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💭 video games, books, art, fandom
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🏳️‍🌈 she/her, early 30s, bi sex-repulsed aroace
✍🏻 rarely a fic writer & fanartist
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Time to have constant anxiety for the next week and a half! 🥳
An “I voted” sticker for Galveston County, with the American and Texas flags.
October 25, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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30: Lying Season (Experiment in Terror 4) by Karina Halle 💙📚
⭐⭐⭐
🎧📱 audio & ebook

For maybe the first 1/2 it was another fave of the series, but the will they-won't they back & forth is just dragging and I was appalled by something Perry did in this book 😭😭 Too much drama, not enough scares.
Lying Season, Karina Halle, Experiment in Terror. Cover art is black with faint art of an anchor and rope, with hands rising out of the darkness to grasp at the air as if drowning.
October 22, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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29: Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis 💙📚
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎧📘 audiobook & hardcover

Refreshingly good after a couple of disappointments, and interesting from the get-go. Really enjoyed the MC POV and the bits of mystery. Great ending!
Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis. Subtitle: The last horror story she'll tell is her own. The cover art is a blurry and smudged black and white photo of a young woman standing in front of a lake, her face indistinct.
October 22, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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28: The Book of the Dead (Pendergast 7) by Preston & Child 💙📚
⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎧📱 audio & ebook
Pendergast slump continues. Some exciting bits, great ending. Hated the treatment of one female character and the first story climax was just silly.
Preston & Child, The Book of the Dead, A Pendergast novel. The cover art is yellow with an Egyptian relic, likely a vase.
October 22, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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27: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough 💙📚
⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎧 audiobook

Started this in May & didn't care about the first 1/3, but couldn't put it down after 50%. Premise isn't my thing & I could not care about the "romance," but the twist was pretty awesome and I like how it was handled. The ending, less so.
BEHIND HER EYES, a novel, Sarah Pinborough. Cover art is a black and white closeup of an eye looking to the side.
September 18, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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Celebrating 10m users, #1,878,120, joined nov 7 2023
September 17, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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aaaand finally what you probably won't see apart from this post lol, I think I'm pretty much out of my Star Wars phase for a variety of reasons 😭

I'll always have a soft spot for Rebels, TBB, and Alphabet Squadron, but 🥲
Digital artwork of Omega from Star Wars: The Bad Batch as an adult, holding up her helmet in front of her. Her armor is black and red with white details, including her helmet's face plate being painted white somewhat resembling a skull. She has short curly blonde hair and is smirking. Above her is a banner that reads "Clone Force 99" and below her another that reads "Omega". The background is large pale pink roses. Digital art of the main characters from Star Wars Rebels, posing for a family photo. From left to right: Hera and Kanan stand with their arms around each other in a side embrace; Chopper sits in front of Kanan with his small mechanical arms extended in a victorious pose; Zeb has Ezra in a playful chokehold and is rubbing the knuckles of his other hand into the boy's head while Ezra grabs his arm with an angry expression on his face; and Sabine is laughing, covering her mouth. Behind them is the scenery of Lothal. Digital art featuring Hera Syndulla and Kanan Jarrus from Star Wars Rebels, in an alternate universe setting inspired by the anime Castlevania. They are sitting on the floor of the Jedi Temple Archives with their backs against a crate, sharing a blanket. Hera is leaning against Kanan and they both have sad expressions, with Kanan looking away and Hera looking down contemplatively. Kanan's hear is loose and hangs over his face and his facial hair is scruffy and unshaved. He wears a shirt with the Jedi Order symbol on the chest, and Hera is wearing an orange poncho and headwrap. There is subtitle text at the bottom that reads: - Am I really that sad? - You are. I think you've just lived with it for so long you don't notice it anymore. Artwork of Hera from Star Wars Rebels and Omega from The Bad Batch as adults, walking side by side and talking amiably, Omega in full armor and Hera in her usual orange flightsuit with a leather jacket and a general's rank insignia.
September 16, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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Fanart you'll probably see:
💥 GI Joe
☢️ Fallout (NV, 3, + 4)
⚔️ Dragon Age

