#pt 4

[aircd]

Vampire stalker x fem¡reader PT3

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Warning: r4pe, degradation, female genitalia mentioned, blood, gaslighting, a lil romance

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(It’s late at night somewhere around 3am and you wake up with a sore neck and feel lightheaded. you feel someone between your legs and you look under the covers.) “wha— hello.?!” you say in confusion pulling the covers away. “oh hey.. you’re awake.!” “What—”, You say remembering what happened hours before and before you could even say anything vale starts to pull your pajama pants off. “what are you doing..? stop.. no wait..!” Still in a daze you sigh trying to kick at her to get off and eventually she falls off the bed. “honey it’s okay~.. just calm down..” Vale jumps on top of you pinning your wrists down looking directly in your eyes. “Stop..! Get off of me..!” Vale kisses you forcefully and sloppily before groping your breasts and moaning. You gasp. “Stop it! I don’t like this get off..!” you push on her chest but she’s surprisingly strong. “Shhh.. Aw you don’t like it~? it’s okay.. it’s okay..” she degrades you and continues to touch you kissing your neck and biting it slightly drawing blood and licking it off. “mm.. you’re so hot~.. y’know that baby~?.. ugh god I wish I did this sooner..”, she says under her breath as if she’s talking to herself. you look at her frightened and repulsed but can’t help to notice some of the pleasurable sensations of what she’s doing to you and you whimper.

“Just.. get off of me..!”, “aww~ honey it’s okay.. it’s okay.. I’m just touching you a bit..” she starts to kiss your neck more leaving various bite marks on your neck and collarbone. “just.. stop..” Vale harshly pulls your shirt off leaving you in only your underwear, you gasp quickly covering your chest looking away from her. She smirks predatorily. “mm.. don’t do that~ I bet your tits are as perfect as these thighs.. remember darling I’m just kissing and touching you a bit~.. hasn’t anyone ever done that for you.?” You remain silent for a moment as she pulls your arms away from your chest and her breath hitches leaving her shocked for a moment before she smirks widely groaning and leans in towards your chest kissing up and down your torso and groping your breasts harshly. “hey.!—“ you gasp as your mouth hangs open and she nibbles on your flesh, you can’t help but let out a few moans. Vale slowly moves down your stomach before looking up at you between your thighs forcing them open and smirking. “hey.. don’t—!” She pulls your underwear off and takes a moment to look at you in awe making her mouth an o shape, she chuckles and smirks as you are still in shock and suddenly she pulls your legs up over her arms staring at your cunt in silence. “don’t..” at that moment she forces her tongue onto you causing you to squeeze your legs tightly on her head she starts to lick your cunt, you moan and grip onto the bed. as soon as she’s doing something you like she moves to a different spot making you gasp and moan from the sudden change. “Oh god~.. mmm.. right there.. just— ugh..!” You whine. She looks up at you between your legs and sticks in two fingers raising her eyebrows as she sees you squirm more and grip harder onto the bed. “Mmph.. oh~— godd~..!” She suddenly stops as she feels you tightening around her fingers and pulls them out leaving you to whine and squirm around in front of her. “Why—! Why’d you stoop~..!” “Oh I thought you didn’t like it~..?” “I— I didn’t but.. now- now I do..~” you whine in desperation. Vale looks down at your cunt and smirks. “Mm.. look how wet you are for me~.. really!—you should look at such a mess you made and I didn’t even make you cum.!” She teases you and you look away embarrassingly. She leans up between your thighs and starts to kiss you and moans moving down your neck and your breasts again before suddenly stopping and breathing heavily staring at your eyes with lust. she starts to take her tank top and bra off. “hey..?” She stays silent and you hear the clicking of her belt as she undoes it from her jeans you shiver slightly. She takes the rest of her clothes off as you both don’t say anything and she stares at you as you do back. She breathed heavily here and there irregularly. After a minute or so she suddenly forces your legs open and shoves herself on top of you grinding her cunt against yours. “Oh—! Hh..” she smirks but breathe faster and seems more desperate as she moans roughly against you grinding faster gripping your thighs rougher by the second. “mm god you’re so pretty~.. you just— god the feeling of you against me..” you stare at her as she seems in a more vulnerable state now. You begin to moan louder as she grinds against you you both look down and then back up at eachother she starts to grip less and grind faster moaning harder. “ah.. oh.. v-vale~..” she smiles and gasps for a split second. “oh yeah~.. say- say that again sweetie~.. say it..” “v-vale~..?” she moans and smiles more as you both seem to get closer. “fuckkk.. hey.. tell me.. tell me you love me~..” “h—huh..?” “just— just say it~..” “ahh.. g-god~ okay.. I love you..” “yeah.. you’re so fucking hot.. yknow I touch myself to you..” “you do..?” “yeahh.. sometimes it’s the only way I can get off..” “as gross as it sounds that kinda turns me on..” “mm.. you’re so fucked up.. getting off to a complete stranger~..” “mm.. fuck.. I—“ you lay your head back on the pillow stuttering as she grinds against you. “ohh..” vale laughs. “you getting close baby~?.. mm me too..” she grinds faster as you both reach the edge.

