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girlspath · 4 months

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Medieval gothic aethetic from Goat MMO Simulator and Goat Simulator "Goatz" games!

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talvi-tuuli · 11 months

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Be young, drink blood! (㇏(•̀ᵥᵥ•́)ノ)

#my art #art #digital art #digital illustration #drawing #krita #fanart #vampyria #alexandre de mortange #book's character #vampire

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reinekes-fox · 7 months

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Reading La Cour des Miracels and god... I should love this book.

It has vampires, old aesthetic... a fucking piece of shit protagonist.

But all it managed is making me wanting to write my own version of a vampire court, which I will manage to add into Birds of a Rose.

And I want to make an OC and let him fuck up Versailles.

Write out of spite.

#vampyria #victor dixen

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acrookedbookshelf · 2 years

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Vampyria (first cycle) - Victor Dixen

I discovered Victor Dixen's work through his saga "Phobos" a few years ago. I liked it then but didn't follow his work until now. Going through the fantasy section of my trustworthy local bookshop, I fell upon the first three books of his new series: Vampyria.

I was curious, looking for good french authors, to see if there were writers that would suit my taste.

Once again, Dixen didn't disappoint me: he surpassed my expectations. And now I'm stuck while waiting for the new cycle of the series, so I will talk to you about the first one.

🩸 So what is Vampyria? 🩸

Have you ever imagined how the world would have been if supernatural, magic, and creatures existed? Vampyria did.

You are immersed into a dark world, stuck for 300 years in the 16th century. Louis XIV (yes, the Sun King himself), was turned into a vampire on the verge of death and decided to rule the entire world, and reshape society, nobility, and religion.

The world, now called "Magna Vampyria", is oppressing humans, who pay the tithe by donating blood. They live in the fear of the night, now unable to leave their village due to the enclosing law. Every member of the high nobility was turned into a vampire and is the one who receives the blood of the humans as well as the new church. You follow the adventures of Jeanne, a young grey-haired woman, who wants to kill the king after the assassination of her parents. And I can safely say, that she takes all the necessary measures to try to achieve her goal.

If you love fantasy, with a little bit of romance, a lot of drama, and vampires, you'll surely like these books.

🩸 My own, totally not vampiric, review 🩸

I didn't expect to like it at first. It took me a few pages to enter into the story, but it's always like this when I read Dixen's books. I'm not into vampires and was never truly a fan of them. But (and that's a big but), this series might have changed my mind about vampire literature.

This series works with "cycles" of books, and a cycle is the story told through the eyes of one character.

Even though the vampires are supposed to be enemies, I fell in love with the way they were described. They have their own rules as a society, with their codes, and their traditions... reading this book was like seeing a twisted version of the french court that we know and I loved it. More generally, it's like seeing a twisted version of french history, with the shadow of the Revolution behind every sentence.

I think that Dixen is doing a great job at piquing the interest of the reader. The more you advance the story, the more the plot thickens. His characters are all different, with their own mindsets and personalities and I always love to see a cast of characters that are not all lookalikes.

And, oh my god, the end (that serves as an introduction for the next cycle) is absolutely wonderful. It took me so off-guard that I had to reread it because I was too baffled to just go on.

So if you like vampires, history, and pirates (yes, pirates) you must give these books a shot.

🩸 Do I recommend these books? 🩸

Victor Dixen's style can be a hit or miss depending on the person. But for me, it was a massive hit, especially due to the world-building and the thrill of adventure and danger.

So, if you know Dixen's work: go ahead and have fun I recommend it. If you don't know Dixen's work: if you love fantasy and adventures you should totally give it a shot!

