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lia-land · 1 year ago

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Winter by Marissa Meyer

5/5

What a beautiful story. I have nothing bad to say about this book. This might actually be the first time.

This is the sixth book I’ve read this year that was over 800 pages, but this is the first one that didn’t feel like it. It was perfectly paced and the plot didn’t feel overly complicated at any point. With books this long, the characters or plot or both can sometimes feel tedious, but this was so good.

I thought I might find this series too childish, but I didn’t at all. It’s a great story that didn’t rely on shock value through random and underdeveloped plot twists, as many YA books tend to do these days. I really like how she introduced characters throughout this series. For example, we met Thorne in book 2, and then he ends up being the main love interest in book 3, similar to how we met Jacin in book 3 and he’s a main character in book 4. They were subtle introductions where we could form opinions on the characters prior to knowing that they were love interests. I would give this book 5 stars just for this alone.

I immediately noticed from Chapter 1 that we are getting more detailed descriptions of surroundings. I’ve found Meyer to be an author who mostly relies on dialogue, which I personally prefer, as some authors tend to overdo it with the descriptions (Sarah J Maas' interior design book aka Tower of Dawn). Meyer strikes a great balance of both in this book. I often find with YA series that quality of writing tends to decrease as the series goes on and publishers rush things, but this was the complete opposite. I enjoyed Winter as much as Cinder and Cress, and much more than Scarlet.

In YA, authors tend to simplify wars. Often, huge wars happen and they end in a matter of days. That is not entirely realistic (not that fantasy has to be realistic, but this specifically tends to be skipped over lazily). Of course, wars can and have ended in a matter of days in real life, but that’s very uncommon. Here, Meyer maintained that battle element, while also not turning into a full on war, so that she could end the actual battle in one night. This is also beneficial for us as readers because action scenes in YA are not always popular, especially when they’re only introduced in the final book of the series. The main fight in this book was contained to one night and it was on a smaller scale, so it remained more realistic while also not adding a bunch of action scenes. My expectations were low in this regard, so I was expecting for there to be a huge war between Luna and Earth contained into this one book, bur Meyer made the right decision in not doing that.

The ending was perfectly done. I would like to read more books about the characters lives following the events of Winter, but I don’t absolutely need it. (Update: I've since seen that Meyer has written non-canon short stories in this world. This is the best way to do it for this ending. Veronica Roth should take notes). The ending didn’t leave any obvious unanswered questions, in my opinion. It was a very well written story from start to finish. Even though I didn’t enjoy Scarlet, I can appreciate that it was a good story that tied into the rest of the series well and Scarlet as a character became very likeable in this final book.

The length of this book is interesting because it’s more than twice as long as the previous books in this series. I wonder if this was for contractual reasons or if she just wanted to keep the theme of naming each book after a different character, and didn’t want to ruin that by separating this story and making it a 5 book series or introducing a fifth fairytale.

My favorite aspect of this book and this series as a whole is how Meyer integrated all the stories, while still maintaining their importance as independent characters. Perhaps this applies slightly less to Wolf (and Scarlet until the second half of Winter). With this many main characters, it would have been easy for some of them to get lost in the background, but it was very well executed here.

Overall, this entire plot was so unique. This is a take on fairytale retellings that will be very hard to beat. I can’t understand why this series is not more popular than it is. It would also be such an amazing TV show, although expensive. I hope this story gets the recognition it deserves one day. I’m really going to miss these wonderful characters, even Wolf

#winter #the lunar chronicles #marissa meyer #cinder #book review

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winterrhayle · 1 year ago

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The real question is. how can you rank Kai among the tlc men,arent we all’s(lesbians) safe spot were him.jokes on by the way im merely curious because you didnt give me the vibe and most people rank him as first or second

me personally, i've always been a jacin girl (comes with being a winter stan methinks) hes always just been the most interesting chatacter to me, and i guess because like i said,, i do loveeeee winter and relate to her i think that he's just the type of person i find the most intriguing lolll like im also a chatty introvert like winter, and i love befriending and babbling at withdrawn people 😭😭😭😭 as for the rest of the ranking, i would rank thorne last (he's funny but him being with cress as a grown man is unforgivable i fear..) , but kai and wolf are equal to me tbh,, i love them both so much for different reasons but one thing they have in common is that they are noted lesbian protectors like, wolf and cress (blueprint comphet lesbian imo) have the sweetest sibling bond and kai with iko sooooooo i would say jacin > wolf + kai > thorne. but yeah as a lesbian i have to be a jacin stan he's one of us fr‼️‼️/j i would definitely want to be friends with then first 3

i don't think the placements of jacin and thorne will ever change for me bc they've been the same since i was 10 BUTTT sometimes i do prefer wolf over kai and vice versa, im easily influenced by fanart and headcannons n stuff 😭😭😭

#hastag lesbians 4 jacin✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 my babygirl #asks #anon

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ao3feed-peterparker · 8 months ago

