#but if i'm really hyped to read the book then i might make an exception

[sixosix]

hi hello

I'm here to write about my experience while reading the latest writing of wanderer. (it shall contain what I'm doing as I'm reading and my reactions - so if you don't wanna read it - that is a-okay!)

I'M STANDING IN -3°C OR EVEN LESS ON A TRAIN STATION FREEZING. I'm reading this by taking a glove off of my hand to scroll and then switching it to the other (taking the other glove off putting this one on) - pain fr, and then smiling to myself like a love struck idiot at 6 FUCKING AM. ON A FOGGY CROWD FILLED TRAIN STATION.

you did say in the a/n that the first part was "unnecessary" but I enjoyed the potrayal of friendship - it fleshed out the mc fr. also didn't except Heizou to be so touchy bUT THEN I gave it a second more of thought (lol) and I can see it. wanderer wearing all black is fucking canon in my eyes in modern!teyvat/world/somewhere.

the flashback was written really cutely, managing to catch the good vibes and capture, in a quite the short amount of text, the history the two have. (except like why does he think he hurt them-myb he thinks it is cos they left? idk listen I'm still sleepy if I missed something dO NOT HATE ME I WILL REREAD LATER TODAY)

next, I manage to find a spot in the train to sit, now nice and warm, chuckling at the boys & mc interaction in the hotel room

takiNG PAUSES - TURNING MY PHONE OFF AND LOOKING OUT INTO THE DARKNESS OF THE MORNING WHEN THEY KISS???? WHEN HE SAYS ANYTHING? I'm out here yet again smiling to myself and looking out of the window before continuing my reading

little love confessions cute! cute! cute!

thE FUCKING CUDDLES THE CUDDLES THE. CUDDLES. as a deeply touched deprived person with main love language being physical affection (with only selected few I care for, otherwise I hate any physical contact) my reaction is - YES. tysm. bless, thank you for your service.

it warmed my heart, perfect perfect perfect. ALSO THE LINE - I JUST RECALLED, THE LINE "You think I'd settle for less than you" - screenshoted, screamed internally, felt special, felt pain no one in this bitch ass world has me yet like that - no one ever will prob let US BE REAL (I'm mentaly dating all of them fictional mfs) , looked out of the window, paused, thought about stuff, leaned my head back to reimagine the scene as I try to also nap and fAIL cos I'm too hyped to read it - like man! 5k words - a LOT (it indeed was not a lot, I forgot how fast I read even when I reread lines and pause, and that I finish a thick ass book in 2 hours.)

it was slow burn without the slow but you worded it so nicely, paced it out, captured the essence of the thought proccess of a "crush" and stuff. also heizou being mentioned so much DOES make sense in the way - that ofc you'd think to tell your bsf this shit and chat with him DUH.

the detail of Aether texting his sister warmed my heart.

roll back a bit earlier - did I mention my train arrived late to my station - and in the freezing dark cold morning I smile and was like "ehe" cos I get to read this in PEACE for 15 mins longer - cos of the late train.

roll back to the present. after the kiss someone sits next to me so I'm putting my phone away, like I'm reading straight up smut of some shit, yet again rethinking everything you wrote.

then I see "a/n" - cut to me screaming, yelling, crying internally for more - feeling like it just began - I need the two days, I need more of the kissing, I need how they solve the end of vacay, and how they work all of it out - ALSO WHERE IS XIAO AMONGST MY ANEMO BOYS

on the topic of xiao I do understand it would be difficult for me as well to put the two boys I love the most in the same fic and just not have anything with one of them. furthermore, I understand one of your notes on a Xiao writing you did as a Xiao main. Listen me too, I could not write about my beloved. it would be a struggle just like it is for you but I KNOW WHY LET ME TELL YOU WHY - to quote Jane Austen "If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more" I rest my fucking case.

I CAN FURTHER SUPPORT MY CLAIM WITH THIS - I'm talking to my friend the other day about genshin and he's like tell me about you favorite character, I say a bit while also trying to keep it spoiler free but I struggle so much, because my mind just fills with everything about him, every single thing Xiao has been through and dear gods how do I say it all, how to get across everything he is, has been through. yeah. the quote is true.

I beg on my knees for somehow another part of this wanderer writing I'm just gnawing at a train plush soft cushion (not literally).

every timE I READ ONE OF YOUR THINGS ABOUT THE SHORT SNARKY BOY I'M ALWAYS SMILING TO MYSELF ALWAYS PAUSING LOOKING AWAY, WHAT DO YOU PUT IN THIS WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?

I am very aware of how long this is, hope it wasn't boring - but HEY it is an ask, so technically you can ignore me

I probably didn't manage to caputre all my thoughts while reading it cos I'm just still very tired - hope you have a great day

ps. I could very well write an ask about how I started enjoying (read: liking) Wanderer + how the pulls went (it would be more put together than this ask honestly lmk)

pps much love, keep writing stuff x

hi hello! of course id love to read. i love the trend of sending long asks like this!! the only time i dont like long asks is when readers are requesting something---i dont like that at all :/ but youre not doing that!!! youre talking about your experience in reading my works and it really really warms my heart reading through it

OH NO T__T i cant even imagine. my countrys temperature never falls below 25-30°C so i cant even imagine surviving outside when the numbers are NEGATIVE T__T

the first part was absolutely unnecessary HAHA but thank you for justifying it. My hopeless crush wormed in and i wrote too much to just delete it sigh…

now for your question--scara moved out and essentially left the reader. it was more of a reference to scaramouche's canon backstory. he felt hurt that ei left him! and now, he's leaving the person he cares about. of course, in my head, he would assume that you'd feel what he felt. its why i put scaras mommy issues in the tags hahaha

im glad you like their interaction!! i loved writing their banter so much. i love writing scara talking to anyone in general because the way he talks is the way i think irl LOL

im so glad you also like the "you think i'd settle for less than you" line!!! ill tell u a secret. a few minutes before posting the fic it wasn't even there, but after reading through it i thought it would fit perfectly with the way i wrote scaramouche's character :D

and im so glad u pointed out the pacing!!! in all honesty i am far from confident with my pacing. i never know if im doing it right so thank u so much for saying that!!!!!!!! T__T <3 i dont know if i should clap for the late train for letting you read in peace? ??

LMFAOOO IM SO SORRY. this is exactly why i avoid reading fanfiction out in public even if i dont read smut. these strangers cannot know that i read about scaramouche kissing me.

and also fun fact!!!!! in the previous author note, it was not written that way. let me show you proof!! i cant find it rn but ill go into the version history version of my docs :D

AHHH that quote is so real im stealing that sorry. Everytime someone brings up why i dont write xiao enough ill pull that up !!!!! i know exactly what u mean :/

and about a part two… some people are already asking for it but i just don't do part twos T__T unless its stated in the fic that there's another part coming--it means that that's it…… your imagination will probably do better than whatever i can cook anyway !!!

#i rlly rlly do appreciate long asks when u guys talk abt ur thoughts ab my stuff :( #thank u again #606:inbox #606: iamjustaslytherinrose #long post

[leng-m]

3, 4, 22, and 25 for the reading asks!

