People Playing Elden Ring And Looking For The "good" Demigod To Root For Are Missing The Point. Pick

Unless I missed something when I read them a decade or so ago (which is entirely possible), I second reading the Bartimaeus trilogy, it is a fantastic series

I feel like part of maturity as a 90s kid or whatever is admitting to yourself that for whatever Harry Potter might have given to you in your childhood it is a mid teir book at best to begin with and you are now older and more worldly to understand the more insidious messaging that was hidden in it. And yes, to be a mature adult, it is your responsibility to see and understand this.

You read the books and know what is in them and you have, hopefully, read about the AIDS epidemic since then and know that calling lycanthropy an AIDS stand in considering everything about Lupin and Greymane's storyline is, actually, horrific homophobia.

You have hopefully learned enough about antisemitism to recognize that the Goblins, esp bc they are bankers, are a horrible antisemitic dog whistle in the form of a fantasy race.

You have hopefully learned or experienced enough about/as a woman to understand that the entire storyline with Fleur makes the Weasley women assholes actually. That Pansy wasn't great to begin with but everything with the divination class, Lavendar, Cho and the Patil twins was not written by a "girl's girl". Even depictions of Luna Lovegood border on being kind of shitty. JKR definitely believes there is a wrong way to be a woman even if you are cis and she will not hesitate to belittle and go after you for not being the type of woman she thinks counts.

You may not understand the race politics of London specifically but perhaps you're an irish american and you've learned enough about your own history to pick up the fact that JKR is so racist that she's even racist against the white people in her area ala Seamus Finnegan's name which is every bit as bad a Cho Chang. Once you get there with Saemus and Cho you can also look at the names of every other implied nonwhite student and realize...Wow. That's kind of fucked up.

This doesn't take away your memories. It doesn't change the friendships you made over it. I understand bc I'm up there in that age range and I KNOW that Harry Potter leeched into fucking everything. It's okay. You've grown now though. You do not need it. You will not lose anything that is actually serving you now to put those memories, and maybe even your books and your existing memorabilia, in a memory box and read a better book.

I promise you there exists media that you can hyperfixate on to the enth degree that is deeper, better, more exciting and, most importantly, will not be funding an active hate group.

If you're stuck on kid shit set in London I heartily recommend the Bartimeaus trilogy.

As a writer I need everyone to know that whenever I write "exchanged glances" my intent is this

Becca or Becks | author + fanby | all/any pronouns

Completely stealing this idea from @voidvulpine, but here is my intro post + one-stop shop for knowing who the hell you've stumbled across in the wild landscape of tumblr. I'm an author, a fanfic writer, a nerd about town, and I mostly use this space to reblog fandom angst and thirst traps.

Where you can find me:

Ao3 | My Website | Bluesky | Threads

Fanfics in Progress

Even Gods Need Miracles : Solas x Lavellan, Dragon Age: Inquisition era slow-burn romance

He possessed knowledge beyond any mortal, yet even the Dread Wolf could not foresee what it would mean to fall in love. He does not anticipate his connection with her. Mortal. Dalish. Not a drop of magic in her body save for his own anchor. But no one else can truly understand what it means to become a symbol quite like he does. And she, in turn, parts his layers, his trauma, his pain with gentle fingers and a curious mind. No good can come from the bond forming between them. It will likely be the ruin of them both.

When I Was Afraid to Want You : Rook x Lucanis, Dragon Age: The Veilguard slow-burn romance

It started with that coffee date...and then got immediately complicated from there. Because when you combine two disaster bisexuals who don't know how to communicate their feelings, what you get is an absolute mess. Starting from the almost-kiss and flashing back and forth in Rook and Lucanis's relationship over the course of Veilguard as they gradually try to get their shit together. More or less.

My Books

I've written a few. Some have even seen the light of day and appeared on bookshelves.

The Bloody and the Damned (Upcoming 2026) (Roaring Brook Press)

A deadly, wise-cracking assassin with outlawed, magical abilities will do anything to get their kidnapped sisters back in this propulsive dystopic-fantasy standalone, perfect for fans of IRON WIDOW and HELL FOLLOWED WITH US.

The Crownchasers Duology (HarperTeen)

A deadly race across 1,001 planets will determine more than just the fate of the empire. Alyssa Farshot has spent her whole life trying to outrun her family legacy, even leaving behind the Kingship and her uncle, the emperor, for a life of exploring.​ But when her dying uncle announces a crownchase—a search for the royal seal hidden in the empire that will determine the next ruler—Alyssa is thrust into her greatest, most dangerous adventure yet. 

"The Lives We Make," Critical Role: Stories Untold (Random House Worlds)

Celebrate a decade ofCritical Role with this anthology featuring the perspectives of ten characters who fought alongside—and against—Vox Machina, with a foreword by cast member Liam O’Brien.

"Storm Song," Mermaids Never Drown

14 Young Adult short stories from bestselling and award-winning authors make a splash in Mermaids Never Drown – the second collection in the Untold Legends series edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker – exploring mermaids like we’ve never seen them before!

Any professional inquiries need to go through my agent, but if you just want to talk writing, gaming, fandom, whatever, I'm an open book. Drop me an ask or a message or however you like.

Unless you're a fascist. Or a Nazi. Or a TERF. Or a racist. If you're any of those, the door is behind you. Out you go; get wrecked.

Last Line

Got tagged by @beccacoffindaffer for this and it sounded like fun! Here's the last lines from each of the three stories I'm working on:

Magma slopped out from the gaping hole and dribbled down the stairs, creating a deadly pool right below their feet.

“As I suspected. You are a delectable creature.”

She wasn’t watching the sun rise for peace this morning. She was waiting to see if she burned.

No pressure tags:

@nebraskashouse @constanthorizon @jewel-shard @syvlanas-writes

(It can be for art, too!)

Could really use more media where wives viciously protect their husbands

listen now :')

really hilarious and unsexy when hetero romantasy authors refer to love interests as males and females. you sound like david attenborough narrating a special documentary on two turtles humping in the mud

After many many MANY many years, last week (or more at this point?) I rewatched the third Inuyasha movie.

rewatching the inuyasha series as an adult is so funny because. kagome higurashi does not get nearly enough credit for how strong-willed she was at the tender age of 18. she gave up her life in the modern era, easy access to good medical care, food, running water, electricity, and pretty much every other comfort that she'd known and been accustomed to all her life, and did it cheerfully. meanwhile if the roles were reversed and you stuck inuyasha in a modern office job, trying to send (1) polite email would have killed him on the spot.

Sherlock Holmes having a universal ace experience -- expressing disinterest and immediately getting called an inhuman robot.