#That’s it tho chapter 4 I didn’t change bc it’s peak

[askamnesiamoonjumper]

me after editing the aau prologue for the bajillionth time

[1kook]

hiiii i hope ur well i hate asking bc i don’t want u to think i am complaining or begging (i am kinda begging, hands and knees) or anyth i kno u were on a break and as u should <33 well deserved, good break !!! but but but i have to ask … abt …. Born Sinner …. *hides* im sorry i just miss church boy n just was wondering if u ever … like see in the future urself updating it again im sorry i had to ask ok ok i love u i love ur mind i love ur works and i love born sinner sm if u ever update again or not it’s rly one of my fav works evr and i think abt it all the time . Ur mind is just that amazing ok okok i love u n hope ur well n happy and i wish u the best yami :* 💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻 ilyyyy

🫶🏻😎 hi hello thanks for ur kind words!! long answer + answers for zoom jk as well just cuz, not cut bc I figure most ppl who followed for writing r wondering too lol

first off, I have generally not had time to write with school and the chronic guilt I feel whenever I’m not studying teehee just girly things, BUT concerning born sinner and zoom jk, I actually kinda wanna delete those 2 series and write them anew.

I feel like a huge downfall with church boy was that it tackled some pretty deep themes and the direction it was going felt slow and really far off, thus making it hard for me to find motivation in writing it bc the end just seemed so far away. I had planned for it to be about 8ish chapters, and each one being over 7k and trying to put those out on regular basis didn’t work out.

i love the concept of church boy, but overtime i kinda came to feel dissatisfied with his character. I mean. yn’s pov was often very short in the chapters, but if that WAS ME and I was dating a guy who was so deeply religious, he felt the need to blame his shortcomings on ME? girl what 😑 she’s definitely no pushover, but i did feel she was too accommodating at times (even tho i was planning on having her stand her ground in future installments). I love the idea of the story being from jk’s perspective bc it was after all about him going through a huge change in life, but I felt like his constant emotional turmoil and hyper fixation on sex was turning him into a rather unlikeable guy, which is something I don’t want 😭 he felt misogynistic at times and I hated that :/ whenever I had to write his thoughts I was kinda like yuck. Ew. lol, and I also always had to be thinking “ok, but how is he going to compensate for being like this?”

With zoom jk, I kinda felt the same lol but more annoyed with the story’s pace. I feel like the first 4 only 4 ghahbsbwhs chapters could easily have been one chapter that set the stage, introduced the universe, etc. HOWEVER I do think the progression was realistic for the story it was telling; come on lol, you’re not gonna be instant besties with a classmate you’re meeting for the first time over zoom during a lockdown. so I felt like I couldn’t really do much to change that. but like I said it was more so the format I did it in.

at the time I posted both these stories, it was fall of 2020, which was kinda “peak” lockdown where I live. everything was closed or remote, so I had a lot of time to focus on writing. however, now it’s almost fall of 2022 and the circumstances are not the same anymore, which has made writing very hard to do for me.

hope that answer helps !!

[stephanericherthanyou]

Ch11-20

Ch11: Back Leachbomb or Mom

i’ve been resisting posting all the chapter covers but i just--tatsuhime

[insert pleading emoji here] i adore them

Ch12: The Gate of the End

fraccion prototype?

this one also has a cool cover...i think about one of those satire wikis a lot, idr which one it was but the entry for kubo was like “big time fashion designer who didn’t make it as a manga artist (bleach & zombiepowder have been forgotten except in trivia about the fashion guy)” or something...i liked this about the furuba chapter covers too, everyone is in seriously cool fashion...anyway, peak visuals, gg

oh interesting - iirc in the anime it was rukia who said that yuuichi’s mom would be waiting for him (perhaps i am wrong?), but in the manga it’s ichigo and that changes things a *lot*

Ch13: Bad Standard

kon *and* urahara at once, wrow

Ch14: School Daze!!

i wonder if the refs here to contemporary (to the early 2000s) pop culture were that way originally or if it was just the translation...it’s likely keigo’s attempt to teach the bird to say he looks like celebs was, but is the “only bru//ce willis” line?

