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thebutcher-5 · 2 months

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Lilo & Stitch

Benvenuti o bentornati sul nostro blog. Nello scorso articolo abbiamo deciso di mettere momentaneamente in pausa gli articoli inerenti al mondo del cinema e tornare a parlare di fumetti e nello specifico a discutere di quella serie fantasy italiana che continua a essere molto interessante, Kalya con il suo volume 9. Dopo essersi riappacificati con gli orchi, Kalya e il suo gruppo sono riparti…

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asmrtist-brainrot · 2 years

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Let me introduce: The Love Boldly Listeners!!

I usually have a good image in my head around the listener character designs. These came a little easier to me though because they’re named. I tried to be consistent with them all but I forgot the brush settings when I got to Spark.

I drew them all on my phone too, sorry about the line weight.

These are from my favorite series in no particular order. I’d also like to draw Eden, Avery, and maybe Ember?

~ Dari

Headcanons under the cut!!

Chase

while they inherited their Mama’s hair and were-polar bear traits; everything else is what they got from their Papa - from placid chillness to emotional intelligence

their eyes were somewhat of a genetic phenomenon, especially since their mum’s traits were considered dominant - the deep blue with gold is a nice blend and something through their life often attracted people to them

it’s a wonder their eyes hadn’t been another sort of hint as to them not being human - but in certain lights - it’s likely it was just assumed to be hazel as opposed to gold

“six feet tall and super strong” except that Chase is 6′ 4″ and Alex is on somewhat of a power trip because they’re more uh - submissive under the sheets

leans on the thicker side in terms of body type - both parental genetics and their polar bear are an influence to that

Channing

appearing very strict comes with their profession, it adds to their no nonsense attitude so they know children are taken care of

adopted, but said parents do love them a lot; not 100% clear if their biological parents were the same - said to look like their blood mother

subtle gold ring around their pupil, looks uniform, very common in lycanthropes / turned werewolves (trust fund baby, their adopted parents are politicians after all)

crescent moon tattoo gotten out of acceptance to their lycanthropy

also taller than Jeremy; made mostly out of assumption that Sarge referred to him as a “pipsqueak” and in that he’d probably also like the dichotomy in submission to their put together appearance

Arden

it is recently revealed that Arden is, in fact, an empath - still a magical with biology specifically in tune with feelings of all types

likely used their magic and got into work in allowing hurt / wronged people to redeem themselves with clear success

uses their generally unassuming disposition to approach these individuals easily; even continues being friendly with the people they help long after the charges had been dropped

felt Kieran’s feelings the most powerfully and decided to stick closer to him, mostly because they had some sort of idea that he might be a possible mate

he’s real tall and big in comparison to them but that’s because he’s a full grown demon

Oakley

they look a lot like their mum, though it is noted that they inherited their father’s eyes

their lucky clover tattoo is semi-recent, mostly as they felt it was a nice marking after they and Sebastian solved their gremlin problem

they call him “Sebby”; he did complain about it but ultimately stopped protesting after he realized he really liked to coming from their mouth

switches between different flowers they like to put in their hair and all the vases in their home swap around depending on décor and time of year (ex. red poinsettia during the winter)

soft, squishy body, while they’ve called Sebastian a bed - he lowkey uses them as a pillow more often then not

Spark

demons really have whatever appearance they like (as long as their appearance is proportionate to their age); before they met Cobalt, their hair and eyes were white before they adopted eyes as blue as his

then had white hair for the longest time until Cobalt had met the healer - where they gave themselves blond hair to match her’s (though I imagine her to be a lighter blonde)

initially self conscious of the size of their horns (one thing they couldn’t change) so Cobalt helped them get over it by putting stickers and such on them; now they do it as somewhat of a fashion statement - and because it’s fun

despite being childish; they like dressing well and is considered a little extra - Cobalt was surprised when they asked him if they looked okay because they’ve always been assured in their state of dress

rather petite in appearance, they’ve been confused for being much younger a lot so it’s not too surprising people assume they are one