What were your top five books of the year? Ohh, I haven't thought too much about this yet, because I'm still holding out hope that I might read something really good over the holidays. But five books I really enjoyed this year are The Lightstruck by Sunya Mara, The Fire in the Glass by Jacquelyn Benson, All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry, The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison, and Memories of Ash by Intisar Khanani.

Did you discover any new authors that you love this year? Jacquelyn Benson! She's a self-pubbed author of historical fantasy. Her characters are endearing and her plots are tightly-woven. I was super impressed with Fire in the Glass, and the sequel, The Shadow of Water. So impressed, in fact, that I've decided to pause reading the rest of the series, because I'm just overwhelmed with feels! Lol, I mean, if you have more tolerance for self-sacrifice than I do, then you probably won't have the same issues I did. However, I don't often read historical fantasy, and this series kind of exemplifies why -- like, I feel that fantasy rooted in real historical events just doesn't have as much room for catharsis of punishment! You sorta have to be satisfied with the slap-on-the-wrist that, unfortunately, a lot of bad people get away with in the real world. Fortunately she's coming out with a lighthearted adventure series next year, so I'm eager to try that.

What's the longest book you read? Page-wise, probably The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. Sentiment-wise, probably Lirael by Garth Nix. Lemme tell you, two teens wallowing in self-pity doesn't make for the best paced novel.

What reading goals do you have for next year? I want to finish off the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I've sorta been taking it easy by just trying to read one book a year. They're not exactly my cup of tea, but I wanted to know what the hype was about. The writing is exceptional and there are some valuable themes, even if I'm not super into the actual story. Likewise, I want to continue reading Narnia as well. This year I finally got around to The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Finally, I say this every year but it's a tough goal to have: I want to read more Tagalog books. Sadly, there really just aren't many around, so while my personal demand is there, the supply is severely lacking.

Thank you for the asks!

[tunashei]

First Impressions of Animorphs!

I'm listening to the Animorphs series while I work, through Animorphs Aloud - a fan made reading of the series. Here are my first impressions/random thoughts about them! Spoilers below if you haven't read them.

Book 11: The Forgotten

Been a while since I done one of these huh? I caught up with all the recorded books so pace is gonna slow down considerably.

Advantage of having smooth brain -> no place for yeerk to hide

We gonna have monkey morph in this book? In a jungle? How are they gonna get to a bloody jungle

Hm interesting that we're being given a specific time. I'm guessing there's going to be time travel in this book, which is always a tricky subject

The fly and cockroach morphs definitely feel over-represented. Could have been a seagull or a pigeon. Then the cars and rain would be no problem.

Do you guys ever wonder what things are too big to have meaning with our human perception?

Serious doubts that Ax can drive this thing. I smell hubris.

Well, goal achieved of having humans see the spaceship? That's something!

The sound effects of this audiobook are delightful I must say

Having two dracon beams hitting one another is a pretty easy feat to achieve if you put your mind to it. I wonder why sario rips aren't more of a problem. Or do they happen all the time and there's protocol.

Don't worry guys, all the animals are just poisonous. Just don't eat any of them and you'll be fine! I expect better from you animal-expert Cassie

There's been a lot of emphasis on Jake making decisions in this book so far. And all of them seem to be the wrong one

Pfff piranhas?? I've worked with piranhas they're absolute cowards, takes them ages to approach a dead bit of meat. You guys are fine. I guess they were a big trope back in the day, still kind of funny to see though knowing what they're really like.

Oooooh. Ax is the space cadet monkey. I legitimately got confused when this was said in the earlier flashback. Thought we were gonna meet some new alien that looked like a monkey ha.

I wish humans had evolved to keep more of our climbing capabilities instead of being so ground based. We're not even very good on the ground except with stamina.

Sudden jungle natives! They might not be able to tackle a Hork-Bajir head on but I bet those guys are susceptible to venom/poison. Also really lucky that a monkey spirit is something good to them and not some horrible demon.

Jaguars eat bloody crocodiles man. Funny how piranhas are hyped up as super scary but not the jaguar which is honestly the most badass of the big cats. They can bite through SKULLS.

Obviously a trap.

Called it.

Wait so the way to get out of the sario rip was straight up dying. That's...dark. But what would an animorph book be without a little bit of trauma?

So I guess ultimately nothing mattered in this book since it was all erased? Shame they lost the monkey morph.

#animorphs #animorphs aloud #book #audio book #first impression #first impressions

[but-ter-flie-ge]

'Ollo

I'm back. Pahahaha. That sounded so menacing in my brain. Anyways it's six of crows time again. Crazy I know.

I reread the first book and had to get some thoughts out of my jelly brain:

Firstly: the last time I read the duology I didn't really get the hype around the first book.

It just wasn't that interesting to me and the whole ice court heist felt very... faulty and too fast paced. Everything was kind of weirdly put together and rushed. Fight scenes. Emotional scenes. Most of it except for the flashbacks and the banter felt too quick.

I couldn't connect with the characters and I feel like I also didn't really understand a lot of them. Maybe the fact that I read it in German changed something as well, probably changed something.

Now being older and rereading it after the show while properly indulging in the fandom I found myself enjoying every interaction between the characters and actually really noticed a lot of their growth. I appreciate them more and while reading I could overlook that the ice court heist still felt weird. Or rather the heist wasn't weird but it's weird to me that people call it an absolute masterpiece.

I think it should just be seen as something that it is: "A bunch of messed up teenagers doing the impossible with the help of luck and a few good tricks."

That's a mindset I ought to keep when musing about the heist, I suppose. I'm not sure if it was intended as such but it is what I gathered from it.

Secondly: I cherish the characters way more than before and that makes a major difference. Since what I've mentioned before and I have been constructing the characters in my brain as who they are and what I appreciate about them the first book became 10 times better.

This point is also related to the fact that everything feels rushed because when you barely know the characters their banter might be funny but it doesn't affect you as much as it does once you know them. Now it feels like you're reading of friends joking around instead of strangers.

Kaz:

During the first read I really despised Kaz. I may said I found him interesting but now I feel more like I just said that out of a want to understand what the rest of the world apparently agreed upon which is that Kaz is phenomenal. He's great he's wonderful and a big player when it comes to book crushes.

What I can say is that the TV series really helped me understand and ultimately like Kaz more. Specifically the second season. In the first season, I don't connect Book-Kaz with the Kaz on screen but the second season did him justice. To a degree. (Idk why he gives Nikolai his cane (please fix that)) Probably also because in season 2 he was in his actual plot and habitat.

This time when I write:"I find him interesting." I mean it. I actually really enjoy watching how his character moves and tada! I now even acknowledge his crush on Inej. Because in my first read I subconsciously never really believed him. He was too much of an asshole to me. But even if I believed him I didn't have any pity left to sympathize with him. Blinded by hate I suppose.

This time I actually had an understanding of his actions, why he takes them, and what they mean to him.

I still view him as a ruthless fucker who only has space for himself when it comes to his friends but it's easier to bear when I actually want to know more about his rage and logical reasoning. The way he gets to where he is.

Inej:

In the first read, I may liked Inej. In the second read, I put her on a pedestal and prayed next to her feet every night.

