Calligraphy

Calligraphy (131 words) by The_Lavender_Creator
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ever After High
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Madeline "Maddie" Hatter/Brooke Page
Characters: Brooke Page, Madeline "Maddie" Hatter
Additional Tags: Fluff, Brooke Page is Made of Ink
Summary: Maddie writes.

Marriage Under Moon

Marriage Under Moon (2135 words) by The_Lavender_Creator
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wayward Children Series - Seanan McGuire
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alexis Chopper/Jack Wolcott
Characters: Alexis Chopper, Jack Wolcott, Dr. Bleak (Wayward Children Series), Alexis Chopper's Parents, Jill Wolcott
Additional Tags: The Moors (Wayward Children Series - Seanan McGuire), Marriage Proposal, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Engagement, Blood Magic, kinda. you'll get it

Merge your life with mine.

(Art by Caleb)

Oracle Unleashed

Oracle Unleashed (473 words) by The_Lavender_Creator
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Twilight Series - All Media Types, Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jacob Black/Alice Cullen
Characters: Jacob Black, Alice Cullen
Additional Tags: Long-Haired Jacob Black, Jacob Black Does Not Imprint on Renesmee Cullen, Past Alice Cullen/Jasper Hale, Jasper Hale Is Dead, Fix-It of Sorts
Summary: After the timely death of her mate and the birth of Renesmee, Alice finds herself seeking comfort in the unknowable.

Review: Heartstopper (Full Series)

By Alice Oseman

Heartstopper: Volume One

Or: The one where they meet.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Read: June 24, 2025

Heartstopper: Volume Two

Or: The one where they're at the start of their relationship but I actually like it.

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read: June 24, 2025

Heartstopper: Volume Three

Or: The one where they're in Paris because France is soooooooo romantic in media.

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read: July 03, 2025

Heartstopper: Volume Four

Or: the one with the eating disorder

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Read: July 03, 2025

Bonus Novella (4.5): This Winter

Or: the one where they fight over Christmas

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Read: July 11, 2025

Heartstopper: Volume Five

Or: the one where they have sex

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read: July 11, 2025

Heartstopper: Volume Six

Or: the one where they have more sex, but also a crisis about the fleeting nature of teen relationships.

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read: July 12, 2026

Bonus Novella (6.5): Nick and Charlie

Or: the ending that came out before the actual story, where you can tell it came out first because everyone is out of character.

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Read: July 29, 2025

Review: Olympic levels of misunderstanding. How does someone write their own OCs so out of character? Almost impressive.

Bonus Supplemental Book: The Heartstopper Yearbook

Or: the freebie for my yearly reading goal.

Read: November 10, 2025

Review: This just in: I'm canonically a Charlie

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Pannels I Particularly Liked

From Volume 6

Review: The Confessional

The Confessional by Paige Hender

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to me by Kiara!

A young vampire named Cora finds her faith exploited by her priest, as her search for redemption against her new killer nature leaves her vulnerable to a man with his own blood-soaked agenda. The Confessional explores grooming and exploitation in a really interesting way, but it doesn't explore the juxtaposition between Orville using Cora's romantic feelings for him as a way to leverage her for his use, and the vampiresses in the coven's brothel using men's sexual interest in them as leverage to steal their blood.

The strongest point of the graphic novel comes in the vast amounts of Catholic guilt experienced by Cora and the ways it's visualized. She transforms into a succubus-esque demon form when she feeds, literally feeding the sin she sought out Father Orville in order to escape, and bears a permanent burn of a cross over her heart from continuing to wear it into immortality. Her guilt follows her through every window. However, Cora's guilt isn't exactly resolved, so much as her guilt for acting as an agent of God begins to outweigh the guilt she has for feeding as a means of survival.

The art style was gorgeous, with a few specific elements I really enjoyed. I enjoyed the way bubble-lettered words would flow across a panel for emphasis toward movement, etc., and the comic's lack of fear around nudity. There's no double standard where gore is okay but nudity and sexuality are deemed too explicit on these pages.

In summary, I really liked it! I just think a little more thought could have gone into the religious and moral side of Cora's escape from Father Orville's hold.

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Review: The Janites

The Janeites by Rudyard Kipling (Best known as the author of The Jungle Book)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

"Ammick says what a pity 'twas Jane 'ad died barren. 'I deny that,' says Mosse. 'I maintain she was fruitful in the 'ighest sense o' the word.'"

The Janeites does the invaluable service of showing us that fandom drama has always existed, from modern-day ship wars to old-timey military trials over which Austen character is most reminiscent of which gun in their artillery... And also that there will always be people who want smut in their romance novels.

World War I lands a young man in a military regiment filled with Janeites, who proceed to try to induct him into their fandom. Much of the modern-day fandom practices prevalent online are shown here, though with an obvious lack of fanworks: characters headcanon which of Austen's characters would best equate to which gun they have and then have to defend their choices, speculate the life of Austen while equating her to God (going so far as to refer to her home in Bath as holy ground), and refer to other characters by the names of Austen's characters when they do something like them.

This is an unusual entry in fiction about fictional fandoms/fandom members, mostly due to the fact that it centers around men in a fandom based around a woman's work. There's really nothing quite like it.

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Angelina Ballerina's Invitation to the Ballet

I found a copy of Angelina Ballerina's Invitation to the Ballet today while at Costco, and bought a copy for myself and my niece since her birthday is coming up and she's started ballet lessons (partially due to the fact I, myself, did ballet when I was younger than she is now). I found it incredibly charming, and I'm very happy with the little inserts it comes with. Tactile materials are always appreciated in children's books, of course, and I am going to proudly display my signed Serena Silvertail poster on my walls.

I will say, I'm quite surprised I found this book. Partially because I've never actually seen an Angelina Ballerina book in person, and partially because it was apparently published in 2003. Or, that's what Goodreads claims. But all of the copyright information in the two copies I have purchased are dated to 2025, so what do I know?

With all of that said and done, here is my traditional Goodreads review of the book:

Angelina Ballerina's Invitation to the Ballet by Katharine Holabird
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My review was mostly what I stated above, but I also pointed out how the interactive elements of this book, which come in the forms of letters/cards/etc. mailed to different characters, seems like such a nice way to introduce children to epistolary/multimedia elements in fiction.

I also included some photos:

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Bonus!

On the topic of Angelina Ballerina, here is a video about her and the history of her brand that I quite like, as well as an interview with her illustrator, Helen Craig, that I have re-watched several times. What can I say? I'm a sucker for a little ballerina mouse.