#victor dixen #vampyria #fantasy novel #books and reading #booksbooksbooks #book review #bookworm #vampire #uchronia #louis xiv #vampires

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livromancienne · 2 years

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[ Vampyria : La Cour des Ouragans ]

de @victordixen

Salut #booksta ! 🍄 C'est avec une pointe de tristesse que je termine cette première trilogie de Vampyria publiée à la @collectionr 😢 Bye bye Jeanne Froidelac ! Peut-être nous reverrons nous, ou pas ? Je vous laisserai le découvrir 😏

// Notre héroïne est envoyée par le Roy des Ténèbres pour épouser le pirate à la réputation la plus effroyable, créant des tempêtes ravageuses sur son passage : Pâle Phoebus. L'Immuable aurait-il trouvé un autre monstre pour le défier ? //

Indéniablement le meilleur tome de cette première trilogie, j'ai eu le souffle coupé à chacun de ces rebondissements, comme si les tempêtes de l'Ouranos me frappaient au visage. Je n'ai cessé d'être surprise face aux événements, surtout cette compétition. Je reste époustouflée par la manière dont l'auteur s'approprie des faits historiques et autres références pour les intégrer admirablement dans son univers.

Petit + pour les clins d'oeil à Phobos, le Tarot Interdit ou encore Jack l'Éventreur, ceux qui l'ont lu comprendront 😉

Les visions de Jeanne, alias Diane, sont beaucoup plus présentes dans ce tome-ci et trouvent tout leur sens. Un fondement détaillé, cohérent, et particulièrement fascinant. Ce personnage connaît d'ailleurs une véritable évolution, se trouvant elle-même parmi ces ténèbres.

C'est sur un énorme coup de coeur que je conclus les aventures de Jeanne Froidelac ! Et j'ai hâte découvrir celles de ce nouveau personnage 😏

Mais le plus beau dans tout ça, c'est quand un livre nous raconte une histoire au-delà de sa propre histoire. Car en plus d'être ma toute première dédicace de @victordixen , "La Cour des Ouragans", c'est avant tout ma première rencontre avec @la_bibliotheque_d_emilija qui, aujourd'hui, est devenue une amie. 🧡 Oui, je me permets une petite déclaration d'amitié 🤣

➡️ Avez-vous des livres qui ont une valeur sentimentale ?

🏷️ #vampyria #lacourdesouragans #bookstagramfrance #bookstagram #livrestagram #livrestagramfrance #bookaddict #bookstagrammer #booklover #booklove #instalivre #instabook #livreaddict #lecturedumoment #livraddict #instalecture #avislecture

#Vampyria #Vampyria : tome 3 #Vampyria : La Cour des Ouragans #Victor Dixen #Collection R #Robert Laffont #Uchronie #Fantastique #Vampires #Young Adult #Pirates #Royauté

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bisszumabwinken · 11 months

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Vampyria - Der Hof der Finsternis

Ich habe das Buch im Urlaub gelesen und innerhalb von 4 Tagen verschlungen - was schonmal was heißt, weil ich sonst eigentlich eine sehr langsame Leserin bin. Es hat mich wirklich gecatcht und es lohnt sich auf alle Fälle, einen Blick darauf zu werfen.

Eignet sich super, wenn man zwischen den Kaps auch mal längere Pausen machen muss oder immer nur Zeit für ca. 20 Seiten am Tag hat. Die Kaps sind in sich geschlossen und eher kurz.

Highlights:

Das Story Pacing ist wirklich angenehm! Man ist von Beginn an schnell in der Handlung und es entsteht an keiner Stelle im Buch das Gefühl von Langatmigkeit. Schreibstil und Story sind insgesamt sehr zugänglich und angenehm zu lesen.

Die Art und Weise wie Vampire dargestellt werden - nämlich tatsächlich brutal und unmenschlich. Das war wirklich erfrischend. In den meisten Vampirtexten wird die vampirische Natur meiner Meinung nach sehr verharmlost dargestellt.

Kleine Randideen wie bspw. gezüchtete vampirische Pflanzen.

Orfeo und Naoko - beides sehr interessante Nebencharaktere mit einer (tatsächlich) schockierenden und tragischen Backstory. Ich bin bei beiden gespannt, wo sich die Reise in den nächsten Büchern hin entwickeln wird.

Szenen und Ideen wie z.B. der Sonnenkönig in einem goldenen Morgenmantel als Vampir mit einer Sonnenmaske.

Die Love Story im Buch, die 1. bis zur Hälfte des Buches noch relativ unklar ist und 2. am Ende einen Twist hat, der mich echt überrascht hat.