I don't know what hold me from seeing Inej for who she is in my first read but I know that now I could explode with love for her. It's funny to me because I thought I quite enjoyed reading about her but for some reason, it intensified.

Anyways her character growth and the resolve she finds in herself to say no, choosing what's best for her. Oof-

Also, Danielle Galligan (actress of Nina Zenik) said that Inej is just so authentic she brings other people to be truthful in her presence. I just really loved that statement.

Nina and Jesper:

I still adore both of them as I did when I first read it. Nothing much changed. Except maybe it got worse. But all in all, I'm the same old simp.

Wylan and Matthias:

Matthias I found way funnier. During the first read, I was just hating on him for obvious reasons. And even at the end of it all I wasn't a big fan and I didn't grab a lot of his pov nor what Nina meant when she said that he's just a boy with rage planted inside of him.

Now I understand that better and of course, he's still an annoying stupid big honk that doesn't know shit about the world but at least his confusion and the others mocking him were enjoyable. And the character development will forever make me happy.

I adore him and Nina. They're so sweet together and I didn't think I'd ever say that after my first read. But here we are. What a journey it has been.

It's the same as the first time with Wylan. I loved him but I didn't get any chapters from his pov so I was pissed. The show slaughtered the reveal of his dyslexia which I still don't support but maybe they can make the angst work somehow if there's to be a spin-off.

Also, I was scared that he would be useless throughout the whole book. Because in my memory, he wasn't but maybe that's just my old memory blinded by the pink glasses.

However, I think it's often hard to judge Wylan on this since he operates more in the background and with the few resources he has. Of course, he's still a weight the others drag along during the heist but let's be honest: Wylan was less of a problem than other characters messing up.

Obviously one has to consider that Wylan doesn't get the big jobs to begin with but one can counter-argue that Kaz could've left Pekka alone in the cell instead of taking too long and risking all their lives for his vendetta.

This reminds me: the scene where Kaz exposes Jesper about having told a dime lion he's leaving town will forever make me mad for this exact reason.

Kaz says he can't trust Jesper anymore. He says he wanted to punish him by not telling him about Wylan looking like Kuwei or that Wylan and Nina were actually safe when Van Eck destroyed their ship.

I don't even know where to start. Did Kaz ever really trust Jesper? Don't think so. He just knew how to use him but trust? The only one he ever conceded to was Inej which could be considered a spark of trust. That's it. I feel like he doesn't have the right to speak of trust when all he ever gave were simple orders.

Then his thoughts about punishing him.

Dear Kazzle Dazzle, did anyone punish you when your weakness showed and you collapsed in a prisoner wagon even though you knew this could've happened? Did anyone punish you when you left Nina alone in the corridor of a high-security prison? Did anyone punish you when you sent Nina in a death trap with Matthias and Brum that could've gone very wrong very quickly? It was a gamble and he says it himself. He even says he would be the one to pay for all these "tree jokes". But no Kaz. You wouldn't have been the one to take the brunt of this. It would've been Nina. She would've paid with her consciousness. Worse than death.

Nina was lucky that luck was on your side. I guess the third scenario is still very different from the first and second ones because at least Kaz tried to save her but nonetheless it annoyed me that he made it about himself. I get why but the why doesn't help him.

Thirdly: I have my problems with the writing style and plot.

By no means am I a professional especially not when it comes to English as it is not my mother tongue but I just wanted to describe the feeling I've got from it.

This is a tricky one because I'm not the biggest fan of either. I mean the only reveals or plot-twists that really hit home are the ones not related to the ice court. So the biggest portion of the book I wasn't too keen whenever some grand scheme worked because it didn't seem like a scheme at all. It was a lot of luck.

In the first read that bothered me. In the second read it didn't too much.

The writing style isn't my favourite. I don't hate it though. I feel like some of the similes are pretty damn good and the train of thought of the characters and descriptions are nicely woven together. The dialogues are very strong and the banters may be some of the best I've ever read. Even fanfiction got some serious competition here.

However, as I said it felt rushed and like sometimes there wasn't the right feeling for how the scenes should end. When I first read it I found this even worse than in my second read. For instance, the fight with Jesper and Wylan against the Tidemakers doesn't take much longer than a few seconds to read. But apparently, that fight had a big impact on Jesper. It's never mentioned again in the book but it's the start of him questioning whether he should go and learn about his powers. And since we already don't get any background about him in the first book I feel like this at least could've been a longer struggle.

In conclusion, I know it's not all about the plot and a book can be about good characterization and everything. But I also know that I can love something and still criticise it. Usually makes the media even better.

The characters are where the book shines which means a reread or watching the show and then reading it feels like the smarter option to me. It's worth it and it lets you see things in a different light. That's me speaking from my subjective point of view but it's also my review so. Get wrecked I guess?

#six of crows #soc #leigh bardugo #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #matthias helvar #nina zenik #review #very serious specific letter at #kazzle dazzle #we have beef #but its okay #slay

[terrainofheartfelt]

Do u have any book and movie recommendations?

sooooo many. you might regret asking.

I love books very very much, just in case you didn't know, so let me fire off at random some of my all time faves with and without blurbs.

poetry: Devotions, Mary Oliver | No Matter the Wreckage, Sarah Kay | Leaves of Grass, Whitman | Post Colonial Love Poem, Natalie Diaz

nonfiction:

My Life in France, Julia Child --- her memoir of moving to France with her husband post WWII and her discovery of cooking and deciding to write her cookbook and it's so charming and so her and it's just a delight

Open Me Carefully, Emily Dickinson --- a chronological collection of letters, poems, and letter-poems Emily sent to her lover sister-in-law Susan Dickinson. it's intimate, playful, kind, passionate, and the editors do a great job of putting it all together. and you read it and just know that you are only skimming the surface of the deep love these two women had for each other i gotta lie down

What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding, Kristin Newman --- funny sexy travel memoir by a TV writer who spent her hiatus months in the aughts summers by traveling solo and having whirlwind romances and also her reconciliation between being the woman who can't be tied down but also wanting to build a life with a partner.

The Real Traviata, Rene Weis --- an opera book because me. a biography about Marie Duplessis, the French woman who inspired Dumas to write La Dame aux Camellias and therefore Verdi's Traviata and THEREFORE Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge. she had by the most objective accounts a difficult and short life full of fear and illness and abuse but also full of strength and color and love and I found it really moving.

fiction: aka the novels I am thinking most about right now.

House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende --- an all time favorite. a historical, multigenerational epic that left me staring at the ceiling after finishing it. and cemented Allende's place as one of my fave authors

The Sentence, Louise Erdrich --- it's about ghosts and independent bookstores and indigenous women and community and love and trust and the pandemic. great novel.

Sex and Vanity, Kevin Kwan --- people are always looking for who they should crown the modern Jane Austen, and it's him. it's kevin kwan. this is a modern remix of A Room with a View and it is funny and sexy and sweet and was a delight to read.

Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney --- my favorite of hers. I love how the chapters of story are interspersed with emails between the two leads. yes there's romance, but the real center of this story is the friendship between the two women.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong --- entirely lives up to the tumblr hype. possibly exceeds the tumblr hype. I told my best friend to read this book. which she did. then scolded me because while she agrees it's beautiful it's also so heartbreaking. truly some of the most beautiful prose I've ever read. I checked it out from the library but i really want a copy of my own to mark up.

