#I love her books but it bores me

[fictionadventurer]

There's something about reading really great writing that's so relaxing. You can just sit back and let the words wash over you, knowing that you can trust the writer.

#random thought of the day #books #part of the reason i'm not getting writing done today was because i spent most of my free time reading from books i've let sit for too long #i haven't been able to sink into good fiction for a while #so elizabeth goudge felt like a spiritual experience #cleansing and uplifting #it always takes me a while to get into her books #there's a learning curve of a couple of chapters to adjust to the style #but once i break through it's bliss #it becomes easy as breathing #there's nothing quite like what she does #i love books that understand that goodness isn't boring or trite #you don't need to have 'darkness' and 'grit' to be complex #like one bit that took my breath away was the talk about sallie and david's marriage struggles #they're both good people who love each other #but they also have their differences because they're human and that causes struggles #not marriage-breaking struggles just nuanced life struggles #and i'm not sure i've seen something like that in a book before #it's a good marriage they married the right people but that doesn't mean life is perfect #goudge uderstands that marriage isn't happily ever after--heaven is #and a good marriage is two people partnering up to help each other reach that goal #it's so much more adult than any 'complex adult' work i've seen

[dootznbootz]

I think some folks MAY have gotten the wrong idea about how I feel about Circe with some of my posts. So, to clear the air...

Homies, I love that fucked up sorceress.

I love how we're never given a reason why she turns people into animals. That's so funny and so awful. And another potion-making magic gal?!?! I love that she's just basically vibing on an island doing whatever she wants. I even love the fact that she scares Odysseus shitless! She's morally gray and that's why she's FUN.

I just sincerely hate when people try to girlboss her or have her be a victim of SA when she never was Looking at you, Miller. Especially when she was actually the one who coerced Odysseus in exchange for his men being transformed back into humans. And even then, while he was clearly afraid of her, (it's in the language of the Odyssey) she likely meant him no harm after a certain point. He just didn't know that.

Why does she need a reason to do awful things? Why can't she just be a goddess who does whatever she wants? That's the reason why I love her!!! She's fucked up!!! :D

I hate what the Telegony did to her as well! >:( You're telling me, this sorceress goddess, who makes potions (!!!) wouldn't have magic contraceptives??? Would WANT CHILDREN?!?! WITH THE PATHETIC WIFEMAN?! No. Fuck no. Eugammon of Cyrene, I have beef with you 🤬

Anyways!!! Understand all the "#anti circe" I have is simply Anti "Girlboss Circe" or the book. I genuinely think she's neat af as her morally gray, fucked up sorceress self and just get frustrated with...everything :'D

#I have these same feelings with Medea and Medusa and so many others. Penelope too. Let them do something fucked up just to be fucked up #I'm a “god forbid women do anything” in the sense of 'she did a fucked up thing. That's why she's fascinating. Don't take her awfulness #away from her!!! please! I wanna study her under a microscope!'😭 #PLEASE #...I actually kind of don't like the idea of her actually caring about her nymphs :P maybe she “protects them” but like... #I see her as a “Why are all of you dancing? Oh. it's a birthday? hm okay. Just make sure your duties are done.” while not caring #whose birthday it is. She's not really shown to be close to them during the Odyssey and idk just seems in character for her to not give af #save me morally gray circe #<-making that a tag now because...yeah. She absolutely wouldn't save me though. #Mad rambles #shot by odysseus #anti madeline miller #anti circe #<-THE BOOK! I HATE THE BOOK! LET HER BE AWFUL YOU COWARDS #Why do women need to be SA'ed to be strong Miller?! >:( #...Ima say it. The pathetic wifeman is more relatable to me than Hot Snake Monster Lady when it comes to this stuff.😤 #I just sincerely hate the fact that people erase what happened to him you know? It's silly but it means a lot to me. #Also I think she got bored of him immediately and simply let him chill at her place. #She's a goddess. She's got better things to do and she absolutely doesn't love him and he absolutely doesn't want her. #I don't have with Eugammon btw. He's dead and I'm exaggerating but I STILL hate the Telegony >:( #tw sa #kind of??? idk #barely mentioned but yeah #Calypso though?? Yeah. I hate her in practically everything except Pirates of the Caribbean because that's not Odyssey Calypso

[enbysiriusblack]

remus loves folklore books, lily loves fantasy books, regulus loves classical books, peter loves comic books, emmeline loves detective books, dorcas loves poetry books, mary loves romance books, james loves sci-fi books, marlene loves rock magazines, sirius loves play scripts

