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Books by Black Authors for Black History Month!
I wanted to share a list of books I love and books that I'm looking forward to reading that are by Black authors in acknowledgement of Black History Month. I feel like a lot of my fellow readers (especially my fellow white readers) always go into a, kind of, reading slump in February and I don't know if that's because the month of January is just ten years long that February feels like a hangover or if it's because they feel the desire to read books by Black authors but then the majority of what is marketed is usually books that are steeped in trauma or nonfiction books. And, like, yeah, nonfiction books are so important but when they're the only kind of book marketed it can make finding the other kinds of books that much harder but I believe that if you read the fun books and the happy books and the fantasy books it will make you want to seek out the nonfiction resources. I'm blabbering so long story short, I thought I would make a little list to do some of the legwork for my fellow readers to find stories that they can check out.
I used GoodReads links (and one StoryGraph) link, you can choose who to purchase from yourself (although I will suggest BookShop.org as your purchase does go towards indie bookstores, I also really like the Libby App which is just your library and it works with your Kindle/Nook/Kobo/iPad). All authors that I have included in this are American or have strong ties to the USA which is why I did not include authors such as Bolu Babalola, Talia Hibbert, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie but I do highly recommend checking them out if you haven't because they do write gorgeously.
Kennedy Ryan has an extensive backlog and beautiful writing, beautiful prose. She had a book called Before I Let Go (Skyland #1) come out in November 2022, it is a second chance romance between a married couple. It has been on my shelf forever, the cover is beautiful and I've heard nothing but truthfully incredible things. I have listened to snippets of the audiobook but keep putting off getting the actual audiobook because Kennedy is the kind of author I want to read the grammar, syntax, wording of everything from. This book actually got optioned to be adapted into a television show and there's a second Skyland book coming out in March called This Could Be Us that has the ARC readers going wild.
Jasmine Guillory is one of my favorite authors. She is a Bay Area native and has a law degree from Stanford. Not only do I think that she writes beautifully but I cannot even describe to you the way that I kick my little feet and twirl my hair. I feel like my favorite of hers changes. Up until a few weeks ago, I would've told you that Olivia Monroe in Party of Two was my favorite Jasmine girly but I listened to Royal Holiday to kick off my reading for January and Vivian Forest is such a beautiful character. She's a 56 year old Black woman who is a veteran social worker who thinks it's too late for her on several fronts and then she gets swept off her feet while on a vacation with her daughter AND THE ROYAL FAMILY. What?! I also think that Jasmine writes, like.... character appropriate sex scenes if that makes sense. Like, Vivian's scenes are more reserved than Olivia's were, Vivian's more closed door than Olivia's were. She also has a Beauty and the Beast inspired book called By The Book and I kept texting my friend the entire way through and then made her buy a copy so she could text me right back with all her thoughts. Amazing. I love her.
You want cozy fantasy romance with monsters and happy Black women being loved by their hot monster lovers? Kimberly Lemming has GOT YOU COVERED.
Plugging my new author friend P.J. Leigh and her book Olawu. She actually responded to my request for some indie author recs on Threads and sent me a copy of Olawu that will be here on Friday and I'm so excited. She describes it as: "Set in precolonial East Africa with romance, action, sisterhood, found family, and a feisty but flawed female lead." I cannot wait to dig into this one.
Another author who messaged me is indie author Quiana Glide. Her bio is that she is an unabashed fangirl and her books feature pregnancy trope, cosplay, professional wrestlers and cafe owners solving murders. Her books sound fucking great and they are available on Kindle Unlimited for my KU girlies (gender neutral).
Celestine Martin messaged me as well and she writes paranormal romance with Black witches, emo mermen and fae princes. I tripped over myself running to my Libby app to place a hold on the audiobook.
25 to Love! by Joye Johnson is another one available on Kindle Unlimited for my KU girlies (gender neutral). The synopsis is: "TV's hottest dating show is '25 to Love!'. To nab a guy from her past, Lola signs on as the token girl of color. All's fair in love and ratings--can a week on TV get Lola closer to the one that got away?" You know what I love? Second chance romances, besties, that's right.
