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Fallen Thorns
dark urban fantasy coming-of-age
follows a boy settling into university, when after a date (that he didn’t even want to go on) turns bad he’s made into a vampire
as he settles into his new existence and the local vampire community - while they try to find who’s been leaving bodies across the city - he discovers that there’s something different and darker within him
aroace neurodivergent MC
#fallen thorns#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#I enjoyed this a lot!#there's definitely things I want to know more about...I think it's going to be a series? the only thing explicitly mentioned is a prequel#the ending is a bit weird and I don't entirely get the sun/star/moon stuff dfhgd#really great characters and atmosphere#great aroace MC in general tho minor pet peeve from me:#it does have that thing where the character spends half the book ruminating about how there’s something wrong with them bc they don't feel#things everyone else does etc etc and it’s like omg all these queer people and nobody’s heard about asexuality???#then he’s having a conversation with someone later in the book and he’s like yeah I know about asexual but I didn’t think about that re: me#and the other char is like: what if…..it IS you…..and he’s like omg. i AM asexual there’s nothing wrong with me after all! (in like. a page#like I’ve read this in multiple books LMAO. I do get that you can know about an identity and not connect it to your experiences#but somehow the writing of it like this is never quite believable? too sudden? then it's not thought about much after that?#anyway that's not a critique of the ''representation'' as much as just the writing I think - there's a few areas where I thought the writin#could be improved structurally or whatever. Didn't massively impede my enjoyment.#(I do also love an aroace mentor/parent figure!)#aromantic#aroace books#aromantic books
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hello again! 🧡🧡 Once again I want to know more about Plo and Duchess 🧡🧡
8. Who tends to worry the most?
9. Who is more inclined to be jealous or possessive?
10. How do they resolve their arguments?
13. Who steals the blankets?
Ahhhhh!! Crystal ♥ You're making me melt ♥♥♥ @kimiheartblade I don't talk about my girl so much because I don't think many would be interested ><
8. Who tends to worry the most?
Plo worries the most because of a plethora of reasons:
Duch is obsessed with picking up pets that aren't really suitable for the humble abode that is the House of Koon. She has undying love for sharks, isopods, and tardigrades.
Mama Koon once sent a giant isopod intended to be eaten but Plo couldn't break her heart and delulu on thinking that Plo got her the giant isopod as a pet. She named it iso-Plo and Plo is not at all happy. She also adopted a tardigrade named T-Wolffe. Plo is also not at all happy because they are enclosed in a large aquarium over the master bedroom. Making love to that site is not at all exciting.
Plo worries that at some point, Duchess will get lost and won't be able to find her way home. She struggles with direction, let alone her lefts and rights.
Plo worries that at some point, wifey (WY) will not be able to resist the urge and pluck out Wolffe's eye carefully (she's tech savvy with cybernetics and droids) out and keep it all to herself.
Also worried taht she might accidentally kill somebody over how violent she can get when she's very much jealous.
During gestation wherein the eggs are out, he worried Duch would accidentally cook one for breakfast or actually eat one their babies. Yes, Celestians eat their young (this is Duch's childhood trauma).
9. Who is more inclined to be jealous or possessive?
Duchess. Without a doubt.
My girl is so unhinged about Plo, she knows every bit of move and angle. If Plo so ever twitch his cock in ways she has never felt/seen/noticed before, she's mega sus.
She doesn't mind Plo being affectionally given attention by anyone, be it touch or be complimented, even flirted as long as she doesn't sense it to be a threat.
She is also not above shipping her husband with anyone she trusts. But if she doesn't like you, touch him and you die.
Plo can be possessive in ways that imply his discomfort when Duch is getting a little too friendly or entertaining. This is very rare. But a subtle grab on her hip, a pull on her arm, him emerging from behind and slowly dipping his arm under hers and lifting to hold her by the neck, before turning to pry her away from the scene is him being gentle yet possessive.
