#thoughts while reading
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
Reading Iron Flame: and the irony of Violet lying/“selective truthing” to Rhiannon (her best friend) who is constantly asking her what she doesn’t know, why she doesn’t ask for help because she’s there for her… and Violet can’t tell her, even goes so far as to avoid her… Meanwhile, Violet can’t be with Xaden because he can’t tell her everything & she doesn’t feel like that’s love??? I’m not saying any of it is invalid either way… I’m just finding it an interestingly complex paradoxical dynamic & internally cringing slightly cause like Vi, I think Rhi is trustworthy & could be super helpful (their squad already feels like a rebellion with Ridoc alone not to mention Sawyer & the whole truly rebel crew).
#first read#no spoilers please#read along with me#thoughts while reading#currently reading#Iron Flame#Rhiannon#Rhi#Violet Sorrengal#Xaden Riorson#character dynamics#hypocrisy?#paradox#it’s hard being a rebel spy#selective truth lol#Ridoc#Sawyer#Fourth Wing#iron squad#Rhiannon and Violet#Violet and Rhiannon#Rhiannon Matthias#Ridoc Gamlyn#Sawyer Henrick
24 notes
·
View notes
Text
…so if Maeve’s power is strong enough to make Rowan believe Lyria is his mate… what does that mean for when she makes Aelin think Rowan’s dead? — Daily episode of I hate my brain & OW SARAH WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME I HATE MAEVE MOST OF ALL
#Kingdom of Ash#Kingdom of Ash spoilers#SARAH WHAT ARE YOU DOING#read with me cry with me#fangirl problems#reading reacts#thoughts while reading#first read#no spoilers please#Rowaelin#Lyria#I hate Maeve#ow my soul#soulmates#its Wings and Ruin all over again
18 notes
·
View notes
Text
Just started reading Best Served Cold and when I see the word 'Talins' I can't help but think about Tallinn (the Estonian capital) all the time
#tallinn is a far nicer place than talins...#thoughts while reading#joe abercrombie#best served cold#short posts#shitpost
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
Not sure how I feel about the golden retriever in the black cat x golden retriever pairing turning into the dominant partner in this couple. But I'm far enough in I think I can finish the book.
It's okay. Another book I wish I'd read before buying but at least this one I can read lol
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
honestly my mother was a huge champ about her eight-year-old asking to be bought an unabridged edition of the Odyssey for a birthday present, and then she was an equally huge champ about reading her eight-year-old the unabridged Odyssey as a bedtime story and pausing every four lines to define something for me, and let me just say that I have fucking TREASURED the opportunity to reverse that old tradition by more or less forcing her to sit on my couch and listen to Epic and pause it every four lines for my dissertation
#epic the musical#classics#the odyssey#odysseus#look this is everything you need to know about me as a child#firm shoutout to my mother having handled this whole character arc with aplomb#i read percy jackson several years after this. to clarify. i was a little freak is what i am saying.#i also subjected my in-laws to my Odyssey Thoughts while they were here for christmas#to be honest i do not think they expected me to have a 20 minute speech locked and loaded#but again: they were great sports#incredibly convenient of my child self to have dubbed odysseus their blorbo because now i sound fantastically well educated#when in reality this is EXACTLY the same as me talking for 20 minutes about the animorphs#fuckin gottem
7K notes
·
View notes
Text
*kicks down your door* It might seem like a plot hole that no one thought about the possibility of Dracula being invited into the asylum by Renfield (or any other patient) but actually it speaks to the way Renfield’s personhood is being denied mainly by Jack Seward, but also the rest of the crew in part through their reliance on Seward’s expertise. Which also ties into the way they have decided to shut out Mina at the very same time. It literally just did not occur to them that the patients living in the same building as them would have any claim to the residency that allows someone to grant the permission a vampire needs to enter a home. But of course the asylum is the patients’ home just as much as it is Jack’s! They live there! In short this fatal blow dealt to the heroes at this crucial juncture comes about through both their sexism and their ableism. Good night. *puts your door back on its hinges again and leaves*
#dracula#dracula daily spoilers#dracula daily#re: dracula#not sure about the tagging etiquette during the offseason so i will tag spoilers just in case lol#this thought came to me while i was falling asleep that’s why it’s unhinged#pun not intended but intentionally kept#anyway there must be literary papers about this right#<- has lost sight of what i learned in dracula class and what i read on tumblr#i am now actually going to sleep though
