#food fantasy shitpost

[altocat]

Do you think Sephiroth drinks ungodly amounts of milk when nobody's watching?

Sephiroth is only allowed to have limited quantities of dairy products thanks to his Shinra-sanctioned diet. With that said, he occasionally gets odd cravings for milk and cream when he least expects it, often late in the evening. Those catboy cravings are intense!

Upon sneaking into the break room for a meager pint or two, he's very surprised to find young Cadet Strife doing the exact same thing, leaning into the fridge with the carton halfway to his lips.

Five centuries of silence, neither of them moving.

Sephiroth (eventually): "I presume you were drinking directly from our shared supply because...?"

Cloud: "....Coffee. Yeah. Needed some for uh...coffee."

A pause.

"...You?"

Sephiroth stares, probably long enough to give the poor cadet serious cause for alarm.

Sephiroth (also eventually): "......Coffee."

And so our two future fated foes spend an extremely awkward ten minutes in each other's company at opposite ends of the table, nipping at lukewarm coffee they didn't even want.

[dappersheep]

It's Karaoke Night and for some reason a certain triple baka squad has been roped into doing one song together. Things go as expected, Raindrop just wants the song to be over.

Song: Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (Jun Fukuyama) - Koe no Oujisama Album

[yabblekabble]

Thank you gays

[thatmemeguy89]

Already hate them. I will die on that hill, but I hate Final Fantasy.

[serapojii]

DORI DORI DORI DORI DORI DORI DORI DORI

rb + credit if using !! :3

[secondstar-acorn]

The U.K. has no good fucking Mexican food I’m foaming at the fucking mouth the other day I asked my friend what a tamale was and she didn’t know

[eldritchamy]

Other places to find me:

eldritchamy.bsky.social on BlueSky

eldritchamy on Twitter

mutuals/people who have known me for years are welcome to ask about discord. if you HAVE a discord full of primarily the kind of queer/nd/activist/shitposting community that I use tumblr for, I'm open to joining it.

I do not have an active facebook and wouldn't link it here if I did.

I am also not active on TikTok, Instagram, or other places.

If you're interested in a ttrpg I've been helping develop for the last two years, check out Issliss at FableScraps. Our full rulebook will be publishing this year, but you can get a quickplay guide for free.

tl;dr for Issliss is that it's a "Biopunk*" fantasy world with very low/minimal magic. A thousand years ago, humans invaded a land of intelligent monsters. They failed, and for a millennia humans have been subjugated by three awful factions that rule the continent. Issliss runs entirely on d6s. It's designed for very streamlined combat (to minimize the amount of gameplay time spent waiting for mechanically complicated turns), and cooperation.

A human cannot make it in this world alone. But together, you might be able to make a difference and stand against the oppressive creatures who use humans as labor and food.

*a lot of things that call themselves punk are just an aesthetic with no actual punk themes. Issliss is VERY much a game about organizing small rebellions against fascist systems. The player group is literally called a "cell" and your game stats are displayed as "VECTORs" (Vigor, Endurance, Cunning, Temperament, Observation, Reflexes), i.e. how your character would be quantified on a dossier put together by your oppressors. We developed systems for "Synergy" to emphasize the theme of human players working together to achieve larger goals.

It's a game about organization, rebellion, and survival in a world that is not made for you. Check it out if you're interested. The art style is also red-green colorblind friendly!

[dandy-dog]

📌🌈🐶☀️

★ SOLAR - 23 YEARS OLD - QUEER - POLYAMOROUS - CLOSED - AUTISTIC - GNC TRANS GUY - WHITE - BRITISH - HE / HIM ★

Hey there! My name's Cody, but I generally tend to go by Solar, Ray or Sunny online. That said, you can call me pretty much whatever you want. I'm not too picky. I'm a hobbyist artist, occasional writer and professional dog who has had the misfortune of being on this here miserable hellsite (do people still call Tumblr that?) since 2014. I was around prior to then, but I didn't make an account until that point. My blog isn't NSFW, but I do sometimes reblog posts with dirty humour or references to sex. So if you're a minor or a sex-repulsed person? Be wary of that. Want to know more about me or about this blog? You can find more info under the cut! ✌️

The dividers in this post were made by @chocoperrito and you can find them here! ❤

》 WHAT'S THIS BLOG ABOUT, DOG MAN?

