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Fic Stats Meme
tagged by @vorchagirl
Rules: give us the links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the fewest words.
Most Hits: Of Wardens & Pariahs (DA:O, 1,891 WHAT THE HELL)
Second Most Kudos: Third Times the Charm (PoE, 92)
Third Most Comments: The Thought That Counts (ME:A, 8)
Fourth Most Bookmarks: Damage Control (SWtOR, 5)
Fifth Most Words: The Maker's Mercies (DA:O, 19,773)
Fewest Words: A Good Story (DA:I, 418*)
#tagged#queens fic#i think a good story is going to haunt me the rest of my life#which is ironic bc it's about varric's own words doing the same to him :))))#oh god maker's mercies is so OLD#at least nine years#bc i was still at the bookstore#(I say like owap and tttc aren't EVEN OLDER)#* i know i have shorter prompt fills etc on tumblr but since this is ao3 stats¯\_(ツ)_/¯#also tttc got beaten out for kudos by unspoken#so apparently ppl like my fics involving soft-spoken blue eyed men and RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS of pining xD
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here, have some of the things that have been in my sketchbooks for a while
#doodles#non fandom stuff#there's everything from doodles to d&d characters#and silly comics that i'd make if i was making a comic about a bookstore#and drawings that would be covers for a manga about philosophy but also baking also it's BL bc that sells well at bookstores#according to the coworker who came up to me with the idea about it in a rush#and this isn't even counting the fandom-y stuff i still have yet to post#but those i like to post in groups now so i wait until i have a certain amount of work and then throw it out#unless i decide it's nice enough on its own#what else do i have...#ah yes some fire emblem things as usual#stuff about touken ranbu in various noteebooks and of varying amounts of sense#arknights nonsense if you believe it#uhh some more devil may cry stuff but it is all cringy silly oc shit that may never see the light of day#and then like a ton more of those lil work comics that i keep meaning to post but i think i'd have to properly scan them#because of how they are in the notebook i drew them in... hmmmmmm#anyway here are some things to look at it please enjoy
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happy System Collapse release day!!!
and shoutout to all my fellow Murderbot fans who are waiting for preorders to ship, can't find the book at their local bookstores, are too busy right now to sit down and read it, or are otherwise unable to read it on release day. it's not very fun to feel left out of the release day hype, but hopefully we'll all get to join in soon <3
#i preordered it online and it's hopefully going to ship today.....#i thought this would be the fastest way to get it#did not anticipate it showing up in so many bookstores early#alas#not that it matters bc i have so much homework this week that idk if i could make time for it today anyway#system collapse#still celebrating release day!!#but reading sc will be a weekend thing for me probably
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barnes and noble has been raising the prices of everything and further pushing for their premium membership option (which they raised the price of by 60 percent this year!) and then when they have big sales events, they're less than what they used to be.
last year at this time you could get one of their leather-bound book annex tomes for $12.50 (without a member discount) because of the 50 percent off all hardcover sales. but they raised the price of those tomes from 25 bucks to 30, and they decreased the sale from 50 percent off all hardcovers to 1/3rd off. so that same book that was $12.50 at last year's end-of-year sale is now 20 bucks. and that's supposed to be savings enough to induce me to walk into one of their stores this week?
i'm sorry but b&n has just gotten so greedy, even though their business has only been doing better and better in previous years. they do not have to be raising prices like they have been, and they can damn well afford to have the same savings events they used to. if you went to one of those hardcover sales a year or two ago, even if you lived in a less populated area like i do, you had never seen a b&n so busy in your life. things were flying off the shelves. they WERE making bank.
and as a company they've only been growing and growing (as much as the publishing industry has been, in recent years). but there are so many other ways to buy books. CHEAPER ways to buy books. MORE SUSTAINABLE ways to buy books. and since books and booksellers are doing really well right now, i don't see why barnes and noble is getting so greedy when they don't have to be. i dont like new shiny books that much. people buy books for the content, ultimately. sometimes we as consumers might make the choice that a new shiny book is worth paying a bit more for, but not that much. barnes and noble has just been demanding more and more of their customers' money for less and less benefit.