Bright Young Women, Jessica Knoll (out Oct. 3rd) --- i got this ARC at the librarian convention. I'm in the middle of it right now but I have to talk it up because it is sooooo good. It's about women who meet because they have the worst possible thing in common: their best friend was murdered by the same serial killer. It hops around between the '70s and the present day, reads like a thriller, and the thesis is really about destroying the myth of the criminal mastermind, a la all those true crime docs about dahmer and bundy. I'm almost halfway through and the murderer is only referred to as "The Defendant." It's about taking the narrative away from him, the universal defendant, and recentering it around the exceptional women whose lives he ended and/or destroyed. Again, please check it out when it comes out this fall. But be forewarned that the subject matter is dark.

as for MOVIES, well, if I tried to make a list like the one above I'd be here all day, so why don't I just list a handful that I consider central to understanding who I am as a person:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Life of Brian

The Blues Brothers

The Princess Diaries 1 AND 2

Little Women (2019)

Juno

The Holiday

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Star Wars, the OG and prequel trilogies

and, last winter I stumbled across The Four Seasons starring Alan Alda and Carol Burnett, and I thought it was delightful.

#asks #anon #recs #i'm almost done with BYW now and it's. god. it's so good. I've annotated my copy to bits #the themes of appearances over substance #and the systemic valuing of men's comfort over women's safety #it just HITS #also half the main cast is gay and you know I love that #if you like gillian flynn and feel weird about the true crime fandom phenomena then you will like this book #i shared a post by the author on insta and she responded which is super cool

[thesupernaturalhouse]

So uh, on my lmk au hype and I'm not coming down until I explain some of it-

Okay so, essentially I just put my ocs into the story; ocs that are going to be in a original book I hope to make later but also fit well with the lmk story...and whenever I really like a show/game my brain makes an oc or inputs my ocs into it-

Which is why their names aren't originally Chinese and I'm working on it for...mainly my own enjoyment cause coming up with names is fun okay-

Anywyas, enough of my ranting: Macaque, on his journey to find wukong is found my Maya(or Xiaoyu, might changer her name) loking crazy and half starved

the fucking food!- Maya/Xiaoyu 20 minutes later

Who proceed st kidnap him to her camp, like she akss if he wants to come and when he doesn't answer just drags him to her mom Violet and her siblings and girlfriend

Said girlfriend is the god of death/ruler of Diyu aka a God who originally came up to force Wukong to put his name back in the book only to meet this misfit group and be adopted and claimed as a lover....and do the same thing Wukong did not even a week later of knowing em, yes she has a scythe

Said siblings are: her older twin sister, Beatrice who is the complete opposite of Maya, and her two emotionally adopted younger twin siblings, Peach-Cut(still working on the name) and Goldie who aren't related but are the same age and don't know when their birthdays are so- twins

Long story short they end up travling together doing various shenanigans; including teasing Mac about his boyfriend, hiding bodies, burning down a church, making a land mine, getting shot at by Violet, making friendship bracelets, teaching Mac how to cook, teaching Bea how to heal, teaching Maya how to throw knives, teaching Eclipse how to knit, and teaching Violet to read, and much more

Fun sibling shenanigans with a side of murderous rage and intend. Also, just now relaizing this: their essentially the opposite of Wukongs gang

Heres an example: Tang: murder is bad and shouldn't be used Wukong! Violet: you shouldn't Kill for no reason....but it IS a valid option you should use if ya need to

Once again, long story short, Mac didn't Wukong dies and boom now he has a child! They make it to Tieshan/PIFs castle, and that's all I have planned so far

The au well have a lot more journey to the west elements, so like red is captured by the gold rings and such; but he's far younger and so a deal is made where they'll take out about 90% of the fire and let him go....haven't worked out all the details bit Maya ends up getting 25%-ish of it cause of Wukong, who freaks out and ends up hurting her pretty bad

I'm thinking golden fillet placed on her head because paranoia of the fire taking ievr or something, need to work it out; Eclispe kills her, removes the filled, then puts her wife's sound back into her body and hooks a grudge against wukong eve since(Maya doesn't but she's incapable of hating anybody....except abusers and such)

Next up I'll explain what they look like, again send asks! I'd love to talk more about this au!! Like the designs for the characters canon and oc and the angst later on

#wild fruits au #lmk wild fruits #send asks #their all a little fucked up #also idk if you could figure it out but Maya may or may not be related to a specific dragon of ours~ #lmk #lego monke kid au

[taikawaititisbellypudge]

tag 9 people you want to get to know better!

tagged by @blackbeardsemophase

three ships:

Blackbonnet, obviously. Perfect ship, I adore them, 10/10 would not change a thing except that ep. 10 pain but they're growing and learning and it's going to be okay!

JonMartin is great but polyarchives is amazing. The s1 crew is a polycule, no I won't be taking criticism.

SamFrodo. Those little hobbits are gay for one another, there is no other explanation. Yeah, yeah 'we need close male friendships in media' and all that jazz but those men were gay and once again not taking criticism.

Honorable mentions to Steddyhands and Sprizzy, two ships that would never ever work but are fun to think about. Basically all the OFMD ships I adore tbh. Also Oakson, I love D&Dads so much, please listen it's so good!

first ever ship:

My story is similar to the person who tagged me where I got into fandom super young so don't judge me 😅 But it was definitely McLennon, I was obsessed with the Beatles in middle school because I was Not Like The Other Girls™️ and didn't really think of them as real people. Thankfully that didn't last very and I'm very much not into rpf anymore.

last song:

Dirty Imbecile by The Happy Fits is currently playing as I type this. I have a Caleb Widowgast playlist but wanted to listen to some new music so I put Spotify on the radio based on that playlist. It's pretty alright.

last film:

I cannot remember the last time I watched a movie?? I watch a lot of TV shows and youtube but not many movies honestly. According to my Netflix history, it was the mockumentary Mascots and it was over two weeks ago. It was so dumb and ridiculous but also pretty funny. I watched it at like 2am.

currently reading:

I haven't read anything in a hot minute but I really want to read more this year. I'm thinking maybe my first might be the Night Vale books because I own them all but haven't read them.

currently watching:

The Legend of Vox Machina. I started Critical Role last year and I'm so hooked, it's worth the hype in my opinion. Fixating on the first three episodes of season two until the next three come out.

currently consuming:

I just ate some nutty bars, those things are so freaking good. And some cherry gatorade which is fantastic.

currently craving:

Popcorn. So bad. I'm going to go make some in a minute, I've wanted some for days. (Also human love and interaction but you won't catch me being vulnerable)

I'm not going to tag anyone but if you were entertained by this and want to try it out yourself, take this as your invitation! I want to get to know all of you but also I'm shy and very tired and just don't have the attention span to tag people right now.

#tag game #blackbeardsemophase #thank you for the tag this was really fun!

