Me *rereading A Book*: I Hope This Time No Characters Die And Everyone Ends Up Happy! Book:

snape: i loved lily!

harry: you keep using that word

harry: i do not think it means what you think it means

I just want to thank books for being a part of my life

Take creators stepping in and dismissing fan theories and interpretations of their works with a grain of salt. This is a lesson I learned early, from Anne “my vampires aren’t gay and also I might sue you” Rice. 

During the peak of my Vampire Chronicles love, I – at that time, a very petty fifteen-year-old –  set out to underline every single really queer moment in the whole series. Spite aside, I quickly realized that in a series where the protagonist runs away to Paris with clearly his violinist boyfriend, and convinces his next super angsty obviously boyfriend to MAKE A VAMPIRE CHILD WITH HIM to keep said angsty boyfriend from leaving, this was easier said than done. 

I mean, she’s not fully wrong – Lestat’s not gay, he’s very bisexual. Louis and Nicki are both hella gay, though. 

Anyway, I’ve meandered. The point is – creators can say wildly inaccurate things about their works sometimes. Anne Rice went Christian and didn’t want her books to be SUPER FUCKING QUEER anymore. Creators’ views on what they’ve made can change over the years. You never fucking know. 

when snape walks into a room

[Image: A page of a book reading ‘Him. Ah, there he is. That motherfucker. What a tool.’]

who the FUCK told society that depression and awkwardness is cute and adorable

Accurately-titled novels. 

When you finished a task

When you realize how much you still have to do