#i own the first book

[bookwyrminspiration]

Jude ;-;

NO I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT JUDE--

I'm. I'm devastated. Never gonna get over it. It's been years since I read tdm and most of my memory is now of the first book and snippets of Zu's book. I'd forgotten all about Jude and haerigoawnr. That. What happened. When I started looking into it it started coming back and I'm just remembering the disbelief what I first read that scene.

like why Jude? Why him? After all they'd been through and then they can't even get to his body (I think. memory very fuzzy). Just the numb shock of the tunnel collapse. I don't even remember how it all happened anymore just the pain.

I'm going to pretend that Jude is perfectly fine and Ruby successfully kept him safe and he went on to live a very happy life full of friendships and support <33

#tdm #the darkest minds #quil's queries #nothing-valued #never gonna forgive myself for forgetting jude #i should reread the series #i own the first book #i think #lemme check my catalog #okay yea I have the first book #orofna #thinking about them now #tw caps

[mydaylight]

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson: English covers

#we have always lived in the castle #shirley jackson #book covers #book #literature #I own the first one and I love it #almost gives you a claustrophobic feeling #but most of these slap so hard #I'm obsessed with the second one and Merricat wearing the table cloth #and the design of the Blackwood gate #the first on the third row was the original 1962 edition

[hg-aneh]

I think it was about time I introduced tumblr to my book Crowley... who eventually became a walking love letter to Latino culture lmao

(You can think of him as a Book Crowley who spent way too much time in south america)

Language wise, he's an amalgamation of all latin american spanish dialects (+pt-br) so,, have fun translating some of the things he's saying

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #good omens fanart #aziracrow #book omens #my book Aziraphale is fuckinh HUGE btw #he's taller than show Crowley #also I'm from Peru and of indigenous descent so shhhhhhh to the ppl who could see this as problematic #its happened before and im paranoid #latino crowley #my beloved #sorry to the brits but we re kidnapping your child and raising it as our own #that first and last ones are old #aneh draws #also i just wanna say he didnt start off this way #i literally just wanted to make him physically OBVIOUSLY indigenous #and then everything got out of hand in the best of ways #god im nervous sorry #aneh wont shut up

[theexorcistiii]

Cant believe I never posted my guitar! I covered it in cutouts from my moms big old anatomy book :)

#one of the cooler & sexier projects I’ve ever done imo #the guitar itself is a hand me down from my stepdad it was like a build ur own guitar situation #the little eyes on the back r from magazines n the heart on the rib cage is some red plastic paper I had but everything else is from an #anatomy book my mom had from when she went to massage school :) all mod podged on (my stepdad sanded it first for me) #my art #ask to tag?? it’s a lot I guess but like idk how I’d tag it so lmk #OH & the eyes on the knobs r doll eyes from eBay

[stairset]

I do feel like the way Kyoshi was written in the Avatar reboot was lowkey influenced by the fandom's perception of her. Cause like in the original show she's really just portrayed as a pragmatist who's willing to kill if necessary. Like Aang is conflicted about killing the Fire Lord and she's like "well if I were in your position I'd do it but that's just me. Good luck." And then people started making memes where she's like a murderous psychopath who thinks extreme violence is always the solution. And it was funny at first cause it was just exaggerating for comedy but now everyone thinks she was actually like that in the show when she really wasn't. And then in the remake her introductory scene is her angrily yelling at this 12 year old that he needs to stop being a little pussy and be a ruthless warrior or whatever and the only explanation I can think of is that someone in the writer's room maybe looked at a few too many of those memes.

#she had an awesome fight scene though so there's that #disclaimer i own both the kyoshi books but haven't actually read them yet #so this is just going off how she was written in the original show #i'm working my way through all my books that i haven't read yet so i'll get to the avatar novels soon #but i gotta get through a couple more star wars books first lol #but yeah you know those spider-verse memes #where they take the scene where jefferson says ''spider-man why did you create that guy'' #and they replace it with some funny dark shit like ''spider-man kill him and his family'' or ''spider-man fuck this guy's ass'' #that's basically what people seem to think kyoshi is like #avatar the last airbender #avatar kyoshi #shut up tristan

[luminous-studiess]

in life updates: decided to enroll in a notoriously difficult class this semester. civil law is my achilles heel, and i also wanted to force myself into better study habits and time management. last week, i took the midterm and braced myself for a fail: despite improvements in the way i prepared for class and spoke during cold calls, i'd still been struggling over the semester. after the exam ended, i went and checked the schedule for dropping classes. one week later. dear reader, i passed.

