#robin stevenson

[picturebookshelf]

Pride Puppy! (2021)

Story: Robin Stevenson -- Art: Julie McLaughlin Canadian

[burningvelvet]

ATTENTION pirates, pirate lovers, & #piratecore perusers: PLEASE listen to ship in a bottle by fin aka steffan argus - & his whole album lost at sea. i really like the song abandon ship too. thank me later

[john-robins]

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled S03E04

Got a great pleasure of watching this episode! The guest line is actually cool! All of them!

A link to this episode is an alt text inside the promo if you want it

And yes, here's some screens with John I've done :)

[redgoldsparks]

BANNED TOGETHER: OUR FIGHT FOR READERS' RIGHTS edited by Ashley Hope Pérez is out now! And it feels even more timely than when we were putting together this collection… pick up this wonderful anthology of comics, stories, essays, memoir, poetry, and resources to combat book bans wherever books are sold except amaz*n :)

The comic I contributed was initially published by The Nib and you can read it online here. This version in the lovely soft purples was recolored by @ashleyrguillory <3

Other contributors to the anthology include: Elana K. Arnold, Nikki Grimes, Ellen Hopkins, Kelly Jensen, Brendan Kiely, Maia Kobabe, Bill Konigsberg, Kyle Lukoff, MariNaomi, Trung Lê Nguyễn, Ashley Hope Pérez, Isabel Quintero, Traci Sorell, Robin Stevenson, Padma Venkatraman and Ignatz-nominated artist Debbie Fong. Resources include tips from the Vandegrift Banned Book Club and other teen activists, as well as extensive recommended book lists, a How to Start Your Own Little Free Library flier, and more.

[webweabings]

EMBRACE A CHILDLIKE SENSE OF WONDER

Welwyn Wilton Katz; // Post by @youngdelusionchaos ;// Albert Einstein; // Franz Kafka; // Marianne Williamson; // "Robin", by Taylor Swift; // Post by @fraiserire; // Post by @the-union-of-the-silent-eyes; // "Auguries of Inoccence", by William Blake; // "Electricity", song of the musical Billy Elliot; // "The Swing", by Robert Louis Stevenson; // "Nothing Sexier than Freedmon", by Helen Edwards; // Post by @the-union-of-the-silent-eyes; // Post by @canyoucallthatpoetry; // Post by @tbartss; // Post by @starrrygirls; // "The Wee Free Men", by Terry Pratchett; // "Under the Net", by Iris Murdoc; // Art by Changyu Zou

[v-akarai]

References in Servamp

Arabian mythology

Jinn. Ch. 16

Greek mythology

Elpis. Ch. 75

Moirai. Ch. 108

Pandora. Ch. 130

Pygmalion. Ch. 123

Pandora's Box. Ch. 97

Japanese mythology

Gashadokuro. Ch. 129

Kitsune. Ch. 3

Raijin. Ch. 85

Norse mythology

Baldr. Ch. 39

Bifröst. Ch. 88

Brunhild. Ch. 88

Fimbulwinter. Ch. 40

Freya. Ch. 65

Frey. Ch. 131

Gleipnir. Ch. 101

Hati. Ch. 91, 131

Hod. Ch. 39

Hliðskjálf. Ch. 96

Idunn. Ch. 65

Loki. Ch. 15

Mimir. Ch. 29

Mjölnir. Ch. 53

Ragnarök. Ch. 101, 122, 131

Sigurd. Ch. 101

Thor. Ch. 41

Yggdrasil. Ch. 42

Biblical references

Abel. Ch. 8

Adam. Ch. 128

Boaz and Jachin. Ch. 42

Eden. Ch. 21

Eve. Ch. 1

John the Baptist. Ch. 122

Judith. Ch. 147

Lucifer. Ch. 135

Noah. Ch. 145

Nod. Ch. 29, events

Hinduism

Asura. Ch. 57.5, 89.