As you both climax vale falls on top of you breathing in unison heavily, a minute goes by and she kisses your neck making her way up to your lips kissing you passionately. She falls over laying on her back with you and moves her hand over to yours holding it then turns her head over. “you should sleep.. that must’ve been a lot for you.” “…me?! you were the one on top.!” You laugh. “You don’t worry about me honey, I have the gift of eternal life to keep me energized.” Vale winks at you teasingly and drapes the comforter over your body scooting closer to you under it and whispers in your ear. “Just go to sleep.. shh..” something about her voice is so calming almost as if she was sedating you in a magical way (she is). You fall asleep and vale whispers one last time in your ear. “Thanks for the time I spent with you.. see you soon darling... (she hesitates but smiles)— I love you..”

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#nsft wlw #vampire lady #vampire x reader #yandere wlw #wlw concepts #pt 4 #? #thoughts? #ty for reading #lesbian #les romance #smut #lesbian smut #sapphic nsft #nsft

[commander-spaceboy]

They are in love yo ur honor

#jojo posting #sb’s art #josuke #josuke higashikata #okuyasu nijimura #okusyasu #jjba okuyasu #jjba josuke #pt 4 #jojo pt 4 #josuyasu #now kiss #ive been thinking of literally nothng but josuke and his stupid boyfriend for the last week #something is severly wrong with me

[thebubblesareevil]

You’re not Dead I promise

The first thing Kaldur noticed as he woke was the cold, it was gentle without any bite, but permeating his body as if chasing out the painful heat. However the second thing he noticed was not as you might thing the room or event how the air itself seemed to have a green tint to it, that came next, but rather the sound of light snoring coming from a large glowing figure sitting beside the bed. He was slouching in his seat one hand keeping his head propped up while the other loosely held a book in it grasp that was slowly slipping from his hand. Kaldur tried to sit up and started to feel dizzy falling back onto the bed. Unfortunately this seemed to have startled his guard who jumped up dropped his book and trip over his own chair. Kaldur attempted to assist the man but felt too weak to get up. When the man finally stood he looked at Kaldur with bright glowing green eyes that had a ring blue around the pupil, he stood a few inches taller than Kaldur himself, and skin that was just a shade too pale.

“How are you feeling?” The stranger spoke with an echoing voice. But when Kaldur tried to speak the words wouldn’t come. “Shit, one second.” The man sticks his head out the door a minute later he came back. “ I’ve asked for some water, sorry I didn’t think about that.” The man sat down and sighed with a tired look on his face. “I know you probably have questions so I’ll try to explain as best I can.” Kaldur nodded and motioned for the man to continue.

“ Okay, well first of all I’m Phantom and this is my lair, yes I know that sounds bad, let me explain.”

Kaldur looks at Phantom concerned but just a a Phantom is about to continue there is a knock at the door. Phantom beacons them in and to his surprise the person that enters doesn’t appear human. At least not fully. The man? Has green tinted skin and solid glowing red eyes he was dressed like a court jester and he was carrying a tray with a pitcher of water and some light snacks on it.

“Thank you Jester, any word on our guests.” The man, Jester gave Phantom a, quite frankly, huge fanged grin “Half have arrive, Half have yet to come, we shall announce their arrival with the beating drum.” Phantom thanked the man and with a slight bow Jester took his leave.

