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books suggested by you!

I’ve been in the mood for romance novels recently, and so I asked my lovely followers if they had any suggestions. the results were so overwhelmingly positive that I decided to form a list of all the suggested books! I hope we can all find a nice new read this autumn. thanks so much to everyone who sent in a book! <3

book recs under the cut :)

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“If you like . . .” popular YA fantasy tropes edition

Assassins / fighting / traINING SEQUENCES

to satisfy your need for a good training montage 

  • Graceling by Kristin Cashore 

set in a society where members are ‘graced’ with one specific power, we follow a girl who is graced in killing, and working for a corrupt king

main is fcking kick ass as hell, lots of training fight sequences that you can pretend have a dope soundtrack

  • A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab - 

Lila fucking Bard??? And her knives?? Just read it, this series is killer and the main has the same obsession with her knives as I have with her p.s. you get magic competition montages what more do u want in life 

  • Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 

NiNA and INeJ. This book has a rotating PoV system, and of the two main girls one is a gorgeous waffle loving sorceress and the other is a fucking knife wielding acrobat that will fill your need for sneaky sneaky spy/assassin types 

  • The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner -

In the later books you get some thicc duels on training grounds that will make you shit yourself so not quite a sequence but read it anyways ok 

  • Nevernight by Jay Kristoff - 

Assassin training sequences like you’ve never fucking seen please read it and love it 

Le feminine and strong main 

To satisfy your need for more gals who are allowed to have both strength and femininity 

  • The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh - 

queen of your life stuns everyone with her gorgeousness and the reader with her strength?? 

  • Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 

coming at ya fast for a second time, Nina is girly af and also loves waffles which is just a perk you’ll love her i promise 

  • Fire and Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore - 

the main in this book is a monster known for her unearthly beauty which makes men go mad when they see her? Also she is v feminine and soft and loves children and wants babies and is STILL SO STRONG THANK YOU for this amazing portrayal

  • Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes -  

Cleo is a pretty fcking princess and a romantic and is strong thank you v much 

  • The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima - 

Raisa goes to SO MANY BALLS and has crushes on boys and never shuns her femininity this is so important. 

  • The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner - 

The goddamn Queen of Attolia she wears dresses and runs a kingdom what more do you want 

Le Romance 

enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, sexual tension

  • The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner -

Never will you be so wrecked over such subtle romance I’m not gonna spoil and tell you which trope is going on but I just need to plug this series every day so have it in every category 

  • Fire, Graceling, and Bitterblue by Kristen Cashore - 

all of these have romance and all of them are GOOD COMMUNICATIVE HEALTHY romances you’re welcome (ft. sexual tension on training grounds, star crossed lovers, and CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD)

  • Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 

fucking coming at ya again here we are lotsa good romances in this just go for it it’s clearly a winner psst. enemies to friends to lovers trope 

  • Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes - 

le enemies to lovers trope coming at you STRONG if you’re that kind of trash read it 

  • The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh - 

again, the enemies to lovers thing played out BEAUTIFULLY 

  • Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - 

urban fantasy featuring that otherworldly romance that you know you ate upppp p.s. romeo and juliet sorta deal 

  • Trick by Natalia Jaster - 

that whole “they get on each others nerves forever and bicker and then fall in deep love” shit (p.s. this is a little more nsfw but not as much as…..)

  • Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat - 

ENEMIES TO LOVERS THIS BOOK IS THE EPITOME OF IT JUST READ IT (p.s. explicit graphic content)

  • Nevernight by Jay Kristoff - 

Oh boy there’s some romance here it’s v nsfw also lgbtq+ rep and just all around how many tropes do u want bc shit it really does it all in the best way thx

  • The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller -

A retelling of the Iliad it’ll tear your heart out read it read it now I beg you 

  • The Tiger’s Daughter by  K. Arsenault Rivera - 

Lgbtq+ !! just some gay princesses in love in an Asian-inspired fantasy setting with demons and everything you could ever want 

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book recs featuring bisexual protagonists?

