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“Wesker loves Claire.”

Starting off our Clesker evidence is none other than Richard Waugh, who graced the RE fandom with his sexy, cunning, and honey voice laced with deception, Albert Wesker. Providing his voice from 2000 to 2005, Waugh captured the essence of Wesker perfectly and became a fan favorite. Having no prior knowledge of the character, his "Shere Khan" Wesker, to which some of the fans joked about it sounding like Bowie. The RE fanbase was giddy for anything close to Wesker, Richard Waugh took part in a few fan events and interviews. One, in particular, took place in 2011 by Project Umbrella, years after Capcom replaced him as Wesker. https://www.projectumbrella.net/richard-waugh-interview-project-umbrella.html

With an interesting question below.

RW: "I'm afraid I am a little biased. Claire is a favorite."

In 2017, on the Crimson Head Elder podcast, which interviewed Alyson Court (Claire) and Leila Johnson (Alexia) was suddenly interrupted by a special guest. Which was none other than Richard Waugh.

https://youtu.be/zJaD5cNrqLg

Shocking the podcast hosts, and it eventually became an Alexia/Claire/Wesker interview lol. (@31:46) The interview goes on, and they questioned Waugh about his performance as Albert Wesker, with Alyson fangirling in the background. All this leads to Waugh being asked about Wesker's obsession with Chris, and Claire being mentioned (smirk) (39:54)

RW: "Yeah, his obsession with Chris is really odd to me, but I'm obsessed with Claire just because of Alyson. I don't understand the obsession with Chris."

Host 2: "I think Wesker's infatuation with Claire is that he really likes her."

Rw: "Yes, absolutely. I think he's in love with her, that's what I decided.

Queen Alyson: "That's what I decided too. I am so cool to go with this fanfiction. It's sort of like a Hannibal Lecter/ Clarice Starling pairing. Yeah, I always wanted to explore that aspect, but then I guess with what they did with the Wesker character, it went in a VERY DIFFERENT direction. But I'm just saying there could be some fan spinoff."

So we have Hannibal Lecter/Clarice Starling and another dynamic being mentioned, starting at 47:12.

RW: I was going with Shere Khan from Jungle Book with a kind of Bowie from Labyrinth thing as a side thing. Then it suddenly became, "Well, he's doing David Bowie." Well, I sound nothing like David Bowie. I wasn't doing David Bowie. I was doing George Sanders, and it was to me a risk when I first presented it to Susan. It was just me taking a shot at ultimate evil. All I knew was the name of the guy, that the thing was called Resident Evil or Biohazard in Japan. That's all I knew, so there was a freedom to that, and I took my shot. With Susan and the people from Capcom liked it, and it went from there.

After the interviewer sums up and agrees with Waugh on him sounding like Shere Khan, Queen Alyson adds to that. (LOVE HER)

QAC: Oh it totally makes sense, like you're blowing my mind here because it makes so much sense. I get the dynamic even more so with the Labyrinth comparison, and not so much the voice. Because again, you're right, you don't end up sounding like Bowie, but that dynamic between Claire and Wesker. It has several aspects of the playfulness where he's sort of teasing her. "Oh, you silly little girl." And she's kinda this plaything he's intrigued by, and that makes so much sense. With the Shere Khan thing, when you first said that it was instantly, that's brilliant and also now I want to hear you play Shere Khan."

For those not familiar with Labyrinth, its a movie about a magical prince name Jareth who kidnaps the brother of a young girl named Sarah. Who wishes for her younger brother to disappear forever. Jareth becomes obsessed with Sarah and this person summed it up perfectly.

https://screenrant.com/labyrinth-things-no-sense-jareth-david-bowie-character/

“For a guy so obsessed with a girl, Jareth has a funny way of showing it. He tosses a snake at her, he mocks her, and he does everything to demonstrate how little faith he has in her abilities. It's almost as if he's grooming her for a lifelong career as his subservient bride, creating a need for his approval in every deed she does.

Even if that's too dark an assessment for some, it still doesn't make sense to torment someone that you're simultaneously wooing. In the novelization, Jareth pursues Sarah even harder, and even attempts to kiss her at one point.”

In the end Sarah gains her own strength and walks away from the goblin king. Defeating him in the end, its a total 80′s movie if you decide to watch it.

Now with that out of the way, our dear Waugh took part in another interview by Crimson Head Elder.

https://youtu.be/IGuRnVcBdRs

The interview is hilarious and seemed Waugh had a lot of fun. We learn a few things about Waugh and how he created one of the best voices for Wesker. I hope they bring him back for Remake 4, because he's just perfect.

Enough fangirling, the interview goes on and eventually leads to one podcaster mentioning how Chris told Wesker he was acting like a comic book villain (lol). Which leads to this wonderful and funny exchange. (@54:23)

Host 2: "Well, Chris did say that Wesker was acting like a comic book villain at the final battle.(Re5)

RW: Yeah well, Chris is a dick. Wesker loves Claire. Yep.

Host 2: You heard it here folks, he confirmed it.

RW: Have you ever dated a girl who got a brother, and she goes on and on about how great her brother is? I have, and I hated her brother. I initially liked her brother, but when I finished dating her, I couldn't stand her brother. She was always like, "My brother would never say that. My brother will pick us up. My brother would, etc etc". (fanart idea)

Host 1: Well, that's the thing. If you and Claire ever get together, the subject of Chris would have to be a topic.

RW: Yeah, a hot topic, he only comes over for thanksgiving, and that's it.

Host 1: Is he going to get an invitation to the wedding?

RW: No he can be at the wedding, but as the relationship continues, he gets one dinner a year. Let's say Thanksgiving, and not even a good one.

Host 2: I can just imagine Chris all tied up and gagged (smirk). So Chris can just stay there and shut up, and with Wesker like “Uh huh, that's your place boy. Be quiet!!!"

Host 1: Well Richard, we won't put him at the main table with you and Claire we-

RW: We can put him at the kid's table!! Yeah.

