#wendy reads

[twelvemonkeyswere]

I re-read Good Omens via audiobook and I just collected my favorite details

"Crowley rather liked people" is a quote I still love so much. Even though he is a demon with the job of making people upset each other, he likes humans. The contrast between what they make him do and how he experiences Earth.

That scene with the ducks where Crowley almost drowns a duck and Aziraphale is like "I say, my dear" and Crowley is like "Oh yes I forgot myself" and allows the duck to return to the surface. Crowley is usually very polite about the most unhinged things which I just find endearing

All the times Aziraphale calls Crowley "dear boy"

The fact Aziraphale has "exquisitely manicured" hands lmao. I like to think he does go to the manicurist, same as he has a proper barber in the show

Aziraphale blushes sometimes and often gives mean looks to customers to push them out of shop

I like the on-going theme in the Good Omens universe of wanting to build a better world for loved ones, but how that drive, when taken to an extreme, is self destructive. Adam says he'll make the earth good for the Them, and will make sure the Them will be protected and happy in it. But the Them don't want it, they understand Adam is acting out and is not thinking things through. There is no point in trying to possess something and bend it to will forcefully. It wouldn't be good. It wouldn't be of free will. It would make them just another of his whims and no one, either the Them or Adam, actually want that

Aziraphale thinks Crowley is a creature of God when you "get right down to it", which is a thought both meaner and kinder than he realizes

Crowley is described to have "a voice so laid-back you could lay a carpet on it"and it's my most favorite thing ever lmaooo

"You're seducing women here!" /"I think perhaps you got the wrong shop" is always a brilliant line

Even though everything in the Bently turns into Queen's Greatest Hits, I love that Crowley actually loves music, and keeps his collection of records highly organized

Also love the fact that Crowley keeps his apartment orderly, though that's probably in big part because he doesn't really live there

I do appreciate that Crowley sleeps because he wants to, not because he needs to. Truly a relatable guy.

There's a big HOLY SHIT moment in the audiobook - the speech the American evangelist gives about the apocalypse. It's fucking incredible. The actor is amazing, delivering fire and brimstone and absolute hatred and certainty until Aziraphale pops inside of him.

Death really is Azrael, literally the angel of death

Aziraphale comes up with the solution at the end but ONLY because of Crowley, who challenged Aziraphale about the difference between the great plan and ineffable plan at the very beginning of the book

There are many moments where both Crowley and Aziraphale are thought to be a gay couple, but it really made me laugh that they are at the end of the world, telling each other it's been a pleasure to know each other all this time, and then Shadwell interrupts to call them "Nancy Boys"

Everyone in the Good Omens fandom is right, I do love that in the book, the wings of demons and angels are the same color

Crowley thinks the biggest battle will be heaven and hell vs humanity. This has got me thinking a lot. I figure this is because at some point humanity will rebel against any divine intervention, once we figure out that heaven and hell have been playing dice with us. But we'll see.

It does warm my heart that the story begins and ends with a garden and with the eating of the apple - Adam doesn't know why the old man hates people touching his apples so much, but the world would be a lot less interesting if he didn't. It's a fitting end for a fitting beginning.

#good omens #wendy reads #aziraphale #anthony j crowley #good omens 2

[5ummit]

So there's this post with a troubling number of notes going around insisting that "dead dove" is not a genre, it doesn't inherently have anything to do with darkfic, and that the tag could be applied to fics that are "100% fluffy where everyone's having a good time" if they happen to contain some abnormal (though entirely non-problematic) content like an unusual kink. The claim is that "dead dove: do not eat" is simply a "courtesy tag" that means "this is a very specific niche, mind the tags." And that's just... wrong.

I wrote up a whole rebuttal to this post since I can't stand misinformation and frankly OP was being kinda rude and judgey on top of their wrongness. But right after I posted my reply, OP turned off reblogs because, and I quote, “some fuckwad added some dumb shit onto this post and it is no longer educational” (the “fuckwad” being me and the “dumb shit” being proof that they were wrong). A couple people have asked me to make a rebloggable version of my response, which I've decided to do because this isn't the first time I've heard similar claims and I want to help set the record straight. However, I'm not linking the original post on the off chance this gains traction because OP did the right thing by turning off reblogs, preventing it from circulating further, and I don't want them to get hate for being unfortunately misinformed.

