poor man's trixie and katya

| lentil (they/e, 16) lime (she/her, 17) | book reviews/recs | cr: The Taking of Jake Livingston | writing | theater | ao3: ask_the_birds |

[degenerate-perturbation]

yeah I’m a nonpracticing woman. I was raised female but I don’t really believe anymore yknow?

[tailornorata]

I’m culturally female. I don’t really believe in one true gender, but I do participate in some of the rituals I was raised in, when I feel like it. And I enjoy participating in the traditions of other genders too sometimes.

[xeduo]

I’m only female on Christmas and Easter, for my parents.

[raevenlywrites]

I’m not really into the whole female dogma, but the aesthetic went off, ya know?

[tatiletotesamaze]

why does this feel so true?

[knamil]

This is funny, but I read the first line like “nonpracticing doctor”. You went to school to become a woman, but you didn’t bother to get your woman license so now you just use your woman knowledge to write particularly detailed murder mysteries.

[degenerate-perturbation]

Yes exactly thank you

[twogaysonecup]

Haven’t posted here in months LMAO but I read 122 books in 2021 and heres a little graph I made of my rating percentages. Yes I did use google sheets and yes it did take a really long time. I’d say my favorite book from 2021 was These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever (pls check tw before you read). and the author I read the most was...you guessed it my fav VE Schwab, I think I read like 10 of her books this year??? and i loved every single one! ok thats all for now time to disappear for another 3 months. 

-lime

[twogaysonecup]

Books I Read In July!

July was a pretty good book month for me which is surprising because I’ve been super busy hanging out with friends and whatnot. But this month, for the first time since probably February 2020 I was able to go to my local library with Lime which was a truly spiritual experience and got a bunch of books. I’ve also been using Libby a lot more for ebooks and audiobooks which are both highly underrated. Also as you can see by my list I am tearing through VE Schwab’s books (which was my goal since like February 2021) because I love her books but also because my cousin is literally STARRING ON THE FIRST KILL SHOW. Yeah WTF??? I talked to my cousin all about it and she was telling me all about talking to VE about the show and her books and her process and I right about shit myself I was freaking out SO MUCH. So I’m hoping to read all of her books by the end of this year and I especially can’t wait for her new book Gallant coming out March 2022!!! Ok end of my rant here are the books I read in July, special love to Gearbreakers (which I amazingly got a signed copy) and my THIRD reread of These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sàenz 3.5/5

A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 3.5/5

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 4.5/5

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta 4/5

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales 3.5/5

The Archived by VE Schwab 3.5/5

The Unbound by VE Schwab 3/5

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever 4.5/5

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi 2/5

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi 4/5

This Savage Song by VE Schwab 4.5/5

-lentil

[twogaysonecup]

about to post a fic for the first time in a while and in a new fandom... my nerves are wracked... 

if you read it i’ll propose marriage, lime 

[twogaysonecup]

literally nov 16th book twt will indecipherable because how am i gonna tell the difference between shatter me juilette and ove juliette 😭😭 they both have guns and kill people!!! they both have dudes who are literally down bad for them!!!

-lentil

[weirdlandtv]

Medieval island: Le Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France.

[twogaysonecup]

Uncategorized Media Limeapolooza

Haven’t watched a ghibli movie but I have been consuming things, here they are:

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley (Book)

Rating: 3/5

Reasoning: you can’t tell me that the conflict was just a little nonsensical, and I say this as a fairly superstitious person. If your friends are willing to dump you bc you went against a theater superstition you need new friends bc they just hate you. It was gay and theatrical though (the very essence of me) I wish there had been more gay and more theater

Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo (manga, read 5/6 of the black and white volumes, and the rest with the colorized translation, I preferred the black and white)

Rating: 5/5

Reasoning: it’s not a hot take, I’ve been meaning to read this for a while and it didn’t disappoint, Chiyoko was sexy 🥵🥵🥵 I wish she was my protector/companion in the apocalypse and also my bride

Akira dir. Katsuhiro Otomo (movie)

Rating: 5/5

Reasoning: also not a hot take, I think my enjoyment of this movie was reduced bc I was expecting a more faithful adaptation of the manga which I realize would’ve been impossible to do in two hours but still, I also think that the manga did a pretty good job with its female characters (better than I was expecting) and I think the ones who even ended up in the movie (I miss you chiyoko) were greatly reduced in terms of character for time which was disappointing. But still, groundbreaking animation, music was so good.

Season Three of Parks and Rec (show)

Rating: 10/5

Reasoning: there’s a reason I always skip to this season. Heart heart heart, love 5ever.

