#most book series of all time

[blessyouhawkeye]

"but when i am in heaven i will remember your mouth, and when you roast down in hell i think you will remember mine" is such a beautiful line but it's made even better by the fact that it's said by a vengeful ghost named after an eminem song haunting the brain of a lobotomized lesbian nun

#you guys should really read gideon the ninth. and harrow the ninth. and nona the ninth. and eventually alecto the ninth. #most book series of all time #the locked tomb #harrow the ninth #harrowhark nonagesimus #commander wake

[themandilorian]

I was wholly unprepared for the experience of watching the untamed in 2023. I’ve seen the gifs! I’ve read some character analysis! I vaguely knew the plot but I did not expect a.) the show to be a lot more tragic and nuanced and funny than what I thought possible and I cannot stress this enough b.) for Wen Ning to also be there on that damn boat

#the most show of all time #I’ll do a separate post about the book series because you also could not have prepared for that experience #mdzs #the untamed

[hawkeyequeerce]

I don't know how Terry managed it. There's just nothing on this earth like a Discworld book. I'll be listening to a book I've read countless times over and suddenly, a single line I've never even really noticed before will tear me open. They just reach right inside me and open my ribcage to expose my very heart.

Tonight, it was Hat Full of Sky and Granny Weatherwax saying, "The world is unfair. Be grateful you have friends." On their own, the words are unremarkable. But juxtaposed together, with the context they are operating in....they had tears flowing down my face before I knew what was happening. The world is unfair; sometimes, the wonderful happens when it shouldn't (and/or when you feel you deserve a divinely wrathful torment) because you have friends. The world is unfair. That doesn't just mean that the horrible happens when it shouldn't. It means that the beautiful does too. Be grateful you have friends. They are the hub on which that beauty spins, turning the theft into gold.

A lot of people I've introduced to these books haven't liked them — they find them too silly, or preachy, or nonsensical, or even puerile. I am never upset or really disappointed when they don't like them. To each their own. But I will never understand it. They are baked into my being in a way that few things are and I am better to myself, to other people, and to the world because of it.

Sir Terry, you were a gift nonpareil. Thank you for your words and for shaping my world.

#gnu terry pratchett #in the feels tonight my friends #discworld is a vital part of me and frankly the witches series most of all #it shocks me sometimes how much i can get out of a relisten #even when ive heard and read the book countless times before #theres truly nothing on this earth like a discworld novel #discworld #tiffany aching #granny weatherwax

[matcha-b]

nevermoor fanart ✨✨

[ID: digital art of morrigan crow from nevermoor in a black dress with white sleeves. the background is solid purple with orange outlines of an umbrella, a bird and some sparkles. End ID]

#yayyy #nevermoor #morrigan crow #nevermoor fanart #great book series i love it #ok to be honest with u guys the last time i read it properly was like 2021 i just felt like drawing mog bc i finally figured out her design #dw i most certainly will get re-obsessed with it again #its like that for all my fandoms rlly #for now ive got a bunch of vocaloid and eve utaite wips to work on #ty nevermoor-described for the id btw

[hotchocolatewithwater]

Everyone SHUT UP i need a second to talk about the absolute perfect travesty of awarding the Life series winners (Grian, Peal, and Scott) the titles of the three tarot cards the Sun, the Moon, and the Star.

FIRST OFF?? The sun the moon the star is the WRONG order of how they show up in the major arcane!! The star is the 17th, moon the 18th, and sun the 19th!! It’s not exactly backwards but it IS out of order with The Sun being the first and The Moon as the most recent winner.