#kaily and i shared a membership account for several years but she cancelled it over the summer#bc of them raising it from 25 dollars per year to 40. i'm sorry but we just were not spending enough to make that worth it#the benefits for a member used to be 10 percent off everything in-store and free shipping online.#now it's 10 percent off everything in-store AND online with free shipping. which sounds good enough#but not for a 60 percent pricehike. and a bunch of other supposed benefits no one would ask for#like a free tote (geez. thanks. yeah i really need a free tote every year) and like. a free treat at a cafe on your kids' birthday?#i dont have a kid.#between the two of us. we were not buying 400 dollars worth of stuff at b&n every year#oh and it's also 10 percent off the in-store starbucks. but im pretty sure that USED to be a benefit they had#years ago?? like i SWEAR ive gotten money off at the b&n starbucks so i guess they got RID of that at some point#and gave it BACK when they HIKED UP THE PRICE TO 40 BUCKS A YEAR#text post#barnes and noble#it's a shame bc where i live. barnes and noble is the only like fancy bookstore#and i live in an area that my barnes and noble... is like. what a boston barnes and noble eats for breakfast.#it's two floors. there are plenty of books that it doesn't have. plenty of sections that are very small#like the poetry section is just pathetic. i look at it every time i go and it just makes me sad.#i guess a lot of the book annex stuff contains poetry but still that's not really enough to entertain a rich interest in the genre for long#i outgrew the limited selection at my own local b&n poetry section by the time i was twenty. i was like i already know everything here.#which isn't to say i'm an expert in poetry. it's to say that the poetry section is barely bigger than a shelf#in fact ive never thought about it before but I OWN more poetry books than you'll find in the poetry section#at my local b&n. lol#i have a lot of nostalgia for b&n even though it is a big company that does not love me. i have very few books i bought new#that are not from barnes and noble. i got so many books that changed my life from them#i guess it's like a childhood/teenage attachment at this point bc ive had more mixed feelings abt the direction theyve been taking#for several years at this point.#and no i dont mean that theyve been expanding to selling more toys/games etc. theyve literally always done that in my lifetime. who cares.#they still have books#as an adult ive been more capable of seeing how limited their book selection is and how i have so many problems w that.#and it ultimately comes down to them being a big greedy company
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ANNETTE — “Hi, ace detective.” The young girl stifles a yawn. “We’ll be closing up soon, I’m afraid. Is there anything I can help you find?”
EMPATHY — She’s hoping the answer is yes. Any excuse to take a break from the dreaded *math homework.*
“No thanks, I was just on my way out.” [Leave]
“It’s okay, I don’t want to distract you from your studies.”
“Yeah, actually. I’m looking for a book.”
ANNETTE — She tries and fails to hide her relief as she sets her textbook under her chair. “Of course! What are you looking for, sir?”
“A happy story.”
“A sad story.”
“Something that will make me a better detective.”
“Something that will make me a better person.”
“Something about how to mend a broken heart.”
ANNETTE — “Oh…” She frowns, staring up at the shelves as if hoping that the perfect book will miraculously catch her eye. “Umm… Let me think…”
EMPATHY — She’s genuinely trying to think of one. She wants to help you.
ANNETTE — After a long, long pause, Annette finally lets out a sigh of defeat. “…I’m not sure,” she admits sadly. “I’m sorry, sir.”
YOU — “You can’t think of anything at all?”
ANNETTE — “Well… We do carry some self help books, sir, but…” She casts a quick glance around the store.
REACTION SPEED — Making sure Plaisance is out of earshot.
ANNETTE — The girl leans in conspiratorially and whispers, “Mother says those books are all snake oil. ‘If all it took to change somebody’s life was a book, *we* would be sitting quite prettily.’”
DRAMA — Her Plaisance impression is uncanny! What talent!
YOU — “Why do you sell them, then?”
ANNETTE — “Well,” she coughs, “not everyone agrees with my mother.”
RHETORIC — Translation: because people buy them. It’s as simple as that.
ANNETTE — “But I don’t think that’s quite what you’re looking for, is it, sir…?” She looks up at you with that seemingly impossible mixture of innocence and knowing that is unique to children.
“Yeah, you’re right. It isn’t.”
“No, I think I’ll give the self help books a try.”
“I’m not really sure what I’m looking for, to be honest.”
ANNETTE — She nods slowly, looking down at her frayed nails. “Lots of people come into the shop not quite knowing what they’re looking for. But that’s what’s so nice about bookshops, don’t you think? No matter where you look, you can find *something* interesting.” She smiles bright enough to light up every dark corner of the bookstore and the doomed commercial area below it. “I’m sure you’ll find what you’re looking for, ace detective. Maybe you just have to let it find *you.*”
+1 MORALE
VOLITION — Here in this bookshop. In Martinaise. Revachol. The world. This seemingly wretched lifetime. In the midst of it all, there is always something for you. Uncurl your fist. Let it find your palms upturned.
