#brent lambert

[fansplaining]

I think the biggest change that I’ve observed is I see a lot more hard conversations happening, in terms of who’s included, who isn’t included, especially in things like how characters of color get depicted in fanart. I think that’s a big one I’ve noticed. Just talking about skin tones, why is it always acceptable to have Black characters be of lighter skin tones? Or, you know, why that shouldn’t be happening.

Brent Lambert talks about changes he’s observed in fandom over the past year for our seventh anniversary episode. Click through to listen or read a full transcript! 

#fandom #fansplaining #brent lambert #race and fandom #fanart #colorism

[duckprintspress]

Happy Black History Month! Check Out 15 of Our Favorite Queer Reads by Black Authors

February is Black History Month in the United States, and Duck Prints Press is joining in the celebration by sharing 15 of our favorite queer reads by Black authors! The contributors to this list are Shadaras, boneturtle, Tris Lawrence, Sebastian Marie, Shea Sullivan, Terra P. Waters, and an anonymous author.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix (Remixed Classics Series) by Bethany C. Morrow

Nothing Burns As Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart Series) by Kalynn Bayron

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson

How to Find a Princess (Runaway Royals Series) by Alyssa Cole

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics Series) by Kalynn Bayron

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

What are YOUR favorite reads by Black authors? We’d love to find more to add to our to-be-read piles!

Want to chat your favorite reads with us? Join our Book Lover’s Discord server!

You can view this list as a bookshelf on Goodreads!

Love reading queer books? Our Queer Book Challenge is running on Storygraph through the end of 2024. Come join us!

#duck prints press #book recommendations #black history month #black authors #queer books #bipoc authors #queer rec list #rec list #recommendation list

[richincolor]

3 YA Black Horror Books for Spooky Season

Now that spooky season is in full swing all around me, it's time to turn to some spinechilling reads. It's been an amazing year for Black horror in YA, from an anthology (out October 17th!) to exciting new books that will keep you up all night long. Here are 3 YA horror books with Black protagonists for you to check out!

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage.

To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she’s dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom.

But even as undeniable as she is, Laure is not the only monster around. And her vicious desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into madness and the mystifying underworld beneath her, she is faced with the ultimate choice: continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is—monstrous heart and all. That is, if the god-killer doesn’t catch her first.

From debut author Jamison Shea comes I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me, a slow-burn horror that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit on exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back.

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night? This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Fear Street.

Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the “final girl” at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business.

But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they'll need figure out what this killer is after. Is there is more to the story of Mirror Lake and its dangerous past than Charity ever suspected?

All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology by Circe Moskowitz (Anthology editor) -- Out on October 17th!

Welcome to the Dark. We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, demon and the possessed. Bloody screams, haunted visions, and the peddler of wares we aren’t sure we can trust. In this young adult horror anthology, fans of Jordan Peele, Lovecraft Country, and Horror Noire will get a little bit of everything they love—and a lot of what they fear—through a twisted blend of horror lenses, from the thoughtful to the terrifying.

From haunted, hungry Victorian mansions, temporal monster–infested asylums, and ravaging zombie apocalypses, to southern gothic hoodoo practitioners and cursed patriarchs in search of Black Excellence, All These Sunken Souls features the chilling creations of acclaimed bestsellers and hot new talents, with stories from Kalynn Bayron, Donyae Coles, Ryan Douglass, Sami Ellis, Brent Lambert, Ashia Monet, Circe Moskowitz, Joel Rochester, Liselle Sambury, and Joelle Wellington.

#i feed her to the beast and the beast is me #you're not supposed to die tonight #all these sunken souls #black horror #ya lit

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Good morning and happy Wednesday, my bookish bats! You didn't think that tiny "queer books coming out this fall" guide was ALL there was, did you? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR this month. Happy reading!

❤️ A Vision of Air by Nicole Silver 🧡 Eli Over Easy by Phil Stamper 💛 How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve 💚 Kween by Vichet Chum 💙 The Forest Demands its Due by Kosoko Jackson 💜 The B-Side of Daniel Garneau by David Kingston Yeh ❤️ Midnight Companion by Kit Barrie 🧡 Let the Waters Roars by Geonn Cannon 💛 Into the Glittering Dark by Kelley York 💙 When the Rain Begins to Burn by A.L. Davidson 💜 Been Outside by Amber Wendler & Shaz Zamore 🌈 The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson

❤️ A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert 🧡 The Spells We Cast by Jason June 💛 Pluralities by Avi Silver 💚 Salt the Water by Candice Iloh 💙 Beholder by Ryan La Sala 💜 This Pact is Not Ours by Zachary Sergi ❤️ Dragging Mason County by Curtis Campbell 🧡 Menewood by Nicola Griffith 💛 Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout 💚 The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey 💙 Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson 💜 Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil and George Williams

🌈 In the Form of a Question: the Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life by Amy Schneider ❤️ Songs of Irie by Asha Ashanti Bromfield 🧡 A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand 💛 Being Ace by Madeline Dyer 💚 Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer 💙 The Glass Scientists by S.H. Cotugno 💜 The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado ❤️ By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter 🧡 Brooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall 💛 Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender 💚 Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsen 💙 The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen

🌈 Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt ❤️ Family Meal by Bryan Washington 🧡 A Murder of Crows by Dharma Kelleher 💛 A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper 💚 Love at 350° by Lisa Peers 💙 Greasepaint by Hannah Levene 💜 The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels ❤️ Mate of Her Own by Elena Abbott 🧡 Mistletoe and Mishigas by M.A. Wardell 💛 Elle Campbell Wins Their Weekend by Ben Kahn 💚 All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters 💙 If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie

❤️ Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Lillah Lawson and Lauren Emily Whalen 🧡 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall 💛 It’s a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer 💚 Let the Dead Bury the Dead by Allison Epstein 💙 These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs 💜 The Goth House Experiment by SJ Sindu ❤️ Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin 🧡 Mudflowers by Aley Waterman 💛 Here Lies Olive by Kate Anderson 💚 Fire From the Sky by Moa Backe Åstot, trans. by Eva Apelqvist 💙 Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake 💜 On the Same Page by Haley Cass

❤️ A Dish Best Served Hot by Natalie Caña 🧡 Art of the Chase by Jennifer Giacalone 💛 The Haunting of Adrian Yates by Markus Harwood-Jones 💚 The Sword: Xcian by Elle Arroyo 💙 The Complete Carlisle Series by Roslyn Sinclair 💜 300,000 Kisses by Sean Hewitt and Luke Edward Hall ❤️ Just a Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow 🧡 Blackouts by Justin Torres 💛 Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros 💚 Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies by E.M. Roy 💙 Everything Under the Moon: Fairy Tales in a Queerer Light edited by Michael Earp ❤️ Frost Bite by Angela Sylvaine

🧡 We Met in a Bar by Claire Forsythe 💛 Sweat Equity Aurora Rey 💚 Pumpkin Spice by Tagan Shepard 💙 The Misfit Mage & His Dashing Devil by M.N. Bennet 💜 Love and Other Risky Business by Sarah Brenton ❤️ Enough by Kimia Eslah 🧡 A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard 💛 Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot 💚 Wild Wishes and Windswept Kisses by Maya Prasad 💙 Dragged to the Wedding by Andrew Grey 💜 Fox Snare by Yoon Ha Lee ❤️ Murder and Manon by Mia P. Manansala

#queer book recs #queer fiction #queer books #queer #books #book list #books to read #lgbt writers #batty about books #battyaboutbooks

[grandvhs]

lista de nomes masculinos que estava no meu bloco de notas e eu só lembrei agora

starting with A ;;

aaron.

adair.

adam.

aiden.

ajax.

alec.

alfie.

allistar.

anderson.

andrew.

andy.

angus.

antonio.

anthony.

archer.

archibald.

archie.

aries.

arlo.

arthur.

ashley.

ashton.

austen.

avery.

axel.

starting with B ;;

bailey.

beau.

beckham.

beckett.

bellamy.

benjamin.

bennett.

bentley.

blade.

blake.

blaine.

blaise.

blue.

bobbie.

bodhi.

brad.

brandon.

braxton.

brayden.

brent.

brett.

brock.

brody.

brooke.

bryson.

starting with C ;;

caleb.

callum.

calvin.

cameron.

carlisle.

carlos.

carson.

carter.

casey.

chad.

chandler.

charlie.

chase.

chaz.

christian.

christopher.

cody.

colby.

cole.

cooper.

colton.

connor.

conrad.

corbin.

corey.

starting with D ;;

dakota.

dallas.

damien.

damon.

dante.

darian.

darron.

darryl.

david.

dawson.

declan.

demetri.

dennison.

denver.

derek.

diego.

diesel.

dimitri.

dixon.

dominic.

donovan.

drake.

drew.

dustin.

dwayne.

starting with E ;;

eason.

eaton.

eddy.

edmund.

edward.

elijah.

elior.

ellias.

elliot.

ellis.

elyas.

ember.

emerson.

emery.

emilio.

emmett.

enzo.

eric.

ernie.

ethan.

ethaniel.

evan.

everett.

everson.

ezar.

starting with F ;;

fabio.

fallon.

farah.

felix.

fernando.

ferris.

felton.

finn.

finnegan.

finnick.

fitz.

fitzgerald.

fletcher.

floyd.

flynn.

foley.

forest.

francisco.

franco.

frankie.

franklin.

fraser.

frasier.

freddie.

fredrik.

starting with G ;;

gabe.

gabriel.

gale.

gallagher.

garcia.

gareth.

garrett.

gary.

gavin.

gene.

george.

gerard.

gilbert.

giovanni.

glenn.

gordon.

grady.

graeme.

grant.

greggory.

gregor.

greyson.

griffin.

gus.

guy.

starting with H ;;

hadley.

hale.

haley.

hamilton.

hamish.

hansel.

harley.

harris.

harrison.

harry.

harvey.

haven.

hayes.

heath.

hector.

hendrix.

henrik.

henry.

holton.

howard.

hudson.

hugh.

hugo.

hunter.

hyde.

starting with I ;;

ian.

ibrahim.

icarius.

idris.

igor.

iman.

immanuel.

imran.

indi.

indiana.

indigo.

indra.

inrique.

irwin.

isaak.

isaiah.

isaias.

ishmael.

isobell.

israel.

ivan.

ivey.

ivor.

ivory.

izzy.

starting with J ;;

jack.

jacob.

jagger.

jai.

james.

jamie.

jason.

jaspar.

jaxon.

jaydon.

jed.

jeremy.

jesse.

jett.

joel.

jameson.

jonathon.

jordan.

jose.

joseph.

joshua.

jude.

julian.

junior.