Splinter by Jasper Hyde was another I was recommended. Jasper writes paranormal, LGBTQ+ books. Jasper Hyde is a pen name for Georgina Kiersten who also goes by Rian Fox. The pen name denotes the subgenre that they write. Georgina does go by they/them pronouns and writes plus sized rep and neurodivergent rep too.
Kelly Cain. That's it. That's the tweet. THE EVERHEART BROTHERS SERIES????? If you know anything about me, you know that I have a hearing issue and so I've used audiobooks before but I never really clicked with them or got the hype. Turns out I had boring ass narrators (look I did the audio version of a lot of nonfiction books I had to read about old dead white guys in college so of course I had that feeling). THE EVERHEART BROTHERS AUDIOBOOKS ARE WHAT CHANGED ME. Deanna Anthony, the narrator, is so engaging and I didn't feel like I was listening to an audiobook, I felt like I was sitting across the table at brunch having a gossip session with my bestie. If you read it and you didn't like it, that's fine, but I didn't lie to you and enjoyment of art is subjective but also you're wrong and argue with a wall.
I've been seeing a lot of talk lately about Pride & Protest by Nikki Payne. This is a Pride & Prejudice and one of the reviews says, "If you ever wanted P&P to feel more like watching a swoony, steamy episode of Insecure, this is the book for you."
Currently, I am reading You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. It deals with themes of grief and romance and also bisexual representation. Absolutely beautiful prose. Akwaeke is Nigerian and has been in the USA since college. They are non-binary and go by they/them pronouns.
I also cannot end this list without mentioning Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow. This follows three generations of a southern Black family in the neighborhood of Douglass in Memphis, TN (I was born a couple miles away in Raleigh) . Now, this book does have quite a few trigger warnings that I won't put here but I do encourage you to READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS before you purchase this book as it does deal with some pretty heavy subject matter.
I'm also going to end this by saying to keep an eye out for anything done by my best friend, the person who I have shared so many amazing, beautiful, life changing experiences with ALL OVER THE WORLD for the last fourteen years: Isana Skeete (Isana does not use pronouns). If you look at the GoodReads account for Isana that I linked, you'll see lists made with recommendations of books with queer POC rep and asexuality representation.
#long post#black authors#book recs#book club#booklr#kennedy ryan#jasmine guillory#kelly cain#kimberly lemming#tara m. stringfellow#akwaeke emezi#nikki payne#georgina kiersten#jasper hyde#pj leigh#joye johnson#celestine martin#romance books#paranormal romance#contemporary romance#i'm posting this now and then will rebagel in the morning
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the lack of Kylo Ren merch the disney store has is a fucking crime ok this is ERASURE i always get so mad
everything is vader this or grogu that
most of the sequel trilogy merch has only Rey on it which is great but where’s the love for the rest of the cast??
if i wanted a fucking vader shirt i’d staple burnt toast to my shirt
#i just want a cool fucking t-shirt of my man ok#leigh speaks#and i haven't watched the manadalorian or any of the disney+ shows so i'm sorry#but i aggressively do not care about mando or grogu#and it's not only kylo but ben too there's absolutely nothing for him but his fucking saber WHICH THEY DISCONTINUED#how many complaints do i have to send in lmao i'm dying here#they have figurines and mostly kids tees with kylo on them yeah sure that's fine#but all the designs are so boring#i'm yelling at the sky i know but still#tell me why fucking BoxLunch has better Kylo Ren merch than the disney store itself#and even then the two items i have that have him on them (t shirt and pj pants)#also feature darth maul and vader#i need more merch with actually good designs that just features kylo or kylo AND rey thank you very much#arguably THE if not one of the best characters to come out of the new trilogy and they just pretend he doesn't fucking exist
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imagine you being sick at the beginning of your relationship. and it's not happening often, but when it does it’s pretty bad. and you're feeling terrible and Jude is being the most caring boy in the whole wide world :( he'd cook something for you or help his mum with making the soup that she was always giving him when he was younger and was sick. he'd run you long, warm baths. he'd make sure that you're warm in bed and take your medicine. he'd just take care of you :(((
PS. I hope you'll feel better soon Leigh <3
he’d be the best nurse ever :(( literally wldnt let u move off the sofa or out of bed bc he just wants u to rest so he brings u everything u need, extra blankets and pillows, hot water bottle, hot drinks and water, soup or ur favourite snacks, medicine just everything that will make u feel better. and if u had a fever he’d make u get in the shower to sweat it out and wld put ur pjs including his hoodie into the dryer so they’re nice and warm when u get out. helps brush ur hair if u need him to or just gets u dry and helps u get dressed before making u get back into bed. definitely still snuggles with u even tho ur complaining he’ll get sick bc he just wants u to be comfy
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📺 | the way home - season one
live blogging a season one rewatch so i can remember everything for season two 🫡
episode one - mothers and daughters:
• i hope this show goes on forever bc they clearly have a full story planned for this witch hunt
• honestly forgot about this private school situation
• dad’s suck!