#disco elysium#harry du bois#annette (disco elysium)#i care her…#im terribly fond of annette for reasons that are hard to put into words#she’s just a really good kid… 🥺#and also i kin her bc i work at a bookstore too lmao#which is what got me thinking abt this one#i think it’s the nature of retail in general that u meet ppl from all walks of life but esp at the places ive worked#at the bookstore sometimes u will get someone asking for certain books/subject matter that’s just like…#hey do you have any books about how to deal with [insert very specific and very sad life event]#and ur like oh… :( i can try…#and ur a stranger and this is a professional setting so u don’t wanna get personal#but it’s still like. damn. wish i could just beam into ur brain that im wishing nothing but the best for you#anyway. i think annette does that without even trying#i like her… i care her…
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my villain origin story: the end of Book Depository
#i know this happened back in april/may#but i am still sad#i bought so many books there#and i wanna buy more rn#bc our bookstores AND libraries don't have the books i want#smh#book depository
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#sorry gnna sound like a shit person now but im not feeling well i just need to rant#nothing good ever happens to me. every aspect of my life is a mess. im constantly miserable w nothing to pull me out of it#it's been getting worse nd worse for years nd if it keeps getting worse im not gnna be able to take it much longer#ofc there are sooo many others who have it way way way worse than i do. so i feel weak nd pathetic for being so affected by it when i know#it could be literally sm worse than it is now. like i get that. i know im not nearly as bad off as many ppl are#but idk still it's rlly tough to have *nothing* that makes me keep going. the literal only thing is that i dont kms bc i dont wanna hurt mom#bc im poor so i cant do ANYTHING. i cant go anywhere. not the cinema not concerts not to the mall not to the bookstore not an amusent park#i cant even go to cafées bc i dont have any money at all to spend on that#i have no friends to hang out w. even if i couldnt afford going anywhere i cant even just take a walk or sit nd talk to them bc there r none#my sisters havent talked for me in over a year#and like yada yada i dont have anything to pull me out of my misery bubble. no friends to comfort me no family to hang out w#nothing to do or nowhere to go. hell i havent even been able to eat for 8 months so i cant even like eat smth yummy nd watch a movie lmao#i cant even read bc of the constant noise! i cant go out into the forest bc there r always subway construction work or choppers or gun shots#i know im 'focusing on the negative' but what am i supposed to do when theres nothing positive to focus on lol?????#im always physically uncomfortable bc of pain nd health issues nd im always anxious nd stressed too so like... yay#and. this is where i sound mean but like after years nd years of nothing good happening to me... idc for others anymore like#when they talk abt their loving relationships and their kind friends nd them going to concerts im like.. wow !! u get to be happy!! i dont!!#im just envious nd jealous nd bitter bc why cant i have ANYTHING good???? not just ONE fkn thing?#other ppl get to have multiple things but i get nothing?????#and its not exactly like i hate them or wish illwill on them im just like wow kinda dont feel sympathy for u bc u have sm things#i've never had :))) nd u can never understand how awful it feels to be deprived of it so idc :))))
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sally rooney is a marxist and has criticised, through her fiction, the treatment of books as aesthetic objects that are just seen as a commercial enterprise, to be bought, sold, and to look good on shelves and social media. it's just both quite funny and sad that you can pre-order special editions of her new book, and that when beautiful world where are you came out you could get limited edition bucket hats with the book's design on them. she is out here criticising capitalism in her work and her interviews and then her publishing company comes in, supposedly not having read anything she's written, just to provide a slice of delightful irony, or perhaps to prove her point.
#sally rooney#intermezzo#beautiful world where are you#maybe i shouldnt assume that the criticisms of publishing in bwway reflect rooneys own beliefs#but also knowing her other beliefs....i dont think im unjustified in doing that lmao#also this screenshot is from an indie bookstore so maybe i shouldnt be too harsh on them#bc maybe they have to sell special editions like this to stay open. and so maybe it is helping them#by encouraging consumers to shop with them rather than at chain bookstores. but still. the irony is wild#its like the book publishing equivalent of 'dont build the torment nexus'#oops i think the criticism i was thinking of may have been in normal people? but i think aspects of it were def in bwway too
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We had a power outage for almost 30 hours and I ended up just writing letters by candle light and reading by the fire. And I will say I have changed my mind about Sharpe's Rifles now that I've finished it: I actually thoroughly enjoyed it, and it's probably one of my favorite Sharpe books. Yes, there's a Teresa shaped hole in it, but even past that I loved the character development, I love how detailed it is, the action is really good, and Vivar is more interesting, I think, than we get in the films. My favorite bit was definitely the end because it throws you for a loop and has a surprise reveal that even shocked me bc I hadn't put two and two together which I really liked- it showed off Sharpe's cleverness and, though he struggled, his ability to lead men and go above and beyond to get the job done. I honestly think I like it more than Eagle, because Sharpe's already established as a good officer in that one, having earned the respect of his men, versus Rifles where there's danger on all sides and you get to see how he earned that respect. Plus I'm a sucker for partisans so I like seeing how Sharpe interacts with his environment and around others outside of the military.
Now I'm just waiting impatiently on the local bookstore to find their copies of Havoc, Fury, and Battle, and I can continue!