A bitch, her plushie, and her favorite murder knife — scalpels ♥
10. How do they resolve their arguments?
Plo has to have the final say in all arguments because Duch trusts his wisdom over her own emotional turbulence. Plo rarely speaks when they argue but he's not one to coddle her when that happens. He presents facts and stays firm to what he believes is right, while also accommodating her points.
Duch is emotion-based. Anger is something she finds difficulty in handling, so she cries and bears her heart at the slightest hint of them in a proper argument, but she never utters any word to jab, curse, or disrespect him.
It usually ends with Duch saying "it's your fault!" and Plo agreeing, in spite it not being his fault. "Yes, my love, it is." The cycle will repeat for the next five more minutes until she has calmed down enough to let Plo hold her. And when the heat has dissipated, you best know Plo's gonna hit her with "But really, my baby. It was indeed your fault." And with proper coaxing in the form of food, kisses, and tight cuddles, Duch will reply with a 'Mmhm, your fault." And then they repeat this positive version of the cycle until they just end up all over each other silly fucking.
13. Who steals the blankets? <- Answered ♥
Duch. Mainly because she wants to be all cuddled up to Plo without the constraints of a blanket. She also gets hot easy.
Plo is very against this and would merely sigh unimpressed and would now need to manipulate the molecules surrounding the room to alter the temperature for his benefit, re-alterit for her benefit, and go through the motions of molecular-thermostat balancing act until sleep consumes him.
#♝#dukeoftheblackstar answers#♝-answers#thank you#i enjoyed this a lot!#ρℓσ∂υ¢н#plo koon#plo koon x oc#plo koon x duchess#plo koon x duch#ploduch#ploduch prompt#ρℓσ∂υ¢н prompt#thank you crystal#these be making me feel better x3
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i was thinking about that post comparing Jessica Rabbit as an asexual to Barbie and an asexual and then i thought of the Neil Gaiman post (was it a post?) about Crowley and Aziraphale being asexual sexless and then this happened.
anyways. thoughts?
sorry it took so long I meant to do this a week ago but my brain is full of rocks.
[Image ID a three sided venn diagram. the big circles show Margot Robbie's Barbie sitting in front of a mirror, Jessica and Roger Rabbit from the poster of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens standing back to back. Between Barbie and Jessica Rabbit it says "sexualised by society". Between Jessica Rabbit and Aziraphale and Crowley it says "Knows what sex is". Between Aziraphale and Crowley and Barbie it says "no reproductive system(?)". the center is the asexual flag. End ID]
Also i haven't seen the Barbie movie as of this edit so at least please tag your spoilers.
#please enjoy this i made it look so pretty#barbie#jessica rabbit#who framed roger rabbit#good omens#ineffable husbands#crowley#aziraphale#asexuel#i will do an image id later I’m sorry words dont exist right now#i’ve had a lot of the same questions i will respond eventually. maybe. we’ll see
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does anyone have like an anti aesthetic. like something you look at and can recognize as a complete fashion/interior design/artistic movement and understand it but it makes you shudder seeing it. i am not talking like “its morally bad” “its poorly structured” like just sheerly devoid of joy for you actually invites a repulse response.
#also if it wasnt clear this isnt ‘its bad its lazy’ there is a level of like#completion consistancy i am thinking for with this#personally i really do not enjoy the like. vintage chic long red nails fur coats noir esque aesthetic HOWEVER 💥💥💥#i can recognize that it is put together it is Intentional#i feel like a lot of people are going to say minimalism on this so LET ME SAY 🫰☝️ i recognize that minimalism is Considered an aesthetic#but i *PERSONALLY* do not consider it an aesthetic i consider it the void of one#it is a lapse in aesthetic or personality in the same way a silence in a song is still technically a ‘beat’ but no music is played#however the importance of Space or Breath in design is more akin to a purposeful silence in music#because that silence matters in the same way rhythm and breath in design do#so i guess minimalism is more comparable to like. white noise. the sound of a fan#very little effort and there is a comfort in it i suppose but its not. A Design. okay#TO ME 🤫#if minimalism has one hater its me if minimalism has no haters im dead
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They deserve to have a quiet moment for themselves (and Zuko is seriously questioning his taste in men)
#this was my klance 🙏🙏#i actually enjoyed drawing this a lot#i never have fun with colouring so even tho its not the best the important thing is it was fun to do#look at zukka making me have fun with art!!#zukka#atla#avatar the last airbender#sokka#zuko#art#my art#fanart#digital art
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Grief
ref photo by @jawsstone
#artists on tumblr#my friend let me use a really gorgeous photo they took#it made my brain go brrr#and i had to draw this#i usually take my own reference pics so it was cool to work from someone else's#enjoyed drawing this a lot#despite the subject matter#i saw a pretty scene of a narrow alley#with white stairs stained black from people walking on them#and somehow it took my brain here#grief visits every house
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My favourite thing about Alastor is his hoard of gal pals!
