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filmnoirsbian · 1 year

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Hi !! I was wondering if you had any book recs/favorite books? Things that you think of as inspiration or just plain like? Genuinely curious. <3 im in love with your work btw i spent the other day binging your patreon

Some favorites that deeply impacted me from a young age up into teenagedom: the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate, Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, Oddly Enough by Bruce Coville, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Little Sister by Kara Dalkey, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede, The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, Piratica by Tanith Lee, the Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, Holes by Louis Sachar, The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg, Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori, The Sea-Wolf by Jack London, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins, Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath, Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan, The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, The Iliad and Odyssey (allegedly) by Homer, The Táin by many people, Harlem by Walter Dean Myers, Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, The Wall and the Wing by Laura Ruby, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein, The Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin, Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis, The Ethical Vampire series by Susan Hubbard, The Howl Series by Diana Wynne Jones, the Curseworkers series by Holly Black, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, Android Karenina by Ben H. Winters, An Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, Beloved by Toni Morrison, A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, World War Z by Max Brooks, This is Not A Drill by K. A. Holt, Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin, Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Crush by Richard Siken, Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, Devotions by Mary Oliver, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Some favorites read more recently: The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey, Engine Summer by John Crowley, Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot, My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, Reprieve by James Han Mattson, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, Kindred by Octavia Butler, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, Station Eleven by Emily St. John-Mandel, The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib, The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica, The Girl with All the Gifts by Mike Carey, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, She had some horses by Joy Harjo, Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón, The King Must Die by Mary Renault, Books of Blood by Clive Barker, Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, Cassandra by Christa Wolfe

Plays: The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Electra by Sophocles, Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar, Angels in America by Tony Kushner, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco, The Trojan Women by Euripides, Salome by Oscar Wilde, Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr, Fences by August Wilson, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond

Graphic novels: The Crow by James O'Barr, DMZ by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli, Eternals (2021) by Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribić, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and John Higgins, My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris, Maus by Art Spiegelman, Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Through the Woods by Emily Carroll, Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

#watchmen is difficult to recommend on account of the misogyny but beyond that it really did change my life lol #asks #an open window #book recs #also i know technically eternals isn't a graphic novel it's a comic run directly related to the avengers and such at large BUT #it is sooo so good and u don't really have to know much abt what the avengers losers are up to in order to understand it #i didn't include any other favorite comic runs bc they require other things to be read for context. ur welcome.

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facsimila · 1 month

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PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW BETTER !

alias / name: lula ! it's a nickname of my birthname.

birthday: dec 1st.

zodiac sign: saggy terry us.

height: roughly 5'4".

hobbies: writing, art ( painting + digital ), doll restoration, doll customization, cosplay once in a blue moon.

favourite colour: pink and mint green.

favourite book: the two books that got me through my school experiences were stargirl and carrie. see because while both are about a Different Girl being bullied ( just like i was fr ), one has a melancholic ending about self acceptance and the other has a town exploding in vengeful flame. best of both worlds. my most favourite book at the moment is the refrigerator monologues which is getting me through adulthood.

last film / show: oh my ass does not watch tv UHHHH. last film was lisa frankenstein which i loved to absolute death. VERY up my alley in every way possible.

recent reads: currently reading i'm glad my mom died.

inspiration: in life or in rp ? if rp i gravitate towards characters i feel i have a lot i can play with and mold like clay. loose threads or opportunity to build something entirely new off an existing concept. i also really like autistic women as i am one myself and i like to tackle different facets of the spectrum in my muses. i'm inspired by characters i'd wanna study under a microscope, give free therapy lessons, and kiss. in life, probably my friends ! i owe all my growth and comfort in myself to the people i'm surrounded by truly.

story behind url: facsimile ... but with an A ?!?!? :O

fun fact about me: i once built a popsicle stick bridge that held 120lb weights, three textbooks and a desk. granted it was like slightly cracked but it didn't crack fully. also i like to make my own jewelry when i have time.

tagged by: little homie gayass @speedchasing said to say they tagged me so hi honey. :3 tagging: LIKE MOOG SAID i also struggle to tag people because i don't wanna leave anyone out so you can say i tagged you ! in fact you should. let me read your height.

#happy munday !#* / DASH GAMES.#ooc.

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bluesadansey · 8 months

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Top 5 fairytale remakes!

•Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie Mclemore I highly reccomend all the books I’ve read by them, When The Moon Was Ours and Wild Beauty aren’t directly inspired by any one fairytale as far as I know but are fairytale-esque magical realism tales and Dark and Deepest Red is a retelling of Hans Anderson’s “The Red Shoes”. I also did just start reading Lakelore but it was a library book and my flight to move back to college is tomorrow so I had to return it. But I love all the books I’ve read by theknand this is my favorite one it’s a Snow White and the Red Rose retelling. I absolutely loved the two sisters and how their dynamic was written and explored, the writing is gorgeous to me.

•Deathless by Catherine M. Valente I read this book in high school and at the time it was a challenge so I definitely need to reread it however despite me maybe not being mature enough at that point to grasp everything in the story what I loved about it, specifically the main heroine Marya Morevna and how much I adored her and her arc really stuck with me. And again, beautiful writing style I need to read more by this author (I did read her book Refrigerator Monologues but it didn’t land for me in the same way and other sff things she’s written look more my speed so I should get on that ). it’s a Koschei and the Deathless retelling and I would say out of the death and the maiden related stuff I’ve read it’s one I’d recommend above others.

•The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer hard pivot xd, these are very popular so I’m sure you’ve heard of them sci-fi futuristic fairytale retellings of Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White primarily. It’s been literal ages since I read these (I remember anticipating the release of Winter in 8th grade and then lending it to my irl friend after I was done with it that long) but at the time I was so into them. I would definitely want to reread these before the animated series comes out (which I hope is successful not just because I’m fond of tlc and would like to see it adapted well but in a long-game sense I think more ya series adaptations should be animated series. More specific long game the tlc series doing well is how I eventually get a faithful Daughter of Smoke and Bone animated adaptation (delusionalcoded). Also, want to state for the record I thought Fairest slapped.

•Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust I remember really enjoying it’s a Snow White retelling. I remember picking it up because I heard it was wlw Snow White but it was the Queen and the Princess character’s fucked up mother-daughter dynamic that made an impression on me over anything else in the book, and I remember they made me cry in a scene towards the end.

•When Water Sang Fire from The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo. This was a collection of grishaverse fairytales she wrote and most of the stories I read and forgot about but this is the last one in the collection and it’s lived rent free in my mind since I’m not joking, I think the anthology is worth reading (if you like the grishaverse) solely for this one story. It’s inspired by The Little Mermaid and the character it’s most focused on is the Ursula character Ulla Morozova (yes Morozova as in half-sister to the Darkling) who is a song-caster/siren of sorts and it’s about her codependent homoerotic best friendship with another mermaid that ends tragically and is her villain origin story it had no right to make me feel as many things as it did, again after the previous stories were relatively mid (Leigh’s my bestie so I can slander her works that aren’t as good as what she’s capable of I have a right <3) I was so caught off guard by how good it was.

Tysm for asking <3

(ask me top 5/10 of anything)

#s speaks #asks #sergeantpixie #mutuals #to tag #anna marie mclemore #tlc #deathless #grishaverse #girls made of snow and glass

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queerbrujas · 5 months

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Hey there! For those book asks, 3, 5, and 12?

hey hey, thank youuu! <3

3. What were your top five books of the year?

i answered this here but i want to add some honorable mentions as well: the vanished birds by simon jimenez (beautifully written space opera) and a desolation called peace by arkady martine (the second book in the teixcalaan duology, this one was written For Me specifically with its approach to language and cultural imperialism)

5. What genre did you read the most of?

also answered here! but like i mentioned there, horror also took a big big spot and even though i read more sci-fi overall, it kinda feels like horror was the Big breakthrough genre this year

12. Any books that disappointed you?

a couple! the refrigerator monologues by catherynne m. valente was like, Fine but i enjoyed the concept more than the execution, which was doubly disappointing because i'm a massive fan of valente's writing in general. dead silence by s.a. barnes was also pretty disappointing in that it's a perfectly okay book but it went in a direction i didn't click with and i just never recovered from that.

oh oh oh! and the twyford code by janice hallett, which i started reading because i really enjoyed the appeal but then i found it SO dull and uninteresting i ended up dnf'ing

#silv.txt #thank you so much!!

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swordofsun · 4 months

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Wanted to do something for the new year, so I guess I'll do a 2023 book wrap up. In chronological order from the beginning of 2023 to the end.

Putting in a read more because this is 90 books and that's too much to not hide it.

Rereads marked with a *

The Iron Dirge by Sam Sykes - Grave of Empires #2.5

Three Axes to Fall by Sam Sykes - Grave of Empries #3

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin - Great Cities #2

Unbreakable by Mira Grant

Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box by Mira Grant

Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire - Wayward Children #4.5

Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire - Wayward Children #8

The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #1*

The Spirit Rebellion by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #2*

The Spirit Eater by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #3*

The Spirit War by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #4*

Spirit's End by Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #5*

Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold - Vorkosigan Saga #1 (Publication Order)

The Coup of Tea by Casey Blair - The Tea Princess Chronicles #1

The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

Lyconthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal

The Jewel and Her Lapidary by Fran Wilde - Gemworld #1

Sandry's Book by Tamara Pierce - Circle of Magic #1*

Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds

By A Silver Thread by Rachel Aaron - DFZ Changeling #1

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older - Mossa and Pleiti #1

The Twice-Drowned Saint by C.S.E. Cooney

Tris's Book by Tamara Pierce - Circle of Magic #2*

The Bones Swans of Amandale by C.S.E. Cooney (Novella)

Even Though I Knew The End by C.L. Polk

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard - Unseen World #1

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato

The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliot

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Servant Mage by Kate Elliot

The Warden by Daniel M Ford - The Warden #1

Daja's Book by Tamara Pierce - Circle of Magic #3*

Jackdraw by K.J. Charles - A Charm of Magpies World #1

The Thief Who Pulled On Trouble's Braids by Michael McClung - Amra Thetys #1

Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot

Lexicon by Max Barry

The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

The Thief Who Spat in Luck's Good Eye by Michael McClung - Amara Thetys #2

Briar's Book by Tamara Pierce - Circle of Magic #4*

The Thief Who Knocked on Sorrow's Gate by Michael McClung - Amara Thetys #3

Murder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang - The Lamplight Murder Mysteries #1

Ebony Gate - by Julie Vee and Ken Bebelle - The Phoenix Hoard #1

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #2*

Rogue Protocols by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #3*

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #4*

Zen Bow, Zen Arrow: The Life and Teachings of Awa Kenzo, the Archery Master from "Zen in the Art of Archery" by John Stevens

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diareis #6*

Apparently I've hit the character limit without a paragraph break. So, we'll be starting over from 1, but it will really be #54.