• do we learn about the “one hit” orrr
• chyler leigh in glasses. that’s it that’s the thought.
• “fReEs yOu Up fOr sOmE hOmEsChoOliNg” hey why don’t you hush.
• nah bc these two are like… not even divorced yet and his gf already moved in with him? i’d set the fire alarm off too
• oh the one hit was last year’s showcase
• hallmark letting a “damned” into the script. big slay
• i do really appreciate that young dell is just andie macdowell in a dark wig.
• sorry but it’s kinda a dream to have a farm in ‘nowhere canada’ to escape to, alice.
• i love generational mommy issues 😌
• one thing about andie macdowell, that accent’s gon’ be thicc
• wet dog foreshadowing 👀
• moving in the middle of the school year is wild
• omg and a “what the hell” !!
• mystery letter 😈 (i only vaguely remember how it got sent so excited to relearn that)
• the glow-in-the-dark ceiling stars 🥺
• LMAO OKAY dell was wrong for sending her out in her pjs but it was funny hehe 🤭
• ELLIOT!!!!
• “you got a lot in common… what with your divorces.” dell that’s so southern of you
• “and me?” OOF
• dell landry: bee keeping age 😗
• fair that kat wants to talk about her brother and dad but didn’t she also…. like. leave?? 🥴
• “if you ever need to talk i’m here. any place. any… time.” very subtle elliot thank you
• ohp. guess that’s why i don’t remember the bracelet. so rose from titanic of her
• wait that’s literally how she gets in the pond ?? okay that’s on me then.
• baby kat!! (A+ casting btw 🤌🏽)
• i could not imagine sitting on TIME TRAVEL for over 14 years. good on elliot
• elliot and kat better get back together in like the first 2 minutes of s2 🤧
• baby elliot!
• as someone who lost their grandpa when i was really young, alice meeting her grandpa and their whole relationship just hits different 🥺
• no bc the 90s ARE totally back in style.
• “alice will be fine.” “jacob wasn’t.” he was 6, girl 😭
• the white witch 😟 (me: wait why am i gasping i already knew that.)
• the blurry picture is actually very clever!
• elliot just standing over the pond ominously 🧍🏻♂️
• idk why but i love that kat called him to yell at him.
• kat, he just knows, okay!!
fin.
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This is my attempt to do a thing for @radblrthemeweeks because I love the concept of their blog!
This week’s theme is Separatist Swaps, basically: if you like the content from this man, try the content of this woman.
I’ll deviate from the theme a bit because I don’t know that many things to compare stuff to, so instead I’ll just list different female musicians/bands in different genres!
Indie:
BANKS
Boyskout
The Butchies
Courtney Barnett
Grace Victoria
Jen Cloher
Kate Nash
Montaigne
Odie Leigh
Päter
PJ Harvey
Rio Romeo
Metal:
Angor Animi
Apofenia
Asagraum
Astarte
BABYMETAL
Bambie Thug
Banshee
Bridear
Kittie
Mary’s Blood
We Are PIGS
Alt:
DIAMANTE
Girls Rituals
HAWXX
K.Flay
Lacey Strum
Lola Blanc
Punk:
Bikini Kill
Childbirth
Destroy Boys
Otoboke Beaver
Pussy Riot
Country:
Gillian Welch
Miranda Lambert
Gothic:
Emelie Autumn
One-Eyed Doll
#definitely a non-exhaustive list lol! this was made by scrolling through my Spotify likes for 30 minutes!#(*also means it’s not well-researched so some of these may just be female-fronted. but I tried to look into that!)#long post
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HS Journalism: Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas Review (Feature)
★★★★☆ (4 out of 5)
Good Luck Charlie is an American sitcom that ran on the Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. The show had four seasons and one movie. The movie, “Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas!” is not as well known as other holiday movies to watch with family and friends.