Landry

Ravenoff described Landry’s lips as sultry and my brain just came with the thought that they look super dignified and intimidating and such... but we know they’re an agent of chaos

adopted Rav’s more traditional vampire-esque style after they were turned, though does try to help modernize his wardrobe in spite of his love for formal wear

a total mom friend; constantly worried about everyone - especially wanting to see Byron again as he’s been alone all the time since he’d been turned (knowing that Rav would not let them see him on their own)

in the process of learning more about vampire laws; while having some rudimentary idea from their time with Byron under Bleek’s thumb - is interested in all magical law and researching practices

they like the look corsets give them so they used to wear them if they wanted to be “extra” but since becoming a vampire, they’ve leaned into dramatics a little bit more

Tallest to Shortest: Chase, Landry, Channing, Arden, Oakley, Spark

#love boldly asmr #dari art #chase #Oakley #spark #landry #channing #lb arden #headcanons #dari writes

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sidonius5 · 11 months

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𝒜 𝒻𝓊𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑒𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒹𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓈𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝒶 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁. 𝓡𝔂𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓗𝓲𝓰𝓱 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝓁𝓊𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸 𝓈𝓉��𝓇 𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧-𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒷𝓊𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒻𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒯𝑜 𝓂𝑒, 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝑔𝒽 𝓈𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔. ℳ𝓎 𝑜𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 ℐ 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓏𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝒶𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝐓-𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒿𝒶𝒸𝓀𝑒𝓉𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓃𝑜𝒷𝒷𝓎 𝒷𝒶𝒹𝒶𝓈𝓈 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓃. 𝒜 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑒'𝓋𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧-𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧, 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐌𝐫. 𝐂𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒷𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓈𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝓎𝑜𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝒾𝑔 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝑔𝑜.

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camyfilms · 1 year

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GREASE 1978

Men are rats- listen to me, they're fleas on rats; worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats. I mean, they're too low for even the dogs to bite.

#grease #1978 #film #john travolta #olivia newton john #jeff conaway #barry pearl #michael tucci #kelly ward #stockard channing #didi conn #jamie donnelly #dinah manoff #susan buckner #eve arden #sid caesar #dody goodman #annette charles

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adamwatchesmovies · 2 years

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Grease (1978)

It only takes one listen for Grease to plant itself into your head and set up a permanent home. In no time, you’ll be reaching for the remote so you can watch this classic musical again. You'll make it your mission to memorize the songs so you can sing along to Summer Nights, You’re the One That I Want, Greased Lightnin’ and the other memorable tunes.

It’s back to school at Rydell High, 1958. Sweet-natured Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) is shocked to discover her summer crush, Danny Zuko (John Travolta) is not the same boy she met on the beach. A greaser and member of the T-Birds, he plays it off as if their romance meant nothing to him, but that sentiment won’t last.

Grease starts on the right note with an animated intro that recalls the cartoons of the ’50s (Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends comes to mind). It sets the mood and, combined with Summer Nights tells you exactly what’s in store next. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are perfect together, the choreography and sure-thing romance get you excited for more. There's not much depth to anything we see but that's perfectly suited to this nostalgia-fuelled, breezy love story filled with teenage drama and a lot of energy.

Much of the film’s success comes from an unexpected source: Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo, the sarcastic, cynical leader of the Pink Ladies, the clique who adopts Sandy. This movie has many moments of cheese, but Rizzo proves the screenplay by Allan Carr is also self-aware. As the audience gets ready to make a snarky remark at the “Why has he changed?” or “How can I romance her without being embarrassed in front of my friends?” sentiment, Rizzo beats you to the punch. Either by tossing a joke into the mix or introducing genuinely important teenage issues and sentiments. Ultimately the film is still a fantasy that leaves you cheering, but that slight edge prevents you from dismissing it as an airhead. That said, there is one element of the film that is dated: Danny's friends. Their toxic masculinity hints at an unintended, darker edge. For this reason, a few key lyrics have been tweaked in later production. It's easy to see why. Such is the price for enduring for this long. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. Grease is too much fun for you to be offended.