Other fandoms (mayyybe fanart):
🌱 Arcane
🦋 Strange Magic
🎲 Critical Role C2
🏴‍☠️ One Piece
🌌 Mass Effect Andromeda

i'll try to tag fandoms either in [brackets] or brackets + hashtags like [#fandom]! #art #oc #ocart
Fanart of the characters Mel Medarda, Jayce Talis, and Viktor from Arcane. The three are shown shirtless from the shoulders up lying sideways with their heads laying on top of each other's. Viktor is on the bottom, partially submerged in a dark purple liquid, with Jayce in the middle, holding Viktor's head out of the liquid and pressing his own forehead to Viktor's face. His eyes are closed with a concerned expression while Viktor stares at the viewer, an unnatural pink eyeshine over his pupils. Mel is above Jayce, laying back on him with her face tilted up and he loose hair spilling over both men. She looks to the side, towards them, with concern. Behind her is a depiction of her painting from the show, with blocky red shapes over a grey sky and painted across with gold streaks. An outfit doodle of a formal dress, dark blue with strings of pearls on the shoulders like epaulettes and across the chest like a ceremonial sash, and interspersed across the skirt to look like a starry sky. The back of the dress is open with pearls along the bottom hem at the small of the back. A gold gauntlet covers the left arm, and a gold band goes across the middle of the back. A young woman, referenced from actress Luca Hollestelle. She has red hair spilling over her shoulder, freckles, and an annoyed expression. She's wearing a leather jacket and a simple tee.
September 16, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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Figured I ought to do an art intro post sometime 🫠

I do art veeerry rarely due to unmedicated ADHD w severe executive dysfunction + depression, but hopefully I can get back to it once I get my shit together!

expect fanart, oc, + canon/oc art! ....maybe!

Fandoms in reply! ⬇ #art #oc #ocart 🎨
A japanese woman jumping or floating while playing guitar. She has long black hair, large white-rimmed glasses, and is winking at the viewer. Her guitar is white with rose gold details and she's wearing yellow high tops with wing details, ripped black jeans, and a gray tee tied off at the waist with a speech bubble that reads "Sunny Beaches". Unfinished fanart of Aya from Green Lantern the animated series, with a pastel art deco-style background Part of a character sheet of a young Black man with medium brown skin, his hair coily on top and shaved towards his ears. The sheet shows two outfits side-by-side, a utility jumpsuit and a cosplay inspired by POP/STARS Evelynn from virtual pop group K/DA. The jumpsuit is dark blue with light blue across the shoulders and has various patches: a medic patch and USA flag patch on the left shoulder, M. DeLisle on the right breast, and 'Synth' and a Research & Development patch on the left breast. The cosplay outfit is a black cutoff halter top, a black coat with pink fur around the collar hanging off his shoulders, small round glasses with pink lenses, and many gold metallic pieces of jewelry and details.
September 16, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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26: In the Woods by Tana French 💙📚
⭐⭐
🎧📱 audio & ebook

Don't understand the hype. Also can't fathom this was written by a woman; men & women are treated like different species which is the 1 thing I wanted to avoid lmao. Most heteronormative male gazey thing i've read. Didn't enjoy the drama.
Tana French, In the Woods. Cover art is branches against a bright white sky, but disjointed; the image is three sections with different orientations
September 15, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Post about 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you, one book per day. No reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #books #bookchallenge #booksky

Day 7: Leech by Hiron Ennes
Leech by Hiron Ennes. A short stoppered bottle with dark tendrils coming out of the neck. Inside the bottle is the image of a dark manor with lights in the window.
September 13, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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Post about 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you, one book per day. No reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #books #bookchallenge #booksky

Day 6: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson, the Haunting of Hill House. Cover art is an image of a 2 story house viewed through the branches of a tree.
September 11, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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Post about 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you, one book per day. No reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #books #bookchallenge #booksky

Day 5: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Only Good Indians, a novel, Stephen Graham Jones. Cover art is part of a deer’s head, focused on the antlers. The background is black.
September 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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A black and white cat curled up on a couch, viewed from above. His back legs are extended up past his head.
September 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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25: The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 💙📚
⭐⭐⭐⭐3/4
🎧📱 audio & ebook

Weird, super creative, very cool worldbuilding. Probably a 2024 fave but not an all-time fave like I hoped. A few silly elements I didn’t jive with but the humor was otherwise great, & fantastic characters. MAJOR CWs.
The Library at Mount Char, Scott Hawkins. The cover art is a closeup of the pages of a book with a hole burned through them, revealing a nighttime scene of a house with the lights on, the sunset fading in the distance.
September 10, 2024 at 3:54 AM
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Post about 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you, one book per day. No reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #books #bookchallenge #booksky

