Marie-Louise BATARDY

it’s time to find resellers and hunt them for sport

I don't think Booktok is "the death of literature" or "the fall of the book industry as we know it". People who enjoy reading have and will continue to exist outside of the parameters of a social media app for youths.

now, at times I wonder about the people who say they won't read anything that hasn't been reviewed by their favorite Tiktoker. Or they won't read anything that doesn't contain the tropes they like because they know they won't like it. Or they'll only read something if it's got a high rating from the Booktok/Bookstagram community.

some people say it's about anxiety. They need the trigger warnings (which I'm not against), or they need to know how the book ends before they can even think to start it. I'd bet that for some significant percentage of readers that's true, Booktok or not.

my hot take, though, is that in most cases, the absolute worst case scenario isn't being triggered (using the word in its proper sense) , it's just disappointment. The minor letdown of getting 150 pages into The Book Thief and finding it lacking. Realistically, the Booktok boom is a lot of people who primarily read fanfiction because it can be filtered down to only show things you already know you like.

I think that's why people plant their feet when you say you didn't like their Booktok fave, and why people will fight to the death that Booktok promotes GOOD BOOKS and everyone who disagrees is being An Asshole.

It's highly unlikely that the publishing industry is going to crumble purely through the fast fashionfication of Contemporary and New Adult Lit. When Colleen Hoover finally runs out of stories to tell; when the Reylo Tag has been completely milked of publishable works; when there is no more Faerie Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️ to sate the masses, the Booktok girlies are either gonna get bored and leave or learn to like other shit. It's okay.

unfortunately, I will write this fic and I am writing this fic are two very different things

the gelphie carabiners….

skintight and ready to LURK

inside of you, there are two wolves

one wants to look like revenge gerard

the other wants to look like party poison

you are nonbinary

This shirt came to me in a vision

Dear god, today I got a notification from tumblr that this blog is two years old…

That just feels so wrong. Maybe because I only started being on here regularly in mid November of last year (I got pulled in by wanting to know peoples thoughts on the new MCR stuff, shout-out to all those fuckers, now I’m addicted to this app) and only made my first reblog a little over a year ago. That’s not even accounting for how recent my first original post is.

But uhhhhh yeah the passage of time is freaky. May this blog last many years more and to anyone reading this, check me out on ao3; a single kudos can change a life and I desperately need inspiration to pick my longfic back up.

Happy most of the way through Passover to those who celebrate and keep trucking transgenders! Remember that the song of hope never stops singing, even if you can’t hear the tune!

chappell roan at the grammys princess clown hat meme collection 👑💖🤡