I just realized how much of a gideon nav/griddlehark song “Lone Survivor” by The Wrecks is.
like:
trans
senshi fans: learning how to make nutritious meals for themselves
laios fans: down bad
marcille fans: lesbianism
chilchuck fans: putting that man in situations
public libraries in the usa offering free digital library cards to people not in their areas (as of october 2023):
brooklyn (13-21yo us residents)
seattle (13-26yo us residents)
boston (13-26yo us residents)
los angeles (13-18yo california residents)
san diego (12-26yo us residents, not the whole collection just commonly banned books)
these cards (part of the books unbanned initiative) get you access to each library's complete libby/overdrive collection (unless otherwise mentioned), no hoopla/kanopy/physical copies included.
ebook collections are expensive to maintain (many american libraries have annual fees for non-residents because of this) but because of an uptick in book banning (particularly brutal in mississippi last summer) larger libraries have opened their doors more, which is very kind of them!
i've used my seattle card for the last several months and their libby collection has about three times the books that my local library does, which is wonderful for accessing more niche titles or skipping a waiting list. would love to hear of similar ebook initiatives internationally!
i use library extension (firefox/safari/chrome compatible) to check all my collections (+ the internet archive) at once, works for several different countries highly recommend it.
spotify seems to be offering 15hrs/month of audiobook listening to premium subscribers and while that does seem useful if you're already paying and are after a new release with a long library waitlist, libraries are better for everything else.
I'm trying to prove something.
The true enemies to lovers
I’m always a slut for libraries with beautiful architecture
someone needs to add pics of the ace flag but slightly skewed or altered for our “asymmetric or whatever” pride celebration
my roommate just referred to our asexual mutual as “asymmetric or whatever”.
petition to give northern ireland back to the irish as part of the terms of our alliance
Felt like covering the map of Europe with dots-
Ignore the key, I made it because I was bored-
It's silly hours fellas, gotta have silly hours after murdering bots, right? ;}
yeah i personally have always thought of the ship as like rivals to friends to lovers, where beacon arc is like ruby constantly insisting on being friends with weiss, and weiss gradually warming towards her because of it, then the the romantic subtext comes later, in like volumes 6-8
I really enjoy Whiterose as a ship, but I do wish more of the FNDM surrounding it weren't so invested in their V1 characterizations.
Ruby and Weiss have both grown so much and honestly its as they are now that I love the idea of a romance between them.
Weiss has become a lot kinder and wiser, while still being able to get a bit prissy and bent out of shape.
Ruby has had more burdens to be sure, but has also grown smoother and more confident in how she carried herself.
Both still have a lot of their original energy, when Ruby is in a good space she can be very bouncy and Weiss can be quite regal, but there's more to them than "Puppy X Tsudere" and I wish we saw more of that.
Oh fuck off