#burns heir

[dead-girl-tells-stories]

DC x DP Idea

After several years, Danny and Damian meet each other again at a gala. But there was no heartfelt reunion since the moment they led eyes on each other it was all-out war. Damian takes out a sword from somewhere and Danny just starts throwing hands.

The fighting is intense, and blood is being spilled (what are those glowing green specks?). They are screaming at each other in Arabic as it's easier to slip back to your mother tongue when in rage right? This makes the fight more personal.

Most people don't understand what they're saying but those who do look at the boys then Bruce. Bruce then back to the boys again. Like B, we know you're stupid but you fucked this person twice.... did you NOT see the red flags the SECOND TIME!?!?

The fight ends with Damian on the ground with the sword grazing his neck. He looks up to Danyal with the fear of god in his eyes, knowing that with one swift movement, he'll be dead on the dance floor. But Danny's eyes were cold and tired, they were dead. No spark, no sense of life in those chilling blue depths.

Calmly, Danny spoke to Damian. His voice was crystal clear, cool like a mountain stream.

"Just because you jumped into the fire behind me doesn't mean you felt the pain I did.  Your hand was held above the flames while I was being burnt in the fucking fire."

Damian begins to cry because he knows that Danny is right. No matter what he went through, it would never compare to what happened to his big brother. Even more so, when he feels long lanky arms wrap around him, a cool hand rubbing his back soothingly, and whispers of sweet nothingness entering his ears.

He cries because no matter what he does he will never be like his big brother.

[harlivies]

#captain of team rhaenyra on the throne and alicent on her lap

[1nflicted]

my angel sweetie pie with her 1 minute of screen time

[kairospy]

We had two (2) canon facts about Regulus Black and the lack of media literacy and raging heteronormativity in this fandom still made him into a whiny little bitch

Regulus Black had more in common with Tom Riddle than any other HP character (especially Draco Malfoy) but people aren’t ready to have that conversation

[heir-of-the-chair]

New idea: How about we all, en masse, just pretend we’ve never heard of Taylor Swift. I think it would be both good for society at large and also it’d be funny to watch the swifties have a conniption about it.

[charlunday]

here have a bridgerton au

[teartra]

Indonesian’s version of The Poppy War series my beloved <3

[aurorawest]

Summer Reading Update (part 1)

Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig - 4.75/5 stars

This was a really well done retelling of Romeo and Juliet. I read another book from the Remixed Classics series, Dear Henry, and while that one was also good, it felt like it adhered too slavishly to The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, so sometimes things seemed to be happening only because they happened in the original. And I haven't actually read the original book, it was just...easy to tell. Teach the Torches to Burn never felt like that, and I loved how it fleshed out so many of the characters from the play.

You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian - 5/5 stars

I feel like tumblr sings this one's praises enough that I don't really have to, but—everyone should read this. Everyone should read all of Cat Sebastian's books. I think I liked this one better than We Could Be So Good, but that could just be because I've found myself becoming more and more of a sucker for sports romances.

Unhallowed by Jordan L Hawk - 4.75/5 stars

Sad to say goodbye to the Whyborne and Griffin series, but I already love this spinoff!

Soul of Ash by HL Moore - 3.75/5 stars

Crow's Fate by Kim Fielding - 3.75/5 stars

The Sleeping Soldier by Aster Glenn Gray - 5/5 stars

I sound like a broken record re: Aster Glenn Gray, but please read her books. If you like Cat Sebastian's mid-century romances (like You Should Be So Lucky!) you like Aster Glenn Gray. This one is ostensibly a Sleeping Beauty retelling, but one where the sleeper actually sleeps for 100 years. In this case, it's a Union soldier who is put in an enchanted sleep in 1865 and wakes up in 1965 and oh my god, it's so good. It examines racism, it examines toxic masculinity, it examines homophobia, and how same-sex platonic affection became taboo. I'm pretty sure this woman has never written a bad book, but this may be her best.

Alec by Kaje Harper - 3.75/5 stars

Artemis by Andy Weir - 3.75/5 stars

Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell - 4.75/5 stars

I loved this one! There are so many books about Faerie and they can be pretty hit or miss for me, but this one struck just the right balance of otherworldly, inhuman creatures and characters I could root for. Shrike and Wren were lovely.

Imperfect Illusions by Vanora Lawless - DNF at pg 56

Orchestrated Love by AJ Buchanan - DNF at pg 1

Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby - 4.25/5 stars

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - 5/5 stars (reread)

The Only Light Left Burning by Erik J Brown - 5/5 stars

Excellent sequel about what happens after you make it to the last bastion of civilization after the apocalypse.

Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai - DNF at pg 12

A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles - 5/5 stars

Oh man. This may have displaced the Will Darling Adventures as my favorite KJ Charles book. Wonderful MCs, A+ side character arcs, and villains you really loved to hate. I rambled on a lot about this book to my wife after I finished it.

Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender - DNF at pg 156

His Lordship's Secret by Samantha SoRelle - 3.75/5 stars

Us, Et Cetera by Kit Vincent - 5/5 stars

Cinderella retelling with androids but Christ on a bike was this a painful read. Really, really well done. Highly recommended.

Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer - 5/5 stars

My 5 star rating diverges pretty sharply from the average Storygraph rating for this book, and I'm not sure why, other than maybe people thinks it's PrObLeMaTic. It was definitely not a super happy book, though it ends on a good note (that's a pun btw!). I thought it was a great book about a period that isn't often written about (1890s Paris) with a fascinating protagonist (who was a real person).

Dark Heir by CS Pacat - 5/5 stars

It's a CS Pacat book; it's the sequel to Dark Rise; obvs I loved it. I don't understand why this series is shelved under YA except that Pacat's publisher thinks more people will buy them. This series is the gay Lord of the Rings you always wanted and somehow is an even slower burn than Captive Prince.

Of Knights and Books and Falling in Love by Rita A Rubin - DNF at pg 50

Cover Story by Valerie Gomez - DNF at pg 176

Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace - 4/5 stars

[isasunbee]

I have deep complicated feelings about Devon

[notfeelingthyaster]

faegon being aegon or faegon or blackfyre or dragonseed or varys' secret child: who cares, he's a loser

he needs to marry his probable aunt so hard bc his claim is as flimsy as his hair color, and she is the one with actual dragons and armies (he has the golden company which is nothing to scoff at but it actually doesn't help to disprove he is a blackfyre) and a conquesting story

sucks to suck, loser (i actually love him) (but he is a big ass loser)

[marcaeltonox]

[waroftheposes]

Maybe Sarcean did become evil and Will will do evil things

But I really want to believe that he was pushed to it, though that might be because I love Will

also there's a line in Violet's last chapter where she's like "Will was the only one pushing for us to stop the army" like later she'll realize that he was trying to be good and I think that's important

also also I'm the kind of girl who sees things like "Sun King" and "Sun Queen" and immediately goes that's sus

[rowena-rain]

Chapter 2 Update!

I couldn't get the idea out of my head, so I started writing a fic based on @stolenviolet's gorgeous art: Accidental Baby AU

When Voldemort hits Harry with the Killing Curse in the Forbidden Forest, it fails yet again. Only this time, instead of ending a life, it creates one.

Regardless of how sweet and lighthearted and insanely adorable the original artwork is, this is NOT a cute, fluffy accidental baby acquisition rom com. It is a dark, angsty accidental baby acquisition slow burn.

Please heed the ao3 tags :) I'm not 100% sure how Dead Dove-ish this will get, but we're trying to stay in-character here, and Voldemort is his own warning!!

Read from the beginning here

[azurechicken]

Nathaniel not being romanceable in Awakening means nothing to me (or to my Cousland for that matter). It doesn't mean he isn't romanceable at all. Awakening is just the beginning. It's the mutual pinning, the slow burn, the i met my childhood friend and now they are my enemy? They are learning. Learning to live with the tragedy of their families and their intertwined fate. Also learning about each other after such a long time spent apart. And they are casually ending darkspawn after darkspawn while doing so. Shamelessly ogling each other despite the gore. Honorable nobles to unhinged Wardens saving the world from the Blight. Childhood friends to brief enemies to unapologetically flirting colleagues. They will get together, but the narrative will end before they do.

[widowshill]

the locket, motherhood, & marriage.

139 / 139 / 136 / 136 / 191 / 191 / 191 / 142 / 134 / 143 / 143 / 144 / 144 / 139 script / 144 / 280 / 144 / 144 / 192 / 279 / 279 / 279 / 279 / 143

[lesters-houseofaus]

did some...okay sprite edits based on if the proposed heirs looked like their predecessors. essentially, what they look like in the beast heirs au :

and the explanations are below!!!

Milkshake (Ice Juggler) Cookie – Changed the right eye colour to match the eyes of Shadow Milk Cookie, as well as giving her a simalar marking to their predecessor.

Maejap-gwa (Vagabond) Cookie – Addad a slit pupil and altered the hair. Also added designs similar to the petals lotus that Mystic Flour Cookie is often depicted sitting atop of on the bottom of his pants.

Pink Sherbert (Princess) Cookie – Made her hairclip things into halves of butterflies to match the wing headband that Eternal Sugar has. Also added more shiny bits to the hair and small pinkish-purple eyelashes. Also added the hair bits that her predecessor has.

Capascin Cookie – barely any changes. Hair is slightly more curly, and the horns have some extra branches to match the red hair thing that Burning Spice Cookie has on the front of their head.

Salt and Pepper (Mercurial Knight) Cookie – light blue gems swapped for purple to match Silent Salt's colour scheme. More hair streaks added to imbue the salt and pepper of his (made up) namesake, and little bits of purple in the eyes.