#...dont ask why its called that lmao

[spellboundcities]

I do not know whether or not you wanted doodle requests connected to the post or not.

But I would absolutely love to hear about your OCS!! I genuinely enjoy hearing everyone else's stories and their characters!

!!!! I've got a WHOLE bunch of characters to yap about, so I settled on Judea! College age lesbian who wants to start a band turned vengeful ghost, brought back from the underworld by her once-girlfriend...who was trying to revive someone else

Her toyhouse page is a heavy WIP, but you can find her here! (Warnings for heavy blood/gore)

[asexualbookbird]

25 in 2025

Sigh. I've been bullied. I guess. I did a big swing and a miss on last years list, but I have a Plan this time. A Theme. A Goal. This will be mostly comprised of my Illumicrate books so I can decide if it is in fact worth it to keep my subscription going until the Alecto edition gets announced. If I don't actually enjoy the majority of the books in these boxes then what's the point, yknow?

So here's this years color key:

Green - Carry over from last year (not carrying over every missed book, which probably means I should just get rid of them huh)

Purple - Illumicrate books

Blue - I own these in physical form, but they're not from Illumicrate

Labyrinth's Heart by MA Carrick

The Faithless by CL Clark

The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

City of Bones by Martha Wells

Witch King by Martha Wells

After the Forest by Kell Woods

Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen

The Phoenix Keeper by SA Maclean

A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

Until We Shatter by Kate Dylan

Mistress of Lies by KM Enright

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher

The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart

The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso

The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker Chan

All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault by James Alan Gardner

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

In the Ravenous Dark by AM Strickland

A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab

PHEW. Okay. A fw things to note. A Dark and Drowning Tide is an Illumicrate book, but I didn't pay for it. A friend gave it to me after I skipped that month because she wasn't interested. I always look up book spoilers and skip if I'm not interested and if I'm uninterested in any of the stuff I'll skip even if the book seems neat. That month the box was full of fandoms I didn't care about, so my friends said "here, take my copy" and I said "yay! Free book!"

Cutting in during the month of April to say Until We Shatter was also probably given to me by a friend because it's NOT in my order history and I don't have the stuff in that box but it IS on my shelf?? Wild. Where'd it come from.

The Last Hour Between Worlds I think was also an Illumicrate book? They do fanart for it so I assume it was at some point. I did not get it. This is not the IC edition. I was not thrilled about The Tethered Mage so I was going to get this out of the library. Then my mom bought it for me for the holidays. So yay! Free book!

I think I would also like to keep track of books I purchase this year. I'd like to cut down on buying books that I won't love. So I'd like to utilise my library more. Win win, I think! And that seems easier than a full out ban since yeah sometimes I do enjoy little treats! Books purchased for other people do not count, obviously.

There are also some books I'd like to reread this year, mainly The Bone Maker because I've been saying that since I read it the first time. And honestly, I've been chasing the same vibes and haven't been able to match it (Godkiller got close!).

As usual, I reserve the right to pretend this post doesn't exist, but I think I've set myself up for success here :)

I don't know who hasn't done this by now @logarithmicpanda ? Have you?? Consider yourself tagged >:3c

oh right I was bullied tagged by @bigcats-birds-and-books

[hauntingblue]

Stampede aka another episode of luffy turning haters into dick riders just with his kind and big heart

[nugatorysheep]

So you think people voicing their disgust at your degenerate coomer pedo shipping bullshit is censorship? Surely that means you support freedom of speech then? How about this: you're a nigger and a faggot.

Real cute! You should say this again off anon :)

Anyway Steven and his Gem are getting married this weekend and I'm the best man at the wedding <3

[theclearblue]

I'm gonna get into a brawl with my mother one day don't be surprised when I get on the news

[wampiryzm]

god i hate social interactions with coworkers. literally I overthink like 80% of those

[wall-eye]

If you annoy people for fun, don't be surprised when people don't like you

Work rant in tags. Didn't know there was a 30 tag limit lol

[todayisafridaynight]

i HAVE to keep the daigo plush locked away lest i squeeze it every five minutes to alleviate the cuteness aggression i feel whenever i see it

[pagib1g]

look at this dumbfuck (any pronouns)

[aqqleshiqqing-archive]

What are the most important relationship events for you? Drop a timeline! wiiiith Steveeennnn

my favorite event with stevaide has to do with what I created, called the slateport slowburn - this happens before the actual events of RGB and the arcs to come after. basically the whole stevaide romance happened before the canonical events (all of them). everything will be written under readmore :]

stevaide has two "arcs", but I'll just focus on the one where the slowburn comes into play.