The movie follows the Duncan family of six as they plan to spend a Christmas with grandparents in Palm Springs, Ca. It is the family's first Christmas away from their home in Denver. Things go awry when daughter Teddy Duncan (Bridgit Mendler), and mother Amy Duncan (Leigh-Allyn Baker), get separated from their family after Teddy gives up her seat on the plane in exchange for a free plane ticket.
The movie is a delight to watch, however it comes with minor issues. The movie doesn’t truly feel like cinema as it tries to feel like an episode of the show instead of a separate entity. It does take certain elements away from the sitcom formula such as the laugh track and natural lighting. The movie is clearly made for fans of the show as it jumps straight into the movie without introducing the cast to those who haven’t seen the show. The movie is supposed to take place between seasons 2 and 3, which might be why writers or the director chose to tell the narrative that way. It doesn’t truly take away from the experience and provides a unique style of movies that isn’t quite modern anymore.
The biggest issue that stands out is the acting. For example, Baker doesn’t truly have good acting in her role as the mother compared to the rest of the cast. It seems to exaggerate her personality from her show. In the show, Amy is loving and caring about her family while being very overworked. However, at times she is self-centered and does try to be the star of the family most of the time. Yet in the movie she is very aggressive, and her side of being self-centered is over exaggerated at certain points in the movie. Out of all the characters, she feels out of character until half way through the movie.
Teddy’s character seems flat for a movie character up until the end of the second act. While her character is the same as in the show, she doesn’t really progress over the course of the movie other than a few instances of her responsibility, but she’s already a responsible character in the main show. For the main character, you would expect to see her growth throughout the second act, yet that development only really occurs at the end of the second act.
The other characters are the same from their show counterparts, and their characters shine through the side plot to the main story. Their side plot was the enjoyable part of the movie including the climax up to the resolution of the movie. For instance PJ Duncan (Jason Dolley) is the dumb member of the family, yet throughout the seasons, he gets noticeably smarter and ambitious. This does appear in the movie towards the climax.
While the acting is the major negative part of the movie, the positives outweigh the negatives. Certain jokes and minor plot points pay off towards the climax in clever ways. The movie is very unoriginal in certain plot points, yet makes up for it in the creativity and exaggeration in some of the scenes and especially the climax with the male members of the family. Numerous jokes were surprisingly funny considering that the movie is a decade old.
Despite all the jokes, the movie does know how to transition from silly to serious in a way that doesn’t give the viewer whiplash. The movie is great at evoking emotions as the serious moments give impact, though they aren’t as frequent in the movie as the silly moments; they stick out and carry throughout the rest of the movie.
Overall this movie is worth watching as it captures the craziness of the holidays with family. While the movie does have issues and is heavily dated, it is still a blast to watch even as the movie is over a decade old. This movie is still fun to watch with family and friends, especially around the festive time of Christmas.
#high school newspaper#journalism#writing#my writing#movie review#good luck charlie#good luck charlie it's christmas
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Hi, can you please do one for Venus conjunct pluto? It’s just soooo terrible. Women always hate me or start fighting with me randomly. I’ve never had an actual female friend in my life. They always use me and talk bad about me while man are always trying to talk to me so that I can be in a relationship with them. I really wish someone would be there for me ( moon in 8th). I am not sure if it’s my Lilith in the 8th house the reason for this.
Hi , this was more of a beauty series but since you told me about this problem so i included other points as well ! That could also be because of the other Placements you have .
❤︎VENUS CONJUNCT PLUTO
This was calculated using sidereal measurements , you can see for your tropical as well !
