Improper Conduct

Venus conjunct Jupiter February 11, 2021 @ 8:59 AM CT (14:59 UTC) Receive the overflow of creativity into your life. Welcome it even if you aren’t sure what to do with it. Write down project ideas if you don’t have the energy to start on them now. You can work on them later.

I'm cool with double masking, but a lot of folks still aren't even doing the one :|

“The Inciter-in-Chief”: Democrats Accuse Trump of Being “Singularly Responsible” for Insurrection

U.S. COVID Death Toll Tops 471,000; Half of All Deaths Occurred Since Nov. 1

Saudi Women’s Rights Activist Loujain al-Hathloul Released After 1,001 Days in Prison

Biden Administration to Continue Trump-Era Policy of Turning Away Asylum Seekers at Southern Border

Sen. Bernie Sanders Grills Neera Tanden, Biden’s Pick to Head OMB

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “According to The Washington Post, since 2014, the Center for American Progress has received roughly $5.5 million from Walmart, a company that pays its workers starvation wages; $900,000 from the Bank of America; $550,000 from JPMorgan Chase; $550,000 from Amazon; $200,000 from Wells Fargo; $800,000 from Facebook; and up to $1.4 million from Google. In other words, CAP has received money from some of the most powerful special interests in our country. How will your relationship with those very powerful special interests impact your decision-making if you are appointed to be the head of OMB?”

Neera Tanden: “Senator, I thank you for that question. It will have zero impact on my — on my decision-making.”

#lunar #news #headlines #tweets

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thisiswhymomworries · 5 years

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Transgender / Non-Binary Book Reccs

links to Asexual / Aromantic, Bisexual / Pansexual, Gay (mlm), and Lesbian sheets

TCCL stands for Tulsa City-County Library, in Oklahoma. These reference sheets list the books physically available (not including ebooks only) at the 24 library locations in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For folks outside of this range, I suggest double-checking your local libraries, as well as the apps OverDrive, Hoopla, and YourCloudLibrary!

An online version of this list can be found at https://bit.ly/2lujZLR. This goodreads shelf includes ebooks, new releases, and books not available at the library! It also features a notes section that specifies which character is trans / non-binary / genderfluid / intersex / etc, their exact identity if stated in the text, and whether they are a main or side character.

In the shelf list along the left side of the page, you can also find shelves for other LGBT+ identities, as well as books featuring characters that are disabled, fat, mentally ill, neurodivergent, and people of color. All the books are cross-tagged, so a book featuring a black disabled trans woman would appear in the shelves named disabled, POC, and transgender.

transcription below the cut!

Books with Transgender, Non-Binary Characters Available at TCCL

(format: Title Author Genre)

The Black Tides of Heaven Yang, J. Y. Fantasy

The Red Threads of Fortune Yang, J. Y. Fantasy

The Descent of Monsters Yang, J. Y. Fantasy

Gender Failure Coyote, Ivan E. Autobiography

River of Teeth Gailey, Sarah Fantasy / Historical Fiction

Mask of Shadows Miller, Linsey YA Fantasy

Ruin of Stars Miller, Linsey YA Fantasy

A Darker Shade of Magic Schwab, V. E. YA Fantasy

A Gathering of Shadows Schwab, V. E. YA Fantasy

A Conjuring of Light Schwab, V. E. YA Fantasy

Gender Queer: A Memoir Kobabe, Maia Autobiography

The Lost Coast Capetta, Amy Rose YA Fantasy

I Wish You All the Best Deaver, Mason YA Romance

The High King’s Golden Tongue Derr, Megan Science Fiction

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns Bongiovanni, Archie Graphic Novel

What We Left Behind Talley, Robin YA Romance

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion Killjoy, Margaret Fantasy / Horror

A Memory Called Empire Martine, Arkady Science Fiction

Wake of Vultures Bowen, Lila Western / Fantasy

Conspiracy of Ravens Bowen, Lila Western / Fantasy

Malice of Crows Bowen, Lila Western / Fantasy

Treason of Hawks Bowen, Lila Western / Fantasy

Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness, and Becoming a Man McBee, Thomas Page Autobiography Hungry Hearts Chapman, Elsie YA Fiction

Something Like Gravity Smith, Amber YA Romance

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Hall, Alexis Fantasy

Birthday Russo, Meredith YA Romance

These Witches Don’t Burn Sterling, Isabel YA Fantasy

Not Your Villain Lee, C. B. Teen Fantasy

On the Edge of Gone Duyvis, Corinne YA Science Fiction

Chameleon Moon Sylver, RoAnna Fantasy

Two Boys Kissing Levithan, David YA Romance

Full Fathom Five Gladstone, Max Fantasy

Stranger Than Fanfiction Colfer, Chris YA Fiction

Beast Spangler, Brie YA Romance

Lumberjanes, Vol 1 Stevenson, Noelle Graphic Novel

The Art of Being Normal Williamson, Laura YA Fiction

Finding Your Feet Lennox, Cass Romance

The Pants Project Clarke, Cat Middle Grade Fiction

I Am J Beam, Cris YA Fiction

Amateur: A True Story about What Makes a Man McBee, Thomas Page Autobiography

The Wise and the Wicked Podos, Rebecca YA Fantasy

Beautiful Music for Ugly Children Cronn-Mills, Kirstin YA Fiction

Every Heart a Doorway McGuire, Seanan YA Fantasy

Dreadnought Daniels, April YA Fantasy

Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard Bertie, Alex Autobiography

Escapology Warom, Ren Science Fiction

Blood Binds the Pack Wells, Alex Science Fiction

If I Was Your Girl Russo, Meredith YA Romance

Alex As Well Brugman, Alyssa YA Fiction

Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffrey Historical Fiction

Annabel Winter, Kathleen Fiction

Golden Boy Tarttelin, Abigail YA Fiction

None of the Above Gregorio, I. W. YA Fiction

#transgender #non-binary #book reccs #lgbtqia #lgbt+ books #transgender is used as an umbrella term here #the books listed also include non-binary / genderfluid / genderqueer / intersex ppl

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thereadingchallengechallenge · 5 years

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Review: All Out: The No-Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell Rating: 4/5

“Tomorrow’s all about the life we choose.” - The Sweet Trade by Natalie C Parker

I've wanted to get my hands on this anthology for so long and I was very glad it lived up to my expectations. There's an amazingly broad range of LGBT+ characters - including a few asexual ones - but it would've been cool to have a few more #OwnVoices authors, especially transgender/NB authors. Another awesome LGBT+ YA anthology.