For those who don't know the history, "dead dove: do not eat" was originally proposed as a catchall "hydra trash party" alternative label for any fandom to warn that the content of a fic may be considered problematic or potentially upsetting and to read the tags carefully so you know what you're getting into and won't complain later. Specifically, DD:DNE was intended to convey that the Bad Things in the fic would likely be reveled in and not explicitly condemned by the narrative, which some people tend to get up in arms about, hence the need for the extra warning in addition to the tags. Don't believe me? Here's the original proposal (note DD:DNE can be found on a handful of fics dated before 2015 but this is when it really took off and became a Thing).

There are currently around 50,000 fics tagged as "dead dove: do not eat" on AO3 and close to 50% of those also include the rape/noncon warning (which of course is not the only type of "dead dove" but is one of the most popular and most consistently tagged). The normal percentage of noncon fics in any given fandom? Around 1-3%. That's a HUGE disparity. So don't tell me that dead dove is just a general "courtesy tag" and doesn't or shouldn't have dark connotations. Even the context of the original joke on Arrested Development has a dark undertone. Micheal Bluth casually finds an animal carcass in a bag in his refrigerator with the label "do not eat", as if eating it would be any sane person's first thought. The whole situation is kinda fucked up. And this fucked up vibe very much carries over into fandom usage too, as was intended.

The claim that dead dove has nothing to do with the content's genre and could just as easily be used to describe a 100% fluffy fic in which everyone's having a good time is straight up Wrong, or at the very least, severely warping the original meaning. Also, when someone these days says that they like/dislike "dead dove" most people in fandom automatically understand what that means because of the consistency of its usage over the years and the way language evolves. Whether you like it or not, "dead dove" IS a genre now and the term does carry a specific connotation. I do agree that DD:DNE should definitely still be used in conjunction with other tags, when applicable, to be explicit about the exact type of fucked up content you may find, but to say that the term is meaningless on its own is patently false and I'm tired of people who don't know what they're talking about pushing this narrative and causing even more confusion.

You want a generic term that also means "mind the tags" and doesn't have any inherently dark connotations? Just use good ol' "what it says on the tin" instead of trying to force dead dove to be something it's not.

#fyi I've tweaked my response slightly to remove specific references to OP and make it read better on its own #I hope I don't regret making this post and inviting The Discourse #but dead dove is a topic that is very near and dear to me #I feel like someone has got to say something and put a stop to all of the misinformation around it these days #fandom #long post #my words #psa #wendy's help desk

[dislocatedwishbone]

— Wendy Cope, Spring Onions

#currently reading #lit #words #literature #dark academia #poetry #wendy cope #alt text available

[sylvermoths]

"what's your favorite animal?"

Or

WX infodumps

This has a part 2 now !!

Rest is under the cut (cause too long)

Bonus: they talked about bees for a few hours

#dont starve together #dont starve #dont starve wx78 #dst wx78 #dont starve webber #dst webber #dont starve wendy #dst wendy #corbindraws #i anyone struggles to read my writing i can write it in the comments

[acnologias-ass]

When ur cousin is a feral pyromaniac 🔥

I missed drawing Dragon Slayer sibs in a modern day au setting okay 🥺 Also feat. my cringe designs of the dragon parents as humans 😂

#i miss reading fanfics where the DS are cousins those were the best #i was gonna give metalicana a killer eyeliner but chickened out #i don't like my igneel design but it's old and I couldn't come up with anything better welp #modern day au #dragon slayers #natsu dragneel #Gajeel Redfox #Wendy Marvell #Igneel #Metalicana #grandeeney #fairy tail #doodles noodles

[up-side-in-side-out]

Hello lovely tumblr peeps. You wanna read my fanfic so bad oooo you wanna read it so badly

Top 3 reasons to not open a multidimensional time rift: number one will surprise you YOU WANNA CLICK THIS LINNNKKKKK‼️‼️🤯

I’m hoping my fanart will entice you

(All of these scenes have yet to happen, I just really like K2)

#upsideinsideout #READ MY STORIES NOWWWW!!! #south park #south park fanart #south park fanfiction #kyle broflovski #kenny mccormick #toolshed #human kite #call girl #wendy testaburger #stanley marsh #stan marsh #stably Marshwalker #kyle x kenny #kenny x kyle #sp k2 #k2 #south park k2

[rararazaquato]

sike bitch i made more

#mdarc #rain code #rain code spoilers #desuhiko thunderbolt #yuma kokohead #kokobolt #shinigami rain code #kurumi wendy #actually what are we calling kurumi/yuma #i know most of us in the tags dont even ship it but like. #anyone whos reading this who ships it what do u call it #makoto kagutsuchi #fubuki clockford #halara nightmare #yakou furio

[kommandonuovidiavoli]

You know what, fuck you all, suffer with me, have adult GB Sector V too.

A little extra under read more because it's a bit... too much to handle, eheheh...