Hilarious and the final dose for Waugh backing the pairing. (at 59:35)

Host 1: Biohazard Valkyrie and she asks, "When Capcom didn't cast you in RE5 and ultimately killed the character at the end of the game. The series really lost a part of itself and Capcom slowly has been trying to recapture that since. You were Wesker! How would you like for Wesker's fate to have played out? World Domination, death by rocket, or settling down with Claire?

Host 2: Ohhhhh we know this answer.

RW: Well, he's going to settle down with Claire eventually, but the world domination can work in there. That can be, you know, "World domination..... then settle down."

Host 1: That's like his to-do list on his fridge.

RW: Yes, exactly.

One of the best answers from Waugh and the hosts lol (someone draw that lol)

With that being said, we come to the end of Waugh's approval of the pairings (so far). If there is more that's hidden, I will gladly add it to the folder. Right now I'm trying to find all of Alyson's mentions and approval of the pairing. Until the CVX remake, we have to make do with this. I know it's early, and the tags might be empty. But some of us are setting up the party early for the floodgates of new content with the remake.

#clesker #Claire Redfield #Albert Wesker #Thank you Mr. Waugh #Wesker x Claire just setting up early #bring the cookies #and the liquor

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Surely, We Can Make Miracles Chapter 23

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Cain: …kh…

Chloe: I can't…breathe…

Hwylryn: Of course not. This is the bottom of the ocean. Children of man aren't meant to live here. So can you hurry back to land already? Anyway… I guess I should be getting back to Shylock now.

Rustica: …My apologies, but… I'd like you to accompany us for just a bit longer. <Amo…> …gh!

Chloe: Rustica…!

Hwylryn: Nope, you don't get to do that. Your singing makes me start daydreaming. The next whirlpool is going to take you right up to the surface. Don't try to fight it. It's pointless. And it'll only rip you up.

Rutile: …Hwylryn…! Please, listen to what I have to say…

Hwylryn: I'll see you tomorrow. On land. Now withdraw.

Cain: …I won't…let you…! Uwaaahhh…!

Rutile: Aaahhh…!

Rustica: …Chloe…!

Chloe: Rus… Everyone…!

Natalie?: <Cure Memini>

Hwylryn: …Oh, my.

Cain: …You…you're… The lady from earlier…?!

Natalie?: … Excuse me…?

Cain: You were really a wizard?!

Natalie?: Excuse me? The fact that you can see me should give you all the answers you need.

Cain: …Huh? I mean, we got pretty touchy-feely earlier.

Natalie?: We did?

Cain: Huh?

Natalie?: Hah?

Cain: …You're Owen!

Natalie?: Sir Knight. Don't tell me you did something unbecoming of a knight to this woman.

Cain: Of course I didn't! I just didn't have a handkerchief, so…

Owen: You don't even have something like that? Chloe, can you believe this. Cain doesn't have a handkerchief.

Chloe: …sniff…Owen…

Owen: Heh. What, did this guy make you cry? What a wretched sea snake you are.

Hwylryn: Oho. Something interesting showed up.

Owen: I'm going to turn you into dog food. <Cuare Morito>

Hwylryn: I don't think that little puppy's tummy can fit me.

Owen: …kh… (This guy is…strong…!)

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Lennox?: …!

Faust: … (Leno's moving his arms the same way the mermaids with spears did, now that he has one at hand…)

Shino: Faust, watch out! Lennox is good with a lance!

Faust: …I know that…!

Lennox?: …!

Faust: …Waugh…!

Heathcliff: Mr. Faust…! (He forced Faust against the reef, and now he's lifting his spear…!) (He's going to stab him…!) Lennox, stop! Please, don't hurt him…!

Lennox?: …

Heathcliff: …He stopped…

Shino: Lennox…

Faust: … …Leno…

Lennox?: …… …Lord…st…

Faust: …! Leno…!

Lennox?: …!

Faust: …?!

Shino: Stop, Lennox! Don't hurt him…! You'll regret it until the day you die if you do…!

Lennox?: … ……. …

Shino: You can't! Put the lance down…!

Lennox?: …!

Faust: Leno?! Why did you stab your own leg…?! Stop! Stop, let go of it…!

Lennox: …gh…

Faust: Leno! Leno…! Stop it, your leg's already hurt enough…!

Lennox: …Fau…st… …Lord Faust…

Faust: …Leno…

Heathcliff: Mr. Faust! We finished the circle!

Shino: All we need to do is scatter the firstlight salt… Done! <Matzah Sudipas>!

Heathcliff: <Repsev Aivulp Sunos>!

Faust: … <Salliuqnart Mulcredo>!

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Lennox: Hah… …Haah… …

Faust: Leno…!

Lennox: …Lord Faust… Woah…!

Faust: …I'm so glad you're okay… Alec told me your unit might have been completely wiped out…

Lennox: Several others survived as well. Things seemed hopeless, but we still managed to return alive.

Faust: Thank god…

Lennox: …

Faust: …What's wrong?

Lennox: I'm just surprised.

Faust: By what?

Lennox: I didn't think that you'd jump on me the same way Lord Alec does.

Faust: Sorry. Are you hurt anywhere?

Lennox: No. …Haha…

Faust: What…? I don't hear you laugh very often…

Lennox: Haha… I could say the same to you.

Faust: I do laugh. More than you, at least.

Lennox: That's true…

Faust: …Haha…

Lennox: Ahaha!

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Lennox: … …That's right… …I'd forgotten… I found him, Courir. I found the person I'd been looking for. I need to go to him. I'm glad I got to see you again. You always trusted me. And you were always by my side. I never really spoiled you, but you still always slept next to me. I love you very, very much. And having to part with you hurts very, very much. But, I need to… Goodbye. I love you. Goodbye, Courir. I hope you can run freely as far as you want. Thank you.

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Faust: …Leno… Leno…!

Lennox: … …Lord Faust… Woah…!

