i like when the characters are blue

30+ || she/her Mostly reblogs. Currently into SVSSS, but other fandoms will crop up.

[this-site-isnt-safe-for-me]

the best fucking shirt

[quasi-normalcy]

Not to sound mushy, but stories about two lonely characters from vastly different worlds finding solace with each other always appeal to me

[quasi-normalcy]

You know what makes it even better? If one of them is sort of evil.

[seravph]

I THINK I AM GOING TO CUT MY HAIR

[divorcedwife]

2000s fairies

[elumish]

I honestly think Gen-Z and younger simply does not understand how recent widespread smartphone adoption is.

I am not that old, and I didn't have a smartphone until probably late high school. For most of my life, many if not most people were not walking around with a magic internet machine in their pocket that they pulled out and used constantly for everything.

[sandumilfshous]

reblog if you remember having to ration your text messages and accidentally opening the internet on your phone was the end of the world

[rederiswrites]

There really really ought to be a book about how the staple crops of different civilizations shape and influence those civilizations, and I really want to read it.

[alexseanchai]

Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky and A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (three are alcohol, three have caffeine) are not quite that, but may still be of interest?

[rederiswrites]

I read Salt back in the day and it's so so good, second the rec. I have heard of 6 Glasses and not read it but I am sure I would probably love it. Gotta see if the library has it. Thank you!

[pandorasquillandquotes]

Gonna throw Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert in the ring here! You'll never see the modern world the same way again.

[vaspider]

A Short History Of The World According To Sheep by Sally Coulthard blew my mind. So many things are tied to wool and sheep and weaving and so many words and phrases are tied to wool, people have no idea.

Example words which come from textiles/weaving, if not specifically wool (go look them up!): subtle, shoddy, tabby, Brazil, rocket, twit, warped, going batty, on tenterhooks, text...

[foxofninetales]

I'll throw in a rec for Pickled, Potted, and Canned by Sue Shephard - a very interesting look at food preservation and how the availability of different types of food preservation shaped cultures and cuisines.

[electronsprotonscroutons]

Sweetness and Power is this but for the topic of sugar

[magneticdeclination]

The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past might also be up your alley. It's about "forgotten" foods and staples. They talk about different types of wheat, sauces, veggies, etc and a little about the cultures from whence they come

[doctornerdington]

Also: Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser. One of my favourite books.

[bitchwhoyoukiddin]

DO I HAVE A SERIES FOR YOU. University of California Press has a gift for you and it is a 80+ book series on food studies. There are even some that are open access (legally free), but the rest are in libraries.

I also highly recommend Frostbite by Nicola Twilley. It’s about the impact refrigeration has had/is having on food preservation and culture, globally. It was one of my favorite books of this last year.

[calystarose]

Also, The Rice Theory of Culture https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=orpc By Thomas Talhelm

[viralcat]

[allpiesforourown]

Do you have any omegaverse fics for svsss? If you don't or are too busy to answer, just discard this and don't worry. Thank you! 💜

I don't read much omegaverse but if I'll go through the omegaverse tag and keep you updated! If anyone has fic recs lmk

[dyed-indigo]

i don’t read omegaverse often but i got two that i added to a reclist for a friend so i can contribute

https://archiveofourown.org/works/69775676 <- moshang modern au, shang qinghua is an alpha pretending to a an omega

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62122984/ <- bingqiu, shen qingqiu is an alpha who becomes an omega to avoid getting human sticked but discovers gender euphoria along the way. there’s another fic in the series that this is apart of where binghe becomes an omega that is. also good but more just smut i believe

[nebulaink]

Nested Expectations by Prudabaga; bingqiu, rated: E. Shen Qingqiu hides that he is an omega because it was never revealed in PIDW that he's an omega, and he makes a lot of missteps that would be resolved if he just told everyone. Also, the Jin Lan City chase scene is everything I could want from a mating run.

Also seconding any recommendations of cherrichou's writing.

(I love everything Prudabaga has written for bingqiu, esp their 3 most recently uploaded fics: Second Chance at a Good First Impression, Once More From the Top, and End Game)

[fursonas]

an erotic poem:

leg so hot

hot hot leg

leg so hot u fry an eg

[imagine-darksiders]

[ying-an-sanren]

"There was a portrait on the offering table, the ink still wet, obviously just finished. In the portrait was a youth in white robes and a golden mask, a sword in one hand and a flower in the other, his beauty exquisite and unparalleled."

[vampiliar]

Need a vampire to straddle me as they drink from my neck actually. That would solve a lot of my problems.

[wolfythewitch]

Doodle while relistening

[musashi]

Hey can you guys reblog Cheeseburger so he can take a sunbeam nap on lots of blogs. No other reason I just want you guys to see him.

[haiang]

hualian kissing gotta be one of my favorite genres

[beggars-opera]

Your honour, I admit that I do have a superiority complex over not watching Disney "live action" remakes, but in my defense, I am right

[oddarette]

You are alone in a strange place. The murmurs of ghosts echo through the corridors. Instead of people there stand pools of water, isolated forever. A phone rings off in the distance. Do you answer?

[paddysol]

[Divorcesteal] When did you realise she was right for you? Was there a moment you decided she could make you happy?