#books-of-lunacy

[bamsara]

First attempt at book binding my own fic, Solar Lunacy; ARC 1, Chapters 1-13. Aprox 185,343 wordcount, newer chapters not included.

I messed up and made the font size and margins smaller than the average book, so doing the actaul book will be thicker, but I had to squish the current signature sizes into this hardcover I yanked and upcycled from the thrift store. I used fabrics that I had lying around from making my Sun & Moon cosplays.

It's not perfect but it's good for a test bind! Now to actually fix the text block and make a decent hardcover. Eventually.

#Solar Lunacy #book binding #fan binding #doodles #<<< my creation tag

[ezkezpez]

More concepts for @bamsara ‘s solar lunacy! With cover ideas, and fore edge painting designs.

The first book (or Arc 1) will be themed around Sun, the second book/arc on moon, and the third based on stars (concept and colour still subject to change)

Im also thinking that the bytes of lunacy side fics will be included in the back of the third book.

#solar bookbinding #solar lunacy #bamsara #book cover designs #ficbinding #my art #fanart

[froizetta]

Looooove how Dan Mora draws the El crest on Superman costume as if his pecs are so juicy they practically distort spacetime around them. Like look at this:

That's not a subtle indentation over his cleavage, as you'd expect from a spandex-like material stretching over bulky muscle. It's a crease. Like the spine of a comic book but tits. That suit is fucking vacuum-sealed to his body.

It really makes me wonder what would happen if he took off the trunks. Like would the whole shape of the superdick just be fully identifiable against one thigh, like a single link of Kryptonian sausage in a vacuum-sealed package? I will never know, but the thought of it haunts me.

#comic panels #world's finest spoilers #i mean sort of #this is really more of a tit post than anything #yeah I know that the obscenely form-fitting suits is kind of a comic book art trope but #it hits different when it's mora #it just does #i am not brave enough to put this lunacy in the character tag

[sophieswundergarten]

Sophie's really bad and also currently incomplete "Summary" of The Sofa Book

@nobody33333333 Here you go

I'm putting this under the cut because Moth said he might want to read it at some point. Everyone else is welcome to my insanity.

Also, fair warning, because I'm really bad at summarizing things so there's going to be a lot of touch and go with how detailed this is

I found this book in a bargain book bin several years ago in a local grocery store and my mother bought it for me because I thought it looked interesting.

I was right.

But it is also so many other things.

And it has an unprecedented number of references to other media, namely The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and A Wrinkle in Time, by my count

So, there's these three kids: River, Freak, and Fiona. River's parents died in a car crash, when he was little, and that also gave him a limp. River arrives at the bus stop one day to find a sofa just. Sitting there. (It is worth noting that the sofa is coloured similarly to Mr. Benedict's green suit. And that there is a possible bloodstain on one of the cushions)

River's friend Freak is sitting on the sofa, and soon their other friend Fiona shows up. Fiona is the only one of the trio to have a phone, but she also refuses to be seen with the boys in public because "girls mature faster than boys and [she] really [needs] to be with people [her] own age" and she tells the boys not to take it personally, it's just that emotionally the boys are both six.

Fiona's a lot of fun.

She also constantly wears very strange outfits with extremely clashing colours. No one mentions this to her.

So, the kids deduce that the couch probably belonged to "old man Underhill" since it's technically outside his driveway. Fiona suggests looking for loose change in-between the cushions. They find a peanut shell, a gum wrapper, a plaid sock, a weird coin that has two different people's heads and words in an unknown alphabet, a green crayon labeled "ZUCCHINI", and a fishhook that River discovers because he jams his hand into the couch and gets stabbed.

They save all of these things "for posterity", which is a good thing because Fiona then finds out that there are collectors out there who will pay a lot of money for it so she sets up an online auction.

Background information that is important: The town they live in (Cheshire) backs up to a coal-seam fire wasteland called Hellsboro, which has been burning for twelve years and was caused by some kind of accident at the Rodmore Chemical plant, the abandoned building at the center of Hellsboro. The three kids are the only people who live in the houses near Hellsboro, and the rest of the city is several miles away.

Also, phones and other technology are sold by the company Disin Tel, and basically every food is made by Agra Nation. And there are huge town-wide flash mobs that happen every so often, which the participants deny ever happening. This is a common argument with the kids as Fiona takes part in the flash mobs and the boys are annoyed she keeps pretending it never happened.