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #4.5

Compulsory: A Murderbot Story by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #0.5*

Magic Steps by Tamara Pierce - The Circle Opens #1*

Murder on the Lamplight Express by Morgan Stang - The Lamplight Murder Mysteries #2

Bone Swans by C.S.E. Cooney (short story collection)

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel - Themis Files #1

Mammoth at the Gates by Nghi Vo - The Singing Hills Cycle #4

The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M Valente

Triggernometry by Stark Holborn - Triggernometry #1

Street Magic by Tamara Pierce - The Circle Opens #2*

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett - The Foundryside Trilogy #1

Advanced Triggernometry by Stark Holborn - Triggernometry #2

Inda by Sherwood Smith - Inda #1

Thief Liar Lady by D.L. Soria

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne - Tomes and Tea #1

Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan

Dracula by Bram Stoker - via Re: Dracula

Beholder by Ryan La Sala

A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather

System Collapse by Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries #7

Cold Fire by Tamara Piece - The Circle Opens #3*

Dream of the Falling Axe by Sam Sykes - Grave of Empires #3.5

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Hikaru No Go Vol 1 Decent of the Go Master by Yumi Hotta - Hikaru No Go #1

These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs - The Kingdom Trilogy #1

Shatterglass by Tamara Pierce - The Circle Opens #4*

Paladin's Faith by T Kingfisher - The Saint of Steel #4

The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon - The Downworld Sequence #1

On The Fox Roads by Nghi Vo

Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrom by John Scalzi - Lock In #0.5

Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

Okay, and according to Storygraph:

My longest book was Three Axes to Fall at 806 pages

My most read authors were: Tamara Pierce, Martha Wells, and Rachel Aaron. Which is due to re-reads. I re-read 16 books this year.

My average rating was 4.14 out of 5.

I read the most in June.

I read 41 new-to-me authors.

52 of the books I read were part of series.

So, I guess, feel free to ask me any questions.

Happy New Year!

#books i've read #books i read in 2023 #booklr #year in review

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stephaniebrowns · 8 months

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just found out a library nearish to me has a copy of the refrigerator monologues (i have been wanting to read ever since i started to gaf about kyle my favourite green lantern and found out he was the origin of the term fridging and this book came up when i was doing further research)

#.txt

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untethereddreams · 1 year

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2022 A Year In Review!

Tagged by @nectargrapes :) I’m gonna be guessimating for a bunch of these since adhd makes a month ago and two years ago look the same but here goes!

Top 5 Movies you saw this year:

1. Glass Onion (highly entertaining, I just watched it last night)

2. Fear Street trilogy

3. The Babysitter: Killer Queen

4. Parasite (movie)

5. Holidate

6. Choose or Die

7. A Classic Horror Story

Top 5 TV Shows you watched this year:

1. Who Rules the World

2. Bee and Puppycat: Lost in Space

3. Dorohedoro

4. Parasite (anime)

5. Wednesday (had criticisms but overall a fun show)

Top 5 songs of 2022 (newly discovered):

1. One Headlight by the Wallflowers

2. No Plan by Hozier

3. It's So Easy by Guns N' Roses (VERY nsfw and rude so be warned)

4. Have You Ever Heard the Rain by CCR

Top 5 albums/artists:

1. Hozier

2. AFI

3. P!atD

4. Aerosmith

I really haven't listened to much music this year and what I did listen to were mostly old favourites. I tried to make up for it with extras in some other categories

Top 5 books you read this year (or fanfics, or articles, or anything!)

1. The Hands of the Emperor (reread this 5 times in a row)

2. the Riddlemaster series

3. Hench

4. Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

5. Death-Head's Deal by @niuniente

6. The Refrigerator Monologues

7. The Power of Habit

Top 5 TV/Movie/Book characters of 2022:

1. Kip Mdang from the Hands of the Emperor

2. Benoit Blanc from Glass Onion

3. Helen and Andi from Glass Onion

4. Pretty Polly from The Refrigerator Monologues

5. The Guide from the Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality

Top 5 Podcasts you listened to:

1. Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality

2. The Magnus Archives

3. Penumbra Podcast

4. Old Gods of the Appalachia

5. Defunctland (counting this as a podcast since I basically only listened to the videos anyway

5 positive things that happened in 2022, no matter how small!:

1. I graduated from uni with a degree in English Creative Writing! It’s a big deal since I dropped out of my first program (neuroscience) and it took me five years to even start thinking of going back

2. I finished a wire tree commission for a friend and the recipient was super happy with it! Pic below (It’s meant to be mounted on a wall which is why it’s flat on my floor)

3. I wrote over 35000 words on my main wip, all by hand since that’s the only way to beat the deathgrip the internet has on my adhd

4. Moved back in with my partner

5. Made a badass shawl for a good friend of mine and gave it to her when she came to visit.

Tagging @ryns-ramblings @eqqautor @moondust-bard @songsofloke

#tag games #2022 year in review #took me a while to try and remember things cuz adhd

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violentdevotion · 2 years

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tumblr poll.

which book should I take on holiday with me

history of the world in 10 ½ chapters - Julian Barnes. Assigned uni reading and the first book we're doing when I start. idk anything about it. should I get ahead of my readings. Will it feel like im doing homework on holiday

The refrigerator monologues - Catherine m. Valente. I have some idea of what it's about. not assigned reading BUT I am doing a graphic novels and comics course this semester and it could be helpful for that. pleasure reading.