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What Were You Thinking?! The Lightning Theif

by Mothma_sketches1 It’s time to begin getting to know one another as they all settle in and start listening to the first story, the lightning thief. Words: 1180, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 2 of What Were You Thinking? Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Lunar Cronicles, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M Characters: Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Chiron (Percy Jackson), Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Artemis Fowl II, Foaly (Artemis Fowl), Domovoi Butler, Juliet Butler, Holly Short, Mulch Diggums, Tony Stark, Peter Parker, James "Bucky" Barnes, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff, Shuri (Marvel), Toussaint | T’Challa (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Linh Cinder, Princess Winter, Jacin Clay, Carswell Thorne, Crescent Moon "Cress" Darnel, Wolf | Ze'ev Kesley, Scarlet Benoit, OC - Character Relationships: Annabeth & Frank & Grover & Hazel & Jason & Leo & Nico & Percy & Piper & Rachel & Thalia (PJO), Percy Jackson & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Percy Jackson & Harry Potter & Artemis Fowl II & OC, Artemis Fowl II & Holly Short, Original Relationships Additional Tags: Annabeth Bashing, as in lots, Percy Jackson Deserves Better, Powerful Harry Potter, Powerful Percy Jackson, Powerful Peter Parker, This OC is messed up, What Have I Done, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Artemis Fowl II is now a fairy, aged Down everyone, Powerful Nico di Angelo, Characters Reading The Books, Characters Reading Percy Jackson Books via https://ift.tt/LgSHOjT

#IFTTT #peter parker #spider-man #spiderman #marvel #the avengers #ao3 #ao3feed

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ao3feed-wandamaximoff · 8 months ago

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What Were You Thinking?! The Lightning Theif

#IFTTT #wanda maximoff #the scarlet witch #scarlet witch #marvel #the avengers #ao3 #ao3feed

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teawithhoneyharper · 5 years ago

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every time my sister says she hates jacin i lose another brain cell

#shes like hes mean #OKAY AND WHAT #jacin clay #jacin #tlc #the lunar chronicles #marissa meyer #/j

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alpuroamor · 8 years ago

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Cinder: I need to talk to Kai

Thorne: Do you want me to talk to him?

Cinder: I don't even want you to talk to me!

#lihn cinder #cinder #thorne #carswell thorne #tlc #the lunar chronicles #kai #kaider #cresswell #cress and throne #cinder and kai #one day at a time #scarlet benoit #wolflet #winter hayle #jacin clay #cress darnel #j

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forcedtoland · 3 years ago

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jacin clay in "cress" (2/2)

hi!!! welcome to part 2/2 of me just talking about jacin clay because i finished rereading cress and i love him a ridiculous amount

remember when i said the second part would be up "in a few days"? yeah me neither.

part 1 can be found here!

this post will cover his moments in cress from chapter 29 and on. enjoy<3

disclaimers:

this post might include spoilers for all of the lunar chronicles series, since i sometimes make links with moments from the other books!

it will also probably end up being long because i have the wonderful tendency to overanalyze everything

for a bit of context, cinder just found dr. erland in farafra and is staying with him with part of the crew. part of crew being iko (still body-less and working full-time as a ship at that point of the book), wolf (unconscious) and jacin (barely trustworthy snarky potential-maybe-hopefully ally). not exactly an ideal situation, socially, for cinder.

jacin is painting over the naked lady on the rampion ship to cover it — HE DOESN'T GET PAID ENOUGH FOR THIS

he actually isn't getting paid at all he seemingly dislikes working with them and at that point he shows no clear motive to why he's helping them. i can't imagine how confusing that must be for cinder.

and yet he still cooperates. sure he throws in a lot of snarky remarks here and there (read: every 4.7 minutes) but he's still cooperating. and yet he's very much expressionless and keeps his mind blank all the time, shows no effort to seem trustworthy to the others... very much giving "oh i like to keep people guessing"

"Hey, mongrels, try to stay in the lines!" — i had to look up what mongrel means and even after searching i'm a bit confused but all i can say is that please do not let jacin babysit kids alone ever he'd terrorize them

wait but no he wants to be a doctor i like to think that he secretly is good with kids or maybe he only realizes that post-winter (when did this post turn into a hc)

"I’ve taken enough orders in my life.” YOU GO JACIN

no but he's kinda right even if he was harsh with cinder? the kids' painting was adorable but it wouldn't exactly be discreet when the entire world is on the look out for the rampion...

when cinder says “You have a funny way of showing loyalty.” and he just chuckles in response — and let the ambiguous loyalty misunderstanding continue

he chuckled

also stop being cryptic jacin this is why no one likes you /j

i really need to share this entire interaction because i was laughing so hard

Jacin’s concern turned fast to annoyance. “Your ship has some messed-up priorities, you know that?”

“Iko. My name is Iko. If you don’t stop calling me the ‘ship,’ I am going to make sure you never have hot water during your showers again, do you understand me?”

“Yeah, hold that thought while I go disable the speaker system.”,

jacin: ship, can you stop talking

iko: but i'm iko, the literal reason you have warm water and functioning lights i could literally cut off your internet access right now and make sure you always get locked inside the bathroom i will—

jacin: ok iko, can you stop talking

like he's just so annoying but i can't even be mad because it's so funny. my guy is stuck with people who don't trust him, outnumber him and could easily take him down if needed and he insists on antagonizing them at any chance he gets just because he can.

i love that the others never hesitate to put him in his place though like yess rampion crew humble him make him develop those social skills

i promise he's my comfort character

Cinder punched him.