Phantom handed him the water and continued to explain. “Right now you are in the Infinite Realms otherwise known as the Ghost Zone” Phantom stops for a moment when he sees the mournful look on Kaldur “You’re not dead, I promise. I was wandering through a natural portal when I came across you. You had collapsed from heat stroke, which is to be expected when an Atlantean goes hiking through the desert during a heat wave.” He paused so that Kaldur could elaborate.

“My team and I were in Faucett City in America facing Klarion the witch boy, myself as well as one of my teammates was transported away during the fight. I woke in the desert and attempted to find help as soon as possible.” Phantom nodded along with the explanation.

“That sounds about right, when I found you it looked like you were headed in the direction of the pyramids. Under the advise of my personal doctor, I kept you chilled while you were sleeping to fight off the heat but how are you feeling?” Phantom asked

Kaldur took a moment to take stock of himself before responding. “I’m still a bit stiff and more than a little tired, but it is a vast improvement my previous state.”

Phantom gave a bright smile and Kaldur was thrown for a moment by the sudden shift. “That’s great once you’ve rested a bit longer we can—“ however whatever Phantom intended to say was cut off my the sound of massive drums. Phantom’s smile dropped almost immediately and was replaced with a serious expression as he looked towards the door. “It looks like it’s later than I thought, my guests have arrived. I will unfortunately be stuck going in and out of serious of meetings today. I intended to take you back home once you woke but it looks like that will have to be postponed.” Phantom turned back to Kaldur “In the meantime you are my guest and you are free to explore my lair or simply stay and rest. If you need anything don’t hesitate to ask.” He said with a soft smile.

“Thank you for your assistance, all I ask is that I be able to return to my team as soon as possible. I understand you won’t be able to take me yourself however is there anyway another person could return me to my friends.” The smile is gone from Phantoms face much to Kaldurs concern

“ I understand your eagerness to return to your team, however the human realm is not a safe place for spirits and I will not put my friends at risk. I’m sorry..” Phantom then freezes for a moment and with a slight cough he glances to the side refusing eye contact “I just realized I never asked for your name.” He said with a green flush across his cheeks.

Kaldur let out a small laugh before turning serious once more “My name is Kaldur’ahm, however you may call me Kaldur. I understand your hesitation however I was taken from my team in the middle of a fight with an incredibly dangerous individual. Klarion is capable of—.”

“I know exactly what Klarion is capable of.” Phantom interrupted with a dark look “ It hasn’t even been a year since the realms were flooded with the cry’s of children whose lives were lost before their time. You won’t find many friends of Klarion or his cohorts in the Infinite Realms.” Phantom hesitated before continuing “I promise you I will get you back to your friends with as little time passing as possible, I can’t promise to return you to the exact moment you left but I can get you pretty damn close. Just know that time passes differently here, so don’t worry and just focus on recovering” Phantom rose from his seat and headed to the door “I’ll be back to check on you after my first meeting is over with, try to get some rest.” And with that he was gone.

Kaldur sat there for a minute collecting his thoughts before laying back down to rest. His final thought being of the tired eyes of Phantom.

NOTE: just in case you are confused the dead children are referring to when all the adults and children where split into different dimensions, you cannot convince me thousands of children didn’t die just from car crashes alone. Not even taking into consideration parents that were holding their babies when it happened.

#danny phantom #ghost king danny #dc x dp #cold current #kaldur'ahm #i’m sleepy #and stressed #pt 4 #young justice #tw meantimes child death #danny/kaldur

[iggythemachine]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Higashikata Josuke (JoJo: Diamond is Unbreakable)/Nijimura Okuyasu, Higashikata Josuke (JoJo: Diamond is Unbreakable) & Nijimura Okuyasu, Nijimura Keichou & Nijimura Okuyasu, Higashikata Josuke (JoJo: Diamond is Unbreakable) & Higashikata Tomoko Characters: Nijimura Okuyasu, Higashikata Josuke (JoJo: Diamond is Unbreakable), Higashikata Tomoko, Nijimura Okuyasu's Father, Nijimura Okuyasu's Mother, Nijimura Keichou Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Angst, Past Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Light Angst, Confessions, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Internal Conflict, First Kiss, First Love, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Post-Canon, Literal Sleeping Together, Relationship Study Summary:

In the middle of the night, Josuke wakes up covered in cold sweat. He can't catch his breath and stop his limbs from shaking. Biting his lip, he dials Okuyasu's number and squeezes the phone to his cheek. A few seconds pass. Okuyasu shambles barefoot to the living room. He picks up like he always does. Oku doen't get mad at him for asking him to come sleep over. These days Josuke feels calm only when Okuyasu's close.

