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Ollie

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I still can’t get over the name Goldenloin

Like, he’s your main character’s lover and he’s named Sir Greatinbed? Sir Fucksalot?? Sir Sexhaver??? He’s the main gay love interest and his name’s Sir Longshlong??? 10/10 no notes oscar nomination in the mail

that brief moment in the Eden scene in Good Omens is everything to me. Crowley and Aziraphale have just met, and they are supposed to be enemies, but when the first rain comes they are there together. Crowley has wings of his own, he could have covered himself just fine. Aziraphale does not move to cover himself at all. It is so perfect, so natural and automatic, for Crowley to shuffle closer, and for Aziraphale to lift a wing to shelter him. The quiet understanding, of watching the world when it is still new and full of so many possibilities. They were made for each other.

just finished rereading fourth wing and i am experiencing so many emotions i cannot put a single one into words.

*spoilers*

liam dying somehow hurt even worse the second time around, even though i knew it was coming.

i didnt like dain from the beginning even on my first read but my hatred was so much more intense the second time around knowing he was violating her mind every single time he touched her

i dont really like comparing book series' but xaden and his shadow wielding is so azriel coded (that's honestly where i think the similarities end though)

i really really hope rhiannon gets to be in the next book and i really hope she somehow gets brought into the revolution because she's genuinely one of my favorite characters and i think violet needs her support

i'm so excited to learn more about brennan in the next book, he seems like he's gonna be such a great character and definitely is a great brother to violet and leader among aretia

a part of me hopes that violet's dad is also secretly alive but i know he's not

the brief mention in xaden's pov chapter about his mother hinting at some kind of trauma? i'm so curious about whether the "not going there" was meant to imply is she was maybe abusive? or if maybe she betrayed his father or something.

xaden is genuinely one of the best love interests ive read in a long time. like yeah he makes some mistakes (he should have been more open and honest with violet as soon as things started getting serious between them) but i love that he admits his mistake and wants to make it up to her. not to compare to ACOTAR again since so many people already do that but Rhys would never (i'm not a rhys hater but i'm just saying)

violet is seriously my favorite fmc of all time. i was worried in the beginning when she was described as being so physically frail that she would follow the "y/n so tiny and helpless" trope but when she said "i will handle my rucksack and i will handle myself" i immediately knew she wasn't gonna be like that and loved her for it.

the book being mobility aid positive and the treatment of violet's eds i thought was really good (obviously aided by the fact that rebecca yarros has the same condition) but i loved when tairn tells violet not to be ashamed of using the saddle and that having a body with different needs doesn't make her less than or less deserving of riding

tairn and andarna are the best. tairn reminds me of a grumpy but loving dad (my daddy issues were screaming whenever he told violet he was proud) and andarna reminded me of a sweet little sister. even sgaeyl reminded me of a slightly scary but not unkind aunt.

ive preordered iron flame and will now be sitting and waiting for november 7th to come.

i think one of the funniest things about the shadow and bone netflix combining sab and soc is that those bitches dont even speak the same language the only crows that speak ravkan are nina and presumably inej kaz speaking to alina is so funny to me bc he doesnt speak ravkan! and she doesnt speak kerch! obviously i understand why for logistical purposes they all speak the same language and i am perfectly willing to suspend my disbelief for the purposes of the show i'm just saying i find it amusing

Kaz moved from ravka to kerch when his father died, so he probably speaks ravkan with the vocabulary of a nine year old, which would make the conversations even funnier, jumbling bits of kerch vocab with ravkan.

It was my understanding that Kaz moved from the Kerch countryside, not Ravka.

i think one of the funniest things about the shadow and bone netflix combining sab and soc is that those bitches dont even speak the same language the only crows that speak ravkan are nina and presumably inej kaz speaking to alina is so funny to me bc he doesnt speak ravkan! and she doesnt speak kerch! obviously i understand why for logistical purposes they all speak the same language and i am perfectly willing to suspend my disbelief for the purposes of the show i'm just saying i find it amusing

byler aside, i truly believe that the only way el will have a satisfying/happy ending is if she is single. she has spent her entire life being controls by others. first it was brenner and everyone else at the lab, then it was mike, then it was hopper. the only time we see her truly happy is in season 3 when she goes on the mall trip with max. i think season 4 really made her realize that being with mike is not the best thing for her happiness. i mean, she has mind powers and has killed like 2 dozen people, she doesn't need some suburban 14 year old boy to protect her. so whether byler is endgame or not, i really really hope the duffers let el truly find herself away from the control of others. she has been through so much, she deserves to be happy and fulfilled, surrounded by friends and family. she deserves the chance to discover who she is and who she wants to be.