There are many big laughs and heart-fluttering moments as director Randal Kleiser paints this picture of a time when things were simpler and every conflict could be expressed, then resolved through song and dance. The leads are splendid. The supporting cast members make even their small contributions impactful thanks to some witty lines and memorable moments. Is Grease going to convert those who don’t like musicals? I don’t think so, but for those who already like it when characters express their feelings through rhyme, music and footwork, it’s a blast. (On DVD, November 24, 2017)

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fahye · 10 months

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book recs: august '23

(I want to try and do these posts more frequently because I DEARLY miss yelling about books, txitter is [poop emoji]-ing, and bluesky is promising but I don't have much of an audience there yet)

ok! stuff freya has read recently and enjoyed:

A FIRE BORN OF EXILE by aliette de bodard -- did you enjoy nirvana in fire? this is for YOU. it's a revenge story set in aliette's xuya space opera universe, with a pile of complicated characters with mixed or obscured motives, a sapphic romance, and just really incredible use of worldbuilding and politics.

THE SLEEPING SOLDIER by aster glenn gray -- I am an enormous sucker for aster's historical m/m romances, and this one was incredible. a union soldier goes to sleep in 1865 and wakes up in 1965, and his new college roommate has a series of gay crises about it. sweet, exuberant, well researched. both a wonderful romance and an absolutely fascinating examination of male friendships and homosexuality in two different historical time periods.

A DEADLY EDUCATION by naomi novik -- doing a reread of the first two scholomance books before I dive into the third. these books are so disgustingly tailored to ME, a huge fan of magical academia stories with a truly deliciously unnecessary level of worldbuilding detail about how the magic works (and how the school is trying to kill you).

BATH HAUS by p.j. vernon -- a man goes to a gay bathhouse, cheating on his partner, and narrowly escapes being murdered. things get worse from there. I can only recommend this to you if you enjoy thrillers that STRESS YOU THE FUCK OUT, which I normally don't; I nearly put it down a couple of times, but I HAD to know what was going on. it's a masterclass in propulsive tension and does some really cool things with unreliable narration.

HAVEMERCY by jaida jones and danielle bennett -- seven hundred years late to this party, but OH MY GOD. this is the completely gay political/military fantasy of my dreams (the YEARNING), plus there are magical-mechanical dragons. I will be devouring the other books in this series in short order.

EVERY VERSION OF YOU by grace chan -- a beautiful and fascinating literary scifi book about humanity and family and love, and being given the choice to upload your consciousness to a digital paradise as the planet dies around you. unsurprisingly it deals with some heavy stuff, but it's fantastic. and australian!

A THIEF AND A GENTLEMAN by arden powell -- another m/m romance in arden's flos magicae series. the title alone is probably enough to tell you why I enjoyed it, but I especially liked the way it kept subverting my expectations in favour of more chewy emotional honesty and complexity.

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER by fern brady -- a memoir by a scottish comedian about being diagnosed with autism in her thirties, and her life up to that point. funny and chaotic and an all-around amazing read. I loved fern on taskmaster and I love her even more now.

#book recs

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the-bi-library · 4 months

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Happy February! Here are bisexual books out in February!

Books listed:

An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson Mewing by Chloe Spencer Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair by Laura Piper Lee The Friendship Study by Ruby Barrett You Had Me at Merlot by Melissa Brayden Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) by Hannah Kaner Signals Volume 2 by Nika (can be read online on Tapas too) A Vicious Game (The Halfling Saga, #3) by Melissa Blair Breaks Volume 1 by Emma Vieceli, Malin Rydén Mortgage of Convenience by Dani McLean Letters to Her Love by Katherine Grant Projections by S.E. Porter Truthfully, Yours by Caden Armstrong Rupture in Total Eclipse (Sun & Moon Duet Book 2) by Sem Thornwood It's Ours to Write by Blanche Maze The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett Big Date Energy by Bethany Rutter Tune Me Up (Bisexual Sing Team Book 3) by Renée Dahlia Snowed In With Summer by Tiana Warner Witch Boyfriend Wanted by Colette Rivera The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat by Camille Gomera-Tavarez King Cheer (Arden High) by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, Jamie Green Prove It by Stephanie Hoyt Falling For You by Mariah Ankenman Disciples of Chaos (Seven Faceless Saints, #2) by M.K. Lobb Wine Ghost Goes to Hell by Sage Coffey In Plain Sight: A Summit Springs Novel by Siobhan Muir Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) by Eliza Chan The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton

Please me know if I missed any books 💖

#My posts #books of the month #bisexual #bisexual representation #bisexual pride #bi books #bisexual books #sapphic books #achillean books #booklr #book blog #queer books #lgbt books #lgbtq books #bisexual romance #bookblr #book tumblr #Bi rep #Duaric books

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sinizade · 5 months

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Okay, so Netflix is creating something for Baldur's Gate 3 and unfortunately we can't do anything to stop it… SO I WANTED TO CREATE A FANCAST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT

Some of the actors and actresses chosen may not be to everyone's taste, but anyone who has more ideas about actors and actresses to play the game's characters can feel free to suggest them.

Ana de Armas as Shadowheart

Aldis Hodge as Wyll

Ioan Gruffudd as Astarion

Gemma Chan as Karlach

Michelle Rodriguez as Lae'Zel

Michiel Huisman as Gale

Mark Ruffalo as Halsin

I couldn't find his icon in good quality :(

Charlize Theron as Minthara

Lena Headey as Kagha

Emma Stone as Isobel Thorm

Elizabeth Debicki as Dame Aylin

Oscar Isaac as Enver Gortash

J.K. Simmons as Ketheric Thorm

(obviously?)

Keira Knightley as Orin, the Red

(Bonus one with my tavs)

Zoe Kravitz as Izveta Noquar (Dark Urge)

Lauren Cohan as Qih'Za

Arden Cho as Nina

Julia Jones as Leila

These were some that I wanted to do since they were my favorites, maybe I'll come back with a few more or maybe not, I just wanted to create something about it, who knows, maybe Netflix will see this post? or maybe i do some art abt this post, who knows?

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noor-kazem · 11 months

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@manoelt-finisterrae :

camiño da memoria

vilas de nubes para resucitar as palabras

montadas na ollada real dun ceo sen deuses

firmamento como chans da paciencia

trono de caricias sen evanxeo nin salmos de camelleiros

separación patriarcal da soidade no tremor da carne

sacerdotes que como demos humanos arden ao sol

todos os xinetes da nosa existencia cabalgan sobre esa sal

rapariga de acougo halo sen alma ao fin vivir

coma se aí fóra estuviesemos bebendo

desa sabedoría de ser ondas sen gaiolas nin criptas

ollaras para vernos nesa morada sen ter que partir

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الكلمات المروعة تبقيني معلقة على اللحظة المظلمة ،المسار المسدود إلى الأيدي التي جعلتني دافئة، أصبح ڪصورة عائمة، ڪنجم مع مرور الوقت وتزايد المسافة ، سأعيش في النهاية موتي من بعيد.

The dreadful words keep me hanging on the dark moment, the dead-end path to the hands that made me warm, I become a floating image, a star as time and distance grow, I shall at last live my death from afar.

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Korkunç sözler beni karanlık ana, beni ısıtan ellere giden çıkmaz yola, yüzen bir görüntüye, bir yıldıza dönüşüyorum zaman ve mesafe büyüdükçe, sonunda ölümümü uzaktan yaşayacağım.

#isolation thinking

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sixofravens-reads · 5 months

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re: 2023 new releases. hope you're ready for a long message because there were a lot.

hot new releases/things that were relatively popular

He Who Drowned The World, Shelley Parker Chan (Chinese mythological historical, very gay, very stabby a la Baru Cormorant. Book 2 of 2. A particular favorite of mine from this year)

Witch King, Martha Wells (New fantasy book by author of murderbot fame. I didn't actually click with this one but I'd be remiss to leave it off)

House With Good Bones, T Kingfisher (Southern gothic rose horror by the very talented Ursula Vernon)

Translation State, Ann Leckie (high sf alien horror regency romance. Wheeeeee. I had a lot of fun reading this. You can read it as a standalone, but you get deeper context if you've read the ancillary justice series, also highly recommended)

Will of the Many, James Islington (futuristic roman empire aesthetic rigged murder school. Not precisely good but appallingly catchy, I read all six hundred pages in pretty much one sitting. If you liked red rising you'll like this, if you hated red rising you will Not)

OH YEAH THE ACTUAL NEW MURDEBOT NOVEL (System Collapse)

A Power Unbound, Freya Marske (book 3 of 3, magic alt edwardian romances with murder. This is more romance proper but it's about equal with the action plot and Marske is very good. I don't think you've read these so you'd have to start at book 1)

Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh (The book that absolutely knocked my socks off, my pick for the best sff release of the year. I forget if I've already told you about this one)

Starling House, Alix Harrow (Southern gothic house drama. Similar feel to Ninth House or The Book of Night)

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Shannon Chakraborty (Divorced lady pirate adventure-drama a la Arabian Nights.)