The crayon auction has now jumped to over seven thousand dollars, and the kids are freaking out. The bidding war is between GORLAB and Alecto, but River points out that technically they don't own the crayon, and should check with Mr. Underhill first.

They end up speaking to him through a speaker in the front gate of the Underhill house, at which point we discover that this man is, in fact, not Mr. Underhill. Mr. Underhill died at age 97 in a tobogganing accident. This guy is named Alf.

They mention that they found the crayon in the sofa, to which Alf replies "Oh, that sofa. I was wondering where it had gotten to. I didn't realize if was missing until yesterday even when I tried to sit down. Imagine my surprise."

Alf also references the fact that his pneumatic mail slot apparently ate the mailman's hand, but that's not relevant.

Alf suggests they meet after the kids get out of school to discuss the mattter (Dropping a few very specific details about the kids' lives that he has no way of knowing), and the kids agree.

River gets back to the gate early, and takes a nap on the sofa. He has a very strange dream involving his irritated and pedantic English teacher wearing a suit made out of the sofa upholstery. This is not, in fact, his English teacher, but rather "the sofa's spokesperson".

There is then a very confusing explanation about a place called "Indorsia" that is described as being like a landscape "on the inside surface of a giant, hollow sphere", which is where the sofa's from.

The sofa is a piece of "smart furniture", which means it "keeps itself clean; it digests stains; it can change its color to match the drapes" and also it grows from small, sugar-cube-like objects. This "makes it easier to pack if you're being pursued by storm troopers".

It takes a year for the sofa to grow to full size, and this sofa in particular has nanotech factories in both armrests, which can copy small objects once given a sample. (Such as replicating spare change)

Also, (And here you are, Bods) the sofa is the only entity in either their world or Indorsia to have the ability to tesser

This means it can teleport, with a maximum range of two miles and the need to recharge, but nonetheless quite impressive as it figured out how to do this on its own.

And it powers itself to do all these things by eating dust bunnies

AND WE'RE STOPPING HERE FOR TONIGHT BECAUSE I NEED TO GO EAT. I WILL TRY AND FINISH LATER, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED :)

#I hope this helps #I overestimated my ability to summarize #And immediately grabbed my book so I could double check and find every tiny detail #But at least now you know why the sofa was at the bustop #Hopefully I can get to the next chapter soon because that's where the lunacy really takes off #what we found in the sofa and how it saved the world

[ipledgeawaymysanity]

SHE HAD BEEN PERFECTLY SAFE AFTER ALL

#this was pure lunacy #good omens #good omens book #neil gaiman

[gennsoup]

It is cliché that once a month, the moon stalks through my body, rendering me frail and still more susceptible to brain spin

Keri Hulme, He hōhā

#Keri Hulme #He hoha #Puna Wai Korero #moon #moon quotes #lunacy #brain spin #full moon #Maori poetry #Maori literature #New Zealand literature #poetry #poetry quotes #quotes #quotes blog #literature quotes #literature #book quotes

[irregularbillcipher]

trying to get back into reading actual books because while i used to be a "read a 500 page book in three days" kid, i've really fallen off reading for fun. like haven't done it since college

anyway i read confessions by kanae minato yesterday and man i do not know how to feel about it. conceptually it was really cool and it kept me reading, but it sort of bummed me out that a story that was intentionally told in several different perspectives that are all literally talking to you, the reader, via in-universe speeches and diary entries and the like, all felt like they had such a similar voice. the motivations and perspectives of the characters were all different, but everyone felt so similar in how they talked. it's a translation from japanese so it might just be the fault of the translator, but this weird similarity in cadence and vocabulary just really brought the book down for me, which really bummed me out

#the instances where there was literal dialogue people spoke differently but the POV tones were all so smiliar #there was a lot of hiv/aids misinfo in the book but also that was like. the point #moriguchi isn't a good person so she says some really awful things and ALSO she is banking on these kids to not understand the intricacies #of living with and contracting hiv and specifically using their ignorance to psychologically torture them as part of the revenge plot #also SPOILERS the weird thing with mizuki and the lunacy killer was really out of nowhere and unneeded #idk. i got thoughts but i'm glad i'm reading again and i finished it in one night so that's something

[scriptistired]

So i was convinced to write a thing and-

yea. It turned out pretty cool tho, i hate it

#WHEN im writing for my books it's shit #but when it's some weird shit that wont see the light of day im a creative genius #its good for practice tho #brainrot goes brrr #fnaf dca #once again blame solar lunacy for this #fnaf security breach #security breach #security breach fic #it had eclipse and they immediately killed someone #fun #script shut up

[ezkezpez]

Exposing myself as a sun/moon fixated idiot here BUT, with everyone talking about bookbinding SL, I wanted to try my hand at designing a cover. In my brain, its that softcover leather, with gold foil embossed details but alas, despite owning a whole ass binding kit I do not have the skills to actually make it.