Reviews and ratings of each story below the cut.

Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore - 2/5 - If not for the author’s note accompanying this one, I wouldn’t have understood what made it queer. But the historical aspect was cool.

The Sweet Trade by Natalie C Parker - 4/5 - Fun! I’m always down for queer pirates.

And They Don’t Kiss At the End by Nilah Magruder - 5/5 - Disco, skating, and an asexual character. Loved it!

Burnt Umber by Mackenzi Lee - 5/5 - I read this one ages ago when the publishers put it on their blog. Absolutely loved it - especially the Amsterdam setting. Need more stories set in the Netherlands.

The Dresser and The Chambermaid by Robin Talley - 5/5 - Such an adorable story featuring a romance between two servants to a princess. Loved the banter among all the staff.

New Year by Malinda Lo - 4/5 - An interesting, intersectional look at San Francisco in the 1950s. I liked Judy and learning that Chinese women helped get us to the moon as well.

Molly’s Lips by Dahlia Adler - 5/5 - Short and bittersweet. Enjoyed it.

The Coven by Kate Scelsa - 4/5 - I am very down for French lesbian witches in the roaring 20s. We should rekindle this tradition next year ;)

Every Shade of Red by Elliot Wake - 4/5 - TRANS ROBIN HOOD IN LOVE WITH A DEAF WILL SCARLET *vibrates* also asexual Friar Tuck. Could’ve done with a more concrete ending though.

Willows by Scott Tracey - DNF

The Girl With the Blue Lantern by Tess Sharpe - 3/5 - A sweet little story about wlw and fairies during the California Gold Rush.

The Secret Life of a Teenage Boy by Alex Sanchez - 2/5 - Cute but a bit too farfetched for my tastes. The banter was the best part.

Walking After Midnight by Kody Keplinger - 5/5 - So sweet! An asexual Hollywood starlet falling for a small-town waitress. Absolutely loved it - I really need to read Kody’s novels soon.

The End of the World As We Know It by Sara Farizan - 5/5 - Adorable!

Three Witches by Tessa Gratton - DNF

The Inferno and the Butterfly by Shaun David Hutchinson - 4/5 - Like The Prestige but gay and actually magical. I need to read Shaun’s books too.

Healing Rosa by Tehlor Kay Mejia - 1/5 - I just didn’t connect with this one. It felt too similar to the first story.

#all out anthology #saundra mitchell #ya anthology #book reviews #lgbt books #trcc original #portraits #reviews #4 star reads

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mama-m1na · 5 years

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Ringmaster’s Waltz: Prologue - The Heart

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What makes a heart?

It’s what classifies the living from the dead.

It is the definition of having a soul.

A chuckle left my mouth as I left the band room, hair now twice the size it had been this morning since I just took it out from the braid that was keeping it out of my face at the competition.

“Mina, you ready to go?” my shorter sister asked with Sam standing to her left as I stood by the door.

“Not yet, Kerstin,” I replied, watching as the other kids basically flowed out of the room after putting their uniforms back on the racks, “we still have to wait for Chloe.”

After waiting for a few more minutes the shorter Filipino female emerged from the room into the dimly lit hallway of the high school.

“Hoot!” she chirped and immediately clung to my arm before we started walking out the gate, towards a familiar car.

“So Callum’s driving us?” I asked looking over at Kerstin as she opened the passenger door.

“Yep,” the said male through a window I didn’t notice was open, “Hey, Ramen.”

“Hi, Callum,” I smiled, “It’s good to see you again and thanks for taking us to do our little ‘ritual’ I guess.”

“No problem,” he chuckled pulling out of the parking space, “I got some stuff to burn too.”

The car was filled with light hearted chatter despite the late time and despite the location we were headed to.

“So, Ramen, what exactly is the history of this place?” Callum asked as they drove on an empty road in the woods.

“Alright, I’ve told Kerstin already but the story of this specific spot in the woods is that there’s a really old cabin that belonged to a witch who was known for cursing others in exchange for money,” I explained as the car stopped since we had to head on foot from where we were.

“So there lived a magic mercenary in these woods?” the male asked as I was handed a flashlight to lead the way.

“Yeah, but since they were curses there have been reports of high spiritual activity and if we do things right, we'll be able to use the lingering energy to get our own spell done without much consequence,” I replied just walking towards wherever I felt a pull, “But that all depends on if the spirits here let us. If it starts to feel iffy then we have to finish the ritual as quick as possible then book it.”

“Mina, you literally have a demon attached to you and you’re worrying about this?” Sam asked with a small smirk but I only looked forward with a straight face.

“I know my soul is fucked but I’m worrying because none of you have anything attached to you and I want to keep it that way,” I replied, coming upon a clearing with a worn down, wooden cabin in the middle of it, “We’re here.”

Within about ten minutes Kerstin had a fire going and Sam pulled a bottle of red wine from her bag.

“Fucking red wine? Really?” I groaned earning a look from the others.

“What’s so bad about red wine, Mina?” Chloe asked looking up at me.

“I hate the taste, I only really like sweet shit or straight whiskey when it comes to alcohol,” I sighed as Kerstin and Sam began pouring the wine into separate glasses, “Why couldn’t have been white wine at least?”