Faust: …Thank goodness…

Lennox: …

Faust: …Sorry. I did that when I know you're injured…

Lennox: No… …Haha…

Faust: …Are you okay? He's not controlling you anymore?

Lennox: No… I should be fine now.

Shino: Lennox, are you okay?!

Heathcliff: Lennox! Do you know who we are?!

Lennox: Yes, I do. I do know. … I can't clearly recall what happened, but I'm sorry for putting you through so much trouble…

Faust: Don't say that… Let me look at your wounds. Give me your leg…

Lennox: …

Faust: Lennox…?!

Shino: Did he pass out?!

Faust: He must be completely exhausted. I should get him out of the ocean as soon as possible. The two of you must be at your limits, too.

Heathcliff: You're right… I still feel okay for right now, though.

Faust: Shino, Heathcliff.

Shino: What.

Heathcliff: What is it?

Faust: This was only possible because of the two of you. Thank you.

Shino & Heathcliff: …!

Shino: Heh, yeah!

Heathcliff: It's an honor!

Faust: Let's return to the water's surface. Vespa, can you show us the path up?

Vespa: …! …!

Heathcliff: Let's go, Shino!

Shino: Yeah!

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Owen: <Cure Memini>

Hwylryn: Ahaha! This is fun!

Owen: …tsk!

Rustica: I'll support you! <Amores Viesse>

Hwylryn: You're kind of annoying.

Rustica: …cough…!

Chloe: Rustica!

Rustica: ……!

Rutile: Rustica…!

Rustica: …

Rutile: Oh no…! Rustica isn't breathing!

Chloe: What do we do…?! Rustica! Rustica!

Rutile: We need to bring him to the surface!

Owen: Then get on with it. Or else your teacher's gonna turn to stone!

Chloe: But…!

Owen: Whatever, just go. You're at your limit.

Chloe: Owen…

Owen: Tch… Yeah, that was stupid. You're going to die here. Just like I thought you would.

Cain: Go, Chloe! I've got things covered here!

Rutile: I'll stay, too! Please look after Rustica for us!

Chloe: …Okay…! Thank you…! (I need to hurry! I need to hurry!) (I'm definitely going to save you, Rustica!)

Owen: Hmph… And what do the two of you think you can do?

Cain: Swordplay and magic.

Rutile: I can heal, and fly very, very fast.

Owen: Lame… Just so you know, if I die, the two of you have exactly zero chance of winning. So if I die, just run.

Cain: … No, I won't.

Rutile: I won't, either.

Owen: Super lame…

Hwylryn: Are you guys ready yet?

Owen: The lamest one here is you.

Hwylryn: I like your dog!

Owen: Shut up. <Cure Memini>

Hwylryn: Let's play.

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Torta di Cocco Shopkeeper: Here, it's finished baking.

Riquet: Wahh, it looks so tasty!

Mitile: It smelled so good while it was in the oven!

Nero: Hmm… Y'think you could teach me the recipe?

Mithra: Is it done? Can I take it to the bottom of the sea now?

Mitile: N-not yet! It needs the cream and coconut on top first.

Mithra: Then can you hurry, at least?

Mitile: If you could, please!

Torta di Cocco Shopkeeper: Yes, of course.

Claudia: My, what a delicious-looking cake.

Riquet: Yes! Thank you for being willing us to let us have your cake so we could know how it tastes. I'm incredibly grateful.

Claudia: My, what a good boy you are. I'm happy I could meet you boys again, in fact. It sounds like you've helped Dianne out a lot, too.

Riquet: How is Dianne doing…?

Nero: She's talkin' to Bradley right now.

Riquet: Did she ask Bradley to help her?

Nero: Uh, somethin' like that.

Riquet: Thank goodness. She seemed to be having a very difficult time, and Bradley can be a very helpful person.

Nero: …True that.

Claudia: Both I and my sister should have realized how much Dianne was hurting so much faster than we did… No, I'm sure my sister knew. That must be why she tried to turn that story into a heartwarming tale, to try and take her pain away. But instead, that simply made Dianne feel like no one would protect her honor…

Riquet: It's a very complicated problem. Even with so much love and kindness given to her, her pain prevented her from finding her path… Guiding people is a very difficult prospect. It's important to carefully ascertain if what lies at the end of the path you lead them down will truly be good or not… Wanting someone to walk down a path is very similar to forcing them to think and act a particular way. It's frightening. I wonder what Bradley is telling her? Do you think it'd be okay if I listened in?

Nero: Nahh, that's prob'ly not a good idea. I don't think her Lordship would wanna have anyone eavesdroppin'.

Riquet: I suppose you're right…

Mithra: Excuuuuse meeee. We don't have any time to chat like this.

Nero: I know, man. Just wait a lil' bit longer. Actually, speakin' of, Claudia. There was somethin' I wanted to ask you about the disappearances…

Claudia: Yes, I suppose I'll spill the beans. I've seen a door through which I could see the past on the island's shore. I can't help but wonder if that door isn't related to the disappearances.

Riquet: A door to the past… That story we heard was real? Did you really see the past?

Claudia: No, it was just an illusion.

Mitile: What kind of illusion did you see?

Claudia: A man I fell in love with many years ago stepped through it and told me he loved me.

Mitile: I… I see.

Claudia: But he'd never said those words to me before, not even once. It was very obvious it was just an illusion. We had a good relationship, and he was a good friend. But though I fell in love with him, his status was far too high… He already had a fiancee before we even met. And yet, here is what I thought to myself. Perhaps if I open that door, I can see him again… Were it twenty years earlier, I imagine I would've found myself drawn to that door despite myself.

Riquet: Why not now?

Claudia: Because the paint I drew up my dream with has long since dried.

Riquet: You painted your dream…?

Claudia: The things that make your heart tremble and dance are what make your dreams shine so brightly, like light on a freshly-painted canvas. He was the one who said that to me. The paint of my dream has dried, and my heart has calmed down and put itself in its place, and so… I can't go back to such fresh and youthful excitement, not when I'm so afraid of so much as brushing against it, much less taking it into my hands directly. It's like appreciating how a cake is decorated before demolishing it with your fork, to put it another way.