Lowlights:

Der Hauptcharakter ist 17, verhält sich aber wesentlich älter. Ich habe grundsätzlich kein Problem damit, dass der Main Character so jung ist, genieße es aber doch mittlerweile, wenn nicht immer alles "Teenie Stories" sind.

An manchen Stellen wirkt der Hauptcharakter sehr emotionslos, gerade wenn wirklich schlimme Dinge passieren, bei dem jeder normale Mensch deutlich heftiger reagiert hätte - das tut der Story allerdings nur wenig Abbruch und ist eher ein kleinerer Kritikpunkt.

Der Plot und das Hauptmotiv sind eher plakativ und relativ vorhersehbar. Vampire in Versailles hat mich total gecatcht, leider geht es aber wenig um das Vampirleben in Versailles, sondern mehr um eine Art royale Akademie für angehende Vampire. Was auch seinen Charme hat. Aber ich hätte mir doch mehr Versailles erhofft (vielleicht in Band 2 & 3?).

Fazit:

Lohnt sich auf jeden Fall zu lesen und ist angenehm geschrieben! Ich habe auch wirklich Lust auf den Rest der Reihe. Reißt einen jetzt nicht kollosal vom Hocker, aber ist trotzdem eine angenehme Geschichte mit einigen unerwarteten und erfrischenden Ideen.

Bewertung: 🩸🩸🩸 / 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

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Jeanne Froidelac wird sterben. Denn sie befindet sich gegen ihren Willen in der Kutsche eines in sie verliebten adeligen Vampirs auf dem Weg nach Versailles. Am Hof der Finsternis herrscht nämlich seit 300 Jahren Ludwig der Unwandelbare als König der Vampire. Während die Adeligen nichts mehr begehren, als durch die Gunst des einstigen Sonnenkönigs unsterblich zu werden, müssen einfache Menschen wie Jeanne ihr Blut als Steuer abgeben. Doch zum Glück wird sie für eine Adelige gehalten, die nach ihrer Ausbildung in eine Vampirin verwandelt werden soll, falls sie die gefährlichen Prüfungen besteht. Doch Jeanne hat andere Pläne: Sie wird dem König nicht dienen, sondern ihn stürzen! Denn sie kennt nur ein Ziel: Rache.

#booktalk #vampire #vampyria #der hof der finsternis #buchreview #unsterblichkeit #blut #buchtipp #victor dixen #review #volturi #jane #vampirecontent #biss #vampir review

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psychotronicwitch · 2 years

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𝗧𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘂 / 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ‎– 𝗩𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 (𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰)

𝗧𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘂 / 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ‎– 𝗩𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 (𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰) Tete Montoliu / Jordi Sabates – Vampyria“Ligeia”Sello: BASFSpain – 1974Jazz-Rock, Fusion Una sorpresa de primeras horas de la tarde en la que el gran J.M.López de ‘Discópolis’ en Radio 3, dedicaba la segunda parte de su programa de hoy a una grabación de Tete Montoliu y Jordi Sabatés del año 1974 con un título ya de por si sugerente: Vampyria…

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#jordisabates #Ligeia #Musicraft #tetemontoliu #vampyria

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xxx-wounded-angel-xxx · 1 year

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Felix Volturi with a Gothic Mate

"Look at yourself my love, shining red under the candlelight!" Felix smiles as he leads you in a delightful waltz, keeping you in his embrace all night.

Inspired by the first request I made to the lovely @volterran-wine , I still love it as much as I did when I first read it ❤

#felix volturi #felix volturi x reader #felix is husband material #the volturi #volturi #i took the last pic with stuff from my room #the tarot is called Vampyria and inspired by a book serie #also i adore my Volturi crest with all my emo heart

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spookyspaghettisundae · 2 years

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They All Lie

Some mistakenly think of demons as a unified force of evil. Legions of hell, believe some. Creatures from the void between the stars, others think.

The reality is more complicated than any single theory.

Regardless of whatever you want to believe, the only thing we all have in common are shared languages.

Demonology is one of them.