“Mina, stop being a baby bitch and drink the wine, you’re the High Priestess of this coven,” Sam snapped shoving a glass of the liquid in my face.

I reluctantly took a sip and gave a scowl once the bitter liquid hit my tongue before taking another sip to get used to the flavor.

I let out a small snort once I saw the look on Chloe’s face after she took a sip.

“Mina! This doesn’t taste good!” she cried as I chuckled.

“I know but it’ll help keep our energy up,” I said with a smile as the smoke rose to the moon.

After we all finished our single glasses of wine it was time to begin and we gathered around the fire with the items we wanted to burn.

“Goodbye, Trystan,” Kerstin said with no expression as she tossed in multiple photos of her ex-boyfriend.

“Goodbye, APUSH,” Sam said next as she dumped all of her homework from the past year into the flames.

“Goodbye, Transphobic cunts,” Callum said as he dumped in various papers and pictures containing some hate he got for being transgender.

“Goodbye, Archer,” Chloe said tossing in pictures of her ex-girlfriend as well as some of her possessions.

“Goodbye, stress and hello, adventure,” I stated throwing in a bunch of papers from school as well as poems and scripts I wrote when I was in a state of depression.

As the night got later we just talked about a few things until Kerstin stood up and said, “I’m going to get some shit from the car.”

“Me too,” Sam said after dusting herself off.

“Hoot, I’ll come,” Chloe said standing as well.

“Ramen, you going to come?” Callum asked as he stood, taking the keys out of his jacket pocket.

I shook my head and just turned my head up to the sky before saying, “I have my things with me so I’ll just wait here.”

“Alright but if anything happens you better scream as loud as possible,” Callum said with a serious look on his face, worried about leaving me in the woods by myself.

“The car isn’t that far away,” I smiled, “I’ll be fine.”

“Alright,” he said going with the other three girls back to his car.

I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I remember is being woken up by multiple voices screaming, “Mina!”

My eyes snapped open and I sat up to see my friends looking past me with fearful expressions.

I turned to see a large shape that looked to be a tree with a noose hanging from it except it had glowing eyes in it’s trunk as well as a cracked mouth.

My eyes widened and I could feel my heart race.

I had a choice to make right now.

I wanted to live.

It was like the world slowed down as I struggled to stand, almost slipping on the dry leaves and twigs while trying to make my way towards my friends.

I could see their expressions change to that of horror but I couldn’t hear anything.

I felt a searing pain throughout my chest as I looked down to see that sharpened branches had ripped right through me.

I still couldn’t even utter a word as I was easily lifted and flung off the branches into the cabin as I heard three audible cracks.

I looked up wordlessly as the corners of my vision started to turn black.

My friends looked at my form but I was focused on the tree that seemed to be reaching for a glowing red object that was left in the place that I was just a few seconds prior.

What is that?

It is something that I thought I never had; however, it turns out my heart is just distorted… Distorted but it’s still there.

“Welcome, Ringmaster!” two cheery voices chirped as my eyes snapped open and I jumped up from an unfamiliar bed.

I looked around me to see I was in a red tent of some sort, sitting in a large canopy bed with maroon sheets.

The last thing I looked at was a set of twins who wore matching victorian styled dresses and had matching blonde pigtails, the only difference was the one on the left wore white while the one on the right wore black.

“Who are you?” I hissed feeling my ears point back, “Where am I?”

“You seem to be pretty tense, Ringmaster,” the one in white giggled.

“Well, her heart was just ripped from her, Tanya,” the one in black giggled.

“At least she’s here now, Tiri!” chirped the girl in white.

“Cut the crap!” I spat feeling something whip around behind me, “What the fuck is going on?!”

“Well, Ringmaster, why don’t you take a look for yourself?” the one in white asked gesturing at a mirror I don’t think was there before.

My eyes widened as I caught my own appearance in the glass. I was wearing a red tailcoat with a red, heart-shaped crystal on my chest accompanied by white gloves, black leggings, and black combat boots with a black top hat on my head that had a black ribbon on it as well as holes for my black fox ea- Wait what the fuck?! I have a pair of black fox ears on my head?!

As I watched them twitch and move at my command I felt something touching something behind me.

“Wow, your fur is so soft, Ringmaster!”chirped one of the twins as I turned to see her stroking one of my nine, black, fox tails.

“Okay, tell me what is going on right now.”

“Well, Ringmaster, I’m Tanya!” chirped the one in white.

“And I’m Tiri!” chirped the one in black.

“And we’re in your heart!” they finished together.

“What-”

“It’s not a normal one but that’s what makes you special,” Tanya said with a large grin.

“Now, Ringmaster, it’s time to wake up and help your friends,” she continued pushing me towards the exit of the tent.

“Yep, and eat that cursed heart!” Tiri added pushing me out of the flap causing me to fall.

I closed my eyes and braced for impact but what I wasn’t expecting was to land on Callum, causing both of us to tumble to the ground.

“Mina!” the three girls above us called in surprise.

“What the fuck is happening?!” I asked standing up, realizing I was still in my fox, carnival form.

“You tell me!” Callum replied, “We just saw you get impaled and thrown halfway across the clearing by a demon tree and I was one hundred percent sure that glowing thing it ate was your soul!”

“What?”

“Yeah, but just before you appeared above Callum, it flew out of the tree’s mouth and poof!” Chloe explained still shaking in fright, “Mina’s here now!”

“So where’s the tre-!”

My question was answered as a branch wound itself around my waist and I was thrown into a few trees, breaking them.

“Fuck that hurt!” I screeched standing back up before smirking, “But I’m still alive. So Tanya and Tiri weren’t a dream then.”

My eyes narrowed and I felt my ears flatten against my head as I snarled at the tree.

“Let’s go mother fucker.”

As it sent more branches at me, my tails knocked them all out of the way before I stomped my right foot down causing ice to rapidly race towards and encase the tree.