Ch15: Jumpin’ Jack Jolted

Ch16: Wasted but Wanted

I LOVE when two charas are fighting a common enemy and also each other and then the common enemy interrupts their fight and they are Not Having It

& related to this, i do wonder who knows and how much about urahara and his dealings. obviously he’s able to get goods from soul society, and shinigami know about him (iirc he found rukia after ch1 tho, so she didn’t already know about him). so how open is the secret? his non-shinigami customer base would be like...the vizards and maaaaaybe ryuuken, tho i always assumed (or maybe it’s shown/stated) that he sells regular old human stuff too

Ch17: 6/17

ahh...memories in the rain, everything but the rain, *george lucas voice* it’s like poetry it rhymes

Ch18: 6/17 Op.2 Can’t Smile Don’t Blame

i do like that kubo chose a concrete date for when masaki died.

also the interspersing of the family going to the grave with tatsuki explaining everything to orihime...

Ch19: 6/17 Op.3 Memories in the Rain

if it weren’t the middle of the day i’d be playing the “drink whenever there’s dramatic irony” game (this time wrt kon’s remark on rukia losing friends bc she’s too focused on her work)

it’s easy to lose sight of rukia just hanging out in the world of the living, sleeping in ichigo’s closet, etc, but she’s isolated from her friends, in deep trouble wrt the “gave up all my powers to a human by accident” thing, and there’s no one she feels she can really reach out to. :(

*slams down imaginary glass* HOOOOBOY mrs ishida made sure of that

i’ve never actually seen ‘this is us’ but i’ve read some of the vulture recaps and this chap actually reminded me of the latest (sorry paywalled) a bit? you have a mom who is a superwoman to her kids to some degree and they want to be the ones who protect her but don’t know how, and have built up an unrealistic image of her....tho, obviously, the kurosaki kids were still rly young at this point, not actual adults approaching middle age

anyway, dr kurosaki, good job on not sending your kid to therapy after having witnessed his mother’s death at the age of 9! (i mean yeah this would have been the 90s and there’s the whole ghost thing, but...at least recognize your kid’s carrying that guilt around with him and talk to him about it in the ensuing 6-7 years)

Ch20: 6/17 Op.4 Face Again

“I don’t have a method of stepping into the depths of your heart without it getting dirty. So I’ll wait.” nnn

[moonlit-imagines]

Headcanons for being Jane Foster’s child

Jane Foster x child!reader

Thor Odinson x Foster!child!reader

warnings:

a/n: no not a foster child, jane foster’s child 😌 also im so super glad you liked those!!! hope these are just as good!!! and im genuinely so sorry these took so long

prompt: anonymous: “Hey! I just read the Tony Stark x Potts!child!reader HC and I loved it! Would you do the same but with Thor and Jane? ❤️”

no babysitter = go to work with mom

dr. selvig gave you a rubik’s cube to keep you entertained

“fuck that! here, y/n, you can play my DS” -darcy

“can you not swear in front of my child?” -jane

you thought tonight would be boring, but then your mom and darcy collectively hit a homeless guy with a car!

“holy crap, we’re all going to jail!” -you

“don’t say ‘crap,’ y/n! we need to get him to a hospital!” -jane

ngl this dude was kinda funky

darcy used her taser and your mom covered your eyes, but you still peaked ;)

ride to the hospital

“don’t touch him, y/n”

“sorry, doc”

and the very next day you guys stole him 💕

“mr. thor, where are you from?”

“i am from asgard! it is much different from this realm, but your’s is adequate, i suppose”

“thanks?”

you could see the way your mom looked at him, though

he ate all the pop tarts >:(

she gave thor her ex boyfriends clothes

“yeah, donald was a real ass—” -you

“don’t say ‘ass.’ darcy curses too much” -jane

“sorry, mom...anyways, donald forgot to pick me up from soccer practice like, a dozen times. he sucked” -you

“this ‘donald’ doesn’t seem like a very good man...also, what is ‘soccer?’” -thor

you grabbed a soccer ball and tried to show him how to play but there was some other stuff the *scientists* had to take care of

you were a regular at izzy’s diner (well, mom was) and they always made you cute pancakes in different shapes!!

“ah, it’s a smiley face! that’s adorable!” -thor

“yeah! they like to surprise me whenever i come in. they’re pretty awesome” -you

*your mom literally beaming at how good thor is with you already*

you and thor were drawing on paper placemats

and then he broke a glass and you started giggling hdhshshs

but he had to leave

“no, thor, please don’t go!”