#ameera speaks #tumblr poll #the refrigerator monologues #a history of the world in 10½ chapters

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halflingkima · 3 months

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My Favorite Books of 2023

My book bracket did help me narrow down my actual favorites of the year. It wasn't an exquisite reading year, especially compared to the couple prior, but I did still read quite a few good books. I'll give mini-synopses and brief reviews below the cut, but I've also linked my storygraph reviews for each with their star ratings.

9. This Must Be the Place by Kate Racculia (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): When Arthur's wife Amy dies suddenly, he finds himself in her hometown, boarding at the inn run by Amy's childhood best friend Mona and Mona's daughter Oneida.

This was just a right book, right time for me, I think. There's a lot going on in here about motherhood, [best, female] friendship, the selfishness of love, the nebulousness of personhood. I don't know if this would've hit as hard if my best friend hadn't just had a baby, but that's the beauty of it – I'll never know. There was also a focus on art and artistry that I really liked, and I'm a sucker for an ensemble cast. I also appreciated that even though there were intended "reveals" or "twists," they were written as more authentic secrets than as if trying to be a thriller.

8. The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): From the afterlife, a group of women from popular superhero stories tell their sides of the tales.

This book is structured as a short story collection, but there's a worldbuilding throughline; the women are having a night together at a bar in the afterlife. I'm not a comic book fan, but even I could discern which characters were were talking around (mostly DC properties). It's more of an exploration than an outright critique of the fridged trope. After all, a character's death is always meaningful: How did she die? Did she deserve to? Was there any other choice? All these women died for valid, viable reasons, could only be saved at the expense of the world, but – that does not make them less of a person. Even as a mere creative writing exercise, I really enjoyed this one.

7. Die: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen et al. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): A group of highschoolers in the 80s create a ttrpg that comes to life, literally disappearing into it for two years; now, when they're established adults with families of their own, they're summoned back.

Honestly kinda hard for me to justify putting a single volume of a comic collection on my favorites but... this slapped. As a D&D enjoyer, it brought the best elements of post fiction and RP together; the "real" characters are complex and rounded 40yos with families and lives, but they're as invested in their "PCs" as humanly possible – having had to actually be them for years. The second one went to kind of a weird place, so I reserve judgement on the series as a whole, but volume one is impeccable.

6. And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): An epidemic sweeps the world, manifesting in the infected people hallucinating that all non-infected are zombies; at a rehabilitation center, a cured man tells his story.

This one's hard to convey my thoughts about. The most powerful element in this book is the nuance – of morality, of belief systems, of perceived reality. This isn't strictly a zombie story, but it effectively utilizes the best parts of one to provide a sort of narrative foil to the genre. There's quite a lot of social commentary in the guise of perception-altering disease. I'm certain I didn't pin it all down with one read. Definitely on my re-read list.

5. Our Dreams at Dusk [quartet] by Yuhki Kamatani (⭐️|⭐️|⭐️|⭐️⭐️): When Tasuko Kaname fears he's been outed at school, he flees, contemplating suicide until a mysterious "someone-san" leads him to a community center full of peers and mentors.

I hunted this down on recommendation from Julia Drawfee and was impressed my library has it. I can't resist a short manga series and this is a beautiful one. Seeing as the majority of my manga reading days were in the 00s, I was expecting a subtler story & was extremely impressed by the nuance and diversity of queerness in this story. The whole series is beautiful and wonderful but the kicker was weeping through the entirety of the final volume.

4. Kill the Boy Band by Goldie Moldavsky (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): A group of teen girls – superfans of the boy band The Ruperts – accidentally kidnaps a band member, and events quickly spiral out of control.

It's 👏 camp 👏. God, I'm tempted to stop there. There is a very specific reader this appeals to, and having been solidly in the One Direction fandom, I'm afraid those readers are few and far between. The vibe is, essentially, boyband slash RPF reader/writers that do not genuinely believe the boyband is secretly dating. You have to have genuine passion (peak boybandom obsession) and realistic reason (the boyband is truly just some dudes). And the distance to poke fun at yourself while genuinely empathizing. God this vibe is so difficult to describe. It's my own boyband fandom white whale lmao.

3. Husband Material by Alexis Hall (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): Luc and Oliver are still in love and very happy, but as a number of their peers get engaged, tie the knot, and otherwise build families for themselves, the couple feels pressure facing their future.

I can't believe I read this this year. My only apprehension with this one was that of any sequel – it wouldn't be as good as the first book. And the stakes were high, since Boyfriend Material is one of my favorite books ever. Stakes doubly high because I wanted to reread it first and feared it wouldn't live up to my memory. But they both knock it out of the park. Husband Material's ending glides over some nuance, but I agree with the stance and it's in the UK so I'll let it slide. It's not a "why does this exist sequel," but actually a sequel with something to say which I really appreciate. Right onto my favorites shelf, and can't wait for the rest of the series.

2. Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco (��️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): In a world of courtly vampires, Remy is a Reaper (vampire hunter) while rumored to be half-vampire himself. When a mysterious vampire disease begins sweeping the nation, he finds himself reluctantly investigating with a vampire lord and lady from a neighboring empire.

I love vampire books. I love zombie books. Hence: zombie vampire book??? With canonical bisexual polyamory??? I've not seen anyone dislike this, but I've also not seen many people at all reading it. Much like Rin Chupeco's YA fantasy series The Bone Witch; I think they're just a criminally underrated author. This series is giving very similar vibes to bone witch – deep, rich worldbuilding, diverse characters, unique lore – but clearly and intentionally aged up – graphic gore, explicit sex. Which is all to say it's everything I loved as a teen reader, but built out to satisfy me as an adult with wider life experience.

1. The Radiant Emperor Duology by Shelley Parker-Chan (⭐️⭐️|⭐️⭐️⭐️): Zhu Chongba usurps her brother's destiny of greatness and passes herself off as a man from her childhood in a monastery to her adulthood on the battlefields of Mongol China. When her Mandate manifests, she moves to challenge the Great Khan himself, while a number of other political players have their own plans.

Hey this???? Altered my brain chemistry. I'm cheating and lumping the two together because that's how duologies work in my mind; greater than the sum of their parts. But Hoo Boy did these drive me insane in discrete and unique ways. I can't say much about this series without waxing on forever, so I'll keep it to this: I had heard this pitched as a fantasy Mulan retelling and it most certainly is not. It is a historical ensemble saga about duty, identity, and personhood, with some minor magical realism. I can't find it for the life of me but that post about how being aro and/or ace gives ppl access to new relationship flavors, shrimp-color-style? I think this duology might do the same. It felt like the author had hacked into my own genetic code and started braiding something in there.

#maddy's reads #oho i did it. i've done it. less than halfway thru the new year call that a WIN

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out of curiousity started catherynne m valente’s the refrigerator monologues and like with most of the vignette/anthology-esque books I read I’ve been reading chapters out of order so this might be the wrong take to have early on but. I understand what valente is trying to say bc it’s a manifestation of what gail simone had established beforehand abt refrigerator women, but I’m kinda disappointed tht it doesn’t seem to really be anything but a novel of retellings. I think if you’re at that point and know exactly why you’re reading the book, there might not need to be a focus on a retelling of events that were written already by the male authors youre trying to critique (except in a women-focused kind of way) bc it just comes off like preaching to the choir already. unless ofc the reader doesn’t know comics or have access to wiki lolol. can’t say what I’m looking for though so this might be an unwarranted opinion

I think narratively it’s pretty simple and I think that’s fine but maybe I’m just disappointed bc I read valente’s deathless last year and was enthralled by her writing. and then reading this book feels a little one note for her so maybe that’s why I’m being picky. i say that but she does know how to play with atmosphere.. overall it does feel like a good read. Like i got the vision. I got to the samantha/alex dewitt retelling and enjoyed how their relationship was portrayed.. that was sweet

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i really love your “Death By Sex Support Group” piece (as a big fan of grady hendrix’s book as well)!! i’m working on a script looking at the same subject, the idea of the “whore” in horror movies, and wondered if you had any similar pieces you could recommend? thanks!!

I'm sure you've already read Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover. I also recommend My Heart is A Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones and The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, and the 2015 movie The Final Girls

#asks #my writing #book recs

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the-knights-who-say-book · 6 years

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This book haul is from quite a while ago (see: the fact that the ground is covered in leaves rather than snow) but ANYWAY LOOK AT MY PRETTY BOOKS

#i love the colors in the last photo #book outlet #book haul #book photography #booklr #book mail #Abi reads The Refrigerator Monologues #Abi reads Want

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HI! What are your favourite parts about Black Widow: the Name of the Rose? I've just read it, and now I'm very curious!

This had to wait until I reread Black Widow: Name of the Rose because I wanted to be fresh and also because I've been meaning to do that for a while.

I mean, the unhelpful answer is "the whole thing." Thematically, artistically, characterization-wise...it's just a very good Black Widow story. But I can dig into that a little more.

"Wolves and girls. Both have sharp teeth.” I wrote...a personal essay that quoted this line. Because there’s this thing, as a theme of Marjorie Liu’s that shows up in a lot of her work (X-23, Black Widow, and, perhaps most notably because it’s her creator owned work, Monstress), about women and monstrosity, and monsters inside women, and women who are monsters or have been made monsters by others. And that’s a thread that runs through this comic, too - not as strongly as Liu’s other two series I mentioned, but it’s still there.

And the themes it brings up, too, of agency and choice, most clearly defined in the fight with Electra.

Natasha, walking out of the fridge. I wrote an essay for an art history class about this scene! Just...the fact that some villains literally strip Natasha naked and put her in a fridge, and she turns the tables on them and walks out of it, is such a pointed counter to the women in refrigerators trope that...it’s well done. And also I will never not be impressed with Acuña (see below) for managing to draw a naked Natasha through a lot of an issue and never making it feel (at least to me) voyeuristic.

The fucking end quote... "what matters is we loved...and lived." As I said above, there’s threads about monstrosity and the violence of Natasha’s past, and present; how dangerous she is and how vicious she can be. (”Killing people is easy. Making them suffer is an art.”) But the heart of this book, the core of it, I think, is this line and the monologue that precedes it. It echoes, actually, a panel from an old Marvel Team Up comic (guess what! I have it saved on my computer):

Natasha is a character intimately familiar with death. Dealing it, watching it, losing people to it. But I love when writers use that familiarity and make it not about cynicism or jadedness, but rather about a recognition of what’s beautiful about being alive.

The art. I love Acuña's art, not least because it lets Natasha look...well, not bad, no one in comics (who is good) ever looks bad, but look beat up. And also it’s just gorgeous, and I love how distinctive it is. Very much not house style.

Natasha's relationships with other characters at the fore - she stands alone/on her own but she has people at her back. I feel like this one speaks for itself, mostly, but - one of the things I love about Natasha in comics, and that I think sometimes people lose when they focus on her as the assassin/superspy, is the network of relationships she has. She works on her own, she’s independent, but she’s not alone. And I think my favorite Black Widow stories are the ones that remember that, even if it’s not the focus.