Riquet: I…think I understand…

Claudia: Because the paint of my dream had already dried, and left it calm and quiet, hearing him say that didn't make my heart dance. It was an odd feeling, both lonely and relieving at the same time.

Riquet: Like looking at your plate after you've finished your cake?

Claudia: Yes. It's not like being scared of destroying something, but more like having properly eaten and savored it instead. But Dianne's dreams are still bright. They're delicate, strong, and still gasping for air. Just like fresh paint on a canvas. The idea of touching them before they're ready and smudging their colors into one she doesn't want, polluting her canvas forever, is terrifying. That's how it feels, looking at the beautiful, vivid scenery she's painted. It's as if time has stopped in place.

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Lennox: …ah…

Faust: Leno, are you okay? I'm going to get you to the surface soon. Just hold on tight to me.

Lennox: …Yes…Lord Faust…

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Dianne: …What do you mean by throwing away my fear? Are you going to cast a spell on me?

Bradley: …

Dianne: Or are you planning on providing counsel? How am I meant to do this without trembling?

Bradley: What do you think? We're here to talk about you, girl.

Dianne: …What is there to talk about…? … …Things always go so well in my imagination. …I can always make the best, safest decision for everyone, without making a single mistake in the process. I've worked ever since I was a child to become that kind of person. And yet, this is what happens instead… I'm sure my grandfather would be disappointed in me. …I'm so pathetic…

Bradley: Y'don't have to change who you are. Y'don't have to be someone you aren't.

Dianne: …But if they knew about the real me, they'd all laugh… I don't want them to laugh at me…I'm weak, and pitiful…and embarrassing…

Bradley: 'Course you don't. Who wants to be turned into a laughingstock? But I won't laugh at you. You're tryin' to fulfill your responsibilities, and that's why you're standin' here.

Dianne: …

Bradley: You good? I've got something I used to say to newbies right after they joined up, to get 'em to throw away their fear.

Dianne: Newbies…? Were you the leader of some kind of organization?

Bradley: Yeah, a bandit gang. That's why I'm a prisoner now. Still wanna hear what I have to say?

Dianne: …Yes… I want to hear you out. Please, tell me.

Bradley: Alright. Everyone's experiences protect 'em, no matter what that experience is. Failures, successes, all of 'em do the same thing. But newbies like you don't have any experience to protect yourself with. And at times like that, when y'don't have any foundation to prop yourself up with, you start doin' weird shit like this. Y'start thinkin' that if you don't protect your honor all on your own, you won't have a place to belong anymore. Even though you don't know right from left yet. So, here's what I tell 'em. You ready to jot this down? I'll protect you. I'll protect your life, your honor, your perspective. So you need to protect your comrades.

Dianne: …

Bradley: Dianne. You're about to walk out that gate and talk to the crowd, yeah?

Dianne: Yes.

Bradley: If for whatever reason you can't do it, I'll talk for you. And I'll hold that position 'til you're ready to take it from me. If anyone tries to jump on you, I'll protect you from 'em. But I've got a feelin' you'll be able to do just fine without me havin' to do a damn thing.

Dianne: …

Bradley: Remember. You're the lord of this whole big-ass castle. That ain't your average job. And you were the one who made it there. Have more faith in yourself. Anythin' else you're scared of?

Dianne: … I…don't think so… Why not…? I was so scared, but now…

Bradley: Don't hold back now. If there's anythin' worryin' you, just say it.

Dianne: … You're not lying? You're not going to betray me…?

Bradley: 'Course not. Hell, if people found out I turned on a little lass like you, that'd just make me more infamous and not in a good way. I'm not gonna betray you, Dianne. On my honor, I'll protect your honor. Now step forward. The first step's always the scariest. The rest'll be a piece of cake. Don't be scared. I'm right next to you.

Dianne: …sniff…okay… …I understand. I'm going now!

Bradley: Hell yeah! You got this!

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#.mhyktl #.eventtl #.main story tl #4th anni

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sparklyslug · 2 months

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just here to say i am obsessed with The (Monster-Hunting) Shop Around the Corner and am eagerly awaiting the last chapter!! idk if you ever do lil previews, totally fine if not, but just here to beg for a little snippet in case you do!

WAUGH THANK YOU SO MUCH! I really really appreciate that! I’m sorry it’s taken longer than planned for the final chapter, work revved up in February and this month I’m focusing on my @strangerthingsreversebigbang, but THEN! UPDATE! I PROMISE! But thank you so so so much for enjoying it so far.

So such patience and kindness of course can only be rewarded with a snippet ahahaha!

……….

Steve’s ringing up a sweet mom (looking for something for her 10-year-old daughter: B*Witched was an easy sell, hiding it from Ned was not) when Eddie Munson breezes through the door. Raising what looks like two paper coffee cups in greeting, one in each hand, and grinning at Steve.

After a moment of surprise, Steve gives him a one second nod, and focuses on wrapping up the sale. Out of the corner of his eye, he tracks Eddie carefully setting the cups down and moving around the shop. “Let me know how she likes it,” Steve says to the mother as she hands her the bag and her receipt, tearing his eyes away from Eddie. With a nod and a smile, she’s out the door, and Steve rests his arms on the counter, regarding Eddie.

He’s lucky it’s just Steve in here right now; he’s apparently forgotten that this time of year your average Chicagoan usually is wrapped up in several layers, a winter coat being the most essential one of them. But Eddie seems comfortable as a September day in his charcoal gray sweater and black jeans, even pushes up the sleeves a little to expose tattooed forearms as he dives into a crate of classic metal LPs.

“Hey kid,” he calls across the store, when Eddie appears to have vanished completely into some music nerd heaven, and forgotten whyever it is he showed up here. “You gonna get your greasy mitts all over every cover, or you actually gonna buy something?”

