Captivated

carolyn | reader, runner, lover of dance

[whitager]

you have to read to your kids you have to read with your kids you have to read in front of your kids you have to take your kids to the library you have to talk about books with your kids you have to let your kids read books that are a little difficult or scary you have to teach your kids to love reading

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[truestoriesaboutme]

I can't quite explain it, but Clue (1985), The Princess Bride (1987), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) are all the same genre

[short-and-angry]

They aren't a spoof (roast) or a love letter (tribute), but a best man's speech; an expression of love with a gentle ribbing on ocassion.

[1000-life-hacks]

[someonefantastic]

@pscentral event 13 ✵ tropes @userphotoshop event 11 ✵ comfort (character) ↳ CORDELIA CHASE + tropes

[jbthegift]

Pioneers 😭🚀 🌙

[hangmanbradshaw]

Need to finish my WIPs but the discord is genius today and now I’m stuck on boxer!bradley and ballerina!jake in a gritty underground vs prim and proper uptight studio setting while Jake helps Bradley loosen up from injury (it developed into a plot so fast)

[ilya-sweetheart]

at their second summer at the cottage, ilya knew something about the space was different, but couldn’t quite tell what…

until he walked past the mantle piece and saw a framed picture of his mother. shane must’ve gotten it from svetlana and placed it in a frame matching the others. there she was, right next to shane’s parents, like she belonged there, and she did

his mothers picture was turned to the side so she could have a view of the lake and the sunrise.

and on the wall hung a picture of himself as a child wearing the skates he got for his birthday, his mothers hand was visible to the left as he has not moved quickly out of the way. ilya wouldn’t want it any other way. like she was still there touching him, a guiding hand

there’s also a handwritten card from his niece on the bookshelf. drawn on purple paper, with squiggly handwriting and wonky hearts, she gave it to him the last time he visited. ilya hoped he might see darina again. he doubted it.

trinkets littered the space; a small toy car from his childhood, his first boston house key, boarding cards, hotel keys, an empty carton of marlboro red, his trading card

everywhere, shane had added tiny little pieces of ilyas life. proof of his place in shane’s life, of their love, that he belonged at the cottage

the small things ilya used to store in boxes, out of sight out of mind. he didn’t even know how shane got a hold of it all, but here they were finally allowed to breathe and take in the sunshine.

finally safe, finally at home

[penandinkprincess]

okay but i'm feeling very soft about the idea of yuna taking over managing ilya's career like she does shane's because i'm also thinking about how ilya was always expected to be SILENT when his father was speaking to someone on his behalf, and i feel like his kneejerk reaction, then, when they're at an event and yuna goes "ilya, honey, come over here, i want to introduce you to [big potential sponsorship]" would be to introduce himself and then stay quiet and let her talk. he wouldn't be miserable like when his father would do it, but he literally spent his whole career going "okay, important things about me are being discussed. i have to not contribute now."

and i'm then imagining him being a little startled the first time yuna turns to him and includes him in the discussion on purpose because...oh? you want?? him to speak up here, too??? o-okay. and oh, this is kind of nice, actually, being a team with yuna. she's taking the lead here, but ilya is charming on his own, so they're REALLY doing a great job here, and it's actually kind of?? fun?? picking up the conversational pitches she's tossing to him?? and seeing her be so pleased when he hits them exactly how she wants?? and sets her up for another good move in the conversation?? oh my god?? this feels so nice?? she's clearly so proud of me?? i'm clearly doing a good job by her standards and she's pleased??? i'm having a great time with my mom??? #mymom

and afterwards, i feel like yuna might pull him to a quiet corner or something and just, "you were a little quiet at the start. are you not interested or something? it's okay if you're not." because she's used to having to get answers from shane that way, but ilya is just no! sounds great! thank you. :) anyone else you want to talk to here? :)

ilya just finally having someone who both cares about his career AND about him at the same time.

[fanficmemes]

This one goes out to my fav fic authors bc when I’m done reading all of ur works I go straight to ur bookmarks. Baby I’m using u like a recommendation list and when I’m done w the bookmarks I’m heading to the gifted works

[coloredcompulsion]

[keskaowl]

tags from coloredcompulsion:

[donttesme]

[hauntedfictionland]

“I never want to come back here again. I fucking hate it here. And they all fucking hate me. I pay for everything. I make sure everyone has clothes they like. I make sure the food is perfect. That father is buried next to his parents, that the tomb is perfect. And the only fucking word I ever hear is: i want more Ilya, i need more Ilya. More, more, more, more, more. And I have nothing for these people. I give them everything.. but I feel fucking empty. They don't care, they look at me and see a bank. Or an enemy. Or I don't even know what. My brother, he always hated me. And I know why... but it kills me. And it kills me that he took care of my father and I didn't. But I couldn't. I wasn't here. I still paid for it all. And he will never forgive me. For any of it. For existing. And it means... I have no one now. Well not no once, I have Svetlana. She loves me, and I love her. But not like... fuck me. But not like I love you. That's the worst fucking part of all this is. That all I want is you. It's always you. I'm so in love with you and I don't know what to do about it.

HEATED RIVALRY (2025) Ilya's russian monologue to Shane.

[finelytaylored]

connor is just so SO damn great as ilya. truly remarkable stuff.

[anthonysperkins]

“I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being… by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.”

Happy birthday, Paul Newman!! Jan. 26, 1925 – Sept. 26, 2008

[anthonysperkins]

“I’d like to be remembered as a guy who tried — tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn’t complacent, who doesn’t cop out.”

Happy birthday, Paul Newman!! Jan. 26, 1925 – Sept. 26, 2008

[grumpy-gh0st]

I literally don't want a job. I want to read for 4 days straight