I just. God. I love it so much. Also it deserves credit for being the book that turned me on to Marjorie Liu as a writer, whose work on X-23 and Monstress are two of my other favorite comics works.

#natasha romanova is better than you #a tag for comics #not sure this is coherent at all but i tried!#conversating #simuran #now i want to go read some more comics...

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keiyoomi · 3 years

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unexpectedly mine | k. tetsurō × reader

details: 800+ words; fluff, mutual pining, kuroo being kuroo ig. note: and they’re co-habitating! i hope you’ll like this one~ a certified brain dump. idk if i still have a brain. this idiot thought it was already friday. let me know what you think!

“for real?” kuroo whispered to himself as soon as he sees you reading one of the books you’ve borrowed from the local library the other day. he knew that you were struggling in a particular subject. honestly, he wanted to help you out, but you refused.

he quietly placed his bag on one of the chairs, his eyes weren’t leaving your barely awake state. “you should take a quick break.” you jolted from your seat–kuroo swore he had heard you gasp sharply. “your brain wouldn’t be able to absorb the things you’re reading if you’re exhausted.”

“thank you, but i have to finish reading this today or else i wouldn’t be prepared for the presentation tomorrow.” you continue reading the book, tuning out any comments from your roommate (and crush).

kuroo sighs before leaving the room. he head to the nearby bakery where you two usually grab your breakfast. he was greeted with a warm smile by the cashier as he looks at the desserts on the cake display fridge. then, he stood straight while pointing at your favorite cake.

he watches patiently as the other person behind the counter delicately takes two slices of cakes inside the box. kuroo really hopes that this sweet cheer you up. he wants to hear your voice again, bickering with him non-stop.

“thank you,” he says to the two people behind the counter before leaving the shop. he looks at the box with elegant prints. “oh heavenly flavored cakes, please cheer up that dork before this day ends,” he says dramatically, earning weird looks from the people who were also walking on the sidewalk.

kuroo greets everyone he knew as he skips towards the apartment complex you two were renting. “kuroo-kun, good evening.” his eyes widens as soon as he hears the voice of the old lady living next to your apartment. “it’s been awhile since i’ve last saw you,” she says before her eyes landed on the box he was holding.

he politely responded to the old woman, saying that he’s been busy with numerous school works and presentations left and right. the old woman nods in understanding, her fond smile never leaves her face. “it’s understandable,” she says before gesturing the box he was holding. “did y/n-chan finally expressed her feelings towards you?”

kuroo’s eyes widens, his breathing hitches as his heart begins to race. “f-feelings. . . towards. . . me?”

the old lady’s eyes appears suprised. then, she covers her lips with her hand. “oh my. she haven’t?” she asked followed by a ‘ding’ from the elevator. “please extend my apologies to y/n-chan.”

he stood frozen inside the elevator, his hand gripping the box’ handle. “she has feelings towards–” kuroo’s eyes widens as he noticed the elevator’s door closing. “–shit!” he pressed the ‘open’ button and rushed out of the elevator.

for some reason, he couldn’t make himself turn the knob and enter your shared apartment. how is he supposed to keep himself calm after learning about–he blushes–that. after finally composing himself, the lines he would say, he finally turns the knob and open the door.

“i’m ba–”

there was silence inside the apartment. aside from the air conditioner, the entire place is filled with silence. kuroo couldn’t hear any flipping of pages–something that he heard earlier when he entered the place.

“y/n-chan? are you home?” he inquired as he places the box inside the refrigerator. “y/n?” he called as he made his way towards the bedroom. “n/n. . .-chan?” his voice slowly fades as soon as he sees you sleeping. “this woman,” he mutters before walking towards you.

he lightly taps your cheek, hoping to wake you up. you stirred in your sleep before slightly opening your eyes. “hm?”

“sleep on your bed,” he says, but instead on listening to him, you simply hum before going back to sleep. kuroo sighs. “unless you want me to carry you to–oi, where are you going?”

“to sleep,” you mumble while wobbling towards your bed. then, you throw yourself on your soft mattress.

kuroo rests his hands on his hips while looking at you with amusement. “this silly girl,” he whispers. ‘i can’t believe she feels something for me too.’ your soft snores interrupted his internal monologue making him chuckle. ‘stop being adorable you little–” he purses his lips to keep himself from smiling. ‘will you finally allow me to pat your head while you’re sleeping if i confess my feelings towards you?’

then, you stirred in your sleep–pulling him back to reality.

kuroo sighs. ‘i guess, i’ll never know unless i try,’ he said to himself before taking his phone out of his pocket. ‘i hope kai have some ideas on how to make a move. if not. . .’ he let out another sigh. ‘. . .well, i guess i could ask kenma. ugh, asking yaku is fine too.’

note: yaku and kuroo’s friendship is great. they just really love to tease [also: annoy] each other.

#keiyoomi: does impulsive shits #haikyuucreations #kuroo tetsuro x reader #kuroo x reader #kuroo tetsuro fluff #kuroo tetsuro x reader fluff #kuroo x reader fluff #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu!! x reader #hq!! x reader #hq x reader fluff #haikyuu x reader fluff #haikyuu!! x reader fluff #hq!! x reader fluff #haikyuu fluff #haikyuu!! fluff #hq fluff #hq!! fluff

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pterodactylterrace · 3 years

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Guys Like You Chapter 10

Title: Guys Like You

Chapter: Chapter 10

Chapter Summary: Story time.

Rating: 18+

Warnings: Mentions of pregnancy and loss.