Jacin stumbled against the wall, already chuckling as his hand came up to his cheekbone. “Did I hit a nerve, or was it a wire that time? You have plenty of both, right?”

what can i say.. if he gets punched again after this that's on him

thing is, jacin's so hostile when cinder is talking about her plan because he thinks she's just insane like ?? what is this 16 year old outlaw doing trying to overthrow a tyrant

you have to remember he has NO idea she is princess selene and he definitely did not sign up for this

at least kai believes cinder is doing it because she found princess selene. jacin never even considered the possibility of selene being implicated he literally just can't figure out what's wrong with these people and why they even think they have a chance against levana

long-ish quotes because jacinter<33

"I’m here because I saw an opportunity to get away from that thaumaturge without getting killed, and—” He cut himself off.

“And what?”

His jaw flexed.

“And what?”

“And it’s what Her Highness would have wanted me to do, although now she’s probably going to die for it.”

!^*#*%*@*×&#&#,,HERE WE GO

first let's appreciate the fact that he flexes his jaw and stops himself from mentioning winter

it's just. the fact that every time he thinks or mentions her his entire demeanor changes and it's so painfully visible. he's trained his whole life to hide everything from his face but he can never control his reactions when it comes to winter.

the way he abruptly cut himself off isn't something he can just shrug off. everyone noticed it. everyone knows he was about to say something important or he wouldn't have reacted that way. he probably knows that avoiding the question again (which is about the reason he joined them) would just make him more suspicious so he continues what he was saying and mentions the princess, basically confirming that he's not working for levana in any way.

also in the last sentence, and in a later quote too, he implies that something might happen to winter... and we all know what jacin does at the end of cress right

and then the big reveal, the moment we've all been waiting for: “Princess Winter. Who do you think?”

like sorry but he has NO clue why everyone would ever question who "the princess" is or why they're surprised and it’s just so funny to me? just thinking how in his perspective the rampion crew probably seem like a bunch of weirdos (like, on top of it all, you don't seem like you know who THEEE princess winter is? do better.)

“I thought maybe the princess would be proud if she heard about me turning against Sybil. That she would approve of my decision. But who am I kidding? She’ll never even know.”

HE WNATED HER TO BE PROUD OF HIM SHUT UP??????

i'm sorry but i just. they . i always talk about how jacin kept being a lunar guard no matter how hard it was for him so he can protect winter & his family but can we also talk about how one of the main things winter has always wanted was for him to be able to escape this life? even if it meant she would have to stay alone?

jacin and winter depend on each other's presence to endure the lives they've been forced into. they give each other a reason to tolerate it no matter how bad things get. and yet, all they want is for the other to be able to improve their situation.

jacin would do anything for winter, that we know. and since she's in no position to ever leave her situation (unlike jacin who technically can try, but would risk too much) the best thing he can do to help her is stay by her side, even if it means sacrificing a lot.

meanwhile, the fact that winter encourages him to leave means that she is willing to let go of him if it means him living a better life. considering her situation, her condition & the fact that jacin is literally her only friend, it takes so much selflessness to put him first like that.

they just want the best for the other. they love each other so much.

and obviously, jacin never planned on leaving her for good here, but for once he's taking initiative. he doesn't want to follow orders anymore. he took a chance. and winter would be proud of him for that.

“Do you … do you love her?”

He glared at her, disgusted. “Don’t try to push your swoony psychodrama on me. I’m sworn to protect her. Can’t very well do that from down here, can I?”

jacin, baby, you're also "sworn to protect" levana, i don't think that excuse really works here...

and there he goes contradicting me right after i said they love each other so much. but he didn't deny it, did he?

“Protect her from what? Levana?”

“Among other things.”

Jacin peered at her like he couldn’t figure out why he was wasting his time with such an idiot.

that last line@^*$ he really has no idea why his loyalty to his "princess" (the only current lunar princess) would ever cause so much confusion.

now, a necessary compilation of jacin clay being an absolute menace

when they're all surrounded by authorities and cinder asks jacin if he can control any of the humans, and he goes "Yeah, right." — he doesn't even TRY ???? also this shows that he doesn't believe in his lunar gift skills at all oh wow

this thorne/jacin interaction:

"In that case, has anyone seen my gun?”

“I’ve got it,” said Jacin.

“Can I have it back?”