I'm glad you asked! This is my main blog so it's generally just a mish mash of all sorts, anything and everything pertaining to my interests goes here so it's a total free-for-all. That said, you can mostly expect reblogs about queer topics, political and social issues, different media that I like, shitposts and furry art. Lots and lots of furry art. I may occasionally post my own art here and possibly even my own writing in the future if I feel confident enough, but it's rare admittedly.

》 WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?

I am, in fact, a nuanced human person so you can argue that no matter how many things I tell you that I like? None of this will even come close to conveying the full spectrum of who I am. So do keep that in mind. That said, it doesn't mean I can't at least give you an idea of the things I enjoy so to name a few things offhandedly... I really enjoy art, writing, reading, poetry, photography, filmmaking, animation, cartoons, video games, RPGs, 3D platformers, visual novels, folk punk music, ska music, retro aesthetics, bright colours, primary colours, breakfast foods, thrifting, kitsch, antiques, tacky button-ups, animatronics, toy restoration, early 2000s internet, xenofiction, medieval fantasy, lost media, queer history, TV history, film history, furry history (namely the funny animal era and 2000s era), cooking, horror movies, folklore, cryptids, musicals, storytelling, worldbuilding, history, psychology, archaeology, zoology, etymology and space!

》 WHAT MEDIA DO YOU LIKE?

》 DO YOU HAVE A BYF / DNI?

I like a lot of different media and the ones I actively choose to engage with fluctuates pretty frequently, but currently the ones of note are... Pokémon, Warriors, Watership Down, Animal Crossing, The Lion King, Ginga Nagareboshi Gin, Beastars, The Legend of Zelda, Bugsnax, Banjo Kazooie, Viva Pinata, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Sonic The Hedgehog, Zero Escape, Ace Attorney, Another Code, Welcome To Nightvale, Little Shop Of Horrors, Ride The Cyclone, Starkid, Be More Chill, Heathers, Cats, Waitress, In The Heights, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Child's Play, The Gregory Horror Show, The Owl House, Steven Universe, Portal, Half Life, TF2, HLVRAI, What We Do In The Shadows, Our Flag Means Death, Interview With The Vampire, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Scott Pilgrim, Sam And Max, The Good Place, Gravity Falls, My Little Pony, Night In The Woods, Slay The Princess, Dragon Age, Fable and Good Omens! Hyperfixations are bolded, because like it or not I am neurodivergent and that does affect which of these wretched things will get a stranglehold on my attention at any given time 👍

Yes! You can find it here. I know some people consider these to be pretty superfluous because anyone who most BYF / DNI lists apply to probably won't be the kind of person to be courteous enough to listen to them. That said? I'm aware of that and I don't expect this to stop anyone who doesn't want to be stopped. The reason I have it here is more for the benefit of those who I will inevitably end up sharing spaces with. It's more for their reference so they can make an informed decision on whether they want to follow my blog or not and what's best for their own comfort, based in part on where I stand on certain things and where I'll put my foot down. Think of it less as a foolproof and more as a filter. I can and will still block liberally for my own comfort, whether that's because something on that list seems to apply or just because I don't like someone. The block button exists to be used, I'll curate my own internet experience in whatever way suits me personally and I recommend you do the same 🤷

》 WHAT ABOUT A TAGLIST?

Not yet, but I'm slowly working on it. In the meantime? Here's what you mainly need to know. You can find my talking and general shitposts under solar talks, or my art under dog draws. I do have content warning tags! I try to be conscientious and tag anything that I know is a common trigger for people (blood, gore, bones, bright colours, insects, etc) as and where I can. I format all of my content warning tags as "cw //" and then whatever the content of the post is that needs tagged. So for example, if you don't want to see insects? You can blacklist it on my blog using cw // insects and that should stop you from seeing any creepy crawlies. This same format applies to all of my content warning tags. If there's anything more specific you need tagged? Don't be afraid to let me know. I'm happy to accommodate for you wherever you need; If it's something that triggers you? Then it warrants being taken seriously. No matter how silly or overly specific you may think it'll sound, I'll respect it.

》 WHO'S THE GUY IN YOUR ICON?

That would be my fursona, Circuit! Yes, I am that kind of furry. He is me, I am him, I love showing him off to people so although the art may change? He's usually the face of my online pressence. Here's his current reference sheet that I made for him:

If you're curious, the art of him I have as my icon currently (as of February 4th 2024) was a commission I got and is drawn by Pawtastic!

》 WOW, YOU TALK A LOT.