[ericathefae]

The Experiment

Alright, update time. I've spent the last... week? week and a half? I have no idea, on avoiding anything and everything like usual. I had a doctor's appointment (allergy, not dopamine) on Wednesday and I have a meeting (in person) with my thesis advisor later today - both have caused quite a lot of stress and therefore avoidance, but I'm also aware that I'm taking the easy way out way too often - it's like I can't quite make myself "sit" with the anxiety (within it more like) and instead all my coping mechanisms trigger to get me out of the situation. Which is a good thing, you know, that they work. It's just not so damn optimal when they sabotage you trying to deal with the anxiety (or even trying to figure out what's specifically causing it).

So, here's what we're doing - and oh, boy am I not looking forward to this, but I think it's genuinely needed for me to start to change anything (after all, medicine wouldn't fix everything, it might make it easier, but starting now will just give me a head start, right?)

Cut myself off from practically all my usual coping mechanisms (during the so called working day, for me that gotta be from when I get up till 6 o'clock in the evening, after that I can do whatever the f... I want)

So no youtube, fanfiction or tumblr! (or any other easily digestible entertainment)

Also, no soda and chips (or other binges), no playing computer games, no sleeping the day away (or at least I gotta try something else before I nap)

The only exception is listening to podcasts or reading in physical books (something I haven't done in a long while and probably won't start again just like that, but I think it's wise to keep a second option at hand)

Other procrastination options are crocheting (it calms me down), cleaning (because that would be an awesome habit to develop) and taking a walk (to get myself away from things, also excercise)

In other words, I'm gonna get up whenever I'm gonna get up (we can work on regular dayrythms later, okay), make a plan for the day, work on that - and when I encounter anxiety or struggle to make myself "do the thing" I cannot use my regular coping mechanisms to avoid it. Instead I have to:

a) Note what's going on (what am I feeling, physically and mentally, write it down) b) Reformulate what I'm trying to do into something that is easy, singular and brief c) Hype it up, get pumped, go and do the fucking thing! d) When done, deliberately celebrate and actively try to feel joy (to help reinforce the brain's reward system > hopefully, with time, that will make it easier to get started and maybe counteract this weird anxiety thing going on) e) Alternatively, if that doesn't work or I'm just not okay right now and need to deal with it before I can do anything else, first: write that down (point a), then choose either: sitting on the floor, just breathing making something to eat or drink crocheting taking a walk (while listening to a podcast is a viable option for all of the above)

This should, if all goes to plan, first of all be really fucking unpleasant (after all, my coping mechanisms are there for a reason and I've definitely been using them as a crutch for years), secondly, teach myself a lot about what's both causing the anxiety as well as making myself used to feeling my own feelings (ugh), and thirdly, make myself spend more time doing rather than avoiding (I am so done with letting my life slip through my fingers > trying to willpower through ain't do nothing, it just causes more anxiety that I have automaticly fled from, but maybe facing this thing head on - not by using brute force but by simplifying and observing - will reveal the way forward).

This is a good plan. Now I just need to follow it. For the record, if I do "fail" and end up using my good old avoidance tactics, here's the consequence: don't beat myself up, be kind, and also I loose 100 gold coins per ten minutes of avoidance. That'll hopefully function as somewhat of a deterrent (the gold I'm refering to is part of my gamification system that I still haven't fleshed out entirely yet).

I'm not entirely sure how this dopamine deficiency + anxiety thing really interacts and what exactly causes what (not to mention the sort of autistic part, but we're ignoring that for the moment since those are things I have learned to live with and work around). I'm pretty sure the overall lack of motivation and difficulty in experiencing joy comes from a dysfunctional dopamine system. The anxiety might be something that I've always been susceptible to, but which gets worse with stress (hello thesis nightmare) - I don't know if it has a direct negative influence on said dopamine system or if it's "just" that I've developed an automatic anxiety response to school work (still not entirely sure why that is, though) that triggers said avoidance and therefore a heavy reliance on coping mechanisms that only serve me in the short run.

In any case, we're trying this - drasticly limiting my available coping mechanisms to make myself avoid less and suffer through more (in the hope that it'll make things clearer). Also, a potential bonus could be less hours just going down the drain unnoticed, since a lot of my usual avoidance strategies take a lot of time - I don't think this'll suddenly make me able to work on my thesis for eight hours in a row, but maybe it'll mean that I'll get the dishes done. Or at least experience some sunlight once in a while.

#executive dysfunction #autistic inertia #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #experiment #list making #coping mechanism #gamification #also #apparently talking about myself using the royal we #waves hand

[loulicate-recs]

Hello love! It's December 3rd for me still so please pretend it is not the fourth for you already :> My timezone ist GMT+1 so we're quite far apart but it is really interesting to hear about your reality, especially when it differs so much from mine! Do you like Malaysia? Was your family always from there? Once again, no pressure, only answer if you want to.

I'm sorry your day sucked, and hope tomorrow will be better. I'm sending you support, love and kisses and hope you treated yourself well for enduring the day. What do you usually do when you feel down? I personnaly love to read, it makes me forget about everything that's going wrong. Especially before bed! Do you?

It's only the start but I'm already hyped about getting to know you more. That being said, there is absolutely no pressure for you to answer. Take your time, you're your own priority after all!! See you soon, and until then, take care lovely 💛

xx

hi hi secret santa IM REALLY SORRY FOR THE DELAY please know that i wake up everyday and feel excited to receive your message, including the past 2-3 days! however my tumblr wasn’t working, it quickly shut down every time i tried to open the app so i had to delete it and reinstall and now it’s back to normal 😮‍💨

and to answer your question honestly i don’t quite favor it here, except for the food 🫶 some people might adapt to the living style here but i can’t see that in my future. although, i’m still trying to make myself comfortable because i may be able to dream to get out from here but i can only plan! let’s just wait and see sdfgjh and oh yes my family is originally from here!

thank you for your nice words i appreciate it! i do wish you’ve been doing well for the past 2-3 days as well! i wonder if you’re a busy person?

now i’m not tryna sound hippie or sth but whenever i feel down i’d take a stroll, i really appreciate the ‘me time’ during my evening walk sessions. as someone who loves creating scenarios in her head i can say i dedicate a lot of time during my walking to just think— about a lot of things really. but it’s not always depressing, i used to get the inspiration and ideas for my fics from the dawn scenery.

when you mentioned that you love to read, what kind of medium do you read? not that it matters by the way, i always put people with reading interest (no matter what they read) one class higher in my head, i just feel like they have lesser likelihood to spew bs 🫡 but i just want to know! i do enjoy reading too but for years now i find reading fics is much more enjoyable than books, that’s why i didn’t usually say i love reading when people asked what my interest is because then they’d be asking what books are my favourites.

i can’t wait to find out who you are, but like you said it’s still early and i’m enjoying this slow (which is on me) build up we have between us 💓

#ss #answered

[coquelicoq]

apparently kazuo ishiguro published a new novel in 2021 and a new collection of ken liu short stories came out in 2020 and no one told me. clearly there is a problem somewhere in my information pipeline.

