Author: foxboylucien

2, 54, 7, 89, 150 <3

2. Are you outgoing or shy? 

My first answer to this was shy because that’s how I was for a long time but I think I’m becoming more outgoing now and I like it

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?

I highly doubt it but a girl can dream

54. Favourite store?

Chapters, of course! My dad and I go just to look around whenever we have time to kill. I think he even enjoys it more than I do! 

89. Name a person you hate?

My sister’s old friend Jenna who called me ‘the wicked witch of the west’ and hated me with a burning passion for no reason at all 

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page?

All my books are currently in the other room so I grabbed my kindle. From “Ruined” by Amy Tintera: 

She’d looked at him like he was a bug under her shoe yesterday when he’d given her the tip about the Union Battle.

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shoutout to @darlingfireheart and @fiery-feyre for surviving a year being friends with me ❤ I am so grateful that you ladies welcomed me into the fandom with so much kindness and love! 

(I’m pretty sure this is the anniversary? I may be a day off but you get the idea. ILY!)

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bambwie:

Wait, these are actually hella cute questions.”

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1. Who was the last person you held hands with?

2. Are you outgoing or shy?

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing?

4. Are you easy to get along with?

5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you?

6. What kind of people are you attracted to?

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind?

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?

11. What does the most recent text that you sent say?

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now?

13. Do you like it when people play with your hair?

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?

15. What good thing happened this summer?

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

17. Do you think there is life on other planets?

18. Do you still talk to your first crush?

19. Do you like bubble baths?

20. Do you like your neighbors?

21. What are you bad habits?

22. Where would you like to travel?

23. Do you have trust issues?

24. Favorite part of your daily routine?

25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with?

26. What do you do when you wake up?

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker?

28. Who are you most comfortable around?

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up?

30. Do you ever want to get married?

31. Is your hair long enough for a pony tail?

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with?

33. Spell your name with your chin.

34. Do you play sports? What sports?

35. Would you rather live without TV or music?

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?

37. What do you say during awkward silences?

38. Describe your dream girl/guy?

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in?

40. What do you want to do after high school?

41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?

42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean?

43. Do you smile at strangers?

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean?

45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning?

46. What are you paranoid about?

47. Have you ever been high?

48. Have you ever been drunk?

49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about?

50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore?

51. Ever wished you were someone else?

52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself?

53. Favourite makeup brand?

54. Favourite store?

55. Favourite blog?

56. Favourite colour?

57. Favourite food?

58. Last thing you ate?

59. First thing you ate this morning?

60. Ever won a competition? For what?

61. Been suspended/expelled? For what?

62. Been arrested? For what?

63. Ever been in love?

64. Tell us the story of your first kiss?

65. Are you hungry right now?

66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends?

67. Facebook or Twitter?

68. Twitter or Tumblr?

69. Are you watching tv right now?

70. Names of your bestfriends?

71. Craving something? What?

72. What colour are your towels?

72. How many pillows do you sleep with?

73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?

74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have?

75. Favourite animal?

76. What colour is your underwear?

77. Chocolate or Vanilla?

78. Favourite ice cream flavour?

79. What colour shirt are you wearing?

80. What colour pants?

81. Favourite tv show?

82. Favourite movie?

83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2?

84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street?

85. Favourite character from Mean Girls?

86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo?

87. First person you talked to today?

88. Last person you talked to today?

89. Name a person you hate?

90. Name a person you love?

91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now?

92. In a fight with someone?

93. How many sweatpants do you have?

94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have?

95. Last movie you watched?

96. Favourite actress?

97. Favourite actor?

98. Do you tan a lot?

99. Have any pets?

100. How are you feeling?

101. Do you type fast?

102. Do you regret anything from your past?

103. Can you spell well?

104. Do you miss anyone from your past?

105. Ever been to a bonfire party?

106. Ever broken someone’s heart?

107. Have you ever been on a horse?

108. What should you be doing?

109. Is something irritating you right now?

110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt?

111. Do you have trust issues?

112. Who was the last person you cried in front of?

113. What was your childhood nickname?

114. Have you ever been out of your province/state?

115. Do you play the Wii?

116. Are you listening to music right now?

117. Do you like chicken noodle soup?

118. Do you like Chinese food?

119. Favourite book?

120. Are you afraid of the dark?

121. Are you mean?

122. Is cheating ever okay?

123. Can you keep white shoes clean?

124. Do you believe in love at first sight?

125. Do you believe in true love?

126. Are you currently bored?

127. What makes you happy?

128. Would you change your name?

129. What your zodiac sign?

130. Do you like subway?

131. Your bestfriend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do?

132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?

133. Favourite lyrics right now?

134. Can you count to one million?

135. Dumbest lie you ever told?

136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed?