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!!!!!!!!!! OKAY here we go

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lgbtq+ book recs

I have a post similar to this here, but this post is going to be my personal recommendations from books I’ve read. This isn’t all the lgbtq+ books I’ve read, just my favourite. ALL these books are ones in which the main character is lgbtq+
  1.  queens of geek by jen wilde: this is such a perfect read for fandom peoples. It follows three friends from Melbourne, Australia who attend Supacon (basically comic con) in America. The main character Charlie is a bisexual Chinese/Australian girl. There is side rep for autism, latinx representation, there is an f/f relationship where the LI is a black woman. This is #ownvoices for the bisexual and autism rep.  trigger warnings for anxiety
  2. when the moon was ours by anna marie mclemore: this is a magical realism book about a girl who can grow roses from her wrist and a boy who can paint moons and hang them in the sky. The main character Meil is latinx and the other main character Sam is a trans boy, and also Pakistani. There’s also a side lesbian character. This is ownvoices for the latinx rep, and the trans rep is heavily based off of the authors husband. trigger warnings for transphobia
  3. the abyss surrounds us by emily skrutskie: LESBIAN PIRATES + SEA MONSTERS. This is sff with an f/f relationship and it’s so good. The main character is bi and also of Chinese descent, and her LI is a lesbian. There’s also a strong black woman as a side character, and it’s #ownvoices for the bisexual rep. 
  4. we are the ants by shaun david hutchinson: it’s about a boy who gets abducted by aliens - the aliens have told him on a certain date that the world will end unless he presses a red button on their spaceship, but the mc isn’t sure the world is worth saving. m/m relationship, the mc is gay and also mentally ill and his love interest is pansexual and latinx. Trigger warnings for rape and sexual assault, suicide. #Ownvoices for the gay and mental illness rep. I also highly rec SDH other books, the five stages of andrew brawley and especially at the edge of the universe. 
  5. simon vs the homo sapiens agenda by becky albertalli: this is about a boy called Simon who secretly messages a boy who anonymously goes by the name Blue at his school through email. When a classmate gets a hold of the emails, Simon gets blackmailed eventually leading to him meeting Blue. This isn’t OV but the rep is generally well liked, for example it’s Adam Silvera’s favourite book. trigger warnings for: forceful outing, alcohol use/getting drunk. There is a moving coming out in March of 2018!
  6. aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire saenz: literally my favourite book, about a boy called Aristotle who becomes best friends with another boy called Dante. m/m relationship, both gay and mexican and the rep is all #ownvoices. trigger warnings for homophobia, physical assault
  7. radio silence by alice oseman: a girl called Frances randomly meets Aled, the creator of her favourite podcast, and becomes best friends with him. Frances is bisexual and biracial (Ethiopian/White) and there’s a discussed f/f relationship, as well as an m/m relationship. Aled is demisexual, and his love interest Dan is South Korean and gay. The demisexual rep is #ownvoices. 
  8. history is all you left me by adam silvera: a boy named Griffin must deal with the death of his ex boyfriend, and while doing so befriends Theo’s new boyfriend Jackson. Griffin is gay and has OCD while Theo is bisexual. The gay and OCD representation is #ownvoices. This book is so sad so be warned. trigger warnings for drowning, OCD and anxiety, some biphobia is not called out as well. I also highly recommend they both die at the end by adam silvera
  9. dreadnought by April Daniels: sff where a trans girl named Danny see’s a powerful superhero die, and ends up absorbing his powers as well as having her body transformed into her ideal body. Side rep for a black lesbian girl. This is #ownvoices for the trans rep, but beware there is some pretty harsh transphobia (called out but fyi), as well as a real TERFy character. tw: transphobia, parental abuse
  10. the long way to a small, angry planet by becky chambers: this is science fiction that follows a group of people who are travelling across space. the mc is a lesbian, and there’s an f/f relationship. this world is absolutely amazing I love it. 
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Anonymous asked:

could you rec some wlw ya books? thanksss

dykerightsmp3 answered:

this keeps getting longer!! but I’ve read all of these, so ask me if you have any questions about them! If you’re looking for more masterposts, try @wlwbooksource