#;ooc#(power came back on last night and thank fuck it was REALLY rough without power)#(we lost a lot of food and it was really stressful bc it was estimated it would be another three days before we got power)#(but yes i LOVED Rifles tbh it was so good and i devoured it)#(i really did feel bad for poor little meow meow sharpe)#(he truly earned that title in this book)#(also love his entire leg just being completely out......no no keep the look richard)#(i want to support my local bookstore but its been a month and they still havent found it so im gonna assume they dont have it)#(and honestly i love the book and i love the film. you'll always get more time and development with books)#(and i'll never fault the films for their budget of a shoe string and a paper clip)#(and six men and a dog)
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[Wakes up] IS THE CROCODILE A REFERENCE TO PUNCH AND JUDY?????
#it was still popular and is the only other English-language sourced#work that i can think of that features a croc seen by the audience but not his prey to both comic and fearful effect#peter pan#ive never seen a whole punch and judy just a few min of one i walked past in a park#idk if it was st james?#idr it wasnt Kensington or regents#not even kidding im in bed and couldnt sleep and was thinking about#gaiman & mckean's punch comic bc i was thinking about how instead of doing what i needed to i went#to the bookstore and found the last volume needed of one of the only manga series i followed#and thought huh i should read that next vol of sailor moon too#but forgot i still didnt finish the comics from my last pilgrimage to the comicbook store#where i also finally found copy of punch#and then thought about the corocdile and wondered how long that character was a feature and then?!?!?!?!!?#i
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my spooky lil october tbr
#feat. one pallet cleanser fantasy romcom. as a treat#posting this 2 bully myself into actually sitting my ass down and finishing all these#also here's a glimpse into the rainbow hellscape that is my office#the ominous pink glow is from my lava lamp#it is here. in this land of pastels and knick knacks. that filthnasty brews#sam speaks#going to barnes and noble is so fckin dangerous. I fall into a fuckin void. I lose TIME bitch!!!!!!#are there any time loop horror stories that take place in bookstores? bc there should be#there could be an eldritch terror stalking me and I'd still be sitting criss cross apple sauce in the horror section flipping thru pages#DANGEROUS!!! LOCATION!!!!#also. meg if ur reading this. I did in fact buy annihilation bc of u#I had to
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i wanted to take a morning walk and then go to my fav bookstore and get ice cream but it's almost 2pm and i still haven't left my room 😐 why is she like this
#i woke up at 10am but that's good. i finally got 8 hours of sleep#and then did some yoga and showered and i'm currently drinking coffee and getting ready to go outside#i'm still going to that bookstore and getting ice cream but i have to do it fast bc my landlord wants to visit at 6pm 🙃#he's going to do some repairs and i know i agreed to this in advance but that was 2 days ago. i was a differnt person back then#when he leaves i'm going to go for a walk#and that's how i can still realise my plan for today#k.txt
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it's my birthday so i'm going to order BL manga online
#i might actually not tho bc some are still for preorder and the bookstore website sucks for those. lol#hate a preorder on a book bitch just give it to me!
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when the character with self sacrificial tendencies has to do something dangerous and their lover makes them promise not to get themself killed………..
#this is abt ambrosius and ballister at the end of nimona <- the comic not the movie tho i actually still haven’t gotten around to the movie#but i got the physical version of the comic at a bookstore YEARS ago and decided to reread it and AUGHHHH i forgot how tragic these 2 were#and this post is abt a specific moment between them that i just read. but also jon and martin tma bc they also do this kinda#AND IT KILLS ME EVERY TIME#WHAT IF I WANTED TO SACRIFICE MYSELF. BUT YOU WOULDNT LET ME. BECAUSE U LOVE ME. AND WERE BOTH BOYS. RAH *werewolf tearing off shirt image*#moss.txt
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have you preordered oouib with the memory book? if you haven’t, hurry!
i have!! i ordered it from my local bookstore which also just happens to be the first stop in karen's promotional tour so guess who's picking up her book and meeting karen with her ex gf at the same time
#me!!#it's me#i'm SO EXCITED#oouib#the fact that my local bookstore is my favorite author's local bookstore is just... SO insane to me#i really won the literary lottery huh#the ex gf part is also very important bc she's the only ex i'm still friends with and so naturally i need to tell this to everybody
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EBOOK PREORDERS NOW OPEN FOR HOW TO KILL GODS & MAKE FRIENDS
Coming August 19th, in paperback & ebook!
#bookblr#unfortunately yes the ebook preorder is on amazon#and i can't really do paperback preorders bc amazon also fights terribly with ingramspark#BUT they will both be available upon release day!#you'll also be able to order them at any bookstore too because IS is handling the printing#(i miss createspace)#(still hate amazon but it's not feasible in the least to not publish on them)#how to put the romance back in necromancy
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