Woman here : 1. Julia Roberts , 2. Avril Lavigne , 3. Raquel Welsh , 4. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter , 5. PJ Harvey , 6. Rachel Leigh Cook
This Placement really gives the native attractive features , generally that are considered conventional , characterised with a beautiful toothy smile , mostly the upper region , thin lips and defined cheek bones.
Although they have a very beautiful smile ,they have some kind of hollowness in their eyes , not all the time but it's visible when they are burdened with something , they are easily able to pick up energies and their eyes become a gateway of showcase , even if they want to hide it .
Photographic tip: don't be anxious , be in the moment and give the best smile , your smile can already wins hearts !
Other women kind of take advantage of them due to their kind hearts or envy them because of their appearance , even when they try to do the right thing they are deemed as fake , this may improve in the later part of their life .
They get a lot of karma through men , like divorces and breakups and sometimes men use them for their benefits . Make sure you are careful who you give your heart to.
On the better side some men , bring them to spotlight after which they can create their own identity .
They love and foster children in their lives because they have known what it feels like to be an outcast , they also have a theme of having miscarriages.
This placement is like so sexualised , people may openly tell them about their lustful desires , please beware of nude leaks and stay away from creeps .
T.w. Beware of rapists, take care of yourself please.
Lastly you are so beautiful and you deserve the world , don't worry about other women and creepy men , you are forever strong , you're your own hero !!
Take hugs 🫂🫂🫂babes don't worry you're already amazing and take the best care of yourself !!!!
Thank you ♡︎
#astro community#astrology#astro observations#astrology community#astro notes#astrology notes#astrology observations#astrology placements#astroblr#venus#pluto#venus conjunct pluto#sidereal astrology#tropical astrology
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tagged by both @sagiow & @tortoisesshells
last song: listening to the restaurant's lunch playlist and it's playing Dear August by Noah Cyrus & PJ Harding
currently watching: technically not watching, but i'm on FaceTime call with my sister.
currently reading: I'm juggling between three - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (as influenced by @tough-n-dumb), Alone with You in the Ether by Olivia Blake and also like @sagiow I'm also reading Your Story, by DearIndigo (basically it's a novelisation of The English and I love it!)
current obsession: watching all the Indigenous people leading film/series I can find available in this world and also convince/tricking people around me to watch them too. I last watched Dark Winds!
Tagging @minnesotamedic186 @cissatheladybug @digitalmoss and whoever that wants to do this!!
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INTRO
You can call me Nim or Leigh ;)
She/They (I'm agender but very fem)
☀️🔮Witchy Ace Queer🔮☀️
LIKES
Marauders Era - especially Evan Rosier + Pandora Rosier, Lily Evans, Dorcas Meadows, Barty Crouch Jr, Remus Lupin and James Potter
All For The Game - especially Jeremy Knox, Allison Reynolds, Aaron Minyard, Dan Wilds, Matt Boyd and Kevin Day
Bat-Family/Gotham - especially Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Talia Al-Ghul, Prudence, The Core Four, Harley Quinn and Riddler
I also know a lot of other fandoms such as PJ, Genshin, Honkai SR, Call of Duty etc.
I suppose that's all <3
🤍✨Have a wonderful day loves ✨🤍
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tagged by @alisoun for this book thing!
last read: percy jackson and the lightning thief. my girlfriend loves pj and it has a special place in her heart, having never interacted with any pj media apart from seeing the second movie (?) i promised i would at least read the first book before the new show comes out in december. i read all of it in february except for the last 12 pages and then didnt finish it until last week. it was a great time and as someone who enjoys seeing reinterpretations of old stories i think it was really creative taking these old myths and retelling them in a completely different context.
reading now: poor people with money by dominic hoey. reccomended by both my mum and gfs mum for a long time but told them i had to finish pj first, i read the entire thing in one sitting this morning. i really loved it so much. set in auckland and the far north of nz, two places i grew up in. nothing like reading a novel which namedrops the primary school you went to in the first chapter. the author and main charcter are dyslexic so its written in a way which is so accessible with zero pretense which i always appreciate in art as well. perfectly captures the experience of living in new zealand, the attention to detail is insane and i hope to one day have observational skills like his. i read this at the absolutely perfect time, will have to reread again to fully grasp some things.
up next: six of crows by leigh bardugo. fantasy heist novel. watched the netflix show which combined this and another series set in the same universe, thought this story seemed far more interesting so im excited to see what it has in store. will do the sequel after that.
also looking forward to reading a "human geography" textbook, the next PJ, and maybe some other random recs from mum.
i tag whoever feels like it!