#putting both of them on hold immediately #new ken liu stories you guys what the fuck!!!!! #books #to read #i am super far down on the list for the ishiguro novel but i should get the short story collection in not too long #i guess i could buy them? i hesitate to buy books i haven't read before mostly because the library due date #(though nominal since they did away with fees) #is what ensures i actually read the book and it doesn't collect dust forever #but if i'm really hyped to read the book then i might make an exception #maybe i will ask for them for christmas? #what other books came out recently that i need to know about?? i already have fonda lee's jade legacy on hold #idk if it has actually come out yet or not #i heard about janelle monae but GET THIS i had actually searched 'janelle monae' in my library catalog like...maybe 3 days ago? #to see if the short story collection had come out yet or if i could at least get a spot in line for the eventual hold list #but it was not in there yet :( #and then yesterday there was that article saying it's been completed! the timing #i did already read the carry on sequel that came out earlier this year #though again i had no idea about it until a friend was like hey i bought this and you can borrow it and read it first if you want #i was not paying attention because i was underwhelmed by the second book in that series #and also because i just have not been paying attention to book releases for the last two years apparently #same friend had to tell me about winterfell #i'm currently reading exit west and really love the writing style so i should look up the author's other stuff #and i'm reading the queen's thief series which i have mixed feelings about

[fedonciadale]

Whatever the fandom wanted, they delivered: Cleganebowl, Jamie-Cersei dying together, Tyrion ending on top, Bronn the same, Sansa apologizing to T (!) Jonerys, Jon riding a dragon, Sam as maester, Arya killing NK, all the majors except for Dany, Cersei and Jamie die. The fandom wouldn't tolerate Jon living a happy life with D dead. It was like ticking boxes in a quiz. Of all that only Bran and Sansa being king/queen, D dying are real. The rest is nonsense, I don't believe a word of it.

Hi there!

Some of these things were only wanted by parts of the fandom : like Cersei and Jaime dying together. Many wanted Jaime to kill Cersei.

But things like Cleganebowl really were hyped. Not that I understand that. I honestly don't care if it'll happen in the books.

I'm still not certain about the ending: That Dany will burn KL has been predicted for years and Bran in a position of power is foreshadowed as well. I still think that the King hints for Jon are more. I read a theory on the blogs of @istumpysk and @agentrouka-blog that Bran will sacrifice his magic to destroy the Others. And I think that is one thing that would make sense and would reconcile me with Bran as King. Because in that case he wouldn't be an omniscient creepy God King but someone who sacrificed his own advantage for everyone. Sansa as Queen also makes sense. Before season 8 aired I suggested that Arya might do a Frodo and sail away and there are actually hints to that fate as early as AGOT.

I still have a problem with Tyrion as Hand. I can't wrap my head around it. And this is actually the ending that has fanservice written all over it. I mean Tyrion was so whitewashed on the show that I barely recognised him. He had been the voice of reason for seasons (even in the last episode when he had to talk Jon into killing D) and to be quite honest, I don't even mind Show Tyrion as Hand. I only mind the implications for the books. You can pry Jaime Lannister "don't leave me alone with these people" as Hand from my cold dead hands...

As for Jon's ending? I still think they cut it off. It's possible that he will be the one in charge of the Gift in the North in the name of her majesty Queen in the North Sansa and that he'll be her trusted advisor and lover. I still think they cut the last scene of episode 6 : Jon arriving at WF being welcomed by Sansa. Another thing I'll never give up. Lol!

So, in part I agree. I think they chose another Lannister to survive for fan service and cut off the final epilogue.

Then it would make sense. If Bran gives up his magic.

Thanks for the ask!

#anon ask #ASOIAF vs Got #Anti D&D #Anti Got ending #King Bran #Queen Sansa #Ary@ Adventurer #Jaime as Hand? #Jon in charge of the Gift? #Dany dark and dead

[reinerispretty]

Hello!! I am absolutly in love with Rotations and I'm always so hyped to see another chapter posted! Zuko working at the tea shop was my favorite part of book 2 and I'd love to request maybe a Zuko x reader where the reader was a peasant girl who stumbled into the tea shop one day and loved the tea and talking to Zuko she kept coming back and with each visit and conversation with Zuko he starts to fall for her, maybe even takes her on a date? Either way I hope you have a wonderful day!

thank you so much for requesting this and for reading rotations!! i really love this request :) 

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(Y/N) had, quite literally, stumbled into the Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop one day. She hadn’t meant to; but there had been some traffic happening outside of the tea shop (something about cabbages? she couldn’t quite catch everything) and somehow she had gotten physically pushed into the establishment. Its attendees stared down at her and she instantly felt embarrassed and out of place. It was obvious that the kind of people who came here were government officials and wealthy aristocrat. (Y/N) was neither of those things. 

She stood quickly and turned on her foot to make her way out. “Wait!” A jolly voice called out to her. She turned to see an old man standing behind her, a menu in his hand and a big smile on his face. “Welcome to the Jasmine Dragon! Please, have a seat!” Before she could say no, the man guided her over to an empty table and practically forced her to sit down. “What kind of mood are you in today?” 

“Uh-”

“Perfect! I know just the tea to get.” He snatched the menu away from her hands and moved back into the kitchen to prepare her tea. (Y/N) felt a bit disoriented. She wasn’t quite sure what just happened, but she assumed now she would have to buy tea. 

The old man came back to the table with a kettle of tea and a teacup. “My name is Mushi,” he told her as he poured her tea. “I gave you Oolong tea today. You seem like an Oolong girl.” 

“I’ll drink any tea,” she said with a smile, taking the hot cup into her hands and sipping. It burned her tongue but the flavor was so nice that she didn’t care. “This is really good!” 

“Only the best at the Jasmine Dragon!” Mushi smiled. “What is your name?” 

“I’m (Y/N),” she said. “I’ve never seen this shop before. Are you new?” 

“We’ve been around for a few weeks,” A younger, dark haired boy cut in from the table across from her. He rubbed it clean and had his eyes trained very intensely on the table. 

“That’s my nephew, Lee. Not much of a talker.” 

“That’s okay. I’m sure I could talk enough for the both of us.” She finished her cup of tea and stood. “I should get going, but I’ll definitely be back. How much for the tea?” 

“First time is free,” Mushi said. “But it’s so good, you’ll keep coming back.” She giggled. 

“Bye, Mushi! It was very nice meeting you.” She hesitated at the door before calling out, “Bye, Lee!” 

(Y/N) returned the next day and asked Mushi to surprise her. Lee set down a kettle and teacup on her table. 

“It’s green tea.” He said, before turning to walk away. 

“Is it your favorite?” 

“No.” He walked away to help another customer. That was the extent of their conversation on that day. 

Every day, (Y/N) returned, and every day she tried to get the quiet boy with the scar to talk to her more. She didn’t know why, but she wanted to know him as more than the boy that served her tea sometimes. She thought that underneath all of that lack of emotion, he might have an interesting story to tell. 

Zuko did not like the girl that kept coming to the tea shop. And it wasn’t because she annoyed him, because she didn’t, or because she was rude, because she wasn’t. Zuko didn’t like her because he found her to be too easy to talk to. From the first day he met her, he wanted to share a cup of tea with her and blurt out his entire life story. That was incredibly dangerous, and therefore made her incredibly dangerous. He tried his best to brush her off, to make it obvious that he didn’t want to talk to her, but she kept coming back!

“You’re relentless,” Zuko said to her one day when she was the only one in the shop. She looked up from her teacup, surprised that he was actually initiating conversation for once. 

