#my book tours

[dangdfeng]

I don't remember if I made a post about this before but I had scanned the entirety of The Art of Dreamworks Trolls World Tour and put it on my archive.org collection last year. The Trolls franchise has kind of blown up since then so I want to alert new fans since this particular book is quite a hard find

#The Art of Dreamworks Trolls World Tour #trolls #trolls art book #trolls world tour #dreamworks trolls #broppy #dreamworks #troll world tour art book #queen barb #queen poppy #original #photoset #scans #im hoping to donate my copy to the SVA library if they get back to me about that

[rapha-reads]

No but I gotta talk about Medusa for a minute actually.

It's been. A very long time since I read the PJO books so I don't exactly remember how Uncle Rick presents Medusa in the book. But the way the show introduces her myth? Fascinating. For me as a Greek mythology enthusiast, that is.

The show makes Medusa a victim of Athena. Of course, the show is mainly for kids, so they can't exactly say that, hey, kids, Medusa was Athena's priestess and she was raped by Poseidon, YEP, or protagonist's father, IN Athena's temple, nah, that's neither kid-friendly nor does it endears us to Poseidon. Not that Poseidon is very dear to us viewers/readers at this point, our narrator/protagonist can't stand his own dad.

But still what fascinates me is that even though they twisted the myth to ft the narrative they still managed to evoke Athena's curse as being actually a gift, and Medusa not feeling wretched over her condition but blessed.

Which is not a modern reading of the myth, actually. Saying that Athena couldn't punish Poseidon for his transgression and could only punish Medusa, but did so in a way that would give Medusa weapons to defend herself against whoever and whatever would try to harm her again, is a narrative that exists since Antiquity.

My point is that the re-framing of Medusa's myth, departing from the traditional, non-kid-friendly version while still incorporating both classic and modern elements, is a good frame of reference for the series (book and show)' entire approach to mythology. And I guess I'm saying that mostly for the non-book readers who are discovering this world, many of whom might be Greek mythology fans and might have gone "wait, why is Hades AGAIN presented as the bad guy when he's the chillest, most normal, most stable god in this entire pantheon", because that's a conversation the book fandom has been having (over and over again) for more than a decade.

Anyway, yeah. As a long time book fan and a show appreciative, here's my advice to anyone who knows WAY too much about Greek myths and still want to enjoy the ride without going every five minutes "wait, that's not correct": reframe. Contemporary rewritings, modern audiences and Fantasy genre.

#pjo series #pjo series spoilers #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #rick riordan #medusa #greek myths #greek mythology #rapha talks #the funny thing is that one of the art exhibition i've been giving tours of these past couple of months is about goddesses #and it has some statues and objects about both athena and medusa so i've been talking a lot about these two for weeks now #so even though i still remember some from the books and i know damn well uncle rick's priority wasn't myth accuracy #i still got a bit floored by the planet-size holes in medusa's myth in the show #not enough to dislike the episode (au contraire i quite enjoyed it) but enough to feel compelled to say a word about it #(can you tell my special interest as a weird little girl was greek mythology and how it still is to this day...)

[belovedapollo]

I hate receiving bad news so I made a flower garland 🌺 reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

#my photos #bookshelves #bookshelf #books #bookblr #bookblog #book lover #book addict #bookworm #bookgram #book reading #book tumblr #book things #book tour #book photography #book aesthetic #book stack #book displays #book life #book cover #book community #book nook #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #light academia #light academia aesthetic #academia #studyblr #studyblog #plants

[grim-ghosty]

How Branch became a Bounty Hunter.

#was going to be a digital comic but I already started it in my sketch book #I'm always open to questions about the au #trolls dreamworks #dreamworks trolls #dreamworks trolls fanart #trolls fanart #trolls #trolls world tour #trolls band together #trolls branch #branch trolls #trolls oc Oscar #trolls au #bounty hunter branch au

[kindahoping4forever]

This is a normal and rational caption!

#hi I have been in hibernation mode for various reasons but i needed to acknowledge this #5sos #5 seconds of summer #luke hemmings #luke #nostalgia tour #nostalgia tour London n1 #kh4f post #a normal post of a normal outfit that i am reacting to normally #like #the repeat suit has officially been forgiven #yes a flash of torso is that powerful in my book don't question it #lots to catch up on for sure #especially the messy tie look in Amsterdam 😏 #but for now #this #🫦 #and back to the shadows i go 👻

[mafuyuakgae]

a knife, a glove, and people who disappear

#persona 5 royal #goro akechi #akira kurusu #ren amamiya #p5r #my art #whoa havent used those tags in a while #its 2am and i remembered abt the first painting again #and the other two that i never posted #bc im listening to minimalist violin music again. help #well that and also reread caelam's 2/2 fic abt Grief and loss and goro's mom that made me buy siken's crush book👍🫡 #u know what im mourning rn. my may 30 2020 bts map of the soul tour tickets T___T

[fictionadventurer]

While we're on the subject of Persuasion, I want to mention that I think no one should be allowed to make YA retellings of that book. "I'm twenty-seven and running into the guy I broke a betrothal with at nineteen" is in no way comparable to "I'm eighteen and running into the boyfriend I dumped at sixteen." Persuasion's arc requires maturity. Time for both the leads to grow. You can't get that with teenagers.