#sirius would read beginnings and ends of loads of books to seem more well read than he is #but he does not have the patience for an entire novel. loves reading/acting out plays tho #he'd love duchess of malfi fr and anything tennesee williams #marlene hates reading. finds it hard. and boring. magazines are as far as she's willing to go #james is a sci fi kid!! he also reads really fast but then loses attention after like 10 minutes and takes a break for a day or so #aroace mary who loves fictional romance <333 so real #emmeline tries to work out the mystery before the book detective. she's usually wrong. the girl's a failure and i love her for it #comic book peter is so me. dc not marvel!! okay he can read some marvel. occasionally. only spiderman tho. #regulus is a snob. never read a non classical book for leisure once in his life #fantasy lily!! she's such a hobbit/lord of the rings fan btw #remus is living up to his name and his boyfriends nickname #marauders era #marauders #remus lupin #lily evans #regulus black #peter pettigrew #emmeline vance #dorcas meadowes #mary macdonald #james potter #marlene mckinnon #sirius black

[catoscloves]

enemies to lovers isn't "he's generally an unpleasant person to be around, he constantly puts other people down and disrespects/condescends/ostracizes them, he's cruel and a bully... but his one redeeming quality is that he looks attractive" like. bestie that's not a redemption arc!! or a redeeming quality!!! a person can and should control their behaviors, but how they look literally has no bearing on their worth as a person!

like... this trope is about an initial misunderstanding and miscommunication that leads to mild conflict and resentment of each other,but eventually they move past this rocky start by revealing to each other their humanity and good qualities, and communicating what happened the first time they met so that they can clear up that situation, and slowly becoming good friends who enjoy spending time with each other and eventually become really close, and the realization that one accidental mishap/slip in behavior/aashole mistake isn't what defines a person and sometimes your first interpretation of them is sometimes wrong!! an entire opinion of someone should be formed based on their behaviors, values, actions, and morals, and quality time spent with this person, not because they have nice cheekbones.

#and i can speak to this from experience #because i didn't outright hate this guy we just had very contradicting personalities and were polar opposites which is why we didn't #get along well when we first met #but then i realized how charming and sweet and kind and intelligent he was and i liked him so much for the same things #that I initially found as off putting and negative traits at first #and he had a similar experience with me and we found that our opposing personalities complemented each other #and THEN i noticed that he was literally so fine and had an amazing back and really nice eyes and a charming smile and good hair #he became one of my best friends first and the person i wanted to spend time with the most LONG BEFORE i ever found him physically appealin #or attractive at all #also this post is calling out middle school me because i read tlc and i wanted iko to have a love interest #and it was very heteronormative at the time too #and then the author literally didn't develop her or her love interest character AT ALL and designed them so poorly #and i didn't realize that this wasn't the correct way to do enemies to lovers #or that iko stood on her own as a character and kinney was completely unnecessary and so boring and bland aldjfkfkf #wait i might have to tag this #anti kiko #anti iko x kinney #the way I haven't thought about this book series in years akdjfkdmdl #enemies to lovers #tropes #anna speaks

[irkedisaac]

anyone else think julianna was kinda pissed when colt said "but you havent written any" (books)?

anyone else think that's an insanely well-aimed barb? she's the archivist, she had a passion for the written word - her library is the treasure she brought to blackreef. she devoted her life before to a medium that can never ever be added to again in the loop. you can read the same library as many times as you want, but you can't ever put something new on the shelves.

#deathloop #i feverishly replayed the other day and this interaction between them struck me really hard #like fuck man no wonder she has no way to respond to that he's kinda got a point! #she can't even shred her books to make pornography like medium place mindy #what a tragedy for someone who genuinely loves the written word #to truly become bored with your passion #julianna blake

[vanillaflowerstuff]

i read the Book again. love the book

#my art #book fanart #the half life of valery k #natasha pulley #reading this made me miss going to labs #physics doesn't count. physics sucks and is boring #if things work out i'll have chem and bio next semester #possibly going to do organic chemistry after that #we'll see #anyway!! i love this book! it's so good #i think it's my second favorite of hers after bedlam #the science & historical stuff is so interesting #also valery is such a remarkable character #i drew this very late last night and i don't really like it #but it works as a first draft of his design i guess

