#AT LEAST A WOLF!!

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE GIRL IN RED by Christina Henry.

We took a trip to Red River Gorge this weekend, and I both started and finished this book while we were there! It was a very speedy read.

While I did really enjoy the genre-savvy protag, I was expecting more Wolf Presence in a Little Red Riding Hood retelling, either literally or metaphorically (I mean, come on, look at that cover??). There were a couple references to (metaphorical) wolves and one coyote-man comparison early on (also metaphorical), but it felt like the Wolf Motif mostly was dropped, which was an Interesting Choice™, given that the plot entire was Red walking through an apocalypse and the forest to her grandmother's house. (Yes, she really goes by Red, which is not her name--she just really likes her red outerwear.)

This was also much more ongoing-apocalypse than post-apocalypse, and said apocalypse is referred to in-book as "the Cough" (publication date: June 2019?? wild). Family Units are endangered and fall sick on page, be warned! In addition to the Cough, there's also quite a bit of gore (via both brutal axe murders (self defense) and chest bursting a la Alien (which is the in-book comparison lol--see "genre-savvy protag")(admittedly this chest bursting subplot did feel very What The Hell Is This Fresh Bullshit, and not exactly cohesive with the rest of the story...not sure why that's in there lmao)).

Again: Quick read! Not super complicated or twisty, but it was a nice simple read after making it through THE BITCH QUEEN CHRONICLES, and I'm glad I read it for my own LRRH retelling reasons.

#books of 2024 #book photography #my photography #the girl in red #christina henry #lrrh #forreal though i am SO GLAD i didn't try to start this one while my whole family actively had COVID lmaoooo #(we just got over it finally) #and it was perhaps not the BEST choice to take to an isolated cabin in the woods but i WAS right that the forest walks vibes were on point #SERIOUSLY WHERE WERE THE WOLVES #AT LEAST A WOLF!! #i really thought one character we met toward the end might be Wolfish but. he was just a genuinely nice guy #that was lowkey a disappointment ngl #also the Cough/crawler thing felt. out of place and unresolved. #like she (the author) could've picked ONE of those threads they weren't both necessary?? #and then the chest bursting/crawler thing wasn't. resolved. at all?? #like the protag even said in narration she was just gonna let it go not her business??? also disappointing. #(it also happened with like five pages left in the whole book so. not sure what else to expect) #the whole book was literally trying to get to grandma's but it wasn't a beat for beat fairy tale retelling #(mine is beat for beat. or it will be. when i get to revising.) #(but we both have fucked up post apocalyptic viral/bacterial end of world scenarios leading to our Reds so i thought maybe a good comp.) #(not actually a good comp besides vibes though.) #OH AND SASHA (mine) AND RED (henry's) ARE BOTH NARRATIVELY AWARE #like red knows genre stuff (horror movies and scifi and survivalist things) #but i want sasha to be aware that she's In The Fairy Tale but weirdly and meta about it. so there's SOME similarity but not quite the same. #i did not like how her whole family dies horrible deaths #(spoilers i suppose) #(but you know by the first chapter that she's alone so. is it a spoiler.) #anyway i have a surprising amount of thoughts about this actually so i guess it did something to my brain?? which is nice?? i guess? #easy prose and very predictable otherwise lol

[dinoserious]

figurines ive been making for xmas presents

#okapi #wolf #tiger #sculpey #animal art #just finished the okapi. was gunna do at least one more but i ran out of time :( #was gonna be a tazmanian devil fr my little sister. theyre her fav #oh and these guys are done w sculpey premo for any curious on material specifics. mostly chosen for durability reasons #it is a bit harder to work w then like super sculpey in my experience. less.. elastic? tends to ''split'' from itself if worked certain way

[terrific-crow]

Watched the Teen Wolf Movie. Incredible experience.

#teen wolf #teen wolf the movie #teen wolf movie #this was a wild ride from start to finish #truly Teen Wolf's own Rise of Skywalker #down to the pointless deaths #and the contrived plot with too many characters #at least it was funny #sterek #stiles stilinski #dylan o'brien #derek hale #eli hale #allison argent #the teen wolf jeep (a character in its own right)

[northernfireart]

you guys ask and i provide:]

#more goddess Rose it is #finally something i kinda like out of all the things i did this month #was thinking of alphonse mucha when making this #feeling a little regretful about rushing this and not spending at least a few days because i think i could make the details work #but eeeehhh whatevs it looks good anyway just in a different way #trying to have fun again #doctor who #dw fanart #dw #dr who #doctor who fanart #Rose Tyler #bad wolf #northernfire art

[kinnsporsche]

maybe sterek will be canon in the spanish dub

#posts that future archaeologists will need to study for at least 6 months to understand #sterek #teen wolf

[mxflora]

