#the honey month

[saccharinescorpion]

4 Things You Can Try Now That You’ve Read THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR

(technically 5 things)

Mabel - a podcast by Becca De La Rosa and Maybell Marten.

Anna Limón is a home help worker currently looking after the elderly Sally Martin. When Sally has a bizarre and frightening reaction to a box of letters Anna finds in her attic one day, Anna attempts to seek answers by contacting Sally’s only known living relative: Mabel Martin.

“A podcast about ghosts, family secrets, strange houses, and missed connections,” Mabel is a story that is difficult to describe, but one of the most important points is that the vast majority of it is an epistolary narrative between Anna and Mabel, just like how This Is How You Lose The Time War is an epistolary narrative between Red and Blue. It also has a very distinct writing style- dramatic, flowery, and a little bit intimidating. However, if you loved the writing style of TIHYLTTW, I personally think that Mabel is a perfect match for you.

And I’m not just saying that because Mabel is a story about two extremely overdramatic women who are somehow both frighteningly caustic yet almost adorably useless.

The Honey Month - a book by Amal El-Mohtar 

I certainly hope I don’t have to tell you this, but Amal El-Mohtar is one of the authors of This Is How You Lose The Time War, and The Honey Month is a short book she wrote several years ago.

The Honey Month is almost more of an experiment than a book- in its introduction, a friend of El-Mohtar explains how she sent her several small samples of honey, leading El-Mohtar to use the gift as in a unique way. For one February, every day she used a different vial of honey as inspiration for a small piece of writing.

The Honey Month contains 28 short pieces of writing, poetry, prose, and some things in between. It’s a small book full of things with big impact, and contains the lyrical yet meaty writing I enjoyed from El-Mohtar in TIHYLTTW.

Otherside Picnic (裏世界ピクニック) - A series of novels by Iori Miyazawa (illustrated by Shirakaba)

College sophomore Sorawo Kamikoshi longs to find an escape from other people, and in trying to find it discovers the Otherside, a strangely beautiful yet unfathomably dangerous parallel world inhabited by the-once-fictional creatures she knows from net lore. She also meets Toriko Nishina, another young woman with a knowledge of firearms and a desire to find her missing mentor. Together, these two girls explore the Otherside and find themselves changing little by little, both due to their adventures, but also due to their relationship with each other.

If you know me you probably aren’t surprised at this reccomendation. Otherside Picnic is a truly odd beast- it’s sci-fi, it’s horror, it’s comedy, it’s yuri. It’s about trauma, it’s about Japanese creepypasta, it’s about useless lesbians, and it’s about how the scariest thing of all is being vulnerable with another human being. I think fans of  This Is How You Lose The Time War  will enjoy it- Otherside Picnic’s writing style will likely feel almost spartan compared to TIHYLTTW, but in my opinion there’s a similar level of poetry in it. There’s also a similar level of women who are “badass” yet kind of messes. You’ve heard of “Enemies to Lovers,” get ready for “Accomplices to Lovers”!

(there’s also a manga adaptation by Eita Mizuno, as well as an anime adaptation directed by Takuya Sato)

The Handmaiden (아가씨) - a movie directed by Park Chan-wook (written by Park and Chung Seo-kyung, based on the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters)

In Japan-occupied Korea, the pickpocket Sook-hee is recruited by a con-man to aide him in his scam of a Japanese heiress, Lady Hideko. While the con-man poses as “Count Fujiwara” and woos Hideko, Sook-hee will play the part of her maid and subtly push the heiress towards him. But as time passes, Sook-hee begins to realize there are things occuring in the mansion that are even more sinister than her and the Count’s scheme, and there is much, much more to Hideko than meets the eye.

This is a list of recommendations for “people who have finished “This Is How You Lose The Time War,” but I try to recommend The Handmaiden to as many people as I possibly can. I’ve described it in the past as the cinematic equivalent of running a marathon: with a 144 minute runtime full of gorgeous direction and set design, dark machinations, twisted yet romantic writing, often troubling themes, and so, so many plot twists, it’s a movie that nearly feels like too much of a good thing. But for fans of TIHYLTTW, I’m sure what will intrigue you most is the relationship between the two main characters, one so complicated that “Enemies to Lovers” can’t hope to capture the roiling feelings of pity, guilt, hatred, desire, annoyance, sympathy, and everything in between. 

It’s also just really hot.