justin.

starting with K ;;

kade.

kai.

kalen.

kameron.

kane.

kasey.

kayden.

keaton.

keegan.

keenan.

kellan.

kendall.

kendrick.

kevin.

khalil.

kian.

kiefer.

kieran.

kingsley.

kingston.

klaus.

kohen.

konrad.

kristoff.

kyle.

starting with L ;;

lachlan.

lamar.

lambert.

lance.

landon.

langston.

lawrence.

lawson.

leeroy.

lennon.

leo.

leonardo.

levi.

lewis.

liam.

lincoln.

lionel.

logan.

lorenzo.

louis.

luca.

lucas.

lucky.

lucis.

luke.

starting with M ;;

mackenzie.

madden.

maddox.

malaki.

malcolm.

manuel.

marco.

marcus.

marley.

marshall.

martin.

mason.

matteo.

matthew.

max.

micah.

michael.

miguel.

mike.

miles.

miller.

milo.

mitchell.

morgan.

moses

starting with N ;;

nadir.

naiser.

nasir.

nate.

nathan.

nathaniel.

naveen.

naydon.

ned.

nico.

neil.

nelson.

nero.

nicholai.

nicholas.

nila.

niles.

nixon.

noah.

noel.

nolan.

norman.

north.

nylan.

nyle.

starting with O ;;

oakley.

ocean.

octavius.

odell.

olaf.

oliver.

ollie.

omar.

omari.

orion.

orlando.

osborn.

oscar.

o’shea.

osten.

oswald.

otis.

otto.

owen.

oxley.

starting with P ;;

pablo.

page.

palmer.

parker.

parrish.

patrick.

paul.

paulo.

pax.

paxton.

payton.

penn.

percy.

perry.

peter.

phineas.

phoenix.

pierce.

pierre.

prescott.

presley.

preston.

prince.

princeton.

puck.

starting with Q ;;

qadim.

qadir.

quain.

quenby.

quill.

quimby.

quincy.

quinn.

quinten.

starting with R ;;

randy.

raymond.

reese.

reid.

remy.

reuben.

rhett.

rhys.

richard.

richie.

ricky.

riley.

robert.

robin.

roger.

roman.

romeo.

ronan.

ronnie.

ross.

rowen.

ryan.

ryder.

ryker.

rylan.

starting with S ;;

sage.

sailor.

salem.

samson.

samuel.

sascha.

sawyer.

saxon.

scott.

sean.

sebastian.

seth.

shane.

shiloh.

simon.

sinclair.

skyler.

sonny.

spencer.

stanley.

stefan.

steven.

stevie.

storm.

sullivan.

starting with T ;;

tamir.

tanner.

tate/tait.

tatum.

taylor.

teddy.

theo.

thomas.

timothy.

tobias.

toby.

todd.

tommy.

tory.

trace.

travis.

trent.

trevor.

trey.

tristan.

troye.

tucker.

tyler.

tyrone.

tyson.

starting with U ;;

umair.

umar.

urien.

usama.

starting with V ;;

valentine.

valentino.

vance.

vaughn.

victor.

vincent.

vinn.

vinnie.

vladimir.

starting with W ;;

wade.

walden.

wallace.

walter.

warner.

warren.

warrick.

waylan.

wayne.

wendall.

wes.

wesley.

west.

whitley.

wilbert.

william.

willis.

wilmer.

windsor.

winslow.

winston.

wolf.

wren.

wyatt.

wynter.

starting with X ;;

xachary.

xan.

xander.

xavier.

xeno.

ximen.

xylon.

starting with Y ;;

yahto.

yakub.

yasin.

yasi.

york.

ysrael.

yuri.

yusef.

starting with Z ;;

zachary.

zahir.

zander.

zane.

zavier.

zed.

zeke.

zion.

zolten.

#name ideas #male names #nomes masculinos #rpg #prompt #writing help #list

[knyinfinity]

Playlists: 💜💙🩶

Note: I did 1-2 songs for each because I love music 🥰 I bought Spotify specifically for this so here (Amari) and here (AmaMui)🩶💙 lol.

I will make Kanatas when I have their character and story more flushed out and detailed 💚

Amari:

Childhood: My House-PVRIS; Paradise-Coldplay

Life Outlook: Feels Like Forever-Of Mice&Men; Some Days-Brent Morgan (tw: implication of suicide)

Morning Routine: The Original High-Adam Lambert; Ocean and Atlantic-Mayday Parade

Happiest Moment: Painting Flowers-All Time Low

Cheers Them Up: Under Your Scars-Godsmack

Struggle: So Far Away-Avenged Sevenfold; We Are the Brave-VERIDIA

For Loved One: I Wouldn't Mind-He is We; Just Like Fire-P!nk

Past Relationships: Drown-Bring Me the Horizon; Bleeding Out-Imagine Dragons

Current Relationships: Unsteady-X Ambassadors;

Request to a DJ at a Party: Undisclosed Desires-Muse

Saddest Memories: The Ghost of You-My Chemical Romance; Hear the Sound-Mayday Parade; Perfect World-Simple Plan

Training Montage: Invincible-Our Last Night;

Singing in the Shower: 11 Minutes-Halsey ft. YUNGBLUD

AmaMui 💙🩶:

First Meet: On Top of the World-Imagine Dragons

Reminds Them of Each Other: Iris-Goo Goo Dolls

Waking Up Together (it fits their characters better): Painting Flowers-All Time Low; James Dean and Audrey Hepburn-Sleeping With Sirens

