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I'M GONNA CRY IT'S HERE I HAVE IT PHYSICALLY IN MY HANDS AAAAAHHHH

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I've been gone for a while, I know, but...

...I started (and ALMOST finished) Marissa Meyer's Heartless and I'm CRYING I TRUSTED YOU MARISSA WHY ARE YOU MESSING WITH MY FEELINGS LIKE THIS

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hey if ur ever feelin shitty use this

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I keep seeing people, especially older adults, claim that if you have “ADD”, you don’t have hyperactive symptoms or that you grow out of it, which is just not true. 

“ADD” or ADHD-PI as its now called, just means you have much more inattentive symptoms than hyperactive (hence, PI: Predominantly Inattentive). 

I like imagining ADHD as a spectrum, with PH on one side, PI on the other and C in the middle. For example, I’m diagnosed as PI but I still show hyperactive symptoms from time to time; I once threw a towel, down the stairs, at my sister’s friend because I was feeling quite hyper.

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When even the mainstream media sees that @staff is okay with nazis while getting offended at the female nipple.

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Literally though Ronan is screaming internally the whole time

Assassin’s Creed: Antiva

So i have this headcanon that Zevran dashes across the rooftops of Antiva much like you do in the Assassins Creed Series. The first thing he does when he’s finally HOME is a mad dash through the city. It led to this conversation/idea from talking with a friend @madmaxxieslibrary about their warden Ronan. i just…have a comic strip in my head of two old ladies walking down the streets of Antiva Carrying a bag of groceries or something right around sunset. Old Lady 1: “you’d be amazed what you see when you take the time to look up!”

Old lady 2 -also looks up -Zevran, Jumps over the alley  from one roof to another as the women watch from the street below.

Old lady 2: "And how often do you see elf butt when you look up?”

Old Lady one: “ That’s actually a first…

And then One of them recognizes Zev  in the market later “I recognize that little derriere of yours!!” Zevran: “Excuse me????” He’s not offended in the slightest, but definitely confused.

Ronan: -STARES. loud whisper- “what the fuck Zev?”

Zev: “it wasn’t me!!” I don’t know what she’s talking about!” -also harsh whispering-

Old lady 1:  “I saw you  jumping from roof to roof in a tizzy! I never forget a good butt”

Zevran: “Oh. That might have actually been me”

Ronan: “Z E V”

Zev: “I had clothes on….mostly.” He had the kilt and underthings on. It was enough for a good run.

Ronan: “YOU CAN’T JUST GO AROUND SHOWING OLD WOMEN YOUR ASS”

Zevran: “I was running across rooftops! Not stripping!! And even if i was stripping, who are you to deny a sweet old lady a good time?!“

old lady: ;D “Run down my roof tops anytime sweety.”

Ronan: “ZEVRAN.”

Old lady: “Whats the matter with you sweetheart?”

Zev: “He’s Ferelden"

Old Lady: “Oh”

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I took my first real GRE practice test and scored pretty decently! 159 on verbal and 148 on quantitative for a composite 307 which is better than I thought I was gonna do!!!

Anyone care to share some positivity/good things that have happened to them?

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Hey guys this is a super cute read and it's totally free for a few days so plz support a v friendly trans author and keep an eye out for my review coming soon!!!!!

Chlorophyll and Gasoline is free until Sunday!

Hey everyone! I recently published a novella entitled “Chlorophyll and Gasoline”! You’ve probably seen the posts already if you follow this blog at all, and some of you may have considered buying it. Well, now it’s free until Sunday!

Now you may very well be asking yourself “Hey, Serena, why should I consider reading this?” 

It’s gay

It’s very short, only 30 000 or so words, so Amazon lists it as a “two hour read,” which may be true depending on your reading speed.

It’s free so there’s literally No Risk on your part 

Plant people

Robots

You can help support a trans author (me) 

Gay

So if any of those reasons appeal to you, it will definitely be worth checking it out! 

Get Chlorophyll and Gasoline here!

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Hi friends and followers!

Have any of you guys taken the GRE fairly recentlyish? Because I'm taking it on the 7th and I'm terrified. I could really use some friendly advice, if you have any to offer!

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Exactly

Bookish Ask

Quick! Young adult fantasy or adult fantasy??

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GUYS GO READ THIS IT'S SHORT CUTE AND IT'S GOT SOME GOOD FEELS I'LL BE DOING A REVIEW OF IT IN THE NEAR FUTURE TOO!!!

CHLOROPHYLL AND GASOLINE IS LIVE

Hey everyone! Are you looking for a fluffy gay story between two people separated by the centuries? I just published one :D

CHLOROPHYLL AND GASOLINE COVER

Willow is a curious young woman who lives in the Yggdrasil, a city-sized tree host to dozens of villages eking out a living in the post-collapse world. On occasion, she plunges down into the dark and unmapped roots of Yggdrasil, trying to find rare plants or technological relics from the past. On a sortie to a new location, Willow finds a strange living statue that calls itself Suzy. In speaking to this statue, Willow starts to feel compelled towards helping this lost soul. However, before she can help Suzy, she must deal with the pushback at home, as not everyone believes Suzy to be the same kind person that Willow does.