Sure do bud. Thank you for noticing! ❤ Want to hear me talk more? Then I have some sideblogs you can check out if you'd like to. fuzzypath is my Warriors sideblog. (active) funky-fella is my Bugsnax sideblog. (semi-active) canid-canon is my writing sideblog. (semi-active) I also have a NSFW sideblog, but respectfully I'm not sharing that here in potential public view of minors and just flat out people I don't want to see it. If for whatever reason you'd like to see that? PM me privately to ask for it and if you're both 18+ (have your age clearly stated somewhere on your blog; if there's nothing I'll assume you'e a minor just to be safe) and someone I trust to see it then I'll most likely give it to you!

[otomiyaa]

Hi Ginny! What kind of blogs are you following, are those all tickle blogs? If you have some recommendations please tell, I can't find enough sfw tickle community friendly blogs.

Hello! I always considered Tumblr to be my 'happy place' so besides tickle blogs I actually follow everything I really enjoy, which is a wide variety of blogs that post about my main interests. In other words, a lot:

Tickling, duh (SFW, but I browse the n$fw community for my side blog sometimes)

Anime/manga edits

Genshin and Honkai

Lots of fan art

Minecraft

Pokemon

Sampo and Gepard centric stuff

Funny memes and shitposts

Our Flag Means Death

Red, White & Royal Blue

Anime food

MDZS and TGCF

Taylor Swift

Obey Me

Tears of Themis

Marvel/MCU

Legend of Zelda

Final Fantasy XV

House of the Dragon

I do not have specific recommendations since I adore all these blogs a lot hehe and there are many. Hope you can find the right ones to follow, good luck!

[queen-tashie]

Welcome to Tasha's Writing Blog! :D

What you can find in my blog:

My published work (traditional and AO3 works)

Writing tag games; feel free to tag me though I am sporadic about completing them

Excerpts of my writing (search with #my writing)

Cute animal posts, wholesome posts, shitposts, etc.

My art when I feel so inclined to make/share it (search with #my art)

Other random and often silly stuff! :)

The basics about me:

She/her pronouns

ADHD-haver

I am a story/science/art/martial art/food/etc. appreciator

I like receiving asks and comments so feel free!

The goods (finished works):

All You Hear Is My Voice - Queer sci-fi romance - FREE to read on Tree and Stone Magazine, Queer as F Issue #3!

Legend of Dragoon fanfic - Queer character study - Written so that most people should be able to understand without ever having played the game!

The Diver - Queer fantasy adventure - One of my favourite flash fictions I wrote back in 2020 :) (technically not totally finished but the first chapter is!)

WIPs:

The Quiet Forest - Dark High Fantasy Adventure - My first manuscript, waiting for responses from agents - A cult is murdering community leaders, and it compels one furious elf to take action

Copper Frames - Fantasy queer-platonic romance - Vampire & Werewolf steampunk fantasy that takes place on alternate Earth - Full of queer characters, grief, and small pieces of my Ukrainian heritage

Silicon Alien Story (SAS) - Queer sci-fi - My NaNoWriMo 2023 project, currently unnamed - Aliens have been trying to communicate with Earth for decades, when their message is finally decoded, chaos follows

Welcome Home - Fantasy adventure - Angry mushrooms attack everyone - Another flash fiction from 2020 that I am currently editing

Cooking with a Dash of Dopamine - Non-fiction ADHD cookbook - currently in its early stages but I have many ideas to include!

The Diver Chapter 2 - The Diver's Wife - Queer fantasy adventure - written originally in 2020, I will be cleaning it up to post with the first chapter in the future!

[cuideag]

hello, i am debbie (she/they) and i love breakfast foods

also skeletons, shitposts, soulsborne, monster hunter, queer stuff, final fantasy and warframe. if i am not shitposting on main I am probably flooding my oc sideblogs with weird things:

@her-mothers-daughter​​ [ artwork by anontloudeac on twitter ]

AU. Pathfinder 2E / Final Fantasy XIV.

Delial Garwater (AU): Yuan-Ti Rogue. Dreamer. Prodigal Daughter.

Zhitu Hanbi (AU): Au Ra Rogue. Dreamer of Light. Favored of the Sea.

@sixth-prince​​ [ artwork by anontloudeac on twitter ]

Pathfinder 2E / Monster Hunter.

Alun: Witch of the Great Undead. Cartographer. Necromancer.