“Nope.”

a MENACE i tell u

but also good on u for not giving a blind man a gun, jacin

"When he did talk, he tended to say something rude or prickly." that's my boy

take a shot every time someone describes him as looking extremely bored

“Let’s say you manage to pull this off, not that I really think you will.” — WHAT HAPPENED TO BOOSTING TEAM MORALE

cinder giving him instructions and him repearing "I know." after each sentence (until thorne cuts her off and goes "Cinder, he knows." — he might have saved some lives here)

also i need more thorne/jacin interactions i can't wait to reread winter & stars above

AND...... jacin betrays them

i'm going to be honest there i haven't read the 4th book in so long so i forgot some things related to that — like i know he did it for winter's sake but the exact specific reason is just a vague memory so i can't say much about this part

but we do get this scene with him and levana and i feel like it's so important to point out the fact that the queen herself decides to confront some "lowly guard" and you can even tell through their conversation how much she's just looking for an excuse to have him be considered a traitor... and obviously she'd love that to make winter suffer

jacin claims that he infiltrated the rampion crew as a spy and that he betrayed them after gathering info, etc.

he says that he's the one who gave sybil the location (did he though? i forgot lol)

levana tries to test his mind for rebellion but his mind is blank as always — obviously she's disappointed to not find anything but can we just talk about how ???? like even levana who has an EXTREMELY strong gift and an insane amount of practice can't even get near his thoughts and oh he's able to do that

NO DOUBT YOUR EAGERNESS TO RETURN ENCOMPASSED A DESIRE TO SEE YOUR BELOVED PRINCESS AS WELL

and THERE the "tiniest ripple of emotion" before he goes all blank again

sorry i know i've said this before but even after years and years of practice and mastering that expressionless face it takes the MOST MINIMAL mention of winter for it to break in an instant my heart hurts she's his weakness and he doesn't even try to pretend otherwise

like. he goes on saying he serves the entire royal family — first of all, very careful wording because levana would be the type to find ANYTHING to use against him (like i can totally see her going "oh, so you don't protect my beloved stepdaughter? that's treason" if he hadn't)

but also it prevents him from telling a full lie about it. idk if this makes sense but something i've noticed is that jacin is ok with lying / hiding many things but when it comes to winter, he goes with half-truths.

is it because he knows he can't control his expression anyway and that his emotions would give him away?

is it because he knows they would force it out of him if he tried to? (since he's used to being controlled)

maybe it's that something in him prevents him from denying it, like even if it's a lie he just can't say it...

idk... but i do know that he didn't attempt to lie about it even with the rampion crew

no one, not even lunars with their gift, can figure out his thoughts so it actually seems fair that we rarely have any idea what goes through his mind either lmao

WHEN JACIN FINDS OUT THAT CINDER IS SELENE AND HE DOESN'T EVEN TRY TO HIDE HIS EXPRESSION

it's like. Oh. Oh.

suddenly everything starts to make sense to him and i have to say it had me grinning

actually, thinking about it, it's kinda good that jacin acted like an antagonistic jerk for 90% of cress (guys i promise i love him) because can you imagine if the rampion crew trusted him? if they had shared their secrets with him?

not only would hiding the plans he'd have known about from levana have been nearly impossible, but he also might not have had a properly shocked reaction at dr. erland saying that cinder is selene and hide the fact that he had known like...

levana would have gotten to them so easily.

in conclusion, jacin clay is the reason the lunar chronicles has a 4th book in the first place. his sarcasm single handedly extended the plot. everyone say thank you jacin.

this is technically the last moment jacin appears in cress BUT if you think i wasn't going to scream about winter talking about him to scarlet, then there is no way you have been actually reading this post because of course i'm going to scream about it

first things first, she is playing make-believe doctor/patient with scarlet

I REPEAT: doctor & patient

this isn't even directly related to jacinter but i don't care i'm making it about jacinter

when she talks about jacin going missing :(((( i'm so upset can you imagine how hard it must have been for her... her going "and I don’t know if he’ll ever come back" and nearly dropping everything

i just find it so interesting that while jacin never shows his emotions, you can feel winter's strongly. like she's so physically expressive, and not just in terms of facial expressions.

"But I asked the stars to send a sign that he was all right, and they sent me a shooting star across the sky."

despite scarlet not really looking like she's about to answer her / cooperate, she just keeps going and asks whether he's safe... she's so worried about him i'm actually sad

more about how expressive winter is:

when scarlet confirms she saw jacin: "Glee spread over the girl’s face."

the instant scarlet implies that jacin might have been killed: The smile vanished and the girl shriveled away, tying her arms around her waist. “You don’t mean that.”

it's just so interesting how marissa meyer made them complete opposite in that aspect. winter shows her emotions in such an open, unfiltered way, to the point you feel that emotion yourself, meanwhile jacin...

“Jacin Clay,” she whispered. “Sybil’s guard, with the blond hair and beautiful eyes and the rising sun in his smile. Please, tell me he’s all right.”

i love this quote a lot because first of all you can just feel how in love winter is oh god she loves him so much (also it's just so endearing coming from her)

second of all, it's just the huge contrast between the jacin we've seen up until now and winter's version of jacin (who is technically his real personality)

and obviously, as i'm rereading this i can immediately go "awww" but i can imagine that when reading it for the 1st time, when you don't know either of them that well, you'd go ?? who? is winter just blinded by her crush that she sees what she wants to see? or has jacin clay actually been nice to another living being before in his lifetime?

and scarlet mirrors that thought perfectly because she's like,, well i remember a blond guard but definitely not a rising sun in his smile. or a smile point blank. also he tried to murder us.

and then winter doesn't even react to the last part. him trying to kill other people. she's absolutely unconcerned.

and it's not in a "oh yeah he does that sometimes" type of unconcerned (which i've seen with different fictional characters for who killing is a 'normal' thing). but no really, her lack of concern about it is because she knows he would never do that willingly.