He’s just a cool and charming dude that women feel comfortable around…And is also a power hungry eldritch horror.👌👌👌
#grey art#fan art#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel fanart#hazbin rosie#hazbin alastor#aroace#asexual icon!#I’m so tired of oversexualised charming men I’m so happy he’s ace#nothing but love and light for people who enjoy the dark romantic type tough!#the radio demon#men with a lot of women friends is such a green flag#he’s so villain coded tough I love this guy!#Alastor
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saying “visual style" because, for example, if you would swap your current wardrobe for an identical, ethically made counterpart, there would be no visible change
#bearer of the curse#polls#I said a lot bc I don't wear a lot of what I enjoy due to sensory stuff and also like ... ethical considerations#btw I made this post bc I really don't like how some people think that people 'dress boring' simply bc theyre boring#like. fashion is not as accessible as it should be! to most people!#so i wanted to see how people felt#also fat people I love you I know a massive part of this inaccessibility is fatphobia in the fashion industry
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the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.
sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.
you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.
it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.
but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.
they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.
they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.
barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.
and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.
but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.
they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!
this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.
#this shifts gender so much bc it actually affects everyone#yes it's a gendered phenomenon. i have written a LOT about how different genders experience it. that's for a different post.#writeblr#ps my comments about seeing someone cry -- this is not to shame any person#and on this blog we support workers.#at the same time it's a really hard experience to see someone that looks like you. clearly in agony. and have them forced to keep going.#when you're young it doesn't necessarily look like acting. it looks scary. and that's what this is about - the fact that teens#have likely already been exposed to that definition of things. because the internet exists#and without the context of healthy education. THAT is the image burned into their minds about what it looks like.#it's also just one of those personal nuanced biases -#at 19 i thought it was normal to be in pain. to cry. to not-like-it. that it should be perfunctory.#it was what i had seen.#and it didn't help that my religious upbringing was like . 'yeah that's what you get for premarital. but also for the reference#we do think you should never actually enjoy it lol'#so like the point im making is that ppl get exposed to that stuff without the context of something more tender#and assume .... 'oh. so it's fine i am not enjoying myself'. and i know they do because I DID.#he was my first boyfriend. how was i supposed to know any different#i didn't even have the mental wherewithal to realize im a lesbian . like THAT used to suffering.
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i always forget to post my sketches from paleostreams, time to post lots of creatures!! some drawings are new, some old :)
#lucas called aigialosaurus “worm on a string”.. the most accurate description tbh. no words#anyway#enjoy the sillies. it's a lottt of sketches i just always forget to post them#especially on tumblr#and i still have a LOT of paleoart to post ahhhh#barghestland#art#artists on tumblr#paleoland#paleoart#paleostream flocking#paleostream
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chapter 80 redraw... this scene was so cool
#dungeon meshi#dungeon meshi spoilers#delicious in dungeon#laios touden#thistle#thistle dungeon meshi#my art#dunmesh#i havent painted anything in 10 years i enjoyed ths a lot#blood tw
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2023 reads / storygraph
Everyone’s Thinking It
YA contemporary that follows two estranged Nigerian cousins at an elite UK boarding school
one is an aspiring photographer who gets her polaroids stolen and distributed around school exposing students’ secrets - and is blamed for it
the other is in with the popular girls, and tries to ignore the personal sacrifices she’s making to fit in - namely her 'friend' whose makeup is a little too close to Blackfishing
both try to investigate who is behind it so they can get their life back on track, but they’ll have to work together to solve it
bi MC / love interests,
#Everyone’s Thinking It#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#I enjoyed this a lot!#I liked the audiobook and how it had accent code switching#I don't have too much to say about it I guess#also it's a midsummer night's dream retelling i found that out half way through haha#bisexual books#(both m/f)
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For Plo duchess 😌😌:
11. Who is the most physically affectionate?
24. Have they dedicated songs to each other?
42.Thoughts on each other’s family?
65. Who loves kids more? (😈😈)
87. Do one of them sleep talk? If so, what do they say?
Thank you @kimiheartblade ♥ With you and @t3mpest98 working on your OC's, I'm getting the vibe and want to do the same ♥ I really enjoyed this! Thank you :) Now I see the appeal of prompts LOL
11. Who is the most physically affectionate?
Within the confines of privacy, Plo Koon is more physically affectionate since he needs to maintain a sense of propriety being a General and a Jedi Master. However with his age, he can be quite moody.
Duchess's species (Celestian) are akin to the concept of touch (I'll expound on this someday maybe), which is why I cannot have her as the most physically affectionate since she is physically affectionate by default, regardless of location and time.
24. Have they dedicated songs to each other?
Yes! And I love this question so much because it's music-related, so I'm sorry for the lengthy answer on this. Eep!
♥ I couldn't pick just one ♥
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody -> I'm also gonna link the wedding dance that I have allocated for them because it's more of head-touching since Plo needs to wear his mask all the time.
Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange -> Sunday songs at the House of Koon while they be making panna cakes, all silly-lovey-dovey and share breakfast dates ♥.
BØRNS - Electric Love -> Context/HC: Plo can do Electric Judgment (lightning) while Duchess is a conduit. This means Plo, with the use of the force, can use/direct lightning while Duchess can just absorb or contain it. She cannot produce lightning unless she is near someone who can and then be able to use/direct it if need be.
Tessa Violet - Bad Ideas -> Since this is a pre-established friendship spanning from childhood, she's just madly smitten for Plo Koon but they can't.
Lana Del Rey - Once Upon A Dream -> All for Plo ♥
Taylor Swift - Enchanted -> Confession arc ♥
42.Thoughts on each other’s family?
Plo has met Duch's twin brother and they're quite casual. They're a little a like with being level-headed, calm, and curious sentients. Her twin brother is gay, by the way. Has major hots for Wolffe but keeps it on the down-low.
Duch is very close to Papa Ziar Koon (OC Father for Plo Koon) and the rest of his family because while Plo has spent more of his life detached from attachment (family ties including), being a childhood friend allows her to, in a way, bridge that gap.
Duch and Papa Ziar are unhinged over bearing the next Koon lineage. Mama Koon is Duch's inspiration on wanting to learn how to cook and be a good traditional wife because Duch has mommy-trauma issues (Celestian mothers eat female young as they prefer boys over girls).
Duch is also pretty chill with Plo's siblings.
The Koons do not know that PloDuch aren't officially married yet, let alone engaged. The House of Koon (Ziar's) just assumed at this point, they were.
65. Who loves kids more? (😈😈)
I'm dying to share you the AU me and @saengak have with the kids. ;/////////; I will write that maybe eventually.
They have a clutch of five kids and they're equally obsessed with their little ones.
Back when they were just eggs being incubated (since Duch cannot pouch like a Kel Dor), Plo would make it a point to constantly count the number of eggs in the nursery. This is primarily because he gets mini-heart attacks every morning when Duch makes omelet for breakfast. Gotta make sure she doesn't cook the bebbies and use chicken eggs.
Plo is obsessed with keeping the temperature optimal for the eggs because he and Duch has opposing temp preference. Celestians thrive in very cold environments while Kel Dors prefer warm climate.