@vanitysruin​​ [ artwork by giddeus ]

Final Fantasy XIV.

Delial Grimsong: Kinslayer. Former Garlean agent. Black Mage.

@wood-warder​​ [ artwork by artbending ] 

Final Fantasy XIV.

Pjel Qoet: Freedom Fighter. Dark Knight of Rabanastre. Monster Hunter.

* separate blog, follows from @wood-warder​                     |

@c4ndyc04t3d​ [ proper artwork pending ]

CY_BORG (TTRPG)

Yuvi: Shunned Nanomancer. Burn-out Queen. Supernova-to-be.

Mature content: nudity, gore, suicidal ideation, etc.

@operat0r​​

Warframe.​ Spoilers post The Second Dream/The War Within.

cuideag: Tenno. Star-walker. War-bringer.

                                         ... and others to be added, maybe.​

[scribblemast3r]

100 things to do if your atar is doo doo

rethink your initial aim to get into higher academia & make your family proud, do tafe instead

do a gap year bc atar is redundant after a bit

volunteer, if you accept peanuts as payment

offer your skills at your local library, do existential bookreadings for kids

wail

say bye to your friends who are getting accepting into their courses

ponder socialist utopias

get lost in anarchist papers

become a tap dancing clown

brace yourself to write a book about your inspiring rebound

work at maccas

get into graffiti

become an underground legend

make trash sculptures

actually go to headspace to get support in work/study

start a blog

write your manifesto

become a countercultural icon

busk (if you have skills like that)

capitalise off your mediocrity (mass appeal)

print a stupid amount of resumes to handout

dont resort to drugs and things

consider a career in comedy

actually take a cert in a marketable skill thats in demand

sell at a market

make stickers

join a cult

become a gutter punk

start an onlyfans

become a menace to society

read stories about successful people who 'didn't need uni' to get to where they are now

bitch about nepotism

pray to god you get a job with a liveable wage

launch an instagram for something weird, because you have nothing to lose

watch every single college acceptance video on youtube, yt knows its a fantasy you'll never see

get into cooking mean shit

decide to publish songs recorded in your basement onto spotify

dedicate hours to read religious texts, to find a path

start a youtube channel

publish a found-footage film

start writing poetry, but only free-form lyrics

read textbooks to replace higher education

regularly gather around fires

get jacked, give advice you're unqualified to

accept your fate

consume an absurd amount of self-help material

wonder where and when it all went wrong

get dragged further to the depths of nihilism

binge [insert anything]

make responsible financial choices

sell AI art as NFTs

consider crypto

contemplate your life

get into drag

do bartending

laydown

practice a bunch of foreign languages

be one of those mascot guys

train-hopping/hitchhiking

become a filmnerd

complete a barista course

clean your room

join a discord

become a DJ

produce techno

become a performance artist (search: Petr Pavlensky)

live in a sharehouse

defect, escape the clutch of the atar

make shitposts about your 'situation'

go to indonesia, become the modern Gauguin

wander alone into a forest

live off the grid

join the circus

watch youtube videos to teach yourself shit you didnt learn in VCE

busk as a mime

meditate

watch Netflix's entire catalogue in a week

consider a career in graphic design

set up a ponzi scheme like that movie

reminisce how good it was as a kid

get into seriously exploitative work to eat crumbs

ruminate whether or not you're mentally challenged

live off youth checks

visit real estate properties as a spectator, not a buyer

cultivate an enthusiasm for vintage cars, something out of reach entirely

literally become Bernard Black

regret the fact you didnt do any subjects that taught you how to handle money

get tatted

try to think of a list of jobs unlikely to become automated in the next 5 years

come to a conclusion that nothing can replace real human service

wait tables

lend an ear to the homeless

time manage like a mf, to make up for how time was thrown around

catastrophises

compare yourself to your graduating peers

compare yourself to country students

compare yourself to the sweats

consider a life of crime: jail provides a food , water and roof over your head

steal lemons

resort to extreme methods to establishment yourself in this dog eat dog world...