Tarot

The Fool - Mahiru. Ch. 50

I. The Magician – Night trio. Ch. 41

II. The High Priestess – Mikuni. Ch. 42

V. The Hierophant - Shuhei. Ch. 77

X. Wheel of Fortune - Junichiro. Ch. 53

XII. The Hanged Man - Tsurugi. Ch. 50

XV. The Devil – Shamrock. Ch. 72

XVI. The Tower - Touma. Ch. 47

XVII. The Star - Iduna. Ch. 73

XVIII. The Moon - Yumikage. Ch. 69

XX. Judgement - Mikuni. Ch. 144

Literary references

 "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Lewis Carroll. Ch. 3, 4, 7, 19, 98, 122. Misono, Lily, Dodo, Mitsuki, Yamane, Hattori, Mikuni, Bad B and Good B.

"As You Like It" William Shakespeare. Ch. 10, 38.5. Mikuni's spell.

"My Fair Lady" English nursery rhyme. Ch. 10 Mikuni's spell.

"Dracula" Bram Stoker. Ch. 12, 30. Hugh.

"Romeo and Juliet" William Shakespeare. Ch. 23, 34. Hyde, Ophelia.

"Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Ch. 29 Johannes.

"Through the Looking-Glass" Lewis Carroll. Ch. 29, events. Mikuni, Johannes.

"Julius Caesar" William Shakespeare. Ch. 23, 84. Hyde.

"Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Robert Stevenson. Ch. 23, 37. Hyde, Licht.

"Macbeth" William Shakespeare. Ch. 24, 31. Kuro, Saint Germain, Mahiru.

"Night on the Galactic Railroad" Kenji Miyazawa. Ch. 26, 142. Higan, Tsubaki.

"The Little Prince" Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Ch 30, 67. Kuro, Mahiru, Sloth demon, Gear, probably Jeje.

"Hamlet" William Shakespeare. Ch. 33, 34. Hyde, Ophelia.

"The Phantom of the Opera" Gaston Leroux. Ch. 36 Licht and Hyde technique.

"Peter and Wendy" James Barry. Ch. 44, 56, 74. Tsurugi, Touma, Mahiru.

"Ring a Ring o' Roses" nursery rhyme. Ch. 53 Junichiro's spell.

“Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens” James Barry. Ch. 53, 75. Tsurugi, Touma.

"Death in Venice" Thomas Mann. Ch. 55 Gilbert technique.

"Total Eclipse" a play by Christopher Hampton. Ch. 55 Rayscent's technique.

"The Morning of the Last Farewell" Kenji Miyazawa. Ch. 57.5 Tsubaki.

"Spring and Asura" Kenji Miyazawa. Ch. 57.5 Tsubaki.

"The Catcher in the Rye" Jerome Salinger. Ch. 62 Shuhei.

"Four and Twenty Blackbirds" Agatha Christie. Ch. 62 Shuhei's spell.

"Metamorphosis" Franz Kafka. Ch. 62 Shamrock technique.

“The Nighhawk's Star” Kenji Miyazawa. Ch. 62, 76. Shamrock technique.

"Rock-a-bye Baby" an English lullaby. Ch. 70 Touma's spell.

“Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein” lullaby. Ch. 70 Touma's spell.

"Who Killed Cock Robin" an English nursery rhyme. Ch. 70 Yumikage's spell.

"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Lyman Frank Baum. Ch. 70, 88. Tsukimitsu brothers’ spells.

"Daddy-Long-Legs" Jean Webster. Ch. 74. Dark Night Trio, Touma.

"King Lear" William Shakespeare. Ch. 86. Hyde.

"The House of the Sleeping Beauties" Yasunari Kawabata. Ch. 86. Iori.

"The Divine Comedy" Dante Alighieri. Ch. 118, 120, 121. Niccolo, Ildio, Gluttony demon.

“A Brute's Love” (人でなしの恋) Edogawa Rampo. Ch. 122 Mikuni, Lily.

"Coppelia" ballet Leo Delibes. Chapter 122 Mikuni, Lily.