So if you want to read a story about a plant-person and a robot meeting each other, realizing the separation between them, and working towards bridging the gap, consider buying Chlorophyll and Gasoline! It’s on amazon, only 1.99, and a paperback version is coming out soon!

Link to buy

cover by @lidijadraws

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BOTH I like both both are good. YA fantasy is lighter usually and has some heavy themes but not as heavy as adult fantasy gets into and it's great but then sometimes you want those gruesome heavy themes and like yeah. Both.

Bookish Ask

Quick! Young adult fantasy or adult fantasy??

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I want to cry

New tag game

Type in “I want” to reveal your greatest desire

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Kinda fucked up how cis women are allowed to abandon feminity in the name of feminism but trans women are forced to adopt it just to be recognized as women

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......Okay I think I'm on board now thanks @bookcub xD

So I know that you absolutely adore “The Name Of The Wind” but as someone who finds it difficult to read things from male authors in general (especially in the fantasy genre) how much stereotypical male fantasy nonsense goes on. (Ex. How many chapters till you reach the first named female character, how many ppl in the main party and of them how many are well written female characters, if there is a female protagonist is she relegated to healer or archer) (1 of 2)

This isn’t a judgement on anyone who does or doesn’t enjoy it we all have different preferences and one isn’t better than the other. I’ve just been reading in the fantasy genre for so long and I have a very long list a recommendations to get through in this lifetime that I don’t have the time to middle through books I know that I’m going to nit pick the entire way. But your enthusiasm for the series also makes me really wanna try it because I trust your taste. (2 of 2)

So I’ve been thinking about this topic a lot actually because it’s something that has been brought up a lot (esp recently) and it weighs on my mind a lot and makes me doubt myself. (also, I appreciate the no judgement comment, I feel very judged sometimes for liking this book and being a feminist) So I’ve decided I’m going to tell you facts and my opinion and then you can use that information to make an informed decision, okay? 

First, to answer your questions, it takes about 268 pages for the first major female character to appear (Denna!!!). In the frame story, there are no major women, although it is majorly Kote, Bast, and Chronicler, it still frustrates me. And most of those 200 and some odd pages focuses solely on Kvothe, so there are maybe two prominent male characters introduced who have yet to come back into the story (unlike Denna), and one male villain who has briefly returned. And only one of those three was really fleshed out, so it’s more forgivable in my eyes than most fantasy novels written by men.

There really isn’t a main party of protagonists, it is Kvothe who sometimes includes his friends on his shenanigans. Denna is a major player in many of them. Fela, Devi, and and Mola also all play key roles throughout the story, although they have much smaller roles, much more comparable to Simmon and Wilem than Denna, in my humble opinion. Even without considering their small roles in the text they are very well written (and the people that say all the women in this book are in love with Kvothe clearly forget Devi and Mola as well that he is hella unreliable). Auri also has a more major role than most characters and is honestly phenomenally written by anyone’s standards and is the only character with her own spin off novella (The Slow Regard of Silent Things). (Mola is a med student tbh but none of them are archers) (Devi is considered one of the most powerful characters of the series) (and I still think Fela is a badass, anyone can fight me on that) 

Also DENNA, we need to talk about Denna. My girl has the second largest part in the series, second only to Kvothe, with significantly more “screen” time than any other character and she is constantly written off. Kvothe views her as his Manic Pixie Dream Girl and then she goes and DEFIES that trope every other page, it’s magical, I love her. I can’t really tell you her job as it’s major spoilers, but she serves as a mirror character to Kvothe. They lead very similar lives, and their gender separates them the most, showing how harmful and destructive sexism is, not only in Temerant, but in real life as well. Considering so many of fantasy readers are men who feel very entitled and are used to reading about sexism without consequences, I find this a nice subversion. And considering fans of all genders hate her, I think she just proves what a wonderful character she is and how sexism effects people on fandom level as well. 

Another notable aspect of the novel is that Patrick Rothfuss actively makes his books more feminist. The Wise Man’s Fear has significantly more female characters than the first and Slow Regard is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. (from what I can tell) Instead of ignoring cirques of sexism, he addressed them and made changes, by including more prominent female characters. It’s also worth mentioning that books (well, any media really) can have both sexist and feminist aspects to them and I think it’s important to acknowledge both.  

Another unrelated note, uh, there currently is no conclusion to the series. Pat says it’s coming. I believe him but it could be a while longer (we’re coming up on 8 years in March since book 2), so it might be worth holding out until you read the books. But on a happier note, Lin Manuel Miranda and John Rogers of Leverage are working on a TV series relating to the series, so you know that will be fan freaking tastic when we get that piece of media!!! 

Anyways, let me know if this helped, if you have any more questions, and what you ultimately decide. I’m delighted to hear you trust me and came to me for this, makes me feel great tbh.

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Studious pupper

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