It already tears me apart with how I know that Professor Lovell is actually using Robin, and I have a gut feeling that it won't be for something for the greater good.

aka: how is everyone in these stories just casually running around solving ancient prophecies, falling in love, training for battle, starting rebellions, AND journaling about their trauma... all before dinner??? 😭

like I read ONE fantasy book where the main girl said “I haven’t slept in 4 days” and then proceeded to climb a mountain, fight a demon, write poetry, and fall in love with the enemy prince 😐 ma’am. when was the last time you peed???

NO JOB??? NO RESPONSIBILITIES??? YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE A PART-TIME SHIFT AT THE VILLAGE BAKERY??

bc if I skipped one night of sleep I’d be crying over a slightly rude text and ordering Uber Eats in my pajamas by 11am. She’s out here doing parkour and plotting revolutions. Girl, be so serious.

📚 also let’s talk about how NO ONE EVER HAS TO PACK A BAG???

They’ll be like “we leave at dawn” and just walk into the woods with nothing. No change of clothes, no toothbrush, no snacks, not even chapstick. and then somehow 300 pages later they’re still wearing “the same cloak” and eating “dried meat from their satchel” like ??? FROM WHERE??? IS THE SATCHEL MAGIC???

✨ Book characters really be out here: —living off vibes and vengeance —getting stabbed and being like “I’m fine” —sleeping once a week and waking up “refreshed” —surviving off one (1) apple and a dream

honestly, respect to them but also I’d last 12 minutes in a fantasy novel before crying because I forgot my phone charger 😭

also can we PLEASE address how all these girlies in fantasy books have TIME for love triangles WHILE trying to stop the end of the world?? 💀 like she’s got a cursed dagger in one hand, a prophecy in the other, but her MAIN CONCERN is which morally grey man is giving her ✨more intense stares✨ today

girl. THE KINGDOM IS ON FIRE. FOCUS.

🫠 like sorry but if I’m in a fantasy novel and someone says “we ride at dawn,” I’m saying ride where??? my phone’s at 3%, I haven’t eaten, and my mental stability is hanging on by a ✨vague prophecy✨

you expect me to fight a shadow king on 45 minutes of sleep and one slice of stale bread??? be fr

if I trip over one enchanted root I’m turning around and going home. I don’t care if the fate of the realm is at stake. someone else can be the chosen one. I’m tired 😭 anyway. justice for characters who wanna take a nap instead of overthrowing a kingdom.

#WhyIsNoOneTired #FantasyFictionIsAFeverDream #PackASnackOrPerish #NotTheChosenOneJustChronicallyExhausted #IAmNotBuiltForThisQuest

This seems to be a favourite genre which authors seem to be taking these days. What’s your take on it? Especially when so much of abuse is being normalised in the name of love. :/

This seems to be a favourite genre which authors seem to be taking these days. What’s your take on it? Especially when so much of abuse is being normalised in the name of love. :/

Hi friends! I just got my first big boy job since graduating college in May and it’s really cutting into my reading time. I literally can’t stay awake long enough to read a chapter anymore. Any tips on how to stay locked in and awake (that isn’t caffeine) while reading after a long day.

plotwist after plotwist DAMN (im loving itttt)

I'm enjoying the character elements of this, and how THEY look at the earth and their immediate environment. The more sweeping descriptions are beautiful in prose but somehow flat. Maybe it's because I'm listening to the audio.