Positive Ease

side blog for clothing and musings

[jeaniefranklins]

Sex scene as character study is so good. What is your relationship to your body? What is your relationship to your partner? What lessons have you absorbed from the culture about yourself as a sexual being? How much do you have to trust someone before being comfortable with intimacy? What fears and insecurities come to the fore for you when you take your clothes off? It's so good.

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This is the first time I've read a book where a character has ze/sir pronouns. Neat!

"I will not compromise Embry’s future rule. Should ze want to mate with a human once ze takes the throne, that is zir choice."

The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert, A Deal with A Demon series

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I want to know if Gloria ever got that tracking chip.

[jackie-mae]

a little something for Mermay

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"Arana-Voras are dangerous for two reasons. The first and most obvious is that their diet consists of sentient creatures consumed live. They do not have to eat often, they can go spans and spans without and survive. But they are always hungry. Even if they have just eaten, even as they are eating, they are starving. An Arana-Vora will never be sated from any meal."

Chasing Cthulhu (Urf Oomons #2) by Bebe Harper

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The dedication page of I Married a Merman by Regine Abel is so sweet T.T

Dedication

To all the medical professionals who go out of their way to alleviate our suffering, to give us hope, a better quality of life, and the answers about this complex and mysterious wonder that is the human body.

To those who have or currently are suffering from chronic illnesses and pains, who put up a brave front every day to carry on with their lives, who refuse to surrender or be defeated. Remember that no matter how dark the night, the sun eventually always rises.

[monsterfuckeroftheday]

The Monster Fucker of the Day is Aunt Sis from the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

Girl might’ve started off as a desperate, lonely spinster, but she sure as hell lucked out with that suit wearing, tentacle forming, inky hunk of a Babylonian/Mesopotamian god, I’ll tell you what.

[meredithgayr]

Barbarians Choice is such an interesting book from all angles.

Firstly, I HATE Mardok. I am a big fan of watching growth & people taking accountability but it takes Mardok *SO LONG* to come to the realisation that taking this sweet sunshine loving wild girl off her planet, away from all she’s ever known, her family, her pet she’d have to leave behind, the Khui in her chest that is their very existence, their way of being, their culture would be taken out and killed & she wouldn’t have any freedom, she’d be trapped in a small apartment with him whilst he worked shitty jobs just to for them to get by. They would be scrounging and suffering. He couldn’t afford them to live somewhere where she could have outdoors grass and trees and real air experience. And this place has war and violence and some of the most traumatic awful things.

And for SO LONG he’s like yes 🙂‍↕️ this is a great idea 🙂‍↕️ because I do not like the cold ☝️ and I have a fear of being left behind.

DUDE YOU WORK ON A DODGY CARGO SHIP TRANSPORTING DODGY GOODS WITH PEOPLE WHO DONT EVEN LIKE YOU. YOU COULDVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND AT ANY ONE OF THOSE POINTS TOO AND YOU DIDNT THREAT ABOUT IT!!!

He’s so selfish. And then he realises it’s wrong at the last second and changes his mind. Bc he has nothing to give her, no family, just a dank small living space, shit jobs, capitalism & horrid people.

And then I thought about it more and I realised. He’s just a man. Well, he’s Mesakkah. But he’s corrupted by capitalism and war and all the shit *we have here*. So of course he sucks lmao. He’s based on a man from this planet (kinda) and Ruby just did a spectacular job of writing from an average human blokes perspective tbh.

So I still hate Mardok. But it is expected. I hate men too so.

Sa-Khui are just better✨💙

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I liked Farli's POV so much!!!! 🤩

A lot happened in Barbarian's Choice - almost too much. I enjoy my slice of life, low-stakes romances. I couldn't put the book down, partly because the events made me a little stressed and I needed to know what happened.

I didn't like Marduk at first, partly because of his and the crew's harsh personalities and there was a lot of new lore to absorb. He grew on me more and I liked seeing him interact with the tribe members. But he still isn't my favorite blue man.

And the book didn't end on a cliffhanger because the book's story was resolved, but there was a whopper of a setup for the next book.

Also, I enjoy reading the author notes at the end of each book where she talks about writing them.

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"I have taken no pleasure-mate since coming into my adulthood, and do not plan on it.

I am waiting for resonance.

Perhaps I am a dreamer, but I am waiting for a hunter that looks at me with fire in his belly and stars in his eyes."

- Farli, Barbarian's Choice

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"... when I look around, I see home. I see snow that hugs the world like a blanket. I see spikes of color where foliage has pushed its way through the snow, reaching for the sun. I see ribbons of blue as the streams wind through valleys, and herds of distant dvisti as they churn trails in the snow, seeking food."

- Farli, Barbarian's Choice

[tyrian-red]

my erotic fanfiction is more historically accurate than yours. here it claims that shes moaning 'yes,' however classical latin didn't have a word that corresponds to Modern English 'yes,' i.e. an affirmative answer to an interrogative. You could have easily avoided this glaring implausibility by allowing her to moan plus, 'more'—as exemplified in my critically acclaimed fic with an unprecedented number of kudos (eleven). I recommend that you log out of AO3 and return only after acquiring satisfactory knowledge of the subject matter.

[jadenite]

We all know what type of book the booktok girlies read right? Anyway, I thought I’d pay a little homage to that side of the internet for the Booktok theme for Mermay.

[writing-prompt-s]

The bad news is that you have been abducted by aliens. The good news is that you've been abducted by the alien equivalent of Steve Irwin, who has decided to make you the subject of an alien nature documentary.

[i-am-the-hero-alfred-jones]

"Ain't she a beauty! Right here- Well this girly's a little funky. She's got ADHD and Austim, but take a look at that spine!"

"See that spinal curve means she's got scoliosis, but with a little accomodation, she can live a regular life just like any of these other critters!"

Me: ". . . I better get some snacks or head pats out of this."

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One thing that has surprised me is that most alien and monster romances are still very straight. And the human one is usually female.

You are already queering the romance by not having everyone be human. I would like to read about more diverse sexualities and gender expression.

I have found just a few queer alien/monster romances but not many and I had to specially search for them, they do not come up in the general search. And the two I tried so far I ended up not finishing because I didn't like the writing.

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One of the gifts Cashol gives Megan is

"a new bone knife that had been made for my small hands. For some reason, I treasured the knife the most, because I remembered saying to Cashol over and over again that all of our knives were sized for his hands, not mine."

To be seen is to be loved 🥰

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Books I Read this month

- I Married a Naga by Regine Abel (Prime Mating Agency #2)

- I Married a Birdman by Regine Abel (Prime Mating Agency #3)

- Fire in His Fury by Ruby Dixon (Fireblood Dragons #4, Amy & Rast)

- Fire in His Spirit by Ruby Dixon (Fireblood Dragons #5, Gwen & Vaan)

- Mandy and the Tentacle Monster by Bebe Harper (Urf Oomons #1)

- Claimed by the Horde King by Zoey Draven (Horde Kings of Drakkar #2)

- Barbarian's Heart by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians #9, Stacey & Pashov)