IslaYaps

Am biggest percabeth shipper I have read all the fantasy books on booktok lol I also have really strong opinions about certain things/topics/people Pinterest user is itsislabaddiesss

[islareadsalot]

Intro to me

hey, my name is isla, I love reading. I am a child of athena, an inflictior, a ravenclaw, team jameson, and team azrgwyn (among SO many other things). My favorite color is purple, I'm a blonde, and my favorite twilight character is alice. My favorite actress is zendaya, and my favorite artist is sza. Some random facts: I have very strong opinions, my favorite food is funnel cake, I have 2 younger sibilings and an older stepbrother. I can be very passive aggressive, especially on social media, but i can recognize it and apologize quickly. I rant a lot, like I am doing right now. I post every day at 11 am and 3 pm ET, but sometimes irregularly, so keep an eye out. ❤

[housethatalwaysrains]

me when im lying to everyone about everything ever so i can't tell anyone about this thing im crashing out over bc ive already told people

[islareadsalot]

SO REAL

[fintan-pyren]

what if we were elves at the elf club comparing our genealogy charts to make sure neither of us is the other's great-great-great-grandparent before we fuck 👉👈

[islareadsalot]

Fashionnnn

so one trend that in 2026 needs to disintegrate into the abyss entirely is barrel jeans. I will never under stand why some people want their legs to puff out. On the other hand, one trend that we should definitely keep is old money. I know this isn't really something you can keep, (will probably stay around for a LOT longer than barrel jeans) but it kinda calls to me idk

[islareadsalot]

Nikolai: Can I borrow five dollars? Zoya: If you’re only borrowing it, does that mean you’ll pay me back? Nikolai: Of course. Nikolai: Not directly, but with my love and affection. Zoya: So that’s a no.

[islareadsalot]

Random thoughts #1

so I was watching a Bridger ton episode, idk which one, I think its called oceans apart or smth, and it kept cutting between these 2 scenes with Daphne gambling and having fun and cracking jokes, and Anthony and Simon drinking awkwardly in a library (no shade to libraries ofc). And I was thinking, and I was like waittttt a minute this sounds familiar and it kinda hit me: as a woman, I'm having sleepovers, fun outings, going to parties, and so much more with my besties, but what do men do? Or do they just not have the gene to spend that kind of quality time with their friend? Like are y'all always razzing each other? Do you ever have bonding experiences like just spending time with each other without screens or alcohol? Im sorry if it feels like I am discounting mens relationships, bc I do understand that people show love in different ways, but I do kinda need to know lol

[ruewenthusiast]

the ruewen family is crazy because its really just like. what if we opened our home for the first time in over a decade just for you? i dont think you see me when you look at me. look at me. i cant replace what you lost. we cant replace what you lost either. what if we arent strong enough for this? for you? we let you die not knowing how much we love you. what if i came back and you got a second chance anyways. what if maybe we didnt deserve that chance but we'll make it up to you with everything we have. we're trying. what if you are and that's all i wanted. what if this house is filled with ghosts and maybe im one of them. you're so much more than a ghost. you showed us how to live again. and what if i taught you how to let go? what if i was enough to get you to dust off that shelf, move those boxes. what if there are no replacements for what we've lost but we go on and we'll do it for you. and we'll build something new, just the three of us. what if this is home? what if i belong here. you do and we'll make sure you never doubt that again. what if i called you mom and dad? you're our daughter just as much she was. not because you look like her, but because you're you. what if i stand between you in the mirror and you're both looking at me and i know you don't see a ghost anymore. i am seen as so many things by the world, but here i can just be me. we wish you didnt have to grow up so fast but we're so proud of you. please slow down and let yourself rest. what if we keep our door open for you every night. what if i crawl into bed with you when im too scared to close my eyes. what if there is still love after loss

[1percentcharge]

People who are like “erm why would I take a 6 hour train when I can fly there in 45 minutes” are forgetting the mental toll of Being In An Airport which shortens your lifespan by 2 months each time

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[sandersstudies]

I know it can never happen due to privacy issues but I wanna know who tf the other 17 people waiting for this Libby ebook are. I want to start a group chat.

[solreefgrace]

what sport do you think bronte is best at

being a bitch

[its-mias-world]

[irisesforyoureyes]

girl forced to leave her blanket. 560345 injured, 2708 murdered.

[bookwyrminspiration]

got this fanfic shit in the bag

[islareadsalot]

truly never been more inspired in my entire life

[avelera]

If posting fic online has taught me anything, it’s that I have no idea how the reader will react to anything. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Not the faintest clue.

Fics that I think I scribbled off just to get them out there get the kindest, most rapturous feedback. Fics I slaved over, agonized over, bled my soul into get a couple tepid replies. Fics I thought were me revealing the darkness and weird kink that lives in my brain, scared to even post it for fear of judgement, get, “Aaaw that’s so sweet!” replies. Baffling.

My conclusion? You just never know. You really just can’t know. When I did a workshop with 20 other writers I would try to guess what their critique of my story would be and I was right maybe 1 in 20 times. Only one other writer would have the same critique for my story that I had. And it wasn’t even always the same person.

The encouraging part about this is, if self recrimination, the fear that you know what people won’t like about your story, is holding you back, just say fuck it! You’re almost certainly wrong! All you can do is make it the best story you can for the energy you have. And yeah, sometimes that means scribbling it out in an evening and kicking it out to the void of the internet before you can change your mind or worry about editing it more than once because then you’ll never post it.

It’s all chaos, man. You don’t get to decide what the audience thinks. All you can do is create it and put it out there for them to decide.

[dduane]

And you will never know what they're going to think.

The message, therefore, becomes:

Find your story and tell it, and don't allow yourself to be affected by what you think other people will think of it.

Is this tough? OF COURSE IT FUCKING IS. All our damn lives we're taught to second-guess our own narratives with an eye to what other people will make, or think, of them. (And twice as hard if we're women, because of the ruthless socialization to which we're subjected.)

But your vision is the single thing that's the most perfectly yours in the whole world. And when you're writing, the experience of putting down on paper (or in electrons) what you see and feel, your own true take on the world's reality, is the closest to perfect freedom—as you tell the story that is uniquely yours—that you will ever get.

The Deity itself is waiting on you for that story. No one else can tell it. No one else shares the unique psychological and life-experience coordinates, the unique temporospatial spot, from which it's being told. Nothing in this whole physical universe can compare. This whole universe will be lesser without your story, told.

So tell it. And fear nothing. 😀

[si-lee-me]

Bro this is so fr. I think about how my writing comes across CONSTANTLY. Maybe…I shouldn’t do that……..

I mean, I think intentionality is good. Doing things knowing their effect. But I guess I forgot that the only effect you can be sure of is the effect it has on yourself.

[islareadsalot]

Yessss this bc I feel like I'm too scared to post anything but I really want to so I think I def will eventually

[mesmerholic]

okay

i've seen SO MANY kotlc people convert

i have to ask

what is it about white collar? like what's so good about it and should i watch it

also how did this pipeline even become a thing

okay im only about halfway into season one BUT its absolutely worth your time!!! the main dynamic of neal (the con artist) and peter (the fbi agent) is GENIUS, its such a fun concept and OHHHHHHHH THE CREATIVITY!!!! its ome of those shows that goes absolutely insane with its concept. like its a show about white collar crime but they dont bore you with it; its the fun kind like art theft and shit its so engaging.

plus neal is BIBLICAL mes representation

the pipeline is all @myfairkatiecat's fault from what i understand

[kissmeandimight-dropdead]

what if grady and edaline were australian