"Salome" Oscar Wilde. Ch. 122, 147. Mikuni, Lily.

"Turandot" opera by Giacomo Puccini based on the play by Carlo Gozzi. Ch. 129, 136. Lily.

"The Tempest" William Shakespeare. Ch. 131. Licht and Hyde.

"The Old Man and the Sea" Ernest Hemingway. Ch. 134 Hugh.

"Flowers for Algernon" Daniel Keyes. Ch. 135 Hugh.

"Jane Eyre" Charlotte Brontë. Ch. 136. Hokaze.

"Madama Butterfly" opera by Giacomo Puccini. Ch. 136. Lily.

"Hansel and Gretel" the Brothers Grimm. Ch. 140. Faust and Otogiri.

"Girl Hell" Yumeno Kyusaku. Ch. 147. Mikuni, Noah.

Music

"Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ch. 34

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Johann Sebastian Bach. Ch. 125

Sonata No. 17 "Tempest" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ch. 131

Movies

"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946). Ch. 131

"Life is Beautiful" (1997). Ch. 131

I believe this list can be expanded. Somewhere I’ve written only chaps when some reference was mentioned for the first time and omitted all further mentions.

Special thanks to hello-vampire-kitty, joydoesathing and passmeabook, because some works wouldn’t be included in the list without their observations.

[ed-recoverry]

List of free audiobooks on YouTube for anyone interested

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Alice in Wonderland

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H P Lovecraft

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Village by Caroline Mitchell

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (fuck JKR)

Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Upside Down by Danielle Steel

The Fiancée by Kate White

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Theif

Accidentally Married by Victoria E. Lieske

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

The Collector (book one) by Nora Roberts

The Lies I Told by Mary Burton

Dead Man’s Mirror by Agatha Christie

The Hobbit

The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey

The Good Neighbour by R J Parker

The Island House by Elana Johnson

Desperation by Stephan King

The Healing Summer by Heather B. Moore

The Last Affair by Margot Hunt

To Be Claimed by Willow Winter

Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Inn by James Patterson

Wonder by R J Palacio

Faking It With The Billionaire by Willow Fox

The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum

The Catcher in the Rye

The Lottery Winner by Mary Higgins Clark

Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean

Death of a Nurse by M C Beaton

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Sonnets by William Shakespeare

Frozen Betrayal by Clive Cussler

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Line of Fire by R J Patterson

Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen

The Remnant by Tim LaHaye

The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins

The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

Payment in Kind by J A Jance

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida

The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

A Marriage of Anything but Convenience by Victorine E. Lieske

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Inheritance Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

The Kama Sutra by Mallanaga Vatsyayana

The Wisdom of Father Brown by G K Chesterton

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Robin Hood by J Walker McSpadden

The Poor Traveller by Charles Dickens

Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865 by Sarah Raymond Herndon

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Atomic Habits by James Clear

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Man After Man

Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Charlotte’s Web

Midsummer Mysteries by Agatha Christie

Out of Silent Planet by C S Lewis

The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton

The Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harai

Hamlet by Shakespeare

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Abby Monteil at Them:

A new Supreme Court case threatens to escalate LGBTQ+ book bans and, according to a new report in Vox, could potentially implement policies similar to Florida’s draconian “Don’t Say Gay” law in public schools across the United States. On April 22, the Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments for Mahmoud v. Taylor. The plaintiffs in the case — a group of six Christian and Muslim parents from Montgomery County, Maryland — seek to be notified if their elementary school-aged children are going to be taught LGBTQ-inclusive books, and to have the option to remove their children from classrooms where these books might be part of the curriculum, even as non-mandatory supplementary learning materials. The plaintiffs are represented by Becket, previously known as the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The Catholic legal group previously ran a full-page New York Times ad in support of California’s Proposition 8 — which outlawed same-sex marriage in the state — and represented a school that fired a 15-year veteran guidance counselor for being gay. The group is also listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s website as one of several “hardline groups promoting ‘religious freedom restoration acts’ to justify anti-gay discrimination.”

