It's Thursday, I'm tired, this is Dora Reads - so let's get some comics-y superhero-y goodness!
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Thursday 21 March 2024
Sunday 17 March 2024
Nerd Church - Should We Judge Older Books By Modern Standards?
Warning: this post discusses racism, ableism, and general prejudice, including reference to dehumanising language and slurs
I've been re-reading* The Princess Diaries for a while now.
For those not aware: this was a massively popular YA series by Meg Cabot from the early 00s where a New York teenager named Mia Thermopolis finds out she's actually the Princess of Genovia. (As you do.)
There also 2 films starring Anne Hathaway, which are fun, but don't really match the tone of the books.
*Well, re-reading the first couple and reading the rest for the first time 😅
Friday 15 March 2024
Friday Fics Fix - Bittersweet Loki
'It was impossible.
Well.
Don’t let that stop you, O. B. had said.'
I kind of love this fic.
I mean... obviously, because I'm rec'ing, and, also obviously, I tend to say that a lot. But... yeah.
Thursday 14 March 2024
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Month In Review(s) - February 2024
February for yours truly wasn't too bad.
...It wasn't great either, tbh. But it's still one of the better months I've had lately, so I'll take it!
Sunday 10 March 2024
Nerd Church - Short Story: Everyone Is Born With A Void
This story was originally published on the Promptly Written publication on Medium, in response to the following prompt from Ravyne Hawke:
Write a story around the following:
— a bottomless pit
— a moment of despair
— a hopeful or hopeless outcome
Warning: this story contains injury imagery, including acid burns, and also centres on mental health issues (depression,) and hopelessness.
Friday 8 March 2024
Friday Fics Fix - Hargreeves(eses) In Their Feelings
'Diego throws the knife with a grunt of frustration. It lands perfectly positioned in the wall.
“Good job,” Luther says dryly. “You killed the wallpaper.”'
One of the extremely few issues I have with The Umbrella Academy (TUA) is that the Hargreeves siblings are so emotionally constipated that we never get to bathe in the angst with them.
Like - I'm talking 'Gerard Way in the video for Ghost of You' style angst-bathing. We don't get much of that, and my emo goblin spaghetti brain would very much like that. *nods sagely*