so for context - steven and jaide (aged 11/8) had met each other when they were younger though it only lasted an entire day. young steven was in johto to go rock hunting with his beldum when he was harassed by wild zubats in the cave, and young jaide who was just collecting apricorns nearby the area - heard him and came to rescue him. they had a brief exchange before he had to leave, but to steven this left a major impact in him. before he departs, he gave her a shiny rock as a way to say thanks before leaving. she also notes his beldum, saying she never seen one before and would love to see it in it's final evolved state. (despite how much information is displayed here, there's still a lot of bits I left out, like. 90% but I just summarized it and it sounds kind of bad here ngl PFFTT)

and now. years later (aged 22/19?) jaide goes to hoenn as she hears that hoenn prides in contests and she hoped her aprijuice business could work well here since they're performance enhancers. she eventually became popular in hoenn and was regarded as "the johto lady in slateport city" since slateport has that little corner of little shops near the beach and everyone would always go visit her there. steven, on the other hand - is aiming to become the next champion for hoenn. he hears about this "popular aprijuice drink" and that's where he suddenly remembers, and the rock he gave her became her necklace - he remembers the rock because it became her necklace later.

he attempts to say hello to her, hoping she'd remember him - but. she doesn't remember him. this is surprising to him because he remembered that moment years ago so well. maybe it was because he thought he was going to die, so it's burned in his memory. counting the days before steven would take on the league, he would try to visit jaide who always appeared on slateport and try to befriend her - though she wasn't willing to build that connection with him because he ended up becoming an irritance to her. there's a little gag where jaide's now evolved ursaring is constantly on the look out if he appeared or not and would notify her about it LMAO.

but eventually steven does give up, and decides to focus on the league and battles the e4 and champion (which, tbh I wouldn't know who but he just fought a previous champion)

eventually he did win, and the whole hoenn region cheered for him. he won with his partner pokemon, metagross. which jaide in turn realizes that this man was the boy she saved with his beldum years ago and he was actually trying to reconnect with her as old friends. she felt guilty, and maybe she could get a chance to tell him that she does remember him? say sorry maybe? who knows.

after the whole hype over steven being the champion has died down, steven for the last time - would visit slateport and tell her that he's sorry for being a nag and won't bother her again, but to his surprise this time, she comes fourth to him to congratulate and admit that she actually does know him but due to the years, had forgotten his face. but she still wants to be friends with him. a rough beginning to rekindle their friendship, but everything's been said and done - and eventually they got along quickly.

it just so happens that jaide is actually staying in hoenn for a while, so she's still a bit unfamiliar with the region - but since she's friends with steven, he happily takes her around the area to introduce her their lifestyle, and this is where their friendship developed into that of a romantic attraction. (she fell first AHA)

[coridallasmultipass]

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[chisungie]

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[hauntingblue]

Jayce telling vi she won't make it on her own.... okay mr. projector...

[shdwtouch]

👗 How is the mun’s fashion sense? 

Muse talking about the mun || very much accepting !!

Shade || ❝ ooh, ah like what they wear sometimes. recently they've been wearin' a lot of black, a lot of leather, something ah very much like. mostly they're casual though, which ah understand; it takes a lot of energy t', ah don't know, feel like dressin' yerself. sometimes ye just wanna stay in the same thing, an' that's okay. ❞

❝ ah think... ah think they value clothes like ah do. its... about identity. an' neither of us are traditionally feminine, so its not like... its not about the eye of the beholder fer us. its about self-expression, an' being the truest versions of ourselves. I know she went out yesterday an' really wasn't comfortable with how she looked, she changed her outfit a bunch of times before leavin'. ah do the same thing, ah want everythin' t' be just so, ye know ? not fer other people, just myself. ❞

❝ fer what its worth, ah think she looks nice no matter what she's wearin', even if the style isn't... my vibe, ah guess. but ah also understand, sometimes ah like wearin'... pretty dresses an' pink an' such, even if mostly ah don't. an' they wear a bit of everythin', as far as ah've seen. which ah can respect. ah also think they're lucky t' have such a big closet, so much t' choose from. diversity is the spice of life, yeah ? ❞

Kaey || ❝ I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to fashion, so I don't know that I can say much. their wardrobe is very... fluid ? diverse is a good word, I think. I wouldn't say they really have a specific style, just what seems to suit their mood. ❞

❝ though, I will say they have a rather extensive closet for someone who doesn't go out much; no judgement, but there is something to be said for simplicity. why have so many options when they wear the same outfits all the time ? I'm just not much of a... what do people say ? fashionista ? I'm used to having a small wardrobe, so maybe I just don't understand the value of a collection to choose from. ❞

[latenings]

this is gonna make me sound like the biggest loser but i want to follow normal blogs not focused on celebs, but then, i CAVE, and i search names of my fav artists in blogs im interested in and the moment i see a bad post i go nope, next blog

[102ki]

you are literally streaming rn