[dingbingbats]

would've done this sooner but i was tagged around when i was shadowbanned lol

coke or pepsi? dr pepper unless cherried coke

disney or dreamworks? #shreksweep

coffee or tea? somda...

books or movies? uhhhhhh. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

windows or mac? windows all the way

dc or marvel? i just like james gunn's work o

x-box or playstation? nint swi

dragon age or mass effect? haven't touched either ever

night owl or early riser? night owl alright

cards or chess? no bongcloud in cards :(

chocolate or vanilla? choclayate all the way

vans or converse? shoes is shoes

Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar? no fuckin clue what those are

fluff or angst? both's good

beach or forest? depends on bugs

dogs or cats? kimmy

clear skies or rain? rain it's too hot here usually

cooking or eating out? eating out ig. sensory issue...

spicy food or mild food? my spice tolerance is below sea level

halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas? idrk at this point. month off school but family and no friends

would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot? neither what is wrong with you. cold ig

if you could have a superpower, what would it be? shapeshifting or invisibility ez

animation or live action? animation (esp 2d, pixel, and stop mo) but practical effects are sick as hell

paragon or renegade? whichever is funnier

baths or showers? bath

team cap or team ironman? taylor hebert kill them with spiders. but eh ig i like captain america in terms of representing progress (and not being a billionaire)

fantasy or sci-fi? fantasy but i do like sci-fi elements

do you have three or four favourite quotes, if so what are they? idk but there are some shitposts that replay in my mind on a semiregular basis

youtube or netflix? youtube ig

[REDACTED]

when do you feel accomplished? when im doing better than someone else tbh

star wars or star trek? i like the funi robots

paperback books or hardcover books? hardcover

to live in a world without literature or without music? depends on if we count comics as literature i think

who was the last person to make you laugh? idk

city or countryside? city

favorite chips? fucked up in the club eating detos

pants or dresses? pants

libraries or museums? natural history museums

character driven stories or plot driven stories? that juicy midpoint.

bookmarks or folding pages? bookmarks wtf is wrong w/ you

Dream job? i do not dream of labor. money for having opinions would be nice tho

What gives you comfort? friends, blorbos and catharsis

what are some of your favorite song lyrics? chorus, "Nobodyʼs perfect anymore / So why canʼt I be your golden boy?", all of this

favorite ice cream flavor ever?

tagging others, add your own new question at the end if you follow up: @rapt0r @that-one-empty-skull @tatangadragon @not-too-many-eyes

[vt-scribbles]

Y'know I know ask games are for people to, y'know, send in asks. But I don't see people often just. Fill it all out themselves. Fuck it I'll help out the shy people.

SO ASK GAME BELOW 'READMORE' LET'S GO

1. Art programs you have but don't use: MS Paint, Blender, I used to have WAY more like this one painting [like actual paint] program.

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even): Left is easiest, Right is in the middle, and forward is the hardest of those three for me.

3. What ideas come from when you were little: I was fascinated by G/T from like. 3 years old. I blame Super Mario Land 2 LMAO

4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw: Handheld, perspective, monsters/creatures, and massive scale

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself: Uhhh probably about 50/50? A lot of things I draw are spoilers, shitposts, and other study art I don't bother sharing.

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it): Not that I can think of? My art doesn't get analyzed super often. I think people think I study anime more than I do.

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate: Charcoal, watercolors, sculpture, oil pastels, acrylic, copic markers

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in: Originally I was going to make an AMV with my two characters, Nonny and Felicia, to the song 'shut up and dance with me'. These two aren't active OCs anymore, and the project was WAY too ambitious for my skill level 9 years ago lmao.

9. What are your file name conventions: 1: Name of song I listened to on loop while drawing. 2: An inside joke. 3: Literal rep of what's on the canvas like 'Hema doodles Aug 2023'.

10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw: Body suits, capes, scarves

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what: TONS. My fave lyrical music, videogame soundtracks, sometimes just ambiance if I'm overwhelmed. Usually tho it's the same song on loop till I get the inspired piece out of my system.

12. Easiest part of body to draw: Eyes!

13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing: A lot of NSFW artists who I won't list here LMAO. I don't go to that school, but their art skills are top-notch.

14. Any favorite motifs: Mirrors, doppelgangers, leaving 1 eye absent for emotional effect, feathers/wings, falling, sinking into water, eyes, dark palettes with bright accents/light sources, glowing eyes, flowing hair, size difference/scale, fucked up version of self vs real version

15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth): Starbucks, home, parks if I'm feelin spicy, anywhere I take my tablet for the day.

16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing: A lot of my niche/kink stuff tends to get pretty dredge-y for me. I may be good at it, but it's not where my passion lies. That's in animation, fantasy, dramatic stuff, storytelling, etc.

