#log: 2025

[curiouscalamitys]

READING LOG No. 23: MEASURE OF A MAN by Inadaze22

THIS WAS LITERATURE. There are fanfictions that exist that would truly turn locals into fans, and I wholeheartedly believe that this is one of them. This was truly a literary masterpiece of a fan fictional story. I am in awe of it. Link is in the source.

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"Unlike you, I won't fake it or play a role just to appeal to or please a man. Yes, man, because wizards are men, first and foremost. There is no distinction between the two. If a man wants me, he'll want me as I am now and he'll want who I will become. I'm constantly growing and changing, just as I expect he will be. He won't be intimidated or emasculated by my power—or me—because the man I choose will be just that: a man. Not an insecure child."

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[crescentfool]

my longest friend and companion

[royalarchivist]

Connor: [Reading chat] "Tumblr loves you, by the way." That's great to hear. Shoutout to the girls.

[captainrufflebanger]

Soooo... about Sharkcina

....does she like sushi? :]

Why is she so dramatic 🙄

[bloodlyst]

[mgu-h]

post quali | bahrain gp 2025

[submergings]

first journal post of the year

[taesyeon]

(170708) seulgi - greedy by dafttaengk

[hinamie]

this past year has easily been one of the most productive and artistically formative years in recent memory and i'm so incredibly proud and grateful to have this little corner of the internet full of people who share my interests and enjoy my art <3

from the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who has supported me in 2024! I'll keep drawing and keep improving so here's hoping 2025 brings just as much growth!

[febuwhump]

OFFICIAL FEBUWHUMP COMMENT MARATHON

8-9 MARCH

to cap off this year's febuwhump, a new challenge has arrived!

on the 8th and 9th of march, the weekend after the closing of the official febuwhump ao3 collection (5 march), febuwhump participants and supporters (yes, even those who didn't take part!) are encouraged to go on ao3 and support as many fics as possible! that means reading - and most importantly, commenting - on as many fics as they can over the course of one weekend!

engagement is such a massive issue in fic writing right now, and combined with how most creators are too busy making their prompt fills to engage with others' work, a lot of febuwhump creations aren't getting the love and attention they deserve!

so mark it in your calendars, book that weekend for yourself and some incredible fics, and get commenting!

plus! we will be taking a count at the end of the weekend on an honour code system of how many fics you commented on to hopefully get a look at how many comments were posted over the weekend!

(there is no prize for the most comments posted other than getting to be the person who spread the most happiness)

massive thanks to Citizen Mocha on the febuwhump discord for the idea!

[curiouscalamitys]

READING LOG No. 9: IRON FLAME (The Empyrean, Book 2) by Rebecca Yarros

Since this is a reread, I won't be writing a full review like normal. I'm just going to ramble about it. I liked this book when I first read it in 2023, but I love it now. Upon re-visit, I truly believe that this book elevated the first one and this one with a single detail: Xaden's second signet.

There is so much nuance now with every Xaden interaction. In Fourth Wing, you can see where he uses his signet on Violet, like when she's hiding in the tree and also when she's brooding the night before gauntlet. There are three moments in Iron Flame that are my favorite hints to his inntinnsic ability: first, when Varrish is trying to take Violet for their first interrogation test for RSC and Xaden is mentally telling Violet that Varrish plans to use that as a way to kill her; second, when he insists on meeting Jesinia and Violet's like, "so you can do your reading of her to test her trustworthiness," not knowing that is exactly why; and thirdly, when Xaden yells for Violet right before Aaric grabs at her and pulls her through the barrier in the archives. I figured he must have been using his second signet the whole time to monitor Aaric to ensure his compliance and dependability.

The way that Liam haunts the narrative as an emotional crutch was for both Violet and me. I love that he is still present, even if it was as a delusion. It is actually insane how deeply attached I, and many others, are to him from just one book. I cried again over his death during my reread of Fourth Wing. I hope he continues to haunt the narrative in the next three books.

With the wording used for the excerpts before each chapter, and keeping mind the fact that both books start with a disclaimer that the following story is a translation by Jesinia, I have a prediction for the way this series will end. I think our main cast of dragon riders are all going to die, including Violet and Xaden. I feel like the letters Xaden wrote to Violet wouldn't be listed as "recovered" if one of them had voluntarily handed them over to Jesinia so that she could add it to her records. I also think they were too personal and meaningful for either of them to hand them over. I, also, think that the tradition of burning possessions immediately after a death is going to be stopped for the exact reason of maintaining accurate archiving of information. So much of these books are about government censorship and rewritten history for propaganda and societal control.

I've read a lot of criticism about the pacing of the book, which I don't understand. I loved the pacing. I loved that it's split into two parts, because, at 600+ pages, Yarros could have easily split this into 2 books and that would've been annoying to me.

[royalarchivist]

For folks wondering where Phil is / why his stream is late: he's currently hanging out (and drinking) with Quackity! 🍻

[captainrufflebanger]

So it's May again... time for her to resurface...

(For those who aren't familiar, meet Sharkcina)

[objs13]

Odell Beckham Jr. for MAC Cosmetics “Nudes” campaign

[bnnylvpn]

Perline had such an impact on Sammie despite them being together for such a short time. Like u see in the end in his show that he clearly paid homage to her through all his music career and the way she was show as his heart in the scene with his father I'm going crazy

[ofliterarynature]

tbr challenges • february 2025

Print: Changeless / Blameless by Gail Carriger

Graphic Novel: First Test by Pierce/Grayson/Farrow; The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Audiobook: Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

25-in-25: Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind; Penric and the Shaman / Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold