#follow the damn books

[drakaripykiros130ac]

Does anyone else have a hard time taking Baela and Rhaena seriously on that show?

They have no personalities, they barely speak and are overall insignificant. They just stand there.

Wasn’t Baela supposed to have short cropped hair? Wasn’t she supposed to wear pants and act all boyish?

Why is she wearing dresses, acting all proper and her hair is all long? Is there some kind of rule that black women on screen can’t be boyish? Am I missing something?

Instead of catering to “political correctness” and “imposed diversity”, they could have made the effort to actually give them the personalities they were so clearly described to have in the book!

#Don’t even get me started on how ridiculous those white wigs look on show Velaryons #I can just hear Ryan saying “We made them black! What more do you want from us? #Um…did anyone ask you to do that? Just follow the damn book!!! #They’re making a show about women in power and yet they are subduing them #team black #pro team black #baela targaryen #rhaena targaryen #anti house of the dragon #anti hotd #fire and blood #canon asoiaf #asoiaf #asoiaf meta #a song of ice and fire

[getfuckedblr]

little tiny baby book!!! bound in peel and stick velvet wallpaper and silver htv:)

#fanfiction #harry potter #harry potter fanfiction #harry x orion #time travel #bookbinding #fanbinding #fanbind #ao3 fanfic #lomonaaeren #onyx in radiance #onyx and silver #htv #velvet book bind #slytherin harry #cricut joy xtra #i am so sorry to all those who follow me #like damn she’s posting again #and it’s another fucking book LMAO #quarto #quarto bind

[moonssugar]

people in hell followed with us are like “let me get this bitch’s pronouns before i shoot them”

#i love this damn book so far #hell followed with us #oh but we love trans characters yes sir yes ma’am yes my liege

[acemdzsfan]

Me: Vibing with a movie adaptation I'm watching purely because it is inaccurate and barely recognizable from the plot of the books.

Movie: Slams the exact same ending as the books into the last part.

Me: "wtf? What was the point of setting up this whole world and plot like a fan fiction if you're just going to cram in the tragic ending? At least commit to the bit."

#highly specific #but god damn it #At least commit #Like seriously #If your movie reads like a Fanfic of the original work #at least follow through and give me a better ending #book adaptation #httyd #httyd fandom #Weirdly specific #Highly niche #Movies #movie adaptation #The hidden world salt #Thw salt #Hidden world

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

...i'm sorry but. are you saying that. ART. provided. leverage??

i have another crew it might be interested in. it and bot both, actually.

#network effect #martha wells #network effect spoilers #murderbot spoilers #listen i know i'm a book behind but give me this please #murderbot #art #leverage #but gosh can you imagine #eliot and bot commiserating over security concerns and people not following the damn protocols #eliot and bot throwing each other at their problems faster and harder and hanging on longer about it as an Entire Fighting Style #HARDISON AND ART #SPECIFICALLY 20-SOMETHING-YO HARDISON WHO'S BRILLIANT AND BASICALLY ADOLESCENT HUMAN AND ART!!! #also i feel like parker would have fun exploring art's vents #i want bot and parker to meet also #eliot spencer #alec hardison #parker #i don't want to think about what nate and art would accomplish together lmao #sophie and art taking EXCELLENT care of their crews and manipulating the shit out of everyone #this is page 188 of network effect in hardback btw

[monsieuroverlord]

X-Men- related Blood Hunt Issues!

source here

X-Men: Blood Hunt -- Psylocke

written by Steve Foxe, art by Lynne Yoshii, cover by Stephen Segovia

"Ninja vs. vampires! After serving on the frontlines in the war against Orchis, Kwannon is enjoying some much-deserved downtime with her new lover Greycrow. But when darkness falls across Japan, Psylocke will wield her psionic blade against blood-sucking creatures of legend and faces a foe unlike any she’s ever seen. An all-new villain emerges in the mayhem of BLOOD HUNT!"

X-Men: Blood Hunt -- Magik

written by Ashley Allen, art by Jesus Hervas, cover by Rod Reis

"Magik raises hell! Illyana Rasputina has returned to her homeland to search her soul and steel it for what comes next. But how will she protect her first home when a vampire army descends on Russia, seeking to turn it into a living hell? She may have been forged in the fires of Limbo, but has it prepared her for the Blood Hunt?"

X-Men: Blood Hunt -- Jubilee

written by Preeti Chhibber, art by Enid Balam, cover by Erica D'urso

"Fangs and fireworks! Running from the past is one race you'll never win—and as darkness suffuses the world, Jubilee’s past as a vampire is back to take a big bite out of her! It's gonna take more than a couple plasma bursts to get out of this one, Jubilation..."

X-Men: Blood Hunt -- Laura Kinney the Wolverine

written by Stephanie Phillips, art by Robert Gill, cover by Bjorn Barends

"Laura's bloodiest rescue mission yet! The vampires will stop at nothing in their bid for supremacy, including capturing mutants for hellacious experiments to boost their own power. But not on Laura Kinney’s watch! The Wolverine slices a swath through the vamps, but when she encounters the truth behind their machinations, will an unlikely ally prove to be more than she bargained for?"

#HELLO?!?! #Laura's getting her own oneshot #this means she survives sabretooth war most def #and damn right she's “The Wolverine” #also psylocke is still with greycrow! #and downtime? #and jubilee is back-back following dead x-men! #laura kinney #wolverine #jubilee #jubilation lee #psylocke #kwannon #john greycrow #magik #illyana rasputin #x-men #marvel #marvel comics #comic book previews

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads / storygraph

Chain-Gang All-Stars

a brutal sci-fi set in a near-future America where incarcerated people fight to the death in televised death matches, and are turned into spectacles for entertainment by the privatised prison industry

primarily follows two queer Black women in the same Chain as they near the highest possible rank, promising possible freedom

but also follows various other characters, activists, and fans of the sport with omniscient narration, and footnotes with real stats about prison & discrimination

#Chain-Gang All-Stars #chain gang all stars #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #damn this is brutal. also it made me tear up in the first chapter... #and christ it just ends like that ok #I did kind of want more from the end but also understand there is not going to be a perfect ending that ties things up. that’s the point #it does quick switching POVs well #and I loved all the glimpses into different characters - maybe if not listening to the audiobook that might be hard to follow? #sapphic books

[erovalkyrie]

More fun with German DISCO EYLSIUM: Historical "Strong Names"

Let's take a look at what "strong names" from the Revolution were:

Ironhide → Eisenhaut (Iron Skin)

"Ironhide" is clear, "Eisenhaut" (Ironskin) is pretty straightforward, sounds like an RPG skill or a kight's name.

But I *love* the two other ones: "Nimmermüd" and "Faust"!

Undying → Nimmermüd (Never-tired)

"Nimmer" sounds rather old-timey and fairytale-like, and today pretty much only used in the fixed "nie und nimmer" ("never ever!") expression. It evokes the oldschool names of god-fearing Germans, basically first names from the 1700s during lutheranian Pietism (which practically no one nowadays has).

Like "Fürchtegott" (Fear-God) or "Glaubrecht" (Believe-Justice) or "Eckhard" (Hard-Edge).

Nimmermüd, Never-Tired, fits perfectly in that old feeling. Especially with the abbreviation on "müd'", instead of the modern "müde", Never-Tire' being the *very* correct translation then.

Boxer → Faust

"Faust" is probably most known as the play by Goethe, "Faust", about a scientist making a deal with the Devil, after God and the Devil make a bet. He gains a devil companion who grants his every wish, making him pretty much unstoppable (but power doesn't save you from consequences and drama). Highly philosophical and influential for the 16th century, still pretty dope today, I had to read it in school!

But it also straight up means "fist", so there we have it. Boom 👊

Boxer → [Fist] [philosophical] [stronk power]

It's such a straight-forward localisation with a great irl reference, I am honestly shocked how clean it is as translation. Boxer? Faust!

PHILOSOPHICAL FISTICUFFS IN ZE FÄCE, STRONK NAME 👊👊👊

#disco elysium #german disco elysium #fun with translation #worldbuilding #faust #mephisto #harry du bois #de #linguistics #Faust was a damn cool book it also talks about the role of art and craft #damn goethe popping off 400 years ago #asking questions like Should the artist follow their own rules or confirm to the taste of the people to make a living

[gammija]

@a-mag-a-day So-

As far as I know, there's no canon answer, and I don't actually know if there's a fanon consensus on this? Or if it's supposed to be obvious and I'm just missing something... I'd love to read any theories y'all have

#im inclined towards annabelle but like jon says. usually the web is a little clearer than this #doesn't mean its not them though #martin seems odd because he doesnt seem to expect Jon to follow him. But maybe he just wanted him to know what happened? #and is the person who placed this tape also responsible for the one in 158? #so many questions #a mag a day #lukas is extremely unlikely to me. i honestly dont think he gives a damn about gloating to jon about anything #elias is possible but also rlly comical to imagine him dropping the tape and then just booking it to the panopticon #tma #tma s4 #polls #joos yaps

[littleblueberryartist]

You ever think about how in both TLT and SOM Percy thinks that someone dies only for them to come back and then TTC hits and people start dying for real.

