#they're novellas

[a-soft-fluffy-nerd]

Callout post for Seanan McGuire, author of the hit book series, Wayward Children-- I mean criminal mastermind

As you can see by this very official and very clearly cited and sourced and verified claim with no basis, my adorable and precious and sweet cat has been THIEFED and SCRUNKLED and SMARTENED by none other than @seananmcguire , author of the recently published Lost in the Moment and Found, part of the Wayward Children series (which is quite good-- I mean a fiendish ploy to catnap my baby girl).

Pictured above, is the DESCRIPTION of what they had DONE to my BABY by my best friend ACE RESEARCHER.

SUCH EVIL.

Here is my poor little baby who has done no wrong ever in her whole life and is just a little creature.

Look at her. Sleek. Commanding. Pristine. Orange and therefore dumb as a bag of rocks.

How daaaare you take my baby and un-himbo her. How daaaare you scrunkle such a sleek child. This needs to be dealt with promptly with the fullest extent of my power!

MORE CAT PICTURES.

So yeah anyways if you could spread this around that'd be great because everyone needs to see my child-- I mean get more eyes on this series-- I mean BRING SEANAN TO JUSTICE.

#wayward children #seanan mcguire #cat pictures #Evil Plans of Un Himbos Your Orange Cat #wayward children spoilers #I don't wanna screw anyone over #the series really is some fantastic stuff #it's eight books in but like #they're novellas #not full length novels #and are very accessible #especially if you love neurodivergent and queer characters! #in a really well fleshed out fantasy multiverse!

[literallycarrie]

after all these years... i have them all

#looking at them all together is so 😭😭 like they're so gorgeous 🫶🫶 #i already own all the matching uk covers (which are lovely too) but seeing the characters in alice's art style is just so awesome #AND MY BESTIE RADIO SILENCE 🥹🥹 #osemanverse #solitaire #radio silence #iwbft #i was born for this #loveless #nick and charlie #nick and charlie novella #this winter

[michaeljoncarter]

it really is starting to feel like every single person at dc has somehow just completely forgotten how storytelling works on a fundamental level. like i genuinely believe 99% of the problems they’re having could be solved if all the writers and the entire editorial staff was forced to take a middle school reading class

#eta since im p sure this is getting recced to people as just the first part: theres a longass addition in the notes lol #all the new news about dark crisis is making me want to actually jump off a cliff it's so bad #and ive been catching up on modern stuff and like #comparing marvel and dc rn is genuinely painful <3 #like i don't super love a lot of what marvel's putting out right now #but idk man #like marauders is probably my least favorite of what ive read in the past few weeks #but even in that everyone feels like a solid character with an actual personality and a history that's referenced #the way they're written is super annoying but you can at least tell the person who's writing them has actually bothered to read up on them #continuity is still a little messy but at least it... exists. and there's a canon to draw from instead of just 'everything is canon!' #u g h #im holding back a whole novella length tirade about this god god god

[tricoufamily]

a current day nils and a 90s college student nils who's way too intense about his internship walk into a bar

#hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii nils hiiii 💗🤭 #let me get my important tags out of the way so i can write you a novella in the rest of them #ts4 #ts4 cas #ts4 edit #the sims 4 #nils #i've been exploring his character 🏃‍♂️ #his full name is nils pelletier he's from canada originally he went to nyc for college and stayed there forever #he didn't grow up with much but he was really good at school so he got a scholarship and he was very very determined to become rich #he interned at frankie's dad's company and was offered a full time position after he graduated yayy you made it. i guess :| (evil company) #he's always been very stern very serious very quiet he's never had many if any friends. he was a deeply unhappy child #his parents weren't even bad they're nice and supportive and tried their best #he was married and has one son but he hasn't been married for a while. i don't know if it's divorce or death or what yet #it was the first girl he ever had a relationship with and he was also her first relationship #a very dull marriage but again not a bad one. she was nice and supportive and tried her best #it seemed like it was what they were supposed to do. get married and have a child bam done you did what was expected congrats #they barely ever even argued it was just. well loveless seems a harsh word. and 'well they were friends at least' seems untruthful #anyway he often has to be frankie's handler because frankie's dad is his boss and he does what he's told always #frankie's really difficult though

[bonefall]

Petition for Fury to be one of the beautiful BloodClan girlies CinderFury forever

Sure lmao

Fury: "ILL RUN THIS TOWN, MARK MY WORDS! BLOODCLAN WILL BE MINE AND THE PAVEMENT WILL QUAKE BENEATH MY PAWS!"

