A Breather

Three aliens in a skin suit hoping nobody notices

[willgrahamscock]

I think we are focusing on the wrong thing when talking about mainstream romantasy adult books, instead of shaming straight cis women for reading kinky books, we should tralk about how most of the newer books aimed at that demographic are just conservative propoganda, rebranding patriarchy as a kink.

[willgrahamscock]

There's nothing inherently wrong about liking the types of kinks that are present, control, power imbalance, dark themes, but when you really look at the top performing novels (which they are mass prodicing at questionable speeds) it's hard to ignore the ever present morally grey man, who's posessive over the heroine who starts off as otherworldly different from the 'regular woman' aka damsel in distress), is cruel to everyone except her, and the fantasy world revolves around the control of women, especially when it comes to forced pregnancy.

[thenewwitchtimes]

Cannot stress this enough. read broadly, read backlist titles from your library specifically. Libraries are major purchasers and therefore have unusually high influence on what becomes bestselling. read what you want to see rise up in the world.

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

personal reading taste isn't what OP is talking about. they are talking about what the publishing industry is buying, marketing and selling and how that feeds into hegemonic ideas of "romance", patriarchy and anti-choice propaganda. publishers are businesses and they are not immune to pushing propaganda

[veeraptor]

Apparently "love interest accidentally says the quiet part out loud in front of everybody" is my favorite thing

from Berries and Greed by Lily Mayne

from Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat

[veeraptor]

I just realized that the reason I read the Monstrous series is because I saw some Heated Rivalry x Monstrous crossover fanart, and now I feel so bad for people who were similarly inspired but maybe not prepared.

[kylieminvogue]

"TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN" S3E4 - "Part 4"

[veeraptor]

Denise matters so much to people. And when David Lynch doubled — nay, tripled down on his views in The Return the crowd cheered.

[asliceofoceanmist]

what's the vampire lestat even about bruh

[veeraptor]

No joke, I thought the app was glitching when this happened

[thecrumbez]

Happy Pride Month to those two women dancing together in the foreground of the boat scene in Godzilla (1954).

I’m sorry your romantic foibles were overshadowed by a big ass atomic lizard thing.

[erratic-dragon-fruit]

out of the tags with you

[bidonica]

a funny thing about having a Problematic Blorbo is that you'll periodically come across a post along the lines of "um let's not forget that [Blorbo] is a bad person..." listing their various crimes, and if you have a modicum of intellectual honesty you find yourself nodding along and saying yeah it's true... but it's the greyness of their character that makes them so compelling... At the same time though you have a little Saul Goodman in your ear going "your honor in their defense: who cares like omfgggg who caresssssss like come onnnnnn"

[myrows]

Shane and Ilya meeting Connor and Hudson hehe

[kaijuno]

[tsunderebird]

[willemdaflutist]

[wolfythewitch]

furthest we've ever been

[littlegirlinvisible]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 3.01: Detroit TVLTwT/IWTVTwT Version.

The Vampire Lestat is now streaming on AMC+ and airs tonight at 9 PM on AMC. If you have the chance, please support the show by tuning in on the official platforms. Every view counts!

[mybedismytruelove]

AJW art collection pt. 1 - Hell Followed With Us

Edit 29/03/2026: The art below is NOT MY ART, it's all by Andrew Joseph White.

This is a compilation of drawings by Andrew Joseph White of characters and scenes from his first novel, Hell Followed With Us. Some of them are significantly older than others, so his artstyle isn't always exactly the same.

Let's start with a few artworks of Benji at different points in his transformation:

I was personally pretty shocked by how AJW imagined Seraph, especially the fact that the nose is still so intact.

Also, here's a tiny little very simple sketch of Benji being tucked into bed and getting his well-deserved rest:

These are some drawings of Benji and Nick:

This one I love especially, it depicts Benji and Nick in their twenties, showing that they did find happiness together:

This WIP of his is the only piece of AJW's that I think also depicts Theo:

Here are some specific scenes from HFWU that AJW drew:

These are some various other things AJW drew for HFWU promotion, mostly teeth and Graces:

This is a drawing of a generic Angel soldier:

And this is Benji's mom Reverend Mother Veronica Woodside:

This is Benji and Wyatt, the MC of H. E. Edgmon's The Witch King, hanging out:

And to end this off, here's Silas from TSBIT being fascinated by Benji's Grace-tongue:

I think this one is super cute, with Benji winking at Silas and encouraging his interest for once, and Silas being so fascinated and nor scared at all.

Which of these artworks was your personal favorite? Whose design was exactly as you expected, and whose surprised you? Let me know!

[gaynehollander]

Sometimes I think about the fact that almost every single person who found out about Shane and Ilya felt the need to ask Shane "him? really? he's the one you want to be with?"

I think about how Ilya has had to make his way through life mostly on his own since he was twelve years old, about the, how he moved to a new country as a teenager and was immediately thrust in front of a camera without knowing the language or how to cope with his newfound fame. I think about the preconceived notions of Russians and how, in the absence of being able to accurately communicate (both because of the language barrier and his repressive upbringing), Ilya decided to or was forced to lean into that stereotype. I think about how soft Ilya allows himself to be with Shane, about how he takes care of him, about how silly and goofy he can be, how he's sometimes just a grown kid, how other times he's the only person who can shut Shane's brain off. I think about how kind he is, how caring, how deeply he feels, how incredibly empathetic he is. I think about how wildly Shane loves him. How there literally never could have been anyone else. I think about how incredibly hurtful it is that no one trusts Shane to make his own decisions about his own fucking life and how much it hurts seeing the coldness the world regards his partner with. I think about Shane getting home and walking straight into Ilya's arms, after having to (once again) justify his love for the best man he's ever known, allowing himself to take comfort in his warm embrace, even when it feels to Shane like he should be the one providing both comfort and shelter.

I think about the surety Shane would feel when thinking to himself, "yes. Him. No one else."

[i-know-the-enddc]

what I fucking love is how tvl was written in the 80s and lestat is constantly sayinf shit like “as the kids say 🤪 that’s so rad!!” or whatever, and to me, reader of the vampire lestat in this modern age, that does NOT register the way anne rice intended it.

like it is supposed to feel jarring and insane. it is supposed to feel like lestat has been violently submerged in modern young people trends and culture and is now repeating all the new words he learned like a beautiful fresh baby. but because the book is from 1985, all I think is oh interesting huh I didn’t know that slang term even originated in the 80s how vintage how retro how lestat wow he’s so embarrassing aw aw so cute.

but amc in all their incredible genius decided that honoring anne rice’s original vision of writing an extremely modern and weird book that fully embodied the era it was written in was more important then bringing back the 80s nostalgia thing that streaming services love and it’s incredible to me. now I get to listen to lestat say shit like “labubu FOMO cosplay reddit discord Gen Z more like gen SNOOZE 🤪🤪🤪 safe space pronouns donald trump labubu tiktok dance 🕺🏻” and suddenly I understand what it felt like to be a young anne rice reader in 1985. God…. I understand.

[veeraptor]

I knew we were in good hands when in the Season 2 finale, the show had Lestat use Siri

[reticent-vampire]

I don't have trauma, I love being a vampire. The Vampire Lestat 3.01 "Detroit"

[veeraptor]

I'm just reblogging this so I can summon "heard there was an after-party on the asshole floor" on command.

[veeraptor]

Me: Wow Sam Reid has such a slutty waist The Vampire Lestat: Here's Sam Reid in a corset

[lestatslestits]

Do you ever see something that makes you laugh so hard that you have to buy it