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EstelRaca's Ramblings

@estelraca / estelraca.tumblr.com

Where I enjoy being a sci-fi and fantasy fan, no matter what the medium, nationality, or target audience of the source material Also where I maybe have fun with my own original writings
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terapsina

Ask Game for us Self-proclaimed BOOK WORMS 📖🐛

  1. Name the best book you've read so far this year.
  2. Favorite fantasy book(s).
  3. Favorite fantasy sub-genre(s). (high fantasy, urban fantasy, portal fantasy etc.)
  4. Favorite science fiction book(s).
  5. Favorite science fiction sub-genre(s). (dystopian, superhero, aliens etc.)
  6. Favorite romance novel(s).
  7. What kind of common romance tropes do you enjoy and what kind do you dislike?
  8. Favorite queer fiction book(s).
  9. Favorite detective novel(s).
  10. Favorite classical literature.
  11. Favorite historical fiction.
  12. Favorite horror book(s).
  13. Favorite thriller(s).
  14. Favorite humor and satire book(s).
  15. Which genre(s) are your favorite?
  16. Favorite trilogy.
  17. Favorite finished book series.
  18. Favorite unfinished book series.
  19. Do you read new and less known books or only the big bestsellers?
  20. Where and how do you find new books to read?
  21. The book(s) on your school reading list you actually enjoyed.
  22. Favorite example of a Chosen One trope in a book.
  23. Favorite heist story book(s).
  24. Favorite Young Adult book(s).
  25. Favorite Middle Grade book(s).
  26. Favorite novella(s).
  27. What was the first book you remember reading as a kid?
  28. Goodreads or StoryGraph (or something else)?
  29. How many books do you have on your 'to-be-read' list?
  30. How many books do you have on your 'currently-reading' list?
  31. Do you mostly read through e-reader; reading app on phone; on your laptop; a physical copy; or by audiobook?
  32. Name your favorite author(s).
  33. How often do you read by listening to audiobooks?
  34. Favorite book narration voice actor(s).
  35. Least favorite trope in your most favorite book genre.
  36. Your absolute most favorite character(s) from any book you've ever read.
  37. The only example of your least favorite trope being written in such a way that you enjoyed it.
  38. How many books have you read this year?
  39. Do you read reviews before picking up a book?
  40. Did you ever want to be a writer?
  41. When you get ready for a week long trip to somewhere how many books do you download/pack inside the suitcase?
  42. Do you buy hardcover book copies for previously purchased paperbacks and library books you enjoyed reading?
  43. Title of a book you own that's in the worst physical condition you have. Explain what happened to it. Post a picture if you want.
  44. The book(s) whose stories have become part of your very makeup.
  45. What book(s) would you sell your soul to get a TV or movie adaptation of?
  46. I like _____, recommend me a book to read, please (insert a book, or trope, or character, or... anything you like before asking for this one).
  47. What are the last three books you read?
  48. Do you leave reviews for the books you've read? How often?
  49. Do you prefer hopeful, humorous, very emotional or darker books?
  50. What kind of book have you never read but always hope to find at some point in the future?
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attackfish

As it is Passover again, it is time for the annual debate as to whether the frog plague, which thanks to a quirk in the Hebrew, is written as a plague of frog, singular, rather than the plural, plague of frogs, was in fact, as generally imagined, a plague of many frogs, or instead a singular giant Kaiju frog. This is an ancient and venerable argument that actually goes back to the Talmud because this is what the Jewish people are. If we can't argue for fun about this sort of thing, what are we even doing.

In that spirit, I would like to submit a third possibility, which is that in fact it was one perfectly normal sized frog, who was absolutely acing Untitled Frog Game: Ancient Egypt Edition. One particularly obnoxious frog, who through sheer hard work, managed to plague all of Egypt.

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hidengifs

~Tokusatsu × Spring!

The month of April is the first full month of the Spring season! Let’s celebrate with an event!

Details!

  • Event Period: April 14th to 20th
  • Event Tag: #tokuspring
  • Any medium of creation is allowed (GIFs, Drawings, Collage, Video, Writing, etc.) preferably not explicit.
  • Any Tokusatsu from any region is welcome! This is not limited to (Major) Japanese Tokusatsu series.

Prompts!

  1. A scene in the Rain
  2. A scene with Flowers
  3. Favorite Character with an Earth/Nature/Elemental Motif
  4. Favorite Animal-Themed Series
  5. Favorite Rabbit (or Any Animal*) Themed Suit
  6. Favorite Easter Egg/Reference in a Series/Episode/Movie
  7. Favorite Rainbow-Colored Suit

*– I chose Rabbit specifically since it's associated with the Easter holiday (commercially). But since there aren't that many Rabbit themed suits, feel free to do any animal you'd like.

Complete as many prompts as you’d like/can!

I'm posting this early in case anyone wants to get a head start on their posts! If there are any questions please send them to the [ask box] and I will update this post accordingly.

Reblog so this event reaches more people! I hope to see your posts soon!

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NO OTHER PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM GETS TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES!! THE SIZE AND DISTANCE OF OUR MOON FROM EARTH AND THE SUN MAKE THE PERFECT CIRCUMSTANCES TO GET TOTALITY!!! THE EARTH AND MOON ARE SOOOO COOL AND OF COURSE OUR SUN!! I LOVE LIVING ON EARTH I LOVE YOU EARTH I LOVE YOUUUUU MOON I LOVE YOU SUN

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leshorros

It’s just a show, they said. They’re just fictional characters, they said. None of this is real, they said. Well these emotions that I am feeling a very fucking real.

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estelraca

Which is the whole point! Not to hijack your post, but this is one of the very important things fiction lets us do. We feel very real emotions that we will have to deal with in life in a way where we still have control and some emotional distance.

I have cried over video games and TV shows and books and movies. I will do it again. I will share grief and despair and depression and horror with fictional characters, and also glee and pleasure and love. And hopefully it will make me a little better at sharing those things in life, too.

It's good practice! And it's practice where we can say "actually this is too much for me right now", and close the covers, and be free for a bit. Whereas when Death actually comes calling, no amount of bargaining or begging for please, just a little more time will help.

(Plus it lets us pick models for how we want to act in Situations. Stoic? Angry? Depressed? Kind? But that’s a whole 'nother post.)

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Kind characters are not boring; in fact, due to the vast amount of people who hold that opinion, kind characters are as edgy as it gets. In this essay I will

You know what, I’m not done! I think that the whole concept that kind characters are uninteresting and vanilla is such a broad generalization and takes kindness to mean lawful or goody-two-shoes, when there are so many ways for someone to a character to be kind.

Kindness does not require passivity or social grace. Kind characters can stick to their guns and stand up for what they believe in. They can yell and scream and curse. Kind characters can be angry and disappointed when others do not show them the same compassion they show others. Kind characters can be tactless, oblivious. They may be rough around the edges (but have a heart of gold).

Kind characters often value justice and strive to stay connected to their humanity, even when the things they must do threaten to strip it away from them. Kind characters sometimes have to make difficult choices. Sometimes, kind characters even behave in a way that is unkind.

Kindness is complex, and it’s only a single solitairy characteristic that contributes to a character’s personality. While it can absolutely present as soft-spoken, honest, and open-hearted (my personal FAVE), it certainly doesn’t have to be.

TL;DR Kindness is not boring

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