Happiest Moments Together: They Don't Know About Us-One Direction; Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol

Mutual Struggles: 21 Guns-Green Day; I Wanna Be Yours-Arctic Monkeys

Dance Together: Believer-American Authors; King and Lionheart-Of Monsters and Men

Represents Their Uncertainty: Follow My Heart-REO Speedwagon; Now or Never-Halsey

Stuck with Each Other: Beauty in the Fall-Arrows in Action; I Swear This Time I Mean It-Mayday Parade

Represents a Confession: Dandelion Necklace-Saywecanfly; Mercy-Shawn Mendes

Plays at Their Wedding: A Thousand Years-Cristina Perri

Plays When They're Dying: Follow You-Bring Me the Horizon; Love Like Ghosts-Lord Huron

Comfort Songs for Each Other: Vapor-5 Seconds of Summer; When I Look At You-Miley Cyrus

#demon slayer #kimetsu no yaiba #kny #demon slayer oc #kny oc #demon slayer original character #oc fanfiction #oc playlist

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

Ok so these are all from my tbr but since you said quantity over quality I thought you might appreciate this anyway? Anyway: A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert, Faebound by Saara El-Arifi, Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh, The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann, and I'm So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson

oh worry not, Oniomoh and Jackson are already on the list

[profiterole-reads]

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert

The novella A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert was fascinating. An assassin from the Amos-Morbine Compact and a rebel spy on each other by being lovers.

Plot-wise, I want to compare this to This is How You Lose the Time War. In terms of writing style, it couldn't be more different: it's down-to-earth instead of being poetical.

The 3 evil empires each have a magic system rooted in a different magic dimension, which I found intriguing at first, but the final fight went into too many directions because of it.

This is m/m enemies-and-lovers-to-actual-lovers. Both protagonists are Black.

#lgbt sff #lgbt books #sff books #mlm #m/m #fantasy

[thedozen]

КАРАОКЕ 04.01.2024

До расставания оставался один день. Возможности остаться до субботы ни у кого не было, поэтому Дюжина и Патимейты решили последний вечер караоке провести 4 января 2024 года.

• Холли и Джереми: We The Kings & Demi Lovato – We'll Be A Dream

• Скотт и Сара: Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens – Start Of Something New

• Пол М. и Стелла: Taylor Swift & Brendon Urie – ME!

• Роман и Марселла: Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time

• Агнес и Пол К. (предложил Пол К.): Three Days Grace – Pain

• Эшли и Ванесса: Klangkarussell – Home

• Анжелика и Честер (предложил Честер): Zayn & Sia – Dusk Till Dawn

• Барбара и Софи (предложила Барбара): Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

• Роксанна: Lady Gaga – Bad Romance

• Сальма и Джейсон (предложила Сальма): All Time Low & Demi Lovato & blackbear – Monsters

• Дина и Эдвард: The Rasmus & Anette Olzon – October And April

• Вей (посвятил Кевину): Adam Lambert – Never Close Our Eyes

• Кевин (посвятил Вею): OST Victorious – You're The Reason

• Мэй: Katy Perry – Chained To The Rhythm

• Джунг: Coldplay & BTS – My Universe

• Джулия: Skillet – American Noise

• Эмбер: Spice Girls – Wannabe

• Эбигейл: LeAnn Rimes – Can’t Fight The Moonlight

• Холли (посвятила Джереми): Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe

• Джереми (посвятил Холли): Jonas Brothers – What A Man Gotta Do

• Роман, Скотт, Сара и Саша (предложила Саша, но песню выбрал Скотт): John Legend – We Need Love

• Сальма, Джейсон, Честер и Пол К. (предложила Саша, а песню выбрал Пол К.): Black Veil Brides – Fallen Angels

• Агнес, Анжелика, Эшли и Ванесса (предложила Ванесса): Imagine Dragons – Love

• Честер и Барбара (предложил Честер): Fall Out Boy – Thanks For The Memories

• Эйса: Alice Merton – No Roots

• Сальма: OST Victorious – All I Want Is Everything

• Роман, Скотт, Пол М. и Джереми (предложил Джереми): One Direction – Drag Me Down

• Зита, Барбара и Роксанна (предложила Роксанна): OST Victorious – Shut Up And Dance

• Саша и Пол К. (предложил Пол К.): Imanbeck & Sean Paul & Sofia Reyes – Dancing On Dangerous

• Нэнси (посвятила Полу К.): Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do

• Джесси: Papa Roach – Scars

• Пол К. (посвятил Агнес): Apocalyptica & Brent Smith – Not Strong Enough

• Саша, Зита, Нэнси, Барбара и Роксанна (предложила Нэнси, посвятили Полу К.): Britney Spears – Womanizer

• Ванесса (посвятила Эшли): Taylor Swift – This Love

• Эшли (посвятила Ванессе): Avril Lavigne – I Love You

• Анжелика (посвятила Честеру): Pale Waves – My Obsession

• Агнес: Linkin Park – What I've Done

• Пол К. (посвятил Агнес): The Rasmus – The One I Love

• Роман и Скотт: Gym Class Heroes & Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts

• Агнес, Анжелика и Эшли: Linkin Park – Nobody Can Save Me

• Сара, Саша и Сальма (предложила Саша): OST Friendship Is Magic – Let The Rainbow Remind You

