#but holly hell

[chaotictrashgoblin]

Read some amazing fics that gave me brainworm, decided to write one with similar theme, but on the future, year after the end of the series.

Except for that, I have to rewrite the series to fit my narrative, which forced me to make a fix-it fic as some sort of prologue for my main fic

And now I'm already on 50k words and I'm not even near the middle of the rewrite.

Why I did this to myself.

#sterek #teen wolf #stiles stilinski #derek hale #all this because i wanted a specific fic with stiles seeing ghosts #and no one was writing the way i wanted #so i decided to write it #but now im too deep #this is completely self indulgent #and im loving it #but holly hell #i want to read the end of the fic already #except that apparently i need to write it first #somebody help please

[retrokid616]

imodna fans

me

#imodna #cr spoilers #live blogging #campaign 3 #bells hells #critical role #mk 1 #mk sindel #gods damn #marisha ray #no really holly fuck

[earlgodwin]

"I think Louise is emotionally complex but she doesn’t over-pinpoint anything which kinda leaves you the audience with these questions and ambiguity." — HOLLIDAY GRAINGER

#you ever wanna collapse because of how pretty holly is because i sure as hell do #holly my everything <3 #holliday grainger #hollidaygraingeredit #my cousin rachel #mycousinracheledit #filmedit #filmgifs #fyeahmovies #ladiesofcinema #femaledaily #perioddramaedit #adaptationsdaily #cinematicsource #cinemapix #tuseraixa #davinciae #userpinckertons #userlenna #by jen

[rainagainstthewindowatnight]

sad blue films

thirteen ( 2003 ) dir. catherine hardwicke

#thirteen 2003 #thirteen #pale aesthetic #palegifs #paleedit #filmedit #Nikki Reed #evan rachel wood #catherine hardwicke #holly hunter #hell is a teenage girl #teenage girl angst #sbf

[starrynightsxo]

something I will never get over? cardan saying "you seem to have cut yourself" and jude replying "I could cut you too" THEN later cardan becoming a serpent and jude actually cutting him (she chops his head off) like my god did holly black really mother with this or what

#like dayum #what the hell #i cannot get over this #its so deep #the story connecting #its all coming together #books #bookish #the cruel prince #booklr #cardan greenbriar #jude duarte #cardan #tfota #jude #the folk of the air #the folk of air #holly black #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #jurdan #judecardan #jude x cardan #cardan x jude #cardan the serpent #high queen jude #high queen of elfhame #high king of elfhame #high king cardan #queen jude

[lighthouseas]

i feel like we as a society do not acknowledge enough that holly wheeler, a supposedly minor character of very little importance, had the very last spoken line of s4

check if u don't believe me

#stranger things #st s4 #the whole karen and holly scene at the end of s4...foreshadowing as hell #they r going to play a role next season. im right. #holly wheeler #byler tumblr #st.txt

[bonefall]

Since you mentioned only cats and a few other distant animals are sentient, does this mean foxes are getting their sentience removed? Midnight can talk to foxes in the books and even convinces some foxes to leave a patrol of cats alone (the foxes are WEIRDLY violent and talk about eating the cats too lmaoo).

I assume Hollyleaf's changes mean the Fox Cub Incident is either being moved or just removed entirely, I always found that small plot point interesting in face of all those "Non-cat in clan" AUs. Seems like something that could be interesting if an "us vs them" argument was formed from it, especially if it was targeted against Midnight and calling her unholy yknow?

Yeah, that sapience is gone completely. In this universe, language is limited only to humans, cats, and some distant animals that are far outside the range of Albion (elephants, bottlenoses, some parrots, etc)

And Hollyleaf's story especially. Ngl to you, I don't like that fox idea. Or anything about Hollyleaf's Story. I think it was the worst possible route to take.

"Hollyleaf will be a mother to this evil creature to learn what it's like to love something that hates you. It is so sad to be your mom Leafpool (Squirrel-who?). Don't you feel like a shitty daughter now, Holly? Let's not ask any questions about the code btw, or how you were already filled with crushing shame from it. Or how it made you so disgusted about the idea of pregnant nuns that you flipped your shit and ruined the lives of your entire family. No, what really mattered about this situation was maternal empathy. Also here take the nearest male character we can find to ship you with, we accidentally made Cinderheart too gay when she was upset about your death lmao"

But, digressing, putting my distaste of that novella aside,

WC is profoundly xenophobic already with just the cats, and I think it was a CATASTROPHIC mistake to make it so every animal is secretly intelligent but speaks animal language. Now every conflict between cats and their predators is an ethnic dispute! You're chasing out groups of people perfectly capable of reasoning if you bridged the language barrier, but they're also ACTUAL PREDATORS.

AT BEST; It's the same uncomfortable situations that Zootopia and Lion King ends up tripping over. In Zootopia, predators are used as an allegory for oppressed groups... but predators are MADE to eat prey. A rabbit is RIGHT to be terrified of a fox, twice its size with a jaw made for catching bunnies. In Lion King, lions have divine authority to rule over their dinner/subjects, and chase out any animal based on their personal ideology... which just so happens to only be leveraged against rival predator species.