“Me?” She asked, looking around at the empty shop. “Are you talking to me?” 

“Is there anyone else here?” He winced. Maybe he had said that a bit too harshly.

To his surprise, she laughed. “Do you think you could take a break for a bit and sit with me? You could have some of my tea! It’s Jasmine today.” 

Zuko begrudgingly sat at her table. She poured him a cup and slid it over to him. “I think Jasmine is my favorite so far. It’s just so fragrant!” 

“It’s my favorite,” Zuko said as he sipped his tea. She smiled at him again. Why did she keep smiling? He didn’t think he had seen anyone smile as much as she did. 

“Thanks for sitting with me. I’ve been trying to get you to do it for weeks now.” 

“Why?” She shrugged. 

“I wanted to talk to you. So!” She leaned forward on her elbows, propping her chin up on her hand. “Tell me about you.” 

“Uh...what do you want to know?” 

“Only your deepest darkest secrets.” The surprised expression on his face made her giggle. “I’m kidding! How about...what’s your favorite color?” 

“Orange.” 

“Ooh, interesting! Why’s that?” 

“The fire lilies, in the Fire Nation. They’re orange.” He panicked, trying to come up with an excuse for why he had said what he did. “I’ve seen them in a lot of books.” 

She hummed in agreement, nodding. “I’ve seen Fire Lilies in books, too. I think I’d like to see them in person one day, if this war ever ends.” She looked at the clock on the wall. “Oh, shoot! I really have to go, I’m sorry!” She scrambled around in her coin purse to find the exact amount to pay for her tea. 

“Don’t worry about it,” he said. She smiled in thanks before leaving. 

They continued like that for a while. She would come in and, if Zuko wasn’t busy, he’d join her. He had learned a lot about her from their little meetings. Like how she was the oldest of five children. Her father was a bender who was off fighting in the war. She couldn’t bend, but she loved watching others do it. 

“I’d love to see a waterbender in action!” She had said one day. “I think it’s one of the most beautiful forms of bending. Don’t you?” 

Zuko shrugged. “I guess.” She continued talking about her family and her life within Ba Sing Se. Zuko didn’t say much during their conversations, but he preferred it that way. He loved hearing her speak. He didn’t think it was possible to enjoy someone else’s voice, but here he was, hanging onto every word that she said. 

“Would you like to come with me?” 

Zuko blinked. He had been so focused on hearing her voice that he hadn’t been listening for the past few seconds. “What?” 

“To the festival! It’ll be so fun. Please?” She stared at him, her eyes bright and shiny, and well, how could he say no to a face like that?

“Okay,” he said, standing to take another customer’s order. She blinked at him in surprise. 

“I wasn’t really expecting you to say yes.” 

“Do you not want me to go?” 

“Of course I do! Meet me in front of the shop tonight, okay?” Zuko didn’t respond, but she knew he would show. 

He hadn’t expected to actually have fun at the festival. It was full of people and vendors and dancing monkeys, but (Y/N) held his hand tightly as she weaved through the crowd. She had to lean in close to his ear to talk to him and the closeness of her voice made a chill go down his back. 

“They’ve got some of the best popcorn here! You have to try some!” 

They purchased their popcorn and sat on the ledge of the fountain, watching as the festival occurred around them. Lights had been strung up in celebration and earthbenders created clay molds of animals for children. (Y/N) dug a handful of popcorn out of the bag and offered it to Zuko. He took a piece and munched happily. 

“Do they have celebrations like this back where you’re from?” 

Zuko shrugged. “Sometimes, I think. It’s hard to remember them.” 

She nodded, taking another handful of popcorn and shoving it into her mouth. “You know, I don’t want you to feel pressured to tell me where you’re from. But, if it happens to be a place that rhymes with Smire Dation, I won’t be upset.” 

Zuko turned to stare at her. His eyes were wide with surprise. “You wouldn’t?” 

She shook her head. “No. I know that the nation doesn’t define the people.” 

“What gave me away?” 

“The comment on the fire lilies was pretty obvious.” 

“So you knew this whole time and you just kept it to yourself?” She nodded. 

“You and your uncle have a great thing going here. It’s not my business to ruin it and it doesn’t seem like you’re hurting anyone, except maybe Mrs. Fong but that’s just because she can’t wait for her tea to--” And then right at that moment, Zuko did something that surprised even himself. 

He kissed her. He knew he shouldn’t have, but he couldn’t help himself. He never thought that another person could be so kind. 

When they pulled back, (Y/N) smiled. “I liked that.” 

Zuko looked away and blushed. She grabbed his hand and laced her fingers between his. “More popcorn?” 

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#atla #avatar #zuko x reader #sokka x reader #aang x reader #katara #azula #zuko #aang #sokka #toph #iroh #the last airbender #writing #fanfiction

[anxiouspotatorants]

HOLD UP!!! You immediately had me at the "Twilight AU but Rory is the vampire" here 👀👀👀👀. Color me intrigued AND inspired.

Ok so first off, the 'reveal' conversation. The COMEDY potential!! Just Jess being overall nervous but also pretty curious to know about what Rory as a vampire is like, whereas Rory is trying pretty hard to make him be more afraid and to hopefully get him to run away screaming so she can have some reason to tackle him, but this guy just isn't budging!

The shiny skin reveal! Like first off, THIS CAN'T BE THE SAME WITH EDWARD BECAUSE RORY'S NOT PLANNING ON STRIPPING IN FRONT OF JESS HERE (no matter how much she might like him despite her better judgement). Imagine the complete lack of suspense when she just uncovers her arm and shows Jess how it sparkles into the sunlight.

Rory: This is the skin of a killer, Jess!!

Jess: Wow, didn't know murderers had a continuous discount at Claire's for silvery glitter.

Rory: 😒

JESS WITH THE ICONIC GOOGLE SEARCH. THE DREAMS ABOUT RORY COMING IN WITH THE FULL DRACULA GETUP, MENACINGLY LEANING IN TO BITE HIM AS HE TAKES HIS "Paint me like one of your french girls" pose. Jess waking up from it not knowing whether he's scared or has just figured out a new kink for himself.

Jess dodging all of Rory's attempts to get him to stop wanting to see her by just coming in and asking her all of these questions while they're in the middle of the recess crowd in school. Rory giving up after the fourth attempt and answering all of his questions in a hushed tone.

Jess: So you can read people's minds?

Rory: Yes, except for yours. I still haven't figured out why though.

Jess: Huh, maybe Liz's all-round smoking diet during her pregnancy had its benefits after all.

Rory: Jess!!

I'm not sure whether I'd want Rory to be an older vampire like Edward or a more newly-made one, and in this case Lorelai is potentially still human but knows about Rory's condition despite Rory trying to keep her in the dark about it when she first turned. They still haven't found a way to break it to Richard and Emily though, despite their various brainstorming sessions over it.

Lorelai: We could get them drunk and just announce it to them!

Rory: Wonderful, and they'll accept their formerly estranged granddaughter as an undead creature.

Lorelai: Hey, you only asked how we should tell them, you never asked about how they'd handle it.