• Джейсон и Честер (предложил Честер): Imagine Dragons – Bones

• Зита: Paramore – Decode

• Нэнси: Ava Max – Million Dollar Baby

• Барбара и Роксанна (предложила Барбара): Britney Spears – Oops! I Did It Again

• Агнес, Роман и Сальма (по просьбе Саши): OST Camp Rock – Fire

• Анжелика, Скотт и Джейсон (по просьбе Саши): Coldplay – A Sky Full of Stars

• Эшли, Сара и Честер (по просьбе Саши): Evanescence – Going Under

• Ванесса, Саша и Пол К. (по просьбе Саши): Lorde – Everybody Wants To Rule The World

• Дюжина (предложила Саша, но песню выбрал Пол К.): Andy Black – We Don’t Have To Dance

#The Dozen #Partymates #Earth Beta #Christmas Party #Playlist

[fansplaining]

Episode 180: Happy Anniversary #7

Flourish and Elizabeth mark yet another year of the podcast with their traditional anniversary episode format: inviting the past year’s guests to share their thoughts about what’s changed in fandom, both broadly and personally. Topics discussed include making your own spaces versus giving up on fandoms entirely, bringing fresh perspectives to older source material, and the continued fracturing of both the media landscape and subsequent fannish interests.

Click through to our site to listen or read a full transcript!

#fansplaining #fandom #anniversary episode #fandom trends #media #discord #older fandoms #destinationtoast #betts #brent lambert #happy birthday to us

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Mystery/Thriller Books I Read This Year with LGBTQ+ Main & Side Characters 🏳️‍🌈

This year I read so many interesting mystery and thriller books and wanted to make this list because I didn't even know that there were that many mystery/thriller books that featured LGBTQ+ characters until this year. These books were all a joy to read and I hope that you'll enjoy them as well. I don't want to mislead anyone so I'll put the pairings in parentheses and let you decide which ones speak to you or not.

Ace of Spades - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Main Characters)

Students Chiamaka "Chi" and Devon are tormented by an anonymous gossip account that is hellbent on ruining their senior year. If you like Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars you'll love it.

All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology - Edited by Circe Moskowitz (Various Characters) and features the following authors:

Kalynn Bayron, Ashia Monet, Liselle Sambury, Sami Ellis, Joel Rochester, Joelle Wellington, Brent C. Lambert, Donyae Coles, Ryan Douglass, Circe Moskowitz

I'm not a big fan of horror novels but I found all of these short stories to be really interesting. They range from confusing to mildly unsettling to very creepy so there is something for everyone. Just a heads up there's a bit of gore but that's something to be expected in a horror novel.

And Don’t Look Back - Rebecca Barrow (Main Characters)

Harlow Ford is a teenager who has bounced from place to place her whole life due to her mother Cora attempting to outrun something or someone. While attempting to flee their current location, Harlow and her mother get into a car accident and her mother dies from her injuries. Before she dies, Cora instructs Harlow to take a key and find a safety deposit box and to "Keep running, and don't stop". In this box Harlow discovers money and new identities as well as a deed to a house and pictures of aunts she never knew existed. Harlow then has to decide if she wants to run forever or solve the mystery to her past. Nearly everyone in this book is sapphic except for a few characters.

Black Cake - Charmaine Wilkerson (Main & Side Characters)

Estranged siblings Byron and Benny Bennett, affectionately called B&B by their mother Eleanor, have to put aside their differences after her sudden death. The family lawyer reveals that Eleanor left behind various tapes detailing her life and that the last Black cake she made is in the freezer but cannot be cut until the time is right. Told in two timelines, we learn about Eleanor's life and how she came to be her mother and it's a tale of loss, heartbreak, and perseverance. If you haven't already seen it, Hulu has adapted it into a tv series and all episodes are available to watch.

Cutting Teeth - Chandler Baker (Side Characters)

The book's selling point is vampire preschoolers, but it's mainly about three mothers Rhea, Mary Beth, and Darby and their struggles with motherhood. When their children's teacher Ms. Ollie is found dead, cracks form in their friendships and personal lives as they struggle to manage their children's thirst for blood. There are two lesbian moms of one of the preschoolers that are mentioned here and there but they don't play a big part in the story.

The Golden Spoon - Jessa Maxwell (Side Character)

Six amateur bakers are invited to compete on The Golden Spoon, a baking competition hosted by a famous baker Betsy Martin. They're all whisked away to Grafton manor, Betsy's family home. The competition starts off with undetectable acts of sabotage and ends in a shocking murder. One of the reviews compared it to Only Murders in the Building because of some amateur sleuthing done by middle aged tech guru bachelor Pradyumna and retired nurse Lottie, but I don't think they're similar at all just because of the age gap. One of the contestants Peter is gay and has a husband and daughter but he is not a major player in this book. Hulu got the rights to adapt this book into a series so I can't wait to see it in the next year or two.

Their Vicious Games - Joelle Wellington (Side Characters)

After getting into a fight with a classmate, Edgewater Academy student Adina Walker loses her spot at her dream college. In hopes of reclaiming her future, she charms her way into getting accepted into a competition called The Finish. Held at the estate of the Remington family, the founders of the Edgewater Academy itself, The Finish is an intense competition that consists of three challenges: a Ride, a Raid, and a Royale. Competing along 11 other girls, many of which are bloodthirsty for victory, Adina tries to keep her humanity intact to not only win but stay alive. If you like The Hunger Games I think you'll enjoy this book. While their sexual identities aren't clearly defined, two of the female characters are in a queerplatonic relationship that at times seems more romantic than platonic. The Gotham Group has acquired the rights to a live adaptation but I'm unsure of whether or not this book will become a tv series or a movie.