Genre Fic w Major WLW Couples

  • The Abyss Surrounds Us Duology by Emily Skrutskie: lesbian pirate x lesbian sea monster trainer in the future. Literally. One of my proudest achievements is giving this book hype. The author draws fanart of Swift and Cas kissing and posts it to her tumblr (again, not kidding, there’s some on my blog). Main character is asian. otp: equal footing
  • Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore!!! oh my god I love this book. it’s got a bi girl as the protagonist and it’s super atmospheric and interesting and references all these classics but is also modern and her romance plot is genuinely Iconic
  • Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant: an ICONIC novel about killer mermaids and a sarcastic bi scientist who falls for an autistic PR girl. also it’s fucking terrifying bye
  • The Scorpion Rules Duology by Erin Bow: literally one of my fave books of all time, amazingly complex villain, super strong bi girl protag and her adorable bi gf, you will be genuinely confused which side is good and which side is bad, the three main characters are So Good, tw for an unhappy ending to this one but it’s… not any of the tropes. also a semi-hopeful end in the sequel which was?? good??
  • The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers: This book is such hopeful and interesting and character-driven scifi. 
  • In Ageless Sleep by Arden Ellis: if you want a sci-fi novella with some hella good romance. especially for being approximately 50 pages. 
  • Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire!! if you want a wlw novella that talks about gender roles and is the sequel to A FUCKING HUGO AWARD WINNER. this series is super diverse in so many ways. 
  • That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston: wow can’t believe E.K. Johnston invented writing stories driven by women?? it’s about polyamory in a scifi futuristic victorian Canada. and yes, it is exactly as amazing as it sounds. 
  • Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardhoust: character driven wlw snow white retelling!!! 
  • The Accident Season and Spellbook of the Lost & Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle: two weird vaguely magical realist books about Lesbians. Spellbook is the gayer one - it’s double pov and one lead is a bi girl who falls for a guy and one lead is a lesbian who falls for another bi girl and it’s!! pure!!
  • Dreadnought Duology by April Daniels: okay it’s about a trans girl who becomes a superhero and dates another superhero girl and yes it IS amazing. 
  • Otherbound: f/f romance with a bi girl as main character. There’s literally not a single white character. It’s about body swapping and fantasy! talks frankly about the issues in the main relationship, suspenseful. Sense8 in a way.  
  • Ash and Huntress by Malinda Lo: occur in the same world, although you don’t have to read both. Ash is lesbian cinderella. Huntress focuses more on character development and is my personal favorite, but tw for a bittersweet ending. Malinda Lo also wrote the Adaptation series, featuring a bisexual protag and her alien gf, but that one wasn’t my favorite. I know a lot of people who love it though!
  • The Dark Wife by Sara Diemer: girl Persephone / Hades. My gay classics student ass unabashedly loved this. I think you can get it free on the author'a blog? Attempted rape tw (not between the main couple, their relationship was entirely consensual)
  • Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda: Another Hugo Award winner but this time a graphic novel!! it’s complicated but it’s super worth it and all the mcs are morally ambiguous woc

Contemporary w Major WLW Couples

  • A & B by J.C. Lillis!! y'all have GOT to read this. it’s seriously the most delightful enemies-to-lovers filled-with-banter novel and maybe my fav romance book ever?? it’s fucking HILARIOUS.
  • Love Letters To The Dead: the wlw “side-romance” is honestly given just as much screentime as (if not more than) the main romance. literally one of my all-time favorite romances in anything ever, I read this book in my questioning phase and it changed my life
  • This Is Where It Ends: lesbians at a school shooting, primarily non-white characters, you will cry (spoilers: they both live and stay together)
  • Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley: 1960s civil rights era lesbians, ends happily. It emphasizes all of the problematic tropes often used in “overcoming racism” stories and why they’re not okay. This was recced to me by a black person so I trust that assessment. I also really love her other books, which have a lot of wlw as well. 
  • Lies My Girlfriend Told Me: Basically: Girl #1 finds out her dead girlfriend was cheating on her with Girl #2. Girl #1 and Girl #2 fall in love. This book is so adorable. The author has several thousand other wlw books so knock yourselves out. 
  • Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan: a cheesefest with racial diversity. I love this book so much (it’s so good and PURE) even though it’s not hugely deep. 
  • You Know Me Well by David Levithan + Nina Lacour: The authors alone should be enough to make you want to read this. I still am lowkey bitter the two boys didn’t end up together, but they stay friends and all so it’s fine. Found family!
  • Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld: Storyline between two girl authors in New York, ends happily!! also the protagonist was confirmed acearo spec on Twitter which is pretty obvious if you read the book. I’ve heard his other series Zeroes has lesbians too
  • Everything Leads To You by Nina Lacour: moviemaker wlw! cheesy as all hell, but adorable and really deep. very much recommended if you’re into moviemaking or acting
  • Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde: I think everyone has read this already but it’s Pure and about fandom
  • Get It Together Delilah / the Flywheel by Erin Gough: read this if you want cute cheesy girls falling in love at a coffee shop!!
  • for some of my fav shorts!! the story How from Roxane Gay’s Difficult Women is one of my fav wlw short stories ever. Also try out Alyssa Wong’s Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers, it’s free from tor and really fucking great!! and Nic Stone’s Happy Beginning from the Welcome Home anthology is a beautiful cinnamon roll of a story that I’ll never get over and I’d die for her