Now individually; Grian as the sun. The Sun is symbolic of life in full bloom, happiness and opportunity, it means success, it means the universe agrees with the path you’re on and the way ahead is clear. Grian, who accidentally indebted himself to scar, who fought against his soul bound the second he saw the other end. Who keeps killing the people closest to him. (He was only ever meant to watch)

Scott as The Star, it fits his aesthetic but BRO. The Star is healing, it’s renewal of old feelings, it’s a readiness to give and receive love. Scott, who divorced pearl right off the bat and picked a new soulmate who died in the end at the hand of pearl, who has continuously has partners who die before him every single time. (Oh look a poppy, what an ugly flower)

And Pearl, lovely Pearl, as the moon. The Moon, vague and unclear, things are not as they seem; deception. Usually caused by misunderstanding. Pearl, who was broken up with like 5 times and descended into her villain arc plain as day, who never really lied. Who still won at the end with forgiveness. (You came here and you caused death whether you tried to or not)

#None of the cards match up but at the same time they're PERFECT #I love tarot so much the second i saw people using them i grabbed my guide book #i dont think pearls is all that clear but what i mean is she was never really decietful #pearls trasnformation was plain as DAY #we can all agree that pearl's is the most wonky but the point still STANDS #I love the rhyming in the life series #trafficblr #double life #dlsmp #double life smp #double life finale #double life session 6 #last life #last life smp #third life #3rd life #3rd life smp #grian #scott smajor #pearlescentmoon

[jam-campasta]

You're telling me that I wasted 15 years not reading this book and instead, middleschool-me went and read the matched and divergent series?? WHEN THERE IS THEM?

#thg #the hunger games #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #everlark #myart #designs super inspired by c-kiddo i really didnt wanna picture jennifer lawrence as katniss lmaooooo #josh hutcherson... you can stay #anyway i just recently finished the first book of the trilogy #im so mad that THIS was the series 12 year old me decided to dodge #and then went and read the most disappointing (/neg) dystopian trilogies in my life #peeta and katniss are everything to me now. i think about them all the time

[toribookworm22]

Does anyone else go feral over almost obsessively devoted platonic relationships?

No? Just me?

#writeblr #writers of tumblr #writing relationships #listen #edward may take the most time to make friends #but if he doesnt have the most almost too dedicated friendships out of any character ive ever written... #guess whos been working on book 2 of my secondary series and writing all about them #😁 #bookworming

[counting-stars-gayly]

Lord, give me strength. The PJO discourse has begun, and no one starting it has read the books in the last five years.

#guys I just reread them a month ago; I promise that you are misremembering 90% of the og series. (I did too. it’s called passage of time.) #seriously please reread them before criticizing the show or just don’t criticize it at all. #unless you’re criticizing how it stands on its own instead of how accurate it is to the books. #I mean this in the kindest most gentle way possible because you guys are ruining what could be a great experience for yourselves #I’m over here vibing; don’t y’all wanna be vibing? vibe with me #edit: I invite y’all to rewatch the movies too actually because I keep seeing people act like the movies were better than they were. #like guys…that shit was a special kind of ass. don’t pretend it’s more true to source material (especially character wise and theme wise) #just because the show isn’t what you specifically wanted it to be. #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #percy jackson #pjo adaptation #pjo tv show #pjo tv series #percy jackson disney+ #rick riordan #percy jackson series #the lightning thief

[syl-stormblessed]

Aftg is a real thing right? It's not a Goncharov thing?

yeah. aftg is real. Not gonna lie sometimes it feels like a Goncharov thing because it really is just that insane, but it does actually exist.

the difference between Goncharov and aftg is that I can describe Goncharov to you. i can't describe aftg to save my life

#aftg has to be the most wild book series i've ever read #like. it's about extreme lacrosse. and the mafia. and it's also about gay people but not the first time you read it #vin speaks #all for the game #aftg #nora sakavic #goncharov

[legogender]

okay i have to say i am actually a strong defender of Snake That Makes You Evil. it sounds stupid on paper but thats only if u take it at face value? i do actually think the concept is crazy good what with the venom slowly corrupting how garmadon thinks about things and him being fully aware but unable to stop it.

its also not Just the venom that makes him evil. in the spinjitzu brothers books you can actively watch the fsm and wu and… really EVERYONE around garmadon become more and more wary of him despite not much really changing. it becomes a permanent blight on him that he is repeatedly told he needs to cure. but he hasnt really even changed in his own eyes

i personally prefer it to have been a pure fateful accident but the involvement of the overlord in the bite makes it arguably even more tragic. it becomes more than a childish mistake. garmadon was doomed from the moment he was born.