“i hope to meet you again one day, little one. hopefully fate sees it through”

:((((

no time to be sad bc ur mom’s lab got hijacked by the government

“hey, no fair! that’s my diary!” -you

“sorry, kid. there are constellation drawings we have to observe” -coulson

“aw, you draw constellations? wait, not now. you can’t just take all our stuff. especially that! that belongs to a child!” -jane

“sic ‘em, y/n!” -darcy

“don’t listen to darcy, y/n” -selvig

chilling in the trailer and missing thor bc he was the most interesting thing to happen to you and your mom in a while

and you wanted her to be happy even tho he was kind of crazy

“hey, mom? do you want to watch the stars tonight like we used to do? we could make s’mores?”

“that sounds like a great idea, baby! i’ve gotta go take care of some science stuff, so i’ll pick up some s’mores stuff while i’m out. love you!”

yeah she went to go see thor and he kinda got arrested but your mom came back home so you could watch the stars!

“so, do you like thor?” -you

“what? what makes you say that?” -jane

“it’s cool if you do, i think he’s awesome. a little weird, but at least he’s nice”

then thor and selvig came home and selvig was drunk as a skunk

*poking him while he giggles and tells you about thor*

“i wish your grandfather could have met that guy! he would have loved him...i wish you met your grandfather, too” -selvig

thor inviting you back outside

“i’d like you to teach me more about this ‘soccer’”

by the time you guys were done, it was 3am and you were too pumped to go to sleep

so thor told you stories of his home and battle and family

you didn’t want him to stop, you were fascinated by it all

and uhhhh yeah then earth kinda had some vikings show up

they told you that you’d “make a fine warrior one day”

and then yall got attacked by a ????? a what??? a destroyer???????

“get y/n out of here now! they shouldn’t have to see this!” -thor

you were still nearby and saw thor become thor again

after he was done fighting the destroyer, you ran to give him a hug

“that was awesome! can i hold your hammer?”

“maybe someday, little one”

then you didn’t see him for 2 years

which upset your mom a good bit, you had to help her through that episode. lots of sitting on the couch and eating ice cream together talking about how he wasn’t worth her time even tho you missed him too

but he came back! and then your mom sent everything flying bc she had an “infinity stone” inside her and thor took you two to asgard

“y/n! you’ve grown so much, i almost didn’t recognize you!” -thor

tbh you really digged the outfit they gave you, but also you were on another planet? thor insisted on giving you a tour (by flying you around)

“i do hope you’re having fun, little one!”

worrying about your mom simultaneously bc you overheard she was sick

but asgard got attacked and you and jane were confined to a room in the palace, which sucked because you wanted to see it all

but thor sent guards to bring you anything to keep you entertained

“maybe we’ll skip the mace for now, thank you” -jane

after several events that count as child endangerment, this chapter came to an end and your mom and thor finally made it official

loki called you a rodent and then saved your life so you were kinda iffy about him

about a year or two later, your mom had to travel a great deal in order to get some work done, so you were left in the care of thor, who took you to avengers tower

“oh, my girlfriend’s child is an angel! and they’re so intelligent, just like their mother!” -thor gushing to other partygoers

“yeah, thor, your ‘angel’ is sneaking drinks from the elderly” -tony

*sipping his beer* “they’re a growing teenager”

you did have an amazing time interacting with the avengers

and once they tried grabbing the hammer, you knew you had to get in on it (but you failed like the rest)

“don’t worry, my y/n, you have to be eighteen years of age to be able to lift mjölnir!” -thor

“oh, that makes sense!” -you, while thor aggressively shakes his head at the other avengers. he just wanted to make sure you didn’t feel bad you weren’t worthy yet :(

more child endangerment but really what did you expect?

thor went off world and your mom split it off w him but you did have his email so you were still in contact with him

swearing you saw odin on the street once or twice (fast forward)

and then your mom dusted and thor found you as soon as he possibly could, it was so good to see him

he took you in since you were alone now, you moved to new asgard and became prince(ss) of the new land by relation?? makes sense right

basically you and valkyrie made all the calls while thor grieved for years

but he still took care of you

“y/n, would you like to play video games with me? i think it may be a good bonding experience, what do you say?” -thor

“duh!”

uncle korg made you help him with fortnite while thor was asleep

you wished to wield stormbreaker one day

showing thor earth media! his favorite star wars character is r2-d2 dont ask why

he taught you asgardian recipes and you taught him...earth recipes?

when he was drunk he’d ramble on about his childhood and battle and enemies and jane and loki and hela and frigga and literally anything that came to mind

“y/n, could you please get me a beer? and get one for yourself, too” -thor

valkyrie most definitely gave you some battle training so you you blow off some steam, you were glad she taught you how to fight like a true warrior

thor wanted to teach you battle tactics so you could fight alongside him, but he never got around to it

a raccoon and bruce banner visited later on, proposing a way to get your family back, thor was an emotional wreck

his debriefing on the reality stone was tense when he started crying about your mom and everyone stared at you

“hey, don’t look at me. i don’t control the god, i just keep him company”

ending up waiting 1 second for the avengers to come back from their mission, resulting in you being stuck in the middle of a very heavy battle

“y/n, get out of here!” -thor

“don’t worry, thor! valkyrie taught me a few moves!”

