#notyourperfectmexicandaughter

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Hi! So I left the Sanders Sides fandom for a little bit but I'm back!! And I am on a quest to find the wonderful fic that I think I stumbled upon your Tumblr some time ago. Do you remember a fic where Virgil is a fae and he makes an impossible soulmate curse? And it ends up being LAMP romantic? Virgil goes to collage and something about cats too?? I really loved it and I want to read it again! Thanks!!

Welcome back to the Void

Oh shoot, that sounds super familiar, but I can’t put my finger on it??  Can anyone help out?

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Hi!!! I absolutely love this au! The idea that the virus adapted due to humans reacting exactly how everyone would expect them to react.... GENIUS???? Virgil's promise??? Brings tears to every older sibling . . . . Making Roman Latino??? All the love in the world!! You should be very proud of yourself's!! (PS. Can I plz be put on the taglist? Thank you!!)

You’re very sweet, thank you so much friend! If we can we’re gonna get the next fic out this weekend (she says, having no idea if the inspiration bug will stay or not), we’re so glad you’re enjoying it so far! -☕️

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Happy Hispanic/Latin Heritage Month to the Hispanic and Latin community! I'm reading 3 Hispanic/Latin books that may or may not change, depending on availability at my local library. My API reads for Asian & Pacific Island Heritage Month changed after some were unavailable so this heritage month's reads might go through the same. First up is Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. This historical fiction thriller set during the '70's in Mexico was all the rave last year, plus its sitting on my TBR so why not finally get to it? It's also a noir so I'm not expecting a happy ending but I hope it's better than Mexican Gothic. My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver will be my 1st Middle Grade read as an adult. This story is about an Argentinean tween living in Alabama during the height of segregation; I've never read any stories about non-Black and White POC living in states that practiced segregation, which is why I chose to add it. And finally, Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez. I've heard about this book since I was a child but never read it, so I also added it too. This is a coming of age story about a Mexican teen who's looked down upon by her parents because she's not like her "perfect" sister Olga, however she discovers secrets about Olga after her death which opens up a lot of questions for the protagonist. Which books are on your TBR? #notyourperfectmexicandaughter #myyearinthemiddle #velvetwasthenight #velvetwasthenightnovel #velvetwasthenightsilviamorenogarcia #velvetwasthenightbook #hispanicliterature #hispanicheritagemonth #happyhispanicheritagemonth #hispanicheritagemonth2022 #happyhispanicheritagemonth2022 #latinheritagemonth #latinheritagemonth2022 #happylatinheritagemonth #latinbooks #latinabooks #latinauthors #hispanicbooks #hispanicheritagemonthtbr #latinheritagemonthtbr #hispanicreads #latinreads #latinacharacters #latinacharactersinbooks #ebookstagrammer #bookreviewer #audiobookstagrammer #guyanesegrammer #readersofig #readingcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CiiwKiZrMyR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I was tagged by @b-army013 and @purrrrrrr 💜 I was away for so long but people still tag me🥺I love you all! And I missed you😭😭😭

indoor plants or gardens // cloud-watching or star-gazing // water or fire // paperback or hardcover // running or hiking // sleeping with socks or without socks // fruit or vegetables // hanging plants or succulents // dark wood or light wood // handwritten or typed // instagram or pinterest // braids or pigtails // dc or marvel // books or movies // oceans or meadows // forests or fields // sweet or salty // ice cream or chocolate // hoodies or sweaters // long hair or short hair // piercings (I wear earrings, does that count? ) or tattoos // summer or winter // boots or sneakers // cars or motorcycles // curls or straight hair( I have ridiculously straight hair, someday I wish to get curls) // castles or cottages // sunny days or storms // reptiles or birds // disney or nickelodeon // strawberries or watermelon // essays or posters // phones or laptops (I have a degree in computer science, I spend my life mostly in front of laptop 😅)// glass or stone // dark or light // photos or paintings // circuses or theatres // reading or writing // dogs or cats // poetry or novels // monsters or ghosts // thrift shops or libraries // fiction or non-fiction ( I read almost anything)

I am tagging @supergeek1999 @mytalkingraccoon

@literallybina @ifmehwasaperson @namjoonbaby @oenothera5 @notyourperfectmexicandaughter

and anyone who wants to do it; a lot of the url names have changed so I can't find all of you sorry🥺