The Handmaiden is a movie that is best enjoyed going in knowing as little as possible. That said, it is also a story with dark and often upsetting themes that are absolutely crucial to its narrative. If you are concerned about that statement,  I reccomend looking at the movies’ entry on DoesTheDogDie, which I have looked at and found to be a pretty comprehesive list of content warnings that can be examined in a way that doesn’t spoil the twists of the story.

Fingersmith - a novel by Sarah Waters

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I swear I’m going to get around to it!! I can’t technically recommend the book that inspired The Handmaiden since I haven’t read it yet, but I have at least one friend whose opinion I trust who sings its praises, so it’s good enough for me. Besides, if the recent popularity of This Is How You Lose The Time War has showed us anything, it’s that people constantly crave stories about complicated women, so it certainly can’t hurt, right?

#this is how you lose the time war #max gladstone #the honey month #amal el mohtar #the handmaiden #fingersmith #mabel #mabel podcast #otherside picnic #tihylttw #trigun #bigolas dickolas wolfwood #yuri #gl #sapphic #wlw #lesbian

[thatordinaryoddity]

…They say

she likes to tease her fruit, bite ripe summer flesh

just to get that drip going

down, down,

sweets her elbow with the slip of it,

wears it like perfume.

thanks ‘anon‘! that‘s very beautiful (and now i‘m craving 🍑)

#i mean the fruit #or do i? #anon ask #answered #poem #the honey month #amal el mohtar

[lesnahod]

Come to me, she said, and I will plait fireweed into your hair. When you laugh, it will gleam like wheat in sunlight, and when you weep, it will sweeten your tears until hummingbirds are drawn to sip them. Only come to me, and be my love, for I am so alone, and there is no one to tend the hives with me, no one to tip the moon-water from my well, no one to hold my hand in the dark. The night is cold and the moon is colder, and my sisters have all forgotten me. So spoke the star-girl, many years fallen, when I dreamed of her that night.

Amal El-Mohtar: The Honey Month

#amal el-mohtar #the honey month #books #poetry

[fearidescent]

Aw yeeee, honey book by one of the authors of This is how you Lose the Time War arriving tomorrow.

#the honey month #ordered it months ago #it will finally be here

[unhingedpirates]

Dear friends, can you believe it's been A WHOLE FUCKING MONTH??!!!

HOW ARE WE FEELING?

#the first of many probably #😭 #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens s2 #good omens season 2 #me from a month ago was so happy and innocent and naïve #me @ her: honey you've got a big storm comin' #my garbage

[waltz-of-words]

“I am sad because I love you, because I love you so much, and because I am not a bee to buzz with you lightly. I am not a flower, not a tree, not a rain-hewn stone. I am not a storm or a cresting wave, not a thorn or a vine. I am not the sun stinging the water, not the moon on the snow. I am not a star in the dark. I am not the dew-wet wind, not the cloud-stained dawn. I am only a girl, a small, plain girl, a girl who must smear her lips in honey to be found sweet.”

― Amal El-Mohtar, The Honey Month

#quotes #books #book quotes #the honey month

[avanii]

Typhlosions again, now with bonus Quilava and Cyndaquil! Their shapes are just SO satisfying to draw. Hope ya enjoy my more realistic take on these Pokemon :D

#typhlosion #hisuian typhlosion #quilava #cyndaquil #johto starters #pokemon legends arceus #realistic pokemon #avanii #avanii's art #fanart #pokemon #fire type #Added a bit more bear in the standing Typhlosions face #I tend to take honey badgers and wolverines as main inspiration for typhlosion #yeah drawing these was so much fun I just love them so much #can't believe this burst of pokemon hyperfixation has lasted for over 6 months and counting haha it usually ebbs and flows

[kalcifers-blog]

So you know in this scene where Ranboo's mask is flashing and apparently that means that Showfall is putting all of the memories back in?

What if before this moment GL!Ranboo genuinely knew nothing about themselves- like literally nothing. So in this moment they're remembering not just what Showfall did to them but also their family and friends and whatever their life was before all of this.

I also feel like GL!Ranboo is gay and Non-Binary (obviously I mean-) so I'm just imagining the inner turmoil that is:

"oh my god- they did all that- how many people died because of Showf- IM GAY???"