Josuke reflects on his relationship with Okuyasu and his messy being.

#josuke x okuyasu #josuyasu #josuke higashikata #okuyasu nijimura #jjba #diamond is unbreakable #pt 4 #fanfic recommendation

[prosocialbehavior]

"Everything's got a weak point; it's just a question of waiting until it shows up, that's all." - a very good Doctor line from Two

#doctor who #dw liveblogging #the moonbase #pt 4

[coffeeforkai]

maple

is there a hobby / skill that you’ve always wanted to try but never did?

ooh yes, yes! i have always wanted to learn to play a musical instrument :D i also really want to learn skateboarding, and i also wanna learn a new language! what about you?

#ask games #thank you for the question lettie #pt 4

[beautifullyjinxed]

If I had to pick I’d probably have to say these are my top pics from my recent photo edits. I would have done a third Harley photo to be honest, but I did try to keep it my choices more open lol. I love them all I just ended up really liking all the Harley edits 😅😂💕.

#eddie munson #pinterest #beautiful #harley quinzel #castiel #aziraphale #carol danvers #klaus hargreeves #the 14th doctor #photo edit #profile #picture #capcut #pretty #editing #stars #pt 4

[oddrock]

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It’s the end of twenty seconds, next is twenty minutes

I am going to be taking a bit of a break though, due to finals comin up and AP art stuff being due. I might take awhile to get back on it after that too, so I can work on neatening up what I want the story to look like, visually and overall.

[masterpost]

#he is having a panic attack #i mean. the last time he went through a portal was twenty years ago and was not very nice for him #well interdimensional portal. he still had his powers but whatever #he didn’t have the energy to use his powers most of the time though #Why I Need To Go Back To Hell #art #pt 4 #my art #comic #fanart #sketch

[fictionalnormalcy]

We’re going for top five! We in the final clutch everybody!

Please make sure to reblog so it gets around to as many HTTYD fans as possible!

#best viggo episode #viggo grimborn #rtte #polls #pt 4 #19 episodes #httyd

[softquietsteadylove]

For part 4: I've got this idea of mine where Thena blaming Minerva for what happened to Gil and she ordered her that he wants Gil back under her after this mission.

I want you to decide for the rest! I know this is a lot and I am sorry TT, I just wanna say again that your works are beautiful and so are you. Thank you! xoxo

"How'd it go?"

Thena closed the passenger side door with a huff, clipping her seat belt rather aggressively. "It could have gone worse, I suppose."

"So you didn't mouth off and get fired?" Kingo asked as he pulled out of the lot of the agency office building. "I would say I was impressed if you weren't already on suspension for it."

Thena just shrugged. She didn't much care about the suspension, even considering she was a senior agent, and this kind of thing would reflect on her for a very long time to come. It was a well deserved suspension, given how she had screamed in the face of not only Minerva but the Section Chief as well.

All that having been said, Gil had almost died.

The recovery operation was a success. Thena was the best when it came to infiltration, especially after things had already not gone to plan. She and the rest of Special Ops had arrived at the scene and cleaned things up concisely and without mercy.

She had gone further in with Kingo, intent on finding Gil. At the very least they had confirmed that he wasn't one of the reported casualties, but that still left him as potentially injured.

Thena had found him in one of the back corners of the labyrinth of storage lockers. He was barely breathing and there was blood everywhere. If they had been any later, he probably would have...

She had gone in the ambulance with him, Kingo having covered for her absence, with Minerva's help to corroborate Thena's definitely-good-enough reason for leaving the scene.

She owed that much to Minerva, and after she had gotten in her face about the whole thing being her fault. That was unfair of her, and Thena knew it. She knew what being a team leader meant--what it meant to have people's lives in their hands and be solely responsible for it when things went bad.

