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[say0ranarts]

dream drop distance✨

[luxmoogle]

₊˚⊹ ᵀᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰᵉᵃʳᵗ ˢᵉᵉᵏⁱⁿᵍ ᶠʳᵉᵉᵈᵒᵐ, ᵗʰⁱˢ ⁱˢˡᵃⁿᵈ ⁱˢ ᵃ ᵖʳⁱˢᵒⁿ, ˢᵘʳʳᵒᵘⁿᵈᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ʷᵃᵗᵉʳ. ⊹ ࣪ ˖

[mpkc]

Kairi: "Almost late again are we?" c: Sora: "Give us a break, Kairi!"

[tenoko1]

Started replaying Kingdom Hearts and omg the chokehold this series has on me. Also, Sora/Riku is an OTP that never tires. They have all my favorite story elements. Granted, omg, the controls are so janky and I suppress that memory everytime, I guess. Ugh, I miss fic of this series.

[tenoko1]

Finished Kingdom Hearts— omg the controls are so janky!!! Currently playing Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories on the PS4. I have not played this game since it originally came out on the GBA (mine was red).

Part of me wants to replay the GBA version of the game (the sprite art is all so cute!!!), but I've never played this version-- you can tell they made it pulling from KH files because the controls are just as janky, omg. (I just need you to run, Sora. Not walk. Not walk-run-walk. RUN. ffs)

NGL, I'm pretty much skipping all the scenes within the rooms and only watching the scenes in the hallways. I do appreciate being able to do that. That's where the story actually is.

This whole game is a hot mess, like the people behind it were in a tug of war: one person wanted easy to make, vibes-only game, the other wanted depth and story and DRAMA. So, Side Hustle kid vs Theater kid. So you get vibes in the rooms, story in the halls.

If only you could play sprite version while having the fully animated cut scenes from the halls. Or something. Ah well.

In Dragon Quest XI: S, they actually made it so you can switch back and forth between playing a pixel version of the game or the actual version of the game. Like, you can play the entire game as though it came out on the SNES. I don't recommend it, but you can.

[makingqueerhistory]

Anti-Book Banning Bingo

We made this for an event with the Writers' Guild of Alberta to fight the book bans in our province. Feel free to use it, and if you want to fill in the "support a trans author" square, consider becoming a paid patron of Making Queer History!

[tenoko1]

Started replaying Kingdom Hearts and omg the chokehold this series has on me. Also, Sora/Riku is an OTP that never tires. They have all my favorite story elements. Granted, omg, the controls are so janky and I suppress that memory everytime, I guess. Ugh, I miss fic of this series.

[tenoko1]

May books:

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates - 5 ⭐️

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry - 1.5 ⭐️

All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Breenan - 4 ⭐️

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa - 5 ⭐️ ***

Down to Ursa by Lissa Sharpe - 3.5 ⭐️

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker - 5 ⭐️ ***

***re-reads

Notes:

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa I have read more times than I can count. It’s in my Top 5 favorite books/series— which, funnily enough, so are When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker and Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan. I have read The Bargainer series countless times and I never tire of it. Their relationship is what I want to see in more romances. (Stories that rely solely on sex and no genuine relationship are textbook examples of poor writing. They give het pairing written by a man in a tv show, ngl.)

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates was also amazing and an instant favorite. I was not a horror fan before my first Darcy book— and ,honestly, still don’t consider myself one, but she beautifully incorporates my favorite elements from other genres into this one. Found family, page-turner FILLED with plot twists, bit of romance, blending supernatural and human causes (or scientific), character development, and more. Unputdownable.

Shield of Sparrows was meh. I finished it. Parts of it were good. Most of it had me wanting to yell because the plot holes were so infuriating and obvious problems. I wanted to DNF on numerous occasions. Ultimately, it was really dumb in a lot of ways. Like, plot holes you could drive a truck through.

Down to Ursa was an interesting surprise. It’s a Tarzan-retelling in a somewhat sci-fi take, but written in an older style, I assume in homage to the original. I never read the original, I’ll admit. I was pleasantly surprised, but wish the story were longer to make it one book. In this, Mina has been separated from Ursa and is fighting to get back to him, but the book ends when they find a way to leave Earth— well before they get separated. I’ll probably read the second book, I just wish she’d either made the book longer so that we know HOW they got separated to begin with.

[tenoko1]

May books:

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates - 5 ⭐️

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry - 1.5 ⭐️

All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Breenan - 4 ⭐️

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa - 5 ⭐️ ***

Down to Ursa by Lissa Sharpe - 3.5 ⭐️

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker - 5 ⭐️ ***

***re-reads

Notes:

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa I have read more times than I can count. It’s in my Top 5 favorite books/series— which, funnily enough, so are When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker and Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan. I have read The Bargainer series countless times and I never tire of it. Their relationship is what I want to see in more romances. (Stories that rely solely on sex and no genuine relationship are textbook examples of poor writing. They give het pairing written by a man in a tv show, ngl.)

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates was also amazing and an instant favorite. I was not a horror fan before my first Darcy book— and ,honestly, still don’t consider myself one, but she beautifully incorporates my favorite elements from other genres into this one. Found family, page-turner FILLED with plot twists, bit of romance, blending supernatural and human causes (or scientific), character development, and more. Unputdownable.

Shield of Sparrows was meh. I finished it. Parts of it were good. Most of it had me wanting to yell because the plot holes were so infuriating and obvious problems. I wanted to DNF on numerous occasions. Ultimately, it was really dumb in a lot of ways. Like, plot holes you could drive a truck through.