Some That Aren’t Love Stories Quite As Much: 

  • Far From You by Tess Sharpe: crime thriller with bi / recovering drug addict main character and major f/f romance. Not a happy ending for the couple bc the romance is in the past, but happy ending for the protagonist. This is one of my all time fave books not even lying
  • Exit Pursued By A Bear by EK Johnston: About the main character’s rape and her subsequent abortion. Main character does not have a romance plot, but her best friend (the second most important character) is a lesbian and falls in love with another friend. This one doesn’t belong quite as much, but it’s one of my all time favorite books ever and it’s all about female friendship / love and it’s?? pure?? (ALSO READ HER OTHER BOOK A THOUSAND NIGHTS ID DIE FOR EK JOHNSTON)
  • Cherry: About female friendships and relationships with sex, really feminist. There are four girls, one realizes she’s gay, and her friends are just so pure and supportive about it???? there’s a bit of romance but I still feel like it’s more about the friendships between the girls. 
  • Beauty Queens by Libba Bray: f/f romance, one lesbian one bi girl and one trans girl. Hilarious social commentary, very feminist, lots of woc. Libba Bray also has another hist fiction series that I’ve heard is gay (the first book is called A Great And Terrible Beauty) but I don’t know much about it. 
  • Kissing The Witch: Sometimes-gay versions of fairytales, really really interesting and pure and GREAT. 
  • Tricks and sequel Traffick by Ellen Hopkins: about kids forced into prositution, so all the tws. among main characters, there’s a gay guy and a bi girl!  Ignore the back that says “four straight one gay” because it’s a lie and publishers need to shut up. The bi girl is just?? such an amazing character and I love her with all my heart. 
  • If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan: realistic fiction about what wlw in Iran have to go through. tw for a not-great end for the couple, but there’s no death and the main character is happy. It’s more about the self-acceptance of the main character than about the romance. 
  • Ask The Passengers by A.S. King: magical realism kind of? more about coming out than about romance. Happy ending. 
  • The Miseducation Of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth: again, more about coming out, but wow this book is amazing. Happy ending for the girl, not for the couple. 

Fucked-Up Female Friendships Aesthetic

  • Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls by: This book is so freaky and messed up and I’m still not exactly sure how it ended, but it still blew me away. The Mr and Mrs Smith wlw au you never knew you wanted, although I’m not going to spoil how. Fucked up ending but still happyish? 
  • Dare Me by Megan Abbot: This book is creepy as fuck and revolves around the relationship between two girls which is… really gay, like canonically gay. I liked this a lot, but be warned that it’s not a romance. Happy ending mostly?
  • Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas: This one had a lot of wasted potential in the form of a well-built story about the craziness of rich kids partying, but it is a very good murder mystery focused around two girls. 
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anyway !!!!!! here are some books about wlw which should be infinitely more popular tbh [and not just in those specific ya book circles where people actually actively seek diverse books] 

  • everything leads to you by nina lacour 
  • adaptation series by malinda lo
  • ash by malinda lo
  • under the lights by dahlia adler
  • tell me again how a crush should feel by sara farizan
  • the miseducation of cameron post by emily m danforth
  • the abyss surrounds us by emily skrustkie 
  • lies we tell ourselves by robin talley 
  • far from you by tess sharpe 
  • as i descended by robin talley 
  • of fire and stars by audrey coulthurst
  • we are okay by nina lacour
  • you know me well by nina lacour and david levithan
  • flywheel by erin gough 
  • it’s not like it’s a secret - misa sugiura
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lesbiandoomguy asked:

Hey! First off, I wanted to say that I love this blog and I’m so glad you’re running such a fantastic resource! This is probably pretty broad, but do you have any recs for high fantasy novels with wlw romances (preferably without sexism or homophobia)? Or any recs for books with wlw knights or pirates (historical, fantasy, or otherwise, again preferably without sexism or homophobia). Thank you so much again!

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sapphicbookclub answered:

Thank you! :) Fantasy is my favorite genre so I know tons! I won’t apologize for this list being long, I feel like that’s the opposite of a problem.