Demonology, as most misunderstand it, is used to draw upon these distinct and malevolent forces. To summon them, to enter pacts with them. Some speak of witches, peddling away their souls for demonic magic. Certainly, there are those who wander such paths, but I do not consider them demonologists. Call them witches if you insist.

Another way to understand the word is by seeing it from the point of view of an academic. For the occult scholar, demonology entails cataloguing these entities. It is a language to understand and identify unnatural creatures that common man is too afraid to face.

Then there is a third understanding entirely.

My understanding, shared by my students, is using demonology to keep the demons far away from our world. This obscure language may be wielded like fire, to shed light upon the darkest corners of our lands, to bring heat against the cold of the void between the stars, and to purge away the evil in man's soul.

Like early man must have learned to wield fire.

To me, demonology is a means of battling otherworldly evil. I will leave the battle against human evils to others. I may not respect the king nor respect his authority, but it is not my place to stand against him. I may look down upon men who murder and cheat and steal, but it is not my place to punish them.

I can understand them. Even the most depraved possess scrutable motives if you dig deep enough into the twisted depths of their minds.

What I cannot understand are the dark things that hail from the beyond. The shadows that shift when light stands still, staring back from empty corners. The incorporeal presence that you can sense, but never see when you turn around. The unsummoned whispers that form words in the crackle of flames. The giggling on the wind that mocks man's suffering.

And the guests uninvited, invading mortal minds. Bearing false promises. Infecting them with corruption.

I seek to cleanse this world of both demons and the ones that summon them. One should pursue them without ill will or malice. Without dogma. Without preconceived notions.

Whatever the demons truly are, they are inscrutable. Understanding their ways, there madness lies. Those who call upon the demons are misguided, their souls forfeit, and their very existence to be pitied.

For what but madness, motives most tangled in derangement, must drive man to call upon these forces? The folly of drawing their attention?

The ignorance?

Such shortsighted actions, all oblivious to questions we must pose about these fell creatures.

What came first? The demons to our world, or the men who called upon them? Would they have ever cast their hungry gaze upon our realm, were it not for mortal desire?

Though it matters little. Answers to these questions may reach us long after my passing. Even with those whose means differ from mine, I share the drive to banish these evil beings.

Perhaps you have been so lucky that your life and loved ones remained unharmed by their foul touch. Consider yourself blessed in such ignorance. 'Tis a gift.

To never have sat at a table, dining with someone you trust, unaware of another entity puppeteering their body. As they sample our food and sip our wine, perfecting the art of mimicking our smiles while they study how they may hurt us in unspeakable ways.

To never have held someone you loved, pinning them down as the life escapes them, and the body thief escapes their stolen flesh just before the final, dying breath.

To never have seen the remains of those chosen by the demons, chosen to see how much mutilation and pain they could survive before slipping into the embrace of death.

If you live your life without ever experiencing such horrors, you are to be envied.

It is such violent truths we must embrace if we are to win the battle, and free our world from such wicked influence. While the wickedness of man alone is enough to haunt us with nightmares, blessed we shall be to shed ourselves from the shackles of the unnatural.

Therefore, we must perfect our language. Draw clear lines, identify them. Understand that some men are monsters, while not all monsters are men. That some magick can call upon these monsters, but not all magick serves to summon them here.

Abandon misconceptions guided by belief, unsupported by scientific study of these invaders.

While it is true and observable that people of faith have wielded their holy symbols and scriptures like weapons against the living darkness, it is not any inherent power in the symbols nor words. It is the power of their very souls that can shake the demons.

I have observed the crude and savage methods employed by my contemporary hunters among the "holy" inquisition. All but the true and tried magick rituals they sanction serve nothing but to evangelize their own beliefs, and little to exorcise a demonic infestation. All too often, their techniques only harm and slay the innocent vessels, scarring their minds and bodies alike in the process of freeing them from possession.

If those victims even survive at all.

A cross is a sword. A blade may be used to defend, but against relentless attack, all it can truly do is cut and wound in retaliation.

It is through demonology that we must seek to distinguish between different entities, and how we can send them back to the churning void from whence they hail.

