#drinking some tea while reading one of my Arsene Lupin books was actually just the best thing ever

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Valeria, Graves, König, and Soap (separately) who has a s/o who's into poetry?

like maybe they're a poet or a librarian or something.

bonus points for a silly little cozy aesthetic dressed s/o :33

MANY HUGSSSS

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(CLOUD ANON)

Hello again! Welcome back! I'm glad my silly writings are enjoyable to people! I wrote it so Reader is a librarian and writes poetry both, in most of these! I think I forgot for Soap! I hope these are good enough! Thank you very much for the request! ^^

Soap, Valeria, Graves, König with an S/O who likes Poetry

Soap: While he may have read some poetry throughout his life, but only because he was forced to at school, he doesn’t care for literature like that in the slightest. Sure, he can understand some metaphors and some messages a piece of writing might try to convey, but he won’t go out of his way to buy himself an anthology of William Blake. He doesn’t have the time to read, and he doesn’t really want to either, he’d much rather go outside and take a hike. However, once you come up to him with one of your poems in hand, he’s more than happy to sit down and read through it. The way the language flows, the way the words intertwine with each other and form something unmistakably beautiful, it has him in a chokehold after a while. He’ll always cheer you on, quietly, while writing and read everything that you put on paper. While he might not be the best at giving criticism, he can use his words to reassure you that your writing is, indeed, the bomb. If you ever release your works then you can be certain he’ll be the first to buy a copy of the book, maybe even several because he loves and supports you that much. He loves the cozy aesthetic you have. Beige cardigans with either matching trousers or skirts. If you’re roughly the same size then let him borrow one of your cardigans, he wants to feel for himself how warm and cozy they are. It’s not usually his style, but trying them on won’t kill him. He actually also kind of likes it when you send him pictures of you drinking tea or coffee with a book on the table. It’s, as mentioned, very cozy, very comforting. You’re living your best life, you’re happy and thriving, and that’s all that matters to him.

Valeria: Unlike Soap, she has picked up books after school. The only poem she has read after school was the Divine Comedy by Alighieri since it sounded interesting to her at the time. She never finished it, though, having become far too busy with the military and, afterwards, the cartel. She doesn’t particularly miss reading either, though. Maybe sometimes, when she just wants to have a nice and quiet day, she might pick up a book she found just lying around, but that book could contain just about anything. While she might not always have the time to read your poetry, it will likely be sitting on her desk for a few days before she can read it, she will visit you at your library. It’s calm there, it’s quiet, and likely not a place anyone would suspect someone of her caliber to be. While she might not particularly be there for the books, you could read her some poetry every once in a while. Doesn’t have to be at the library either, you could just check out a book and read to her at home. She can appreciate something like that, you spending time with her, reading your favorite poem in a soft, almost mellow, voice. She gets to see you happy, after all, and that’s what she’s usually striving for. Even if that library isn’t doing too well, she’ll always make sure that it’s up and running because you love your job as much as you do. She, too, likes your aesthetic. It’s fairly neutral, it doesn’t stand out too much. While it might be a bit boring to her occasionally, since you likely would look just as lovely in something a bit more flashy, she won’t tell you to dress you any differently. In fact, she might instigate you a bit and egg you on by buying you expensive coffee beans or expensive hand made tea. The most aesthetically pleasing tea pots and cups will be yours, in this case you won’t even need to ask her.

Graves: Graves has not picked up many books after school either. The occasional book on business and history, yes, but nothing that was written lyrically. It never interested him, he had to analyze poems at school and that was the start of his disdain for poetry. He never did well with writing down what a specific metaphor might mean, so he never got any good grades on that. At first, he won’t be very happy to see you’ve brought him a poem, even if it was written by you, but he won’t complain, he’ll read it and give you honest criticism. He’s better with constructive criticism than Soap because he can still see the poem’s flaws while being nice and uplifting about it so you can do better next time. It likely won’t ignite a spark for poetry in him, but he has a soft spot for you, so he’ll read anything you want him to see. On the off-chance he has time to visit you, he will. While he might not be as quiet as Valeria, he tries, but he just really wants to converse with you. He doesn’t get to see you often, so it wouldn’t be too unlikely for him to waltz up to your library in his gear either. He tries not to scare the people, but it doesn’t always work. Tries to convince you to go home early with him so you can pay attention to him instead of burying your nose in some books. It doesn’t work, but hey, an attempt has been made. He really digs that entire cozy aesthetic. You look warm, you look soft, you look like you want and need a good hug from him. He’s a very touchy person in general, but that goes up by 100% since he likes the feeling of your cardigan, it’s made of wonderful fabric. If you’re more of a coffee drinker, like he is, then you can drink some coffee at a lovely cafe together, he knows plenty of nice and calm places. Tea, too, but you’ll be alone in that endeavor since he’s a coffee drinker first and a human second. Send him some cute pics of you, though, he’ll appreciate them after a mission and tell you how good you look.