Fantasy with magic:

Lady knights and princesses:

Lady loving lady pirates:

Happy reading! 

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Morning After Pill for HIV

I think that people forget that condoms protect you from more than just pregnancy.

And there is no morning after pill for HIV.

ACTUALLY THERE IS.

It’s called post exposure prophylaxis.

http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/prophylaxis/en/

If you’ve had unprotected sex and are afraid of possibly being at risk for HIV, please go to the emergency room and ask about POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS.

Works for up to 48 - 72 hours after exposure to HIV.

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BOOST!

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pinkspritee

I wouldn’t need this but this is actually really cool and I’d like to share it in case anyone might need it.

If you see this on your dash REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG!!!! You could save a life

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There’s a FDA approved daily medication called Truvada, or the PrEP treatment, that is 92-99% effective in preventing the contraction of HIV.

http://men.prepfacts.org/the-questions/

Private insurance and Medicaid cover it. You can also get it for free in a lot of high risk cities like Atlanta, NY, and San Fransisco.

It’s the same cocktail they give to medical professionals who have had contaminated needle sticks/blood splashes from potentially infected blood. Very effective.

Honestly I read about this a while ago (now it’s being talked about/shown a little more) but I often wonder why it’s not talked about more. I figured it was because it was too expensive for some and doctors don’t tell you about treatments you can’t afford.

Anyway, stay safe everyone. If they claim they don’t have condoms/don’t use condoms, don’t go any further. Better safe than sorry…and if something happens have this saved/written down and get it.

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it’s so weird to me that shrek originally wasn’t meant to have a scottish accent can you imagine him with an american accent? it wouldn’t be the same the scottish accents adds some flavour some zest a certain je ne sais quoi

him shouting ‘DONKEY’ wouldn’t be as powerful

SDKSKDKAKDK

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did i ever tell u guys that in fifth grade my class wrote a play bc we were studying ancient greece? it was called persephone and the (not so hot) heroes. i played demeter. basically, persephone got kidnapped by kronos and i strong armed hades into giving me 3 heroes from the underworld to get her back but they were actually terrible and i forget how she was actually saved but bottom line is that you wish you were my fifth grade class

this wasn’t little either, we used the town hall and we wore togas and shit

me as demeter

some lines (this was a joint effort of a bunch of greek-savvy 10/11 year olds):

athena: ‘im the goddess of wisdom but you don’t notice me telling everyone. i’m too smart for that’

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aphrodite: is zeus chasing some mortal woman again?

athena: no this time he and hera have gone for marriage counselling

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athena: we can ask hades to let them out of the underworld to help

aphrodite: he’ll never agree, he’s such a deadly bore (we made a fucking pun im so angry)

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demeter: hades wont pick up. he’s too busy torturing the dead in tartarus

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hades: i can’t undo the laws of death. just think of the paperwork.

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aphrodite: the humidity is messing up my hair. it’s getting all frizzy

athena: is that all you care about?

aphrodite: no, it’s also messing up my dress

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demeter: it’s so dark, and there aren’t any trees or flowers

hades: what do we need trees for, everybody’s dead

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paris: yeah, and i can shoot straight! isn’t that right, achilles?

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(hades enters)

paris: who are you? do we know you?

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achilles: im mighty achilles

odysseus: im wily odysseus

paris: and im hungry paris

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kronos: i really am awesome, aren’t i

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aeton: one wrong move and you’re history

odysseus: fool! we already are history!

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demeter: where are those mortals? i left them right there.

athena: are you sure? this isnt the first time you’ve lost someone.

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I suddenly have the need for the entire screenplay, and to direct it at my college.

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These are funnier than literally any retelling I have ever done and I’m not even mad about it.

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“Fool! We already are history” is a better line than the whole odyssey and Iliad combined

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Some of you have never gotten all your books confiscated by your third grade teacher because you were reading them under your desk in math class and it shows 

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Me: I have no fears
Someone: What if there’s a Six of Crows movie adaption and Kaz and Inej make out
Me: I have one fear
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This post made my heart skip a beat because I kNOW this would totally happen and nothing is sacred 

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Leigh wouldn’t let them

At least I really hope she’d have control over itt

I think it’s time to bring this back

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I was so fearful Leigh wouldn’t be involved but she is! Saints bless us Leigh’s an exec!

I’m both terrified and ecstatic

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