5K notes
·
View notes
Text
I have a hard time understanding why gender neutral bathrooms are an issue cause most people have already used one at least once in their life if a business only has one bathroom for patrons���
#trans rights#trans visibility#trans visibility day#lgbtqia#lgbtq community#lgbt pride#lgbtq#thoughts while reading#protect trans kids
1 note
·
View note
Text

This moment brought to you by ice feast
#art tag#starchive#fantasy high#fhjy#riz gukgak#gorgug thistlespring#porter cliffbreaker#fhjy spoilers#i did this so fast i thot the scene was cool and i had to get itnout of my system#the values got away from me a little but oh well its just kinda hard to read hdjshf#and i liked the visual of riz in the floorboards and lava shooting porter while gorgug had him grappled#cool moment i thought
9K notes
·
View notes
Text
There's a version of the "don't go grocery shopping while hungry" rule specifically for writers where you should never under any circumstances be allowed to touch your draft within 3 hours of reading a really good story. Because sometimes when you read something great your head goes "fuck this is so much better than my stuff I should make that more like THIS instead!" Look at me. That's the devil talking and you should close the document NOW.
#you will make superficial edits that do not gell well with the rest of your work#and won't actually capture what you thought was so good about that story#close the doc. sit down. think about it for a while. inspiration is fine. getting a 'eureka' moment from another story is fine#but if you find yourself comparing your work one to one with someone else's and taking any differences to be flaws on your part then STOP#you will never write good stuff by trying to make it look less like you wrote it#writing#writing advice#guess who just had to go into her google doc history and undo a bunch of panic-induced edits#because she read a fic about the same characters she's writing for?#meeee. they aged badly within just a few hours of hindsight. learn from my mistakes#self-hatred is not a good motivation for creation#fic writing
13K notes
·
View notes
Text
Reading Sherlock Holmes and there are so many scenes where Holmes is just at the foot of Watson’s bed, wide awake at a questionable hour like, “Hello, my dear Watson! I have studied bicycles all night!” What a little cryptid.
#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writing#fiction#thoughts while writing#author#historical fiction#victorian era#books#london#arthur conan doyle#acd holmes#acd canon#acd watson#acd sherlock#sherlock holmes#cryptid#funny#currently reading
3K notes
·
View notes
Text

"It would be my pleasure to give you a proper tour and introduce you to everyone."
Here is my full illustration for @svsssbigbang for the fanfiction Night at Cang Qiong Museum by @adventure-waffles! An incredible Night at the Museum x Scum Villain AU! Don't hesitate to also check out the other two artists incredible pieces for this fanfiction: dustmeadowx and qiye!
And since I know that tumblr tends to destroy the quality of my illustrations, here are some close-ups under the cut:



#svsss#scum villain's self saving system#ren zha fanpai zijiu xitong#bingqiu#liu qingge#luo binghe#shen yuan#bingyuan#yue qingyuan#e-ming#making a cameo because idk I thought it'd fit#night at the museum au#svsss au#fanfiction fanart#fanfic fanart#svsssbigbang#myart#“I'll make paintings in the backgroud it'll be easier!” little did I know... I would have to learn chinese inking techniques for this#I've visited a lot of museums while working on this illustration and it helped greatly#in my top museums? Kanagawa's history museum and the Cluny Museum in Paris first got great exhibits second great lighting#seen lots of buddhist art too in japan so that inspired me to draw yqy as a statue#I tried to imitate the cloth folds and the way they sculpted the hair on those buddhas while also keep it different enough#anyway look at sy why is he so short he's so cute I could carry him in my pocket#he looks like a twelve year old boy that got lost in the museum aaaaw (that's a grown man)#go read the fic now what are you still in the tags for go go
2K notes
·
View notes
Text
I’m about 60% through Onyx Storm —
And I can’t decide if I’m surprised/confused by that, because I feel like little has actually happened or completely overwhelmed by everything that has happened; because it’s been nonstop and feels like we’re so far from the start (or more so end of Iron Flame)… yet terrified because there is no cure in sight! — Not even a failed trial… there’s just nothing. Even Quest Squad is still trying to form.