In 2022, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) added six LGBTQ-inclusive books to its supplemental curriculum for pre-K through fifth grade, assigning one book for each grade level. At the time, MCPS communications director Jessica Baxter told Bethesda Magazine that these titles feature “joyful stories of folks who happen to be part of the LGBTQ+ community” and “celebrate and positively portray LGBTQ+ identities through an asset-based lens.” Parents behind Mahmoud v. Taylor initially filed a lawsuit against the school district in 2023, arguing that it had infringed upon their religious rights by not allowing them to remove their children from potentially being exposed to books featuring LGBTQ+ characters and stories. According to GLAAD, the Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Instructional Programs for MCPS responded to the plaintiffs in a court filing, noting that the books were not mandatory. Teachers were instructed to “incorporate the [books] into the curriculum the same way that other books are used, namely, to put them on a shelf for students to find on their own; to recommend a book to a student who would enjoy it; to offer the books as an option for literature circles, book clubs, or paired reading groups; or to use them as a read aloud,” per a district official.

MCPS also filed an appeal, which lists five books at issue: Uncle Bobby’s Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen; IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All by Carolyn Choi and Chelsea Johnson; Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack; Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild; and Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope by Jodie Patterson. Two other books — Pride Puppy! by Robin Stevenson and My Rainbow by DeShanna Neal and Trinity Neal — were initially approved by MCPS, but later “reevaluated pursuant to standard MCPS procedures and removed from instructional use.” A district court previously denied the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction in their case, which they sought based on claims that not being able to opt their children out of classes where the books were used violated their free-exercise and substantive-due-process rights under the U.S. Constitution and Maryland law. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s decision. The Supreme Court subsequently agreed to hear their case.

The Mahmoud v. Taylor school curriculum case set to be heard at SCOTUS could very well bring Don’t Say Gay or Trans policies to schools nationwide.

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Queer Fiction Free-for-All Book Bracket Tournament: Round 2B

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are.

But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.

Graphic novel, fantasy, adventure, humor, secondary world, young adult

The Last Binding trilogy (A Marvellous Light, A Restless Truth, A Power Unbound) by Freya Marske

Endorsement from submitter #1: "A trilogy of books set in a magical Edwardian England, the Last Binding series focuses on three queer couples who come together in order to solve a conspiracy threatening all magic. It’s a masterful blending of fantasy, historical fiction, and romance, with a splash of mystery and Wodehousian romp. Expect magical manor house parties with beautiful wallpaper, as well as explorations of power, trust, and what we owe the land. The prose is absolutely gorgeous and evocative. The characters and their emotional arcs form the beating heart of the story, intertwined with beautifully crafted romance. The worldbuilding feels organic and deeply rooted within this hidden magical society. These books are thoughtful, tender, scorching, and fun all at once."

Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He’s struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents’ excesses. When an administrative mistake sees him named the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society, he discovers what’s been operating beneath the unextraordinary reality he’s always known.

Now Robin must contend with the beauty and danger of magic, an excruciating deadly curse, and the alarming visions of the future that come with it—not to mention Edwin Courcey, his cold and prickly counterpart in the magical bureaucracy, who clearly wishes Robin were anyone and anywhere else.

Robin’s predecessor has disappeared, and the mystery of what happened to him reveals unsettling truths about the very oldest stories they’ve been told about the land they live on and what binds it. Thrown together and facing unexpected dangers, Robin and Edwin discover a plot that threatens every magician in the British Isles—and a secret that more than one person has already died to keep.