she knows he has had to do things he doesn't want to do as a guard. that fact doesn't change the image of jacin she has, since she's known him for so long, way before he became a guard.

and i just love that because all the other tlc ships meet during the story's timeline, right? so they all have their moments where they don't fully trust the others, or doubt each others' loyalties, etc. especially in the early stages of each relationship, you have several moments where a certain action one does or miscommunication causes some sort of conflict between them.

take wolf/scarlet, for example, wolf also gets forced into doing things unwillingly, and despite knowing that, scarlet still hesitates in trusting him.

not that it's a bad thing! if anything, it's realistic. completely normal. even when you really care about someone, if you don't know them enough, sometimes 1 wrong move (even if it turns out you just misinterpreted the situation) can make you mistrust them for a while.

but jacin & winter are way past that stage like there is nothing one of them could do that would make them immediately think the other might be a bad person after all or anything like that. they just know each other too much for that.

plus, she knows how ridiculously rational he is all the time so she knows that if he did a certain thing, he had his reason and it was probably his best option at the time.

have i mentioned how much i love them btw

so. that was something.

pleeaaaase leave your thoughts in replies and reblogs let's talk about jacin i want to talk about jacin

i'm also planning on rereading winter at some point, too, and i'm wondering if i should make a jacin post for that. will it end up being 6 parts long? perhaps. but i'm still considering it.

if you somehow made it to the end and don't yet want to block me for how ridiculously long this post is, then congratulations! you are now officially a citizen of the Jacin Clay Nation. we are proud to have you here with us.

part 1

#ik i make fun of him a lot in this post but i swear i love him #jacin clay #the lunar chronicles #winter hayle blackburn #jacinter #jacin x winter #winter x jacin #cress #marissa meyer #tlc #tlc reread

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a-salting-the-world · 4 years ago

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Winter: So when are we going to do the prank?

Thorne: Are you really comfortable talking about the S-C-H-E-M-E in front of J-A-C-I-N?

Jacin, sarcastically: Boy, it’s times like these when I really wish I could spell.

#marissa meyer #tlc #incorrect quotes #incorrect tlc quotes #the lunar chronicles #lunar chronicles #Jacin clay #carsin #carswell Thorne #winter hayle #jacinter #wincin

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phobidawg · 4 years ago

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renegades as discord quotes

i found this going through my drafts from a few months ago and even though it’s not up to date with latest funny quotes it’s still too iconic not to share. enjoy this does of smgh nonesense!

nova: "We're gonna overthrow the government and win game shows we'll be fine" - michelle

sentenial: “just throw my body in the ocean” -mar

adrian: "My family can't disown me if I disown them first" - nev

ruby: “you BROKE YOUR INTESTINES???”- dot

danna: "if you don't get some rest ill have to get out the stroller"-nev

oscar: "you fail to understand the genius of coriander" - veev

(alternatively: “why is ariel a ketchup flavored cat thing?” - kinley)

narcissa: “kiss a mirror to kiss narcissa, she's out there somewhere” - ren (technically this is about narcissa not something she’d say but still)

hugh: “Oof how are all us untrustworthy, lying and irresponsible sugar babies supposed to get any bots 😔” - michelle

simon: “hello i am looking for a trusted and honest and loyalty sugar baby, i will offer you'll— “ - eleanor

honey: "I EITHER WANT TO DIE DRAMATICALLY OR BE THE VILLIAN" -mar

ingrid: "oh yea you are a bit of an arsonist" -ren

phobia: “hi my nyame is dicey phobia feaw tewwow’ wawwes evewhawt westwood and i have a wong bwack cwoak that covews my face and i make peopwe’s wowst feaws come to wife (that’s how i got my nyame) and i have a shawp scythe i cawwy awound evewywhewe and a wot of peopwe teww me i wook wike jacin cway in a cwoak (AN: if u don’t knyow who that is get da heww out of hewe!) i’m nyot wewated to ace anyawchy but i wish i was because he’s a majow fucking hottie.” - diana + carlbot

leroy: “YES I WANT TO DRIVE BECAUSE VROOM VROOM” - michelle

tamaya: “men are the biggest problem to ever exist /lh but also not” - mar

kasumi: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO SWIM DOWN THE HIGHWAY" -ari

evander: "i guess you could say i'm bi-bestial :smirk:" - diana

gargyole: "🤓🍍👉🚪" - dot

max: "you don't fucking bite out your fingers you just chew them" - diana

hawthorne: "snort the kale, nev"- ari

adrian’s sandwiches: "noo dont eat me /j" - mar

stingray: "reeking of spicisoism" - dot

magpie: "Why say sis when you can just scream into the void"- nev

genissa:

me: oh this seems fun!! we're all hanging out together <3 mar: kills dot - diana

turbo: "JELLO JOMEO JO JOU JAVE JICE JENTRAILS" - dot

prism: “that vase. that vase right there. very good personality. phat ass but back to the personality.” - dot

the barista oscar saved:

translates to “my strength: sexy. actual usage: I use my sexy side to be fucking hot" - michelle

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caliburn-the-sword · 2 years ago

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tlc winter last reactions

no final thoughts because i NEVER have final thoughts. they simply stew around in my head as time goes by and i post as we go

jacin's not gonna die he's a main character. can't wait for aimery to eat shit

yay!! scarlet to the rescue!!!