(Nerd preemption: yes i know about lion guard. I do not think diverse Lion Cops were the solution you think it is.)

Carelessly adding sapience to "natural systems" often ends up accidentally justifying bigotry. Bigotry doesn't MAKE SENSE, it's bullshit we made up and perpetuate through culture, but food webs are completely logical. The rabbit fears the fox because the fox eats rabbits. The lion hates the hyena because they compete for the same food. Gazelles don't happily submit to an overlord who is divinely capable of deciding who should live and who should die, it's just nature.

But it gets even worse-- because it's actually WORST CASE; the Erins saw that complicated moral problem and went, "don't worry! They're actually born evil! Foxes just talk about food and killing things :)"

like... my brother in cats, YOU gave them language in the first place! What was the fucking point if they were just going to be evil barbarians anyway?!? For ONE scene where Midnight could show off her Duolingo streak???

So to summarize,

It was an awful idea to start with

It was executed in the worst possible way

In a series that is already plagued with xenophobic sentiment, this somehow made it even worse and more direct

If it was completely nuked it from the story, the series would be immediately better with minimal change. Holly caring for what is essentially the clan cat-equivalent of an exotic animal like a chimp or a tiger cub would have done the same thing

There is not even a glimmer of an idea here that justifies the poison that full sapience does to the wider implications of the series.

Don't even get me started on the Badger Debaucle in TNP, which is actually in my top 5 for most vile things in WC

So if I don't explicitly say that a species in BB is capable of true language, assume it is non-sapient. Talking animals like Midnight and Rat Leader are magical individuals-- gods, curses, etc.

#Guiding principle #I don't even like the name of Holly's novella. Like. Really. Couldn't think of a better title? #You're really that strapped for ideas? #Couldn't call it her Solitude. Or her Tunnel. Or whatever. #Or hell even call it her Fox #Holly's Story... tune in next week for Lion's Book. Or Jay's 634 Pages. #Our exciting new novella. Squilf's Thing.

[minzart]

All i hear is Shamura going "NARINDER DID YOU LAY THIS EGG???" since they are absent

#this is so funny holly hell THEIR PROUND FACES ARE NOT HELPING EITHER #cotl #i know i though narinder was a wolf or a coyte until he was defeated BUT NOONE OF THOSE LAY EGGS EITHER #btw is it just me or the egg is mystic seller?.... no. my brain must just be short circuiting

[mikeystrawberry]

Fuck it. Quick Holly Smith design that I’ll probably never do anything with or expand to a full look but I wanted to doodle her since I could actually visualize a character in my head for once

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads fanart #dndads season 2 #dndads s2 #sophomore slump #holly smith #I may have purposefully done a mild parallel to a certain character design I already have to mirror a certain Secret Admirerer #in the face shape nose and bangs #because there seems to be a general consensus that Dead and Gone was gay as hell and I totally agree

[retrokid616]

HOLLY SHIT IT'S JESTER!

#fucking sending #cr spoilers #live blogging #bells hells #campaign 3 #critical role #caleb widogast #jester #HOLLY FUCKING SHIT #laura is talking to LAURA #imogen temult #imodna

[creator-indy]

Bored rn so take these traditional cog sketches from various periods of time

#indy’s art #art #drawing #toontown corporate clash #chainsaw consultant #chip revvington #misty monsoon #rainmaker #flint bonpyre #firestarter #holly grayelle #gatekeeper #graham ness payser #graham payser #pacesetter #dave brubot #major player #buck ruffler #duck shuffler #these are ugly as all hell but whatever #ttcc #toontown #toonblr

[x-galactic-star-x]

AppleStar 🍎💫

🫣 gaaah i couldnt help myself A

#hazbin hotel #my sona #hazbin art #my art #hazbin hotel sona #hazbin sona #lucifer morningstar #hazbin lucifer #hazbin hotel lucifer #lucifer x oc #ship art #oc #imgoin feral for Lucifer holly hell

[lucyshypemaster]

max hastings and oliver lavoy are some of my biggest enemies

#the amount of times o*iver PISSED me off omg #he should have suffered a worst death than being shot #i want him to go through pain worst than the flames of hell #five survive #holly jackson #a good girl's guide to murder #red kenny #oliver lavoy

[louisbxne]

CHARMED 4x03 - "Hell Hath No Fury" (2001) Dir. Chris Long

#holly marie combs #piper halliwell #piperhalliwelledit #dailytvwomen #the furies #erinyes #greco roman mythology #greek mythology #roman mythology #charmed #charmededit #charmed 4x03 #hell hath no fury #tvedit #tvgifs #31 days of halloween #halloween #spooky season #cinematv

[ireadyabooks]

Spring into Extraordinary Graphic Novels from I read YA! 🌷🎨

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Rainbow! Volume 1 by Gloom & Sunny

From Tapas Media, the same webtoon platform that brought you Magical Boy, comes Rainbow!, a new LGBTQ+ YA graphic novel series!