And I’m scared of where the next turn may leave me for the next 2 years waiting!!!
#Onyx Storm#Rebecca Yarros#reading reactions#thoughts while reading#no spoilers please still on my first read just posting to go along with me#Onyx Storm thoughts#a little over half way done#no rush Rebecca#don’t get me wrong I LOVE the book it’s been fantastic and entertaining the whole time#I’m just worried about my babies and confused on where this will end up like idk what I expected but it’s surprised me a lot#even with the little things actually especially those like wars shown up from nowhere and twists but not near death but almost and yeah idk#something is coming and I’m gonna be an emotional wreck so I’m afraid and also like can Xaden die without killing Vi cause I’m scared#and like somehow Xaden & Violet are almost too happy oh & also spoilers Ridoc babe just gave me a heart attack & I’ve got quotes to post
11 notes
·
View notes
Text
Chapter 7 has some very Kingly moments for Dorian:
Asterin gave him a wicked grin. "Morning, Your Majesty."
"It is a king's mercy you receive," Dorian said coldly, "and I'd suggest being quiet long enough to receive it." Rarely, so rarely did Manon hear that voice from him, the tone that sent a thrill through her blood and bones. A king’s voice.
But he was not her king. He was not the coven leader of the Thirteen.
Dorian's sapphire eyes churned, the hand on his sword tightening. Manon tensed at that contemplative, cold stare. The hint of the calculating predator beneath the king's handsome face.
"A king without his crown asks for a lowly spider's name," she murmured, her depthless eyes setting on him. "You cannot pronounce it in your tongue, but you may call me Cyrene." Manon ground her teeth. "It doesn't matter what we call you, as you'll be dead soon."
But Dorian cut her a sidelong glance. "The Ruhnns are a part of my kingdom. As such, Cyrene is one of my subjects. I think that gives me the right to decide whether she lives or dies."
"You are both at the mercy of my coven,"
Manon snarled. "Step aside."
Dorian gave her a slight smile. "Am I?" A wind colder than the mountain air filled the pass.
He could kill them all. Whether by choking the air from them or snapping their necks. He could kill them all, and the wyverns included. The knowledge carved out another hollow within him. Another empty spot. Had it ever troubled his father, or Aelin, to bear such power?
Manon ignored the spider. "And when she shifts in the night to rip us apart?"
Dorian only inclined his head, ice dancing at his fingertips. "She won't."
Cyrene sucked in a breath. "A rare gift of magic." Her stare turned ravenous as she took in Dorian. "For a rare king."
Manon glanced to Asterin. Her Second's eyes were wary, her mouth a tight line. Sorrel, a few feet behind, glowered at the spider, but her hand had dropped from her sword.
The Thirteen, on some unspoken signal, peeled away to their wyverns. Only Cyrene watched them, those horrible, soulless eyes blinking every now and then as her teeth began to clack.
Manon angled her head at him. "You're … different today."
He shrugged. "If you want someone to warm your bed who cowers at your every word and obeys every command, look elsewhere."
Her stare drifted to the pale band around his throat. "I'm still not convinced, princeling," she hissed, "that I shouldn't just kill her."
"And what would it take, witchling, to convince you?"
A muscle flickered in Manon's jaw. Things from legends—that's who surrounded him. The witches, the spider ... He might as well have been a character in one of the books he'd lent Aelin last fall. Though none of them had ever endured such a yawning pit inside them.