“you make me incredibly proud, little one!”

“i’m not so little anymore, am i?”

“you will always be my little one, y/n. blood or not, that will not change!”

victory, but at what cost? it was a rough ride, you needed to get patched up, but your mom was finally home and thor...he decided it was time to leave earth again

“don’t worry, my y/n. i will see you again.” *tearing up* “i’m so glad i got the pleasure of raising you these past few years. i love you dearly, now go be with your mother”

you straight up wanted to bawl your eyes out right there

“well, y/n, you’re next in line for the throne of new asgard. what is your first command?” -valkyrie

“actually, i think you’d make a much better ruler than me. i’ve got to spend some time with my mother now that she’s home”

“you’re so much like him, you know that?”

staying with your mother, who was diagnosed with cancer not long after returning from the soul stone (a/n: jane getting cancer is canon in the comics and confirmed for thor 4)

“i missed five years of your life and now i’m sick, that’s just our luck, isn’t it?” -jane

she was understandably upset, but she also felt guilty

“mom, don’t beat yourself up. everything is okay, we’re still together right now. i won’t be going anywhere, i promise”

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[khaleesiofalicante]

"You are always haunted by the idea you're wasting your life" Chuck Palahniuk

The curses I let out in 4 different languages may give you an idea of how much I want to murder Zara Dearbitch!!! Lets get into this:

What are the meds for??? Please, I just want answers😭😭

Fuck Asmodeus and Shinyun😒

“Everyone should be scared of spiders! They have eight legs for fuck’s sake!” I relate to Alec bc I'm also, fucking scared of spiders!!!! AND WE ALL SHOULD!!

Istg there are no words to express how much I want to punch Zara!!!

"Because safe sex is important,” I like her 💙

“Homosexuality is an ugly sin, Alec!” she yells after them. “So is your face!” Alec yells back. SAZZY ALEC IT THE BEST😎

Because unfortunately, the world has more Zaras than Alexanders. The world is a bitch sometimes tbh...

People who know what a mango looks like + Jace THIS TITLE OMG😂😂

Simon being the only one who knows how to BBQ is so canon!!!

Young Mavid have my heart😭I miss them!!

Fucking Zara indeed

Max is obviously her favorite one😂

MAGNUS LOOKS SO FUCKING GOOD AND THE MENTAL IMAGE HOLY FUCK 😍😍😍

“Let them look,” Alec shrugs. “That’s all they can do anyway.” THATS GROWTH

THE WAY I SCREAMED. I HATE ZARA SO MUCH OMFG HOW DID SHE FOUND OUT??!?

My Rafael 🥺🥺🥺

Catarina is the best honestly 💙✨

I want to protect this man with my soul!!!

Wow. I need to know did he get that statement from Asmodeus

HONESTLY WOMAN I LOVE AND I HATE THE FORESHADOWING!! EVERY TIME I THINK I'M GOING TO FIND OUT SOMETHING YOU PUT THE "..." AND AHHH 😭

I wouldn’t mind sinning if I can get rid of Zara that way 🔪🙂

Fuck Valentine, Shinyun and Asmodeus!!!

I would pay to be in that pride party😍😍

THE tarantula scene omg jdhsijslausk

I also love Max with my heart, but I wouldn’t cuddle with that thing if my life was depending on it. RIP to you Alec, but I'm different :)

"Because justice didn’t have prime delivery like Amazon did." Unfortuately😔

YES TO GOTTEN RID OF DEARN**** DAILY, NO TO HASHTAG REALITIES🔪🔪

I draw the line at Mavid, Zara!!! THATS WHERE I DRAW THE FUCKING LINE!! AHHH. I was trying not to scream here bc my parents were sleeping right beside me and it was so hard kdjdjdj