Before it could even think of breaking out I raced towards it and forced my fist through it, causing all of it to shatter, leaving behind a black glowing object.

When I picked it up I realized it was a faceted heart gem and instinctively put it in my mouth before swallowing.

“Mina, that was fucking disgusting,” Sam commented, being the first to break out of her shock.

“Is that all you really have to say right now?” I asked with a raised brow before we all burst out into laughter.

So…

What makes a heart?

~~~Fin. Prologue~~~

#Ringmaster's Waltz #Rhamina Miyu #Kerstin Vera #Samantha Fatimah #Chloe Rayer #Sailor Moon #fanfiction

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thearcanistparadise · 5 years

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Saz Lafontelle

“The necromancer that loves to learn new ways to explore the limits of life and death.”

This character is also in F-List, this is his page (NSFW).

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Fav. Food: Angel hair with mushroom dressing

Fav. Drink: Black coffee

Fav. Flower: Dark purple orchid

LI: Valdemar

BFFs: Perfice (OC), Feibbis (OC), Volta, Julian, Nadia.

Yes, he’s highly inspired by me lol

I’m actually genderfluid, I would say while Saoirse is inspired by my feminine side, Saz is my masculine side. I’ve already created a lot of stories about him, most of them I just adapt for him to fit in the lore he is in. This one is based on the story where he is a member of the Lafontelle family.

Saz has a huge crush on Valdemar and has a really hard time trying to hide his desire for them, he often feels anxious around them and had been wanting to ask them out since he got to the palace. Sometimes he just wanted them to tie him on the tables and play with him as they please.

Family and childhood

Saz was born in the Fitzgerald family, twin brother of Saoirse Fitzgerald, son of Maeve and Aiden Fitzgerald, two important members of the family.

The Fitzgerald family was part of the Alumina clan, a coven of witches blessed on their crown chackras by light spirits, granting powers of clarevoyance and really strong connections with the spiritual realm. The more power they have in their crown chackra, silver white locks start to appear on their hair.

The Fitzgeralds were really conservative and stern, one of the most traditional families of the clan, they had a name to preserve.

Saz already knew he was transgender since his early teens, and was really curious about the dark magic his family condemned so much.

Saoirse was really worried and, instead of asking “her sister” about what whas happening, she told their mother about how strangely “she” was acting.

Their parents then searched on his room and found not only his journals and male clothes, but also books of dark magic. He was 13 by that time.

As a punishment, his father took his powers away and obligated him to relearn magic from the beginning, along with rigid and cruel rules, such as forbidding him from leaving the house and obligating him to use certain clothes chosen by his mother, who dressed him every morning.

When he completed 14 years old, and wasn’t allowed to celebrate his own birthday, as part of the punishment. Feeling abandoned, completely desperate, he ran away from home that night. He regretted it by the morning, but it was too late to go back.

The family temple was hidden by a glamour, that could only be taken down by a spell he couldn’t cast anymore. He was lost in the city, homeless and lonely.

Perfice and the Lafontelles

By the time Saz was homeless, Perfice was visiting his city, searchging for special magical grapes to make wine. They crossed paths a couple of times, until she got curious and decided to try and talk to him.

It was long since Perfice last had a deal with a human and ate a soul. In the beginning of their relationship, it was all just a game for her. She promised giving him everything he wanted until he turned 21, and his soul would be hers. It was hard for him to accept, but his starving stomach and the idea of having his life back spoke louder.

She protected him, supported him, and taught him the magic simple humans are able to practice. It was nothing compared to the power he had with the blessing of the spirits, but it was good to cast magic again. She also supported him a lot about his gender questions and sexuality.

By the day he turned 21, Perfice was supposed to eat his soul. But after practically raising a kid since his teens, protecting him as her own child, she developed a feeling of motherhood towards him, and he felt the same for her. She just couldn’t end that.

She wasn’t obligated to eat his soul, it was simply hers. She could do whatever she wanted with it. So, instead, she bound his soul to her magical core, granting him immortality from aging, and adopted him as her son.

A new life

Being now a new member of the Lafontelles, Saz couldn’t even remember his old family anymore. All he could think of were his new opportunities of knowledge and power to become the sorcerer he always wanted to be, and enjoyed his new family who loved him.

Now he had the right to use the family ring and necklace, that granted him some of Perfice’s powers. And being close to Perfice, and studying the occult arts, he couls now join The Antumbra.

The Antumbra is the fraternity that Perfice, Feibbis and other members of the family participated. It was a group that welcomed “any creature that wanders in the darkness”, with the intention of sharing knowledge, power and connections.

Saz was a natural. He passed the tests to enter the fraternity with barely no effort and started making really good friends and learning new things.

It was by that time he officially chose the name “Saz” for his social name. His first guide and teacher in the fraternity, Liara, gave him this nickname. In her hometown’s old dialect, “Saz” was the word for “gracious”.

The need for something more

In The Antumbra, after reaching the first level, the member must choose a path and an interest area, and look for a new teacher to guide them until the second and third levels. The teacher can be from outside the fraternity.

By the time, he was reading necromancy and medicine books, out of curiosity and thirst for knowledge. He wondered if necromancy could be used along with science to improve medicine and save lives.

When he had the idea to start studying medicine, he started having this weird dreams.

It was only him. Alone in the woods, sometimes in the shore, sometimes in the middle of city. Naked. Skyclad, actually. Submerged in an endless night. It was only him and his only company was the moon. No… Moons. There were two of them. Two gigantic bright red moons on the night sky.

And to understand why that was happening, we need to go back a few years, when he was 19, back in the day when his deal with Perfice was still going on.

After thinking a lot about it, he finally decided he wanted to take his breasts off. from a long long time, Perfice was friends with Valdemar. She then asked them for help, and they offered themselves to perform the mastectomy.

As soon as Saz arrived the dungeons and met eyes with Valdemar, he was already blushing and didn’t know where to put his face. There was something in their intimidating tall body and sadistic look that was… Alluring?