Eddie’s head shoots up, and after a moment’s confusion his face breaks open into another grin.

“Dude, were you also a frequent shopper at The Tune Factory? Because that was a perfect Mr. Wilkins impression.”

“Where do you think I got all my Wham tapes?” Steve laughs.

“Funny we never ran into each other there,” Eddie says easily, making his way back over to the counter.

“Yeah, that’s true,” Steve says slowly, thinking that it isn’t that funny at all. He doesn’t know which would have gone over worse back then: if Steve had tried to strike up a conversation with Eddie, or if Eddie had tried the same thing with him. He figures Eddie has to know this too, but. Yeah, it’s nice to pretend that it would have been otherwise, now that they’re here.

There’s something different about Eddie today. And not just the forgotten jacket, or the break from his undertaker monochrome approach. Maybe it’s just how he leans a hand on his chin easily, smiling up at Steve.

Huh. Guess it takes seeing Eddie without that thread of stress running through him, to realize it had been there this whole time.

“So what’s a guy like you doing in a dump like this?” Eddie asks. And actually bats his lashes at Steve, which is alarmingly effective given the materials the guy is working with.

“Making minimum wage,” Steve says dryly. “You’re in a good mood.”

“Well, I had my hands full with this totally needy freeloader all last week, and I finally got my place back to myself,” Eddie says easily. “So, lots to celebrate.”

“I bet,” Steve says, cocking an eyebrow at him.

“Speaking of which,” Eddie says, looking around for where he left the cups. “How are you feeling?”

“All good,” Steve admits, pointing over at the display case currently displaying Eddie’s drinks. “Not even a sniffle. And the, uh, sting already looks smaller.” That could be because the bruising around it shaped like Eddie’s mouth has finally faded, but Steve isn’t going to say that.

Eddie grabs the cups, and comes back to the counter.

“Glad to hear it. And feeling any otherworldly urges? Any cravings for blood, or likelihood of sprouting wings?”

“Oh, y’know. No more than usual.”

Eddie rewards him for that one with a laugh. “My business here is two-fold. Okay, actually–three-fold. I did really want to see how you were doing. But also, happened to be in the area, which happens to also be the area of one of the best cocoa spots in town. And also…”

Steve snorts a laugh as Eddie slides one of the cups across the countertop, pushing it along with one finger and looking at Steve with a wide-eyed smile.

“And also… someone might have been spreading rumors around town that you’re all on your lonesome this week, for a certain celebration of American consumption and excess.”

“Someone, huh?” Steve takes the cup, wrapping both palms around it and enjoying the warmth for a second. “Whoever could it be.”

“We may never know,” Eddie says solemnly. “But I figure Wayne's got a big ol couch with room for one more. And I would personally appreciate someone who can entertain him on whatever is happening with ‘The Big Game’–” Steve snorts as Eddie does the air quotes “–so I can get a turkey nap in, undisturbed.”

“So, are you doing me a favor? Or Wayne a favor?”

“Please, I am doing myself a favor,” Eddie says firmly. “I have been trying for more than twenty years to persuade Wayne that there’s no converting me to football. Being gay? After a weekend fishing trip to collect his thoughts, he took that no problem. Being bored to fucking tears by the struggles of the Colts? He’s never been able to accept it.”

Steve laughs. “Yeah, I can talk sports with your uncle for an afternoon. Give you a break.”

Eddie stands up straight, blinking in surprise before he can cover it with an awkward smile. Which is, uh, fair. Steve kind of surprised himself too. Had no intention of actually talking to Wayne and Eddie about Thanksgiving in the first place, whatever he had promised Dustin (which Dustin had probably figured, since he clearly worked it from the other angle, the little jerk). Even in the moment, once he realized what Eddie was asking, he had been mentally preparing a gentle brush off, maybe an I’ll think about it and then conveniently forgetting to say anything until, whoops, whaddaya know, it’s Black Friday.

Steve takes a sip of the cocoa to cover this inexplicably awkward moment, and sputters at the taste.

“Best cocoa in the city?” He manages.

Eddie reaches into his back pocket, and pulls out two mini bottles of whiskey.

“With a few Eddie Munson adjustments,” he says. “Perfect for a long walk home, on a cold November night.”

#my fic #steddiebang #stranger things fic

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TC tag game

Thank you for the questions and for tagging me @spudodell.

Rules: Answer the questions and tag other TC fans!

1. "He would not fucking say that" only they did and it's canon. When/who?

Ralph to Laurie in the ‘break-up’ scene, as soon as Laurie starts asserting himself:

"Don't waste time, Spud. It's childish to start an argument about whether we love each other, the moment I go and sit on the other side of the room”

What a horrible thing to say! Run like the wind, Laurie!

2. Did they kiss in the study? Yes/no + why you are 100% correct about this.

First let’s take a moment to appreciate Spudodell's recent spot of a stealth kiss (can you re-blog that one too, I couldn't find it!) at the beginning of the ‘break-up’ scene when Laurie comes through the door, which to me is absolutely definitive and ground-breaking (not in a good way for me, but still….brilliant detective work!)

On the kiss, I am in the ‘no kiss’ camp, but it is not possible to be definitive. I feel that Mary plays a lot with echoes, parallels, and contrasts, and for me ultimately I feel the lack of a kiss is meant to be a contrast to other moments in the book, not an echo.

But what has exercised me more recently is, kiss or no kiss (but especially if there was a kiss), this scene in chapter two really gives me the creeps. I have been reading around the topic for some schoolboy Ralph fics and Alec/Ralph (watch this space on that one), and it has become ever more clear (Alec Waugh’s commentary ‘Public School Life’ being the best reference on this) that Prefects really were like Gods. He points out that prefects had almost as much power as but even less accountability than teachers due to the ‘no-snitch rule’. You can see it in the discussion of Hazell and his confessions, and how contemptuous the schoolboys are of him for 'confessing' (or in modern terms, reporting an inappropriate relationship).