As the kids get older and begin to craw and walk, Duch spoils them too much by not reprimanding them if they break things. She's too scared that the bebbies will despise her if she plays the strict role (due to childhood trauma). Plo has to step in and teach the little ones that 'clawing at momma' is not good behavior.
Plo would need to refrain from being overly affectionate with the babies when they visit the temple. He just goes, "Yes, yes, very cute, child. Carry on." But the moment no one's looking, he'll happily scoop them babies up in his arms and they'd all make the cutest babbling, giggling Kel Dor noises — Yes, Plo included because he out there cooing at his sons.
87. Do one of them sleep talk? If so, what do they say?
Duch sleep talks and Plo gets his fix of fun of writing them down in a little notebook. Sleep talk includes
murderous intent for anyone who dares 'touches' her husband
"not sharp enough" ; she has an affinity for all things sharp/weapons like blades, swords, daggers, and her favorite scalpels, scissors, and axes.
"snip snip" ; she has a thing for cutting
"more babies when"
babbling complaints as to why she's not allowed to pry Wolffe's cybernetic eye and suck on it like a jawbreaker
"Mm! Popcorn" <- This is a common one
'Plo' <- she gets happy Plo dreams when they cuddle before sleepy times ♥
Since Plo Koon sleeps with no mask on, his voice would not be loud enough to be heard, but she hears. She also can survive Dorin gas but requires to "hit" her tiny, portable rebreather of sorts to fill her lungs with Celestian air. She does this too even in oxygen-rich planets.
#♝#dukeoftheblackstar answers#♝-answers#thank you#i enjoyed this a lot!#ρℓσ∂υ¢н#plo koon#plo koon x oc#plo koon x duchess#plo koon x duch#ploduch prompt#ρℓσ∂υ¢н prompt
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Strawhat women :)
#one piece#nico robin#nami#something something I support women’s wrongs#giving them my own designs made me want to draw them a Lot more#I hope other people also enjoy these designs
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sometimes while i think about that while a lot of adults did not treat me very well as a kid i also get a lot of 'in hindsight this person was so good to me and i didnt even realize it until now' as an adult. today i was thinking about how the first anime convention i ever went to was when i was 10 and i asked the man working the manga cafe what manga was/what a good place to start was (because the con was very overstimulating for me and i had gotten lost) and he asked how old i was before recommending yotsuba and asking if i wanted any water or something to eat. its really simple but theres a lot of bad things that couldve happened or he could've been careless in his recommendation, but instead yotsuba has remained one of my favorite manga for years, and probably a large portion of why i continue to read manga as an adult... i think adults who try to involve kids in the world safely/kindly even in little ways make so much more of a difference than they ever really know.
#and i know that sounds silly like YES. it was just a bookr ecommendation#but i feel like a lot of people either dont really care about whats a good starting point for younger kids in their shared fan spaces#or dont really take the care to recognize different peoples ages would effect what they would both enjoy or#be capable of engaging with#not to mention theres a lot of manga that would NOT have been appropriate for a 10 year old to read#so the fact that he askedd and even asked what sort of thing i liked at the time#was very sweet. i think about him a lot and i hope hes doing well#txt#scratchpost
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You keep telling yourself that Namari.
#dungeon meshi#Namari#Kiki Tansu#kikimari#lets fill that tag!#Originally I wanted to just draw the twins in their gnome outfits.#But then I spent 2 hours listening to Mika's Big Girl and I was like “You're so right singer-songwriter Mika. I have to draw Namari”#Anyways I've been practicing with diversifying body shapes as part of my art studies and I really enjoy it!!!#I can't wait until Tade shows up so I can draw more big girls.#By the way - since a lot of people have recently gotten into Dungeon Meshi and finished the manga#Please let me bring your attention to the Adventurers Bible! It's filled with so many extra character focused comics and lore!#We love canon bisexual Namari and the situationship she has with Kiki.#The manga itself doesn't really touch on romance in general but behind the scenes there is yearning. And leg pouches.
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