#sam screams #seriously what the fuck guys after finding out my grade i went to the bathroom to cry #the same bathroom i cried in when i found out i failed my nth exam in first year #anyway people are like flowers they bloom in their own time #studyblr #study aesthetic #study motivation #studyspo #lawblr #uni #coffee #college student #studygram #books #dark academia #chaotic academia #law school

[lazycranberrydoodles]

Who is this sassy.. lost child?

I can now recreate most of chapter 8!!! / bonus features below the cut / follow for more cool stuff

Jin Ling's sprites:

His share code is MVDLXY :)

Congrats, Jin Ling! You have 3 different poses, showing three different levels of irritation, making you the most complex character so far.

His sprites were traced off of Cody Hackins from 1-2. His little puffed-cheek sprite screamed Jin Ling.

(NASA announcer voice) Aaaand we have soundtrack. I thought Luke Atmey's and Furio Tigre's themes both suited Jin Ling pretty well. Other contenders before I decided on Moderato 2004 were Allegro 2002 and Investigation - Middle 2002.

Will take a break from these for Art Fight probably but they have been sooo fun to make. Plus I get to show off my objection.lol skills outside of stupid discord arguments.

Jiang Cheng's sprites & Nie Huaisang's sprites / masterpost

#if i do keep making these with the intent to recreate the book through ace attorney (lol) ill need to go back and redo nhs aghh #being the first sprite i did hes kind of scuffed. i would also want to give jc another emotion or two. maybe. as a treat #the logical next step is hanguang-jun #and who else could i base him off of than ace attorney's own stoic autistic childhood friend turned love interest: MILES EDGEWORTH #my personal favorite tracks from the OST are 'jake marshall' 'telling the truth' 'questioning' and 'cornered' (of course) #DL-6 makes me a little insane as well #mdzs aa au #art #mdzs #aa #mo dao zu shi #jin ling #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #cql #ace attorney #animation #pixel art #digital art #my art #cw flashing #flashing images tw #the untamed

[alfazoings]

kurokumo ishmael and kurokumo captain heath!!!!

#limbus company #project moon #ishmael lcb #lcb ishmael #heathcliff #heathcliff lcb #lcb heathcliff #i need to ramble ab my speculations ok #listen what if wuthering heights ends up being owned by kurokumo #and the blade lineage is essentially just the lintons of limbus #and in limbus heath coming back is equivalent to the first time he came back after running away in the book #and then the evil au id for heath would essentially be what if he took over wuthering heights afted hareton #ive been thinking about this for so long im normal i swear

[crybaby-bkg]

cw: Bakugou dies but comes back to life, “comes back wrong” trope, implied fighting, angst

When Bakugou died, you’re not sure how you went on living. Grief had taken over your life, sat you in the passenger side while it cruised off the highway into icy waters. And even then, you couldn’t find the energy to drown.

It’s why there’s a sudden uptick of energy when you’re promised to have him back. Some top scientists contact you months after his death, tell you to hurry down to the headquarters labs, come and rejoice for what you’re about to witness. And you’re horrified, to say the least.

“This isn’t my husband.” Are your first words when you walk in, watch the figure on the other side of the glass examine its own hands. It looks like your husband but—but his hair isn’t the right shade of blond all over. His nose bridge had a slight bump after a scuffle with a villain. He had a scar on his hand but—but it never looked like it was to sew a pinky beside the other fingers.

“Is that really my husband?” You ask next in disbelief, slowly entering the room. Bakugou’s head snaps up, his eyes a little brighter than you remember but—they hold so much emotion. So much memory, so much panic, so much guilt.

“I left you.” He mutters, his voice raspy and ragged, and you wonder if it’ll always be like this now. It makes you cry a little harder than it should, but you only embrace each other. He’s cold and his shoulders don’t hold the same mass and his back doesn’t carry the same scars. There’s one, jagged and rough, running down his back, and you think, you think that’s where they slipped a new spine in.