Now I'm curious bc in Part 2 Jace wasnt "In NYC" but now Zara said he returned?? When? How? Why? MORE QUESTIONS 😭

“You spat on her face outside the supreme court,” he deserves and award for this tbh

Max changing the hashtag to #aleclightwoodissexy is a mood 😎

HOLY FUCK MAGNUS!! AGAIN LOOKING SMOKING HOT??? AND ANGRY?? It should be illegal

Magnus calling her out was the most satisfying thing ever. It cured my anxiety, cleared my skin, gave me peace-

Alec being like: He is hot. And angry. Guess I'll be turned on by this 😔

MAGNUS PROTECTOR MODE IS MY REASON TO LIVE!!! BURN HER TO THE GROUND😍

Of course it was Shinyun😒

Yesss babes, you raised two beautiful boys🥺🥺

Max, even with all his anger and recklessness, only hurts himself. MOOD. honestly tho, are you ok, bro??

Max is neither a predator nor an idiot. @zaradearbornofficial Kindly fuck off. HIM>>>>>

THE RINGS!!! MAGNUS RINGS!! Now I WANT them too. One day I'm gonna buy them and its going to be the best and most bisexual thing ever 😎

HE REACHED PEAK BISEXUALITY INDEED. I LOVE HIM JDBDJDNSK

@zardearbornofficial if you want to call someone out I suggest you call out what Valentine is doing to trans kids in Texas. #whereisjusticeindeed HE IS A LEGEND, HE IS AN ICON, HE IS THE MOMENT💙💙💙

Conclusion of this chapter: Zara, not kindly at all, fuck off!!

Now i have to go bc today will be a hella busy day😂 Byeeee. Remember to eat healthy💚

That quote is 🥺🥺🥺

I hope your day goes well, love.

Here is Max in the last chapter 😎

[amariemelody]

I just finished Chapter 11: The Heiress and I...finally see why a lot of people aren’t about that Bo-Karen. 

I’m not about that Bo-Karen, either. 

And I know this episode was directed by none other than Bryce Dallas Howard, who did my much beloved Chapter 4: Sanctuary, but...wow, I think so far this is the only episode out of both seasons that I can’t see myself re-watching and re-watching again and again for sheer enjoyment. 

Now, perhaps if I did rewatched I might change my mind, but I don’t...feel that Bo-Karen really caused Din an existential crisis. And I say that bc 1.) so much of her interactions with Din feels rooted in condescension, underhandedness, and general disregard and 2.) at the very least, we never got a scene in the episode showing Din going through such a crisis. Maybe later on in this new season we will. Let’s see. 

And Din being a Latinx man of color-a man of color who’s a single father-being talked down to by a white woman who has ambitions she is not transparent about with him from the beginning and overall have nothing to do with him (”That’s not part of my plan. I’ve been quested with returning this Child to the Jedi.”)?

Then Din was the one to pull that Imperial ship out of the deadly nosedive? Din was the one to take all of that fire from those stormtroopers? Din Djarin has balls of steely beskar and a heart of melted beskar, but I could barely breathe seeing gifs of that scene and I could hardly keep down my dinner finally seeing it in action. 

I just watched a single father of color being tricked by a white woman into a bigger, more dangerous job than he signed up for. And he still did the heaviest, hardest work of said job. 

...That’s some peak Karen energy and I truly didn’t enjoy it. 

Koska Reeves stays fine as hell, tho. I still want her to save me from a sea monster. And it was lovely to see Mrs. Frog Lady and Mr. Frog Gentleman unite and birth their children. 

But...yeah, no re-watching this one for me. 

[swordmaid]

what’s ur show brienne essay 👀

a.) they never understood her character and it shows b.) they got her wrong from the START— but I’m talking about season 3 brienne bc I don’t remember much of the show now (thank GOD) —especially with that line post jaime maiming when they made her say ‘you sound like a bloody woman’ when brienne was NOT like that at all in the books. they’ve erased the fundemental thing about brienne which is despite all that shitty stuff she went through, she’s still NICE. she’s a good person with a kind heart and yeah you can argue that show brienne is older and more hardened than book brienne, but wouldn’t she still be kind hearted? a fundemental thing about brienne is that she has that duality. she IS BOTH the lady and the knight like oh my god her fucking sigil is pink and blue, sun and moon. her island has two castle: morne and evenfall which is day and night, she’s literally about duality and they erased that aspect of her and LITRALLY shove her in the tough female character box just to show that look omg a woman that CAN fight hand she’s ALSO one of the boys!! she’s not like other women!! and of course adaptation doesn’t always mean it’s going to stay true to it’s origins I can accept if there’s like, slight changes but it’s the fact that she kind of feels like a whole new character imo. not to mention her treatment of pod for the majority of their time was like, shit, and she didn’t even need to treat him like shit but she DID (the only time I’m pretty sure was she started treating him less like this was in s7/more in s8) while book brienne was nothing but kind to podrick.