Cinderpelt: i hate you clerics vow i hate you clerics vow i hate you clerics vow

#better bones au #I still need to make a name for that novella... #Also it would probably be one of the most relaxed books because I don't have a point with it besides indulgence #It would really just be an excuse to write about Cindy-p and her bestie Little as they figure stuff out #I just think they're neat #Call it Cinderpelt's Errand lmaoo

[fromtheseventhhell]

I’ll never forget how insecure Stansa’s got when the Key Five was revealed, complained about it and then to cope they created the ‘Core Six’ and actually ties into their continuous stream of passing of fanon as canon and at the same time being the usual delusional bunch they’ve always been

What's really funny is that they still confidently claim that the Key Five doesn't mean anything, solely because she isn't a part of it. The Core Six is a completely fanon invention but people talk about it like it's fact. They want her to be more important than she is so badly that they're straight up ignoring the author. And yes, until otherwise stated by George, the Key Five are still a thing. Tbh I'm not sure if there was ever a time that they engaged with the source material though? A lot of them came from the show (*cough*fanfiction) so that's where a majority of their takes are coming from. That's why we get people saying things like "Sansa charmed George off the page" or "Sansa took Arya's place as George's favorite Stark sister". They just desperately want the show to match up with the books. What's annoying is that her not being a part of the Key Five doesn't mean she isn't important, but people take it as hate towards her. It's sad that the only version of her they like is her fanon one.

#ask #anon #key five #anti sansa stans #the way people think they can just decide who the main characters are is insane #if the author himself is telling you /here are my main characters/ then maybe idk he considers those his main characters #also the fact that they're his favorite and he's constantly talking about how important they are but who cares about that? #we all know fanon is more important 🤪 #/it's unfair/ to say she isn't a key five even though they belittle Arya and Dany like they get paid for it #rip to people who think Sansa replaced Arya as grrms favorite stark sister cause he loves that little girl 😭 #he constantly says it has her in every book has a novella's worth of chapters for her in braavos has her connected to multiple plotlines... #she's the princess of the key five for a reason

[hussyknee]

If you aren't reading KJ Charles's books I sincerely do not know what you're doing with your life.

#kj charles #the first sins of the cities book is still the only dud in her whole body of work #well as much as i've gotten through anyway #i've finished: #the society of gentlemen #the charm of magpies #(lord lucien crane should be the breakout character of a much bigger and deeper franchise. i fucking love him) #the lillywhite boys #(holy plot twists batman! DELICIOUS! SO CLEVER!) #i've also finished #an unnatural vice #which was awesome #and now halfway through #an unsuitable heir #also goddamn engrossing #next onto the will darling adventures and the art of fortune hunting series #i think she might be better than alexis hall but honestly they're too different to compare #except for his one attempt at historical romance which was absolute cringe #i just think that if you're going to write a historical romance for trans people you should actually care about the genre first #kj charles's prequel novella to the lillywhite boys was soo much better historical trans rep #and asexual rep too #i wonder whether she's written anything else trans-centric #she should because her trans side characters are so well done #so are her queer characters of colour. so unself-conscious #historical romance #queer fiction #book recs #book recommendations #knee of huss #mlm romance

[andromeda3116]

finally started reading the murderbot diaries because i kept seeing people talking about it and like. shit. okay, fine. this is my candy. space sci-fi set in a corporation-controlled semi-dystopian future, told from the pov of a snarky asexual part-organic sentient robot who has hacked itself into having free will, interwoven with an anti-capitalist, almost-whodunit plotline, and featuring strong platonic relationships as the emotional core of the series?

like, yes, okay, fine. jeez, next time just @ me

#the muderbot diaries #muderbot diaries #i've read the first four books in the last two days #i mean granted they go super-fast as they are novellas of like 150 pages #but still #i have been devouring them #they are so good #and i haven't put into words exactly what it says about what makes a person a person even if they're not human and don't want to be #but the fact that murderbot has strong emotions and sinks itself into comforting media that it's seen a million times #and it cares about its humans and even all the other random stupid decent people around it #it doesn't have to be human to be a person #to have value and worth and be deserving of respect and autonomy

[kathhey]

HELP ME YALL. I just counted, and jorgen smiled/chuckled/grinned/expressedpositiveemotions FIFTEEN TIMES during the cytonic interludes and epilogue. 15 TIMES OVER THE SPAN OF 17 PAGES (not including interlude 4 bc like cmon spensa wasn't even there). BRO SMILED IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PAGE WITH SPENSA. HE GETS SO HAPPY WHEN HE'S IN SPENSA'S PRESENCE I CANNOTTTTTT AND THEN COMPARE THAT TO THE NOVELLAS WHERE HE PRETTY MUCH NEVER SMILES god i'm so sane and normal over these two

#bro smiled more times in 17 pages with spensa than he did in the 600 pages of the novellas without spensa #spin makes him so happy im screaming #they're simply meant to be #cytoverse #skyward flight #skyward #skyward by brandon sanderson #cytonic #spinface #brandon sanderson #jorgen weight #spensa nightshade

[aquitainequeen]

Me, reading that bit with the hare in What Moves The Dead while also eating my lunch:

#What moves the dead #T. Kingfisher #ursula vernon #A very good novella #It's a wonderful example of people who DON'T KNOW they're in a horror story and take a while to realise #YOU know what moves the dead! #I know what moves the dead!!! #But it's the 1890s and THEY don't know what moves the dead

[nanistar]

ripley idk if you know this but that post you just reblogged of the tigerspotted hypokit...tigerclaw is spottedleafs direct nephew

le sigh. i'll remove it

#i guess since they're technically directly related and not like 4th cousins 2ce removed it's not great. gotdamn warriors ruining - #-every potentially interesting relationship concept by retconning parents with no regard for established relationships #warriors is a nightmare mess and everyones related you just gotta take everything with a grain of salt #you gotta ask does stuff that's retconned in in one novella lik 8 years ago randomly and then never brought up again Really matter? i dunno #but yeah i'll take it down btw im not mad at you motordyk just annoyed at warriors canon lol

[remyfire]

Me months ago: Teehee can't wait for STAE #6 when Hawk gets that letter postwar

Me today: Hmm

I seem to have misinterpreted series length. Raise your hand if you are surprised.