Anyway if you like Sun/Moon/the DCA from FNAF SB, I cannot recommend this fic enough. I’ve read it four times over now, including all the tie in stories, and it’s one of only 2 reader inserts I’ve ever liked in a decade of reading fic, honestly it’s just so good. Might do actual fanart for it one day when I gain confidence/motivation.

(Hope you dont mind @bamsara ill take it down if im overstepping just say the word)

#solar lunacy #my art #digital art #book cover concept #ficbinding #bookbinding #solar bookbinding

[tenth-sentence]

Shadwell's face carried a lunatic grin.

"Weaveworld" - Clive Barker

#book quote #weaveworld #clive barker #grin #smile #lunatic #lunacy

[crabsnpersimmons]

I got my hair cut the other day and of course I had to draw the dca boys running a hair salon:

Sun would be so effortlessly charming. Always chatting away with customers, explaining each product he uses and how to best maintain and style their hair.

Moon I can see being popular with the less chattier customers (like me) but over time they begin to open up. I imagine he hums while working. Otherwise, he's all ears for the newest gossip.

(The clipped up hat idea came from @bamsara's solar lunacy doodles!)

Also I love the popular headcanon that the dca can speak other languages, so I can imagine them being a hit with the aunties.

The full sketch page under cut! And some of my other thoughts

Other thoughts about this... AU? Can I call it an AU? Feels kinda small for an AU, but whatever:

Eclipse works there too! Haven't decided if it would be canon or fanon Eclipse, though I really like the image of 4-armed Eclipse working on 2 clients at once (plus, the nickname Clip is perfect for this scenario)

of course they're great with kids! They'd be able to console kids that get scared of getting their hair cut. Sun would do a little trick and tell them how good and brave they are all the way through. Moon would console them and hum a soothing song (or hey maybe they notice the kid's wearing a disney shirt and starts humming some showtunes). Every kid gets a candydrop and a balloon on their way out.

y/n works at the hair salon as a part-timer and does tasks around the salon like sweeping, arranging bookings, washing hair, etc. They don't really care too much about their own hair, but the boys are always offering to style it, dye it, braid it. With y/n's permission, the boys always toy with their hair—patting it, combing their hands through it, brushing it over y/n's ear, ruffling it.

#fnaf sun #fnaf moon #fnaf dca #dca fandom #this idea has been running rampant in my brain while I've been trying to focus on my modules these past few days #I can't take any credit for their outfits tho these were literally just what the hairdressers at my local salon we wearing that day #this all started because my hairdresser was wearing a delightfully yellow sweater #and just ohmygosh hairdresser sunny popped into my mind #this was also an experimentation with colouring with markers #need more colouring practice especially with shading #also learned the hard way that none of my fineliners are waterproof #or at least they don't play well with my markers! they seem to work with my watercolour paints just fine #sighhhhhh #crab art #New Do Same You AU

[astro-inthestars]

oh btw im reading Helen of Troy by Margaret George and I think it's slowly driving me to madness! :)

#rennikorambles #in a good way of course! #helen just met paris and I am. I AM GOING INTO LUNACY. #VERY SLOWLY #MOM (aphrodite) WHY #WH Y #mother you might've given her toO MUCH LOVE- #i did a book swap with my friend i gave him PJO the Lightning Thief and he gave me Helen of Troy and dear mother of god #NO REGRETS. BUT ALSO. AUGUHHHHHAHGHHFHUGHHU #glad to see my good friends like Odysseus here tho! #hiiii king

[amuseoffyre]

Finding it interesting that Ed can read other pirates like a book, but Stede is like a locked and sealed volume hidden in a chest under the floor to him.

Ed says of Ned "it's usually a family thing" and yet never once sees that in Stede. Likewise, with Mary and Anne, "I can see what they're doing. This is a game to them".

I suspect part of it is that he doesn't think it's possible Stede could be like them, that he also has some kind of trauma. "You've got it all figured out", he says, never noticing how Stede flinches. A lot of it comes from Stede making very conscious decisions to bottle things up and stiff-upper-lip his way through a lot of stuff.

