#rickbrantserieskin

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My author: "IDK, maybe the last name was Brandt, maybe it was Brant." Me, a language nerd who knows those were both Jewish German surnames but the latter sounded more English and was easier to get publishers to go with: "I see what you're doing here and I appreciate the stealth representation. Especially given it was the 40's and you had to argue about this. I see you, I love you, you were weirdly progressive for your era and I appreciate you."

Rick Brant (#Rick🌟)

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Sorry to the mods for sending in two confessions in a row but I just need to vent:

I just spent 160 USD online on seven books in my canon so if you're wondering what it's like having a kintype from a book series that's been out of print longer than your parents in this life have been alive, imagine doing that and then looking at the final four books you know you'll never own because they're going for 100 USD or more each. Oh, and the series is so obscure that if you try looking up anything about it, you can't find plot summaries or pirate the books even if you wanted to. OH, and also I spent 47 USD on four books from my series at the used bookstore in my town yesterday in order to obtain everything as cheaply as possible. That's 207 USD total and my set isn't even complete. (If I ever find another kintype I hope it's from a single book and not a series, please, please don't let me do this twice.)

I've spent so much time and effort and money just to get to read these things that the next person who says obscure kin are hipsters or there's no way anyone could take 'kin seriously is going to get pelted with all these books packed into a bag. I wouldn't go through this much work to get ahold of these if it was "for fun" or "not real".

Screaming internally,

Rick Brant #Rick🌟

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I sigh when people compliment my "dark academia" aesthetic because that's not what I'm going for. I was raised in the 30's and 40's, I'm just used to a certain level of formality. I miss being able to wear clothes I feel comfortable in. I'm still adjusting to the prevalence of jeans, which are, to me, sensory hell and also something I associate with goofing around with my sister in the field behind my house... I just made myself sad. I miss my sister. I don't know if I miss her stealing my cardigans or not, though. - Rick from the Rick Brant novels, #Rick🌟