#ninjago #PLEASEEEEE read the soinjitzu brothers books if you can. its such crazy insight into wu and garmadons characters #every day i think abt shezada being like ‘oh youre the eveil one? makes sense’ with literally no explanation #also no offense. but i think ppl forget that his Evil Transformation happened over literlaly like. hundreds of years #its not like he got bit and was immediately evil #ik they show it kinda like that in the first flashback of the bite.m #but he was able to hold off the full effects of the venom until literally like mmmaybe a decade before the pilots #thats hundreds or even thousands of years. all that time of the venom corrupting him and he still fought for love !!!!!!! #ohhh my god also just remembered in the most recent spinjitzu bros book when they paint him as clearly having depression. Whatverrrrr #unrelated. but mann those books r so good #OH MY GOD JUST FOUND OUT THE SERIES GOT CANCELLED. KILLING MYSELF

[tomatoland]

Art imitating life?

This ForceBook painting date looks exactly like something TopMew would do

3.19.23

#art imitating life? #when a forcebook painting date totally looks like something topmew would do #hmmm i think im onto something #see if you spot all the times FB appear in the photos #🧐 #most of the photos are theirs but i dont know where the photo where they’re both holding their painting comes from #and theres too many photos for one post so the last one is a collage #force jiratchapong #book kasidet #kasibook #fforce #only friends the series #ofts #top tanin #only friends mew #only friends top #topmew

[thescrumptiousstuffs]

“Why should you watch Only Friends?”

😂😂 most of the cast members reminding us how spicy, hot and intense this series will be!l Then we have FK who politely say how each of the characters are flawed human beings 🤣🤣🤣

The cast members promoting Only Friends

11/08/2023

#pretty much each cast members keep reiterate how hot and spicy the series #except FK who remind us that the people are relatable and they are all grey characters 😅😅😅 #my wholesome babies #gmmtv series #thai bl #khaotung thanawat #first kanaphan #firstkhao #only friends the series #force jiratchapong #book kasidet #Neo trai confirming he basically spends most of the time 1/2 naked in this series 😂 #mark pakin

[tleeaves]

The art is lovely and now I'm gonna ramble because that's what I do when I care about something.

For the love of women, please PLEASE can fan artists remember to add muscle to their Shadowhunter ladies? I'll commend Bowater for cleverly giving James that sculpted and lean look without making him a beefcake (nothing against beefcakes, I'd love to hug them), but Cordelia is once again suffering from Arms And Shoulders Too Slender It's Hard To Even Imagine Her Picking Up A Sword. There is some there, yes, but artists shouldn't be afraid of giving particularly Female Main Characters weight and toned muscle. Cordelia is supposed to be nearly the same height as James as far as I can remember, and she's curvy, and full, and she wields a sword like it's second nature to her. Please explain why she looks so tiny in James' lap.

Also I'm pretty sure marriage runes are supposed to go over the heart whenever possible (thinking about Will's parabatai rune being over his heart instead -- he didn't get Tessa to draw over the scar, did he??) and... either I'm looking at the picture wrong or James' rune is not over where his heart should be.

For the matter, where are their other runes and scars?? James' Voyance rune isn't even on his hand. And I'm pretty sure he's right handed. I could have that wrong though.

Another thing: no one can ever decide what Cordelia's hair looks like and it's the funniest thing to me. This is what happens when all you do is vaguely say the colour is like fire but also like rose petals but also a flowing river of those things but also is Red (probably for redhead, but then from there I never understand where the rose petal analogy comes from considering the typical rose is a deep bloody colour -- I do acknowledge the existence of those light orange varieties though which might more closely resemble red hair). In the end, I'm glad readers can infer what they want and imagine the characters how they like.