HOLY SHIT WINTER USED HER LUNAR GIFT OMG

honestly i thought her thoughts were still really muddled like she had lunar sickness. but she's just killed someone. and her character voice has changed ever so slightly. she's describing her surroundings much more than she ever did (she used to only ever describe her hallucinations, which contributed to the dream-like read of all her chapters)

CINDER CHAPTER. this smells like a final confrontation

omg thorne captured OF COURSE. really, this almost brings us back to where it all began, with thorne and cinder having a jailbreak together <3 i feel nostalgic for a book i only read a few weeks ago what

cinder please use the lunar gift PLEASE make her dance in burning hot shoes

so proud of cress for shooting thorne even if it wasn't because she wanted to

NO SCARLET NO WOLF (they came in and got mind controlled silly gooses)

ik this is serious but this has gotta be the strangest duel. lol. i'm sorry (cinder and levana pointing their guns at their own heads because of the lunar gift. i could literally hear the ten duel commandments while reading the whole scene)

NO CINDER NO (cinder got stabbed because she prematurely thought she won and levana is a tricky bitch banking on the fact that everyone knows she's vain)

omg kai <3

okay since we've immediately cut to scarlet talking to her friend i think that everyone was perfectly safe and everyone is fine <3 hope my delulu becomes trululu (it did)

i'm glad scarlet is the rieux's hero

aww maha's death flag flowers <3 no one talk to me i'm emotional

ACKNSDJCKSDHF THE REFERENCE TO PICKING WILDFLOWERS FROM LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD I'M GONNA EXPLODE

OMG I WAS SO RIGHT BACK WHEN READING SCARLET, WOLFLET ARE TOTALLY ALSO A RETELLING OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

uh oh are they gonna fuck. please don't fuck i'm in chem and also there's a reason i don't read sarah j maas and whoever else writes a lot of smut

thank goodness for iko AND OMG CINDER'S ALIVE YAY CRESS IS ALIVE

thorne lost fingers. rip

very interested to see adri and peony

YAY THE TREATY OF BREMEN (i completely forgot about it)

with winter asleep like this this might be the climax of the little snow white fairy tale more than getting the cure for letumosis was

omg. jacin is not an orphan. perhaps miss marissa meyer does not hate parents as much as i thought she did. i think it's just him and thorne that aren't orphans. actually cress would have a mother out there somewhere but she's a horrid bitch. i don't remember ANY mentions of scarlet's mother, just that her father sucked, but since she never had her mother i assume her mother also abandoned her. but perhaps now because she's a hero they will reunite i hope jacin gets his chance to become a doctor as he wanted. I BET HE WILL REMAKE GARAN'S DEVICE AND CURE WINTER OF LUNAR SICKNESS

OMG JACIN'S GONNA KISS HER IT'S JUST LIKE SNOW WHITE

omg no don't tell me winter has lost her memory

omg kinney is cinder's personal guard. i had a feeling that would happen since he's the only named guard other than jacin LMAO

slayed. cinder didn't owe her stepfamily ANYTHING. while i personally would have loved her to yell and scream and rip them a new one, but that was so good for her. i'm not even mad

i find it strange that kai himself finds formalities were weird. he was literally raised royal. now i'm gonna write a speculative fic of him being sent to a completely ordinary school in disguise to receive formal education with the commoners as a lesson (which wouldn't exactly be supported by canon considering his dad was a bit yikes. perhaps his mum was totally chill and she was the one insistant on it. and then when she died his dad pulled him out again)

I KNEW IT THE CHIP WAS INSIDE IKO AND I'M A GENIUS

i wish i could've seen the linhs get their come uppance instead of royalties but i'll find it within myself to live with this. hopefully peony learnt a lesson and won't turn out to be a major bitch like her mum. but somehow i highly doubt that

yes. thorne kind of deserves to get pardoned after all he's done for earth. and i have a feeling cinder is gonna negotiate his rampion back. however. i think it would be REALLY funny if after ALL this they just sent him to prison lmao

cress PLEASE become the chief information security officer at kai's palace like he planned on asking, i'm BEGGING you

somehow this makeout scene was even MORE uncomfortable than the last. i feel nauseous

okay in summation of how uncomfortable cresswell make me: the fact she rarely uses his name and only calls him captain. idk if this is just me only ever calling teachers miss or sir and other authority figures sir or ma'am but it literally just feels to me that she's recognising him as an older, more experienced or powerful figure. which is exactly the imbalance (that has come with their age gaps and experience gaps) which is the reason for problem in the first place. god. yikes

gamekeeper winter. i like sound of that (update: i like diplomat winter even more)

“Though I might play fetch, depending on the prize.” jacin has a pet kink confirmed??? (this is a joke. god i can't stand these people sometimes)

i didn't comment on cinder borrowing winter's dress before because i thought that maybe it might've been too big but cinder wasn't vain enough to notice or that it had been hemmed without mentioning, but now that it has been specifically mentioned that cress's dress HAD to be hemmed it's canon that cinder and winter are the same size. i can't believe that i have not one but TWO confirmed flat queens. and winter is canonically the prettiest girl alive

