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So approximately two months ago, in a fit of sadness, I watched the gay hockey show in one sitting then fell down an AO3 rabbit hole wherein I read slightly shy of 500 fanfics about it. During this journey I realized that my OTP for this fandom was, in fact, Actual Wet Cat Troy Barrett and Gay Apple Boy Harris Drover, and there just wasn't that much fic about them, specifically. Which... boo. And then I was like, "I could... read their book?"
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So approximately two months ago, in a fit of sadness, I watched the gay hockey show in one sitting then fell down an AO3 rabbit hole wherein I read slightly shy of 500 fanfics about it. During this journey I realized that my OTP for this fandom was, in fact, Actual Wet Cat Troy Barrett and Gay Apple Boy Harris Drover, and there just wasn't that much fic about them, specifically. Which... boo. And then I was like, "I could... read their book?"
#books #booksRead #quiltbag -
So approximately two months ago, in a fit of sadness, I watched the gay hockey show in one sitting then fell down an AO3 rabbit hole wherein I read slightly shy of 500 fanfics about it. During this journey I realized that my OTP for this fandom was, in fact, Actual Wet Cat Troy Barrett and Gay Apple Boy Harris Drover, and there just wasn't that much fic about them, specifically. Which... boo. And then I was like, "I could... read their book?"
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You know you read a thing and you’re like, “Well. Can’t unread that . . .” but also you know exactly the person you’re going to give a rec to? This is that book.
You’re basically going to know if this is the book for you just by reading the blurb and the content warnings, and if they sound like a thing you want to read, you will have a good time. I will say this was more explicit and visceral and fourth-wall-breakingly surreal than I was expecting, and the satire here is not subtle, though nor is it supposed to be. You know JK Rowling when she shows up. Sympathetic characters are also thin on the ground, though the messiness and the cruelty are recognisable and understandable, and you’ve seen them before to some degree or another if you’ve spent any time in queer alt spaces. People also drink piss. It’s that sort of book.
Brainwyrms is not going to be for everyone, but if you’re looking for a messy, visceral, surreal, trans cosmic horror . . . then yes. This.
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You know you read a thing and you’re like, “Well. Can’t unread that . . .” but also you know exactly the person you’re going to give a rec to? This is that book.
You’re basically going to know if this is the book for you just by reading the blurb and the content warnings, and if they sound like a thing you want to read, you will have a good time. I will say this was more explicit and visceral and fourth-wall-breakingly surreal than I was expecting, and the satire here is not subtle, though nor is it supposed to be. You know JK Rowling when she shows up. Sympathetic characters are also thin on the ground, though the messiness and the cruelty are recognisable and understandable, and you’ve seen them before to some degree or another if you’ve spent any time in queer alt spaces. People also drink piss. It’s that sort of book.
Brainwyrms is not going to be for everyone, but if you’re looking for a messy, visceral, surreal, trans cosmic horror . . . then yes. This.
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You know you read a thing and you’re like, “Well. Can’t unread that . . .” but also you know exactly the person you’re going to give a rec to? This is that book.
You’re basically going to know if this is the book for you just by reading the blurb and the content warnings, and if they sound like a thing you want to read, you will have a good time. I will say this was more explicit and visceral and fourth-wall-breakingly surreal than I was expecting, and the satire here is not subtle, though nor is it supposed to be. You know JK Rowling when she shows up. Sympathetic characters are also thin on the ground, though the messiness and the cruelty are recognisable and understandable, and you’ve seen them before to some degree or another if you’ve spent any time in queer alt spaces. People also drink piss. It’s that sort of book.
Brainwyrms is not going to be for everyone, but if you’re looking for a messy, visceral, surreal, trans cosmic horror . . . then yes. This.
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You know you read a thing and you’re like, “Well. Can’t unread that . . .” but also you know exactly the person you’re going to give a rec to? This is that book.
You’re basically going to know if this is the book for you just by reading the blurb and the content warnings, and if they sound like a thing you want to read, you will have a good time. I will say this was more explicit and visceral and fourth-wall-breakingly surreal than I was expecting, and the satire here is not subtle, though nor is it supposed to be. You know JK Rowling when she shows up. Sympathetic characters are also thin on the ground, though the messiness and the cruelty are recognisable and understandable, and you’ve seen them before to some degree or another if you’ve spent any time in queer alt spaces. People also drink piss. It’s that sort of book.
Brainwyrms is not going to be for everyone, but if you’re looking for a messy, visceral, surreal, trans cosmic horror . . . then yes. This.
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“In the earth, air, sea, on the forums and the local council Facebook groups, one truth becomes clear, one truth above everything else, and once you know it you cannot un-know it: it’s getting worse.“
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“In the earth, air, sea, on the forums and the local council Facebook groups, one truth becomes clear, one truth above everything else, and once you know it you cannot un-know it: it’s getting worse.“
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“In the earth, air, sea, on the forums and the local council Facebook groups, one truth becomes clear, one truth above everything else, and once you know it you cannot un-know it: it’s getting worse.“
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“In the earth, air, sea, on the forums and the local council Facebook groups, one truth becomes clear, one truth above everything else, and once you know it you cannot un-know it: it’s getting worse.“