What Ed sees as whimsical lunacy is actually Stede's desperate need for acceptance and approval as himself. His eccentric behaviour seems more like a charming quirk than a sign of some deeper trauma there. He literally runs headlong into dangerous situations, including piracy itself, because whatever he left behind was so much worse for him.

It's very clear Ed didn't hear him when Stede said he very much knew what it felt like, treading water, waiting to drown, because Ed was too caught up in venting about his life being boring to the first person who showed an interest.

In S1, Stede actively never voiced his concerns - the one time he did briefly lose his temper (after Jack pissed on his shoes), the next thing he knows, Ed is leaving him with that same man. The minute a figure from his past points out all his sins, his self-assurance cracks like glass.

In S2, that fear is still there: the fear of not being enough and that Ed will have a better and happier life without him.

His wife moved on in his absence and found a better life without him. Now, the first time he's been able to stand his ground, do what his father always told him was "a man's work", and slept with the man he loves, he's being told it was "a mistake". Which isn't what Ed is saying, but no doubt it's what Stede hears because it's the lesson beaten and stoned and snarled into him his entire life.

The fact that Ed does have these blank spots about Stede's past is causing a lot of the trouble in their miscommunication. Ed needs to know him if they're going to get anywhere, just as he needs to know Ed and I'm so curious about how they're going to do it.

#ofmd s2 #ofmd meta #stede bonnet #ed teach

[bamsara]

Did you also have any plans to book bind trod? If so, that'd be pretty neat!

I'd really like to! My first attempt was binding Solar Lunacy and while that went decently, I think I can do better now that I've had a little more experience. I think my biggest issue was making sure the spine stayed intact and being patient enough for the glue to dry

I would have to learn formatting better and go through and fix the grammatical errors (and maybe re-write a few sentences for the sake of clarity) but I think it would be fun

No idea what I'd make the cover though. I still want to redo the SL one along with my other IZ series one too. I've designed some before, but I have to admit that my actaul bookbinding skills are...lackluster, and so are my cover art designing abilities sldkhglsd

#ive only ever properly bound blank pages for sketchbooks and my own fics for fun and legal reasons #but im still very amateur at it #good hobby and skills to learn

[cryptotheism]

you seem somewhat knowledgeable about, and immersed in, the world of far-right lunacy. how do you do that without going batshit insane?

I don't follow much of it firsthand. I let people who are smarter and more dedicated than me follow their niches, and I listen to what they have to say. Like, I'll listen to Knowledge Fight to keep up with Alex Jones, and QanonAnonymous to keep up with Qanon, etc. Along with reading books by experts and slowly making the acquaintance of journalists who keep track of right wingers.

[ashfae]

Er yes. You seem to have good taste in GO fics. Got anymore faves I can read when I should be working or paying attention to my child? 😝

I'm really flattered you asked! And I also have 50 pages of fics bookmarked and no idea where to begin aaahhhh! So I'll just, errr, lob a bunch onto here: Obviously there's the trifecta of GO fic brilliance, Slow Show, Pray For Us Icarus, and Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach. Everyone knows them, you don't need me to babble.

Other faves in no particular order and of all types because if I try to be organized about this I'll spend months at it and never post it:

Be As You've Always Been - by gyzym

It Was Always You - by mltefry

Truth or Dare - by @kanna-ophelia (also Stay) What God Hath Wrought - by @saretton

What We Make Of It (Shotgun Wedding) - by @charlottemadison42 (this fic made me a better parent, I'm not kidding) (see also Or Be Nice because choosing between them would leave me screaming for weeks)

In the Pocket of the Universe - by @indieninja92

Choose Your Faces Wisely - by @featherquillpen (this fic changed my life in ways I find it very difficult to express)

Dark Roast Espresso at the Purgatory Cafe - by @copperplatebeech

Thieves of Mercy - by @amuseoffyre

Oh Maker - by @voluptatiscausa

Lunacy - by @snae-b

a lighthouse, burning - by @books-and-omens

The Book of Ruth - by @racketghost (the whole Strange Moons series but for me especially this one)

Scales From the Eyes - by @yoites-good-omens-blog

Love in the Days of an Ill-Timed Plague - by @scrapbramble

Of Boxes, Boas, and Bastards - by @hkblack

Saltwater - by @heycaricari

Demon and Angel Professors - by ghostinthehouse (this looks long and intimidating but chapters are very short and entirely worth it)

oh god I'll stop there or I never will even though I've left out SO MANY of my favourites ahhhhhh /smashes post button

#good omens fanfic recs