“I was just thinking about the good future,” he said. “The one with you in it.” I'M SCREAMING SHAKING THROWING UP NO ONE TALK TO ME

thorne and cinder high five <3 it really started just the two of them

it is so wattpad of iko to have eyes that change colours based on her mood AND I LOVE IT

ACKGHNDIX THE FOOT. WE'VE COME TO THE END OF THE CINDERELLA STORY. FULL CIRCLE

YES YES YES YES YES REPUBLICAN LUNA FTW I LOVE DEMOCRACY FUCK MONARCHISTS. I LOVE THIS AND I'M SO HAPPY. now it's kai's turn

goodbye foot

WAIT NO WAY THAT'S THE END WTF I TURNED THE PAGE AND JUST NOTHING. this is a federal crime.

only major thought is aww cinder didn't get to torment levana with the lunar gift like the red hot shoes. but also. i completely understand why it didn't and couldn't happen, and i was never expecting it to.

anyway now that i've read all the main stuff will it be safe to start following everyone back without getting major spoilers?? i would LOVE to continue this with stars above and the graphic novels?? (which aren't appearing on goodreads as part of the series for some reason) but most unfortunately i have exams coming up in less than a month and will probably need to put reading on hold until november if i want to stay sane. this was fun while it lasted and i can't wait to dive back into tlc once i'm free<3

@eddisfargo @francforever @winterrhayle @winterpinetrees @shellyseashell @luna-maximoff-22 @queenjazz7 @mtmousie @dramatic-jellybean

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lia-land · 1 year ago

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Cress by Marissa Meyer

4.5/5

My favorite book in this series so far! I think. I found Scarlet boring so maybe this was just a nice change. Thorne and Cress are a great pair, and there was very little of Wolf and Scarlet in this, thankfully.

I can’t believe Dr Erland died. Meyer’s writing in the final quarter of this book was so good. Certain parts were so chilling and stuck out, including all of Erland’s time in the quarantine cell before his death. The second was when Sybil was cackling at the moon after Cinder stopped torturing her. That was so creepy, in the best way. The third was when Scarlett cut her finger off. I was ready to roll my eyes at some last minute save before the blade went down, mostly because I just read 16 Sarah J. Maas books and got very used to what I will call ‘tentative writing.’ These scenes just felt very mature to me and I haven’t checked if Meyer has written adult books, but I hope she has because this is where her writing stood out.

I have a theory that Kai is actually not on Cinder’s side, because of how he did a 360 and kissed her after finding out she was Princess Selene. That just felt very out of place after his little rant about being kidnapped and needing to go back to Earth and how he thought Cinder did all this because she was jealous. Although, these sort of plot twists don’t seem to be Meyer’s style, so I don’t think he will end up betraying her or anything, and this is likely just the result of very rushed writing in that last chapter.

Thorne going blind was such a good plot point. It made his character much more likable to me. I didn’t particularly dislike him before, but I cared more for his character in this book. He’s just another variation of a character that I have seen in many YA books, but losing his sight made him stand out for me. I wouldn’t be all that bothered if his sight didn’t return in the next book. I do think he adapted to the blindness oddly quickly, though.

I’m very excited to read Winter. Not loving Jacin so far, but I think that will change in Winter from what I’ve heard. I also won’t be reading Fairest before Winter, but maybe after it.

#cress #the lunar chronicles #cinder #marissa meyer #book review

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ao3feed-peterparker · 8 months ago

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What Were You Thinking?! The Lightning Theif

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/LgSHOjT by Mothma_sketches1 It’s time to begin getting to know one another as they all settle in and start listening to the first story, the lightning thief. Words: 1180, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 2 of What Were You Thinking? Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Lunar Cronicles, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M Characters: Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Chiron (Percy Jackson), Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Artemis Fowl II, Foaly (Artemis Fowl), Domovoi Butler, Juliet Butler, Holly Short, Mulch Diggums, Tony Stark, Peter Parker, James "Bucky" Barnes, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff, Shuri (Marvel), Toussaint | T’Challa (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Linh Cinder, Princess Winter, Jacin Clay, Carswell Thorne, Crescent Moon "Cress" Darnel, Wolf | Ze'ev Kesley, Scarlet Benoit, OC - Character Relationships: Annabeth & Frank & Grover & Hazel & Jason & Leo & Nico & Percy & Piper & Rachel & Thalia (PJO), Percy Jackson & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Percy Jackson & Harry Potter & Artemis Fowl II & OC, Artemis Fowl II & Holly Short, Original Relationships Additional Tags: Annabeth Bashing, as in lots, Percy Jackson Deserves Better, Powerful Harry Potter, Powerful Percy Jackson, Powerful Peter Parker, This OC is messed up, What Have I Done, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Artemis Fowl II is now a fairy, aged Down everyone, Powerful Nico di Angelo, Characters Reading The Books, Characters Reading Percy Jackson Books read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/LgSHOjT