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GUYSSSS, @jordamn42 and I WON one of the three #atxbookstorecrawl prizes!!!! 😆😆😆 I am so stoked because I never win anything and this was seriously SUCH an amazing prize! Flip through the photos to see our haul— we managed to fairly split up most of it, with a few leftover items we still have to decide on 😂 All in all, we walked away with 16 books (many of which are award-winning), $140 in gift cards to the independent book stores we visited on the crawl, a $50 coupon for an @atxbookarts class, an audio book, tote bag, t-shirt, @lushcosmetics bath bomb package (woah!) and several other little nifty odds and ends. SO BASICALLY, what I’m trying to say is: the @atxbookcrawl is amazingly fun, which is enough anyway, but then with these prizes on top of it, we are completely spoiled and YOU SHOULD JOIN US NEXT YEAR!!! Holy moly. *kbye, busy reading forever now thnx 👋* . . . . . . . . . #lushbathbomb #notyourperfectmexicandaughter #invisiblebook #fifthseason #nancydrew #thebookthief #wakeofvultures #bookpeople #secretsix #americanshortfiction #agodinruins #annakarenina #leotolstoy #devilinthewhitecity #marchgraphicnovel #harperlee #luckyyou #texashighways #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookalicious #bookhoarder #alwaysreading #totalbooknerd #booktography #bookish #bibliophile #bookaholic #caitlinscurrentbook (at BookPeople)

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I FOUND IT!!! IT'S CALLED LAVENDER FOR LUCK AND IT'S BY LOVELYLOGANS THANK YOU AND HAPPY EASTER!!!

So glad you found it!  And Happy Easter to you too!!!

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Hi! Can I please please please be put in your taglist? You must hear this a lot but I really love your writing style and your stories and I have fallen victim to the mercy of the beautiful Rociet and Logince ship. Muchas gracias y espero que no sea un problema, y espero que tuviste una buena Navidad!

Claro que sí!   Gracias por preguntarme.  Eres muy amable, y estoy feliz de haber cambiado de opinión a favor de Roceit y Logince.  Buena Navidad para ti tambien!

Y me gusta su nombre de usuario

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as a prompt, maybe dee teaching thomas archery? (love the au btw, its really really good

Archery

Summary: Thomas asks if he can learn to shoot a bow. Virgil says no.

Content Warnings: Trauma, guilt, anxiety/panic attacks, some brotherly fighting, mentioned death of a parent, mentions of guns and death in general, let us know if it needs anything else!

Word Count: 1,010

Read on AO3 here

A/N: This was supposed to be “Dee teaches Thomas archery” and it turned into “Virgil’s Trauma Hour,” my bad. Hope you enjoy it anyway! Takes place during the first year Virgil and Thomas live at Eden, so not long after Virgils' Promise, and a few years before Patton's Goodbye. -☕️

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The first time Thomas asked if he could learn to shoot a bow, Virgil said no. Thomas pouted, he whined and complained and made a huge fuss, but Virgil refused to budge. Thomas spent the rest of that day shooting heated glares Virgil’s way, and Virgil pretended that the looks didn’t sting. 

The second time Thomas asked, he asked Virgil why he said no, and Virgil stammered out something about the strength it took to draw the bowstring back. Thomas accused Virgil of treating him like a baby before storming off into their cabin, and Virgil had a panic attack with his back against a tree. 

The third time, Thomas didn’t ask Virgil, he asked Dee, and Virgil bit his tongue so hard he tasted blood. Dee gave him a questioning look, but Virgil could barely even breathe, let alone speak. Dee’s face morphed into a frown, then he turned and said something to Thomas, though Virgil didn’t hear what it was over the blood rushing in his ears. 

“-rgil? Virgil!” 

Virgil felt a pressure on his arm and jerked away, but he relaxed by a notch when he saw Dee raise his hands and take a step back. 

“It’s okay, Virgil, breathe.”

Virgil managed a few deep breaths, and grimaced up at Dee. 

“I’m sorry, I–”

“Nothing to apologize for, Virge,” Dee said with a wave of his hand. “You wanna tell me what that was about though?” 

Virgil shrugged, stuffing his hands in his hoodie pockets. He glanced around, then frowned when he saw that Thomas and Remus, who’d been with them a moment ago, were no longer standing nearby. 

“I had Remus take Thomas down to the main hall,” Dee said. “Now c’mon V, what’s going on?” 

“Thomas has asked about archery before,” Virgil said. “I keep telling him no. I’m sorry he dragged you into it too, I–”

“Why?” Dee interrupted, tilting his head slightly to the side.

“What?” 

“Why tell Thomas he can’t learn archery? He’s old enough, if we make him a modified bow. It wouldn’t be much good at first, but he’d be able to use it to build up his strength eventually and–” 

“No!” Virgil said, shaking his head. “I...I mean...no, it’s...it’s not ‘cuz I don’t think he could do it, I just...” Virgil sighed, running a hand through his hair. 

“You just what?” Dee prompted, and Virgil looked away. 

