a wolf in hardcover clothing

books

[a-wolf-in-hardcover]

The hyperspecific relationship dynamic in the novel ive barely worked on over the last decade

Grumpy x sunshine. But the "sunshine" is a trauma mask, everyone in Sunshines life thinks Grumpy is a bad influence making Sunshine miserable. But in reality Grumpy is the only one Sunshine feels safe to unmask around

[sncrlynwtms]

fandom etiquette as a whole died when people who didn’t grow up on fandoms became stans during lockdown, yes, but why am i seeing people openly mocking fics on twitter. why am i seeing screenshots of fics with captions like “bro what is this 😭.” why am i seeing people mock fic writers for not knowing how sports or theater or college or any other organization operates in the real world.

“college is absolutely nothing like this” “why are we writing four people on the team scoring a hat trick in one game” “so tech work is nothing like this, hope that helps!”

if you don’t like a fic, and if you can’t suspend your belief enough to enjoy a fic that exaggerates or ignores real-world orgs, you don’t have to read it. you don’t have to screenshot it and put it on blast for twitter. you don’t have to post a link to it in the replies. the back button is literally there on your phone. it’s not giving baby’s first fandom anymore, it’s giving entitled asshole and it isn’t as cute as you think it is.

[midnightinshadow]

[angelicali0]

Green is life... 💚🌿

[hellyesbro]

I’m far less interested in fiction where it’s like “This power/ability/prophecy is gender specific but trans inclusive” and for more interested in fiction that just… doesn’t do that

[hellyesbro]

Stuff that’s like “Only girls can use moon magic but that includes trans women :)“ is still stupid and honestly a really reductive view of gender. Now if you wanna write some shit like “It’s believed that only girls can use moon magic but surprise it’s just surpressed/ignored in men because of gendered norms” like have at it. If you’re writing a fictional society you don’t have to stray away from fictionalized gender norms as well, but don’t right some shit where gender is baked into the laws of nature. Gender isn’t a force of nature, it’s a societal tool, and understanding that in real life means understanding that in fiction as well.

[booksniffin]

Yes! Another reason to read Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 🔥

[academic-vampire]

Nothing will ever replicate the unique comfort of carrying a small book with you everywhere

[ink-through-my-fingers]

I need an emotional support book on me at all times

[http-tempted]

[mal-studyblr]

hey quick PSA but “reading before bed to wind down” only works if you’re normal about books btw. if you aren’t you are going to end up awake at 2:52am after finishing the whole book just trust me on this one

[midnightinshadow]

[aurora-sadprose]

put down that c.ai thing and read y/n fics like god intended.

[professor-winter]

ʙʀᴏᴡꜱɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ

[cozycottagelife]

[vannigirly]

Xaden: You're staring. Again.

Violet: Can you blame me?

Xaden: No. But if you keep undressing me with your eyes, I'm gonna start helping.

[dragonsandrinks]

Garrick is what would happen if a precision airstrike had dimples

He’s quiet, calculating, emotionally deadpan.

And then he opens his mouth and says something so dryly sarcastic it causes physical damage to Xaden’s ego.

He wears all black, makes spreadsheets for rebellion operations, knows how to kill a man in four ways with just a pen.

And then someone mentions Gryphon racing and he’s like “I've won the last three tournaments.”

Garrick is what happens when competence meets unexpected wholesomeness and then grows a beard about it.

[dragonsandrinks]

Garrick's got DIMPLES???

Okay no. You can’t give Garrick the personality of a grumpy, precision-obsessed strategist with zero patience for BS and then casually mention he has dimples!!!!

DIMPLES—PLURAL??

What’s next? He bakes bread in his spare time? He writes letters in old Tyrrish? He sings lullabies to dragons?

This man is out here giving emotionally unavailable soldier vibes and then smiling like a summer breeze.

This is emotional whiplash.

[duckbunny]

some fandom disagreements are like "I see your point but I think this other aspect of the narrative is more significant," and some are like "I don't think you can read."

[kendallsbooked]

Violet: Did you have to stab them?

Ridoc: You weren’t there. You didn’t hear what they said to me.

Rhiannon: What did they say?

Ridoc: "What are you going to do, stab me?"

Sawyer: That’s fair.

[nycstark]

a court of thorns and roses. ballad of songbirds and snakes. bowl of macaroni and cheese