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett (Charming, heavily fairy tale trope themed, vaguely reminiscent of the Lady Trent books)

more obscure new releases from this year that I thought were cool, but not in the Hot New Reads You Can't Miss Because Everyone's Read Them category

Under Fortunate Stars, Ren Hutchings (sf timey wimey space shenanigans with aliens. Immensely cool premise.)

Small Miracles, Olivia Atwater (fallen angel sent to tempt a too good mortal. Extremely charming)

The King Is Dead, Naomi Libicki (vaguely persian flavored fealty romance, very heavy to the fealty. Original, thorny, and intriguing)

The Deep Sky, Yume Kitasei (What if we terribly traumatized everyone going on a generation ship by making them go to viciously competitive boarding school together and then act surprised when a murder mystery occurs. Heads up that it's more interested in the human drama than the SF worldbuilding)

The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (early modern fantasy world anti-imperialism fever dream narrated by a cult survivor. Brilliantly written, spectacularly original, one of the best books I read this year)

Things for 2024, content warning for being (obviously) things I haven't read and thus without quality control

The Warm Hands of Ghosts, Katherine Arden

The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, P Djeli Clark

Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan

Goddess of the River, Vaishnavi Patel

The Woods All Black, Lee Mandelo

Exordia, Seth Dickinson

A Sorceress Comes To Call, T Kingfisher

Running Close To The Wind, Alexandra Rowland

Wow tumblr just lets me keep writing words. I didn't think they let me have this many in asks. Oh, and pro tip-- keep an eye out for tordotcom's most anticipated upcoming books for the first six months of 2024. They should be publishing it within the next week or so and I always add masses of books to my tbr from there.

oh holy crap, thanks!! I'll have to check these out!

thoughts on a few of em:

He Who Drowned The World - still have to read She Who Became the Sun lol but hopefully I'll get to em next year!

Witch King - Martha Wells has been recced by like All my sci-fi mutuals now lmao I REALLY gotta get into her!

House With Good Bones - THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY ON MY SHELF!! I just didn't fucking read it this year whoops. Very excited for new Kingfisher

Starling House - I was on the fence about this one since I really didn't like Once and Future Witches, but those comparisons give me hope! I'll add it to the library list!

Some Desperate Glory and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries are 2/3 of the books published in 2023 that I actually managed to read (the 3rd is The Woman in Me lmao), I can't remember if you recc'd Some Desperate Glory, but it was SOOOOOOOO GOOD OMFG

Small Miracles - my aunt has been trying to convince me to read Atwater for quite a while, I'll have to give this one a try!

The Saint of Bright Doors - I have this one on hold!! Saw a post for it a week or so ago and it sounds absolutely delightful!

The Familiar - SO SO EXCITED for this one! I hope Bardugo is maybe...slowly....extricating herself from the Grishaverse and going to write more books not related to it... (not that they're all bad, I loved the Six of Crows duology, I'm just not into it anymore and I reeeealllly like her adult books lol)

Running Close To The Wind - oh yay new Rowland! I still haven't read her last book (the one with the guy on the cover who looked EXACTLY like my boss to the point where it became an Office Meme that [Boss] Is A Gay Romance Cover Model, still meaning to get a UK version of it but haven't yet) but I'll have to look this one up!

#seriously this is SO MANY RECS THANK YOU!!