When he started having those dreams, he finally decided he wanted to study necromancy and biology. Perfice thought it would be a good idea to ask Valdemar to take him as their apprentice, since they already knew each other and the doctor was so strongly connected to death.

Of course Valdemar noticed Saz had a crush on them, it was actually kind of obvious. And they didn’t really care in the beginning, they were very professional and serious about the lessons. But after knowing him better, they couldn’t help but feel attracted too, Saz deserved his name.

He was not only gracious and studious, but he was also different from the other doctors when witnessing Valdemar’s cruel and macabre methods. He was curious, thirsty for knowledge, always taking notes and making interesting questions. He kind of reminded Valdemar from the days they were still human, discovering the mysteries of death and life.

Pounding hearts

Saz was in the middle of his second level when he finally performed his first successful surgery and necromancy spell, he also found out he had a really strong power to bring people back to life from the edge of death. To celebrate, Valdemar decided to give him a tour in The Death’s Realm, which was still in their power by the time.

It was like Hades showing his realm to Persephone. Saz was completely faccinated, from the macabre things to the fantastic ones. He was curious like a child, asking about everything he saw. Valdemar could feel an involuntary grin forming on his face, he was almost cute to watch.

At some point, they reached a dark grove replete of insects glowing in the dark. The pink-ish lights reflecting on Saz’s skin was too beautiful to ignore. Valdemar finally approached him, observing each graciously shy movement the necromancer made, until having him facing backwards a huge tree, his only option to look them in the eyes.

He then could understand. The dreams he had, those weren’t moons. They were Valdemar’s eyes.

The doctor pulled his mask down, their both seductive and intimidating semblance sending chills down his spine and creating butterflies in his stomach. When they closed the distance between their lips, Saz couldn’t do anything but melt into their touch.

The rest of the story will be told in posterior posts ;)

#Saz #Saz Lafontelle #Lafontelle #The Arcana #The Arcana OC #The Arcana Apprentice #Valdemar #Quaestor Valdemar #Transgender boy #Transgender OC

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gay-ftm-witch-blog · 5 years

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Meet me, Elliot

Sup! I’m Elliot and I currently identify as a pansexual and transgender male. I’m still sort of figuring it out, But I do know for sure that I do not identify with my assigned gender. I began realizing this when I no longer felt comfortable in dresses, feminine clothing, looking at myself in the mirror, etc. I also started to realize something was off when I imagined myself being a boy more than a “normal girl” should. At first I thought I was nonbinary. Next genderfluid. But none of them clicked. I feel so much more comfortable being called by he/him pronouns by my boyfriend and some friends. But I’m still not 100% sure.

Now, how did I figure out I am Pan? Well, it started with bisexulity. I had a crush on this girl for a while. We started dating and such (we broke up like a month later because she is mentally abusive) , but then I realized, “hey, i wouldn’t mind dating someone nonbinary either. Or a guy.” Then I found pansexual and it fit me perfectly. I’ve recently found out that I’m rarely attracted to girls (prctically only Gal Gadot) and yeah thats kinda it. Im sort of out to my school. Most people can sort of just tell but I’m not worried about my sexuality.

Now, witch. I’m not an evil witch who eats lizard tails alright? I just have a major obsession with salt, crystals, the moon, nature, incense, and plants.

So yeah thats my introduction. I kind of got inspired to make this blog off the book “Symptoms of Being Human.” It is an amazing book about a genderfluid teenager who has to go through the struggle of switching schools because of her senator-dad running for re-election. She is called many offensive words at this school, and she creates a blog to escape. Someone finds her blog, discovers it’s a person form their school, and threatens to out her. There is also some romance going on in there. It does a perfect job displaying the struggles of a transgender teen. It also depicts the struggles of depression and anciety perfectly. Throughout the book, I find myself asking, “is this a true story?” At one point I even started crying because of the accuracy. 11/10 reccomend. It is so inspirational!

#trans #transgender #pan #panseuxal #ftm #gay #symptoms of being human #lgbt #lgbtq #teenager #witch

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bookenders · 5 years

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A Brief List of Interactive Love Stories

Looking for some new stories to experience?

That’s right, I said experience. Because these are interactive. Say whaaaaat.

Titles are links to the stories and their websites.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

[All images are pictures of the titles, except for With Those We Love Alive, which is a screencap from one of the first screens of the game.]

Digital: A Love Story

“A computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988.”

You just moved and got a new computer. You meet a lovely person named Emily on a poetry forum and start an e-mail correspondence. But something sinister seems to be afoot. It’s a free download, too!

With Those We Love Alive

“I’m often frustrated by the flat, immortal, smooth sleekness of the digital. I wanted to have another dimension. I wanted to feel something.”

-Porpentine, creator

This just might be one of my favorite weird things ever. There is so much I can say about this one, but doing so would give away a lot of the amazing things you’ll discover while playing, so I’ll keep it vague.

The premise: you are a person in a violent, brutal fantasy world chosen to be the personal inventor for the monstrous Empress (and I mean monstrous in a very literal sense). You must create trophies for her while navigating the strange world of her empire.

Things it has: blatant and overt transgender themes and trans characters (God bless), a system that has you draw sigils on your body based on the events of the story (there’s a website where everyone posts their sigils, it’s very cool), beautiful abstract writing that totally nails the atmosphere, a great love story about the dangers of loving in a brutal world, and atmospheric music that turns creepy at just the right points.

10/10 would recommend.

[“Content warning for violence, self harm, blood, abuse, unreality.”]

Creatures Such As We

“Creatures allows you to play as a moon-based tour director, who passes the time between duties by playing video games. The designers of your favorite game arrive as a tour group, and you get to not only discuss the disappointing ending, but the larger implications of video games as art as well.”

This is a longer one. It’s free to play if you wait a little bit between narrative arcs, or you can buy it for like $5.