König: He sort of likes poetry, actually. While he hasn’t read enough to actually have a favorite, he likes the way it sounds when read, either out loud or in your head. While he, by no means, could ever write a poem himself, English or German, he does like to read some every once in a while. He has an anthology at home he never got around to finishing. It’s a calming hobby. However, he finds himself with a favorite poet once you show him your writing. He’s very supportive of you, asking you fairly often about your progress and how you’re doing, answering any and all questions you might have that might bring you some inspiration. Whenever he writes it’s somewhat dry, mostly because he’s used to writing reports these days and nothing else, so seeing your flowery, beautiful language makes him smile a bit. It makes him imagine the scenery very vividly, even if you don’t specify too much of your setting. He, too, will come visit you at work when he can, but he won’t make a ruckus. If he can talk to you, that’s fine, if he can help you sort some books, he’d love to, but if you just want to do your work in quiet, then he’ll grab himself a nice book and sit down quietly until you have time for him again. Might ask you some questions regarding some books, might ask you for some recommendations as well, but he respects your want for quiet. He also really likes your aesthetic, it’s such a contrast to what he’s used to. You don’t look like you’re fighting wars, you look as though you sit down at a park bench during late spring or early autumn to read some books, and he thinks that’s very nice. If you want to, then the two of you can sit together in silence while you’re reading some poetry and he’s reading the Schachnovelle. He’s more than happy to tell you about what he read or listen to you reading some of the poetry out loud as well. It’s nice, it’s calming. It’s so far away from what he normally does at his job, he could fall asleep to the comfort of it all. If you’re reading at home, he might put his head in your lap and just take a nap.

#cod #cod x reader #john soap mactavish #john soap mactavish x reader #soap x reader #valeria garza #valeria garza x reader #phillip graves #phillip graves x reader #könig #konig #könig x reader #konig x reader #I used to write poetry back in high school and I always loved reading it #I remember going for a cozy aesthetic like that when I was hospitalized as well haha #drinking some tea while reading one of my Arsene Lupin books was actually just the best thing ever #I should really start reading some of my books again I have so many classics I never really touched which is a bit sad #I remember getting into poetry because of dmcv due to the character v #I never regretted it and I still think about that one poem from time to time #“I curse my stars in bitter grief and woe” “that made my love so high and me so low” #I have read that entire poem but it's been years since then #I was really into DMC V when it came out like four or five years ago or so haha

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Arsene Lupine; A Gentleman Thief by Maurice LeBlanc

I recently read something online; "There are two types of books in the world; those you have to force yourself to read and those you have to force yourself to stop reading." If anyone knows who said this please direct me because I need to thank them because that quote helped me realise that a book you force yourself to read is not necessarily a bad book and that is exactly my feelings on Maurice LeBlanc’s answer to Sherlock Holmes; the master thief, gentleman and anti-hero Arsene Lupine and that is not a bad thing.

I got into Arsene Lupine thanks to the game Persona 5 and that game did its source material proud! A film, game or TV show should make you want to read the book, the way the author intended it to be received with none of the elements removed, enhanced or watered down for the different medium. This is where things like Persona, The Witcher and the Hobbit stand out while Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and The Wolf Among Us wallow in a pit of ratings and fan pandering.

I will always be the first to stand up and say I dislike short stories even if I enjoy the story written or the author themselves and it's quite simple why; a short story makes me want more but a good short story has an ending not a cliff hanger and Maurice LeBlanc like Arthur Conan Doyle before him and H.P. Lovecraft after all suffer from this issue and when you slam all those stories together in one novel where each short story is a chapter creates a very strange feeling and it's difficult to get past it.

A chapter is not a short story, a chapter builds to a crescendo for the next chapter to leap off while giving the reader a nice break point to get a drink or sleep or save a life at the hospital. Just me? Okay.

A short story can't be transposed to a chapter and treated as such and it's what made reading Arsene Lupine so difficult; the stories were fantastically written, funny and clever and I never felt stupid unlike when reading Sherlock Holmes and the characters were interesting, structured and intriguing and I wanted to read more!

Except I didn't.

Because each story was so complete and so perfect as it was even though it was leading to a larger story it felt more like a break between novels, a palette cleanser, something short to read while you mull in the miasma of the last thing you read and prepare yourself for the onslaught of the next thing to read.

Now please do not take that as a negative review! It's what the story was originally written for after all. You see like H.P. Lovecraft, my other favourite for short stories, and Arthur Conan Doyle, LeBlanc originally published each story weekly in his local newspaper and then the national before garnering international following after his short disagreement with Arthur Conan Doyle (an event worthy of an afternoons read with some hot tea for the Victorian shade throwing that went on). So although there is a larger plot going on each story is self-contained and I found it difficult to start the next one after reading the last whereas in a books that was intended to have chapters I would simply ignore the headings and carry right on through.

So that is actually my review; story fantastic, concept brilliant and reception; exactly as the author intended. After all if he had intended it to be read in one go then surely he'd have edited them into a novel not a compilation.

I heartily recommend if you are the kind of person that can read an omnibus in one sitting and see the connection between The Yellow Mask and The Red Stripe from one reading but to everyone else, read each story when you feel like, maybe space it between other readings or on a short haul flight.

Time to read: 1-2 hours (each part)

Reread chance: Medium – But I will continue reading and review each part as I read them

Score: 7/10

Amazon: Arsene Lupine; A Gentleman Thief Paperback £9.99 Kindle £3.99

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