NINE-TENTHS

Twenty-four is one year too young for a quarter-life crisis, but hey, Colin's always been an overachiever. He's got a degree in Sustainable Tourism, which his family says he's wasting as a barista, an annoying anxiety disorder, and no freaking idea what to do with his life.

The only thing going his way is the cute coffee shop regular, a homo draconis named Dav (who, in his humanshape, is a total hottie.) Still, it'd be easier if Dav didn't have a habit of accidentally setting things on fire when he's startled. Like the café kitchen.

When Dav breaks draconic taboo and volunteers as a replacement bean-roaster to apologize for the inferno meet-ugly, sparks really fly. Everything's finally happening for Colin, until he learns that hooking up with Dav means that under dragon law, Colin is absorbed into Dav's hoard.

Possession may be nine-tenths of the law, but becoming his boyfriend's property does not make this whole identity crisis thing easier. Especially now that Colin must navigate politics, paparazzi, and legal questions about his personhood. Colin's still angling for his Happily Ever After, but the growing scrutiny on his relationship with Dav threatens their budding romance.

And if he's not careful, Colin's fight for agency may just destroy symbiotic human/dragon relationships worldwide.

A sassy, queer, alternate universe romance from Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2011 author J.M. Frey. Wrapped in discussions of autonomy and colonialism, Nine-Tenths meets in the middle between Red, White & Royal Blue and the Temeraire series.

Part One

There's this thing in stories called the "inciting incident". 

And mine? It's a goddamn doozy.

It’s the part of the book, right at the start, where the lovers have their meet-cute, the farm boy leaves for the wider world, the Chosen One is attacked by her first evil monster, blah, blah, blah. You know what I mean. It's the place where everything opens up and you have no idea what you're in for—only that it'll be exciting.

I know all about Inciting Incidents because I was going to be a writer.

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

I am in love with you /p

What about the one with the princess locked in a tower learning to become a wizard? That’s lived in my mind for years and I haven’t seen it in a long time

Oh, love that story, adding it to the list: 20. Princess Talia and adding a few more contenders 21. Thyme 22. The Monster under the Bed 23. A Meaningful Death 24. Humans are unstoppable…until they aren’t 25. The Monster under the Fridge 26. Antler Guy 27. Cleric slamming healing spells

Adding a few more I remembered:  28. The Frog and the Scorpion 29. HSTHETE 30. The First Witch in the World 31. Imagine that Oceans were replaced by Forests  32. A Faerie taking a Name  33. The Dragon on the Farm  34. Synovus & Menace  35. Raising the Anti-Christ  36. Aliens vs. Flora & Fauna of Earth (pretty sure there are even more additions to the original post but I had this one saved)  37. Doctors without Borders…in Space!  38. The Villain-Wrangler  39. The Last Contact  40. The 100 Parent-Point Children  41. And the Heavens Wept  42. The Night Gentleman  43. The Serpent God and their Priestess 

44. No One Showed Up for the Last Storytime

Wow! @writing-prompt-s contributing to like half of these!

I can hardly take any credit for these stories! But I love sharing them. Unfortunately I cannot read all the prompt responses so please tag me if you want me to reblog a story that resonated with you so I can give it a little boost :)

Tonight, we remember one who lent his enormous talent to telling the story we have all come to love. Hail, the victorious dead!

May the Simbelmynë cover his tomb as it did the tomb of the one he so accurately portrayed.

Bernard Hill Dec 17, 1944 - May 5, 2024

so real

Oh no, it me.

Recently, while staring far too long at a potato chip, it occurred to me that the ridges could possibly be used to create a lenticular effect. So I got out some chip dip (and the smallest paint brush I have) to test it out. I started with a simple 2-frame illustration of a football and a basketball, then I painted a little sour cream and onion dip bird. 🥔🕊️ - via my new @brockdavisart instagram

I love humans.

May 3

My friend Jonathan Harker, food blogger sollicitor from London, is on a work trip in Transylvaina, and he is collecting a ton of recipes for his girlfriend.

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

Reblogging because it’s a damn potato and I want to encourage people to assume potatoes are magical.

Please potato 🙏

Some art for @see-arcane 's stupendous Blood of My Blood Novella "Never Loved", which ya'll should go read it first and the come back here and scream like I did

Bum bum buuuuuuuuuum...

That final panel: who is two pinprick eyes in darkness who promises death and pain NOW, Dracula?

Broke: Suave dark sexprince Dracula seducing random Victorian maidens with his vampire charisma after a couple nights

Bespoke: Jonathan Harker playing the 'enemies to lovers slowburn' card for 20 solid years, turning 400-year-old warlord, tyrant, abuser, and mass murdering undead monster Dracula into a smitten schoolboy with no idea that his chew toy/crush is planning to go full Judith on his Holofernes ass

* gasp *

I need to read this NOW. The emotion in the faces in this illustration are just SO clear, you can see EXACTLY what they're both thinking. I adore this.

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

#tapping the reblog button with utmost care because i’m handling a historical artifact (via @malarkiness)

It is increasingly obvious that most people have no idea how to indicate an illness is slowly killing someone without making them cough up blood. Doesn’t matter what it is or if it has anything to do with your respiratory system, if you’re dying, you’re coughing up blood.

Writers found out about tuberculosis and were like “damn this slaps” and we’ve been stuck with it ever since

Some signs a person is dying that doesn’t involve dribbling blood:

Now, it depends on the cause of death, but these are some catch all symptoms.