[hiemaldesirae]

my favourite characters thus far: the 'villain' (tamlin), the mcs sister, the LIs (dead) sister, and the queen who died like a chapter after her second scene

#says a lot about sjm that her most interesting characters are a) the ones she made 'unlikeable' or b) dead #anti sjm #acotar #acotar fanart #still very anti acomaf but like #i love the golden queen and the lore behind everything is also very good despite what the series itself talks about #gonna continue reading so i can see tamlin #but i am still very pissed about it #ran rambles #🌗 art tag #nesta and feyre mean everything to me btw #first book feyre and her relationship w her sisters <3 #and the way nesta went to back feyre up during the meeting w the queens 🥹 #THEYRE SISTERS WEHHH #i love sibling relationships sjm when i fucking catch you for how BAD you fumbled this #rhe archeron sisters could be SO GOOD if obnly they werent written by sjm #nesta. feyre hon. im so sorry #elain....... i might need to give her a personality transplant but ur fine #also yeah i realize rhys is older than his sister but personally i think thats boring #the pain of losing an older sibling shouldnt be underestimated

[mermaidsirennikita]

Lol I keep seeing the “the show is telling you what really happened and in the book Billy couldn’t tell Julia the full story because he didn’t want to hurt her”, and again, I have to wonder if everyone saying that has read the book because…. Things Billy tells Julia, a grown woman who is fully aware that her father was too fucked up to be there when she was born:

A) that he fucked multiple groupies on the first tour while married to her mom, who was pregnant with her at the time

B) that he, at one point “may have” been MORE in love with Daisy than HER MOTHER

Like… I’m sorry, where is this idea that Billy, a guy who took forever to admit that but did admit that, was sparing Julia’s feelings, coming from? How is telling your child “yeah I did love this other woman more than your mom and it was agonizing and I did kind of wish I could bail on y’all for a minute” THE SOFT HIT LOL.

#daisy jones and the six #look enjoy the show all you want #but takes like that are nonsense #which is why i come back to DID WE READ THE SAME NOVEL #i mean yeah if all you read were daisybilly excerpts i can see why you’d come to some of these conclusions #but the book…. isn’t daisybilly w karengraham sprinkles #also idk what the show is doing but julia is like in her forties in the book #she knows what’s up #she push push puuuuushes billy on shit #she won’t LET him hide from her #the advocating for a full physical affair on the show is so boring to me #and i love cheating in fiction #but the book made a great case for why an emotional affair is so much more devastating than a random fuck #and why daisy and billy barely needed to touch for it to devastate them

[painsandconfusion]

Petition for brainrot vamp oc to be your new icon 🤩

asdkfaskdfaksdkl RIKAH

im so glad you like her!!

...honestly that wouldnt be too different from the current one.....hmmmmmm

100 notes on this post and ill do it

#my current one is my first ever oc whumpee #her name is charlotte #i tried to write a vampire romance in high school because i thought that was the highest form of art asdkfak #cut to me only writing the whump scenes and getting SO fucking bored with the romance #poor charlotte never got her book #she just got fuckin DESTROYED by a vampire and i lost interest when the caretaker/love interest hit the scene #...rikay would be much more accurate for my blog #HMMMMM.

[makerscockandballs]

Merrill misses the nightly lore/stories Marethari told around the fire.

When she mentions this to Hawke, they invite her over in the evening to read her a book in front of the fireplace. She falls asleep right there on the floor and sleeps better than she has during all her time in Kirkwall.

#i also imagine Hawke to have lots of boring or silly books merrill would not pick on her own #but it doesnt matter. its the ritual that counts #Hawke could tell her about their boring ass day and as long as its near the fireplace she's content #also is this whole thing platonic or romantic you decide #to me Orev is just. her big bro. and he loves her so much #rolls her up in a blanket and carries her to the guest room #but with a merrillmance wow. the potential to have her snuggle up against Hawke as they read to her. is getting to me #merrill #dragon age #txt #(idk if this is even a thing dalish do but it sounds cute and like a nice evening. so.)

[lilyharvord]

I started reading EragonxRed QueenxFrom Blood and Ashx--oh, shit sorry.... 4th Wing today, because everyone in my reading group said I had to, and... I'm 7% of the way through and I'm already so tired. Did no one edit this book? Did no one... read this book out loud?

Me currently finishing chapter 1 and going through the 5 stages of grief because I know this whole experience is going to RUIN my reading for 2024.