137. How tall are you?

138. Curly or Straight hair?

139. Brunette or Blonde?

140. Summer or Winter?

141. Night or Day?

142. Favourite month?

143. Are you a vegetarian?

144. Dark, milk or white chocolate?

145. Tea or Coffee?

146. Was today a good day?

147. Mars or Snickers?

148. What’s your favourite quote?

149. Do you believe in ghosts?

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page?

unoriginaltoast:

You don’t need canon validation to enjoy a fictional ship

You don’t need canon validation to enjoy a fictional ship

You don’t need canon validation to enjoy a fictional ship

You don’t need canon validation to enjoy a fictional ship

You don’t need canon validation to enjoy a fictional ship


Because guess what? 

It’s fiction

YA Literature and Forgiveness

bookofmirth:

susannadlpena:

“‘They’ve changed’ is not a good enough reason to forgive someone.”

“I can’t believe this character forgave the man who killed her father.”

“She doesn’t deserve to be forgiven.”

I want to talk about something that has been bothering me for almost as long as I’ve been reading YA Literature: forgiveness. That’s right, kids. Buckle up, because I’m getting on my soap box for this one.

So often, I read outraged posts and comments from various people about one character forgiving another, and it’s made me think that maybe people don’t quite understand forgiveness. What forgiveness is for. Why we forgive other people. I can tell you one thing: forgiveness in many cases is not intended for the person being forgiven. It’s intended for the person doing the forgiving. 

What IS forgiveness? I feel like we get forgiveness and excusability mixed up. Let’s take A Court of Thorns and Roses, for example. We’ll use Feyre and Tamlin. Tamlin is Feyre’s abuser. I don’t think anyone would argue against that (and if you do, we need to talk). If Feyre were to forgive Tamlin, I can tell you exactly what that DOES NOT mean. Or rather, what that SHOULD NOT mean (what the author does is a whole different story). 

Feyre’s forgiveness of Tamlin does not mean she has to have any kind of a personal relationship with him. She doesn’t have to love him. She doesn’t have to like him. She doesn’t even have to speak to him again if she doesn’t want to. It does not mean in any way that she is saying what he did/is doing is ok. She is not excusing his behavior. She is not ignoring his behavior. She is not going back to her abuser. She is not doing ANY of those things.

What she IS doing, is letting go of her resentment because of the things he’s done. That’s the definition of forgiveness. Letting go of your resentment.

BUT WAIT, SUSANNA, SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO RESENT HIM AND BE ANGRY AND

Yes. She does have every right to resent him forever and be angry forever. But believe me when I say, in the long run, she would be hurting herself more than she would be punishing him in any way. Because eventually, Tamlin will give up on her. Eventually, he will dismiss her and move on with his own life. And Feyre will be holding onto her anger to her own detriment. 

Dr. Carsten Wrosch, from Concordia University in Canada says that holding onto anger and resentment can eventually physically effect someone’s health. It chips away at your mental, emotional and physical health until it morphs you into someone you barely recognize. My friends. That is partially how Nesta came to be how she is now. 

Nesta has a proclivity toward bitterness and anger and there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with that. But part of the reason she is so hard and walled up and shut off from everyone (including, now, her sisters, may I remind you) is because of her inability to forgive her parents for what they did to her. And it severely affects her life. She is unable to open up to the person she loves most: Elain. She couldn’t take care of her sisters when she should have been. She can’t let herself love Cassian. 

“If she’s happy that way, though”–but she’s NOT happy. Even if you hated ACOFAS, you have to admit, SJM did an excellent job of showing that Nesta was NOT happy. She was miserable. She tears down everyone around her because of her own attitude, and I can almost guarantee you, at the root of that attitude, partially lies an inability to forgive. To let go. To release her resentment FOR HER OWN BENEFIT. 

Nesta’s “punishment” of those around her hurts her friends and family. For now. And though I’m sure it would break all their hearts, eventually, they will give up on her. If she continues to push them away, they will stop pushing back. It sucks. But at the end of the day, if she refuses to be helped when it’s offered to her, people will stop offering.

In the long run, she’s hurting herself more than she’s hurting other people with her resentment.

This applies to so many other YA novels. Jace and Valentine. Karou and Akiva. Aelin and Arobynn (that one’s hard for me, I’ll admit. You can forgive someone and still think they deserve a slow, painful death). The list, quite honestly, is endless. 

No one really deserves forgiveness. I’m sure there are things each of us has done to another person, whether purposefully or accidentally, that the other person has not wanted to forgive us for. But everyone deserves to forgive. Everyone deserves to have the peace of mind and release that comes with it.

TL;DR: Forgiveness in YA Literature is a good thing. It is not a sign of weakness. It is not a sign of the perpetuation of abuse. It is good. It is healthy. It is a sign of strength. And we need to stop demonizing it.

I love this, and I wanna add one small thing – it’s up to an individual if they want to forgive. It’s not up to someone else to say whether you should or shouldn’t forgive. We, as readers, can resent Tamlin all we want for what he did. But the choice of Feyre (or Rhys!) to forgive him, is up to them. As long as it isn’t demanded or forced, it’s a good thing, and allows them to move forward with their lives.

And yeah, i think that when Rhys went back to Tamlin and made sure that he ate, that was a step towards forgiveness. And I was glad to see it, not only because I really did think he crossed a line in being a dick to Tam, but because of what Susanna said above.