Fantasy, historical fiction, romance, magic, Edwardian, series, adult

[sleepandblog]

5-4-3-2-1 book tag !

five books i love

1. demon copperhead by barbara kingsolver

2. the da vinci code by dan brown

3. solitaire by alice oseman

4. the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

5. turtles all the way down by john green

four books on my tbr

1. the hunger games by suzanne collins

2. just mercy by bryan stevenson

3. on the road by jack kerouac

4. moby dick by herman melville

three books i recommend

1. brain on fire by susannah cahalan

2. everything is tuberculosis by john green

3. on earth we're briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong

two books i read recently

1. mr. penumbra's 24-hour bookstore by robin sloan

2. the vanishing half by brit bennett

one book i'm currently reading

1. five total strangers by natalie d. richards

it's almost 2am so my pics suck but i didn't feel like waiting to do this adjhdgjcf

[professoruber]

Mia "Maps" Mizoguchi Reading List

Last Updated: 7/1/2025

A list I have decided to make for the purpose of compiling the various appearances so far of Maps Mizoguchi; since she is a character I like whom has also been receiving some focus as of late. I will also provide some brief description/thoughts for each one.

Gotham Academy (2014-2016) - All Issues

Maps of course first made her original appearance in the first run of Gotham Academy.

Gotham Academy: Endgame (2015) - #1

A one-shot comic which was one of several tie-ins made for the Endgame event which was going on at the time. Basically just shows what Maps and the GA crew were up to while Gotham was being overrun by Joker zombies.

Gotham Academy: Second Semester (2016-2017) - All Issues

The continuation of the Gotham Academy storyline, with of course has Maps in a major role.

Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy (2016-2017)

A crossover between Gotham Academy and the Lumberjanes, which I'm pretty sure is non-canon but still probably worth checking out. I have not read it, nor the Lumberjanes comics yet, although I do intend to do both as some point (due in part to ND Stevenson being one of the authors of Lumberjanes, and me really liking the She-Ra reboot and Nimona)

Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (2016) - #1

Maps, alongside other Gotham Academy students (including Olive, Kyle, Colton and Pom) have a brief cameo in this first issue of this run. Maps and Olive each get one line each.

Batgirl (2011—2016) - #51, #52, & Annual 4

Maps (along with Olive) also showed up briefly during the Batgirl of Burnside run. My assumption is this is due to them sharing an artist and being published concurrently. I do know what Burnside!Babs isn't everyone's cup of tea so keep that in mind, I suppose.

My Video Game Ate my Homework (2020) - #1

Maps and Olive show up behind the main characters in the first page as a cameo... and that's about it. The comic seems fun though, for the record. Mostly including this because I'm just going through the list of Maps' appearances on the DC wiki.

Batman: Black and White (2021) - #4

One of the stories in this issue has Maps appear as Robin. Non-canon but still a very neat and fun appearance by her.

Batman (2016-) - #119, #120, #121

Probably Maps' first major appearance since the end of the Gotham Academy: Second Semester. These give some additional exploration of her home life and relationship with her parents. Has her dressing up as Robin to investigation the disappearance of another student.

Batgirls (2022-2023) - #11

Maps shows up here and has an adventure with Cass. This also means that Maps knows Babs, Cass and Steph. Which is neat. I do know that the portrayal of the Batgirls in Batgirls isn't everyone's cup of tea (namely portraying them as younger / less mature than they have been in the past) so that that's worth keeping in mind. Interestly, Maps' big brother Kyle has a larger role; appearing in #10, #11, #17, #18, #19 and the Annual as a possible love interest for Steph.

DC's Saved by the Belle Reve (2022) - #1 

A one-shot with several stories, including one which returns to the Gotham Academy crew and gives some information on what's happened since the end of Gotham Academy: Second Semester, along with a fun adventure.

Gotham Academy: Maps of Mystery (2023) - #1

A one-shot which acts a compilation of Batman (2016-) - #119, #120, #121, as well as Maps appearances in Batman: Black and White, and DC's Saved by the Belle Reve.

Birds of Prey (2023-) - #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #11, #12, #13, Uncovered

The newest Birds of Prey run has a surprise appearance by Maps. Which I think is a neat sign of her receiving some increased focus as of late. To get into some mild-ish spoilers... the Maps who appears is a Maps from the future. I have made a few posts/reviews of this run, which you can find on this blog, and I guess personally I am not the biggest fan of her portrayal in this comic. Still is neat to see her receive more focus. Do kinda also think it could've been neat if Present!Maps had shown up instead of Future!Maps.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2023-) - #10, #11, #12

Gotham Academy returns! As does Present!Maps. A fun ongoing story of Maps getting to team up with Batman once more.