Like yeah TTC is like the turning point for a lot of things. We get our first deaths, Percy actively chooses the prophecy for himself (even though he doesn't want it, even though it stresses him out so much, he takes the weight of the world once more, this time metaphorically, just to protect Nico from it and I'm-), the gods finally acknowledge Kronos and the coming war etc

But man. I didn't realise how often Percy thought people died even in the first two summers dkdndmdmdn

#pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #the lightning thief #sea of monsters #the titan's curse #aqua's ramblings #TTC isn't my favourite pjo book #that honour goes to TLT followed closely by TLO #but damn I can appreciate the mood change #it's the transient point between the first two and last two books #that's some good structuring there methinks

[coatl-cuddles]

Back in 2018 I made the world’s most boring splatoon oc and today he is still boring, but I redrew him so there’s that

Hi wrenegade havent drawn you in like 4 years o7

#this mf is so god damn old #i learned how to draw humans with splatoon and eugh does it show #old anatomy who is she #i dont know #but there's this guy #and i guess he looks kinda cool now #he's just Nemo if nemo was boring #and followed all the rules #and was also a goody two shoes #he'd probably snitch if you pirated a book #lame ass #anyways #splatoon #spl3 #spl2 #oc #original character #my art

[creppersfunpalooza]

JUST READ YOUR FUNKY (/POS) BIO AND YOU LIKE GOTHIC LIT TOO?????? YAAYSYAYDUAUAYAYAYSYYAYAYAYY

YESSS!!! i haven’t read any gothic lit in a WHILE (last one was the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde which i loved and still have brainrot for), but i DID recently read a really good book that was somewhat based on the style of gothic literature!!! it’s called Our Wives Under the Sea and god it is so good. sorry this is gonna be a rant so i’m gonna try to tell you about it without spoilers

reasons you should read it:

1. it starts in the middle and there’s a lot of mystery regarding everything, so if you like a story where you sort of have to figure things out or theorize it’s great.

2. time jumps a lot, mainly reminiscing. It makes for a really interesting development because you see what the two main characters were like before the incident.

3. dark theming with a pinch of what may or may not be considered surrealist or eldritch horror.

4. if you like junji ito, you’ll really love it. it’s like something straight out of one of his books.

5. BODY HORROR. SO MUCH BODY HORROR

6. religious theming and imagery (not the main focus but still very cool)

7. it’s queer! it centers around the relationship of two lesbian women trying to work through each other’s trauma.

8. amazing characters

9. some parts are really unintentionally funny. like really funny. not any of the horror aspects obviously but some other stuff

10. it follows a dual perspective setup.

11. it has a sketchy corporation so i mean that’s always fun.

reasons you may not like it:

1. slow pacing. mainly focuses on the memories of the two characters.

2. bittersweet ending leaning more towards sad.

3. not every question is answered.

4. has very mild mentions of nsfw, they typically don’t last longer than half a page and aren’t detailed.

5. goes heavy on the gore when you hit a certain point

6. has upsetting topics such as suicide, religious hallucinations and guilt, death, animal death, terminal illness, schizophrenia, drowning, extreme isolation, body horror, loss of flesh(?), and i think that’s all.

I would totally recommend it, it’s incredible even if at some points i wasn’t fully engaged. the body horror is delicious if you like that stuff. i actually picked it out because it reminded me of my friend’s (ray) ocs (grenadier and amitie)

#our wives under the sea #book reccomendation #ID ALSO LOVE BOOK SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE I DONT READ ENOUGH. #also ive never read the metamorphosis #but from what i’ve heard i feel like this is that but with like. good people. and lesbians. #it also does an amazing job at portraying healing after grief #i thought it’d be a recovery story but GOD DAMN I WAS WROONG…. #it kind of follows the came back wrong type of thing

[lilyharvord]

I started reading EragonxRed QueenxFrom Blood and Ashx--oh, shit sorry.... 4th Wing today, because everyone in my reading group said I had to, and... I'm 7% of the way through and I'm already so tired. Did no one edit this book? Did no one... read this book out loud?