She was feeling...fragile.

Minerva had taken it like a champ, because of course she had. She didn't reprimand Thena for it, didn't shout back at her, didn't even demand an apology for it later.

The Chief still had her suspended for her behaviour but Thena hadn't cared then and she still didn't, now.

"Did you do what I told you?" Kingo asked as he drove, letting Thena take it easy in the passenger's seat.

Thena crossed her arms, "I displayed...appropriate remorse."

Kingo rolled his eyes, "come on, Boss. I can't do shit with both you and Gil out of commission."

"I know," she mumbled, looking down at her bag on her lap. She really had attempted to appear apologetic for her actions. "I did offer my apologies for it."

"Did you seem sorry?" Kingo looked over at her as he slowed to a stop, "really?"

Thena rolled her eyes and shook her head, "sorry enough."

"So, no," Kingo scoffed and shook his head as well. "If you and Gil get fired, I've gotta get out of this line of work."

Thena smiled, "we're not fired, Kingo. Not yet, anyway."

"Yet," he huffed as he started driving again. He glanced at her, "the transfer?"

"I said that even if I was fired, Gil would be back on Special Ops in exchange."

"Thena-"

"It was the only way I'd go peacefully," she shrugged, repeating it exactly as she had stated it in her probation hearing. "That's all that matters."

Kingo snuck his eyes over to her as she toyed with the bag on her knees. She was fidgeting. "You really think Gil is going to still work here if you don't?"

Thena ignored him. "It's just one more week."

Kingo made a grand show of rolling his eyes at her as he pulled over, "I don't know, Boss. I've already neglected all the paperwork I can. They're going to start asking me to actually do it instead of waiting for you to get back."

Thena gave him a smile as she gripped the handle of the car door, "serves you right."

He leaned down to look at her even as she got out, "just come back soon, please? And tell the big guy I want him back even sooner!"

Thena waved to him as he drove off again. She had to admit, Kingo didn't drive as much like a hellion as she had initially expected he would. And he had very helpfully given her a ride whenever she needed it during her suspension period. She turned, letting herself into the apartment with her key.

"Hey!"

"Hey," she smiled as she walked in, kicking off her shoes by the door and walking into the kitchen. "I'm getting a little too used to not having to wear heels."

"Well, it's not like you need 'em."

Thena rounded the corner, leaning against the wall as she admired the sight of Gilgamesh in the kitchen, on his feet, alive and well. Moderately well, "what's on?"

"Just some easy pasta," he smiled at her from the stove, stirring it with his left hand while his right remained in a sling. She gave him a look and he laughed outright, "relax, nothing strenuous involved."

He had taken a bullet to the leg, as well as endured a shattered clavicle that would have him in a sling for two months. He would still be on desk duty even by the time he was cleared to return to work.

Thena wandered closer, inhaling the delicious smelling sauce. He really was a surprisingly skilled home cook.

He looked over at her, the sizzling of pasta underscoring them. "Get fired?"

"No, but I think Minerva vouched for both of us," Thena sighed. She didn't love the idea of being indebted to her old comrade, but she had to admit that she owed her quite a lot, at this point. "They said that the suspension will be over next week, and after that they'll 'keep an eye on me', so... "

He nudged her with his good elbow gently, "I told you not to speak your mind. Just tell them you're very sorry for what you did and move on."

She raised a brow at him, "is that what you said at your probation hearing?"

"No, I told them that they were old bastards who could go to hell."

Thena laughed, partly from the joke, and partly because it probably wasn't that far from the truth, knowing Gil. For all the shit she got for not minding her manners around their superiors, Gil was a pretty honest guy, even in the worst scenarios.

Gil turned off the stove burner and turned to her, "you were pretty hurt, after that op. I couldn't just let that go."

She looked up at him too, her eyes drifting over the sling holding his arm and then down over the extensive bandaging he had received in the hospital. Even a week after being released, some of them still had to be maintained regularly. "How do you think I felt?"

He smiled, giving her shoulder a squeeze before moving to the cupboard with the bowls, "hey, we got through it--both of us."

Thena moved faster, bumping him out of the way with her hip to reach them before he could, "barely."