#persuasion #jane austen #books #i say this as i have a ya retelling on my library pile #but that's cuz it's set in trinidad and counts for my world tour #(and i gotta admit that having anne's family run a hotel is a sharp adaptation choice)

[vampiricsheep]

Malchor's Leap

#gw2 #guild wars 2 #screens #this map really has a lot going on for it once you slow down haha #I feel like a lot of gw2 maps are like that though (especially base game) #when you're racing through or trying to rush map completion you don't really have time to take it all in #My favorite base game map is still on the books as Mount Maelstrom #but as far as orr goes Malchor's has my heart #anyways! consider this a little teaser of some of the sights you'll get so see if you come on the tour :)

[rebelcharmings]

in another universe raven queen and dexter charming are waiting with 25 different mirror screens for tailor quick’s EveRAfterS (ERAS) tour tickets

#IVE BEEN WAITING IN QUEUE FOR 4 HOURS FOR THE AUS PRESALES #IM LOSING MY MINDDDD AND THIS IS HOW I COPE #also can someone appreciate my ERAS tour acronym #i worked rlly hard in trying to fairytale-languagify it #if u didn’t know raven and dexter r canonically swifties in the books #or ‘quickians’ as they called it #ever after high #eah #raven queen #dexter charming #tailor quick #taylor swift #eras tour #apple has no idea what’s going on but she supports it #her band one reflection broke up years ago she just wants to go to the fairy styles concert #eah taylor swift

[taiso]

ryuichi sakamoto, early 80s

scanned from “the ultimate visual data of ymo” (1993)

#the ultimate visual data of ymo #yellow magic orchestra #イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ #ryuichi sakamoto #坂本龍一 #1980s #my scans #<3 #can't find a solid date for this one apologies #book claims it's from 1982 but he's wearing the 1980 ymo world tour uniform?? #i dunno

[symbiotic-slime]

for my one lovely mutual who asked, @random-trash-animal

here’s all the venom merch in my room!

we got

art wall

comics wall + painted shoe boxes with comics

venom shrine #1 (some figures from my best friend ever @fist-of-vengeance)

venom shrine #2 featuring crystals

space knight poster!!

venom puzzle

venom bookcase with a peeta mallark pop figure I shittily remade into the hunger era Eddie Brock

venom tsum tsum also from @fist-of-vengeance

and

a sick ass venom crystal skull I got at a local rock and gem show!!

#the autism wins every time I step into any collectibles store #this is what happens when you have adult money without the adult bills #and also what happens when I have access to a credit card and eBay #I *will* spend stupid amounts of money on a singular comic book and no one can stop me #also yes this was partially an opportunity to show off my collection of venom trinkets :3 #sam’s ramblings #room tour #the venom skull is also sick because I can pretend I’m hamlet with it #I have not read hamlet #I just think it’s a funny thing to do

[atorturedpoetsquill]

| Whispering Wind and its Tales

The place I live in is too much to take,

my cheeks, weary of smiling, only a few I could fake.

Scared soul, broken wings, oh, how I wish to be away,

from this god-forsaken small-town fears,

where dreams fade to grey.

So, I take a flight in my mind,

to a far-forgotten land,

where whispering winds tell tales untold,

and mysteries linger, their secrets at hand.

One that I read about in a book,

when I was a precocious child.

While trying to heal the scars from the barbed wire,

this is the only way I could find.

They travelled across deserts,

mountains, valleys and seas.

Soared over forests, danced through the fields,

where flowers bloomed and bees hummed,

melodies, oh, so sweet.

They roared with such grace and ease,

as if they had a lot to say.

Perhaps they are the messengers of ancient spirits,

or the guardians of forgotten lore,

or fairies of the enchanting castles,

the places I dream and long for evermore.

So, I keep all my romanticism

for my inner life.

A place of my fantasies,

where my dreams are just mine.

I wish I could stay there,

and cease to return.

Because the place I live in right now

makes me feel worthless and alone.

- Willow

#original poem #original post #original work #poetry #the tortured poets department #all's fair in love and poetry #my poerty #poets on tumblr #literature #writing #swifties #english #the eras tour #books #spilled thoughts #spilled words #spilled poetry #taylor swift #writings #aesthetic #my poem #ts11 #the anthology

[sailormoonsub]

please tell me that someone else has read Swordspoint and/or Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner. given the high proportion of sword lesbians and people who are so normal about messy relationships in my audience, it seems possible

#im reading all her books and they're making me insaneeeee #i will do a full book wrap up here if you're interested #i read over a hundred books in 2023 since i work at a library now #also if you don't hear from me until the new year it's because I'm on my International World Tour (aka visiting family for xmas) #swordspoint #privilege of the sword #ellen kushner

[jezcat-18]

Promo Duff, working his cute lil butt off for the fans 💗

#duff mckagan #duff gnr #duffmckagan #guns n roses #velvet revolver #gnr #book tour #Radio promo #hot older men #hot as fuck #working hard #that's my boy

[magical-tsubasa]

My bookshelf!!🥳✨✨✨✨

#my collection #kawaiicore #my room tour #books #fushigiboshi no futagohime #catch teenieping #kirarin revolution #precure

[ailendolin]

I have just booked a 14 day LotR tour in New Zealand for 2026!

Ever since I watched Fellowship of the Ring in the cinema in 2001, I have been wanting to go to New Zealand and visit the filming locations. This is a dream come true for me. I have been waiting 25 years for this moment and I'm honestly feeling a little dazed right now because it hasn't truly sunken in yet that I'm finally going on this adventure - and with a very good friend, too!

I'm so excited that I'm grinning from ear to ear and can't stop smiling!

#the way it came about was so funny too #my friend called me with the intention just to talk things through and weigh our options #in the end 3 places were available for the tour that worked best for us #and while we were talking one of them got booked so only 2 were available #I mean what are the chances of that happening? #so we spontaneously decided we need to book NOW #very spur of the moment though we've been talking for ages about doing this in 2026 or 2027 so it wasn't completely unplanned #but I'm so excited! #personal