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what: Water or Snapple for the drink, milk if it's bedtime so I can settle down, and then usually the snacks are just whatever my lunch is for the day since we don't have a table.

18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken: Not many! Less than $100 I'd say. I'm very careful with my supplies, and I don't believe I've ever broken a tablet. The worst I've done was I busted 1 or 2 cheap tablet pens with stupidity.

19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.): Definitely nature. Tree trunks and swirls therein, flowers, grass.

20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy: Humans! Not that it's an 'everyone' thing, I just run in some furry circles where human artists are a rarity. Eyes, too. Some people find expressions rly hard.

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways: Uhhh man damn, I don't follow a lot of art styles that aren't something I took inspo from? But I guess Wolf Walkers is my biggest one.

22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any: Sooometimes I stretch, but I don't do it nearly often enough.

23. Do you use different layer modes: Yep! My most common ones are Multiply, Glow Dodge, Add, Add Glow, Overlay, Pin Light, and Color.

24. Do your references include stock images: Absolutely! Reference is important.

25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by: Not much! Most of my inspirations are pretty clear-cut and strong. Avatar, SU, Disney, Dreamworks, FMA, some Warner Brothers' movies, etc.

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended: God, so, the G/T gif of mine that makes the rounds a lot? The one where VT finds someone small and it's their POV and he helps them and puts them in his shirt pocket??? Most people were completely normal about that post. But then there's one chuckle-head who was calling it pocket-vore, and I wanted to scream. I even chastised them like 'hey uh, no. That's not what this is.' and they argued back with 'well it's up to the eye of the beholder more than your opinion.' and I was like 'UH NO. I MADE THIS. MY OPINION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR WEIRD ONE???' I've also RAAARELY had people call my characters underaged when they're all well over 21, so those are always gross/wild LMAO.

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with: Sometimes! I usually do an anatomy study, brush stroke warm-ups, or just doodle something personal first.

28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines): I think Multi Animator Projects [MAPS] would count here! I was part of Starclan's Chosen, Change Your Mind [Brambleclaw], Levitating, Family of Me [fallenleaves], Goosebumps Warriors MAP, Pay No Mind MEP, LA Devotee [never finished], White Rabbit, and Fear Garden! Among others :>

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically: Not much! Pretty much everything I love inspires me artistically. I guess some anime styles?

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated: Pretty much any of my animations. But I only feel that way cuz they take THE MOST dedication and work time. Also kiiiinda my writing? But a lot of people have trouble getting people to respond to literature, so.

[nyctarian]

2022 best and worst reads

The best and worst things I read this year, not necessarily that were published this year:

Best Nonfiction:

The Death of WCW by R.D. Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez

I listened to the audiobook for this, read by Bryan Alvarez (who, if you are a wrestling fan you will be aware of; he is very Bryan Alvarez in the reading, without going full yelling blokes madness bryan alvarez) and as WCW going out of business is frequently referenced without any context by wrestling fans, so a book that actually explained all of that was very interesting and informational, especially as someone who only became a wrestling fan well after that death happened. I specifically listened to the 2014 updated version of the book, so more up to date than the original while not quite in line with the modern wrestling landscape, but obvi still was compelling and interesting.

Nixonland by Rick Perlstein

I also listened to the audiobook for this one, not the best reader voice but it didnt detract from it. This book was a chronicle of the rise and fall of richard nixon, going very in depth on how he got to the position of power he got to, and how he fucked himself right out of that same power. For straightforward american presidential history of a certain era, from someone with leftist politics, tracking rises in reactionary thinking in american society you cant really go wrong with Perlstein. After this one I started listening to the spiritual successor, the invisible bridge (about the way america went from nixon to reagan style politics) but i havent finished it yet, as it had some redundancies with this one, and as it was very depressing at times, lol. Good solid history book, very long, rarely boring, packed to the gills with shit I didnt know about ol tricky richard nixon.

Best Fiction:

The Cook by Maylis de Kerangal

This was a very short book, packed with beautiful imagery of food, with an unnamed narrator telling the life of a cook that they are a friend of. It was an incredibly quick read, it immediately made me want to check out some of the authors other works, and it was simplistic and elegant.

Chalice by Robin McKinley

I am always hoping to find a standalone fairytale-esque original piece of fiction with a likeable main character, a mystery of a plot, and a quiet romance. This hit the spot perfectly. Any fantasy novel that does extensive worldbuilding that doesnt overwhelm the reader, and has a magic system that is interesting and doesnt explain everything but not convoluted, is always of interest to me. When I finished it I just wanted more books that didnt replicate any of the storybeats, but did replicate the tone and style of the book.