He smiled, letting her reach them for herself, instead moving to get them both water glasses. "But we did."

Thena set down the bowls beside the pan of pasta. She had apologised plenty already, and that was after Gil had awoken and told her he didn't have any clue what she was apologising for (and telling her to take it back, too). But seeing him more in the past week than she had in the past month still made her heart clench in her chest.

"Thena?"

She smiled, spooning out plenty for both of them (although that meant that his serving was double the size of hers). "Sit down, Gilgamesh."

He chuckled, obeying the order with a big grin on his face, "yes, ma'am."

She let him see her rolling her eyes at him as she came over with their lunch. She sat down, leaving her suit jacket on the back of her chair. She kept forgetting things at Gil's place, being here to help take care of him so often. She had reminded herself plenty of times already not to get so comfortable here.

"Hey."

Thena looked up, already smiling because Gil was. He twirled some pasta around his fork from his bowl and held up the bite for her. He was cute; she shook her head at him. "I have my own."

Gil shrugged, "you need more. This is why you're so skinny."

Thena's jaw dropped, although it made an opening for Gil to poke at her lip with the pasta fork. She huffed before biting down on it with a glare. "You are still my Agent, Gilgamesh."

"Sorry, sir," he laughed as he pulled the fork back. "Y'know, I thought you were kinda skinny for an Agent when you first recruited me, too."

"Oh, did you," Thena scoffed as she took a bite of her own lunch. "What else did you think?--since you're feeling candid?"

Gil shrugged, his shoulders still moving with his barely contained laughter, "that you weren't nearly as hard to read as everyone said you were."

She rolled her eyes again.

"And that you were kinda pretty, too."

She stopped in the middle of bringing her fork up to her lips. She looked over at him but he was shovelling in another bite, as if he hadn't even heard what he'd said.

"This is isn't bad for only having one hand," he commented as he took a massive bite for himself.

Thena just sighed and took another bite as well. It was moments like this that made her not want her suspension to actually end.

#Thenamesh Special Forces AU #pt 4 #no you're beautiful anon!! #but really thank you #thank you for entrusting me with your idea! #I hope you like how it's turned out! #very drama very angst #but with a happy ending #because I am a soft hearted bird #I am a soft birb #and I cannot take heartache #I think Thena would understand what position Minerva was put in #and while she's not happy about Gil being put in danger #I don't think she would have it in her to really truly blame Minerva for him getting hurt #and Minerva also understands why Thena lashed out #especially when she saw her leave in the ambulance with him #hunched over his body with tears in her eyes #The Chief had already told her she was on suspension #he turned around to reprimand her some more and Kingo said she was...injured #Minerva agreed yes sir she also needed medical attention that's why she's gone #anyway #Thena is helping take care of Gil #because the doctor asked if he lived alone or if he had someone who could help him #and Thena said I volunteer as tribute #she's there more often than not #like she goes back to her place sometimes #but it's really not as often as one might suspect of 'platonic co-workers'

[okuyosuke]

#pt 4 #i think i only watched like. right before rohan came on screen. im catching up now

[itachi86]

omg the olivarry in the vanishing point

#coie #pt 4 #shipping things #olivarry #when oliver appears as the spectre #the look on barry's face #and “i unlocked your potential” “by touching my head?” #and how he automatically trusts him when he knows it's oliver

[mother-lee]

a few of the world's most underrated masterpieces pt 4

movies - weyes blood

freckled like an orchid - winten

last letter - mary middlefield

ceiling - rosie carney

it gets easier - kalandra

sun bleached flies - ethel cain

#underrated #masterpiece #pt 4 #music #alternative #weyes blood #rosie carney #kalandra #ethel cain

[acatpiestuff]

drawing these guys from memory because i dont wanna look them up

#jjba #jotaro kujo #kakyoin #polnareff #jojo's bizzare adventure #pt 4 #FUCK ITS 5 AM #my art #scribbles #simple style this time so that i dont have to think about it #little doodle guys #tiny grimy boys #large danger lads #ok now i sleep

[the-thing-of-worms]

Horrors of the Fruitfly, pt 4: Goodnight All Ye Cannibals

Master post | Part 3 | Part 5

#horrors of the fruitfly #pt 4 #fruit flies #insects #insectblr #horror #comic

[noxwithoutstars]

Queer books pt. 4 (I think)

All these books are recommended!