#generation loss ranboo #generation loss #genloss #ranboo #happy pride month everyone #honey quartzs blog

[hella1975]

noah kahan really said growing up in a small, bitter hometown is about the rage and the hatred that's been sung about many times before but it's also about love and devotion and the 'all three of us were drowning and we didn't know how to save each other but there was an understanding that we were all drowning together' of it all and knowing people so intimately yet not being able to help anyone and he's morally grey at best in a lot of his songs and objectively the bad guy in others and that's just how it is and it's about substance abuse and normalised crime and teen suicide and country roads and failed exams and leaving and being left and love and hate and love and hate and love and

#anyway. listening to orange juice again. like it's my fault #girls when growing sideways and view between villages and northern attitude and homesick and stick season come on #like new england must actually be called that for a reason bc you cant convince me this guy isnt actually secretly singing about england #like even when he sings about the WEATHER im like !!! this guy gets it fr!!! #IM TIRED OF DIRT ROADS NAMED AFTER HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND'S GRANDFATHERS AND MOTHERFUCKERS HERE DONT KNOW #THEY CAUGHT THE BOSTON BOMBERS TIME MOVES SO DAMN SLOW I SWEAR I FEEL MY ORGANS FAILING I STOPPED CARING ABOUT A MONTH AGO #SINCE IT'S BEEN SMOOTH SAILING I WOULD LEAVE IF ONLY I COULD FIND A REASON IM MEAN BECAUSE I GREW UP IN NEW ENGLAND!!! #or the entirety of growing sideways. divvied up my anger into 30 seperate parts keep the bad shit in my liver and the rest around my heart #r u even listening. what the hell #HONEY COME OVEERRRRRR THE PARTY'S GONE SLOWERRR AND NO ONE WILL TEMPT YOU WE KNOW YOUVE GONE SOBER <- sobbing #noah kahan #stick season

[aturnoftheearth]

destiel // the winner takes it all - mamma mia soundtrack // watch on youtube

#last year i posted honey honey on the 4th this year it's the winner takes it all lets goooooooo #as is tradition generosity is appreciated i realize i havent done an amv in months once again adskjfksfjldsjkf #destiel #spn #supernatural #jamvs #spn amv #destiel amv

[dreamaze]

🐝🍯♥ (2018)

[MH: ♫ Jooheon is pretty~ ♫]

#mx7net #monstaxedits #jooheon #monsta x #tuseral #wabisarah #userkyutie #wings.gifs #wings.original #a humble offering for happy honey day <3 #(one day i'll make the smoky set that's been rattling around in my head for at least as year. today is not that day alas) #stumbled across this video over a month ago and this footage made my heart cry he's soOOOOOO cute

[kandibatz]

idk why i cant really see kevin using petnames all that much but also i feel like he would use them when he is a little pissed

#art #spooky month #spooky month fanart #spooky month streber #sm streber #spooky month kevin #sm kevin #streber x kevin #kevin x streber #candybats #for tumblr user kandibatz i sure have not posted them in a bit #idk i just keep hearing 'honey' said in very fcking annoyed kevin voicein my head and i have to draw it to stop it haunting me

[airlocksandaviaries]

Happy pride month to HIM

#Val Kilmer #honey... what did you mean by this #he just really wanted to make out with rdj #and I respect that 100% #kiss kiss bang bang #top gun #kkbb #icemav #shrikehart #pride month #gay pride #bi pride #happy pride #pride 2023 #robert downey jr

[autiebiographical]

Terms like "mild autism" aren't very well liked in the autistic community, so there's been a joke going around about people having spicy autism. I'm not a fan of spicy food, but I am a fan of honey mustard! Hence Honey Mustard Autism!

#autiebiographical #autie-biographical #actually autistic #autism acceptance month #autism acceptance #autism #autistic #comic #web comic #comic strip #spicy autism #honey mustard autism

[cynicalruins]

Watched Cutie Honey The Live a while ago, here's the obligatory doodle dump, good show

#cutie honey #cutie honey the live #tokusatsu #hikaru gets her own page bc how can i not #i finished it months ago but was too lazy to get refs for the suits until i bought the book so here we go #aurorart

[acediee]

If he didn’t know any better, he would think that you were telling him that you cared about what he was saying.

#shino #aburame shino #shino aburame #team Kurenai #naruto #naruto shippuuden #aburame #another fic fanart! #dude... maybe bc I read an old wiki page but from childhood till now I always thought his fav food was just wintermelon? #i never questioned why the focal dish in the fic was salad? like maybe it fit his vibes or smth?? #I found out only a few days ago and was like :OO... KID ME READ THAT WIKI PAGE LIKE CRAZY TOO DAMNS 😭 #anw I love this fic a ton too 👍🏻 since it's sfw I can drop the title as well! #honey stand from phoenix_is_rising #I have a lot more shino art to post + a lot of comms I did over the past month but I just need to find the energy LOL #my art #artists on tumblr #illust #illustration #had this one sitting unposted for AGES mb