Make no mistake: there is no known definitive way to destroy them. Even the most powerful of sorceries have only done as much as to drive away the most powerful of demonic visitors. In time, they may return. In time, their grudge against true exorcists may only grow. There are some among them whom I have met, time and again, whose grudge against me appears to fester.

Perhaps, if we can render their visits to our world unpleasant enough, they will one day shy away and never return. Perhaps, they will direct their wretched curiosity towards other worlds. Though such an outcome may weigh upon my conscience, it is nothing compared to a conscience weighed down by the idea of doing nothing. It is also our conscience that we unburden by knowing that we have done all we can. To prevent others from suffering terrible loss at inhuman hands.

There is already enough misery in our world as it stands.

We must therefore split our attention between battling both the demons, and the fools who dare call upon them. A paradox, for in using our shared language of demonology, the ends must be that it is one day forgotten, so that mankind can never again summon such beings.

For even the demons fear greater masters behind them. All have spoken the same. Behind every demon lurks a greater one. Though they all may lie, even when compelled to share secrets, the one common thread between them all is how they fear provoking the ire of those shadows, those shadows that rule the darkness between the stars.

And yet, some madmen seek to commune with them. Perhaps even to summon them.

These madmen must be stopped at any cost.

The worst fate mankind may suffer entails these entities becoming curious about our world.

Be vigilant and think true. Our science must near perfection. And one day, when fate smiles upon us, may we all be forgotten, and dust.

—Found upon loose papers inside the Bestiarium Nox, attributed to the anonymous author of the Vampyria Missa

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scarlet-fangs · 1 year

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#volturi #aesthetic #luci 📚#vampire aesthetic #i used the Vampyria tarot cards they're so easy to read

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a-child-ish · 5 months

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mini hiatus pour les holidayz, en vrai je pense que je me remettrais à grapher courant semaine du 24 parce que je serais en VACANCES (il faut savoir que j'ai eu que 2 semaines de vacances cette année), mais je perds un peu l'inspiration ces derniers temps. j'essaierais de répondre aux commandes, mais si vous ne me voyez pas le faire c'est que je n'étais pas super inspirée, sorry it happens ! positivement je me suis mise au tricot. je vous conseille tous de vous y mettre, c'est très relaxant. et j'ai lu le premier tome de vampyria, de victor dixen, que je vous recommande. j'attends bien sûr que quelqu'un se décide de faire un rpg sur la cour des ténèbres. j'ai une liste longue comme trois pommiers de lecture à lire, et je rattraperais tout ça pendant mon break, mais si vous avez des suggestions de romance fantastique / historique, je prends volontiers. on a jamais assez de lecture à lire je pense.

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reinekes-fox · 11 months

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Me, unsure if I enjoy Vampyria:

Vampyria casually having two pages of a menu that are so pretty

Me, already making two OCs, buying an exclusive pretty Edition: I have no choice now but like you.

But tbh its really really fun at times! The protagonist is just constantly "oh fuck oh shit" and a totally insufferable pos, I cant wait to see her fuck shit up.

Just love the lore so much and I really want to see what is up in Germany and Prussia... what are my beloved Wittelsbacher up to, Ludwig II would love this... build his hundreth castle, totally be a vampire.

#victor dixen #vampyria #vampire #books

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barbwritesstuff · 10 months

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Hey should you want book recs: Vampyria by Victor Dixen. It’s about the Sun King getting turned into a vampire and establishing a vampire reign that covers whole Europe and America! The protagonist is an insufferable piece of thrash though (she doesn’t make sense so I am just pretending she is), but it’s so funny... because they live in like 2015 but are still stuck with gas lamps and horse drawn carriages. But god you will love the vampires there! There is one „good guy“ vampire but you read it and see just how fucked up he is, and they all are, it’s phenomenal! Also... it has Vampire horses (my fav), vampire roses and vampire swords.

Oh that sounds cool! I'm slowly ploughing my way through vampire and werewolf books I find at my library. I'll search for it next time I'm at the library!

