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chaoticbindery · 8 months

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Here's Looking at You Kid

By Messermoon(@sophsicle )

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world..."

George wanders into a bar. Nothing is ever the same.

Thanks to Soph for accepting a copy of this story. Apologies for the delay and ups being trash 💀

Thanks to @upthehillart for approving my use of their art for this fic.

Special thanks to the @renegadepublishing server for all your support, advice, and encouragement during the making of these books.

To ups, I hope you never feel the gentle touch of a woman, that your child never hugs you again, and that every time you enter a room, you forget the reason you are there.

Below, I will discuss the process, which will include a lot of spoilers. (But also more pics 😈)

When I heard this story was set in the same universe as choices, I lost my shit a little and read it. Slowly, however, this story began to mean a lot more to me than I could put into words. George's grief over the lost of his soul mate, the struggle to find himself, and Blaise's love, passion, kindness, and confidence in himself resonated to me in such a way that I knew I needed to hold it in my greedy little hands.

I started to think about what I wanted to do and how I wanted to bind this story. I struggle a lot from picking the font for the body text to picking the chapter titles. I finally, after fucking around with canva for more time than I'm willing to admit , I was able to come up with these:

(If you would like the files for anything I used, please dm me, and I will send them to you! I will eventually set up a google drive)

In the story, there is this moment where Blaise casts a spell that creates a constellation, of which George got the inspiration to make a mood ring that created a little sky, and depending on your mood the sky changes to reflect how you feel. He gives it to Blaise, and they have a picnic under the sky, indoors, later at Blaise's party they have such a cute moment at night and so I wanted to implant the sky in some way.

I also wanted to use constellations in this bind. I didn't know how or where. I just knew I needed them in my life. So while i mop over my inability to impelent them, I took a break. So one day, I was reading a book with these very cute corners, and then it hit me. (No, I didn't finish the book i was reading. I was busy stalking the internet, trying to find the perfect image)

After that, picking the page breaks was easy. I wanted something simple since I didn't want the typeset to look so busy that it took away from the most important element of the bind, aka the story. I added a few little things for me in Draco and Harry's 2 chapters because I'm weak, and that's for soph to find all on her own 👀

I will put this here, tho.

Lastly, because Tumblr won't let me post more pictures, here are the endpapers I used for 2 of the 3 books.

As some of you may have notice, there are blues, pinks, and whites in this bind. It's a subtle yet very loud depiction of the Trans flag. It was very important to me to show that this story is of a Trans man that, as soph, puts it, saved himself.

I added all the chapter notes, trigger warnings, and more information about this bind on the typeset itself. Ultimately, to me, this is a form of archiving stories I think matter, and if for whatever reason, technology dies on us, this story will still live on.

The info that's only important to the binders 💀:

Materials list:

Bookcloth: Colibri in color Cornflower, this cloth has a silk like finish.

Htv: I used siser's htv easy weed vinyl with a bit of a pinkish undertone to it.

Endpapers: they are from paper tree nook in the uk

Endband: 2 mm 100% leather with blue viscous thread

Textblock: I used standard 20lbs cream color paper. I used toner to print. To sew the textblock, I use blue linen thread and remie bands gifted to me by my friend duranbinding. I painted the edges using golden acrylic paint, and the charm and ribbon are both from Michael's

Typeset:

(I will edit in this bit later since I made so many changes its hard to recall them all)

#hlayk #regulus black #jegulus #draco malfoy #harry potter #george weasley #blaise zabini #choices messermoon #fanbinding #fandom #bookbinding #my first post #blaise zabini x george weasley #draco x harry #colibri #ups sleep with an eye open

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kalofi · 6 months

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boys who snork mimimi vs girls who honk shoo