#i THINK the next four fics may be combined into one big fic #like maybe they're all novella-length and get put into four massive fucking chapters to keep it cohesive #but i'm not sure #maybe the whole next fic will be these same 5k chapters in length even if it's 80k long #or maybe they will be four separate novella-length fics #either way i'm in hell thank you for asking #my ramblings #my writing commentary #some things are evergreen

[cetoddle]

recommend me books. now

#this is an order #as if my tbr list isn't long enough #i like most anything my favorites are horror obviously #i like novellas a lot #i won't read romance though. like it's okay if a book has romance in it but i won't read a romance novel they're just not my thing #now tell me your favorites. holding a gun to ur head #snow.txt

[mutantenfisch]

The other day i had a dream that i am remembering just now as i am trying to fall asleep and i am already turning it into something that could be a novella of sorts and it even has a plot.

The dream was set somewhere in the Old West and Main Guy was a gunslinger/bounty hunter who was also no perfectly law abiding man and he caught and beat up two targets to haul them to the next sherriff's office but there was also a Main Gal who was on his tracks for unknown reasons and - the dream's details are foggy here - she semi-partnered up with him to safely drag the other two guys to where they would be paid and in the time it took them to get to the destination he saved her life so ultimately when she had cashed *him* in, she did a Blondie-and-Tuco-style "rescue" by sniping the rope he was about to be hanged with and then they rode off into the sunset (after splitting the money 50/50, which is Not very Blondie-And-Tuco style)

So now as my falling-asleep entertainment, I have borrowed from all my beloved tropes and spaghetti Western movies (and the Jeff Bridges version of True Grit because Fuck John Wayne)

Main Girl is now the daughter of some shady asshole who abandoned her family and thus to a life of poverty but himself got rich by murder and theft somewhere in the gold mines of either California or Alaska (i still need to decide). And Main Girl, now that her brothers have moved on and her ma has died of grief and poverty-induced-illness (tuberculosis maybe. Or any other infection, gonna be vague on the details), MGirl has found out about a hefty bounty on daddy dear's head. She gets on her way to find him and cash him in (and get her sweet sweet revenge) but knows she can't do it alone so she teams up True-Grit style with The Guy, who is still a bounty hunter in this scenario, bringing the useful fact that she knows how daddy must look. It's been 10 - 15 years, but she also knows his voice, so useful to have aye?

They set out to track across the continent up north/to the west, start to bond, and become one helluva team with their complementing skills.

Needless to say, I already have a few drawings in mind because I *exactly* know what they look like :D

#mutantenfisch dreams #the setting in my dream and thus the novella is purely for the aesthetic #but then again sergio leone's movies are an integral part of my teenage years and what shaped #my taste in character archetypes and tropes #also this is gonna be so self-indulgent 😤 #main girl's gonna explore her gender and carve a path out for her own #main guy is gonna overcome his alcohol addiction and learn to express his emotions #these two are gonna be the family for each other that was denied to them/they denied themselves #also they're very gay for each other in ways that can't be put into boxes with labels kn them😇

[redhead-reporter]

º ✧ 。i need more bite sized things to break up my longer threads, so consider this a SHORT LIL' STARTER CALL ! (warning: will probably be legal/crime related)

#is this related to my rage at potentially throwing away the rest of my october to jury duty ? obviously #but i'm gonna back off my queue to 4 things a day just in case i literally lose four weeks of my time #and i can't keep up if they're all novella length lol #º ✧ 。 i’m still out but i’ll grab some stuff at the store ooc shit

[mitamicah]

Omg, hold on a second. Your lyrics are insane. Please excuse me while I cry over them. Straight to the heart, into the pool of emotions.

So pretty, so neat. So emotionally raw and beautiful. That touched something in me, if I weren’t at work I would cry over them. Can’t await to take a deep dive into your other stuff.

Thank you for sharing. :3

The worst (best?) is that this is only the beginning :'D

But thank you so much, Jay 🥺 It honores me to know my words can touch you like this 🥹💚

#sometimes I've felt worried that my lyrics was too simple or silly so knowing they're raw and emotional makes me very happy #I've always loved writing tho #it started out being short stories then novella length stories and then song lyrics #now I'm babbling again xD #I hope I won't emotionally scar you too much since I still have five videos I want to share from today :'3 #(mostly light hearted jokingly said btw) #replies #also sorry to everybody who's not here for my original music - this morning is all about my dang music x'D