I've seen this a lot and I bet you have too; when a publisher puts out a blurb for a scifi/fantasy/what have you book that basically just describes one bit of representation, a vague description of a pairing trope, and then maybe something that barely has to do with the genre. I've seen it in book reviews and recommendations as well, where you take a book into a quick phrase that overall is a really cynical way to describe rep and doesn't explain anything about the story. Something like:
PANSEXUAL ALCHEMISTS. ENEMIES TO MURDERERS TO RESURRECTED LOVERS. THREE UNIVERSES EACH WITH A SPACE STATION. NEED I SAY MORE? 😏
Another example is the cynical "just use the comps as the pitch line even on the official book descriptions and metadata" type, like so:
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE-OFF MEETS JURASSIC PARK 3 BUT WITH REP.
So I dare ya to make one of your own because the cynical-ness of this feels like it could be goofed on, especially the big publisher blurb style where they tell you so little about your book's actual plot or characters or anything. It can be your WIP or just something absurd you make up for this, whatever you wanna do! The less plot and character in your blurb the better!
See also this post for the vibe.
I'mma try it with Rising Shards.
LESBIAN MEET CUTE IN MONSTER GIRL SCHOOL. ENOUGH SAID. 😏
So yeah something like that!
Thank you to @blind-the-winds for the motivation to finally post this and @indy-gray for the name!
Also tagging (No pressure if you're not feeling it! Just including people who liked/reblogged/replied to the first post): @rileythefool, @alesseia, @ladyarjuna, @yors-truly, @whole-buncha-snakess, @werehamburglar, @acertainmoshke, @kreetn, @cosmiccoincidence, @whileyoureinschoolidothisallday, @emberoops
Gotham is like Australia. It’s so isolated, it just evolved into the most insane and batty (ha) environment.
Not that the other cities aren’t crazy either. Star City is just as bad as Gotham, just in a different way. LA versus New York. Sometimes Central City gives off Florida vibes.
Metropolis is Area 51 if Elon Musk camped there.
Lex Luther = Elon Musk in this situation.
love the idea of Batman struggling with Gotham because it’s so crime ridden, cursed, etc but when he liaises in another city it takes all of two seconds for him to arrest a drug ring, topple a corrupt city government, and put upwards of 25 people in prison without breaking a sweat.
sorry fellas, adhd brain says I gotta write my to-do list right now and this is the closest place I can write something
finish work day
apply for 2 jobs
go to therapy
think about youtube video idea
message your friends on discord
vacuum room
Yess!!!
The three distinct types of found family:
Commits crimes together.
Fights crimes together.
Constantly switching back and forth between the other two at a horrifying speed.
We're on a new platform with a totally different audience...we have to prove ourselves all over again...convince a totally new group of people to think we're funny and worth your attention....so allow me to drop some of my "A" material....the funniest thing I got.......here goes....... jeef berky
While I do agree with the Justice League being very concerned about this, I also think they deal with bs like this on the daily, so it could go something like this.
Bruce: I think it’s important for everyone here to know, Billy is with with Talia at Nanda Parbat right now.
Clark: Well, that’s not good. Is he okay?
Bruce: … Yes. Currently, Talia is training him in sword fighting. He has also seen some tigers.
Diana: GREAT! Talia is a skilled sword fighter. He’s lucky to be fighting alongside her.
Oliver: Diana no
Diana: Diana yes
Billy showing up to Nanda Parbat: Hey, I got told to meet my grandmother? What's that about-
Talia, picking Billy up and tucking him under her arm: Perfect, Jason has finally given me a grandson. Do you like swords and tigers?
Billy, about to be Spoiled™ for the next two weeks: Boy, do I!
I can’t resist:
Okay, what’s more interesting though… The heteronormative stuff they tell us these books are about? Or the very queer truth about Lancelot!
Yes, the majority of the kids in my Catholic school were weirded out when I said Sir Gawain is gay for the Green Knight, but those who got it, got it.
The Canterbury Tales were more of a struggle for me though, personally.
Sometimes I wonder how much fanfic of classical/iconic literature exists because of school projects. Just floating out there. In a drive somewhere. Not to mention that nothing is more unhinged than bored middle/highschoolers being forced to liven up books they might not care about. For every deranged ao3 crossover fic there is an infinitely more deranged crackfic written for the great gatsby or antigone or to kill a mockingbird or whatever by a bored highschooler and his friends for 10th grade English. I wanna read it
It's so funny to me how I like tmnt not just one specific version but the whole franchise. Interacting with the fandom feels like talking about our cats to another cat lover; it's amazing.
Friendly reminder to not give raw meat and eggs to your pets. Animals like cats and dogs have been domesticated. A golden retriever is a lot different than a wolf.
Raw meat and eggs can carry bacteria and other things that can be harmful for your pets. Your pet will be both happy and safe if they eat cooked food.
Lately, the bird flu has been spreading in the US. Cats and dogs can get it by eating raw meat and eggs. It has a very high mortality rate for cats and dogs. It’s dangerous for humans as well. It’s an important time to remember that a domesticated animal should not be consuming raw meat and or eggs. If you wouldn’t eat a raw egg right now, then you shouldn’t give one to your pet.
Thanks :3
I post when I feel like it. My brain screams at me a lot.
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