you know what i think kids/teen books do 'fantasy romance/fantasy books' way better than any of the adult fantasy books booktok raves about. i try and read some of them and 90 percent of the time its just smut and abusive relationships disguised as 'dark romance'. then i read books like Keeper Of The Lost Cities, The School for Good and Evil, Percy Jackson, Land of Stories, the Nevermoor series, that kind of thing, and they are all actually so amazing because they have fleshed out characters with flaws and an engaging plotline instead of just badly written romance. and when they do have romance it's well written and about the people rather than the tropes.
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i should not be writing this I'm in the almost-asleep-due-to-meds states so WAHOO but you know *grabs fandom by the collar* but like respectfucally in a threatening way, I LOVE CROWLEY SO MUCH. EVERY MUCH TIME I HEAR A NEW DETAIL ABOUT HIM I FALL HARDER FOR THIS FUCKING ANXIOUS LITLLE BABBY. see all my friends my type is not bad boys it's a smol ancient demon wnho stress cleans, gets lonely and lonesome kust like all of sus and loves his plants ans d his car and his bezt frined whom he's in lvoe with.
EVEN WITHOUT EACH OTHER THEKIR CHARACTERS ARE SO MAHAZING AZI AND CROWLYE. HOLY SHIT.
YOU KNOW THE BGOOD THING I CAN NOW DESCIRBE MY SEXUALITY PERFECTLY.
I'M BI I'M ATTRACTED TO MORE THAN ONE GENDER I EXPLAIN TIREDNLY AS USUAL. WHICH GENDERS, THEY ASK.
I POINT TO CROWLEY. THOSE GENDERS, I ANSWER. THEY DOTH SHUTTETH UP THEN.
SORRY EARLY MODERN LIT STUDENTS IK THAT'S NOT SHOW SHAKESPEARIAN ENLGISH WORKS BUT I CAN BARELY SEE WHEN IM WRITING IM EYES ARE SHUTTINGI
hmmhhh,mmhmjh it's 3 am i shouuuuuul d be sasleeppp but no i am crowkey crolwy crying ow heheheheheheeh
it's taggy time time to clicky all the taggies you say ptato i say excellent bildady
all clicking done my kvove toall of yoi the meds kikced in fully THEYLL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE GOODNGUTHT I HOPE ID DREAM OF CROWLEY
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Queer Book Recommendations
Every once in a while I like sharing some queer book recommendations on here as I read a lot and I get requests to share some of the books I love, so here we go!
Tell Me I'm Worthless: Three years ago, Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends Ila and Hannah. Since then, things have not been going well. Alice is living a haunted existence, selling videos of herself cleaning for money, going to parties she hates, drinking herself to sleep. She hasn’t spoken to Ila since they went into the House. She hasn’t seen Hannah either.
Our Wives Under The Sea: Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home.
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty: Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again.It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an artist with her own studio, and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it’s time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career.
Silver Under Nightfall: Remy Pendergast is many things: the only son of the Duke of Valenbonne (though his father might wish otherwise), an elite bounty hunter of rogue vampires, and an outcast among his fellow Reapers. His mother was the subject of gossip even before she eloped with a vampire, giving rise to the rumors that Remy is half-vampire himself. Though the kingdom of Aluria barely tolerates him, Remy’s father has been shaping him into a weapon to fight for the kingdom at any cost.
Disintegrate/Dissociate: In her powerful debut collection of poetry, Arielle Twist unravels the complexities of human relationships after death and metamorphosis. In these spare yet powerful poems, she explores, with both rage and tenderness, the parameters of grief, trauma, displacement, and identity. Weaving together a past made murky by uncertainty and a present which exists in multitudes, Arielle Twist poetically navigates through what it means to be an Indigenous trans woman, discovering the possibilities of a hopeful future and a transcendent, beautiful path to regaining softness.
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower: As a master of disguise, Thomasina Wynchester can be a polite young lady—or a bawdy old man. She’ll do whatever it takes to solve the cases her family takes on. But when Tommy’s beautiful new client turns out to be the highborn lady she’s secretly smitten with, more than her mission is at stake . . .
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror: Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes—such as the circumspect and resilient “final girl,” body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet—spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world.
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture: Everything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong. The notion that everyone wants sex–and that we all have to have it–is false. It’s intertwined with our ideas about capitalism, race, gender, and queerness. And it impacts the most marginalized among us. For asexual folks, it means that ace and A-spec identity is often defined by a queerness that’s not queer enough, seen through a lens of perceived lack: lack of pleasure, connection, joy, maturity, and even humanity.
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Vincent Price with his beloved dog, Joe circa 1961.
From his book, The Book of Joe - About a Man And His Dog, he writes,
"This is a tale of how I went to the dogs or, to be numerically correct, to the dog. Now please do not expect this book to end with a glorious proclamation of rehabilitation. Not a chance. After fourteen years I'm incurably hooked on, intoxicated by, and addicted to - my dog Joe."
This made me smile so big!! I needed this so bad. He seemed like such a sweet fella. And I'm honored to be his fan.
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