genuinely there is nothing like the first 48 hours of being insane about a character when you’re washing your eyeballs out with fan art and ripping ao3 apart with your teeth like a hound

“that sounds like a fun phase” almost nothing in my life has ever been a phase. all it takes is a 21-second youtube clip to get me interested in an activity i have not tried in nine years. i store hobbies in my cheeks like a squirrel

nothing like when someone casually asks you about one of your Core Medias in a public setting and then you have to fight for your life to speak in coherent sentences and not get arrested

“are you a fan of - ” you misunderstand me. i am not a fan. i am not a well-adjusted, casual media enjoyer. sports language could never describe how i feel about this fictional topic

bingewatching will never come close to bingereading. there is nothing like blocking out the entire Earth for ten hours to read a book in one sitting no food no water no shower no bra and emerging at the end with no idea what time it is or where you are, a dried-up prune that’s sensitive to light and loud noises because you’ve been in your room in the dark reading by the glow of a single LED. it’s like coming back after a three-month vacation in another dimension and now you have to go downstairs and make dinner. absolutely transcendental

honestly books are so amazing. like here is a big Piece of Information. don’t worry, you will only receive the information one page at a time, slowly, over the course of eight or more hours. you can stop in the middle of this if you want to get a snack or sleep. there is no need to look at a screen. the paper makes nice scratchy sounds. i love you books

“you shouldn’t consume so much silly media! it will influence your work!” i actively try to engage with as many stories as i can in order to improve my own. there is nothing more fun than finding inspiration in other people’s work. if i could eat books i would

i love the reluctantly supportive sorcery mentor. like ok FINE i will exit retirement to help you realize your full untapped potential in the mystic arts. but let me finish pruning my gardenias first

my hottest literary take is that reading the last page of a book first does not ruin the book. it is an insurance policy against the book ruining you

enemies-to-friends-to-enemies is the ideal trope. they hate each other like it’s their job for several years but then they team up once and it sucks. like just kidding you are insufferable I was right the first time