Nightwing (2016-) #112

Meriden (future Maps from Birds of Prey) shows up for a single panel cameo alongside the BoP.

[guardian-angle22]

Hi heather <33 I hopw you know how in awe I am of the crispness of your gifs and your inventiveness for all the gif series you do! 😭 Have you had a gif series where you went: If only they had shot a scene like XYZ, it would fit in perfectly here. And if so, what was it? Also: what is Carlos' and TK's and Paul's favorite book?

Thank you for your kind words about my gifs!!! 💜

I'm sure there definitely have been moments like that, but I can't really think of anything in particular rn except some instances of them cutting a scene too short... such as this travesty:

or the angle of coverage not showing something I wanted to include... This happened a lot with the touch series because there will be moments where you know they're touching, but you can't quite see it. Like during the scene on the top of this gif (this was the only gif of mine I could find of this scene LOL):

You can see the movement of Carlos' arm and hear the contact so you know that he's patting TK as he walks away, but we can't actually see it. and moments like that kill me a bit inside.

NOW FOR THE BOOKS!

If I rely heavily on canon, Paul is mainly a nonfiction reader. He's seen reading Between the World and Me and The Gulag Archipelago. Based off those, I think he would really enjoy these:

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

Now, we've only seen Carlos reading a magazine... a Woodsman magazine. So pick number one for him is based off that alone and then the 2nd pick is something I could see Carlos picking up as a way to gain insight into the more psychological aspects of his job:

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

and TK... is just kind of freebie because we have no canon supporting him even enjoying reading at all? 😅 I'm going to say, since he's such an adrenaline-fueled kind of guy that maybe he would enjoy an action-based fantasy novel. So I'll go with:

The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in May 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Farzana's Spite - Felix Graves 🧡 Archangels of Funk - Andrea Hairston 💛 How It Works Out - Myriam Lacroix 💚 Queer History A to Z - Robin Stevenson, Vivian Rosas 💙 Queerceañera - Alex Crespo 💜 Second Night Stand - Karelia Stetz-Waters, Fay Stetz-Waters ❤️ You Can Call Me Cooper - Cali Kitsu 🧡 Gooseberry - Robin Gow 💛 Grand Slam Romance - Ollie Hicks, Emma Oosterhous 💙The Witches of Silverlake - Simon Curtis, Stephanie Son 💜 Drawn to the Enemy - Barbara Winkes 🌈 The Truth of Our Past - Heather Leighson

❤️ Infaust - T.D. Cloud, Ambi Sun 🧡 Garner for Gold - Catherine Labadie 💛 The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller 💚 Snake Charming - Genevieve McCluer 💙 The 7-10 Split - Karmen Lee 💜 Loving Jemima - Sienna Waters ❤️ The Potion Gardener - Arden Powell 🧡 A Swift and Sudden Exit - Nico Vincenty 💛 The Worst Ronin - Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Faith Schaffer 💙 Murray Out of Water -Taylor Tracy 💜 The Guncle Abroad - Steven Rowley 🌈 The Weight of What Was - Pip Landers-Letts

❤️ The Amazing Alpha Tau Pledge Project - Lisa Henry, Sarah Honey 🧡 I Met Death & Sex Through My Friend, Tom Meuley - Thom Vernon 💛 Malicia - Steven dos Santos 💚 The Sins on Their Bones - Laura R. Samotin 💙 SLUTS: Anthology - Michelle Tea 💜 You Should Be So Lucky - Cat Sebastian ❤️ Death's Country - R.M. Romero 🧡 Cinema Love - Jiaming Tang 💛 The Brides of High Hill - Nghi Vo 💙 Emma - Jenna Kent 💜 Wish We Were There - Lionel Hart 🌈 A Troublemaker in Her Eyes - Genta Sebastian