Down to Ursa was an interesting surprise. It’s a Tarzan-retelling in a somewhat sci-fi take, but written in an older style, I assume in homage to the original. I never read the original, I’ll admit. I was pleasantly surprised, but wish the story were longer to make it one book. In this, Mina has been separated from Ursa and is fighting to get back to him, but the book ends when they find a way to leave Earth— well before they get separated. I’ll probably read the second book, I just wish she’d either made the book longer so that we know HOW they got separated to begin with.

[ghostinthebathroom]

I had a dream about Columbo at a drag show. This is what came from it.

[somewhere-south-of-neutral]

I'm waiting for him to explain to me how his newfound love of drag allowed him to prove I killed my business partner

[tenoko1]

Title: When the Moon Hatched

Genre: High fantasy

Format: alternating audio/text

I’m still trying to find other titles that hit as good as this did, and I’ve yet to find one. This was one of my two Top Reads of 2024, and instantly entered into my Top 5 favorite books.

With the sequel having been released, I am doing a re-read because A LOT happens in this book. So much. When you finish reading it, you want to start over at the beginning because now you KNOW and it reframes nearly every scene in the book in new light.

This is series is better than Throne of Glass. Mistborn. Better than pretty much all the hyped fantasy books (most of which are actually romantasy). It is hard for a book to become a favorite, much less a Top 5. This book pulled an Elle Woods, “What? Like it’s hard?”

[tenoko1]

Finished reading: Down to Ursa by Lissa Sharpe, a signed indie book I got at my local indie. Really enjoyed this book and wish the second book were out already.

Our plucky heroine, Mina, can’t seem to escape one life-threatening situation without finding herself in another. Long after humans have abandoned Earth for terraformed colonies, scientists now return for the chance to study and research. Mina takes part in one such expedition hoping it will give her the opportunity to escape the eye of and flee from her controlling fiancée.

What she gets is a run-in with Ursa, a wild man who has lived his entire life on an abandoned planet, their lives becoming tangled as her escape plans are shattered and neither of them is willing to leave the other behind.

Now, this story is being told to us as Mina, now a captive on a space pirate ship, tells their story in a desperate attempt to stay alive and perhaps gain their help in getting back to Ursa…

[tenoko1]

@sarahreesbrennan PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A LABYRINTH REFERENCE. YOU AND I SHOULD BE FRIENDS. Lol

[chief-cook-and-librarian]

This too, right????

Not word for word, but exact same vibes

[tenoko1]

EXACTLY!!!!!! Omg all the Labyrinth vibes had me GIGGLING.

[mwagneto]

homophobic gay media isnt dead ♥ so glad we're still repping the classics even in 2026

[tenoko1]

Good Omens podfic

Text version: Laugh When It Sinks In

Author/Reader: Tenoko1

Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley

Tags: Domestic Fluff, accidental roommates, Romantic Fluff, Self-Worth Issues, Moving In Together, Accidental Nesting, Aziraphale is a Bower Bird, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, Love Confessions, coming home, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: M4B

Length: 1hr30mins

Summary:

Crowley stopped them in their trek, slipping his arm from Aziraphale’s grasp to face him, hands on his shoulders. “Are you sure you’re alright? A-are you having, like, a mid-life crisis or something now that Heaven’s cut you loose? You’re worrying me. What’s next? Cherry red sports car?”

Aziraphale reached up to pat Crowley’s hand in reassurance before they began walking again. “If I’m to live here, don’t you think it’s time I actually settled like I live here?”

(Find them on AO3)

[giraffyhat]

I read this amazing fic and had to paint some fan art! It’s called Bless Your Wings and Live Life Eternal by Tenoko1 on AO3, def check it out. The wings are inspired by a barn owl’s wings, barn owls are my fav

[tenoko1]

Aaaaawwwww yay!!!! I’m so excited!!! This is lovely! I love it!

The fic Bless Your Wings and Live Life Eternal can be found on AO3! Heed the tags and notes, but I think the ending of it is worth the angst and whump.

[tenoko1]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Fandom: Good Omens (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Nanny Ashtoreth and Warlock, Brother Francis and Warlock

Characters: Brother Francis (Good Omens), Warlock Dowling, Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Supernatural), Nanny Ashtoreth (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Crowley Loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), Bedtime Stories, Fairy Tales, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Crowley really loves Aziraphale, Aziraphale finds out on accident, Nanny tells the BEST bedtime stories

Summary:

“Once upon a time,” Brother Francis began, a smile spreading over his features. He looked more enthused and delighted by the forthcoming story than his audience, a four-year-old boy draped over an ever-patient sheepdog. The dog was about as much his nanny as Nanny Ashtoreth, herding the boy around as though he were a flock of one.

    “You’re telling it wrong,” Warlock informed him.

    Aziraphale blinked, then jerked back in offense. He- Aziraphale, an angel of the Lord, who had been on Earth before the very invention of storytelling- was being told he was telling a story wrong?

    The smile he forced onto his face was tight and did little to disguise the vein throbbing in his temple. “Pardon, Master Warlock?”

(Read on AO3)

[tenpintsof-sundrop]

I just saw someone say "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" as an argument for boycotting AO3

Babe AO3 is a nonprofit. They do not exist under the ethics of capitalism. Fanfiction is legal because no money is ever exchanged around it. (All the money given to AO3 is used to maintain their servers and pay their lawyers to help keep fanfiction legal.)

Fanfiction is one of the few things in this world - probably the one singular form of entertainment that does not exist within the confines of capitalism. So by your own logic, even if you hate some of the content on AO3, it's inherently the only ethical thing to consume in the whole world.