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

This one. Hmm. I heard lots of very good things about it and scoffed every time because it sounded stupid. Eventually I gave it a shot because I passed by it on our New Arrivals shelf at work enough times and I finished it in basically two days and it nearly made me cry at work. So. It is an Incredibly Online book, and as such parts of it didn't work and were cringe for me, and parts of it hit the part of my brain thats been on twitter for nearly a decade very well. The first half is basically just observation shitpost tweets of someones life, and the second half is an incredibly tender exploration of disability and parenting. The bits I didn't like were so stupid I would groan outloud but as I was reading it all I wanted to do was read it, and when I finished it I knew it was unquestionable going on my year end list. It also had lots of really beautiful imagery tucked in it.

Pure Color by Sheila Heti

Mentally I group this one with No One Is Talking About This even though I read them months apart and they are Very Different books. This was another one that I had seen effusive praise for, but the praise intrigued me instead of making me scoff. I ended up reading it when we had it in another of our New Arrivals displays and the beginning hooked me immediately with its dreamy contemplative tone. This book is not fantasy but it is, and it has a very philosophical interest in humanity existence. The bits I didn't like were also things that made me groan, but because they felt Trying To Hard To Be Thoughtful, and I didn't love the ending, but when I finished it couldn't stop thinking about it. It talks a lot about love and grief in ways that I didn't always like, and I think if I were to read it now I might hate it, but it absolutely stuck in my ribs.

Mairelon the Magician by Patricia C. Wrede

This makes the list but not the sequel as the sequel toiled far to much in the historical fiction elements and not enough on the fantasy mystery parts, but the character dynamics were fun and the story was simple. This is the type of YA/Middlegrade that I would have loved as a kid. The book is about a girl street urchin befriending a real magicians pretending to be a fake magician because he's wanted for a crime he didnt commit, and the subsequent solving of the crime. I like fun mysteries and fantasies that take place in the real world with lots of worldbuilding so this hit the spot for me. Reading it made me want to reread Ellen Raskin's The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues (which i did end up doing) so even though they are very different, they hit that same sort of weird midgrade mystery note. I think I started this after seeing it recommended for people who liked chalice, but it hit very different notes for me, even if it has similar beats of mystery fantasy stuff.

Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

I read this book and then i read the four sequels to it in less than two weeks, a very fast clip for me. It was sufficiently dumb fun urban fantasy mystery romance, with likeable characters and silly plots. The sixth book in the series (the first three books are focused on one character, the next three on her younger sister, presumably the authors will write more about the third sister etc) didnt come out until five and a half months after i finished the fifth book, and i ended up dnf'ing it because the plot had gotten to absurd, with previously poor main characters now ridiculously overpowered and wealthy. If it had been out when i was reading the others I probably would have plowed through it because thats the type of mindset i was in when i was reading them. I almost didnt include it in the list but i had such dumb fun when i was enjoying them and it scratched the mystery fantasy itch, as is evident, i was very into this year, as I was pretty burned out on shitty bad adult romcom esque novels.

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

However, some authors have the goods for adult romcom esque novels and emily henry is that for me. I've enjoyed each of her books that I've read so far (only the adult ones, though im aware she's also written ya). I liked this one much more than her last one, though still not as much as I enjoyed the first one I read by her, Beach Read. Her books hit just enough of the expected tropes in a romcom novel (this one very selfawarely so) that they are breezy reads, while avoiding a lot of the annoying pitfalls that bring down other books of the genre. She also writes characters that are likable, another thing other authors of the genre are largely incapable of doing. I'll also use this space for a special mention to the short story she wrote putting together the three couples from her books in the same setting, as it was a good way of highlighting the differences of the characters, and with them all broadly existing in similarly literary settings it made sense to have them in the same world. Altogether she's a solid author for a fun breezy read with good relationship building for characters, very few "ah come on wtf" moments that most of the genre are riddled with, and a decent plot.

Worst:

Love Scenes by Bridget Morissey

Maybe this shouldnt make the list because i barely remember any of it, other than that the main character was dull and that the story was dumb. Like Funny You Should Ask, and most romcoms that take place in some media environment, it just read as really misinformed the entire time for how like. The Real World Works. Referring to my goodreads updates i made it about 12-15% into the book before i started hating it.

