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Literature & Lethargy

@librarianlirael / librarianlirael.tumblr.com

Day | She/ her | 30s | California | Hoarder of Books | Disaster Bi | Barista | In a Relationship | Fuck Terfs | Black Lives Matter | I mostly read Adult Fantasy and Romance, and YA that fits into either category. I used to love talking to people, but I've been pretty low energy lately so I probably won't respond if I don't know you. I will unfollow you if you make me see H*rry P*tter content.

There’s nothing in life quite like autumn. Misty mornings and rainy afternoons. The crisp cool feeling that hangs in the air. A sense of warmth that comes from within. It’s nothing less than magical, really.

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saucybarbekue

Stunning, stunning, stunning edition of @sarahreesbrennan 's Long Live Evil 🖤🐍

I want to thank you so much as I had NOT been able to finish a single book for over a month(!!!). I finished LLE in a day. 🙈🙈

This edition is from Fairyloot 🧚🏻‍♀️

Delighted LONG LIVE EVIL was able to break the streak… and agreed this edition is so gorgeous. 😍😍😍🖤🖤🖤🐍🐍🐍🐍

"Just do as you're told," Mogget said firmly. "Think of yourself as Abhorsen's sworn sword-hand, if it makes you feel better, though in this present era, you'll find common sense is more important than honor. "Very well", Touchstone muttered, humbly. He stood up and put on the underclothes and shirt, but couldn't get the trousers past his heavily muscled thighs. "There's a kilt and leggings in one of the chests back there," Mogget said after watching Touchstone hopping around on one leg, the other trapped in too-tight leather."

if you, as an author, aren't introducing your male love interests like this, what are you even doing with your life?

(from Sabriel, by Garth Nix)

Honestly? Fuck this culture of shaming people for learning about things late and liking them. who gives a shit if you discovered a song from years ago and youre in love with the band? Catch up with series you just discovered and talk about them to your friends, fall in love with movies others have known way before you even heard of them, read books youd heard of long ago but never got interested in until now and become a huge fan!! This idea that people are “fake fans” for not knowing about or being interested in things before and loving them now is garbage and we need to get rid of it. Just let people enjoy things jfc!!

Reading amazing fanfiction, then forgetting to bookmark it

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castiel-knight-of-hell

enter this into the Google search

site:<url of site where you read the fic> <a line you remember from the fic or character names plus a unique detail>

for example:

site:http://archiveofourown.org/ Todd Margo pedicure

Google will search only AO3 and tell you which pages contain the words Todd Margo and pedicure.

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markiplier-girl96

REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE

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superpeanutwastaken

REBLOG TO SAVE MY LIFE

REBLOG!!!

Not sure how common this knowledge is, but I’d like to add that if you enclose a piece of text in quotation marks, Google will search for only the exact wording of it. So if you’re lucky enough to remember an exact quote, that’s also a powerful tool. I can’t count the number of obscure tumblr posts I’ve tracked down from screenshots with just those two techniques; I’m sure it’ll work for fic too.

tumblr users love reading. you literally stopped for this post just because it has words in it

this is one of my favorite bits about tumblr

the users seem to actually prefer text posts to anything else, and treat it as a chore to play a video especially with sound

apologies to anyone who ever thought i was cool and reached out to me only to discover i am just a weird little hermit who can't carry on a conversation to save my life

"didn't you used to like hp"

yes cuz i was a child and it was a huge phenomenon that gave me an easy sense of wonder and companionship shared with my peers and i was unaware of many evils of the world

i am now an adult and able to see how hateful its creator is and what kind of messages she spreads and i don't want that in my life ✌️ she finds my existence "tragic" and "unfortunate" and is funding legislation that kills people, she can suck my entire ass

Like this always pisses me off. I'm not mad at people who don't know. I'm not mad at people who used to like it. I'm upset with the people who are continuing after they know how harmful it is or actively shutting down conversations that bring awareness.

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