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors (album)

Rating: 4/5

Reasoning: bitte orca orca bitte… bitte orca orca bitte… bitte orca orca BIttee… bitte orca orca BITte no no but in all seriousness this was a good album and it gets better after the first few songs, stillness is the move is always a classic, still can’t top Dirty Projectors but it’s better than Swing Low Magellan

My first job by me (personal experience)

Rating: 2/5 (so far)

Reasoning: I was not cut out to work; I am actually suited to being a trophy wife so it’s difficult

Alright have a nice day, lime

[everythingfox]

Baby panther attacks polar bear

(via)

[alfareria]

The sun is hot and sweet on your face, baby birds shriek for their mothers, grass folds beneath you. The crickets are singing, the wind is singing, your heart is singing. Something about this moment feels timeless.

jin xingye // bright dead things, ada limón // night fisher, r. kikuo johnson // to the angelbeast, eduardo c corral // charlotte ager // bounding wet dark, jacques rancourt // sami in the meadow, eero järnefelt // soft targets, deborah landau// clover, tateishi harumi // here, dani smotrich-barr

[alfareria]

dreaming of pomegranates, felices casorati // when we with sappho, kenneth rexroth // @uswolves // many houses, oona mackinnon-hoban //@lisatrimtrim //one sonnet of summer, w. s. merwin

[twogaysonecup]

Camp NaNoLIMEo July 11

MVP Song: lentil and my other friend hating on various people/places/things in front of me

Sustenance: the air I was breathing

Feelings/General Thoughts: if I’m a steamboat baby, not only am I BARELY rolling down the river but EVERY mile is phasing me

[twogaysonecup]

Camp NaNoLIMEo July 10

MVP Song: if i remembered i’d tell you

Sustenance: tea that had been resteeped five times so basically just water

Feelings/General Notes: well i have been MAJORLY slacking because i was waiting for my copy of awtwb to arrive thinking i’d take the day off as soon as it came but i did that for two days so adding onto the other day i just was too lazy to i am THREE days behind. THAT being said (love CAPITALIZING whole words) i just finished part one and started on part two PLUS i got to introduce my personal favorite pov character (assassin) i am trying to stay positive because if i question for even a second why i’m doing all this it will crumble into ash in my itty bitty hands

[twogaysonecup]

Books I Read in June!

Here is my monthly wrap up along with ratings! :) Honestly I read a lot of good books in June but I wish I read more but oh well. 

One Last Stop by Casey McQuinston 5/5

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 4/5

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi1/5

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender 5/5

Cemetery Boys by Adien Thomas 4.5/5

Check Please by Jonathan Rand (play) 3.5/5

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang 5/5

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake 5/5

-lentil

[twogaysonecup]

Just finished any way the wind blows (it came in the mail last night- I’ve been slacking on my writing waiting for it to arrive as well) and I did enjoy it a lot, though it did seem to prove wayward son to be almost entirely irrelevant in terms of character development

Maybe I’ll review it later once I’ve finished re-reading it, lime

[twogaysonecup]

Camp NaNoLIMEo July 7

Words: idfk im giving up on this section bc I think my dash is broken or something

MVP Song: Strum by Jessie Montgomery, and I know I’ve said this one before but today was one of those days that I put it on repeat for the whole session

Sustenance: sweet cream ice cream

Feelings/General Notes: shoutout to lentil who literally sat three feet away reading (on brand) (also expect a book review soon) (lentil took my phone and typed that ew gross don’t touch my phone) to pressure me bc I had no motivation AT ALL, about two paragraphs away from finishing part one hooray!!!!

[twogaysonecup]

Camp NaNoLIMEo July 5

Words: 1906

MVP Song: the whole The Children of the Sea soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi, I’ll never stop being obsessed

Sustenance: jasmine green tea, which is kind of my go-to writing drink (and my go-to drink in general but I call it my writing drink because I once drank 11 bottles of it while writing/drawing a 69-page au fanfic about my friends for christmas (which lentil starred, and killed god, in) and did it in two days, I also once drank a gallon bottle of it during a full-day writeathon and I’d caution people not to do that because I tried to eat a strawberry and it hurt so bad I thought I had permanently damaged my throat)

Feelings/General Thoughts: it was fine idk, I feel like once I get into the more dramatic parts I’ll be more excited, but right now they’re fighting and fight scenes are boring

[twogaysonecup]

Camp NaNoLIMEo July 4

Words: roughly 1400

MVP Song: Delicious Things by Wolf Alice

Sustenance: corn nuts and lavender tea

Feelings/General Notes: bruh, I’m literally in a car, writing in the car is my least favorite thing IN the world, I had to fall back on characters doing long monologues talking about the same thing over and over again 0/10

[twogaysonecup]

Camp NaNoLIMEo July 3

Words: 1595

MVP Song: train ride ambience on YouTube, I could not focus

Sustenance: chocolate square and unmelted marshmallow

Feelings/General Thoughts: I really limped through today… but I did make it and I’m proud of myself. I guess I can now say the three main characters (assassin, less assassin-y assassin, and stock female character) have all technically met within the story at this point. Oh also got a killer fic idea in the middle so we’ll see if I write that in a post-mandatory-writing frenzy (as one does)