- poor circulation

1. Discolored hands and feet

2. Pale ashy complexion

3. Cold extremities

- respiratory problems

1. Wheezing

2. Coughing

3. Shortness of breath

4. Fluid in lungs

- cognitive decline

1. Anxiety

2. Delirium

3. Difficulty speaking

4. Restlessness

- appearance

1. Weight loss

2. Jaundice (in cases of certain organ failure)

3. Blotchy discolored skin

4. Bloating

5. cyanosis (blueish tint to the lips and under fingernails)

6. Rash

Works cited:

Chu, Anthony C., and Danielle T. Greenblatt. “Dermatologic Manifestations of Systemic Infections.” Infectious Diseases, 2010, pp. 140–46, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-04579-7.00012-5.

“The Physical Process of Dying.” Www.healthdirect.gov.au, www.healthdirect.gov.au/amp/article/the-physical-process-of-dying. Link

@beanies-in-the-clouds helpful reference for writing I thought u might like idk

@tildeathiwillwrite You might find this handy???

Fanfic writers are like crows. If you give them treats (comments) they will bring you shiny things (fanfic)

I thought this said cows and thought, "Okay, tell me more..."

Fandom creators are like cows, some people think you can just milk them for content, but actually they need enrichment (comments) and a nice pasture to graze on (kudos/likes) and they secretly also like cuddles (asks about their fic/art)

was tagged by @thestarkillers <33 ty g <3

shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, then tag 10 people

no pressure tagging @watchingthecredits @rabbitsinwonderland @someoctober @roachmattea @doshwashing @rainedroptalks @mack-anthology-mp3 @vitamin-zeeth @buticanfixhernoreallyican @allthetorturedpoets

thanks for the tag anne <33

tagging @walking-circles @danexist @goodmotorfinger @momsforroadhead @bugsongs @housebird @bygollybymerlinsbeard @pretendthisiscreative1 and can’t think of any others right now.. sorry guys love you <33

TYSM FOR THE TAG MURPH!!!

1. Strangest Tribe - Pearl Jam

2. Flame Trees - Cold Chisel

3. Black Gives Way To Blue - Alice In Chains

4. I Should Have Known - Foo Fighters

5. Work Song - Hozier

6. With Or Without You - U2

7. I Could Die For You - Red Hot Chili Peppers

8. Just Breathe - Pearl Jam

9. Statues - Foo Fighters

10. The End - Pearl Jam

Tagging: @duckland @aquilathefighter @westburial @vivisection-gf @its-the-ratdawg @hallo-spaceb0y @th3creationofadam @casnonotbcofspn @birdwren @athymelyreply

Thanks the tag dan!!!

1. Fall of the Star High School Running Back - the Mountain Goats

2. Armchair Anarchism - Not Half Bad

3. Calling Old Friends - Defiance, Ohio

4. Bury Me in Analog - Mischief Brew

5. Going to Marrakesh - the Extra Glenns

6. Ashtray - Matt Pless

7. Bad Ideas - Defiance, Ohio

8. A Big Day for Grimley - AJJ

9. Take It From Me, Michael Jordan - Sledding with Tigers

10. (Folk) Up the Punx! - Sledding with Tigers

Tags: @virgo-dream @chiron-crow @yourlocal-charlatan @tharkuun @rooftopwreck @galacticstingray @kydrogendragon @4typercent @immacaria @questing-wulfstan

Thanks for the tag @aquilathefighter 🫶

1. Viking - Slaughter To Prevail

2. Laid To Rest - Lamb Of God

3. Hades - Ras Bootin'

4. Replica - Fear Factory

5. Custer - Slipknot

6. Atlantic - Sleep Token

7. METAL!! - Babymetal

8. Drown - Bring Me The Horizon

9. Calling - Taproot

10. Jerry Was A Racecar Driver - Primus

All of these songs are on the Sick New World playlist, and I'm super surprised that SOAD didn't make an appearance.

Tagging: @marlowe-zara @sans--seraph @zzoomacroom @missmacfire @threefill @z-is-very-tired @invadericee @writing-for-life @onerios @obl-wan with no pressure

Thanks for the tag @4typercent Here we go:

1. Delicate—Damien Rice

2. Dark Entries—Bauhaus

3. On the Nature of Daylight—Max Richter

4. Mid November—Johnathan Rice

5. The Strings That Tie To You—Motion Picture Soundtrack

6. Avenue of Hope—I Am Kloot

7. This Is Not The End—Clare Maguire

8. Movement—Hozier

9. Furious Angels—Rob Dougan

10. Dare—Phildel

That is one… weird playlist. Welcome to my confused brain 🤣

No-pressure tagging people who haven’t been tagged yet (I think) @bobbole @dxliriumoftheendless @stellerssong @safeuphigh @morpheusbaby3 @two-hands-toward-the-sun @rey-jake-therapist @tickldpnk8 @throwingbread @tryan-a-bex

Thanks for the tag @writing-for-life! But, ugh, the kiddo has borked my playlist. So…here are the top 10 songs for me…in random order.

So yeah…that’s a bit eclectic. But I do like a wide variety of music, so that tracks.

I feel like a lot of folks have been tagged, so no pressure if you’ve already done it. Or if you haven’t been tagged, consider this your invite! @windsweptinred @bobbole @notallsandmen @scifrey

Clearly I'm in a wistful, yearning MOOD lately...

Thanks for the tag, @tickldpnk8 !

Tagging @once-upon-a-reblog @ibrithir-was-here @carnelianmeluha