#IFTTT #peter parker #spider-man #spiderman #marvel #the avengers #ao3 #ao3feed

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ao3feed-wandamaximoff · 8 months ago

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What Were You Thinking?! The Lightning Theif

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/OXzSuTf by Mothma_sketches1 It’s time to begin getting to know one another as they all settle in and start listening to the first story, the lightning thief. Words: 1180, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 2 of What Were You Thinking? Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Lunar Cronicles, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M Characters: Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Chiron (Percy Jackson), Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Artemis Fowl II, Foaly (Artemis Fowl), Domovoi Butler, Juliet Butler, Holly Short, Mulch Diggums, Tony Stark, Peter Parker, James "Bucky" Barnes, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff, Shuri (Marvel), Toussaint | T’Challa (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Linh Cinder, Princess Winter, Jacin Clay, Carswell Thorne, Crescent Moon "Cress" Darnel, Wolf | Ze'ev Kesley, Scarlet Benoit, OC - Character Relationships: Annabeth & Frank & Grover & Hazel & Jason & Leo & Nico & Percy & Piper & Rachel & Thalia (PJO), Percy Jackson & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Percy Jackson & Harry Potter & Artemis Fowl II & OC, Artemis Fowl II & Holly Short, Original Relationships Additional Tags: Annabeth Bashing, as in lots, Percy Jackson Deserves Better, Powerful Harry Potter, Powerful Percy Jackson, Powerful Peter Parker, This OC is messed up, What Have I Done, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Artemis Fowl II is now a fairy, aged Down everyone, Powerful Nico di Angelo, Characters Reading The Books, Characters Reading Percy Jackson Books read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/OXzSuTf

#IFTTT #wanda maximoff #the scarlet witch #scarlet witch #marvel #the avengers #ao3 ao3feed

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janisarkisian · 5 years ago

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You Will Be Found

It’s song lyric day!!!!!! I had been planning this one for a while, and it ended up being shorter than intended, but whatever. Hope you enjoy! The Song is You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hansen bc I just can’t get enough of that musical.

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Jacin woke in a start. It wasn’t surprising that he was in a cold sweat. It happened whenever he dreamed. Because he was always dreaming of her.

He tried to go back to sleep, but it was no use. The Rampion was cold and dark at night, which reminded him all too much of the menagerie after pretending to kill Winter. Peeking over at the bed beside his, Jacin sighed in relief. Winter appeared to be sleeping peacefully, although he never could quite tell. Her thoughts were unreadable.

When he finally realized she was safe, fatigue entered his brain. He fell asleep again with her radiant face permanent in his thoughts.

***

He was walking through a forest that got more lovely the farther into it he got. It had started simply as a normal forest, with trees and dirt. But the plants got more beautiful and the trees were no longer green. No. Now the trees were shades of pink and purple. There was green moss on the ground that looked so perfect it couldn’t have been real. None of this could have.

Already trembling from the beauty of the forest, Jacin dropped to his knees when he saw the most beautiful thing in the forest.

It was Winter.

She looked just as she had in that tank with letumosis, except much more glowing. He saw hints of letumosis, but they were hardly there. There wasn’t a strand of her hair out of place, and there were flowers braided through it. And what she was wearing was certainly not the dirty dress he had “killed” her in. The style was the same, but this dress was gold.

It was shining brightly and Jacin knew it was the most beautiful he had ever seen her. He saw her chest rising and falling, signaling that she wasn’t dead. Just asleep.

He was tempted to open the case and leave a single kiss to her lips, but he refrained.

All of a sudden, Winter’s chest stopped moving. He rushed to her, but it was too late. She was dead.

Panic surged through his veins. She couldn’t be dead. It was Winter. Quirky, funny, beautiful Winter. He needed her alive. He didn’t want to live without her.

Apparently, the forest didn’t want to live without her either. Slowly but surely, the colors started to fade away. His world was turning black and white.

***

A whimper woke him. He was in a cold sweat again. Like an instinct, Jacin looked over at the bed next to him. Winter was still there. She was still breathing.

Even though she was physically okay, Jacin knew there was something wrong from the moment he looked at her. She was whimpering and tossing in her bed. He wasn’t sure if he would be able to get her back to sleep, but he knew he had to wake her up.

“Winter,” he whispered.

Her eyelids fluttered open, and most would think she looked beautiful, majestic even. But he knew better. She was scared.

“J-jacin?” she was crying now.

He began stroking her hair. “Don’t worry, princess. I’m here.”

Winter started to sob. “It’s the third night. The same dream. Scarlet is killing Aimery, and I’m there with a big smirk on my face, not caring about stopping it. When Aimery dies, I send Scarlet-friend to go kill more Levana supporters,” she choked on her tears, “Am I a monster?”

He wanted to laugh at the absurdity of the question. Winter was the most kind, compassionate person he knew, and she was wondering if she was a monster!

“Winter,” he started patiently, “You are not a monster. I know you don’t know who you are right now, but none of us do.” He gazed into beautiful eyes. It felt like she was pulling him into a trance. “Trust me,” he said, placing a single kiss on her lips, “You will be found.”

#jacinter week 2020 #tlc shipweeks 2020 #jacinter #wincin #winter hayle #jacin clay #tlc

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