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iphigeniarising · 3 months

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List of LGBT+ books that aren't romance (romance may be incidental but not the main focus)

Nightrunner (series) - Lynn Flewelling The Bayou - Arden Powell All For the Game (series) - Nora Sakavic Boy Underground - Catherine Ryan Hyde On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong This is How it Always is - Laurie Frankel Obsidian Island - Arden Powell The Radiant Emperor (Duology) - Shelley Parker Chan The Color Purple - Alice Walker The Vampire Chronicles (series) - Anne Rice What Lies in the Woods - Kate Alice Marshall These Fleeting Shadows - Kate Alice Marshall The Edge - Lucy Goacher Unbury the Bones - Coyote JM Edwards Nimona - ND Stevenson The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling

#booklr #bookblr #please add more

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fangirling-tussisque-noncaelatur · 9 months

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Got my @topguncommentbingo blackout!! 🥳🥳🥳💘💘💘

I'm so happy I joined this event, and I also had fun rereading some fics I loved, that I never commented on (shame on me). I wanted to choose all different authors and I'm grateful for all the great content creators our fandom has. Many thanks to all the mods for running this ✨💞✨💞✨

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My round-up: 19 "Hangster", 1 "Icemav", 1 "Maverick & Rooster" + "Maverick & Carole", 1 "Hangster" + "Icemav", 1 "Hangster" + "Maverick & Rooster", 1 "Maverick & Rooster", 1 "Coyote & Hangman". (No-sweat win for Hangster)

Under the cut, the complete list of the fics and contents I commented on, if you want to show some love to the authors and their blogs 💞

1. art rated gen / teen

Parents!Au Hangster meme / @pochiperpe90

(comment + reblog)

2. fic where the last comment was 5+ months ago

Field Day / xo_em (@jakeseresins )

Hangster, Teen and Up Audiences, 810 words

3. fic tagged angst with a happy ending

I can see you now (with open eyes) / Saturn (@icemav86 )

Hangster, Mature, 6 717 words

4. WIP

unglued (thanks to you) / emseebeans (@emseebeans )

Hangster, Explicit, 2 565 words

5. fic set between the movies

in another life / lemqnie (@lemqnie)

Hangster, Mature, 6 284 words

6. fic set during TG86 canon

Shower / wildglitterwolf (@wildglitterwolf)

Icemav, Mature, 1 863 words

7. fic from a fandom event

Tropical Contact High / theinsouciantknitter (@theinsouciantknitter)

[event: Top Gun Endless Summer Exchange] (@endlesssummerexchange)]

Hangster, Explicit, 2 360 words

8. song fic

An Ode To The Boy I Love / perishablealex (@perishablealex )

Hangster, Explicit, 3 104 words

9. fic with more than 5 additional tags

we could blame it all on human nature / thegeckbros ( @katiesharms )

Hangster, Explicit, 2 470 words

10. fic completed in June 2023 or later

Hide and Seek with Mr. Mav / plingo_kat ( @pushthequorumbutton )

Maverick & Rooster + Maverick & Carole, General Audiences, 1 106 words

11. fic with fewer than 5 comments

Questions that Need Answers / multishippingtrashfire (@multishippingtrashfire )

Hangster + Icemav, Teen and Up Audiences, 1 393 words

12. fic with more than 15k words

Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore/ Renai_chan (@renai-chan)

Hangster + Maverick & Rooster, Explicit, 15 191 words

(5 chapters, 5 comments :D )

13. FREE CHOICE

One Glimpse of Relief / dalearden (@dale-arden)

Hangster, Mature, 909 words

14. art rated mature / explicit

Hangster 69 / tonogyom

(comment + reblog)

15. fanvid

fill the void; hangman & rooster / LonelySpeaker

(comment + reblog)

16. platonic fic (character & character)

Tapped into what once was / Lacerta ( @blendinginthecrowd )

Maverick & Rooster, General Audiences, 1 249 words

17. fic that's the first part of a series

Your everything combined / buckybraciole (@nicedaybucky)

Hangster, Teen and Up Audiences, 1 065 words

18. fic with your favorite tag

jealousy fills up their hearts in pairs / Notchka88

[how to choose one tag? "First time" was already in the bingo card, ...I went for Jealousy+Idiots in Love+Possessive Behavior]

Hangster, Explicit, 3 898 words

19. fic tagged first time / getting together

Feels Like the First Time / ReformedTsundere (@film-in-my-soul )