Anyone else think James looks like he's built like a tennis player? Oddly specific, maybe, but it was a thought I had. Mostly the arms and somewhat narrow body.

James' hair is nice, his eyes are an interesting take on gold in the shadows. Bowater managed to also make him look closely related to his father, so bravo for that.

In the end, the focus is obviously on the marriage runes and not other physical aspects outside of it being clear that this is James and Cordelia. Bowater's style is very beautiful and elegant. Love the way fabric and lighting is done too. I'll add also that it is possible to be a smaller person who is slender but still strong so I mean Cordelia's not necessarily done wrong, I just interpret her appearance differently. Obviously, they're both hot and they're both attractive and I have my qualms with the series, chronicles, and author -- the fandom I am so-so on, though I'm still here, aren't I? And I'm taking the time to ramble about my thoughts on a piece of fanart -- but this is good. Gorgeous, even. Both James and Cordelia are beautiful.

#side note: am I the only one who thought cc made a mistake trying to describe james as handsome in cordelia's eyes #as opposed to matthew being the beautiful one #when there has always been a deep and aching strange beauty to james?? #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #vaguely crediting charlie bowater though it isn't like you can't find a dozen more copies of this with the credit #also yes I mercilessly picked this apart because I am still trying to find avenues to express my dissatisfaction with tlh #I search for flaws what else can I say #I am aware of it but it's hard to turn those thoughts processes off #maybe I'll write a post at some point all about the authors I once Loved that I am now deeply critical of #a lot of people would hate me for it but eh #also we all know about the marvelisation of cinema #but is it time to talk about the marvelisation of book series/worlds? #or perhaps it has a better and more book-focused name? the jkr approach? rick riordan's marvel-esque flaw? the sjm plague? the clare affair? #we'll workshop it #maybe it's the curse of middleschool-YA series and the issue of aginh readers in fandoms #and I don't mean this as discriminatory against anyone older in fandom because there is not really a limit nor should there be #for most media #but the issue of when the readers grow up amd authors try to accomodate for that -- not necessarily by making their work more adult -- #but by making MORE because there is also an influx of new fans and they want to stay relevant while retaining the old #it's a whole thing though I'd need to sit down to properly organise my thoughts to talk about it

[ilynpilled]

asoiaf as a multimedia franchise where you have 16 different timelines and inconsistent adaptations and an unfinished main series that you can get key information for from an upcoming broadway play. cursed ass multiverse like shut this shit down immediately. at this rate im gonna get my asoiaf endgame theories from the multiversus voicelines

#heres what we can make of arya’s interactions with bugs bunny #and then people wonder why the interpretations of this series are all over the place like this is unsalvagable #like the book and show canon are different and then u adapt past events to both timelines #then we will have an animated universe??:):)); #this is designed specifically to create the most insufferable discourses of all time george u got blood on ur hands im serioud #buddy

[gigamuffinsofie]

the bbc 4 radio shows are my biggest guilty pleasure

#its not... good? #like i have no frame of reference on what makes a radio show good. but i at least enjoy this somehow #enjoy is a strong word. it's more like a 'it feeds my autism beast' kinda enjoyment #i like the cast at least. most of the time when i read the books i do use the voices that are from the radio show #not master and commander. thats not jack!! #its all fun and games them BAM SEX!!! #its especially bad in master and commander and hms surprise #like stephen is currently out there being tortured and you're thinking about the time you cucked harte??? #other than that i liked hms surprise im weak for it its my favourite book in the series #sorry i have lots of thoughts and no one to listen!! and today unfortunate follower is you🫵!!

[skelkankaos]

:(

#captive prince #Captive Prince spoilers #Child abuse cw #Why is this the saddest and most depressing book series of all time