“I don’t want him knowing what this feels like, Dee,” he said quietly. He reached up and touched the locket around his neck as he spoke, running a finger absently along the edge. 

“This?” 

“This!” Virgil repeated. “What we deal with every day; what we face down every time we have to go out there for supplies. I don’t want him to have to look into someone’s eyes and make that choice, because it isn’t a choice, how could it be, but you still have to pull the trigger and–” 

Virgil’s breath hitched, and he shook his head firmly, blinking back tears. 

“I don’t want him to ever have to carry this guilt around,” he said. “I don’t care if he hates me for it in the meantime.” 

There was a beat of silence, then Dee shook his head.

“Yes, you do.”

“Sorry?”

“You do care, Virgil, I can tell,” Dee said with a sigh. “I know you think you’re doing him a favor, but you’ve already lost everything else. Do you really want to lose your relationship with Thomas too?” 

“If it keeps him safe,” Virgil insisted, and Dee shook his head again. 

“Safe was out of the picture a long time ago, Virge. We both know it. We can hide behind the relative security we have here all we want, but the fact of the matter is that Eden is only somewhat safe in the first place because the people here know how to defend themselves.”

“Thomas shouldn’t have to defend himself!” Virgil exclaimed. “He’s nine, Dee, he’s a nine year old who watched his mom die in front of him!”

“And you’re an eighteen year old who shot your own mother to keep him safe,” Dee said gently. “None of this is fair, V. And as long as he’s here, everyone here will protect him, I promise you that. But he should still learn how to protect himself. Besides,” he added with a small smile. “He desperately wants to be useful around here; he’s a child who’s been forced into an adult’s world. He needs to feel like he has some kind of control in his life.” 

“You’re probably right,” Virgil admitted, ducking his head and wiping at his eyes. “But that doesn’t mean I have to like it.”

Dee shrugged. 

“Never said you did.” 

“...okay,” Virgil said finally. “You can teach him. But he’s not taking that thing with him on raids until he’s older.”

“That’s perfectly reasonable,” Dee agreed. 

“And...and I want to be there, for the lessons,” Virgil added. “So...so I can keep an eye on him.”

“Why Virgil, are you saying you don’t trust me?” Dee asked, his voice dripping with mock hurt. 

“Never,” Virgil deadpanned.

“You’d never say that, or you’d never trust me?”

“What do you think?” Virgil asked with a smirk, and Dee nudged his shoulder. 

“There’s that snark I missed so much.”

“There’s that pain in the ass I know,” Virgil shot back.

Dee laughed, and the tightness in Virgil’s chest loosened, if only a little bit. 

Thomas does not ask to learn to shoot a bow again.

He does ask Virgil to watch while he proudly notches his first arrow and pulls back on the string as hard as he can. His elbow is too high and he squints too much and the arrow lands three feet away from the makeshift targets by the lake, but Virgil still claps for him while Dee adjusts his form and murmurs instructions in his ear. 

Thomas notches his second arrow, and Virgil breathes. 

Things may not be fair, but Virgil thinks that they just might be okay anyway.

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Until the Sun Rises Taglist:

@the-permanent-fixture @maybe-i-like-the-misery @paint-in-flames @antisocialdragonenby @certified-demon @nonasidesstuff @idiot-annonymous @weird-spooky-broody-dude @ao-koshka @viana-dascolli @snail-giggles @penguinkool @kawaiiartist04 @safesandersides  @ismossie @an-absolute-failure @incoherentfangirl @deceitfullyanxiousprince @daniel-the-anxious-emo @why-should-i-tell-youu2 @rebeyerfdog @foreos @imliterallyvirgilandlogan @anxietea-and-insanitea @rosiepupper @fearthepenguinboye @singularthoughtofstatic @midnight-tragedyy @whizzie72 @scared-ghosthunter  @imabad-b-youcantkillme @ollyollyoxinfree @musikasworld @notyourperfectmexicandaughter @thewhimsicallibrarytech @that0nefangirl12

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I was tagged by @namjoonbaby 🥺💜Thank you dear!!!! I feel honoured 😭💜

Here goes my list of 8 albums which I always adore and may be I'm influenced by them too, there are more though.

Sorry and not sorry for breaking the rule, as usual 👀👀👀

It's really hard to narrow down to 10😑The albums are in order of the images(not preference, these are random) -

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

BTS - Love Yourself : Answer

BTS - Wings

BTS - Map of the Soul : 7

Linkin Park - Meteora

Linkin Park - Living Things

Bring Me the Horizon - That's the Spirit

Agust D mixtape

Agust D - D-2 mixtape

here goes my tag to - @purrrrrrr @mytalkingraccoon @lady-of-nightmares-and-darkness @we-can-be-kind-once-more-64 @literallybina @hon9joon9 @ifmehwasaperson @notyourperfectmexicandaughter @jiminhearts92 @taechnological @thatonepanperson @nakshatragranger @oenothera5 and who wants to play uwu

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tag 8 people you want to get to know better!