Hangster, Explicit, 12 532 words

20. fic completed between Dec 2022 - Feb 2023

10,000 Miles / Earthangel_44 (@yikes-00 )

Hangster, Explicit, 1 843 words

21. fic rated mature

The Road to Ruin (We Started at the End) / MadeItUp ( @gothampot )

Hangster, Mature, 4 747 words

22. fic rated explict

you're a part of the dawn where the light comes from the dark / acetonitril (@acetonitril )

Hangster, Explicit, 1 383 words

23. fic focused on a POC

You Were There / boobooblue (@letsboo-boo )

[character: Javy "Coyote" Machado]

Coyote & Hangman, Teen and Up Audiences, 988 words

24. fic with an archive warning

sunshine boy / SOBERHYUCK (@soberhyuck )

[archive warning: Underage]

Hangster, Explicit, 6 920 words

25. fic tagged established relationship

Relax / lovelybattle (@sereshawl)

Hangster, Explicit, 1 775 words

#TopGunBingoComment #fandom event #comment fest #tgm event #top gun event #top gun #top gun: maverick #tgm #top gun fandom #tgm fandom #top gun: maverick fandom #hangster #fic rec #hangster fic rec #hangster fic #sereshaw #hangaroo #roohang #rooshang

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LIKE THIS FOR A STARTER FROM ONE OF MY UNUSED MUSES. please specify.

ace li | teen wolf | beta | zhong chenle.

allison argent | teen wolf | human | crystal reed.

bang taejoon | teen wolf | witch | choi san.

liam dunbar | teen wolf | beta | dylan sprayberry.

lydia martin | teen wolf | banshee | holland roden.

caroline raleigh | walking dead | human | danielle rose.

evenorra jenner | walking dead | human | candice accola-king.

glenn rhee | walking dead | human | gong yoo.

levi park | walking dead | human | kang hyunggu.

youngjae rhee | walking dead | beta | lee chan.

junseo | oc gang | basilisk | jeon yunho.

haru | oc gang | chimera | jung wooyoung.

kieran lee | criminal minds | alpha | park seonghwa.

aaron yong | criminal minds | alpha | kang yeosang.

choi seolhee | criminal minds | alpha | seo yeji.

aiden grady | jurassic | human | dylan sprayberry.

indy | jurassic | hybrid | crystal reed.

max lockwood | jurassic | hybrid | drew roy.

robin grant | jurassic | human | holland roden.

tyler simms | the covenant | witch | choi yeonjun.

kevyn reid | the covenant | witch | dove cameron.

peyton halliwell | the covenant | witch | sabrina carpenter.

kayelyn scott | the covenant | witch | danielle rose.

rayne collins | the covenant | witch | jenna ortega.

lang daejung | oc wolf pack | beta | lee minho.

yim taehyun | oc wolf pack | beta | seo changbin.

yu minki | oc wolf pack | beta | han jisung.

na noah | oc wolf pack | beta | lee felix.

su kyung | oc wolf pack | beta | kim seungmin.

im insu | oc wolf pack | beta | yang jeongin.

minho | maze runner | human | seo changbin.

minji | maze runner | human | arden cho.

newt | maze runner | human | thomas sangster.

aris jones | maze runner | human | bang chan.

novalie fier | fear street | witch | elizabeth gillies.

bae aera | gossip gril | human | park jihyo.

bae hyunjin | gossip girl | human | lee taeyong.

fiona gallagher | shameless | human | emmy rossum.

draco malfoy | wizarding world | wizard | tom felton.

annabelle windsor | wizarding world | witch | hwang yeji.

lim seungmin | friday the 13th | demon | lee taeyong.

park jaesung | fandomless | human | lee donghae.

kang manshik | fandomless | human | jeon jungkook.

athena hart | fandomless | angel | park boyoung.

ahn jihoon | fandomless | psychic medium | cha eunwoo.

#✘ » ooc.

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lau-and-history · 5 months

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Books of 2023

Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie

Die Dorfschullehrerin (Duology) by Eva Völler

Die rätselhaften Honjin-Morde by Seishi Yokomizo

The Man who died Twice by Richard Osman

Die Abenteur des Apollo (Series) by Rick Riordan

The Age of Darkness: Das Ende der Welt by Katy Rose Pool

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Before the Coffee gets Cold. Tales form the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

The Bullet that missed by Richard Osman

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Before your Memory fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

Victory City by Salman Rushdie

The Penelopiad by Margret Atwood

He who drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

Audio Books

Der grillende Killer by Chang Kuo-Li

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Die Tribute von Panem X: Das Lied von Vogel und Schlange by Suzanne Collins

Der Pfirsichgarten by Melissa Fu

Wie viel von diesen Hügeln ist Gold by C Pam Zhang

Die Drei ??? und die rätselhaften Bilder by William Arden

Die Tage in der Buchhandlung Morisaki by Satoshi Yagisawa

Mortal Engines (Quadrology) by Philip Reeve

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

#fyi all book titles are named in the language I consumed them in #Tho the audio books were all in German but some just keep their english title #books of 2023 #studyinglaurel #bookblr

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oceanofmusings · 2 years

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𝐏𝐎𝐂 𝐅𝐂𝐬 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐒.

hello! just putting together a little resource which is by no means comprehensive, but can be used as a quick reference for some poc fcs with good resources and links to some of their gif hunts. though i’m not an rph, i had made this list already for personal reference and wanted to share in case it brought anyone else inspo. i know there are probably a few of these posts already, but i think the more ways to get people looking at poc fcs, the better! there are so many good poc fcs out there, that it’s a shame we don’t see them more, especially when some have a shocking amount of resources. some of these fcs are already popular, but i figured i’d add them in anyway, though i did try to list out more fcs i don’t see as often.

i tried to include 2-3 good hunts per fc (most were found using this site/link since tumblr tags are a hot mess as usual) and i take no credit for any of the resources linked either. thank you to creators who’ve made such good gifs for these fcs and if you use their hunts, please like/reblog their posts and be mindful of any denoted triggers. hopefully this gives a wee boost to some more underused fcs as well.

adeline rudolph (one, two, three)

aiysha hart (one, two, three)

alperen duymaz ( one)

amita suman (one, two, three)

anna diop (one, two, three)

arden cho (one, two)

aubrey plaza (one, two, three, four)

daniel henney (one, two, three)

darren barnet (one, two, three)

davika hoorne (one, two)

david castaneda (one, two, three)

deepika padukone (one, two, three)

dev patel (one, two, three)

diane guerrero (one, two, three)

diego luna (one, two, three)

diego boneta (one, two, three)

gemma chan (one, two)

gong yoo (one, two, three)

greta onieogou (one, two)

han so-hee (one, two)

issa rae (one, two, three)

jamie chung (one, two, three)

jordan fisher (one, two)

jung eun-chae (one, two)

justice smith (one, two, three)

justin h. min (one, two, three)

karen fukuhara (one, two)

lewis tan (one, two, three)

manny jacinto (one, two, three, four, five)

may calamawy (one, two, three)

medalion rahimi (one, two, three)

melissa barrera (one, two)

michaela coel (one, two)

michael b jordan (one, two)

natasha liu bordizzo (one, two, three)

nathalie emmanuel (one, two, three)

nishi munshi (one)

pedro pascal (one, two, three)

quintessa swindell (one, two, three)

rachel hilson (one, two, three)

raymond ablack (one, two)

ritu arya (one, two, three)

ross butler (one, two, three)

sarah shahi (one, two, three)

sean teale (one, two, three)

sobhita dhulipala (one, two, three)

sonoya mizuno (one, two, three)

yahua abdul-mateen ii (one, two, three)

zeeko zaki (one, two, three)

zion moreno (one, two, three)

#resource #gifs #poc fcs #poc #fcs #rp resources #rph #long post tw

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roseeycreates-blog · 1 month

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Tag Game

Tag game!!! (thread originally by @/arden-in-space)

Quiz here~

Picrew here~

tagged by @risingsoleil Thank youu! 😊😊😊

Not so sure if this is a good result... neutral huh. I like the character I made though. Her power is necromancy 🩻🦴

Tagging @moun-chan, @eddiemartha, @therubbleoroursins, @hummingintheback 😊

#tag game #so happy that I am tagged :3

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