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2016’s Top Books

How many lists can Dan and Phil appear on? Here’s another.

1. The Harry Potter series     by J. K. Rowling 2. Percy Jackson & the Olympians     by Rick Riordan 3. The Raven Cycle series +1     by Maggie Stiefvater

4. The Mortal Instruments series     by Cassandra Clare 5. The Captive Prince Triology     by C. S. Pacat 6. A Song of Ice and Fire Series −3     by George R. R. Martin 7. A Court of Mist and Fury    by Sarah J. Maas 8. The Foxhole Court    by Nora Sakavic 9. The Amazing Book is Not on Fire −3    by Dan Howell and Phil Lester 10. Pride and Prejudice −1     by Jane Austen 11. The Throne of Glass series −1     by Sarah J Maas 12. The Trials of Apollo series     by Rick Riordan 13. Carry On     by Rainbow Rowell 14. The Warriors series +2     by Author Collective 15. Six of Crows     by Leigh Bardugo 16. The Infernal Devices series −8     by Cassandra Clare 17. The Lunar Chronicles series     by Marissa Meyer 18. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard     by Rick Riordan 19. Lady Midnight      by Cassandra Clare

20. Wreck This Journal    by Keri Smith

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

“Some days the flowers will wither but today’s not the day.”

— Bangtan | Not Today

黒子のバスケ 〜扉の向こう〜 special tip-off act

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“Doing anything this weekend?”

Human AU! Its been awhile since I’ve drawn them as humans, when i first entered the fandom I used to draw a lot of em! I’d like to explore more ideas like this  (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

Happy International Women’s Day!

“The women we honor today teach us three very important lessons. One, that as women, we must stand up for ourselves. The second, as women, we must stand up for each other. And finally, as women, we must stand up for justice for all.” ― Michelle Obama

she raised an eye indeed to the beauty of Gilgamesh, or, Ishtar did nothing wrong

One of the canons I follow just introduced its version of the goddess Ishtar as a character. From what little I’ve been able to read translated so far, I like her a lot. But a lot of the fandom has been kind of losing its shit over what a horrible character she must be based partly on very limited and biased in-universe evidence but mostly on cherry-picked selections from the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Did I mention Gilgamesh in this canon is a huge fan favorite? Yeah.

Anyway, I’ve spent most of the past year researching the mythology surrounding star goddesses of love and sovereignty in the Ancient Near East, starting with Inanna and her near-counterpart Ishtar. So I am well-placed now to explain why, in fact, Ishtar did nothing wrong in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

I mean, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. She’s a goddess, and ancient deities are frequently assholes just in general. But it’s not entirely untrue either. See, you can’t divorce stories from their culture entirely; you need to know a little about the culture of ancient Babylon to understand the Epic of Gilgamesh. It turns out that in context, the whole matter of Ishtar’s advances on Gilgamesh and subsequent reaction to his rejection of her is way more complicated than it appears.

Under the cut: a brief lesson in ancient Sumerian and Babylonian religion and the explanation of why Ishtar did nothing wrong.

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In case nobody’s told you today, you’re worthy. You’re valid. I’m glad you exist

Kiyoshi: There will come a time when you have a chance to do the right thing.

Hanamiya: I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.

Endlessly torn between a Bruce who’s brutalism and savagery is just barely concealed by his genuine kindness and hard line rules and a Bruce who’s deep well of kindness and compassion and gentle bleeding heart is barely hidden by a thin front of aggressive assholery

Usually what flips it is how protective I want him to be over someone at the moment and honestly I think that’s pretty on character