{Prologue} {Chapter 1} {Chapter 2} {Chapter 3} {Chapter 4} {Chapter 5} {Chapter 6} {Chapter 7} {Chapter 8} {Chapter 9} "Where do you want me?" Henry asked, pulling his shirt off and tossing it aside as he took in the small woman standing before him.

"We have two options. Either you kneel, or I need a ladder." Faye giggled, turning off the buzzing device and setting it on the edge of the sink. Henry knelt down obediently, raising a flirtatious brow at her as he made himself comfortable on his knees before her. Faye rolled her eyes at the man, picking up a comb and pulling it through his hair detangling the curls, unable to stop from giggling at his happy groans.

"Any last words to the curls?" Faye asked, threateningly turning the clippers back on.

"They'll grow back." Henry sighed, closing his eyes as she began to slowly run the buzzing device over his head, his curls falling away as she went.

"They'll grow back." Faye repeated, brushing the shorn hair from his shoulders. She made sure to leave his newly buzzed hair even, rubbing her hand over his now fuzzy scalp once she was finished.

"Well?" Henry sighed, peering up at her expectantly, his cut hair still sticking to his chest and shoulders, looking like a scolded puppy for all intents and purposes.

"Still as handsome as ever." Faye assured, resting her hand on his cheek. "Now go ahead and wash all that hair off before you get itchy. Briar is probably climbing on something by now.

"Let me sweep this up first." Henry countered, dusting more hair off of himself as he stood, casting the curls on the ground one last sorrowful glance before following Faye back out into the house to grab the broom.

Faye found her daughter cuddled up with Kal in his bed, happily babbling away to the dog, a few promises to behave herself being peppered in with her monologue. She smiled and waved happily when she spotted her mother, hugging the dog possessively.

"He miss me." She declared, squealing happily when the dog licked her face.

"It sure looks like he did. Sweetheart, is it ok if we pass on the dinosaur nuggets tonight? Henry has to follow a special diet for work and can't eat them all the time like you can." Faye explained, kneeling down to run her fingers through the dog's fur.

"Brockey."

"If he has any, I will be sure to make it for you." Faye agreed, kissing her daughter's forehead and heading to the kitchen. It felt strange to be cooking in someone else's kitchen, but she knew if Briar didn't eat soon, a hunger fueled tantrum was imminent. Judging from the looks of his refrigerator he was currently living off a strict diet of chicken and vegetables, several bottles of rosemary water also lining the shelves. That made planning dinner easier. All he had was chicken and Briar wanted her favorite broccoli. That just left the question of where he kept all his pots, pans and utensils.

"You didn't have to start dinner by yourself." Henry's amused voice almost made Faye jump out of her skin, which was quite the problem considering she had resorted to climbing onto the counter to reach the cutting board. He plucked her from her perch, setting her back on her feet and kissing her forehead. "I see where Briar gets her love of climbing." He teased, easily grabbing the cutting board for her.

"Well I'm sorry, not all of us are giants." Faye pouted, smiling softly to herself as she ran a hand over his fuzzy scalp.

"Mommy, I gotta go potty!" Briar announced, rushing into the room, freezing when she saw the unfamiliar looking man so close to her mother.

"Come on, then, let's go potty." Faye broke away, taking her daughter's hand and leading her away.

"Who that?" Briar asked, looking up at her mother with wide eyes as she toddled along beside her.

"That's Henry, sweetie."

"No it not." She disagreed, her tiny face pulling into a frown.

"Yes it is, he just cut his hair." Faye assured, turning the light on for her daughter, waiting by the door for her.

"Not Henry." Briar repeated firmly as she did her business. The scowl never left her tiny face, not even when her mother led her back to the kitchen where Henry had taken over preparing dinner.

"See? Henry." Faye repeated, nodding to the man in question.

"Not. Henry!" Briar repeated firmly, stomping her little foot.

"I'm Henry, princess." Henry chuckled, slowly approaching and crouching down to let the child see his face.

"Henry?" Briar whimpered, reaching an unsure hand out to touch his freshly shorn hair.

"Henry." He nodded, lowering his head more to let her examine his head more closely.

"I told you, it's Henry." Faye chuckled, patting her daughter on the back, rolling her eyes when she wrapped her arms around Henry's neck, silently demanding he pick her up.

"My Henry. I be good." Briar stated firmly, pressing a sloppy kiss to his cheek.

"Don't worry, Princess. I'm not going anywhere until your mother tells me to." Henry assured as he picked her up and carried her back to the counter, dragging a chair along with him and setting her down on it so she could watch what he was doing.

Crisis averted, the rest of the evening went fairly smoothly, Briar insisting on keeping Henry in her sights at all times. The two minutes he'd taken to go to the bathroom had almost been a disaster. Though the look on his face when he opened the door to find both Kal and Briar waiting on him was priceless.

It came as no surprise to Faye when Briar insisted Henry read her a bedtime story. The little girl had become to clingy since Henry had come back into their lives. He was nice enough to download a few children's books onto his iPad, perching himself on the side of the bed as Briar thoughtfully swiped through her options.

"This." Briar decided, pointing firmly at Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

"Ah, yes. A classic." Henry praised, letting the toddler press into his side to watch the screen as he read. Faye only wished she had her phone with her to sneak a picture of the sweet scene unfolding in front of her. He was going to make a wonderful husband and father some day. He was amazing with her daughter, taking all of her demands in stride. He never lost his temper with her, even when she was being unreasonable. The few times she'd been on the verge of a tantrum around him, all he had to do was raise an eyebrow to instantly defuse the situation. The last three weeks without him around had been hard, Briar having grown so used to having him around.