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Get to know the Blogger
<3 <3 Thank you @greypetrel for the tag. Sorry it’s taken me a bit...that ADHD urge to rearrange in the middle of the night on a work day hit on earlier this week and my loft has been a disaster area since.
I think I filled out something similar not too long ago, but as I’m pretty sure most of my answers have changed since then, I shall fill it out again. Plus, I love being tagged :D
Share your wallpaper: I’m rocking the Dragon Age love. A beautiful and complicated piece you can find here, by @lethendralis-paints
Last song you listened to: Feeling nostalgic for being 18 so I’m listening to Here (In Your Arms) by Hellogoodbye
Currently reading: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo for the second time. The entrire grishaverse gripped me in a way I hadn’t felt since H*P* when I was like 9 years old. Plus, who doesn’t love Wesper?
Last movie: Quasi on Hulu by the people who made Super Troopers. Surprisingly funny, but definitely one of those dumb improv movies you need to be in the mood for.
Last show: lol also Supernatural. I missed Cas, so I’m re-watching some of my favorite episodes while I design a digital planner.
Craving: Sleep. I gave in to my recent craving of homemade brownies and now just need to sugar crash.
What are you wearing right now: A loose 2-piece pj set, blank spaghetti straps and black shorts.
How tall are you: I converted my height from imperial and apparently I am also around 166 cm.
Piercings: Two in each ears that usually has tiny hoops in it. I also had a triple forward helix which was SO AWESOME, but itched like mad so I took them out and let it close.
Tattoos: One on each wrist and a handful of others that I plan on getting if I ever commit the time and money.
Glasses? Contacts? Glasses. I used to wear contacts on special occasions, but I’ve embraced the glasses 24/7 lifestyle.
Last drink: Water
Last thing you ate: The aforementioned brownies
Favorite color: It changes pretty regularly. As far as clothing goes, I really like dark reddish purple, that orange-y yellow, olive green, and eggplant. Any jewel tone really. But I’m also a fan of those sickly sweet pastels when I’m doodling.
Current obsession: I’m between obsessions honestly. I guess the closest thing would be the digital planner I’m designing. Can’t wait until the DA or ME bug bites me again, though. Particularly because I’m *so* close to having completed my second draft of Operation Leviathan, but my brain just won’t do the thing.
Any pets: One adorable, stubborn, sassy basset mix.
Favorite fictional character: Only one? Umm....Castiel comes to mind immediately. But he’s just the current one, not my all time favorite…all-time favorite is probably…. Kaidan Alenko.
Tagging || I tagged a bunch of people last time and am feeling shy...so please consider yourself tagged and don’t forget to tag me if you do it! <3
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Thanks for the tag @einno-arko !!! Starting a new thread…
1. Nickname: Li!
2. Height: 5”5
3. Last thing I googled: Dex’s Diner
4. Song Stuck In My Head: Square Hammer: Ghost
5. Number of followers;
6. Amount of sleep: like… 4/5 hours?
7. Dream Job: turning my small business into a genuine shop front, or something that can sustain me as a main job so I can have a part time job in whatever random career I’d love, like a tattoo artist!
8. Wearing; currently, pjs! Plaid ones
9. Movie/book that summarises you: oh gosh, uh.. A Court Of Mist and Fury?
10. Aesthetic: Dark Academia
11. Fav author: Sarah J Maas, Leigh Bardugo, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rachel Smythe - the list goes on
12. Favourite song: changes all the time but currently anything from Ghost
13. Random fact: I have adhd!!
No pressure tagging: @theshireisburning-so-mordoritis @starryeyedstories @oscarseyebrow @dailyreverie @the-little-ewok @firstofficerwiggles @rosiefridayrogersunday @live-the-fangirl-life @pumpkin-stars @mandelirious @zinzinina @zuzik and anyone else who wants a go💙
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For the Red Vox Lasses - Roots / Road
Krystal: Night
Whitley: Formal
Renee: Canvas
Ana Leigh: Stillness
(For those of you who don't know, these are my Red Vox characters personified. They're a separate project entirely and are NOT AFFILIATED with the OCs here but I will entertain this Ask)
roots: Is your OC's look inspired by any specific style of clothing or fashion trend? What are the roots and/or inspiration for their look?