❤️ I Make Envy on Your Disco - Eric Schnall 🧡 Lavash at First Sight - Taleen Voskuni 💛 Queer Power Couples - Hannah Murphy Winter, Billie Winter 💚 In Repair - A.L. Graziadei 💙 A Heart Divided - Angie Williams 💜 Long After We Are Gone - Terah Shelton Harris ❤️ The Queen of Steeplechase Park - David Ciminello 🧡 Lunar Boy - Jes Wibowo, Cin Wibowo 💛 Hot Boy Summer - Joe Jiménez 💙 Sunhead - Alex Assan 💜 The Summer Love Strategy - Ray Stoeve 🌈 Into the Mouth of the Wolf - Erin Gough

❤️ The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe 🧡 The Lost Erwain - Mariah Stillbrook 💛 Starfire - Naomi Hughes 💚 Adrift - Sam Ledel 💙 Shanghai Murder - Jessie Chandler 💜 April May June July - Alison B. Hart ❤️ A Bone in His Teeth - Kellen Graves 🧡 Cabin Fever - Tagan Shepard 💛 Don't Be a Drag - Skye Quinlan 💙 The Ride of Her Life - Jennifer Dugan 💜 The Redemption of Daya Keane - Gia Gordon 🌈 Nearlywed - Nicolas DiDomizio

❤️ The Sunforge - Sascha Stronach 🧡 The End of Time - Trudie Skies 💛 Silent Ones - Melissa Polk 💚 Prime Time Travelers - Neil Laird 💙 My Darling Dreadful Thing - Johanna van Veen 💜 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields ❤️ Spitting Gold - Carmella Lowkis 🧡 Last Chance - Claire Highton-Stevenson 💛 Road Home - Rex Ogle 💙 Only for Convenience - Shannon O'Connor 💜 Linus and Etta Could Use a Win - Caroline Huntoon 🌈 Finding Molly Parsons - Alyson Root

❤️ Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding - Maia Kobabe, Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier 🧡 See You Next Month - Jamey Moody 💛 Until You Say My Name - Tatum Schroeder 💚 Disembark - Jen Currin 💙 True Love and Other Impossible Odds - Christina Li 💜 Flyboy - Kasey LeBlanc ❤️ Thirsty - Jas Hammonds 🧡 Hands Off - N. Slater 💛 Flooded Secrets - Claudie Arseneault 💙 The Deer and the Dragon - Piper C.J. 💜 To Be Loved - Frank G. Anderson 🌈 Snowblooded - Emma Sterner-Radley

❤️ Blood Remains - Cathy Pegau 🧡 Blood on the Tide - Katee Robert 💛 We Were the Universe - Kimberly King Parsons 💚 Loyalty - E.J. Noyes 💙 Spirits and Sirens - Kelly Fireside 💜 Clean Kill - Anne Laughlin ❤️ The Worst Perfect Moment - Shivaun Plozza 🧡 Oye - Melissa Mogollon 💛 Here for the Wrong Reasons - Annabel Paulsen, Lydia Wang 💙 Exhibit - R.O. Kwon 💜 Experienced - Kate Young 🌈 Parenting with Pride - Heather Hester

❤️ Road to Ruin - Hana Lee 🧡 Meet Me in Berlin - Samantha L. Valentine 💛 The Advice Columnist - Cade Haddock Strong 💚 where lost & hopeless things go - Bryony Rosehurst 💙 Pit Stop - Ellis Mae 💜 The Switchboard - Christina K. Glover ❤️ In the Shallows - Tanya Byrne 🧡 Have You Seen This Girl - Nita Tyndall 💛 Another First Chance - Robbie Couch 💙 The Only Light Left Burning - Erik J. Brown 💜 Keepers of the Stones and Stars - Michael Barakiva 🌈 A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins

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Hello again. I it's alright with you, I had a "superlist" of Nintendo characters I wanted to suggest for the poll.