and besides all THAT, her story is gone lol. they’ve erased LSH arc from the show which is supposed to be—and going to be (I’m pretty damn sure it WILL be lol) about brienne’s honor and it was gonna be her big jaime moment, instead, they had her wait for a candle for an entire season which was like, super fucking dumb. they’ve also erased her significance in the road trip by taking out the weirwood dream or the I dreamed of you. like she STILL has a role there and I’m not denying that they didn’t form that relationship or whatever, but that scene was hella important to Jaime’s character especially bc it lays the fucking ground work to his narrative arc but considering that he didn’t even HAVE one in the show (when they sacrificed LSH they sacrificed HIS character as well + the many more changes they did but I won’t talk about that here) I guess it wasn’t that important? LOL. ALSO, the stannis execution and rescuing sansa was so dumb I’m sorry it really was how did she have time to behead stannis then go for sansa as well IN MY OPINION the scene should’ve gone that she decides to go for stannis, but she sees pod in danger so she has to choose between killing this guy who she has like, 3 seasons worth of grudge that you kinda forgot about OR go save this innocent man and uphold the knightly vows that she’s been following. That would give more depth to her character and ALSO strengthen her dynamic with pod. stannis can maybe die somewhere if they stopped needing him idk he’s not important here but WHAT IS IMPORTANT is that show brienne ACTUALLY has a plot line going on and making choices that can lead to consequences instead of that thing they did where they kinda made her go through that checklist that was like: 1.) kill stannis ✔️ 2.) rescue sansa ✔️ 3.) take sansa back to winterfell ✔️ 4.) become sansa’s bodyguard ✔️ like what about arya tho the vow she made to catelyn is BOTH to her daughters and not just sansa why did she stop looking for her when she personally knows that she’s still alive. and like after that kerfuffle what is her story??

at that point in the game I’m not expecting her to follow book brienne’s story anymore because she’s such a different character but I’m ALSO expecting her to have her own story of some sorts but she literally,,,, she literally does not. she doesn’t have one. she becomes sansa’s errand runner, she –once again– has to remind jaime about honor and doing the right thing because he’s somehow incapable of doing that when she’s not around (book jaime CANT RELATE), look at her roll her eyes and be visibly uncomfortable about tormund’s leering that is peak comedy guise, here let’s put her in the kingsguard where you throw away all your life to become YET another bodyguard for this person you’ve literally NOT shared a scene with nor had no signifant connection with, let’s make fun of her virginity even though her name is the MAID of tarth and she’s a highborn lady with no husband so it was expected of her to be a virgin, let’s just bask in gwendoline christie’s amazing presence because that’s what WE deserve however she did NOT deserve that. she deserved a character that had a purpose! she deserved no chance and no choice! you can tell that she tries to emulate book brienne in her scenes but the script really says different and it’s SO frustrating because we could’ve had a really good thing going but we didn’t. UGH.

and am i getting flayed for this?? maybe and it’s what I deserve, but I honestly don’t like how she’s supposed to act like, the paragon of good for jaime and she has to keep telling him to do the right thing over and over like he’s not an adult man that’s incapable of making his own decisions—once again book jaime CAN’T relate. this one is minor maybe nit picking but we’re here now SO i don’t like how she’s the one that named oathkeeper because it was important for jaime to name it HIMSELF because HE’S the one who decided that he’ll keep the vow he made for catelyn and it’s important for US to know that but they changed the scene around and it became more like brienne charged him to keep the vow (harrenhal scene), brienne naming the sword oathkeeer bc he decided to go through with it.

like mind you I was predominantly a show watcher, and brienne was my favorite character before—and she still is now don’t get me wrong LOL—but like watching the show then going into the books, the changes are SO drastic and honestly it’s really sad how they threw a lot of the aspects that made her special away to compartilize her in this one box just because they couldn’t be fucked to read her chapters.