Day 4: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth. Cover art is a woman dressed in black with short red hair and aviator sunglasses. Her face is painted like a skull and she is wielding a sword and some kind of spiked gauntlet. Around her are the smashed remains of skeletons tossed about in the air.
September 9, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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24: The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts 💙📚
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎧📱 audio & ebook

Def reading more Peter Watts, love his style. Only "dislike" was the amount of technical language/high-concept stuff I had no hope of wrapping my head around but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sci-fi! The text also has a cool secret message!
The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts. Blurb: “She believed in the mission with all her heart. But that was 60 million years ago.” The cover art is bisected at an angle, part solid red and part outer space. There is a blue dot on the divide with a solid line spiraling out from it; along that path are occasional yellow dots. The very end of the path, after eight revolutions around the blue dot, meanders once it hits the red, continuing as a dotted line and ending in an arrow.
September 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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23: Never Whistle at Night 💙📚
⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎧 audiobook

Idk if anthologies are for me, at least while unmedicated lol. I enjoyed each story but my task initiation is 💩 & it was hard starting some. Regardless loved many concepts & the variety of horror/dark fiction. Def looking for more by these authors.
Never Whistle At Night, an Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology. Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. Colorful artwork against a black background of various plant and animal life like a snake, a frog, a rodent, and spooky elements, an eyeball; loose teeth; flowers with eyes; eyes hiding behind the grass.
September 9, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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Post about 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you, one book per day. No reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #books #bookchallenge #booksky

Day 3: Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed
Star Wars Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed. A Marvel & Del Rey Crossover Event. The cover is orange with a stylistic upside down 'V' design in a purple to pink gradient, and art of a character partially inside and outside of the 'V'. She is a young woman with short blond hair with shaved sides, wearing a military uniform and holding a helmet with the Rebellion symbol from Star Wars. She is colored in an orange to purple gradient. Below her image, center of the cover and within the triangular inside of the V, is the silhouette of an X-Wing starfighter with trails coming from the engines. Behind her in the background are the silhouettes of a group of other starfighters flying in formation: An A-Wing, B-Wing, Y-Wing, and U-Wing.
September 8, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Post about 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you, one book per day. No reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #books #bookchallenge #booksky

Day 2: The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Future, Naomi Alderman. The cover is red with simple geometric lineart of the head of a fox in gold, and interposed with it is the head of a rabbit in black, positioned so the two drawings share the shape of the eyes.
September 7, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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this challenge sounds fun, even though i only got back into *avid* reading last year.

Post about 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you, one book per day. No reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #books #bookchallenge #booksky

Day 1: Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
Book 3 of the Southern Reach Trilogy. Acceptance, a novel, Jeff VanderMeer. The cover art is detailed lineart of an owl in flight, clutching a mouse in its talon. The mouse has a tag with "SR" on it, the S and R separated by a lighthouse.
September 6, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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22: Ghost Story by Peter Straub
⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎧📱 audio & ebook

Liked it but man is it a slow build. 60% in is just too much for the spooky stuff to start! I did love the Salem's Lot vibes and how everything came together.
Ghost Story by Peter Straub, a campfire with a skull above it.
August 31, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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21: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
⭐⭐⭐3/4
🎧 audiobook

A few elements maybe not my cup of tea in general, but the format was interesting and I'm curious to check out more 'cursed media' books.
Horror Movie, a novel by Paul Tremblay. A VHS with cracked plastic against a black background.
August 31, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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20: A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Gamache 2) by Louise Penny
⭐⭐⭐1/4
📱 ebook

Kind of hard to get through, this case was way better in the show though a few key differences were interesting. Character choices & reasoning were not handled as well.
Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace. A winter scene, snow by a lake with lights reflected on it.
August 31, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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19: Leech by Hiron Ennes
⭐⭐⭐⭐3/4
🎧📱 audio & ebook

Fave of 2024! Love LOVE this book. Might be 5 stars, just a few things I preferred in the beginning vs the end. Audio is v good but I did have to pick up the ebook bc the "French" accents are hard to understand. Go in w/o knowledge but major cw!
Leech by Hiron Ennes. A short stoppered bottle with dark tendrils coming out of the neck. Inside the bottle is the image of a dark manor with lights in the window.
August 31, 2024 at 10:14 PM