“Welcome back home.” You tell him, weeks after meeting him again, new and not totally—Katsuki. He’s stiff and he doesn’t immediately take off his boots when he enters, and it worries you. Makes you think if you’ve just let a stranger into your home, one that has stolen your dead husbands face. Makes you wonder if he’ll be as loving as Katsuki once was, or if he’ll become your monster looming over you with the guilt of not being able to rest anymore.

“I’ve missed you so much.” You whisper against his mouth one night, a little while after he’s moved back. You don’t know why you lay under him, why you let him nestle himself inside of you, why you let him hold you against his chest. Katsuki always ran his hands over your cheeks and neck whenever he held you like this, but this…man, only holds himself up with his hands resting beside your head. It’s alien, how he looks at you, how his hips are methodically measured with every thrust, how he kisses you every 8 seconds. You wonder if he’s more robot than Frankenstein monster.

“Why did you come back to me like this?” You ask him one night, barricaded in the bathroom away from him. You can hear his sobs on the other side, his pleading to be let in. He tells you he never wanted to come back if he had to be like this, that he’s sorry, please let him in, he misses the warmth of your skin, he’s never been so cold before, he’s never liked the cold.

“Is this considered cheating?” You ask yourself aloud one night, when Bakugou is forced back to the lab when he becomes too…un-Bakugou. To sleep with a man that is your husband in every way but? Your husband has been dead for a year now, and yet you stroke the chin of the man that tries so hard to be him everyday, but fails so miserably at it every time.

“I’ll come back to you right this time.” Bakugou promises to you when he’s strapped down to leave for the lab and before he’s sedated. But you don’t believe him—you never did. Your husband is dead, and this animated corpse has been nothing but a cheap mockery of everything you’ve lost and something you will never truly get back.

#I was writing this and then checked my dash and saw another post about this #and felt so guilty and almost didn’t post it aidjdkfj #but I love this trope too much to delete it!!!!! #I’ve written about this in my published book before and it’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever written #there’s just such a deep heartache about having to grieve someone #and then the grieving process being interrupted by the one you lost #and battling with their death even though you still look at them everyday again #but it’s just not right?? it’s not the same?? #they have the same face (kinda) but it’s truly not hem #not them* heck #it reminds me of a convo I had in a psych class about making a new cloned version of yourself #where the question was ‘is the clone/new version still you? or are they an entirely new person now?’ #and at first I said they’re still me you know? they have my face n body n memories #but my prof told me no!! after they have been cloned they are sentient and are now their own person making new memories apart from you #and I thought that was soooo interesting and it makes me fall in love w this trope every time #you’re my person but only a version. you’re who I love but a newer person. you’re not them. you’re everything I’ve missed about them #so heartbreaking I LOVE ITTTT #sorry I’m rapping it’s the sleep meds kicking in #okay bai #bakugou treats! 🍬 #—new treat in the streets! 🍫

[kana7o]

at council meetings

#obikin #i was thinking of that one excerpt from the books where its like #obiwan and quinlan get a mission #and then anakin just inserts himself in too #so i thought what if. he does this on meetings too lmaooo #(sorry i dont know which book it is #i just saw it in a post :') #anyway #obiwan at first just bringing baby ani to meetings with him bc hes scared and lonely #then he brings him bc he finally fell asleep and he doesnt want to take him up by going away so he just. carries anakin to a metting with #him and forces everyone to be quieter his babby is sleeping #10 years later and obiwan still has a lapful of babyboy #who is now mad bc the council wants to give him his own seat #but he thinks that means they want to separate him from his mwommy #sw

[hoofpeet]

I'd probably have to read the printed version and web version back to back at some point to note all the differences but... ough