[mousehole5000]

more tgcf chapters 143-173 lets goooooo

PEI MING BOO HISS except actually okay he’s mostly funny i think but still boo hiss

“hey who’s this guy who’s really pissed at you?” “oh thats my sword. i broke it.” alright then!

i think i need to go back and reread the banyue pass arc bc im still confused as to whats going on with banyue and pei su

“Banyue dropped from the sky with two pots raised. Without a word, she plummeted with the mouths of the pots facing down, trapping and detaining the shocked Ming’guang and the roaring Ke Mo within.” - THATS MY GIRL

“It must be known that, to heavenly officials, it certainly was more than natural for kingdoms of the mortal realm to fight and annihilate one another; the acts of these plays progressing on endlessly. But when it came their own turn, it was often hard to let things go. If one must stand in the same court as the one who annihilated their own kingdom, and that man cavorted in the heavens, exceedingly flashy, then it must be vexing.” - hmmmm!!

“I’ve spoken too many words in this lifetime. What are you referring to?” - okay to be fair thats a mood

okay its nice to get some pei ming backstory and its funny that he and xie lian are bonding but also still whenever pei ming interacts with a female character my hackles rise like a cat lol

“Xie Lian watched as Banyue thought really hard before cheerfully pulling out a few long, wine-red scorpion-snakes, and putting them into the bubbling pot.” - THATS MY GIRL

“Although “smell” was something colourless and formless, the instant Banyue removed the pot cover, it was as if some mysterious physical object had twisted all the air around the mouth of that pot. The group stared at the sight within the pot for a long time. Their pupils reflected an endless, bottomless darkness; like it could pull them into the abyss. No words could describe the sentiment expressed within their eyes. A moment later, Xie Lian patted Banyue’s shoulder and gave a thumbs-up.” - like father-figure like daughter-figure. amazing.

“However, what if one day mortals discovered something completely new that ran faster than horses? Then, when this new invention overtook horses, worshippers of this heavenly official who controlled horses would inevitably decrease. Such heavenly officials, flashing by like shooting stars, made up the majority of the heavens.” - obsessed with this, genuinely. life and change. worship and its purpose. my religious studies diploma on my wall is screaming at me rn. ALSO i am once again thinking about celebrities

“...” It was only then that Pei Ming seemed to notice, and started to contemplate this question. A moment later, he answered, “A habit. In a dark, creepy place like this, isn’t it normal to hold women in your arms, to comfort them and calm their fears?” “I’m sorry, but I wasn’t scared,” Banyue said.” - BANYUE I LOVE YOU. I MISSED YOU SO MUCH. god this takes me back to every college party i ever went to

LING WEN BACKSTORY????? shoeseller chosen for godhood bc she wrote a political essay and got arrested...... and now she’s face to face with the official who appointed her..... do go on.....

“Ling Wen laughed out loud, seeming to be enraged, and her voice dropped. “Very well! You said I couldn’t reach that high. Then, might I ask you: had the prominence of the Palace of Jing Wen at its peak ever reached even the knees of my Palace of Ling Wen??” - GET HIM!!!! BOO HISS JING WEN

“Compared to you, I’m not that bad,” Ling Wen said. “You’d personally order me to stay in the Palace of Jing Wen until midnight, then turn around and say I shamelessly hang around ‘til late to harass you. Words murder without form; I was much nicer responding with blatant violence.” - ling wen im love you..... also this bit... feels Real

BLOOD RAIN BLOOD RAIN BLOOD RAIN!! FLOWER PETALS TRANSFORMATION!!! see hua cheng? look as how cool it can be when you leave the story for a little while!! bc then you get to return and make an entrance!!

“Not only can you bring forth bloody rain, you can also make flowers shower. I didn’t know that. How fun!” - cute!! and in that moment we were all xie lian

“Everyone was stunned by his deed, and Ling Wen arduously gave him a thumbs-up. ”Ol’ Pei, what a man!” Pei Ming gritted his teeth. “WELCOME!” - aww three two tumors buddies!!

okay yin yu is here and xie lian did the equivalent of asking someone when the baby is due only to find out theyre not pregnant at all. then rong guang taunts yin yu and no one says anything. i do love the amount of awkward moments in this book tbh sometimes there are no words.

“All around was sand and mud crushing at him, exceedingly suffocating. The sand and mud was also moving endlessly; the feeling was like he was swallowed into the stomach of a giant monster, and that monster had also eaten a bunch of other things besides him, tumbling everything in its stomach, trying to digest” - ooooh creepy!!! the red string thing... is cute.... also xie lian being able to see hua cheng’s butterfly vision by looking directly into his eye is kinda cool. and obviously homoerotic.