#art #one piece #op #monkey d luffy #uta #portgas d ace #sabo #bare chest #i have a specific vision for morning luffy where hes groggy when he initially gets up #but give him a few minutes or the promise of breakfast and hes his usual high energy self #uta can be grumpy and quiet until shes had like coffee or tea or smth #ace is just his narcoleptic self #sabo sleeps on his back arms to his side like a soldier #and when his alarm goes off he instantly shoots up eyes wide open ready to start the day #its quite unsettling to witness #but i drew sabo so cutieful here shes so everything girl

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ideologyofone · 5 months

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More Astarion + text post memes because I love him

#I wake up I think about astarion #larian studios sleep w one eye open #hunting you for sport for making me love a blond man #that’s so sick and twisted #anyway #astarion #<3 #my beloved #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 astarion #bg3 memes

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cabbajes · 2 years

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harrow casually lying thru her teeth her whole life every time she repeats the Ninth's prayer

#tlt spoilers #gideon the ninth spoilers #gtn spoilers #*opens the tomb* I pray that the tomb shall never be opened :)#*rolls away the stone* I pray the stone will never be rolled away :) :)#*dedicates life to waiting for Alecto to wake up* something something closed eye stilled brain #I pray it sleeps *under breath* preferably with me one day

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eliashirsch · 2 days

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a few sketches of my favorite characters<3

i've been trying to capture their likeness with various degrees of success:) and i just realized how much rooster really looks like goose

#i just think they're neat!#i drew jake sleeping and bradley looking at him separately but they look in love anyway #that's hilarious #i don't draw for days then a demon possessed me and i ended up with these #my eyes have been open to glen powell and miles teller's attactiveness #pete maverick mitchell #top gun #top gun maverick #hangster #my art #bradley rooster bradshaw #jake hangman seresin #natasha phoenix trace #there's something about men in uniform that makes me...

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potatounicoorn · 4 months

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As if Kuruk being claimed as the worst Avatar in history, while he cleaned up Yanchens mess, dedicating his life to slaying bad spirits while getting no reward but only hatred towards him, losing his wife on the wedding day in progress AND his own life at the early age of THIRTY THREE by literally rotting from spirit powers was not enough suffering for a lifetime. Hah. NooOOOo!

Apparently universe does not want to give this man a fucking break because his "team Avatar" his "best friends", keep being the absolute assholes even after his death AND LITERALLY BETRAY HIM IN HIS NEXT LIFE. AND THEN KEEP MAKING HIS RECARNATION'S LIFE MISERABLE. WHY WAS NOT ONE LIFETIME ENOUGH, WHY??

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etrevil · 4 months

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A burnt black cat

—odasaku

#mori sleep with one eye open what did you do to this boy #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd official art #bsd manga #bsd light novel #the day i picked up dazai #bsd dazai #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #odasaku #sakunosuke oda

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frobby · 2 months

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Rin's fashion sense might be one of the funniest aspects of him, In the timeskip he's wearing shogunate armor and sweat pants

#I cant even say that's out of character for him tbh #He fought the impure king barefoot #Also his timeskip design is raw as hell #The time skip itself is so funny like it showed up for 2 chapters out of nowhere and has not been referenced since #The other funniest rin aspect is he sleeps 11 hours #Where does he fit in all that time #He also sleeps with his eyes open he's such a weirdo #rin okumura #blue exorcist #ao no exorcist #Aoex

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invinciblerodent · 6 months

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Me, waking up at 5 am in a cold sweat: Mystra's human appearance being uncanny perfect and statuesque, but honestly overall unremarkable, shows not only her vanity, but also the immaterial and immature nature of the love Gale had for her. Like a vain and petty goddess with a taste for young wizard boys would, she purposefully and artificially designed her appearance for broadest appeal (conventionally attractive white woman, roughly maybe 30-ish? She literally looks like the post-PS "perfected" version of so many models who work in advertising), and has foregone personality in the process-- which is something with which young Gale was unconcerned, because he was just so enamored with the illusion of perfection that he didn't even seek substance, or anything past that veneer until much later, AND when he did, he got punished for it severely.