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reno-matago · 1 year

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Just purified and consecrated this new deck (Forbidden Vampyria Tarot) freshly bought, for spells exlusively! The cards are beautiful! (the Mirror court cards, The Hanged Man.. 🖤)

If I remember this was a @windvexer suggestion?

Feels good.

#diary #journal #2023 #march 2023 #tuesday march 14th #mars 2023 #spring 2023 #tarot cards #tarot #vampyre tarot #witchcraft #vampires #vampire #dark beauty #dark #gothic beauty #gothic

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messythings-blog · 5 months

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Brouillon post booksta : Ai-je besoin de ce compte ?

Lorsque j'ai commencé Instagram, mon objectif était de rencontrer des passionné.e.s de lecture. De trouver un endroit où je pourrais partager et interagir. LA fameuse "safe-place" dont tout le monde parle.

Les premiers mois passent pendant lesquels je remarque que les interactions étaient rares, que je postais sans que personne ne lise mes chroniques ou ne réponde à mes questions dans les légendes... Que finalement, tout ce que je faisais sur Internet n'était que pour moi et n'intéressait personne. Un paradoxe bien étrange. Je suis venu pour m'intégrer et finalement, j'ai eu le sentiment que coin n'était que pour moi.

Une longue pause s'est imposé d'elle-même. Parce que le manque d'interaction me démotivait et que finalement, j'avais autour de moi, dans la vraie vie, des gens avec qui parler de livres. Face à moi, des personnes à l'écoute et je n'avais pas à attendre deux jours pour qu'un commentaire soit publié sous une photo.

Il y a quelques années, j'ai repris ce compte, parce que des amies de fac m'avaient motivées et nous étions devenues une bande de lectrices. J'ai fait le ménage dans les abonnés qui avaient quitté l'aventure Booksta et j'ai publié sur les livres du moment. Ça a marché, un temps. J'ai trouvé ce que je cherchais mais mes chroniques n'avaient pas d’intérêt. Je n’apportais pas de nouveauté en parlant du Prince Cruel ou de la saga Vampyria. Alors j'ai changé mon feed, pour quelque chose de plus sobre, de plus simple à travailler, pour faire plus de contenu et chroniquer des livres que je ne voyais pas beaucoup dans le feed d'actualité mais rebelote... Moins d’interaction.

En revanche, dans la vie réelle, j'ai commencé une formation de libraire. Je rencontre tous les jours des gens avec qui je peux chroniquer en temps réel, j'ai un retour immédiat sur mes arguments, j'ai des discussions passionnantes avec mes collègues, ami.e.s autour du monde du livre. Bref, ce que j'ai cherché sur Booksta, je l'ai trouvé dans la vraie vie.

Une question se pose alors... Ai-je envie de continuer d'être ici ? De continuer de participer à cette communauté qui ne m'entend pas (très drama queen, je vous l’accorde) ?

J'aime voir le travail de mes amies sur le résau social. Je suis fière d'elles, de le leur travail et de leur passion. Alors peut être me mettre à les suivre sur mon compte perso ? Pourquoi pas, mais j'aime cette idée de cloisonner le monde du livre avec ma vie en dehors de celle-ci (oui, les lecteurs.rices ont d'autres passion que les mots... enfin il parait XD).

Je me laisse le temps de réflexion sans vraiment savoir de ce qu'il adviendra de ce compte. Peut-être que je vais me mettre à être mille fois plus productive ou au contraire, voguer vers de nouveaux horizons en libraire.

A tous ceux qui rêves de mondes inconnus — V. E Schwab.

#blabla #book #thougths #instagram #bookstagram #remise en question

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twisteddescendants · 9 months

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In order —

Morbid Lovette, Lovirel Hearts, Stein Loath, Lune Vampyria, Vierre Mythia, Athen Eldaya.

Azathoth wyre, the seventh descendant, hasn't been drawn and probably never will be.... ☹️

rip Azathoth...

#☆TWST:MD !?#☆MD:UPDATES !?#basically.....?????????#☆MD:TALKS !?#twisted wonderland au #twisted wonderland #twst au #twst wonderland #disney twst #twst #twst oc

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