In some ways, a kiss could explain quite a lot about Laurie’s behaviour and attitudes to Ralph in the book. But to be brutally honest, I’ve had enough of creepy behaviour in men being disguised as ‘romantic’ in heterosexual romances (Mr Rochester, anyone?) and the thought of encountering it in a gay context in such a beloved book is just too much to bear.

So, no kiss for me! He was still behaving pretty weirdly but that’s understandable in the circumstances.

3. Mandatory question about Ralph's alleged tattoos.

I’m sold on the fic that has him get a tattoo of his sunken ship. Love the co-ordinates of Dunkirk idea though! But I think Lux’s one is more realistic. My reading of that being that he got drunk and wanted to fit in so he got a load of random not-very-good-ones.

4. 53 vs 59 edition: quote a line or paragraph that is better in the edition you like the least.

I favour the ’59 edition, as I broadly feel the cuts make it read better. But there is one exception. When Laurie is daydreaming about swimming with Charles, Mary cuts this line:

“Take off your things and jump in."

Apparently skinny-dipping was a step too far for the US audience! Scandalous!

5. Which TC character would feel right at home here on tumblr dot com?

Bunny but not in a good way.

6. Tag yourself at Alec's birthday party.

I’m Laurie as in sitting in the corner checking out the books. Not as in going on a rescue mission with some drunken guy.

7. Post a TC meme.

Sorry I couldn’t find the source of this – not exactly a meme but it made me laugh!

8. Easy to talk about who deserved better. Who deserved worse?

Not that I know what happened to them, but Andrew’s relatives who tried as hard as they could to ruin his life, as if his parents dying wasn't bad enough.

9. You can break the fourth wall (at any point in the novel) and say a single sentence to our protagonist, Laurie Odell. What do you say?

I would tell him not to let Dave bully him into leaving Andrew without seeing him. Because he knows with every fibre of his being that Andrew would not want that.

10. What's a question you have about TC? One you haven't found an answer for yet.

Too many to say. It’s the unknown unknowns that really get me.

Tagging @gayskogul @telltaleangelina @jeork @alovelywaytospendanevening @black-bentley and anyone else who wants to play and would like to raise their head above the parapet!!

#Tag Game #the charioteer #Sorry giving Ralph a bit of a hard time here but y'know.....

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mack-anthology-mp3 · 5 months

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3 + 12 for reading asks

:D thank you!

3 - what were your top five books of the year?

in no particular order - death : the time of your life by neil gaiman, babel by r.f. kuang, vile bodies by evelyn waugh, the ocean at the end of the land by neil gaiman, and the collected poems of arthur rimbaud <3 (shout out to good omens too lol carried the library copy around australia with me for a week and a half)

12 - any books that dissapointed you?

i was really looking forward to read jonathan strange & mr norrell by suzanna clarke, but i started reading it and could barely focus, i was finding it kind of boring. i will try it again at some point just that's it's like... a thousand pages long and i wasn't in the mood

#thank you so much for the ask!!#<3

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applesfallingfromblondehair · 4 months

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i would like to thank john waugh for his service

2024 the year of raughy

YES THANK YOU SO MUCH MR JOHN WAUGH

#answered #john waugh #ross macdonald #raughy #raughy forever #2024 the year of raughy

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rodeoromeo · 10 months

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a few people have tagged me in this FINE I'll take the bait (most recently from @carbuckety but also @cherry-harrison @waugh-bao, thanks guys!)

Last song: The Byrds, Chimes of Freedom! I bought a Byrds greatest hits album today and I love loved it so much I played it once and then flipped it right over and listened to the A side again and then said this is silly go to bed and turn off the music so that's where side A ends. Although I'm most passionate about Mr. Tambourine man <3

Currently Watching: I am rewatching Orange is the New Black, and am also watching the current seasons of Riverdale, Always Sunny, What We Do In The Shadows and The Kardashians i cannot tell a lie

Currently Reading: CSNY by Peter Dogget!!! Learning about the boys ahhh!!

Current Obsession: Pretty much the same as the last but you probably could tell. CSNY... especially Neil... I was already very wrapped up in them and then the concerts I went to put me over the edge. I just love them very deeply and find them so so so compelling. Their music and their lives are just so rich with complexity and its maaaagically magnetic.. plus they are my beautiful girlfriends....

anyone who wants in please feel free! I'm sure most of y'all have done it already but if you haven't @mudcrutch @charlesandkeef

#op #b talks

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msclaritea · 1 year

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As Harrison Ford and Stallone Age, Where Are Their Replacements? – Variety

May 21, 2023 7:00am PT

‘We Used to Treat Movie Stars Like Gods’: Hollywood Grapples With Loss of Young Star Power

By Brent Lang, Tatiana Siegel

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Harrison Ford attends the "Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny" red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

The hottest package at this year’s Cannes Film Festival stars a 76-year old action star and is a reboot of a movie that first dazzled moviegoers in 1993. That’s a time, in case you forgot, before TikTok or smartphones, Facebook or Amazon, or any number of technological changes that have reshaped our world and the movie business along with them.

And yet, “Cliffhanger,” with Sylvester Stallone bravely summiting the mountain again, is seen as one of the most commercial scripts out there for buyers hoping to make an adventure film that can traverse borders and bring crowds. With a nod to the younger audiences who will be needed to turn up if the movie is going to replicate the original’s blockbuster status, the producers teased that casting is currently underway for a (presumably younger?) actor to share the screen with Sly. But who will that be?

“Over the last 10 years, we’ve done a really shitty job of creating a new generation of movie stars,” groused one sales agent.

And a look at some of the projects on offer or premiering at Cannes seems to bolster that argument. There’s “Breakout,” an action-thriller featuring 75-year old Arnold Schwarzenegger that will be directed by “Expendables 4” filmmaker Scott Waugh; “Lords of War” with 59-year old Nicolas Cage returning to a role as an amoral arms dealer that he first played nearly two decades ago; “That’s Amore,” a rom-com with a 69-year old John Travolta; and “The Rivals of Amziah King,” a crime story featuring a 53-year old Matthew McConaughey. In most cases, these actors have been famous, globally so, since the 1970s or ’80s (McConaughey, a relatively newbie, had to wait until 1996’s “A Time to Kill” to make his mark).

