you light the spark in my bonfire heart

Sam | they/them | really digs les mis, tolkien, theatre, star wars, cats, man from uncle | namjoon bias + the ot7 | zac blakely is asexual and panromantic | scott mccall is bi

[snug-gyu]

[mckitterick]

[rip-quizilla]

[limbel]

we have to thank our brave soldiers in fandom who write gen fics. we have to thank our brave soldiers in fandom who write character studies and stories with no focus on romance or sex. we have to get on our knees and thank the brave soldiers in fandom who write about minor characters and friendship and family with no focus on romance or sex. i know it’s hard to care about characters in a world that seems to only revolve around ships but i see you. and i love you

[the-most-pathetic-edge-marquis]

hey!!! have you ever wanted to watch an actual Quileute elder talk about Quileute culture, language, and tradition? (as well as his family history, the damage Twilight has done, climate change, and so much more?)

trick question. this is an intervention. even if you’ve never wanted that, you do now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmfbQRclFf8

this is a video of Chris Morganroth, a Quileute elder, canoe-builder, language teacher, and a fantastic storyteller. he is wearing a shirt covered in pictures of wolves: his cousin made it for him! this is a recording of a 2012 speech at the Smithsonian. it is about an hour long. it is so worth it.

(big thanks to @twilightphasepodcast, who cited this as a resource in their latest episode, which was how i found it!)

[teamponytail]

a fic author I greatly admire left kudos and bookmarked some of my own work. I'm just. Gently shaking in place.

Hi evocates

[seabeck]

🥺🥹

[seabeck]

Around the bend

[seabeck]

In the brush

[seabeck]

My pet meerkat

[seabeck]

Bleeding blue tooth

[cinnamo6]

absolutely gorgeous shots

[cinnamo6]

ESPERA MASKS!!!

[custer-mp3]

they really don't make Bigass Cabinet For Computer anymore. we were at the used furniture warehouse the other day & they had so many. that's the way things should be. lock away that wretched machine when you're done looking at it

[custer-mp3]

Lock That Fucking Thang Up

[stumblngrumbl]

back in the ancient times when we had tube TVs (before flat-panel TVs) i couldn't be near a TV, on or off, without having my eyes drawn to it

it's like it was a churning maelstrom, it would capture my attention

i think it's because even when off, there was a depth to the darkness that would draw me in

so i learned quickly, cover that shit

used to have a tapestry that was at one point my bedspread and I just tossed it on the TV and presto, no more drawing my eyes in

much later we were setting up a room some would call a "den" and it has built-in bookshelves, and front and center there's a larger cabinet not unlike the above armoire, which fit a massive TV. like, 36", that fucker was huge (honestly though it was huge and it weighed, no kidding, about 230 pounds - 100kg). the doors protected me though!

unfortunately modern TVs came along and the little 55" TV we have now (and almost never watch) still is... at that cabinet; it's on the same roll-out shelf, but it's kinda semi permanently rolled forward because the TV is just a bit too big to fit inside the cabinet

at least the flat screen TV doesn't grab my attention any more; if it did, i'd be back to the tapestry to cover it

TL;DR - throw a cloth over your TV if you don't have a cabinet for it to be hidden in; be more deliberate about watching the "tube"

[aquareegia]

🖕🖕

[ttuancheesy]

II

[readingsometimes]

If you haven’t ditched the Amazon-owned Goodreads in favor of the independent, Black-owned StoryGraph, what are you waiting for?

You can import your Goodreads data (so you won’t lose years of book tracking)!

You can get personal recommendations based on your current preferences!

It’s sleek af!

IT’S NOT OWNED BY AMAZON

Users can apply content warnings so you can avoid triggers before ever opening a specific book

The same applies for ‘mood’! Wanna read something sad? Find books tagged as ‘sad’, that’s literally it

IT’S NOT OWNED BY JEFF BEZOS

[readingsometimes]

Addressing some comments in the tags: It’s true that the database isn’t as vast as Goodreads’ - yet. The site is much, much newer than Goodreads. But you can actually help them expand!

When you search for a title, you may not find what you need. Then all you have to do is click the handy “Can’t find the book you’re looking for?” link, and you’ll be taken straight to this page, where you will be able to help them find books to add to their database! If you can’t find that non-English book you’re looking for, help them out!

[daemonmatthias]

I had no idea it was black-owned! So cool.

I’ve been using StoryGraph for a bit over a year now and I LOVE IT.

Way better review system - you can mark things as quarter stars, you mark moods, slow/medium/fast pace, several things about plot, character, etc.

Tailored searches - you can search by mood as well as set various preferences and then search for matches.

Can add/view content warnings to books - no more skimming reviews and accidentally getting spoilers!

Really interesting and unique reader-created challenges

Tracks more than # of pages/books read - also tracks moods, types of books, length, fast/medium/slow pace, etc.

Also, to address the above comment- it has been about 7 months now since I’ve had to add a book to their database, and I’ve been reading a good mix of old/new/popular/lesser-known/etc. just in the last 3-4 months. The database has grown ENORMOUSLY since StoryGraph first launched and will simply continue to grow the more people use it!

[jughead-is-canonically-aroace]

[ID: first image is a screenshot of the front page of StoryGraph, showing a toolbar and 3 book entires. second image is a screenshot of the page on StoryGraph to add a book by filling out the title and author. end ID]

[butchniqabi]

if i could double dutch just once more

or throw one more bottle into the bone ditch

if i could pull back the haze of time

with my bare hands

and reorient the center of my universe

if i could recreate warm summer evenings

and the cold winter days

if i could through sheer force of will

bring back the days long gone

that now only exist in collective memory

how can this truly be past?

when the memories dance in the corner of my vision

when i cannot smell humid summer air

without being sent back in time

when the sweetness of dreams constantly leaks into the light of day

how can this be past?

yet i know our history is dust in the wind

free from being caught, captured

defined

there is much uncertainty when it comes to memory

were the days truly so peaceful?

did the teas truly taste so sweet?

i don't know and i think i never will

but i know we long for those bygone days

having left part of ourselves buried in the front yard

and perhaps i will find you

all of you

waiting there when my time ends

playing double dutch

and throwing bottles

into the bone ditch

- send your love to walnut street by Amatullah Bourdon