#sorry i'm going to be excited about this comic for the next month #nofna #okay having finished this now-- #and sorry if this doesn't make sense to anyone who's completely unfamiliar with this comic in advance- #the 'popcorn ending' (printed version) is nice to see but i think the web version hits harder. if that makes sense #so i'm kinda tied on which ending i 'prefer'- i think both are good though #also considering i've read the web version a good 4-5 times and the printed version only once- i probably can't make that judgement yet #easy answer- i do like Nutsedge :] so it's nice to see the ending where nothing bad happens to her #but also- NT suddenly becoming a greenie-esque villain out of nowhere felt a little jarring #as well as SV suddenly turning a corner and becoming a 'good guy' (arguable)- considering the first three books are about #/him being too stubborn to change or accept any outside worldviews . Him suddenly coming to his senses felt out of place #<- probably biased because i like characters being bitter to the end and ultimately destroyed by their own hubris #the web version is probably‚ objectively‚ a bit better #but - #(spoilers- if you're planning to drop ~70 bucks on getting these books) #the conceit of SV actually perfecting his style‚ using it once‚ and then immediately getting tooth-brained- was pretty cool #assuming it's meant to parallel him spending months tormented by trying to perfect it while something's still missing- #and then dying before he can narrate it to the audience‚ so that we never know what he figured out. #hard to articulate these thoughts but tl;dr- popcorn ending also had a lot to think about

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

Pleeeaaase, I need everyone here to get hold of Lyndsay Faye's Observations by Gaslight so I can scream about it - especially about "The Adventure of the Stopped Clocks".

It is perfect. It is narrated by Irene Norton née Adler, and additional to the fact that the author portrays Irene AND her relationship with Holmes in such a delightful way (Spoiler TM: They are not star-crossed lovers), it will completely rip out your heart. It is so good. (And the other stories are also superb!) Trust me. Please. I'm desperate. XD

An excerpt (p. 43-44):

See???

#I first got a copy via the library and then decided I needed my own #it's also available as an e-book #both this and the laper back are available for around 10 € #no i have not been payed to advertise it #i am just going insane #so nothing new after all #sherlock holmes #irene adler #dr watson #lyndsay faye #observations by gaslight

[mydaylight]

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: English covers

source

#the haunting of hill house #shirley jackson #book covers #books #literature #I love most of these but #I am absolutely in love with the first cover with eleanor #unfortunately I own a penguin modern classics edition which is the most boring one ever #anyways this book that changed my life

[clockwrkpendrxgon]

Thinking about girldads firstprince in bed after a long day finally falling asleep when their little girl comes telling them that she can’t sleep so Alex lets her crawl up onto the bed until she is nestled in her dads’ arms while henry tells her a story to ease her into sleep. Alex listens intently, fingers lazily brushing his daughter’s hair and he ends up falling asleep to his husband’s soothing voice with so much love filling up his heart.

#i’m fine #it’s just an image i can’t get out of my head #yk how both henry and alex are canon insomniacs #so when their little daughter is having trouble sleeping #i can’t stop thinking about how alex immediately thinks of henry’s hands in his hair #a gesture that helps him relax so he does the same to his daughter #and walk with me what if arthue fox used to tell stories to little henry? #so it’s the first thing he also does to help his daughter fall asleep #i need 5 business days to recover from my own mind #red white and royal blue #henry fox mountchristen windsor #alex claremont diaz #rwrb #rwrb book #rwrb movie #firstprince #parents firstprince

[ao3-shenanigans]

I think this is often for a few reasons

- it leaves a lot less room for characterization errors (if thats something readers care about, which sometimes they don’t mind)

- most shows and visual media is naturally done in third person so to read fan works for that media in first is unusual

- most fan works are done in third person and so it’s sort of seen as a default where as books have a full mix

For clarification

1st person: I sat in the chair and looked over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” I asked.

2nd person: You sat in the chair and look over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” You asked.

3rd person: She sat in the chair and looked over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” She asked.

Which works together with Past, Present, and Future tenses too. They aren’t the same things, but they do go together.

Past (3rd): Jon pulled out a chair and sat down.

Present (3rd): Jon pulls out a chair and sits down.

Future (3rd): Jon will pull out a chair and sit down.

#I think this is so interesting #first vs third person #my sister prefers first person for books actually #which I can respect #it’s better for introspection in books #vs action #sometimes at least when done well #anyways #ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #English language #writing

[pink-lemonade-rose]

Reading is not as insignificant as we claim. First we must steal the key to the library. Reading is a provocation, a rebellion: we open the book's door, pretending it is a simple paperback cover, and in broad daylight escape! We are no longer there: this is what real reading is. If we haven't left the room, if we haven't gone over the wall, we're not reading.

Helene Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing

#helene cixous #three steps on the ladder of writing #reading #literature #quotes #doorways #rebellion #first we must steal the key to the library #I know I just reblogged something like this but the quote didn't look quite right so I went and looked at my own copy of the book