Gale first being so enamored with her that he has to conjure her face just to gaze upon it, THEN falling for a character with a more niche, more "human", flawed appeal (such as a stout, hairy, scarred-up lil blue dwarf man with a funny mustache, and a silly lil beard to conceal his weak chin), THEN seeing her AGAIN and not even thinking for a single moment about her beauty is. 👌👌👌

He's standing IN FRONT OF the goddess who once dominated his every thought, and he's just thinking "this conversation is uncomfy, I wish my boyfriend could have come with me :c".

Fkin king shit tbqh

#baldur's gate 3 #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #bg3 gale #i just. my eyes popped open and this thought was just. there #squirrel plays bg3 #and back to sleep i go #literally woke up typed this into my phone and now I'm falling asleep again #the thought possessed me but now im ok

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pelcrow · 2 months

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Roland and Oy listening to Eddie talk about Shrinky Dinks for the 50th time

#sketches #roland deschain #oy #the dark tower #stephen king #dark tower fanart #oy fell asleep like an hour ago #i bet roland sleeps sitting up w his eyes open too #eddie would be none the wiser #also hi i think about roland deschain daily

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lizablackthorn · 1 year

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How am I going to explain my mum that my whole mentality depends on him?

#she knows btw #that i adore him #villian era pls😩🤞🏻#if you fck up one more time ferrari..#you should sleep with one eye open…#charles leclerc #f1blr #f1edit #f1 #f1 fandom #f1 ferrari #f1 aesthetic #ferrari

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whileyoureinschoolidothisallday · 2 months

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there's this trend on tiktok rn where someone "pranks" their bf by calling them husband, and if you did that to touya he would get super nervous about it and immediately overthink it, to the point where you'd probably interpret it as a negative reaction and not do it again, but if you ever introduced him as anything else other than your husband ever again he would be SO pouty and hurt

#dabi #touya todoroki #dabi x reader #the thing about touya is he'll have a fucking meltdown over something you talk about right in front of you #and then be like 'I didn't say no tho'#touya: THAT'S TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY I GOTTA GET OUTTA THIS #also touya: -buying a ring immediately after he gets the jitters out-#ALSO I JUST WANNA SAY #THIS TREND IS SO FUCKING WHOLESOME #THE GUYS' FUCKING FACES LIGHT UP THEY GET SO EXCITED #I heard there was one guy that said 'I'm not your husband' immediately and like in a mean way and I hope he sleeps with one eye open

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 9 months

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never have i been so entirely exhausted from sitting in front of a laptop in a dark room for three hours gay! and so full of delight and happiness! like wow! i have not felt this good in ages!! and its a good kind of tired! i feel like im glowing!

but shit, the update is more than i could've dreamed of. like i said - three straight hours of combing, and i probably still missed a thing or two! i'm even saving the storytime audio to enjoy in the morning, i haven't listened to it yet!

i already have so many thoughts and emotions but i'm... so wiped out oh my god lmao. so much new stuff at once! i need to sleep on it all! and in the morning i will be more than happy to reply, interact, answer asks on this subject, share my actual thoughts - i just need to take the rest of the night to Process and rest, yk yk

and i know i "missed" some links on my liveblog! i know i know! i didn't add every single thing i found - like most of the Wally audios - because i'll be compiling them all into a labeled post tomorrow! when i wake up! i'm already looking forward to it <3 i'm confident i personally found all of them, though! i was Thorough! i went through everything at least twice, i tabbed through, i clicked on Everything...

but yes i hope you all are having a wonderful Update Day/Evening/Morning/Afternoon As The Case May Be. this is truly a delight and again, more than i could've dreamed of. i'd forgotten what it's like to be so wholly excited and delighted by something! it's been so long since i've felt this kind of genuine joy and whimsy! usually im white-knuckling my optimism and happiness but tonight it was all authentic 100% non-forced From The Soul!