Just so you know, the normal Adult AU counterpart of this kind of exists. But it's way longer lmao.

#gb adult au #knd #kids next door #nathalie uno #hadley gilligan #kouki sanban #wendy beetles #abraham lincoln #who said parents can't be good looking shut up I see them everyday where I work #also for the under read more image welcome to my favourite headcanon: #everyone has a crush on Nigel and he doesn't even know and realize lmao #wow many posts today #I don't wanna sleep

[parsimonius]

Does anybody like fairy tail anymore I swear to gods please I need nalu fics plsplsplspkspksspls

All I want is a nalu fic that isn’t a school AU please you can do so good with the magic system😞🙏🏻🙏🏻

All I want is badass Lucy and Natsu and happy following her like lost puppies because let’s be real that’s all of what fairytail is I swear, please I just want badass woman POV I’m willing to let Natsu be the pov but he’s a man please please please let me have Lucy being amazing and so cool and it’s a cute romance with her himbo dragon please

anyways, I did, in fact, write a small one shot on them but it’s an AU but that’s irrelevant, if anyone is writing currently and wants help on their fic, beta reader, or even just moral support hit me up this was my first fandom I was ever in I deserve to have fics that are not from 2016 pls I read those already okay 😞sorry for the ramble that has nothing to do with DC please hit me up guys please

Edit; I would also love to see gray/Erza being brother/sister to Lucy LET ME SEE THEM AS FAMILY PLS GUYS

#fairy tail #fairy tail nalu #nalu #nalu fanfiction #wendy marvell #lucy heartfilia #natsu x lucy #natsu dragneel #gray fullbuster #erza scarlet #lucy fairy tail #natsu fairy tail #happy fairy tail #anime #anime fic #anime fanfic #fanfic #fanfic recs pls omg but stuff recent I’ve read everything #guys you don’t understand I’ve read everything other than school AUs #I had a wattpad in 2016 and wrote fics on fairytail couples #trust me please I need a life #ao3 writer #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity

[bebepoodle]

hey guys,, stendy angst,, i guess??

#south park #sp #sp fanart #south park fanart #stendy #stan x wendy #wendy x stan #stendy sp #sp stendy #stendy south park #south park stendy #wendy testaburger #stan marsh #stendy angst #fanart #art #negative xp #song: left on read #by negative xp #i love nxp

[aroaessidhe]

something ironic about me and my aroace flatmate who I met at uni & have lived with for the 8 years since, both getting Dear Wendy (a book about two aroaces who meet at uni and decide to live together at the end of the year) out from the library at the same time

#we Don't have a petty internet rivalry though. as far as I'm aware #dear wendy #I already read it I just forgot I had it on hold at the library lol #laya talks #.....we also ran the uni queer club together. lmao

[twelvemonkeyswere]

Books I want to finish reading this year

Mansfield Park (unfinished)

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (barely started it)

Piranesi (unfinished)

The Iliad (Emily Wilson's version)

The collection of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit

Dungeon Meshi

I'll keep adding as I go

#wendy reads

[w98pops]

"goodbye gift" - a short sketch comic!

you know what you have to do

#fallout #fnv #fallout new vegas #oc: wendy #fallout all roads #all roads #chance #jessup cameo #to all 3 people who read all roads and know what the fuck i am talking about

[haveyoureadthispoem-poll]

"I love you. I’m glad I exist."

Read it here | Reblog for a larger sample size!

#closed polls #polls #poetry #poems #poetry polls #poets and writing #tumblr poetry #have you read this #wendy cope #the orange #i'm glad i exist

[dailydst]

day 6

#dst art #dst wendy #dst abigail #dst webber #don't starve #i wanted to be cool and mysterious on this account without interacting with anyone #but #someone whos art ive loved for years followed me today (a day or two before you're reading this) and im freaking the fuck out #man #how is a dude supposed to keep up his unflappable persona in these conditions #should i make an actual main to follow people with #idk how tumblr works

[wellesleybooks]

Debut YA novelist, Wellesley College alum, fellow tumblrer and all around wonderful person @annzhao was here to sign more copies of DEAR WENDY for us. We were proud to be one of her pre-order stores.

“Reading Dear Wendy felt like sitting down with a friend you’ve known your whole life. Ann Zhao’s voice is so witty, warm, and effortlessly charming in this pitch-perfect coming-of-age story and love letter to friendship—I’m an instant fan.” —Ann Liang, author of If You Could See the Sun

#debut novel #ann zhao #ya #read ya #feiwel and friends #autographed copies #college students #rom com #aromantic #friendship #dear wendy