Anyway, I'm writing a whole ass review that is pretty much line by line my thoughts XD If I make a google doc of it I'll let people read it. Might be more entertain than the book. 🤷🏼‍♀️ plus I'll only put like 0.1%-1/4 of it on Goodreads so think about what you might miss out on (me being upset and cranky and rutheless (((: ) Updating that doc might actually help me get through reading it faster.

#about me #fourth wing #who wants to join me on this quest??? #cause god damn if it does not feel like a fucking chore already #maybe I should just listen to the audiobook. It would probably go faster #my reading #my tbr for 2024 is exactly 12 books long #and unfortunately this and iron wing or whatever the second one is called are on there #i have never been afriad to be an anti #and I aint starting now #I dont care how dope your YA cardboard cutout male love interest is #I will rip his jugular out with my teeth if he's boring as fuck #and I will tear your “I'm so frail and weak and tiny with curves cause what else makes me a woman” MC apart #I will clean my teeth with her bones #You would think I would have learned my lesson about reading “books booktok is raving about” but no I have not #and I'm about to learn it again #like a dog that keeps pulling on the leash #(*shut up lily*) #(*lily reads fourth wing*) #new tag to follow if you are interested

[ecileh]

now i’m not saying that elain has some skills of manipulation that she’s not afraid to use. but feyre is not not saying that!!

acomaf ch 24:

#i know elain stans mostly love her bc she seems perfect #but pls it’s an sjm book every MC is gonna have some darkness to her #otherwise her book would be BORING #canon elain actually isn’t that boring i think it’s the fan interpretation of the one perfect sister that is dull af to me #just because elain has some coping mechanisms of her own doesn’t mean your fav has to be cancelled #we LOVE flawed characters in this house #nesta archeron #tagging this under nesta because nesta girls GET IT and if this makes it to elain tumblr a gentle garden fairy might murder me

[fondwand]

not to be brave and controversial but rw&rb the movie is exactly what antis and puritanical fandom wants from queer media like the most bland sanitized rote dull unsexy no tension no chemistry unfunny surface level romance and representation. give me dirt give me real bodies give me imperfect humans give me natural dialog give me complex relationships explored in the silences give me kink and complicated sex and guilt and anger and selfishness and imperfection, imperfection, imperfection. and most of all give me forgiveness for imperfection and the knowledge that an imperfect thing becomes beautiful because it communicates with the imperfection all fallible beings experience on a day to day, not because the beholder is morally corrupt.

anyway. sorry if you liked it there's nothing wrong with that. go forth and live your life.

#should i tag the fandom.... #fuck it #me and my friends were so bored we started to play keplunk half way through #also ive read the book and i liked it i think although that was like 4 years ago and im an adult now whos had sex and been in love and #become much more politically and artistically conscious #so maybe i woildnt #this isnt a criticism of casey mcquiston i liked shara wheeler and i dont know enough about her #but anyway if this is the culmination of queer media shoot me #i think about how much connection i found as a young queer in things like jp/craig from FUCKING HOLYOAKS #and like brittana on glee or something like that #and how those are clearly not anywhere near perfect pieces of media but at least i felt like i was watching human beings #and not sanitized ken dolls repeating cringy unnatural dialogue in front of a terrible cgi tree #i dont need queer people to be hot or irreproachable i need them to be REAL #red white and royal blue #sorry again #negativity #queer

[gods-no-longer-tread-here]

Tamora Pierce is one of the greatest female fantasy authors of all time, she is in the same echelon as Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia Butler, I will never stop defending her books. Even the ones that I hate, because I still read them.

(by “ones that I hate” I am referring, of course, to Mastiff.)

#Tamora Pierce #look I love Bekah's story but that ending made me genuinely furious #I had to put the book down and walk away I was so pissed off #SHE DID TUNSTALL DIRTY AND I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HER FOR THAT #nor for making the most bland boring-ass cop the love interest #I genuinely hate Farmer. like as a character and as a plot-driver. I despise him so gddamn much. #Farmer fans dni

[k1rishiki]

oh yeah. the reason why i decided to reread tbhk (and thus it was able to hit me like a truck this time around) was actually not bc of mitsukou going canon but actually bc i maybe accidentally started a tbhk book club w my kids at work and wanted to check the contents of it justttt in case before i put the books in their hands