“Are lower-ranked heavenly officials below other people?” Quan Yizhen asked. “No,” Yin Yu replied. Were they not? It was obvious that he himself didn’t believe in his own words, and Quan Yizhen also noticed. A good while later, he said bluntly, “I don’t like it here.” Yin Yu said nothing.” - im having emotions. and then yin yu also saying he doesnt like it there either.... also idk how this scene is going to play out but as much as im enjoying quan yizhen being an icon i can also possibly see how yin yu could eventually get to the point of “i am tired of being nice. i do just want to go apeshit” even if he really cares about qyz. it happens </3

“Indeed,” Hua Cheng said. “Half a year later when Quan Yizhen actually ascends, he won’t find it so funny anymore.” “Can we watch that part too?” Xie Lian asked. “We can. Hold on,” Hua Cheng replied.” - quan yizhen king of taking things literally. also why did this turn into hualian having a movie night

jian yu seems like the kind of asshole who would purposely give someone regular soda when they specifically asked for diet soda. god yin yu is really having a bad day i really feel for him in the whole situation with the brocade immortal

awww okay at least jian yu tried to take responsibility. im still mad at him tho that was objectively a terrible idea. god this whole situation sucked :(

“Rocks and earth crushed at them from all around, forcing their bodies to press tightly against one another, their faces brushing, their ears warm. Although it wasn’t the right time, a thought flashed through Xie Lian’s mind: “‘To die buried together’ doesn’t feel so bad.” - okay... im kind of emotional.... gay people....

okay obviously these murals and the prince of wuyong have some connection (im guessing pretty direct) to xie lian and are important but everytime they start analyzing one i feel like im back in art history class fhadskfhskjdhf not that thats a bad thing!! i liked art history a lot tbh

“Don’t worry, they’re not human,” Hua Cheng said. “It’s precisely because they’re not human that we have to worry, alright….” Xie Lian thought.” - goth ghost bf problems

xie lian: well, there is one person i trust more than anyone else, someone who’s first in my mind hua cheng, oblivious: oh :/ xie lian, also oblivious: what? hua cheng: you shouldnt trust so easily its dangerous xie lian: oh. haha. yeah. well. wanna,,, know who it is? hua cheng: its :) fine :) it :) doesnt :) matter :) but of course you can tell me if you want to gege xie lian, internally: well now ive made it weird hua cheng, 5 minutes later: actually i need you to tell me. right now. its totally for your security me: gay people smh

“As they suspected, he had been captured by Qi Rong. Although no one was bound by ropes, there were balls of greasily green ghost fires hovering over every one of their heads.” - completely off track but anybody else remember the great green globs of greasy grimy gopher guts song

“Could there actually come a day when Qi Rong was embarrassed that someone might see the manner in which he ate? Before Xuan Ji entered, she put Guzi down. Guzi, ta-ta-ta, ran in, rushing straight to Qi Rong’s side. But when he saw him, he pointed his finger. He cried, “Dad is eating bad things in secret again!” “I’m not!” Qi Rong retaliated.” SCREAM IS QI RONG LEARNING THE POWER OF LOVE NOOOO also god that poor man whose body he has im starting to doubt if he’ll ever be free jimmy novak flashbacks

everytime we get another ghost king power somewhere someone should be writing hua cheng the cyborg bf in a high tech futuristic au i think thats the only other potential setting that could truly capture this wild ride

“In truth, throughout history, there was no man in the world who didn’t love bragging. A breeze could blow the handkerchief of a brothel girl into a man’s hand, and he would turn around and say the most beautiful of renowned escorts had fallen in love with him; holding shoes and wiping benches for the emperor’s mistress’s uncle’s grandson’s cousin’s mistress would for sure become him being an important administrator at the residence of royal relatives, raising his status. Thus, men who didn’t brag were a rare species.” - SCREAM this is going in my favorite tgcf quotes folder god... mxtx come here let me shake your hand

read the story of rain master yushi huang’s ascension. why am i crying. also this bit im crying again me with my stuffed animals “Thus, while Yushi Huang was cultivating at the Temple of Yulong, every time when she went to seek water and passed that door, she would rub the head of that ox. The door knocker soaked in her essence of life, and when the Rain Master ascended, the ox ascended with her.”

okay thats enough for now i have 7 more chapters to book 4!!! woo!!!