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[sergeantsporks]

Okay, reason I don’t think Archie is dead

This scene. This one right here. Why?

Because after Merlin died, Douxie was… well, he was serious. He was appropriately mourning over his father figure that he’d just lost literally that night. Most of his usual flippancy was gone. The bravado we did see from him seemed like an act, a show put on for the Order’s benefit.

This right here? Pure, unadulterated joy. He is so pleased with himself. Not a shadow of sadness or seriousness on this boy’s face.

If he’d just lost Archie, by his admission the closest thing he has to a family… I’d think he’d be devastated. Probably even more so than when he lost Merlin. He’d have Serious Face on, and this kind of jokiness? Not happening.

That doesn’t rule out a later death, but Archie isn’t in THIS scene either, despite literally ALL of the other guardians being there. So wherever he is, he got there before this scene, and ergo, is not dead.

[sergeantsporks]

Oh, whoops, sorry, I guess I didn’t consider the possibility that uh DOUXIE WOULD JUST STOP CARING FIVE MINUTES LATER, my bad.

[archies-litterbox]

I'm starting ep1 of wizards to pull a quote for smth but the will power its gonna take to not just start rewatching is going to be so strong

[archies-litterbox]

okay but the peak comedy that is moppet!douxie saying "I know I'm capable of more than just pushing a broom!" and the broom he enchanted immediately beating him up

[everlastingfable]

consider: moppet falling asleep in Merlin's study while he was studying one of the magic books. Merlin seeing moppet and rather than magically levitating back to his room, decides to personally carry him there and tuck him into bed. Merlin does the thing where he brushes Douxie's hair to the side and gives a forehead kiss before leaving. Once the door is shut, Douxie cracks open an eye and smiles before going back to sleep

[archies-litterbox]

Douxie should have bitten someone in rott.

[teaboot]

My mom likes to tell me about how when I was a little kid riding public transport with her I'd always smile and giggle and chat with weird old ladies who smelled like cat pee and homeless folks and strangers dressed in bizarre outfits but any time a tidy and respectable businessman in a suit and tie waved at me I'd immediately clam up, and she takes a great deal of pride in my supposed inherentability to clock personalities but the truth is I do vaguely remember those bus rides, and it was never about the clothes or the hair or the smell, but more because everyone "strange" asked interesting questions and listened to what I had to say and seemed to think about what I said while the neat and tidy and rigid folks only ever acted like they were going through the motions, which was boring as hell and also pretty annoying

[teaboot]

Well-to-do finance manager with tidy shoes: "Why hello, sweetheart. Can you say 'hi'? Aren't you cute. Are you on a trip with your mom?"

4 year old me: why must we do this

Fantastic old woman in the leopard print coat: "Why yes, my tooth IS real silver! Nobody ever asks me that. Do you like cats?"

4 year old me, suddenly paying attention: Finally, A Person Of Intellect

[rin-henricov]

Stork and Griffin are distant relatives, but they are unaware of their relationship. Specifically, Stork is Griffin's great-uncle.

[cabinette]

Everyone meet my Eridian OC, Atria! They're an Eridian supermodel, and they just learned about fainting. They're suuuper into it....

Grace is super freaked out that they resemble an anatomical heart.

[summersells1]

Laughing at my own meme

I really think if they get to return to Arcadia peacefully without the Wizards happening Jim would’ve got his hair longer because they’d simply not have time to take care of themselves

Really wanted them to shout “my ninja” & “my trollhunter” as a reference to the book but.. yeah…

[ashenmind]

“Living weapon” covers a lot and all of it is hot

[ashenmind]

[dying-crying-pining]

“stabbing crying killing hot” has a fantastic ring to it

[earndiltheequalizer]

This reads like Captain Picard having trouble at the replicator.

[the-haiku-bot]

This reads like Captain

Picard having trouble at

the replicator.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[thrumples]

random kakyoin screenshot redraws because i miss him

[deadgravity]

Sorry about your very justified aquaphobia from The Horrors, you're still going in the tub.

[coolthingmaster]

drew all official pikachus drawn by Ken Sugimori, for a pokemon-themed tshirt contest

[rednines]

[kvothes]

a good thread

[elumish]

I agree with all of this. But! I think it is also important to recognize that there are subgenres where it is significantly harder to find certain things, and it's actively unhelpful to readers to pretend that you can just find whatever type of book you want to read if you just know how to look for it, especially if you are sticking to trad publishing.

It is possible to find both sapphic SFF and M/M fantasy. It is significantly harder to find, say, aro urban fantasy. Or trans romantic suspense. Or intersex mystery.

A lot of the advice above only really works for trad published or popular books and for identities/subgenres/content that aren't too niche.

So here's some advice if the advice above isn't working for you (either because you can't find books with what you want or because the books you are finding don't end up being the vibe you want), from someone who reads a few hundred books a year:

Find websites or lists dedicated to the specific thing you are looking for. They will generally have more variety and will post you to examples that don't show up in regular rec lists. (ex: aro book recs, ace book recs, intersex #ownvoices database, sapphic books). Goodreads lists can (sometimes) also be your friend.

Get comfortable reading self-published and small press books. Trad publishing has its blind spots.

Check Reddit for recommendations

Start figuring out what it is specifically that you like and then start making your searches more specific. This can be subgenre (if you want urban fantasy, you're rarely going to find it just searching "fantasy"), tropes, plot devices, vibes, etc.

Look at the "readers also bought" on Goodreads/Amazon, similar books on Storygraph, etc. if you read a book you like. Even if you don't end up reading the one you click on, it can show you similar authors (similar to looking at the blurb on a cover), especially because far fewer books have blurbs now.

Check out the Literature Map for similar authors.

[quietwingsinthesky]

other amazing canonical bit in ohshc: upon considering that haruhi might be a lesbian, tamaki’s solution to their love is that he has to transition Now. in an alternate universe, tamaki starts taking estrogen just because haruhi might like girls. she’s not gonna let that stop her.

[yumiko-1254]

I wonder how many demons thought Lied was a trans girl during the evidol arc...

Cuz like- female demons have a red, heart shaped tail, and male demons have a black, spade shaped tail. (Obviously with the exception of a few variations).

So... Lindy might just be known as the trans evidol lol