#tl;dr i have this one 4th grade boy who's a total weeb and knows that i'm the only one in this town who's more into japanese media than him #so he pesters me abt it every time he sees me. and the thing abt this kid is that he gets bored easily and if he does he turns into a #complete menace. now a couple weeks ago. he shows up at the program w one piece volume one and spends the entire time he's there peacefully #reading and not causing any problems on purpose. my coworker owen (the one who climbed onto the roof) and i were shocked and in awe of how #peaceful he was being and came to the conclusion that he NEEDS to have a manga volume in his hands at all times. few minutes later. #he finishes reading and isn't bored yet so he decides to go talk to me abt manga. specifically he starts pestering me abt what shonen i've #read despite the fact that i am a shoujo reader and told him that. but he knows i've read kuroshitsuji bc he previously asked me abt what #the worst anime i've ever watched is and i will never not take an excuse to drag the adaptation. and he figures that if i've read kuro i've #probably read more. and so i mention tbhk and he asks more abt it bc of the name involving toilets and him being a 4th grade boy so i give #brief overview and he wants to read it. and i come up with a scheme to make him peaceful AND to give him something to talk to me abt which #isn't 'i know you've read more shonen manga' 'let me gacha on your phone' or 'i saw an ad for rent a gf. thought it was lame. and now want #you to tell me how it sucks bc i assume you know everything abt every animanga ever' (<does unfortunately know too much abt rent a gf bc i' #a bit of a nosy bastard and watched the mother's basement video). so i offered to bring it in bc i own physicals of the whole series and of #as previously mentioned. gave it a quick reread in advance just in case. and got hit by it. hard. i love you tbhk almost as much as i love #when ppl get into things through me. honestly i think getting to live vicariously through him might be one of the main reasons it got me #this time around and not as much the first time (still loved it the first time though). flash forward a little while. one of the 3rd grade #girls is like. really into reading. and also macabre things. like ghosts. and she has two books from the school library. and has had the #same two books from the school library for over a week. she reads quickly and finished them both in under a day and is now bored out of her #mind rereading them. she asks to read the books i've been letting the other kid read. now there are two of them #romeo.txt

[glindyupland]

I just think it’s silly that so many people complain about Villain Amaya as “wasted potential” and that “we were robbed” like-

My pals, post canon fan fiction is right there. The desire to free her husband is right there. Either by touching an evil book while being too eager to remember the obsidian oil, or being possessed by contact (ie what she believes is true loves kiss) when trying to reason with him in the dungeon.

We don’t need a rewrite, we can have a continuation. Both can be true. Amaya is a complex character, she can handle it.

#Wish #Queen Amaya #I assume I'm going to get hate for this but like #I know it's not store bought and you have to still make it yourself but also #I'm kind of just tired of seeing a lot of people sh*tting on Wish because it's not the concept art #And I'm kind of over here like how about we love it recognize it has flaws and THEN try to make something new without bashing the OG? #I just love Amaya and she definitely deserves more #but her good character is so interesting and complex #she still knows how to have fun. She still can be sassy or bite. #Like she's still Magnifico's perfect partner you know? and Magnifico isn't perfect? #A truly pure person wouldn't click with Magnifico the way Amaya does...? #I would rather build on Amaya's character than say she can only be good and boring or a villain? #Amaya is so smart yall. I know you can't see it all just on the movie but like she's read every magic book in Magnifico's library #THOUSANDS OF BOOKS. #And knows basic protection spells #She's a devoted leader. #Like. #Idk #She both loves her husband and recognizes that she has to go against him. #She doesn't /turn/ on him. She addresses his flaws and tells him that it's not okay? #She still jokes with him even though she has to put him in time out. She's complex and strong and wise and kind. #And I just hate seeing so many people so quick to just say 'the concept art was better' when like... the idea might be more appealing to yo #But I hate the level of cynicism and pretentiousness I see of people saying their personal ideas of what Wish should be- #-Is better than the piece of media they claim to care about? #Like their personal vision of Wish based exclusively off the concept art is somehow intellectually superior? #And I'm not saying stop doing your rewrites or AU's or anything! Like there's definitely beautiful creativity happening! #I just hate seeing people so negative and like honestly mean. It hurts my heart to see everyone calling Wish garbage? #It's not great but I really really dont think it's as bad as everyone is saying. Like its no like Oppenheimer but it's a children's movie.. #Like I personally love the Teens and Amaya #And everyone saying they stink makes me sad... Because they're just great characters?