Me currently finishing chapter 1 and going through the 5 stages of grief because I know this whole experience is going to RUIN my reading for 2024.

Anyway, I'm writing a whole ass review that is pretty much line by line my thoughts XD If I make a google doc of it I'll let people read it. Might be more entertain than the book. 🤷🏼‍♀️ plus I'll only put like 0.1%-1/4 of it on Goodreads so think about what you might miss out on (me being upset and cranky and rutheless (((: ) Updating that doc might actually help me get through reading it faster.

#about me #fourth wing #who wants to join me on this quest??? #cause god damn if it does not feel like a fucking chore already #maybe I should just listen to the audiobook. It would probably go faster #my reading #my tbr for 2024 is exactly 12 books long #and unfortunately this and iron wing or whatever the second one is called are on there #i have never been afriad to be an anti #and I aint starting now #I dont care how dope your YA cardboard cutout male love interest is #I will rip his jugular out with my teeth if he's boring as fuck #and I will tear your “I'm so frail and weak and tiny with curves cause what else makes me a woman” MC apart #I will clean my teeth with her bones #You would think I would have learned my lesson about reading “books booktok is raving about” but no I have not #and I'm about to learn it again #like a dog that keeps pulling on the leash #(*shut up lily*) #(*lily reads fourth wing*) #new tag to follow if you are interested

[verfound]

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2 Teaser | The Book of Carol

#youtube #the walking dead #twd spoilers #twd: daryl dixon #the book of carol #carol peletier #daryl dixon #SCREAMING #incoherent screeching #I AM EXCITED AGAIN #the caryl show is back on track #SHE HAS THE CROSSBOW #queen carol #is it next year yet #I'm so sorry if you didn't follow for twd #y'all gonna get so spammed you have no idea #damn straight she'd give up everything for him #stay safe nine lives

[blaqueswanzaghouliishiilikeda]

i think that the fact that daniel started on the right with claudia’s journal even though Louis by proxy of Armand told him to start on the left—the beginning (“you’re jumping ahead” / “let the tale seduce you)—had a lasting impact on the way he [daniel] viewed claudia and her circumstances. He didn’t start from where she was doomed to this life. The first thing that really impacted him was reading about her feeding off of POWs and recording the experience and he seemed really put off by it, considering the way he says “wow”. it’s definitely giving: I would care about this tragic young life you describe if they weren’t breaking laws and going against my morals and all that. i don’t know that he was going to ever be able to empathize with her. but he definitely took a boohoo you’re doing all these bad things cause your childhood was sad. boohoo approach to learning about her that i think louis wanted to control/avoid going into it. im not really saying anything that hasn’t been touched on i’m sure and not much more to say really just thinking thoughts on yet another rewatch 💭

#like how yt liberals are always like i’d care about police killing these black kids if they weren’t thugs etc etc #doing drugs etc etc #stealing etc etc #always conditions to keep then from seeing the humanity and tragedy of existing as a young black what have you #ep 4 #rewatch #iwtv #mw posts #if this was an article about her he’d post it with the header: young serial killer feeds off pows and describes how they taste #followed by a picture of her mug shot #he would never frame this in a way that reckoned with how she was forced into monster hood damned from the start #like he might of if she was her yt 5 yr old counterpart in the book #color conscious casting doing its thing again

[rosykims]

i actually cannot believe triss didnt get that fucking kiss. i hope ava's whole engine falls out of her stupid car <3

#oc: triss #I MEAN I KNOW THE OPTION WAS THERE BUT LIKE #triss has been NEGLECTED her whole life !!!! the only intimacy she's every had has been exploitative or situational !!!!!! #she wants someone to STAY with her for once in her damn life !!!! #and be loved in a permanent non transactional way !!! ava hitting her with the 'i COULD kiss u but then its over jsyk' <3 is so fucked #honestly its such a rebecca move 🙄 and once again triss left feeling like she has to beg on her hands and knees for scraps of love #which she just cant do anymore ! and shouldnt have to do ! #so yeah. ive had some time to think after sleeping on the end of book 3 and it just made me madder <3 #im especially annoyed that the kiss was followed up by the (admittedly cute) party scene. like no girl my detective is HEARTBROKEN #and MAD #she doesnt want to hang out with that fucking blonde freak right now !!!!!!! #kiss-rejecting detectives better have the option to stay mad at du mortain at the start of book 4 bc ive had it up to here w the bullshit !