It’s philosophical in all the right places, goofy in others, a surprising amount of good tension, and has a bunch of well-developed romance plots. Also, the character creation is amazing: you can be any nationality, any race, any gender identity. This story discusses the nature of consent in dating simulators and romance games, the nature of death and its ability to be conquered, and the implications of video games as art. Fun, beautiful, and educational - it’s got everything!

The story has some surprising twists and turns, and the choice aspect integrates wonderfully into the narrative. I really liked playing this one and I’m tempted to go back and do a bunch of different play throughs.

Recipe For Love

“C.H.E.T is in need of a human to decode what love consists of. Help him, will you? It will look good on your profile.”

Exactly what it says on the tin: help a robot find the recipe for love. It’s cute, quirky, snarky, and the end results are pretty great (and come with adorable art pieces). Shouldn’t take more than 15mins.

A Witch’s Word

“You sold your firstborn child to a witch years ago to save your mother from a deadly disease. Since then, you’ve been less than successful in the dating world. If you don’t find a mate soon, the witch will never get her part of the bargain.”

There’s a nice twist near the end of this story that is just so surprisingly heartwarming, I love it. You have three options, three different people to try to date, each with a wildly different personality. It’ll give you the warm-and-fuzzies, guaranteed.

Queers in Love at the End of the World

“When we have each other we have everything.”

Probably one of the most minimalist ones out there. The world is ending and you have ten seconds to spend with the person you love - what do you do? What would happen if you chose to spend your ten seconds differently? It’s kind of amazing how much this “short” game accomplishes in just ten repeatable seconds of game play.

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timeladyviictorious · 6 years

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LGBTQ+ Book List

I work in a library, and I’m pretty good at finding LGBT+ books. My boyfriend @another-broken-heart-cafe , who works with me, has also found quite a few. I finally decided to make an organized list of those and any others I could think of for anyone who’s looking for these kinds of books. I’ve sorted them the best I can and separated them to make what you want as easy to find as possible. There is an adult category, a teen/YA category, and a child category. I’ve read a few of these, but not many, so there’s probably going to be mistakes. I looked up every individual book to organize them the best I could (which took a while because this list currently has 140 books, if I counted correctly). If you find a mistake, just let me know and I’ll fix it in the next update. I plan to make updates occasionally as I find more. Feel free to add on any LGBT+ books you want!

Key

# - First in a series

* - Manga

ADULT

Novels

Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly [Gay] # It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian [Gay] The One by John Marrs [Gay] A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood [Gay] The Arrangement by Felice Stevens [Gay] The Intern by John S. Daniels [Gay]

She Rises by Kate Worsley [Lesbian] Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear [Lesbian] # Stray City by Chelsey Johnson [Lesbian] First Position by Melissa Brayden [Lesbian] Wishing on a Dream by Julie Cannon [Lesbian] Sidebar by Carsen Taite [Lesbian] A More Perfect Union by Carsen Taite [Lesbian] Love in the Stacks by Cara Malone [Lesbian] Falling Gracefully by Cara Malone [Lesbian] Camp Rewind by Meghan O'Brien [Lesbian] No More Pretending by Bette Hawkins [Lesbian] Built to Last by Aurora Rey [Lesbian] Summer's Cove by Aurora Rey [Lesbian] The Daughters of Palatine Hill by Phyllis T. Smith [Lesbian?]

Goddess by Kelly Gardiner [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Enigma Variations by André Aciman [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Oola by Brittany Newell [Bisexual]

Adverbs by Daniel Handler [?] Queer by William S. Burroughs [?]

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg [Transgender, FTM] Bad Boy by Elliot Ware [Transgender, FTM] Peter Darling by Austin Chant [Transgender, FTM] For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu [Transgender, MTF] The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan [Transgender, MTF]

Graphic Novels & Manga

Maiden Rose by Fusanosuke Inariya [Gay] # * What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga [Gay] # *

Giant Days by John Allison [Lesbian] # Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin [Lesbian] # Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan [Lesbian] # Snotgirl by Bryan Lee O’Malley [Lesbian] # Bingo Love by Tee Franklin [Lesbian] Sweet Blue Flowers by Takako Shimura [Lesbian] # * After Hours by Yuhta Nishio [Lesbian] # * Bloom Into You by Nakatani Nio [Lesbian] # * Girl Friends by Milk Morinaga [Lesbian] # * Nameless Asterism by Kina Kobayashi [Lesbian] # * Eclair - A Girls' Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart [Lesbian] * Citrus by Saburouta [Lesbian] # * Their Story by Tan Jiu [Lesbian] # * Battle Royale: Angels’ Border [Lesbian] # *

Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda [Transgender] *

TEEN / YOUNG ADULT

Novels

Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips [Gay] Perfect Ten by L. Philips [Gay] Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey [Gay] Boomerang by Helene Dunbar [Gay] Running with Lions by Julian Winters [Gay] Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall [Gay] Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz [Gay] Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz [Gay] The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis [Gay] One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva [Gay] Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg [Gay] It Looks Like this by Rafi Mittlefehldt [Gay] When Love Comes to Town by Tom Lennon [Gay] We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson [Gay] You and Me and Him by Kris Dinnison [Gay] I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson [Gay] Fan Art by Sarah Tregay [Gay] At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson [Gay] Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli [Gay] Dramarama by E. Lockhart [Gay] Draw the Line by Laurent Linn [Gay] Whatever by S.J. Goslee [Gay] Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan [Gay] Weird Girl and What's His Name by Meagan Brothers [Gay] More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera [Gay] History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera [Gay]

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera [Gay + Bisexual] Meg & Linus by Hanna Nowinski [Gay + Lesbian] Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst [Lesbian + Bisexual] # Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst [Lesbian + Bisexual] The Summer I Wasn't Me by Jessica Verdi [Lesbian + Gay]