Kiwi (Pilotwings)

Goose (Pilotwings)

Ibis (Pilotwings)

Hawk (Pilotwings)

Robin [Hooter in Japan] (Pilotwings)

Ryota Hayami (Wave Race)

Akari Hayami (1080°)

Sakura Samurai

Trax

Monita (Nintendo Land)

Yuka (Rhythm Heaven)

Dr. Lobe (Big Brain Academy)

Dr. Kawashima (Brain Age)

Dr. Wright (SimCity)

Vince (Art Academy)

Harry (Teleroboxer)

Icarus (Glory of Heracles)

Frey and Freya (Zangeki no Reginleiv)

Raymond Bryce (Disaster: Day of Crisis)

Qbby (BOXBOY)

Eddy (Fluidity)

Nikki (Swapnote)

Wonder-Red (The Wonderful 101)

Zael (The Last Story)

Calista (The Last Story)

Aeron (Pandora's Tower)

Elena (Pandora's Tower)

Tamagon (Devil World)

Barbara the Bat (Jam with the Band)

Mallo (Pushmo)

Hunter (Fossil Fighters)

Dillon (Dillon's Rolling Western)

Mach Rider

F-Type (Stunt Race FX)

Kageshina Kurabe (Nintendouji)

Excitebiker

Balloon Fighter

Alice (Balloon Kid)

Bubbles (Clu Clu Land)

DeMille (Tomato Adventure)

Kururin (Kuru Kuru Kururin)

Hakkun (Sutte Hakkun)

Dion (Marvelous: Another Treasure Island)

Sheriff

Muddy Mole (Mole Mania)

Michael Anderson (Battle Clash)

Fighter Hayabusa (Pro Wrestling)

Ouendan (Ryuta Ippongi, Atsushi Saito, Ittetsu Suzuki)

Ouendan Cheerleaders (Sayaka Amemiya, Aoi Kanda, Anna Lindhurst

Elite Beat Divas (Starr, Missy, Foxx)

Mr. Stevenson (Gumshoe)

Ray (Custom Robo)

Alexandra Roivas (Eternal Darkness)

Jonathan Raimi (Geist)

Naomi Moriha (Jet Impulse)

Satoru (from Card Hero)

Satoru Amatsubo (Project H.A.C.K.E.R.)

Goku (Yuyuki)

Chao (Yuyuki)

Donbe (Shin Onigashima)

Hikari (Shin Onigashima)

Saki Amamiya (Sin & Punishment)

Ando Kensaku (And-Kensaku)

Arcade Bunny (Nintendo Badge Arcade)

Orville (Takt of Magic) Doshin (Doshin the Giant)

Jashin (Doshin the Giant)

Cupid (Sennen Kazoku)

Aisya (ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat)

Diskun

Jill (Drill Dozer)

Tempo (HarmoKnight)

Welt (Soma Bringer)

Idea (Soma Bringer)

Warrior Mech Gauss (Chōsōjū Mecha MG)

I could make a round 4 from this list alone. Plus some other suggestions. But I’ll wait until round 3 is done

EDIT: Wonderful 101 isn’t Nintendo, so It’ll be added to another idea I have (Non Nintendo Nintendo characters. Characters not owned by Nintendo but associated with them )

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I am back from the dead. Life since the 20th of January, 2025, has tested the limits of my life force. But I come back with book recommendations. For no particular reason, I swear! Totally don’t recommend these to anyone who is totally not worried about or wishes to learn the current state of things at all ;).

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

1984 by George Orwell.

Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen.

Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Parable Of The Sower by Octavia Butler.

Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis (or any of her books, really).

The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank.

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.

Babel by R.F Kuang

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson.

Genderqueer by Maia Kobabe.

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson.

The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Any suggestions to add to this list are welcomed and appreciated! And once again, just a simple list of books with no other purpose other than to be read! Pretend this is about Forth Wing and Onyx Storm 😁