#read in progress

[gremlinsminion]

Still going through Perforated Heart. I really like it, but I often need to pause for a day, because no amount of fanfiction could prepare me for passages like this:

I said, “I think kielbasa is Polish not Ukrainian. What’s a vole?”

John said, “A vole is like a gerbil. Smaller. Easier to insert.”

I said, “Insert where?”

John said, “Into the lower colon. Use a tube. Put the gerbil in a rubber glove. Insert into anus. Allow small mammal to go exploring. Stimulates the prostate.”

I said, “Whose prostate?”

There's much more going on beside crazy kink talk, but believe me, it's everywhere in the book, and only gets crazier.

[welcometololaland]

actually genuinely curious about this because anecdotally I think I've seen a shift, maybe even in my own reading patterns

[evercelle]

a story that can't be obtained again

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

Excellent choice, Councilor Medarda. A supreme challenge.

This one.

@mandaloreyan this gave me a HEART ATTACK when I saw your tags my god it was RIGHT THERE she could've just as easily chosen Viktor and what then. WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN

[devonhale]

actually one of the most beautiful things about hacks is that we can be changed by anyone and at any period in our lives. deborah was in her forties when ava was born. she’d lived a life longer than ava’s before ava even existed yet they both have had a profound effect upon each other. it’s never too late. you haven’t met all of the people who are going to change you yet.

[you-were-meteowrong]

reblog for bigger sample size

[kismety]

If this doesn't fucking convince you I don't know what will

[lokh]

filtering including a separate tap, an on tap device or any other filter (eg jug, bottle)

bonus: where are you from and/or what is your cultural background

[adaki]

GIRLS NITE OUT >_< ((clockwork could not make it)) (wip)

[moonsun2010]

5 June - The Dracula Drought begins

a redraw of this art from DD2023!

[gremlinsminion]

❝So I was at work and this woman was returning a tripod while I was wrapping these packages with twine and I needed to wrap the twine somewhere, so I spooled it around this little teddy bear that Jonathan keeps on a shelf. I made a joke to the woman about the little “bondage bear” and this woman, Sally, turned to me and said, “Are you into that?” And perversely (again trying to be funny) I said, “Sure.” She invited me out to Ken’s Broome Street Bar for a drink…❞ Perforated Heart by Eric Bogosian

I don't know how much of this book is autobiographical; reviews call it a "fictional autobiography" and "semi-autobiography", but this is something that could absolutely have happened to young Daniel Molloy, so enjoy.

[spiltm3lk]

This piece will be the death of me

[mostlyghostie]

My book journals arrived today!

A 170 page paperback journal to track your reading, plus 2 sheets of stickers to customise the cover and turn the 7 blank inner pages into lists and trackers as you wish, plus a bookmark to save your reading progress.

I’ve wanted to make something like this for years and am so pleased with the result- all made and printed sustainably in the UK by a great local printing company.

You can get one on my Etsy shop here

(Only 50 available in this first run)

[decapitationposting]

Honestly it’s so tiring having to fight for ace/aro hcs in fandom. Like they’re never anyone else’s first pick unless the character is nonhuman (usually robots and aliens, because of course) or inherently un-pair-able for whatever reason. If the character falls outside that slim margin by even a little bit you have to fight tooth and nail to find any scraps of someone, anyone with a similar interpretation to you. Even if the character does have stuff in canon that supports an ace/aro read it still feels like you have to fight to prove it’s there. It’s just thoroughly disappointing.

[captainofthedefiant]

my favorite thing about klinger as a character is that he is so respectful of the women's clothing and women's spaces he inhabits in his efforts to get the section 8 by dressing like a women. sure, the whole thing is played for a bit of a giggle, and he's very clear that he's fully straight and masculine, but despite this he's respectful of it. or the show is respectful of it - the efforts women put into looking nice that a man usually would not even consider, and even often make fun of and downplay.

in the ceasefire episode he's selling off his dresses to the nurses and giving them coordination tips and gives the one nurse a pair of matching shoes for free. he does all the little things in the background like curlers and hair scarves and filing/painting his nails, wearing the right styles/lengths for the right occasions, talks about wearing the right kinds of underthings/slips. and because it's played as completely straight, as a "get me out of here" plot bit, it becomes an inversion of the "high maintenance woman" trope that shines a bit on how much thoughtfulness and work really goes into appearing beautiful. and it doesn't use klinger to disrespect any of these rituals, but rather shows him participating in them fully with his whole heart... even if he's just trying to get out of the army.

[isjasz]

Part 1- The Orphanage

IT BEGINS WOOOOOOOO this was meant to inform ppl of the lore in tpn for the sake of the au then it got out of hand helpme

Designs | Part 1 | Part 2 (End)