On Thursday night, the increasingly geriatric nature of the star system was on full display at the Cannes Film Festival as an 80-year old Harrison Ford walked the red carpet for the premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” for which he donned the fedora he first wore in 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and is still well-preserved enough to unabashedly doff his top (“I’ve been blessed with this body,” he said sheepishly when asked about his shirtless scene at a press conference). Ford does get an assist from some of those technological breakthroughs, appearing 35 years younger in key scenes thanks to the magic of de-aging CGI...."

Wow! First off, they forgot about Tom Cruise, Mr. Deepfake, who's over 60. I don't think this is so much they've neglected to make new stars, it's that that lane is being choked by some of the very actors mentioned, who want to stay in the limelight but don't really make big box offices. They're just known. THEN there are powerful, male led groups pushing ONLY actors that appeal to them, not really audiences and especially not female audiences. THEN, there's the talented actors we all know now are being blocked from big budget pictures by the former group mentioned. Honestly, I think the groups running Hollywood actually DON'T want movie stars anymore because then they can mistreat and abuse everybody, equally.

Shout-out to whomever wrote this crap Variety article, with a whole two digs at Marvel, as though it were the real problem. I'm glad Johnny Depp cussed your asses out at Cannes.

#Go WGA

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tasukete-eirin · 1 year

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have i sent you this song ? i know i've told you about my love for mr yuu miyashita.. anyway the name noctis makes me think of this song it's so cool

you have! it is such a banger tho... waugh

i enjoy it immensely actually. reminds me a bit of video game osts in parts <3 banger tune tho thank u ems beloved

#i love songs they are so good #thamk u ems my head is empty today so i have little to say but banger song

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harrietmjones · 2 years

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Tag Nine People You Want To Get To Know Better

Tagged by: @lovepollution, @phoebeprufrock (who actually tagged me, so thank you 💛), @aheathen-conceivably, @genuineformality and @dayenurose (their tags were open to anyone)

Favorite Color: Pink, preferably a dusky pink or red.

Currently Reading: I call myself a reader but I haven’t finished or read anything in a long time (can’t get my head to concentrate well enough). Currently got both On The Road by Jack Kerouac and Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh partly of the way through as audiobooks but haven’t listened to them in a while either.

Last Song: It’s either Love Goes On and On by Lindsay Stirling featuring Amy Lee (which I’m so happy with this collab, since I love them both and have thought for years and years, that they need to work together…even if it’s in my mind) or Help Me Mama by ZZ Ward (one of my favourite artists). <- I wrote all the previous stuff a while ago, as I’ve had this post in my queue for two weeks, so I’ll say the last song I listened to, was probably Style by Taylor Swift because of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel fandom and Midge and Lenny. 💖💙 The other was probably Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge because for whatever reason, my mind remembered that scene from American Horror Story. 🖤🩸🧛‍♀️🧛

Last Series: If you mean currently watching, then Community. I never watched it when it originally aired, though I’ve been interested in watching it for a while. Also, I’ve been rewatching Mad Men with my household. If you’re meaning the last completed watch to the very last episode so far aired, then that’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I’ll be sad when it’s over tbh. 💝

Last Movie: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis. It was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. I actually cried!

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Oh, definitely sweet. When my mum was expecting me, all she craved was sweets and mint toothpaste. I have a very big sweet tooth and I like minty things.

Currently Working On: I haven’t written anything, fan-fiction or original in a long time but I did have an original thing going on at some point and I’m trying to get my confidence up to actually begin it, once more, with earnest. I even made a blog here on tumblr, that was to help me with my original story and my confidence in writing it. Was trying to make it so I wouldn’t get bogged down in my head and to just have fun making posts and such, to help me on my way to completing the work.

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do this.

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emperorclaudiusofficial · 2 years

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For the book asks, 2 and 19!

Thank you!!

2. Top five books of all time?

Ooooooeergghhh. Aaarghhh. Hhhh. Does this mean like. The books I have read that I think are objectively the best? The books I personally have enjoyed the most? The books I would take to a desert island with me?

Okay here's my best shot:

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Don Juan by Lord Byron

À la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust

The Iliad by Homer

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Honourable mentions: Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, Paradise Lost by John Milton, Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, Lote by Shola von Reinhold, Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh...fuck

19. Most disliked popular books?

The Sun Also Rises: Just go down on her, bro.

Frankissstein: A Love Story: Jeanette Winterson, did you even talk to any trans people before making one your protag?

The Handmaid's Tale: My toxic Canadian trait is hating Margaret Atwood, sorry :(

Fahrenheit 451: It's cause you be on that phone

Send me book asks!

#books #asks

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EVELYN WAUGH - 'BRIDESHEAD REVISITED' (FIRST PUBLISHED 1945)

First sentence:

'When I reached "C" Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into full view below me through the grey mist of early morning.' (Waugh, 2016, p.1).

On university:

' " ... You're reading History? A perfectly respectable school. The very worst is English literature and the next worst is Modern Greats. You want either a first or a fourth. There is no value in anything between. Time spent on a good second is time thrown away." ' (Waugh, 2016, p.21).

' "I like this bad set and I like getting drunk at luncheon." ' (Waugh, 2016, p.39).

On religion:

' "Beware the Anglo-Catholics - they're all sodomites with unpleasant accents." ' (Waugh, 2016, p.22).

' "We must have the Blessed Sacrament here," said Cordelia. "I like popping in at odd times; and so does mummy." ' (Waugh, 2016, p.83).

' ... the Flytes all went into retreat at the guest-house of a monastery from Maundy Thursday until Easter.' (Waugh, 2016, pp.118-9).