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King [Lesbian] The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson [Lesbian] Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell [Lesbian] As I Descended by Robin Talley [Lesbian] Read Me Like a Book by Liz Kessler [Lesbian] Ash by Malinda Lo [Lesbian] Huntress by Malinda Lo [Lesbian] Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown [Lesbian] The Summer of Jordi Perez [Lesbian] Super Moon by H.A. Swain [Lesbian] Clancy of the Undertow by Christopher Currie [Lesbian] Nothing Happened by Molly Booth [Lesbian] The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth [Lesbian] Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta [Lesbian] It's Not Like it's a Secret by Misa Sugiyura [Lesbian] If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan [Lesbian] Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan [Lesbian] Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden [Lesbian] Lizzie by Dawn Ius [Lesbian] Get it Together, Delilah! by Erin Gough [Lesbian] About a Girl by Sarah McCarry [Lesbian] South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf [Lesbian]

Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Look Both Ways by Alison Cherry [Bi/Pan/Poly?] Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert [Bi/Pan/Poly?] How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake [Bisexual + Lesbian] Adaptation by Malinda Lo [Bisexual] # Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee [Bisexual] # Autoboyography by Christina Lauren [Bisexual]

Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky [Transgender, FTM] Dreadnought by April Daniels [Transgender, MTF] # Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart [Transgender, MTF] Miles Away from You by A. B. Rutledge [Transgender, MTF] If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo [Transgender, MTF] Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark [Transgender, MTF] Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark [Transgender] Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin [Genderfluid]

Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann [Asexual + Lesbian] Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee [Asexual] None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio [Intersex]

Every Day by David Levithan # The Inside of Out by Jenn Marie Thorne [?]

Graphic Novels & Manga

Spinning by Tillie Walden [Lesbian] I Love This Part by Tillie Walden [Lesbian] On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden [Lesbian] Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash [Lesbian] Decelerate Blue by Adam Rapp [Lesbian] As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman [Lesbian] Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill [Lesbian] Hana & Hina After School [Lesbian] # * Kiss and White Lily for my Dearest Girl [Lesbian] # * Kase-san and Morning Glories by Hiromi Takashima [Lesbian] # *

Wandering Son by Takako Shimura [Transgender, FTM + MTF] # *

The Bride Was a Boy by Chii [Transgender, MTF] *

Skim by Mariko Tamaki [?] The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang [?]

CHILDREN

Novels

Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake [Lesbian]

Star Crossed by Barbara Dee [Bisexual]

The Other Boy by M. G. Hennessey [Transgender, FTM] George by Alex Gino [Transgender, FTM]

Graphic Novels & Manga

Drama by Raina Telgemeier [Gay]

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richincolor · 6 years

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Every now and then you pick up an author’s work and immediately fall in love. That’s how I felt after I finished The Weight of Feathers by Mexican-American author Anna-Marie McLemore. McLemore’s gorgeous prose and magical realism sucked me in back in 2015, and I’ve looked forward to and enjoyed every subsequent novel she has produced. (I’m super excited for Blanca & Roja this fall!)

When we decided to do YA author spotlights for Women’s History Month, McLemore was one of the very first authors I thought of highlighting. If you haven’t already picked up one of her books, you should, especially if you’re looking for a good entry point into magical realism. McLemore’s books frequently grapple with identity (including LGBTQ themes), love, generational trauma, and family. It’s easy to lose yourself in one of her books, and be prepared to have tissues on hand because you might find yourself needing them sometimes.

The Weight of Feathers || My review

For twenty years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for over a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows—the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers, performing in the tallest trees they can find.

Lace Paloma may be new to her family’s show, but she knows as well as anyone that the Corbeaus are pure magia negra, black magic from the devil himself. Simply touching one could mean death, and she’s been taught from birth to keep away. But when disaster strikes the small town where both families are performing, it’s a Corbeau boy, Cluck, who saves Lace’s life. And his touch immerses her in the world of the Corbeaus, where falling for him could turn his own family against him, and one misstep can be just as dangerous on the ground as it is in the trees.

When the Moon Was Ours || My review

When the Moon Was Ours follows two characters through a story that has multicultural elements and magical realism, but also has central LGBT themes—a transgender boy, the best friend he’s falling in love with, and both of them deciding how they want to define themselves.

To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel’s wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees, and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town.

But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Miel’s skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And they’re willing to use every secret Miel has fought to protect to make sure she gives them up.

Wild Beauty || My review

Love grows such strange things.

For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They’ve also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens.

The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he’s even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name. As Estrella tries to help Fel piece together his unknown past, La Pradera leads them to secrets as dangerous as they are magical in this stunning exploration of love, loss, and family.

Blanca & Roja || Excerpt & summary from Bustle

Sister relationships are always complicated, but the one between the del Cisne girls goes far beyond standard sibling squabbling. Best friends and rivals, Blanca and Roja have been pitted against each other since birth by a curse that will force one of them to shed their human skin and live life as a swan. Like each set of sisters in their family before them, Blanca and Roja know they will be forced to play a dangerous game that will determine their fates, but when two of their childhood friends become unwilling participants, the girls must find a way to break the curse, or risk having each of their fates changed forever.

#anna-marie mclemore #the weight of feathers #when the moon was ours #wild beauty #blanca & roja #lgbtqiap #author spotlight

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amoreeel-blog · 6 years

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A Brief List of Interactive Love Stories

I’ve been doing some poking around the internet for my creative project, and some remembering from my Experimental Narratives class, and found a couple cool stories that I enjoyed. (All titles are links to the stories and their websites.)

Digital: A Love Story

“A computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988.”

