#that is a declaration of love in my book

[minxchester]

Fourth Wing Reread~ Declarations

The parallels of them declaring themselves to each other are magnificent.

~Violet, Fourth Wing

~Xaden, Iron Flame

#Fourth Wing #Iron Flame #Iron Flame spoilers #parallels #declarations of love #Riorgail #officially my book ship

[itspileofgoodthings]

The end of Mockingjay is my nemesis because it does everything that I would do as a writer, makes all the exact same choices that I would make, but in a wildly different tone. There’s a layer of pure coldness and apathy that cuts the reader off from entering into the moment and feeling it for themselves. And I know the point is that Katniss’s brokenness is framing the narration but to me all that’s achieved by that is that we aren’t allowed to feel the grace of the ending, which in my own prideful opinion, makes the whole thing kind of pointless.

#love that she marries Peeta. Love the primroses being planted. Love the final line. Love that she has kids #Wish I could feel any of it!!!!!! #I guess the root of my wrestling with these books is that I can’t tell if it’s truly just a preference thing #(I also found Tolkien cold on first reading and struggled to connect) #or if the flaw’s in the work itself #which in Tolkien the flaw was in me! Anyway it is truly not mine to declare authoritatively #but I love to try 😉 #anyway now I will shut up

[goatsandgangsters]

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske 

Robin thought about the string that Edwin used in his spells: how a particular cradle might have five or six or eight lines of the pattern joining one hand to another. Binding them close. Robin and Edwin had already shared a handful of secrets, and now they shared another, and this awareness of their common nature—in a way that had nothing whatsoever to do with magic—hung delicate and unspoken between them as they left the room. 

#a marvellous light #the last binding #freya marske #lit edit #booklr #bookedit #I tried to make this feel as textured and lusciously detailed as the prose itself #I Am Once Again Recommending This Book To My Beloved Mutuals #gay edwardian yearning! magical manor homes! gorgeous prose and excellent worldbuilding! #family trauma and characters bonding and threatening plants and lovely romance and magic and mysteries and murder! #my edits #sff books #fantasy fiction #fantasy books #robin blyth #edwin courcey #lastbindingedit #I'm declaring that a tag now

[kazz-brekker]

i think that everyone currently going through aemond targaryen withdrawal should go read the wolf and the woodsman by ava reid because the love interest is a one-eyed religious second son prince with daddy issues AND it’s just an overall amazing fantasy novel inspired by jewish and hungarian history with a fantastic exploration of nationalism, nation-building, religion, and jewish identity and culture.

#there is a scene where the love interest kneels before the main character to declare his love and reading it changed me as a person #i was already thinking about this earlier bc i saw a copy of the book at the library #and then i also saw ava reid make the comparison on social media so this is actually an author mandated pitch #i am using my power of having an encyclopedic knowledge of fantasy novels for good in order to make people read them #pie says stuff #the wolf and the woodsman #ava reid #aemond targaryen #house of the dragon #hotd #i love evike and gaspar so much #big fan of romances where one character is stoic and dutiful and the other has decided to be loud and annoying on purpose #and it's partially a road trip novel i love fantasy road trips

[whats-in-a-username]

The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket

#beatrice letters #quotes #poetry #fiction #literature #loveforwords #poets on tumblr #books #poems on tumblr #musings #lemony snicket #chaos.and.clutter #my child is fine #love declarations #love #love quotes #love letters #love letter.txt

[fictionadventurer]

Robert Browning, upon finding a review (twenty-eight years after the event) where the critic thanked God that Elizabeth Barrett Browning had died and would not inflict any more verse upon the world, inflicted some verse upon the critic.

To Edward Fitzgerald

I chanced upon a new book yesterday; I opened it, and, where my finger lay 'Twixt page and uncut page, these words I read - Some six or seven at most - and learned thereby That you, Fitzgerald, whom by ear and eye She never knew, "thanked God my wife was dead." Aye, dead! and were yourself alive, good Fitz, How to return you thanks would task my wits. Kicking you seems the common lot of curs - While more appropriate greeting lends you grace, Surely to spit there glorifies your face - Spitting from lips once sanctified by hers.

Anyway, moral of the story is, don’t pick a fight with a poet unless you want to be savagely flayed. (And get you a husband as devoted as Browning).

#poetry #robert browning #found this in my camera roll #there was a collection of both their poetry at the thrift store #this was in the intro #decided against the book but i needed this poem #'surely to spit there glorifies your face'!!!! #the ultimate insult and declaration of love all at the same time!! #get you a guy like that

[dilsdoes]

i would like to think of neilman less. desperately. but unfortunately he is. who he is. and searches his own name a lot. and i have been moved by some of his writing.

#dils declares #coraline and the graveyard book are everything to me i wont lie. #and i do like some of his short stories in fragile things. #i have a special place in my heart for the harlequins valentine #though i dont think i interpreted it the way he wanted me to. #and i love good omens. the book. #the tv show has long since lost my interest. didnt even finish the first season. #all i wanted was that one half hour long cold open with azi and crow through the ages. and i got that.

[invinciblerodent]

oh sometimes i'm overcome with the realization of just how sentimental a bitch i am

like i really am straight up just playing make-believe with these characters like they're digital barbies

okay so in Iona's inventory, i've had this necklace

since very early in act 1.

it was in Aradin's chest at the Grove, and it was the first thing "we" managed to get with the "I distract them with conversation/busking and you steal everything that isn't nailed down" act/trick I had thought up for her and Astarion. I thought it'd be kinda cute for him to, at the end of this test run, present it with a ~theatrical flourish~ once just out of earshot of its original owner, and for her to ~graciously allow~ him to drape it around her neck, as a hamfisted and silly act of mock-courtship they both know is false. (it was kind of a... "we both know what this is all about and where it's headed, but wouldn't it be fun to play make-believe and pretend it's something entirely different" type of thing.)

I thought it'd be cute, if a touch bittersweet for her to keep it, just slotted away in her little "sentimental items" pouch, like.... next to the dog toy, her old wedding band, and the other useless junk she couldn't bring herself to throw away or sell.

and then today, i found this as I was selling stuff in the Glittering Gala.

it's the same design. and i like to describe Iona's eyes as "amber" when I write about them (they're kind of a reddish/yellowish, pretty medium brown). and she looks much better in golds and reds than she does in blues and silvers.

so. um.

guess who got this bloody thing "sneaked" into her inventory at the long rest.

if you think i won't 1.) exit a trading screen abruptly, 2.) switch controlled characters, 4.) buy a silly and utterly useless junk item AS that character (thought about just picking her pocket but.... we have 35k gold. why would i.), and 4.) keep it in that character's inventory until it "seems like" the PC isn't "paying attention", and then 5.) drop it into their inventory "unnoticed", all for LITERALLY NO GOOD REASON other than just to act out a silly little gesture and support the little fanfic in my head, well.

you'd be very wrong.

((and i was grinning and giggling downright embarrassingly the whole time too))

#squirrel plays bg3 #oc: iona raedir #“astarion isn't the type to do romantic gestures” false #“he does big thoughtful acts of courtship and sweeps the pc off their feet” also false #it is my belief that he isn't the type to do Big Flashy Romantic Things #and is also not the type to be vocal about them #my headcanon is that he'll do the Big Declarations and Theatrical Displays when he's taking the piss in some way #as in he'll joke and play at- and exaggerate courtship when it's all for fun and show and means nothing or very little #but when it's supposed to actually MEAN something; when it's REAL; then the ways he shows love are both small #and done without fanfare or expecting acknowledgement #not even making the slightest effort to keep hands to themselves even in public is fun of course; but the love? #that's in... a pilfered piece of that fruit she likes found randomly in her pack. a swift dagger batting aside a blade meant for her ribs #a small scratch of a pen's tip subtly marking a sweet passage in the book she “borrowed” from him #or in this case; it's something that she found among her things and put on without making a fuss about it #at least not beyond a knowing glance shared; a soft smile exchanged; and her fingers absently fiddling with the stones throughout the day #if she wasn't wearing the guidance-amulet (useful) i'd probably actually equip it on her like i did the silver one for the longest time ngl #because like i said; i'm a sentimental bitch playing make-believe with my little toys

[chryzure]

shoutout to the time i was opening my mouth to describe a book as relatively low-stakes and fun, JUST in time for my therapist to call it “dark” and “gripping”. oh. well. okay.

