StateOfTheTimes

Steinbeck with Lovecraft behind him



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  1. Public Bookmark 2

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    Fyodor is entranced by the "Beast Beneath the Moonlight" and world's bookmark, but the tiger sees through his sweet words.

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    After taking Atsushi "home," Fyodor reveals his true intentions in courtship to a now freed "Byakko."

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    07 Oct 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Fyodor and Byakko…♡

  2. Public Bookmark *

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    “SecUnit, what’s your favorite smell?” Double ugh. How the fuck was I supposed to answer this without being rude?

    “I like it when there isn’t a smell.” There, that was a positive spin on my negativity, I guess. Maybe I should have lied, though. Everyone in the shuttle was frowning to some degree. Way to bring down the mood, Murderbot.

    “You don’t like any smells?” Iris asked.

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    31 Aug 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    never thought an olfactory fic would be so entertaining

  3. Public Bookmark *

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    It seems like there should be a very neat line, at least for humans, between dead and not dead, but I’ve seen enough messy half-alive humans to know that there is no such clear distinction. I’ve seen bodies that were still breathing despite missing part of their heads, bodies that weren’t breathing despite their owners being fully conscious. I wouldn’t call either option alive. I wouldn’t call either option dead, either.

    For a machine intelligence, the border is even blurrier. It's hard to say which side of it I will stand on when they're through with me.

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    22 Jul 2025

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    secunit dies. things happen. everyone is sad, and then they go necromancer

  4. Public Bookmark 86

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    The first ping that came in was weak in a wobbly sort of way, like its sender wasn't fully out of the wormhole yet. The next was much clearer and sharper, and this one I bothered to return.

    Did you miss me? purred ART.

    No, I said. Get out of my system.

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    09 Jul 2025

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    an illegal amount of fluff

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    I had been incredibly skeptical when Ratthi had sent me ‘Midnight Eclipse.’ I knew what fanfiction was, I had seen it in the more niche entertainment feeds before. Never specifically for Sanctuary Moon, but I'd assumed it existed. That didn't mean I had any actual interest in it, though. When I had first looked at them, I hadn't liked them. The quality varied too much and a lot of them weren't finished, or were really short, or really out of character. And I hated that. I really really hated that.

    This one was different.

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    07 Jul 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    ahahaha my eyes are running