New Romantics

Desiree ❤️ Out of the black, into the blue ✨

[ruinedchildhood]

May 25th -  Spongebob and Patrick go camping

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#These Damn Sexy As Hell Hockey Book Adaptations

[lucysunderground]

favorite reads ☆ The Second Death of Locke

“She squeezed his hand. "Never ask me to leave you," she said, voice cracking. "Use my power well. Protect me. It has always been this; it has always been us. Let it be us until the wars end or we find our deaths—whatever comes first.”

[yelyahrodrigo]

Six times Xaden Riorson is the funniest character in Fourth Wing

♡ because my boy contains multitudes ♡

1. when he was trolling Vi right from the beginning

2. when he was fucking done with Tynan's shit

"nO, bUt I cAn NaRrAtE" lives rent free in my head

3. when he manages to lighten the mood right before making out with Violet for the first time

4. when he cannot contain his giddiness that he can now bother Violet without having to utter a single word

5. when he decides honesty in the best policy with Mira

6. when he is offended by breakfast

✰ Xaden Riorson, born to be a little shit, forced to be a revolution leader ✰

[nighttrashheadache]

violet: he’s probably thinking about other girls

xaden: I need to figure out a way to attach the tiny dragon to the big dragon

[violetsorengail]

fourth wing ch. 11 // iron flame ch. 45

ridoc screaming with his whole chest: did you all know my good friend violet she's so talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before-

[mysterylilycheeta]

Ridoc’s eyes narrow. “I’m just as good of a fighter as any of you, and while you’ve been focused on rehab and Rhiannon is chasing first-years to keep them in line, I’ve been the one reading every fucking book Jesinia shoves at me and spending extra hours training—” The skin on the orange splits. “It really pisses me off when you guys act like my sense of humor somehow lessens my ability to show up for our squad.”

YES RIDOC! SHOW OFF YOUR BADASSERY!

[celestialvioletsoul]

This. Freaking. Scene. Xaden saying there's only one person he asks permission THEN proceed to ask Violet when's the right time to leave for the mission.

Of course he will prove HIS point in front of the Senarium— he's Xaden, Duke of Tyrrendor, scared of almost no one, but only bows down to one person who happens to be THE lightning wielder AND the love of his life.

ALSO: A SUBTLE HINT OF PROPOSAL IF YOU CAUGHT IT. 😉 Love catching Xaden in the act. Fun times.

Love that Violet blatantly said to Halden and to everyone in the room that Xaden is her choice like go pop off, Violence.

[violetsorengail]

fourth wing ch. 11 // iron flame ch. 45

ridoc screaming with his whole chest: did you all know my good friend violet she's so talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before-

[theprismapixels]

Does anyone else think it’s genuinely adorable how Tairn & Sgaeyl both seem to have bonded riders that remind them of each other?

Tairn & Xaden are both ruthless, snarky, and dramatic.

Sgaeyl & Violet are both intelligent, quick-witted, and sharp-tongued.

It's like they both went "Ah yes, that's familiar, I love it"

Idk, just something I noticed and thought it was so cute & sweet

[h-dw]

IVE NEVER THOUGHT OF IT LIKE THAT THIS IS SO CUTE👹

[mongo-the-liensis]

Book 5: A summary

[mongo-the-liensis]

Book 5: A summary

[ineedlelittlespace]

So, this seems to be the plot of every Dungeon Crawler Carl book so far. I love it.

[eraelias]

Ai, breathy: new achievement 😩💦

Carl:

[afk-lost]

Dungeon Crawler Carl really came out here and said the human race can out-stubborn fucking anything, asks what survival is and what you're willing to do for it, and how you carry the weight. that capitalism is violence, and that it breeds violence. that we need to hold each close and do what we can to help when we can, because what else is there?

....it also made me read the word nussy in a context where it makes sense.

[arcadianforests]

I think that, with DCC, the fact that you're following around a white American man who blows stuff up and his talking cat is very intentional. There's a huge cast of diverse and interesting characters and you only get to know a little about them when they enter the Carl and Dounut sphere, but otherwise their story is lost.

But all of these characters that pop in and out of the Carl and Dounut show have conversations and struggles and do shit off screen that Carl constantly had to catch up on. Even the NPCs. They build friendships, have important conversations, and do things off screen that you as a reader really want to know about. They have rich backstories that you're teased with. But you can't know them since the narrative prioritizes Carl and Dounut to the exclusion of everyone else. You're constantly kept just out of the reach of knowledge, as if we could just get one chapter from this characters POV, if we could just see this conversation that happened off screen we would understand so much more.

But Carl and Dounut are extremely profitable, the most profitable crawlers ever even, this is something Carl exploits over and over again. But that's the story we, as an audience, get to see. The only story. And the narrative wants you to feel that loss.

And I don't think it would work as well if Carl didn't care so goddamn much about everyone. He carries the weight of the dead forward through the story, from the nameless millions lost on the first floor, to the people he wasn't able to save, to the friends and family he's lost, to even the ones that the dungeon made the absolute worst versions of themselves.

I keep going back to when Carl tells Tizquick on the fourth floor, "One day this pain you're feeling right now will matter." Because he can't save everyone, but he can make sure that their pain matters, that he can make the people in charge feel it too.