If you like ancient operating systems, government conspiracies, typing in phone numbers, and online dating, this game is for you. It’s a bit of a slog in terms of testing out phone numbers to see if they’ll let you connect, but the overall story is great. You just moved, or something, and got a new computer, and you meet a lovely person named Emily on a poetry forum and start an e-mail correspondence. But, of course, something sinister seems to be afoot. It’s a free download and a good way to spend a few hours on a day off.

With Those We Love Alive

“I’m often frustrated by the flat, immortal, smooth sleekness of the digital. I wanted to have another dimension. I wanted to feel something.”

-Porpentine, creator

This just might be one of my favorite weird things ever. There is so much I could say about this one, but doing so would give away a lot of the amazing things you will discover, so I’ll keep it vague as heck. The premise: you are a person in a violent, brutal fantasy world chosen to be the personal inventor for the monstrous Empress (and I mean that literally) and must create trophies for her and navigate the strange world of her empire. Things it has: blatant and overt transgender themes and trans characters (God bless), a system that has you draw sigils on your body based on the events the character goes through (there’s a website where everyone posts their sigils, it’s cool as hell), beautiful abstract writing that totally nails the atmosphere, a great love story about the dangers of love in a brutal world, and atmospheric music that turns creepy at just the right points. 10/10 would recommend.

[“Content warning for violence, self harm, blood, abuse, unreality.”]

Creatures Such As We

This is a longer one. It’s free to play if you wait a little bit between narrative arcs, or you can buy it for like 5 bucks. It’s philosophical in all the right places, goofy in others, and has some well-developed romance plots. Also, the character creation is amazing: you can be any nationality, any race, any gender identity. Some of the philosophy the characters discuss includes the nature of consent in dating simulators and romance games, the nature of death and its ability to be conquered, and the implications of video games as art. The story has some surprising twists and turns, and the choice aspect integrates wonderfully into the narrative.

Recipe For Love

“C.H.E.T is in need of a human to decode what love consists of. Help him, will you? It will look good on your profile.”

Exactly what it says on the tin: help a robot find the recipe for love. It’s cute, quirky, snarky, and the end results are pretty great (and come with little art pieces). A good way to spend like, 15 minutes.

A Witch’s Word

Queers in Love at the End of the World

“When we have each other we have everything.”

#love #interactive fiction #interactive narrative #experimental narrative #recipe for love #a witch's word #queers in love at the end of the world #LGBTQ+#fiction #stories

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eposettemyass · 6 years

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Oh my god please tell us about the story ideas you have I would love to hear some :D

okay!! I’ll explain the premises that way if I decide to write them i won’t spoil them

(b>First story: (currently untitled bc im dumb)This is the real crime one. A team of new York detectives is assembled, all out some of the most talented young minds in the country. Among them is 20 year old Dahlia Rose. One day, a new person arrives on the team: 22 year old Heather Wood. She’s a little mysterious, a little serious, but extremely kind and insanely smart. Dahlia and Heather immediately become great friends, earning a nickname from their superior “Rosewood”. Dahlia has a boyfriend. She never talks about him except that “he’s sweet when you really get to know him”. Sometimes Dahlia come into work with bruises. She never says anything but Heather knows. The team takes Dahlia out for her 21st birthday, Heather drives her home. But she stays outside in the car because something doesn’t feel right, and she sees Dahlia’s boyfriend hitting her. Heather barges in and hits him over the head before he gets the chance to hurt Dahl. Okay so i’ll stop right there to avoid spoilers but just know that Heather has a dark backstory and this story does not end how you think it does. I explained it all to @eatacactusass a long time ago lol.

Second story: KingThis one i’ve been obsessed with lately (it’s the medieval fantasy one) In this kingdom, there lived a royal family- the Eutheara family. The king, the queen, and twin prince and princess. When the children were only ten, they were traveling by carriage through the mountains. A boulder struck the carriage, crushing the family and knocking over torches, setting it aflame. Only one survived: the young daughter, Esmya (ehz-mee-yuh). Tradition told that one eligible for the throne was the next male heir, yet neither the king nor the prince lived. Instead of giving the throne to the living brother of the king, a war-mongering man, the royal advisors made a decision. They told the kingdom that the prince, not the princess, had survived. They showed the last Euthaera to the kingdom not as Esmya, but as prince Alean, and trained her to live as a man and one day become king. Flash forward 12 years. No one knows of Esmya’s true identity except for a board of royal advisors and a single, loyal servant (Sindel) who found out on her own. However there’s an issue. By tradition, the king rules for 5 years before marrying a neighboring kingdom’s princess therefore continuing the bridge of peace throughout. The idea of Esmya being forced to reveal herself to someone is threatening to the board, but to keep face, Esmya must continue with the tradition. Luckily, she knows of someone. Her name is Myrine (mee-er-reen), and she is the daughter of a fellow king and the childhood friend of Esmya. She hasn’t seen Myrine since her family was killed, but marrying marrying a distant friend is better than marrying a stranger and risking her secret being exposed. When Myrine arrives in the kingdom, she is cold and distant to Esmya, whom she believes still to be Alean. Myrine reveals that Alean, the real Alean, was terrible to her in childhood, that he would pick fights and spit at her. But finding Esmya so calming and gentle, she realizes that she is not Alean. She agrees to marry her and keep her secret safe, all while falling in love with her. There’s more to it and this other character i think i’ll name Aeson or smth and he’s a transgender fantasy-equivalent to a witch but like, badass. Anyways i have this whole arc for it and i hope i get around to writing it.

Third story: (probably) The Legend of the TidesThis one is fantasy too, greek myth esqu not medieval. Princess of island (think like the island from mama mia lol) named Adamaris loves the stars and moon and shit. Is gonna be forced to marry when she comes of age so she cries and prays to the moon. Next day a strange woman appears by the name of Channary. She is beautiful and mysterious and okay she’s the fucking moon alright. I haven’t fleshed it out but in the end they run away stardust style and Channary turns back into the moon but Adamaris turns into the ocean and that’s why the moon controls the tides.

Sorry for how long this post is i’m gay

#thatturtlething #answered #not les mis #long post

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