#teen wolf #teen wolf ships as 'i could fix him' tropes #but i had such a hard time deciding which fits better to which #realistically just thiam can fit to at least half of these #isaac lahey #scott mccall #erica reyes #scisaac #danny mahealani #stisaac #ethan steiner #malia tate #malira #kira yukimura #vernon boyd #sterek #derek hale #petopher #chris argent #peter hale #thiam #liam dunbar #theo raeken #feel free to add your own opinion if you think they'd fit differently

[sleepless-crows]

i don't know about you but i am taking this as confirmation that jack wolfe is the best wylan van eck because i didn't even notice wylan ducking his head after jesper complimented him

#at least that is what i am interpreting now when wylan ducks his head because it just makes sense #jack wolfe knows wylan better than any of us #grishaverse #six of crows #soc #crooked kingdom #shadow and bone #sab #wylan van eck #wesper #jack wolfe #1k

[kyliebrightsun]

PRIDE MONTH DRAWINGS AND ITS ALL SONIC SHIPS

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic the hedghog fanart #how many bisexuals can be in sonic? at least 5 #shadow the hedgehog #knuckles the echidna #amy rose #blaze the cat #rouge the bat #espio the chameleon #silver the hedgehog #whisper the wolf #tangle the lemur #whispangle #sonadow #knuxouge #blazamy #espilver

[pretty-haunted]

#dragon age inquisition #solas #lavellan #solavellan #art #pretty haunted art #this sat in my WIP folder for at least a year #she'll take them both out to stop him #dread wolf

[remington-zero]

pretending my oc had a menswear photoshoot for a magazine

#nero huntington #art only #bc of the setting of the rp comm he was in he's technically super duper famous #but he is extremely socially anxious and he physically hides from cameras behind other people despite being the tallest in the lineup #anyways charity photoshoot benefiting a wolf sanctuary is the only reason he'd do this #also getting to hang out with wolves #i need to practice animals more #also hey! i've been working on stuff that i'm not allowed to post! my life is hell! i'm dying inside #i'm going to be working on merch soon hopefully #i'll at least be able to post processes on patr*on

[minalots]

🐺🐺🐺🐈‍⬛

First drawing is just me seeing how I would draw all the WWs (excuse the fact I used trimax ww’s assigned pen for the rest of them) (tbh I think it helps seeing the differences but next time I’ll draw em with their assigned brushes)

Second drawing is a redraw from WW’s expression sheet

#trigun #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #trigun badlands rumble #badlands rumble #tristamp #trimax #nicholas d. wolfwood #wolfwood #da gallery #yeah i purposefully put the cat emoji there. currently tristamp ww radiates a lot of black cat energy he’s not quite to wolf status #he’s like their youngest brother who will bite all of them and tell em to eat shit but then an hour later comes back w/ some candy as a #form of apology bc he’s absolutely horrible at actually saying sorry to someone but cares enough to at least do something to prove it #actually that’s kinda all of the wolfwoods if I think about it. but tristamp just has it the worst i can just tell LMAO #anyways enough of me rambling I hope u guys notice the small differences between all of them I tried to differentiate them

[gorgynei]

i LOOOOVE the new minecraft wolf recolours but i had to fix their names. due to the wolf autism. you understand

#inb4 i KNOW the ashen wolf that i relabeled grey wolf is not what grey wolves look like #but listen. there needs to be at least one called a grey wolf #ooghhhh i NEED to make a new minecraft world and collect them all. make a zoo... oouguhh #ramblings

[flimsy-spine]

she's so crazy i love her

#stisaac #stiles stilinski #isaac lahey #teen wolf #teenwolfedit #twedit #stisaacedit #stilesstilinskiedit #isaaclaheyedit #*tw #* #everyone in this fandom has at least one rarepair they'd die for #and i got stuck with these fuckers #they have GREAT fanfics tho!!!!! #if you squint and try to forget this is teen wolf they almost look like two pals in an 'edgy' 2011 comedy show that got cancelled quickly

[patrothestupid]

he tried !

#furry #furry art #furry anthro #furry wolf #anthro art #at least

[captainswan618]

what will this show throw at me next lmao

#help #doctor who #rose tyler #bad wolf #jack harkness #face of boe #river song #melody pond #captainswan618 talks too much #the only reason I’m not going more insane over river being melody rn is bc I’ve had 6 eps to come to terms with it #I didn’t want to post about it right after bc I was worried about spoilers #but I just finished the season (!!!) so that’s one big spoiler out of the way at least #100

[avoidmint]

Phantom in the Ruby?

I choose to believe it ate him. And now Gadget gets to explain to everyone that ghosts are real. At least as far as the Phantom Ruby is concerned. Yes he is the only one who can see him. No he's not losing it thanks to the Phantom Ruby's influence. Guys please this is so awkward help me-

#gadget the wolf #infinite the jackal #sonic forces #infidget #Gadget where did you find that put it back #sonic fanart #sonic au #nobody asked for this least of all Gadget #rookinite #Tales from the Borderlands but Sonic Forces Edition lmao #minturts