Books that are part of a series are mentioned below. Struck titles are the books that were read in previous years.

Andy Mills Series - Lev A.C. Rosen (Main Characters)

Evander "Andy" Mills is a gay cop who was fired after being caught in a raid at a gay club and is now a private investigator for the LGBTQ+ community in 1950s San Francisco. I can't say too much about the series without spoiling the contents of either book so be sure to check out the goodreads pages for the summaries of the books.

TW: because of the time period there are a lot of homophobic slurs, graphic or off-page police brutality, and some violence in general

Lavender House

The Bell in the Fog

Secret Staircase Mystery Series - Gigi Pandian (Side Characters)

Tempest Raj, a former magician, joins her father's Secret Staircase Construction company that specializes in creating secret rooms for clients. In each book she encounters seemingly impossible locked in mysteries that occur in the homes of their clients while also trying to figure out the mystery behind a family curse that claimed the life of her aunt and possibly her mother who disappeared several years ago. Dahlia, a true crime writer is the older sister of Tempest's best friend Ivy is married to Vanessa, a criminal defense attorney. They along with their young daughter Natalie often end up providing advice or clues needed to help solve the mysteries.

Under Lock & Skeleton Key

The Raven Thief

Thursday Murder Club Series - Richard Osman (One of the main characters but not revealed/confirmed until Book 4)

In the Coopers Chase Retirement Village, four retirees get together every Thursday to solve a murder: Elizabeth, Ibrahim, Ron, and Joyce the newcomer. With the help of their friends Chris and Donna on the police force as well as handyman with a shady past Bogdan, there's no case this crew can't solve. The books are full of charm, wittiness, and excitement and I can't wait for book number five. Not much is known yet, but there is going to be a movie! Filming is supposed to start next year but I don't think they have released the casting information yet but I hope that they choose their cast well.

The Thursday Murder Club

The Man Who Died Twice

The Bullet that Missed

The Last Devil to Die

#mystery books #mystery/thriller books #queer mystery books #lgbtq mystery books #lgbtq thriller books #books #lgbtq #book tumblr

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There are four books coming out tomorrow, plus one we missed earlier this month. Which of these have caught your eye?

Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra Wednesday Books

One girl. One boy. A promise broken. A magic stolen. Irinya has wanted to be a flower hunter ever since her mother disappeared into the mysterious mist of the Rann salt flats one night. Now seventeen, Irinya uses her knowledge of magical flowers to help her caravan survive in the harsh desert. When her handsome hunting partner and childhood friend finds a priceless silver spider lily--said to be able to tear down kingdoms and defeat an entire army--Irinya knows this is their chance for a better life. Until Irinya is tricked by an attractive imposter. Irinya's fight to recover the priceless flower and to fix what she's done takes her on a dangerous journey, one she's not sure she'll survive. She has no choice but to endure it if she hopes to return home and mend the broken heart of the boy she's left behind.

If You'll Have Me by Eunnie Viking

Momo Gardner is the kind of friend who’s always ready to lend a helping hand. She’s introverted, sensitive, and maybe a little too trusting, but she likes to believe the best in people. PG, on the other hand, is a bit of a lone wolf, despite her reputation for being a flirt and a player. Underneath all that cool mystery, she’s actually quick to smile, and when she falls for someone, she falls hard. An unexpected meet-cute brings the two together, kicking off the beginning of an awkward yet endearing courtship—but with their drastically different personalities, Momo’s overprotective friend, and PG’s past coming back to haunt her, Momo and PG’s romance is put to the test.

A Bright Heart by Kate Chenli Union Square & Co.

What if you could avenge your own murder? A brilliant young woman gets a second chance at life in this debut YA tale of vengeance, court intrigue, and romance, inspired by classic Chinese tropes. Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn’t see Ren’s betrayal coming, not until she’s lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps. As she’s dying, Mingshin makes a desperate plea to the gods to turn back time and give her a chance to make things right. Mingshin wakes up two years earlier, her prayer granted, and swears two things: Ren will never become king, and she will never fall in love again. But the timeline in this life has changed: a dignitary gifted with dark magic is threatening her kingdom’s peace, and Ren’s thirst for power runs deeper than Mingshin could have imagined. She finds herself allying with Jieh, another contender for the throne. Mingshin knows better than anyone not to give her heart to a prince. But in the viper’s nest of the royal court, she and Jieh prove a phenomenal team. Can Mingshin avert the catastrophe of her past by once again learning to trust…and maybe even love?

All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology edited by Circe Moskowitz Amberjack Publishing

Welcome to the Dark. We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, demon and the possessed. Bloody screams, haunted visions, and the peddler of wares we aren’t sure we can trust. In this young adult horror anthology, fans of Jordan Peele, Lovecraft Country, and Horror Noire will get a little bit of everything they love—and a lot of what they fear—through a twisted blend of horror lenses, from the thoughtful to the terrifying. From haunted, hungry Victorian mansions, temporal monster–infested asylums, and ravaging zombie apocalypses, to southern gothic hoodoo practitioners and cursed patriarchs in search of Black Excellence, All These Sunken Souls features the chilling creations of acclaimed bestsellers and hot new talents, with stories from Kalynn Bayron, Donyae Coles, Ryan Douglass, Sami Ellis, Brent Lambert, Ashia Monet, Circe Moskowitz, Joel Rochester, Liselle Sambury, and Joelle Wellington.