"Henry." Briar's voice interrupted Faye's train of thoughts.

"Yes?" Henry paused his reading, looking down at the little girl.

"Henry." Briar repeated, pointing at the screen. "Henry Papa Bear."

"What?" Henry asked, giving the girl a confused look.

"Henry Papa Bear." Briar repeated. "Fuzzy bear. Papa Bear." Faye was sure all the color drained from her face at the child's declaration.

"Oh, I'm fuzzy like a bear, hu?" Henry chuckled, ruffling her hair.

"Fuzzy!" Briar insisted, pulling the collar of his shirt down more and pointing firmly at his chest hair. "Fuzzy Bear. Papa Bear!"

"Well why am I Papa Bear? Why can't I be Baby Bear?" Henry gasped in mock offense.

"No, silly! I Baby Bear!" Briar explained.

"Ok, I'll be the Papa Bear, then. So, we just discovered that Goldilocks tried my porridge, your mother's porridge, and then ate yours ALL UP!" Henry continued on as though nothing was out of the ordinary.

"That will teach her to come in our house and mess with our stuff." Henry finished reading, squeezing the little girl to his side before getting up and ushering her under the blankets.

"Princess Kal." Briar requested, pulling the blanket up to her nose.

"You know, Kal is a boy dog." Henry pointed out, fighting a laugh.

"Sleep here." Briar continued, oblivious to Henry's correction.

"Will you sleep better with him in here?" Henry asked, whistling for the dog at Briar's enthusiastic nod. The fluffy canine wasted no time in jumping straight onto the bed, forcing his wiggling body close to Briar's and laying his head on her pillow, lazily licking at the side of her head.

"Looks like I've been replaced." Henry sighed in mock despair, switching on the night light and gently shooing Faye into the hall to close the door.

"By which one?"

"Both. It would seem I am obsolete."

"Aww, poor baby."

"That's poor Papa Bear thank you." Henry scoffed.

"I am so sorry about that." Faye quickly apologized, her hands unconsciously coming up to cover her lower face in horror.

"She's a child, it's no bother." Henry assured, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and leading her back to the living room.

"She's never said anything like that before, I swear."

"I know you don't enjoy the subject, but can I trouble you to tell me about her father?" Henry requested suddenly, sitting on the couch and pulling Faye into his lap, wrapping her securely in his arms.

"He's not in the picture." Faye summarized, resting her head against his shoulder to hide her face.

"I know there's more to the story than that." Henry gently pressed.

"He... he left as soon as he found out I was pregnant. I showed him the ultrasound pictures and... it wasn't the reaction I'd been hoping for. He accused me of lying. When that didn't work, he started saying I was a whore, and he had no way of knowing if they were his, that anyone could be their father."

"You mean her. Briar." Henry interjected.

"No... they." Faye admitted after a long pause, reluctantly pulling her sleeve up to show him the ink on her forearm more closely. A pair of wings and a date, marking the worst day of her life. "Briar had a twin that I lost at around ten weeks."

"I'm so sorry." Henry apologized, his stomach dropping as he squeezed her tight, regretting bringing up the subject.

"Not like he cared. He was long gone by then.

"That didn't make it any easier on you."

"No, but there was nothing I could do." Faye sniffled, quickly wiping at her eyes and nose with the back of her sleeve. "He was never involved with anything. He's not on her birth certificate."

"I'm sorry for bringing it up." Henry apologized after a long pause, unable to think of what else to say.

"It's fine. Most people just assume she was from a one night stand or something." Faye shrugged. "Doesn't matter that I was with that asshole for years before I got pregnant, or that he made the decision that if I stopped taking birth control, that meant he didn't have to use a condom either. What kind of sense does that even make? Of course, the asshole didn't even tell me about it until after the fact. Naturally, it was my fault for expecting him to continue using contraceptive if I didn't."

"That makes no sense. He didn't want a child, but he did nothing to prevent from having one?"

"I know. It was just another way of him trying to control me."

"You've done an amazing job raising Briar on your own. She's a happy little spitfire, just like her mum."

"Mom."

"You're in England now, Miss Warren. Here, we say mum."

"Well Briar and I are both from the states. We say mom."

"I really am sorry about the last few weeks." Henry abruptly changed the subject. "I was very busy and I didn't want any distractions. I was miserable. I realize now I really could have used a few distractions to keep me sane instead of throwing myself into my work."

"That's what you do. You're an all or nothing type of guy. Half way is not in your vocabulary."

"What I'm trying to say is, I want to make it easier for you two to be around more."

"How so? You're not about to ask us to move in with you or something, because I really don't think that's a great -"

"No, no." Henry cut her off with a chuckle. "I know you wouldn't say yes even if I did offer. You're far too independent to move in with a man you've only known a few months. What I meant was: would it bother you if I bought some things to make the two of you more comfortable here? That way you could come over whenever you wanted without having to plan it out."

"Such as?"

"Toothbrushes come to mind. You mentioned Briar still needs diapers at night. I could add more things to the spare room to make Briar more comfortable in there. Some stuffed animals maybe? Possibly new bedding with characters on them."

"Henry, if you are asking my permission to go crazy and redecorate your spare room to suit a three year old girl, go for it. I won't judge."

"I'm holding you to that. That girl's already got me wrapped around her little finger." Henry sighed defeatedly.

"You'll get used to it. Soon you won't even notice that your entire day is being plotted out by someone that can't tie her own shoes."

"You don't know how to tie your shoes?" Henry gasped playfully.

"Learning to tie shoes is overrated. Zippers and velcro are the way to go."

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