Good Girls Die First by Kathryn Foxfield

Failed as a slasher, failed as a ya mystery, failed as a supernatural thriller. The ending is one of the dumbest things ive ever read in my entire life, and the whole enterprise reminded me that i am too old for even the most 'i just need something shallow and dumb to read' ya.

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

This is a book that really is the most "oh you are writing self insert fanfiction about game of thrones" that ive ever read. The author thanks game of thrones fanfiction authors in her acknowledgements. It was bad, and really made the argument that fangirls shouldnt be allowed to write books, and that especially no one should write any more fangirl geek chic romcoms. Enough.

Meet Me In The Margins by Melissa Ferguson

A lot of books these days, especially romcom books, take place in the literary environment, with main characters who are authors librarians or otherwise adjacent to the industry. To an extent this makes sense, as authors are inherently going to be interested in books, and writing, and thats something thats easy to give a character as an interest. I've done it for my oc's, its been done successfully in books that ive liked by authors like emily henry above. this book. was not successful. On goodreads, i had almost 40 progress updates on the book as i read it, and i dnf'd at 52%. As someone who cares about books, and good books, and would like a healthy publication industry, this book annoyed me on those merits, and in the half of the book i read the relationship was never developed enough for the book to even attempt to be anything more than a vessel for a very dysfunctional ideology about the publication industry from an author who is attempting to cater to an audience that doesnt read anything except ya. Here are two mean things i said about it as i was reading:

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

This book committed the gravest sin any book can commit: it had the audacity to be boring and bad, despite the fact that I had anticipated reading it. The main character was woe is me full of herself, while reading as much younger than she was written (with the back and fourth flashback plot style really highlighting that she doesnt seem like someone who grew at any point in time). It doesnt really understand how journalism works, or hollywood, and it didnt do any building up of the fake media landscape it would have lived in. If a character in your book is a writer of some acclaim the exerpts should be good, or shouldnt be included. The main character also went to my actual irl real life for real alma matter, and boy, did she remind me of the worst girlies i went to school with. I had over 30 goodreads updates as i read this book, basically all bitching about it. I ended up skipping huge chunks because it also wasnt a compelling bad read, it was terminally dull the entire time. Also the whole plot was about a fictional celebrity and fictional journalist/essayist author and all that, but couldnt come up with a fake media ip for the character to be cast in so it talks about james bond the whole time, and it takes away huge from the already bad story, lol. I am forcing myself to stop writing this one because i could keep going it was such a disappointment.

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I posted 218 times in 2022

That's 197 more posts than 2021!

20 posts created (9%)

198 posts reblogged (91%)

more under keep reading! I can't believe that I had one more Mapo Tofu post over Toso.... They are both my wives but yknow.... Toso my first purple love

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 218 of my posts in 2022

#art - 93 posts

#official - 21 posts

#ff mapo tofu - 20 posts

#ff toso - 19 posts

#stimboard - 19 posts

#food fantasy - 18 posts

#teatime queue - 18 posts

#extra - 14 posts

#icons - 12 posts

#shitpost - 8 posts

Longest Tag: 77 characters

#it's what he deserves after just getting this picture reblogged for two years

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

i love century egg so much it's actually concerning, the hair, the stance, the design, the weapons, and the boots especially, i love it all.

15 notes - Posted July 15, 2022

#4

Is toso canonically trans or is it fandom aceppted headcanon?

fandom accepted headcanon as far as I know. I remember first seeing a post about trans Toso a long time ago and I loved it. I don’t remember what post though.

here’s some more trans Toso icons!

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24 notes - Posted July 1, 2022

#3

I just want to kiss and hold Soufflé. Just pull him close and give him hugs. He's been through so much. And yes, his mirror self too. I see you, edgy bastard. (JK I love you too)

25 notes - Posted July 30, 2022

#2

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36 notes - Posted June 26, 2022

My #1 post of 2022 (I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S THIS ONE)

When I first saw Raindrop Cake I almost cried because I didn’t think I’d see a character who uses a wheelchair like me who 1) isn’t framed as evil 2) cute and pink 3) a front line fighter

(Spoilers for his backstory)

I also showed everyone him after I learned that he is immensely powerful and still could be terrifyingly strong while still being disabled.

thank you for your lovely confession 🌸 (my favorite so far)

bonus official art because everyone should see it

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50 notes - Posted June 29, 2022

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