The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert Balzer + Bray

The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name. Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our time—and the matriarch of the most famous Black family in Hollywood. To her great-granddaughters, Hollis and Ardith, she has always just been Bebe. And when she passes away, it changes everything. Hollis Blackwood was never interested in fame. Still, she’s surrounded by it, whether at home with her family or at the prestigious Dupree Academy among Los Angeles’ elite. When private photos of Hollis are leaked in the wake of Blossom’s death, she is thrust into the spotlight she’s long avoided—and finds that trust may be a luxury even she can’t afford. Ardith Blackwood has always lived in the public eye. A television star since childhood, she was perhaps closer with Blossom than anyone—especially after Ardith’s mother died in a drug overdose. Ever since, she has worked to be everything her family, her church, and the public want her to be. But as a family secret comes to light and the pressures from all sides begin to mount, she wonders what is left beneath the face she shows the world. Weaving together the narratives of Hollis, Ardith, and Blossom, award-winning author Brandy Colbert tells an unforgettable story set in an America where everything is personal, and nothing is private.

#flower and thorn #if you'll have me #a bright heart #all these sunken souls #the blackwoods #new releases

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Here Are All of the 2022 American Music Awards Winners

November 20, 2022 8:05 PM PST

The American Music Awards took place Sunday evening live from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater.

Check out the full list of winners below.

New artist of the year Dove Cameron — WINNER Gayle Latto Måneskin Steve Lacy

Collaboration of the year Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” — WINNER Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait For U” Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby” The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

Favorite touring artist Bad Bunny Coldplay — WINNER Ed Sheeran Elton John The Rolling Stones

Favorite music video Adele, “Easy on Me” Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito” Harry Styles, “As It Was” Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby” Taylor Swift, “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” — WINNER

Favorite male pop artist Bad Bunny Drake Ed Sheeran Harry Styles — WINNER The Weeknd

Favorite female pop artist Adele Beyoncé Doja Cat Lizzo Taylor Swift — WINNER

Favorite pop duo or group BTS — WINNER Coldplay Imagine Dragons Måneskin OneRepublic

Favorite pop album Adele, 30 Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti Beyoncé, Renaissance Harry Styles, Harry’s House Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER The Weeknd, Dawn FM

Favorite pop song Adele, “Easy on Me” Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” Harry Styles, “As It Was” — WINNER Lizzo, “About Damn Time” The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

Favorite male country artist Chris Stapleton Cody Johnson Luke Combs Morgan Wallen — WINNER Walker Hayes

Favorite female country artist Carrie Underwood Lainey Wilson Maren Morris Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift — WINNER

Favorite country duo or group Dan + Shay — WINNER Lady A Old Dominion Parmalee Zac Brown Band

Favorite country album Carrie Underwood, Denim & Rhinestones Luke Combs, Growin’ Up Cody Johnson, Human: The Double Album Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album

Favorite country song Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave” Cody Johnson, “’Til You Can’t” Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You” Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt” Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You” — WINNER

Favorite male hip-hop artist Drake Future Kendrick Lamar — WINNER Lil Baby Lil Durk

Favorite female hip-hop artist Cardi B GloRilla Latto Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj — WINNER

Favorite hip-hop album Future, I Never Liked You Gunna, DS4EVER Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers — WINNER Lil Durk, 7220 Polo G, Hall of Fame 2.0

Favorite hip-hop song Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait For U” — WINNER Jack Harlow, “First Class” Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin” Latto, “Big Energy” Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

Favorite male R&B artist Brent Faiyaz Chris Brown — WINNER Giv?on Lucky Daye The Weeknd

Favorite female R&B artist Beyoncé — WINNER Doja Cat Muni Long Summer Walker SZA

Favorite R&B album Beyoncé, Renaissance — WINNER Drake, Honestly, Nevermind Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), An Evening with Silk Sonic Summer Walker, Still Over It The Weeknd, Dawn FM

Favorite R&B song Beyoncé, “Break My Soul” — WINNER Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs” Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), “Smokin Out The Window” SZA, “I Hate U” Wizkid ft. Tems, “Essence”

Favorite male Latin artist Bad Bunny — WINNER Farruko J Balvin Jhayco Rauw Alejandro

Favorite female Latin artist Anitta — WINNER Becky G Kali Uchis Karol G Rosalía

Favorite Latin duo or group Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga Calibre 50 Eslabon Armado Grupo Firme Yahritza Y Su Esencia — WINNER

Favorite Latin album Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti — WINNER Farruko, La 167 J Balvin, Jose Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa Rosalía, Motomami

Favorite Latin song Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito” Becky G x Karol G, “MAMIII” Karol G, “Provenza” Rauw Alejandro, “Todo de Ti” Sebastián Yatra, “Dos Oruguitas” — WINNER

Favorite rock artist Imagine Dragons Machine Gun Kelly — WINNER Måneskin Red Hot Chili Peppers The Lumineers

Favorite rock song Foo Fighters, “Love Dies Young” Imagine Dragons x JID, “Enemy” Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” Måneskin, “Beggin’” — WINNER Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer”

Favorite rock album Coldplay, Music of the Spheres Ghost, Impera — WINNER Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1 Machine Gun Kelly, mainstream sellout Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love

