#anna ariadne

[onomatopoeiasuga]

tlh is such a queer powerhouse tho. we have gays, bisexuals, lesbians, genderqueers and surely many more

special mention to charlotte and henry who decided there would no heterosexuals in their household and brought to the world two queer icons

[adiffident]

Why are M/M ships better written than W/W ones?

I'm no master in literature by any means but this really bugs me. I've read Six of Crows, All for the Game, The Raven Cycle, Call down the hawk, the entirety of the Shadowhunter Chronicles and all those books have really compelling gay couples. In the Shadowhunter universe Magnus x Alec (TyxKit, AlastairxThomas) are more fleshed out and have gotten so much extra content in recent years. Anna x Ariadne and Aline x Helen are pretty nice and all but not as thrilling. I've thought about it for a while but in my mind the dynamic between m/m couples cannot be translated into w/w and those seem cute but a littly bland to me or the synopsis of books just doesn't interest me.

I've gone out of my way to search for explicit lgbtq books and during this time I've devoured some in a couple of days.

Running with Lions(Julian Winters): really cute and thrilling, i've had several moments where I've been fistpumping the air (m/m, bisexual protagonist)

Her Royal Highness(Rachel Hawkins): also cute, somewhat unrealistic (f/f, bisexual protagonist)

Not your Sidekick (C. B. Lee) interesting world, absolutely predictable, cute couple (f/f, bisexual protagonist) (also read Not your Villain and want to read Not your Backup for the ace Rep)

Red, White & Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston) damn what a book, great parallel universe, love too see it some day.. absolutely thrilling storyline (which is somewhat similar to Her Royal Highness but better) actually made me believe in the goodness of American politics (which says a lot because I am european and hate the US government for various disgusting crimes they've comitted during history) (m/m, bisexual protagonist)

My conlusion after reading these books: I liked the f/f ones but the m/m where just objectively better. Am I going crazy, reading the wrong books or not enjoying them as much as I should...? Don't get me wrong I love every rep we can get but I am annoyed. And I also don't want to be the girl that only reads m/m books because that can be wrongfully interpreted in the feteshizing kind of way (bc I find sex generally uninteresting as I am ace, I just love the chemistry baby).

Has anyone had similar problems or can recommend great books who are in line with my previous reads?

Can someone please discuss this with me I am begging ya'll 🙃

[gwilymduck]

I love how Anna Lightwood is extremely confident when flirting with the ladies. But when it comes to Ariadne Bridgestock, she's a nervous wreck.

[cordeliascortana]

“and that's the thing about illicit affairs, and clandestine meetings and stolen stares, they show their truth one single time, but they lie and they lie and they lie, a million little times”

anna + ariadne. that’s all I’ve got to say.

[lovehyunlix]