#Chapter 7#King Dorian#Dorian Havilliard#Kingdom of Ash#Sarah J. Maas#Witchling#Princeling#The Thirteen#Manon Blackbeak#Throne of Glass universe#KoA#SJM#TOG#King of Adarlan#the fact that tag has new meaning#it’s giving#Manorian moments#Asterin Blackbeak#Dorian and the Thirteen#Manon and the Thirteen#the Blackbeaks#Stygian Spider#Cyrene#raw magic#KoA spoilers#first read#read along#read with me#no spoilers please#thoughts while reading
16 notes
·
View notes
Text
THAT'S A LOTTA DAMAGE (emotional damage that is)
FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT
MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)
#undertale#deltarune#undertale fanart#deltarune fanart#comic#crossover#utdr#crossover comic#twin runes#twin runes comic#twin runes au#art#my art#susie deltarune#chara#you thought we were done with the trauma?#I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED#i had this idea of mind-reading parasites that take the form of the traditional comedy masks for a while now#originally they were more sack shaped#they were based on the bags of dirt in asgore's store#mainly because I wanted to call em “sad sacks”#but then I questioned myself why they should be here of all places#I then turned them into the kinda clamps that keep glass displays together and stable#because that is what the labyrinth is#it's the glass display in asgore's shop
5K notes
·
View notes
Text
sympathy for cain
#my art#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#jjk fanart#jujutsu kaisen fanart#jjk art#yuji itadori#ryomen sukuna#fushiguro megumi#nobara kugisaki#sukuna#jjk spoilers#jjk manga spoilers#and here i thought i had finally drawn smth that didnt need the spoiler tag but unfortunately nobara has her eyepatch smh#crazy tht i end up drawing sukuna of all people when im in this mood#havent drawn the guy in a while fr starters#also Not the character i would have thought to choose to process my emotions for me but it fits very well#dont read into it :)#i dont like this piece too much tbh like its fine its cool im just in a headspace n this has all of it in it#this is why i dont typically like to draw to vent bc then i cant look at the finished product without seeing all the feelsbad behind it#but whatever . maybe todays chapter will fix me#oh yeah 2 fv captions in a row bc thats what u get when im emo. shame/rotten goes hard fr sukuna/yuuji
6K notes
·
View notes
Text

even dogs pass the mirror test
#hello again everyone. how's it going#isat loop#in stars and time#isat fanart#in stars and time fanart#isat#lucabyteart#isat spoilers#so. had this idea Before getting my hands on the artbook and being validated. literally have a voice note from 4:30am on the 8th where#i frantically noted down this just horrid horrid horrid caption because i'd been musing on the sasasap Dress line all day i suppose#just kind of rotating in my brain the way any kind of first time trying on new clothes for them would be .#just absolutely mental breakdown material and not one i think would be recovered from quickly. they hate being in their own skin#like. a lot? like a lot. the collateral of any kind of transfemme read was barely in my mind until it ended up relevant again while i was#actively working on this. because christ that's a bad combo. 2x different forms of body dysphoria in one. maybe even 3x somehow#plus any scenario where they get clothes is... likely gifted. something they react viciously negatively to in game and i doubt#would improve thereafter. just a veritable katamari of disgust and self-loathing#like i was mostly just thinking abt how a lot of our collective depictions of loop being alienated from their body are rather abstract#in a body horror way mostly. on account of loop being more of a metaphor than a person half the time. so i think i wanted to depict#something closer to just. a human level of body dysphoria. no focus on the whole duplicate thing just... raw disgust for the self#but with the addition of recent discussion and playing ball more with the she/her loop and transfem loop angle...#scenario of leaning into femininity to try throw off suspicion on who they are PLUS realising they might want that PLUS the party#trying to use this to bond with them PLUS body dysphoria PLUS new!gender dysphoria PLUS the usual revulsion for wanting and desire#like. that is a catastrophic combination . not coming out of that one without it getting worse for a few weeks thereafter#that's a real lash out at everyone around them and then recede in shame type breakdown. which im sure looks interesting from#the party's pov because jesus christ that touched a nerve something awful (<- they only have half the context AT BEST)#. so . there's your free scenario to ponder on if you'd want to. seeing as ive done a picture without a shitload of words on it for once#ALSO don't get smart with me in the tags about the mirror test being an absolutely ass test in most regards re: self-awareness#or that things like minnows pass it. i'm a fellow pedant dont worry. it's just that minnow doesn't really have the same ring as dog yknow?#this is supposed to be like an absolutely excruciatingly self loathing thought spoken aloud of a caption. it's pithy and cruel on purpose#and more than a little inspired by (reblogged yesterday) liminal space's 'there is no other dog. it's just you'
1K notes
·
View notes