Honestly it's all the fashion I personally liked to see and inagined for the four of them. And that's mainly been taking into the themes of the album as well. For Whitley, it's the more grungy side, with her flannel shirt and rough look. Ana-Leigh is a bit more put together (also I like double denim, sue me). Krystal was probably the one with more of a metaphorical stance, with her tattered dress and her oversized hoodie that she likes to retreat into. And Renée invoking the wistfulness and somewhat cozy aspects from the album in hers.
road: What does your OC wear while traveling? Do they have high-quality equipment, or are they making do? What does their gear look like?
This one is good cuz the story they do share is centered on a roadtrip. All of them wear the same kinda clothes. Only Whitley and Renée actually brought a change of clothes for themselves, whereas Ana-Leigh and Krystal just have the clothes on their back.
night: What does your OC wear to sleep? Do they have a favorite pair of PJs, or are they more the birthday suit type?
Krystal absolutely isn't the type to go nakey for bed. Back home she would wear full pyjamas deal or a ankle-length nightgown.
formal: What's your OC's formal look? Do they like dressing up? Do they have different looks for different occasions?
Whitley is not exactly the formal type either. The most formal she has gotten was wearing her "uniform" for her job as a bartender.
canvas: Does your OC have any scars, piercings, tattoos, or other markings? Do they display or cover them up at all?
Renée, ofc, has her two ears pierced with her pearl earrings. However she also has a tattoo on the side of her body. It's of a tree in different seasons (a reference to a lyric from Far Away)
stillness: How does your OC act while still? Are they fidgety? Do they have any common gestures or tics? Does their clothing affect how they hold themselves while at rest?
Ana-Leigh is the guitarist, I feel it goes hand-in-hand that if she doesn't have her guitar, she'd be more fidgety. Anything to mimic her playing the guitar or tapping to the melody.
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In case anyone is curious, here’s a list of books I’ve read since I fell off the wagon posting about them. Feel free to ask about any of them!
Infinity Son - Adam Silvera
In Deeper Waters - FT Lukens
Autoboyography - Christina Lauren
All That’s Left in the World - Erik J Brown
The Gravity of Us - Phil Stamper
Kiss & Tell - Adib Khorram
And They Lived... - Steven Salvatore
The Hate Project - Kris Ripper
Witchmark - CL Polk
The Wicker King - K Ancrum
Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo
Blaine for the Win - Robbie Couch
The City of Dusk - Tara Sim
It Takes Two to Tumble - Cat Sebastian
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee (reread)
A Gentleman Never Keeps Score - Cat Sebastian
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli
Book Boyfriend - Kris Ripper
Carry On - Rainbow Rowell
Camp - Lev AC Rosen
A Complicated Love Story Set in Space - Shaun David Hutchinson
So This is Ever After - FT Lukens
Young Mungo - Douglas Stewart
Icebreaker - AL Graziadei
The Darkness Outside Us - Eliot Schrefer
Something Human - AJ Demas
The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
All Systems Red - Martha Wells
Yes, Daddy - Jonathan Parks-Ramage
The Last Sun - KD Edwards
King of Scars - Leigh Bardugo
Lord of the White Hell - Ginn Hale
Flash Fire - TJ Klune
Bath Haus - PJ Vernon
A Case of Possession - KJ Charles
The Library of the Dead - TL Huchu
Never Been Kissed - Timothy Janovsky
Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Marlon James
Nate Plus One - Kevin van Whye
Out of the Blue - Jason June
Ready When You Are - Gary Lonesborough
Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder - ed. by Saundra Mitchell
Jay’s Gay Agenda - Jason June
Black Sun - Rebecca Roanhorse
If This Gets Out - Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich
Lava Red Feather Blue - Molly Ringle
The Loophole - Naz Kutub
Best Laid Plans - Roan Parrish
Café con Lychee - Emery Lee
Wayward Son - Rainbow Rowell
A Lady for a Duke - Alexis Hall
Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) - ed. by Catherine Lundoff
Two Rogues Make a Right - Cat Sebastian
We All Fall Down - Rose Szabo
Date Me, Bryson Keller - Kevin van Whye
Okay so I apparently...vastly underestimated how much I’ve read since May!