#memorie.txt #she’s probably right in a relative sense #but i’m used to reading p intense horror and mystery novels where shit goes So sideways #whereas in the book we were discussing i had 0 fears any characters would fall short of their goals #i knew everything would work out for them! #i also have some complaints wrt the author and how she plots things #but anyway… same feeling as the time my friend pointed at a book and i was literally ABT to say ‘oh that was Perfectly Meh’ #and she blurted ‘I LOVE IT ISNT IT SO MAGICAL’ #i simply don’t have the heart to be mean abt books my friends like. even if i wasn’t totally impressed by them #but idk maybe that’s too nice of me? because i’ve had multiple friends be blunt and say they hated things i loved #after asking me to recommend books to them. #it’s honestly why now i refuse to recommend books to ppl because so many friends have said the book sucked to my face #like ok. why are you saying that in That way to the person who recommended it out of love. #NOT the same as saying it’s not your speed btw 😭 that makes sense #but ppl have vehemently declared hatred and i always feel like that img of an ant holding a bundle over their shoulder #like oh… okay….. goodbye forever ig…

[howifeltabouthim]

I want you to come home — you've never had a home — I want you to come home to me.

Iris Murdoch, from The Book and the Brotherhood

#homecoming #home #relationship #you're my home #declaration of love #romantic #sweet #at last #home at last #fanfic inspo #romance novel inspo #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #iris murdoch #the book and the brotherhood

[mysweetsinfulobsessions]

Who knew being honest and direct could be so sexy? Gemma (right) spares no time in taking a little white lie about them dating told by book nerd Tansy (left) and turning it into a deal that could benefit them both. Confidence is hot!

#pretty darn good #i just think the sex scenes could have been longer they were too short and technically its only 1 #spend all the time making promises and then deliver in a short scene :( #big shame super bummed about that #and not to spoil it but a public declaration of love is not my thing and i cringed the whole time even though id been waiting for it #love declarations should be more intimate what the hell #but other than that it was a great and fun read #the flirting and directness had me swooning #cani get me a gemma Please ? #I always tag my least favorite things cuz i dont want to recommend something and then have people be disappointed #alexandria bellefleur #the fiancée farce #lgbtq books #lgbt book recs #lgbt book #lgbt books #lgbt book recommendations #bisexual book characters #bisexual books

[snowfea]

Before my parents left for three years, leaving me alone in France when I had just turned eighteen, I felt like they didn't listen to me, didn't really understand when I told them I was in pain (which, also, if the pain was there before they left, that is chronic pain indeed).

Tonight my mom cleaned my kitchen for me, because at lunch I told her I wanted to do it, needed to do it, but physically couldn't, as my hands, back, legs, and everything, were acting up.

She just started doing it without saying a word, just asking if I had more dishsoap.

#Belette's life #Belette life's with chronic pain #I just #we were out this afternoon #buying stuff #she bought the books that I had planned to buy btw #I love my mom #and when my parents couldn't decide what to do next and they turned to me and asked me what I wanted to do #She replied to my desperate 'I don't care as long as I'm sitting down' with a smooth 'Alright. we're going back to that café we saw #And I heard my dad defending me when my grandma said i don't know what #On the bus there my mom asked me when my appointment with the pain center was #18 janvier btw #so soon #I'm hoping nothing and at the same time everything #So I'm hoping nothing that way I'm not disappointed #anyway! #the journey towards fully accepting my disability - I even have problems calling it that; but to understand why i'll need more therapy- #The journey is long but I'm hoping to see the end of it someday #Time to check the rights of disabled people in Switzerland I guess #To know if I'll declare myself or live incognito #hehehe it sounds so cool #even though it would literally be me hiding my disability because the disadvantages outweight the few things I'd gain from it being officia #though it being official would help with the fucking imposter syndrom I have #ANYWAY