On Sebastian Flyte:

'I knew Sebastian by sight long before I met him. That was unavoidable for, from his first week, he was the most conspicuous man of his year by reason of his beauty, which was arresting, and his eccentricities of behaviour, which seemed no know no bounds.' (Waugh, 2016, pp.23-4).

'He was entrancing, with that epicine beauty which in extreme youth sings aloud for love and withers at the first cold wind.' (Waugh, 2016, p.26).

'It was thus I like to remember Sebastian, as he was that summer, when we wandered alone together through that enchanted palace ... ' (Waugh, 2016, p.71).

' "Thank God I went to Eton," said Sebastian.' (Waugh, 2016, p84).

On literature:

' "Oh Charles, don't be such a tourist ... "I thought I'd cured you of all that - the terrible Mr Collins." ' (Waugh, 2016, p.72).

'That night she read part of "The Wisdom of Father Brown".' (Waugh, 2016, p.122).

'Brideshead asked his mother to read, and she read "The Diary of a Nobody" with great spirit until ten o'clock ... ' (Waugh, 2016, p.145).

' " ... not Jane Austen, not M-m-miss M-m-mitford." ' (Waugh, 2016, p.254).

On modern art:

' "Charles," said Cordelia, "Modern Art is all bosh, isn't it?" "Great bosh." ' (Waugh, 2016, p.142).

REFERERENCE

Waugh, E. (2016 [1945] ) 'Brideshead revisited'. London: Penguin Classics.

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harrowharkwife · 4 years

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was in the queliot tag the other day and realized that quentin was the one who originally initiated That Thing Eliot Does When He Kisses Q. you know exactly what i mean. The Back Of Neck Grab.™ the first time they kiss (emotion bottle threesome with margo) you can see q grab el's arm and settle eliot's hand on the back of his own neck. and i think a couple people have pointed this out already, but i started thinking what it all means, and realized that eliot proceeds to do that every other time he kisses quentin. meaning he learned how q likes to be kissed that night, and then remembered, even the small details, even through the emotion bottle hangover, almost like he revisited that memory over and over again cause he wasn't sure he'd ever get to kiss q again. if that doesn't say pining, i dunno what the fuck does!

furthering this observation: i went back and revisited some scenes, and eliot doesn't do that when he kisses anyone else. he doesn't kiss charlton that way, or sebastian, or idri, or mike, or even margo. the closest he gets is momentarily putting his hand on the side of someone's face/neck, but he usually goes for the shoulder instead. so it's clearly not just, like, typical eliot kissing behavior, or even hale's own personal instinct as an actor filming a kiss scene, which could understandably bleed over into his character. it's a gesture reserved for quentin and quentin only. it's an intentional acting choice.

hale is so fucking dedicated to his craft and so considerate with even the smallest gestures he puts into building eliot as a lifelike, dimensional character, into grounding his dynamics and relationships with other characters through use of consistent small detail (the way he always cradles the back of margo's head when he hugs her, anyone? the way he always looks to the side before saying something vulnerable? holding hands with alice in s5 whenever he gets the chance?) and idk. that just means a lot to me. hale appleman emmy award WHEN

#am i bored in quarantine and coping by overanalyzing eliot's body language so i can capture it better in my fic? maybe so!#this post is DEEPLY EMBARRASSING and i fully realize that please no one clown me #the magicians #queliot #eliot waugh #hale appleman #quentin initiating the neck grab™ also says sth so understated yet so loud about his own self awareness but that's a convo for another day #it's appreciating hale's dedication 2 his craft hours folks i don't make the rules. thank you mr. hale

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surprisegents · 5 years

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do u wanna draw some Mr Eliot Waugh in fancy Victorian / Regency era getup?Tailcoat?? Hat??? I leave it up to u - also I didn’t know you were a Canada!! Me too!!! :D

*slams desk* YES TO ALL

also hi fellow canadiadian!

#oof thank you for such a cool request i'm !!#yes yep mr waugh is gettin FANCY #curriebelle #mailbox

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metamorphesque · 3 years

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Can you give me some LGBTQ+ book recommendations? Thanks x

Books that I have read: (some of these books are circled around a LGBTQ+ romance, while the others only contain certain elements)

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (100/10 recommend, this one was an otherworldly experience)

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara (100/10 recommend, but pay attention to trigger warnings)

Breasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami (100/10 recommend, i perceived the main character as an asexual)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (1000/10, everything that's wonderful about being alive)

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong (1000/10, cannot recommend this book enough)

Night Sky with Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong (1000/10, "the seventh circle of Earth" has my heart and refuses to give it back)

Maurice - E. M. Forster (1000/10, love love love)

Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman (7/10 recommend, some parts made me feel uncomfortable, but overall I liked it)

Find Me - André Aciman (9/10, sequel to Call me by your name, I liked this far better than the first one)

The Secret History - Donna Tartt (8/10 recommend, only certain elements)

If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio (10/10 recommend, "James, I love you")

Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski (9/10)

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (100/10)

Crush - Richard Siken (100/10 recommend, one of my favourite poetry books)

Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin (100/10 recommend, can't rave enough about this book)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab (8.5/10 recommend, slightly problematic, but overall i loved it)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky (10/10 recommend, my 15-year-old self feels validated)

Lie With Me - Philippe Besson (6/10)

My Policeman - Bethan Roberts (9/10, if you like E.M. Forster, i highly recommend reading this one)

Autobiography of Red - Anne Carson (10/10)

Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu (8/10)

Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado (10/10 hell to the yes)

The Parting Gift - Evan Fallenberg (6.8/10, some parts made me feel uncomfortable, but overall not a horrible experience)

Apricot Jam - Imogen Markwell-Tweed (3/10, if you're in need of something light and sweet)

Books I haven't read

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

An Orphan World by Giuseppe Caputo

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Memorial by Bryan Washington

Cleanness by Garth Greenwell

The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

#book recs #lgbtq+#lgbt books #pride month

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