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17 questions, 17 people (tagged by @demxters weeks ago but i finally went through my notifications again ty hon)
Nickname: nika is, in fact, my nickname
Sign: leo sun, libra moon, scorpio rising (it do be like that)
Height: 5′5″ (i think)
Last Thing I Googled: cm to inches height LMAO
Song Stuck in My Head: walk through the fire from buffy the vampire slayer
Number of Followers: 410 <3
Amount of Sleep: 6-7 hours on average
Lucky Number: 7 and 13
Dream Job: i don't dream of labour (but i would love to be a full time writer)
Wearing: dotted pjs and my disney dressing gown (shut up i'm on winter break, i deserve this)
Movies/Books That Summarize You: something something the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society and inkspell. maybe the princess bride
Favorite Song: any song on the horror and the wild album
Favorite Instrument: violin, i think
Aesthetic: light academia chaos gremlin
Favorite Author: leigh bardugo
Random Fun Fact: i'm out of sight out of mind to the point that when i did the cym as your favourite authors the other day, i completely forgot that one of them exists just because i don't have any of her books on my most looked at bookshelf. apologies to emily henry, i feel deeply ashamed.
tagging anyone who wants to participate bc i'm so late to this <3
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🍀 questions tag game 🍀
thanks for the tag Mel @emeraldcas 💛
name: Domi
star sign: leo altho i should've been a virgo because i was born three weeks early (which always makes more sense when i check) (which is very very rarely tbh)
height: 176cm
time: 7:30pm
birthday: 7th of august
favorite bands/artists: twenty one pilots, half alive, imagine dragons, bastille, giant rooks, grandson, halsey, pomme, probably others i forgot.
last movie: thor love and thunder (i love marvel and it was entertaining but i was SO bored sometimes, i am: incredibly disappointed)
last show: obi-wan kenobi and the boys
when did I create this blog: I think in 2013? For supernatural at first, then I left for a few years and came back because of supernatural again, stayed for 9-1-1.
what i post: fics sometimes but I usually only reblog you guys' stuff 💫
last thing i googled: "people of the pride lyrics genius"
other blogs: nope, only one ✌
do i get asks: very rarely (lately never but tbh i'm not really active at the moment, i'll probably come back in september when the gay firefighters are back)
following: 191
average hours of sleep: around 8 i'd say?
instruments: nope 😔 i used to play the guitar when i was in middle school but i stopped before going to high-school because i didn’t really have time anymore (also the "end of year performance" anxiety was ruining my life)
what i'm wearing: pj shorts and my old hufflepuff tee-shirt
dream job: same answer as Mel, run a queer english bookshop somewhere in Britanny maybe 💕🌈
dream trip: i'd love to do a road trip in the USA and maybe it'll happen next year?? Hopefully 🤞 i was dying to visit Edinburgh too and if everything goes well, I'll be over there for a few days in August 💕
nationality: french
favorite songs: oof this is the hardest question in the world?? bandito by twenty one pilots will forever hold a special spot in my heart 🥺 the kids from yesterday by mcr? transatlanticism by death cab, escape by muse, what i know is all quicksand by giant rooks, your fractured life by air traffic, demons by imagine dragons... plenty of others i forgot??
last book i've read: ninth house by leigh bardugo and it was a bit of a letdown for me but i'm currently reading the starless sea by erin morgenstern and i'm loving it!
top 3 fictional universes i'd like to live in: this is really hard? la Passe Mirroir, hp and lotr? Without the dangers.
I'm tagging @cyllaeth @loveyourownsmiilee @bast-top @panevanbuckley only do it if you want to tho obviously 💫
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