I was tagged by

@smiling-yuta🥺 Thank you dear!💜

Favourite colour - blue

Last song I listened to - Trivia: Seesaw by Suga

Favourite musicians - Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Kurt Cobain, Oli Sykes, Chris Martin, Chris Cornell, Amy Winehouse, Morrissey, Arnab, Brendon Urie(Panic! At the Disco),  Agust D, the whole BTS rapline or vocal line-all 7👀, IU, Younha, Hwa-Sa (I honestly can’t make this list any shorter)😏

Last show I watched - I finished ‘The World of the Married’ (highly recommended☺) and currently watching ‘The Umbrella Academy’😁

Favourite characters - Aled Last from Radio Silence, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson (books, series or movies they’re all gems), Feluda, Byomkesh Bakshi, Kafka from ‘Kafka on the Shore’ (This book is on hold, I’ll start again but the few pages were enough to love him), narrator of ‘The Notes from Underground’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Spiderman, Deadpool. Black Widow, Joker (trust me I adore Batman but Joker makes more sense to me), Nikhilesh from Rabindranath Tagore’s novel ‘Ghore-Baire’👀👀👀

Sweet, spicy or savoury - savoury and tolerable spicy😪

Sparkling water, tea or coffee - tea and coffee both, provided they’re high in caffein. Recently I switched to raw coffees. I prefer any herbal tea and milk tea.

Pets - I have none but I really want a cat and a dog someday🥺 

I tag - @literallybina @lady-of-nightmares-and-darkness @supergeek1999 @mytalkingraccoon @oenothera5 @purrrrrrr @nakshatragranger @thatonepanperson @notyourperfectmexicandaughter @ifmehwasaperson @hon9joon9 @taechnological @we-can-be-kind-once-more-64 @jiminhearts92 and anyone who wants to play uwu🥰

You can dm me if you want me to not tag you next time☺

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I was tagged by @nakshatragranger sweety💜🥺Thank you🌷🌺🌸💮🏵💐

This challenge was really hard, as I can't find anything about me interesting 👀 Here goes 5 for nothing -

I don't like to put any makeup on my face. Even face pack too. I actually have quite good skin without following any skin care routine.

My book shelf has 100+ books that I haven't read yet and even after that I ordered some books👀

I'm a perfectionist and procrastinator at the same time which is basically killing me daily😑 Also I'm a chronic overthinker which has worsened during this pandemic.

I hate cooked fish, mango (I'm picky about food😏) but I eat fried fish though. My most favorite food have to be sandwiches and noodles of any kind (sometimes I experiment with Ramen) . Also anything with cheese -pizza pasta uwu. Favorite drinks-tea, coffee(except Latte, that's basically liquid of extreme sweetener)

I watched Blood, Sweat and Tears by BTS back in 2016/2017 ,loved it right away but was thrown by kpop culture. 😣I'm a dedicated army since the release of O.N kinetic on 21 February, 2020. I hate for not stanning BTS earlier like I do now.

I know who I have to tag - @purrrrrrr @mytalkingraccoon @supergeek1999 @we-can-be-kind-once-more-64 @literallybina @oenothera5 @lady-of-nightmares-and-darkness @jiminhearts92 @ifmehwasaperson @reptilebitch @thatonepanperson @hon9joon9 @notyourperfectmexicandaughter and anyone who wants to tag. Ignore it if you don't want to💐🏵💮🌸🌺

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Found this amazing tag game from a blog.

Spell out your URL with songs!

A-Agust D by Agust D

F-Final Masquerade by Linkin Park

R-Reflection by BTS

I-I know it's over by The Smiths

T-Tomorrow by BTS

T-Talking to myself by Linkin Park

E-Epiphany by BTS

R-Run by Bring Me the Horizon

E-Euphoria by BTS

R-Roots by Imagine Dragons

gonna tag- @purrrrrrr @mytalkingraccoon @oenothera5 @supergeek1999 @ifmehwasaperson @suga-howd-u-get-so-fly @storonnik @dumdumyoongi @antichristlangdon @literallybina @lady-of-nightmares-and-darkness @demon-alexandra @dori-the-rwby-addict @hon9joon9 @freckly-lix @jiminhearts92 @notyourperfectmexicandaughter @mysingularitybts @we-can-be-kind-once-more-64

and anyone who wants to play uwu