Favorite inspirational artist Anne Wilson for King & Country — WINNER Katy Nichole Matthew West Phil Wickham

Favorite gospel artist CeCe Winans DOE E. Dewey Smith Maverick City Music Tamela Mann — WINNER

Favorite dance/electronic artist Diplo Marshmello — WINNER Swedish House Mafia The Chainsmokers Tiësto

Favorite soundtrack ELVIS — WINNER Encanto Sing 2 Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4 Top Gun: Maverick

Favorite Afrobeats artist Burna Boy CKay Fireboy DML Tems Wizkid — WINNER

Favorite K-pop artist Blackpink BTS — WINNER Seventeen Tomorrow X Together Twice

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Supporting Debuts: 2022 queer debuts you should make sure not to miss! - Part 6

Supporting Debuts: 2022 queer debuts you should make sure not to miss! – Part 6

Nota Bene: an asterisk (*) from here on out will be added near the titles to mean that the book DOES NOT feature queer characters on page (to my knowledge), but the author is queer and therefore still in need of our support as those book are intrinsically queer (or at least I think so, everyone else is absolutely free to feel otherwise). A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert In a world of magical…

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#list #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt pride #lgbtqiia+ #gay #lesbian #trans #pansexual #bisexual #asexual #aromantic #achillean #sapphic #queer pride #books #nonbinary

[candycane-hockeymom]

Dear Author of the Hockey Holidays 2022 fic exhange

Thank you for participating and yay for writing for me! I’ve always been super excited about every gift fic I have received, and I’m looking forward to the privilege of receiving the fic that you want to write.

That said, some guidelines on my preferences as a reader and some reasons why I chose the pairings in my request below.

Likes: good writing. Characters with dubious morals but maybe sort of a good heart. I love good characterization and character dynamics, be it romance, porn or a gen fic studying personal development of an athlete in his sports career or group dynamics of a sports team.

As themes/tropes I like friends to lovers, fuckbuddies to lovers, and any kind of scheming, pwp, Locker room gang bangs, Winner’s room. I love equal partners, but I also find status imbalances & age and size differences HOT.

Dislikes: a/b/o, mpreg, tentacles, body horror, gore, rule 63, suicide/self harm. Not very much into BDSM AU either but I do like kinky elements in smut. I don’t want to see any mentions of Alexander Ovechkin. No slander of irl SO's or writing them as villains, but I’m OK with them existing in the story, even if it involves cheating. I'm not a fan of hockey fights.

About AU:s: I’m more into mundane, realistic AU:s than fantasy / magical / etc but have read some great fics with magical realism so if supernatural elements make you tick as a writer and make this the fic you want to write, I’ll be looking forward to the result.

A plot heavy thriller or action story would also be exciting to read, so if you have some ideas for a crime AU fic in a film noir atmosphere, go ahead! Soldiers, secret agents, spies, cops, mobsters, detectives...

In general, Sebastian Aho is my favorite player and the favorite character to read about. I’d love to see the confident, at times even cocky, sassy, pushy and dominant, leader that the 25-year old has grown into, in fic form. If you want to, you can add in or refer to other Sepe pairings if that fits your fic idea: I like polyamory, open relationships and slutty characters sleeping around. The only pairing I’m not into  is Sepe/Seth Jarvis (yes there’s some great fic for them but Jarvy doesn’t attract me at all and I don’t ship them)

I’m very attracted to Brent Burns at the moment; the way he moves and carries his big body looks so effortlessly strong, and his personality seems great.

Prompts for requested pairings:

Sebastian Aho/Teuvo Teravainen: my hockey otp. I like them both as friends and as lovers; new teammates to ride-and-die friends to lovers embodies it all. I love their bond. I love love, friendship and mutual appreciation. They're besties! They're boyfriends! They’re the Finnish Connection! They're husband and his little housewife who have grown into a bosslady/laid back skill dude power couple!

Brad Lambert/Blake Wheeler:  Wheeler lost his C, Lambert wasn't drafted higher than 30th after rumours of attitude and ego problems in Finland. Both may hold a grudge for life itself and be willing to take it out on someone who just happens to be there. Dubious consent? Problematic abuse of power dynamics? Not a problem. But, if you prefer to write a healthy, healing gen fic, it's just as welcome as unhealthy darkfic.

Sebastian Aho/Brent Burns. Two hot bodies. Two star players. Age and size difference. Brent’s tattooed thighs. 

Sebastian Aho (b. 1997)/Justin Williams Sebastian loves his role model ok?

Sebastian Aho (b. 1997)/Rod Brind'Amour/Justin Williams: Sebastian loves his role models.

Sebastian Aho (b. 1997)/Rod Brind'Amour: Do I have to repeat myself?

Brent Burns/Carolina Hurricanes ensemble: Gen fic about getting settled in a new team (sports or AU) or a welcome bang of some sort, your choice. Or getting settled with the team and having a budding romance with one of the players, that’s fine too! Or even a love triangle, player 1 is interested in Burnzie but he has hots for player 2...

All of this is just to give you ideas, not to limit your creativity! Have fun writing and take care of yourself, Happy Hockey Holidays!

This is my hidden side Tumblr. The actual ones are @caixxa (main) and @badhockeymom (hockey).

If you have more questions, anon ask on any of these blogs works.

#dear author letter #fic #hockey holidays 2022 #hockey rpf