Jess just straight-up asking if she would eat the bullies in the high-school. Rory vehemently replying that no, she doesn't eat people, she just drinks the blood, but if he must know,......yes she drank from Chuck Presby once because she was angry and hungry and his blood almost tasted like Gatorade, so she's refrained from trying out the other bullies' blood. No, Chuck doesn't know what happened, he just thinks some girl went a bit too far with her hickey.

Jess and Rory talking to each other late at night and organizing a "studying" session where they just end up watching various B-movies, and sometimes Jess ends up falling asleep on the other side of the couch while Rory looks on at him and look, she's not being creepy here, she's just sitting on her side admiring this insane boy who still hasn't woken up one morning and decided that being friends with a vampire girl isn't in fact one of the smartest choices he could make in his life, and she can't help but like him because of that, ok? Also she really needs to hear more of his thoughts on some of the other American classics, it's imperative.

Rory ending up protecting Jess from an ongoing car that almost hits him instead of the whole "other vampire craves his blood" storyline but Jess ends up spraining his arm when he fell to the ground and Rory just feels guilty that she couldn't have saved him in a better way and tries to avoid him after that. Unfortunately she can't because this dumbass is walking along her trail in the nearby woods with his arm in a sling and goddamn it Jess, you're scaring away the deer!!

Yes. A thousand times yes. To all of this. The comedy. The pining. The Google search idea and elder Gilmore announcement. Yes to it all. But may I raise you some alternatives/more ideas:

In the books the sparkling looks more like the vampires are on fire. So when Rory reveals some skin in the sunlight, Jess is like «Shit, stop doing that do you have a death wish?!» and Rory just gives him a shit eating grin and waves her arm in and out of the sunlight. Also what if she doesn’t strip but takes of her sweater to reveal a t-shirt and Jess has a momentary heart attack thinking a vampire was about to flash him? All this being said the Claire’s silvery glitter scene is too good to replace ;-;

There just has to be a point while they’re close friends that Rory tries to impress/scare Jess by pulling him over her shoulders and carrying him while she speed runs. But when she tries to say something badass or seductive she has a brain fart and the only thing that comes out is: «Hold on tight... spidermonkey.» Jess doesn’t get to react before she runs, and when she’s finished the first thing he does is puke (apparently it’s hard to get used to that running according to SMeyer). Rory: «Oh no I’m so sorry I shouldn’t have done it, it was stupid and now you’re hurt and-»

Jess: «Spidermonkey???»

Rory: «oh, you’re fine.»

Jess: «SPIDERMONKEY????»

Rory: «I’ll just leave you here for the bears,» and walks away.

I’m not sure what her vampire origin story should be. It could be all the Gilmores are vampires and they bite each other at a certain age after procreating (and the eldest Lorelai decided to be an asshole and bite Rory early) or it could just be Rory like you said. In that case maybe Christopher became one and bit Rory because he wants her and Lorelai and him to be one big happy family of the night? But Lorelai refused and Rory protected her? Or maybe it was a stranger who passed by Stars Hollow?

Jess questions Rory’s humanity not after being saved by a car crash (pre friendship that is, I still think your idea should come in afterwards) but because he consistently skips school and on a sunny day («How can I lock myself in a stuffy dusty dark room on a day like this, uncle Luke?») he comes upon Rory hunting and eating a dear. That and/or she saves him from the swan. And because it’s Rory and she’s a clumsy new-born she saves him by speeding over and suckerpunching the swan so hard it does an action movie sweep miles into the forest.

Rory’s cover for sunny days in Stars Hollow is that she’s staying at Chilton longer for an assignment, or in the case of her still going to ST High it’s visiting their library for resources. Because she hates missing school, that cover is usually true, and she just refuses to go into any spot with sunlight:

Rory: «I have this skin condition, I have sun allergy»

Madeleine or Louise: «That’s not a thing is it»

Paris: «It is [starts infodumping]»

She usually locks herself in the darkest corner of the library and speeding away in a flash at closing time before anyone can spot her.

Rory has lost count of the amount of times Jess has dared her to drink from him. She refuses because she’s scared if hurting a friend:«What if I taste your blood and it’s so good I can’t stop? Like it tastes like heroin or ecstasy or coffee?» Jess usually counters with either «If you could resist Chuck Presby you can resist me» or «What makes you think I’d taste so good, huh?» Rory always ends up thinking she would have a blush right now if she was still human.

Jess wants to be a vampire too because hey what else does he have a chance at doing in life? But Rory refuses because she sees the potential in him and what he can be, and doesn’t want to take his chance at a good and normal life away from him. But at some point they get into a dangerous situation where Jess’ only options are death or vampyrism and Rory finally gives in. Also this is our AU and we get to decide which Twilight vampire-rules apply and in this AU vampires age mentally (it’s a bullshit excuse SMeyer and you know it).

This one depends on the origin but hey it’s an idea: While Rory was still a new new-born, her and Lorelai locked themselves up in the crap shack for a full week watching all the vampire movies they could in search of information that could help them. Rory decided to do empirical experiments too, and had garlic food, got a cross close to her, wore silver and stabbed her arm a wooden stake. The garlic food (like all food now sadly) tasted crap but didn’t kill her, nor did any of the rest. The wooden stake hurt but it healed fast.

Rory gets both Lorelai and Jess to order insane amounts of food just to watch them eat it because she misses the taste and needs to live vicariously through their tastebuds. In the AU where both Gilmore girls are vampires, they order so much food because they have no idea what the normal amount is (chaotic vampire Gilmores for the win).

Also I did not realize how well Bella and Edward’s powers fit Rory and Jess? Like of course Rory would be a mind reader and of course Jess’ thing would be an all-encompassing shield. Sometime when he’s still human and «bugging» Rory she poses the theory that maybe his head is just empty and doesn’t have any interesting ideas. Jess pretends to be hurt (okay he’s a little hurt but he’d never tell her that) and Rory immediately falls into apologetic mode.

Rory wants to go to prom because it’s a human teenage activity she refuses to miss before starts figuring out what to make out of her vampire life. Jess isn’t hyped for it but promises to get tickets. They end up both going as vampires because that altercation happens a week or so before. Jess struggles with not eating everyone in sight but he sticks close to Rory and they leave without a single drop of blood on their hands.

Also Luke as Charlie! Paying attention to the beat attacks and being the only one who noticed that Rory doesn’t actually eat the food on her plate anymore (her mom eats her own plate then switches it with Rory’s) and when Rory and Jess reveal the secret he momentarily closes down and has to take a fishing trip to process everything. But he comes back a ride or die wanting to protect the poor kids.

I also feel like there should be multiple moments where one is insanely attracted to the other and questions this attraction strongly. Like Rory crushing on Jess and wondering if it’s bloodthirst or just the last remains of her human teenage hormones. And Jess being full on into Rory while still acknowledging the fact that it could be some vampire seduction powers, but what the hell does he care? There’s a cute undead bookworm right there and if he has to go he doesn’t mind dying to be a pretty girl’s lunch meal.

#why does this AU work so well what the hell #also I loved your ideas so much!!! #The Google search the Claire’s line Jess consistently bugging Rory into sharing everything #this feels like a crack fic with a heart and I’m here for it #gilmore girls au #twilight au #literati #rory x jess #vampire au #midnight brunch