Teenager Boo Meadows has pink hair and a very vivid imagination -- she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress, and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams. When a new student, Mimi, arrives at school, Boo starts exploring a side of herself that she never considered before. As she grows closer with Mimi, it may finally be time for Boo to face reality . . . Who is the real Mimi? The one in her dreams? Or the one in real life?

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Escape From St. Hell by Lewis Hancox

In this sequel to the Indie bestseller Welcome to St. Hell, Lewis Hancox tells the hilarious, inspiring story of coming into his own as a trans man.

For Lew, figuring out he was a guy and wanted to live life as a guy was the end of our journey... and the start of a whole other journey. Escape From St. Hell charts all the changes that Lew wanted to be made in order for him to live as a young trans man -- changes not just to his own body and perspective, but to the perspectives of the family, friends, and enemies around him.

As he did in his bestselling graphic memoir Welcome to St. Hell, Lewis Hancox charts his journey with plenty of laughs, a good number of cringes, and an honesty that takes readers along for the ride of Lew's life.

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The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator of the New York Times and Indie bestselling The Witch Boy trilogy and The Girl from the Sea, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, love, loss, and magic.

Everyone has secrets. Mags’s has teeth.

Magdalena Herrera is about to graduate high school, but she already feels like an adult with serious responsibilities: caring for her ailing grandmother; working a part-time job; clandestine makeouts with a girl who has a boyfriend. And then there’s her secret, which pulls her into the basement each night, drains her of energy, and leaves her bleeding. A secret that could hurt and even kill if it ever got out -- like it did once before.

So Mags keeps her head down, isolated in her small desert community. That is, until her childhood friend Nessa comes back to town, bringing vivid memories of the past, an intoxicating glimpse of the future, and a secret of her own. Mags won’t get attached, of course. She’s always been strong enough to survive without anyone’s help.

But when the darkness starts to close in on them both, Mags will have to drag her secret into the daylight, and choose between risking everything... or having nothing left to lose.

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Heartstopper 5 by Alice Oseman

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the much-loved HEARTSTOPPER series, featuring gorgeous two-color artwork.

Nick and Charlie are in love. They’ve finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick’s house. He wants to take their relationship to the next level... but can he find the confidence he needs? And with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper encompasses all the small moments of Nick and Charlie’s lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.

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Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton and Aśka

In this lighthearted YA romance, Maisie and Ollie discover that nothing beats the feeling of falling in love for the first time.

Maisie is on her way to Fancon! She's looking forward to meeting her idol, Kara Bufano, the action hero from her favorite TV show, who has a lower-leg amputation, just like Maisie. But when Maisie and her mom arrive at the convention center, she is stopped in her tracks by Ollie, a cute volunteer working the show. They are kind, charming, and geek out about nerd culture just as much as Maisie does. And as the day wears on, Maisie notices feelings for Ollie that she's never had before. Is this what it feels like to fall in love?

Perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, this graphic novel debut is a fresh, one-of-a-kind story that celebrates the excitement of meeting someone special for the first time.

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The Good Neighbors by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh

From the bestselling author of The Cruel Prince, an astonishing graphic trilogy set in a faerie world, full of mystery, intrigue, and romance.

From the amazing imagination of bestselling author Holly Black and acclaimed illustrator Ted Naifeh, a mysterious and wonderful faerie saga, for the first time in one volume.

Rue Silver's mother has disappeared... and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her. But it's not as straightforward as that. Because Rue is a faerie, like her mother was. And her father didn't kill her mother -- instead, he broke a promise to Rue's faerie king grandfather, which caused Rue's mother to be flung back to the faerie world. Now Rue must go to save her -- and defeat a dark faerie that threatens our very mortal world.

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[maingh0st]

@belabellissima's tags on this post deserve a post of their own, i—

#muffled screaming YOU GET IT #i think the ghost watched jude pull the riskiest gambles and repeatedly come out on top— #bloodied but with what she wanted—and was like. oh shit. she's not just a spoiled gentry kid #so taryn shows up and it's like. hm. yikes. there might be two of them #i'm not sure i subscribe to the idea that he fell for her while she was married to locke #(i think his feelings toward locke had to be so ugly that taryn would've gotten wrapped up in that at least a bit) #but i do think he never underestimated her #and had he not been otherwise occupied. i think he immediately would've noticed her posing as jude #i know holly is trying to telegraph romantic interest at the end of qon with him watching her #but i read it more like “you're a potential bomb that could detonate at any moment; there's no way in hell i'm taking my eyes off you” #she knows his TRUE NAME #he owes her his life #but i think that level of suspicion and vigilance would very naturally become fascination and admiration #she's lovely and kind but crafty and underhanded all at the same time #she's just human enough to make him ache. but she's just fae enough to accept him #oops this got long #anyways bela LOVE your tags thank u for giving me thoughts to chew on #tfota #the folk of the air #taryn duarte #taryn x the ghost #tcp