[gabe-ricci-simp]

DID EVERYONE KNOW

#I swear if we were getting somewhere with Gabe OFF SCREEN #i am going to scream #like #with other books I’ve declared my love by now #but nooooo #i mean i love getting the chance to sleep with other characters #but it now seems like I’m cheating on him??? #especially since MC asked if they were okay????!!! #choices loa #Choices loa 2 spoiler #laws of attraction book 2 #laws of attraction book 2 spoilers

[areyoudoingthis]

my mother texted me while i was with a friend and i called her on purpose while my friend was nearby so he could offer emotional support and she had the cheek to get rude and dictate that she would call me later because i was busy even tho I said i was free to talk then jesus fucking christ who does she think she is

#i called her early because I've realized that talking to her at night actually sucks because instead of relaxing and winding down from the #day I'm tense expecting the shitty call and annoyed after the shitty call #who the hell is she to decide for me when I'm gonna be available to talk #she wasn't busy or anything she just decided I'd be available later because she demanded it #setting boundaries with my parents is a new experience for me cause i always felt too guilty to do it #it turns out your parents can always surprise you with even shittier attitudes!! #what a fucking delight #my friend heard the call from the other room and he was like 'wow she was so rude' and i love him for that actually #I'm still struggling to tell if they're being shitty or i am which is 50 degrees of messed up but what are you gonna do that's the #trauma innit #I'm gonna need to read some books about this #anyway friend had to leave cause he's having back issued but I've still declared myself unavailable for further parental interactions #I'm gonna take a shower make a tasty meal and watch bbc ghosts in bed with the cats #and google books about shitty parents and do the math to book a therapist appointment soon #in the meantime my therapist recommended processing stuff by writing about it so here you are tumblr #alex txt

[whats-in-a-username]

recently came across The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket which screams love in every possible way. So I had to make my own version of it. Dramatically speaking: An homage if I may.

The Beatrice Letters: Unsent

I will love you if this is the last time I get to tell you, and I will love you if this is the only time I get to tell you that I do. I will love you as an empress loves her emperor, and as the emperor loves his subjects, and as his subjects love their empire. I love you as a moth loves flame and as flame loves metal. I love you as a warrior loves her sword and as the sword loves to draw blood. I will wait for you as Olaf waits for summer and as a pied cuckoo waits for rain. I will love you if our forever starts today, I will love you if our forever ends today, and I will love you if we never even stood a chance.

I love you as the sun loves the sea and as the sea loves the salt. I will love you as long as it takes to separate the salt from the sea and the salt from my tears. I love you as Shakespeare loves tragedy, and as tragedy follows every hero, and as the hero slowly starts to fall in love with the villain. I will learn to say I love you in every existing language, and then I will learn to speak your love language. I will love you as the poets love the moon and as the moon loves to chase a car. I will love you when you think the world of someone else, I will love you as that world falls apart, and I will love you as my world falls apart. I will love you when my world is full of light, and I will love you from the shadows of my mind.

#beatrice letters #quotes #poetry #fiction #literature #loveforwords #poets on tumblr #books #poems on tumblr #musings #my writing #beatrice #lemony snicket #chaos.and.clutter #my post #my child is fine #my edit #gosh #love declarations #love #love quotes #love letter.txt #love letters #sequel #too many tags #all the time #ok bye lol

[obstinaterixatrix]

sometimes I see notes on the random posts abt the structure of the romance genre I make & I’m like. They Don’t Know I’m Talking About Pamela Regis’ Eight Elements Of Romance Novels

#my ramblings #1) society defined 2) first meeting 3) attraction 4) barrier 5) confession 6) point of ritual death 7) recognition 8) betrothal #I might’ve gotten some out of order but also they’re not necessarily in order #e.g. confession can happen after point of ritual death #but anyway recognition in the structural genre sense is like #new information that allows the main character and love interest to overcome the barrier #oh oops I just checked it’s ‘declaration’ not ‘confession’ #anyway I’ve been meaning to read the full book and not just passages for a while #maybe someday