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Genre: fantasy, historical retelling 

7/10

Ok I finally got to read it (ignore me being super late lol). In a historical retelling of the story of Achilles and Patroclus, Madeline Miller tells a heart-wrenching tale of two lovers torn apart by war and the gods. Her luscious prose brings a sense of hopelessness and humanity into a classic tale. 

Things I liked: The writing. Like Ms. Miller... stop being an good awesome writer! The way she uses words to give the story a rhythm really hearkens to the Illiad, which I appreciated. It was also very enjoyable for me, who’s read the Illiad, to spot the similarities between this book and the other. TSoA also does a good job being a historical book but also making it feel contemporary.

Things I didn’t like: There are two sex scenes (tw). I also don’t like how flat some of the characters seemed. Like Diomedes (I always get him and Diogenes mixed up lol) was just a caricature, and so was Achilles, and Patroclus... I couldn’t like the characters (except for Thetis and Odysseus), but that might just be me. I feel like the overall writing was trying to make up for the lack of character depth. 

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

Genre: sci fi space opera

10/10

This is a sequel to “A Memory Called Empire,” btw. Mahit Dzmare, the ambassador from Lsel station to Teixcalaan, is called upon by a desperate few- her former lover and a fleet commander who’s command is slipping- to communicate with aliens who apparently have no language. Meanwhile, the future emperor finds himself caught in a complicated web of court politics and bureaucratic maneuvering. All because of a war that Mahit herself started. 

Things I liked: I don’t usually like space operas but this- I- it’s just SO GOOD. It’s such a delicate balance between plot-driven and character-driven that is written masterfully. And while I do thoroughly enjoy political dramas, to someone who might not, Martine executes the emotion and action in this book perfectly so that it reads like a thriller. I absolutely adore the way Martine writes and talks about colonialism in this book as well- unreliable narrators, intergalactic colonial power... it’s amazing. 

Things I didn’t like: There’s a single sex scene (tw). I don’t have many criticisms for this book. There are few awkward moments driven from crude jokes, but they’re just not my style, so not a big con. 

You Feel it Just Below the Ribs by Janina Matthewson and Jeffrey Cranor 

Genre: dystopia, thriller

9/10

Set in the world of the podcast Within the Wires- but you don’t have to listen to read the book! A damaged manuscript found with the body of the doctor herself tells the tale of Dr. Miriam Gregory life and her innovative memory-wiping technique that was so instrumental to the foundation of the New Society after the Reckoning. What is written is dangerous and appears to be fiction, as there are many unverifiable facts. But perhaps what she writes is closer to the truth than one things. It is left to the reader to find out. 

Things I liked: The MC’s queerness is not a big point in the story. It’s casual and a simple fact in the larger tale. I also really enjoyed the double unreliable narrator trope, as we have the author herself and the footnotes. It keeps you on your toes. 

Things I didn’t like: Honestly there’s not much that I didn’t like. The only comment here would be that the font being so large kind of shocked me when I opened the book. /lh

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Genre: realistic fic

7/10

Finally read it >:3 Georgia wants to fall in love. She can’t wait to go to college and finally have her grand college romance. However, Georgia is aroace. Though it takes some time for her to realize this- and a lot of awkward moments, friend drama, and a desperate Shakespeare production- Georgia finally accepts her orientation for what it is. Sometimes friendships are more important than romantic relationships. 

Things I liked: The way Oseman writes her characters is absolutely flawless. I can feel their character development through the pages, and they’re very obviously complex characters and not plot devices. I also liked the way she handled intersectionality in this book and how she emphasizes that love doesn’t just mean romantic love. 

Things I didn’t like: For and aroace book, this one is still really allo.  It really glorifies love (according to definition above) and makes loving your friends platonically seemingly redeeming of being aroace. I understand that’s how it is for some aroaces, but this book only represents that type of aroace and pushes others under the rug. It has a romantic sublot as well, which kind of ruined the book for me (I’m romance-repulsed). Also, Sunil is introduced as he/they, but Oseman, through her characters, only refers to Sunil as ‘he.’

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