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blah blah blah something about me realising that a lot of actors of colour only do comedy films/tv shows??? like if this is their choice and what they want to do, great! but is it just me or is there a lack of like drama or other 'serious' genres ft. actors of colour?

i just finished rewatching jennifer's body after so many years, and wow, i didn't think i'd enjoy it half as much as i did before. actually, i think i might like it more now.

Happy to announce that my adult fantasy novels are now repped by @palindrometodd.bsky.social!After all I’ve been through in this industry, it’s lovely to have an agent whose vision & faith make me excited to dive back in & fight for my gaysian characters 🏳️‍🌈🥳 Can’t wait to see what we do together!

tequila. i've only ever done shots but to date, i think about the smell and want to throw up!

also, don't recommend the random glass of champagne after you've been doing shots either. that can mess you up 😂

YIKES. but also seconding tequila. can never get that smell out of my head, even just after shots!

truly off the beaten path 😂

does tumblr count for that time period? otherwise, livejournal, fanfiction.net forums, bebo, and myspace!

On its 4th anniv, I'm reposting for bsky my most popular Twitter thread: a defense of the "inactive protagonist," which birthed the essay below, in exactly the way it was written.

But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.

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this looks amazing, congratulations!!!

it changes so quickly like why are they showing me prank videos now 😭😭😭

just started reading THE SEQUEL by jean hanff korelitz and wow my imposter syndrome is peaking in a yellowface kind of way but i can't stop reading 😂

- rated t for trauma
- ghost autism, regular autism
- everyone is gay
- hey look! it only took them 100k to kiss!
- open wide here comes the angst plane! weee
- despite all this, an underlying theme of hope
- target audience: me

#author

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anytime! can't wait for the sequel!

started watching john wick.

i get it now, what people were saying about the dog.

okay i set it. looks like i'm committed.

anytime! i wish i could go back to the person i was as i was reading it ❤️

ooh yeah don't vibe with carrots either!

it's been *checks notes* 15 hours since the year started and i already need to set my 2025 reading goal okay

happy new year!

omg this is me and dhal! my mum will always tell me that you can't even tell, but i don't care how well she's mashed it, i can TELL!

i've been told it's a neurodivergent thing honestly

oh yeah wow mushrooms is definitely a staple in a lot of vegetarian dishes. don't know if i could do no mushrooms LMAO

yeah i also don't like samosas much either so i'm really screwed lol

sorry, no. don't even think we know how to use the word correctly

absolutely refuse to eat dhal which makes me a total pariah as both south asian and a vegetarian 😂

fave reads of 2024 1. eye of the ouroboros, megan bontrager 2. redsight, meredith moorning 3. race to the sun, rebecca roanhorse 4. original twin, paula gleeson 5. the murders of molly southbourne, tade thompson 6. happiness falls, angie kim 7. all the rage, courtney summers 8. waking fire, jean louise 9. rust and stardust, t. greenwood 10. it, stephen king 11. baby teeth, zoje stage 12. the butcher of the forest, premee mohamed 13. i'm the girl, courtney summers 14. an education in malice, s.t. gibson 15. stone cold fox, rachel koller croft

1. accidental demons, clare edge 2. the girl with no reflection, keshe chow 3. feeding the monster, anna bogutskaya 4. the scarlet throne, amy leow 5. the queen, nick cutter 6. model home, rivers solomon 7. the wilderness of girls, madeline claire franklin 8. in a dark mirror, kat davis 9. we used to live here, marcus kliewer 10. saints of storm and sorrow, gabriella buba 11. mirrored heavens, rebecca roanhorse 12. the eyes are the best part, monika kim 13. bury your gays, chuck tingle 14. the dark we know, wen-yi lee

cataloguing my fave reads of 2024 to snip off the end of the year!

stats include:
— 90 books read in total (7 were beta reads)
— horror and fantasy dominated, but shouldn't have expected anything different considering ✨ me ✨

here's to an even creepier, more horrific (in reading habits, of) 2025!

great selection! especially SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN!

the problem with planning for edits in one of my fifty-gazillion notebooks is when i can't actually read my own writing anymore 😂

and the inevitable weird stare and "it's not that deep" well it's deep to ME

oh yeah, the worst thing is watching a TV show or a movie that i am hyperfixating on and having no one around who actually gets it there and present to hear me bitch

it's like you don't know me at all 😌