Amal El-Mohtar
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Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
I’m sure it has a function that isn’t simply “provide pain” but fucked if I know what it is
…ok I looked it up & that’s pretty important but why the fuck does it have to be such a jerk about it
…ok I looked it up & that’s pretty important but why the fuck does it have to be such a jerk about it
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’m sure it has a function that isn’t simply “provide pain” but fucked if I know what it is
…ok I looked it up & that’s pretty important but why the fuck does it have to be such a jerk about it
…ok I looked it up & that’s pretty important but why the fuck does it have to be such a jerk about it
oh noooo I’m so sorry, the dread knowledge one wishes never to have to learn
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
oh noooo I’m so sorry, the dread knowledge one wishes never to have to learn
Well anyway I REALLY enjoyed that & deeply appreciate with genuine sincerity GDT writing a fanfic ending where VF, rather than giving a name to his creation, makes that creation just repeat his own name back to him
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I had written this hours ago & forgot to post it lol
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I had written this hours ago & forgot to post it lol
Well anyway I REALLY enjoyed that & deeply appreciate with genuine sincerity GDT writing a fanfic ending where VF, rather than giving a name to his creation, makes that creation just repeat his own name back to him
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Well anyway I REALLY enjoyed that & deeply appreciate with genuine sincerity GDT writing a fanfic ending where VF, rather than giving a name to his creation, makes that creation just repeat his own name back to him
Oh I mean in fairness this is textual dumbassery on Victor’s part (but yes agreed)
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Oh I mean in fairness this is textual dumbassery on Victor’s part (but yes agreed)
genuinely gobsmacked at the choice to give Byron the last word here
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
genuinely gobsmacked at the choice to give Byron the last word here
Just gotta speechify about Demographic Threat instead
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Just gotta speechify about Demographic Threat instead
It’s v funny how Victor’s supposed to be such a genius he can bring the dead to life but can’t conceive (as it were) of simply giving the Creature a Companion without a womb
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It’s v funny how Victor’s supposed to be such a genius he can bring the dead to life but can’t conceive (as it were) of simply giving the Creature a Companion without a womb
Absolutely no subtext that shan’t be made text in this beautiful film
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Absolutely no subtext that shan’t be made text in this beautiful film
“You are the monster” L M A O
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“You are the monster” L M A O
lmaoooooo Elizabeth told him to make like a tree so she could fondle a leaf
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
lmaoooooo Elizabeth told him to make like a tree so she could fondle a leaf
me: the stupid gunmen are going to come back & assume he killed the nice old man
Stu: surely not, there are wolf corpses everywhere around —
[movie: proceeds]
Stu: oh
me: -_-
Stu: surely not, there are wolf corpses everywhere around —
[movie: proceeds]
Stu: oh
me: -_-
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
me: the stupid gunmen are going to come back & assume he killed the nice old man
Stu: surely not, there are wolf corpses everywhere around —
[movie: proceeds]
Stu: oh
me: -_-
Stu: surely not, there are wolf corpses everywhere around —
[movie: proceeds]
Stu: oh
me: -_-
[gritting teeth] wolves would simply not behave that way
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
[gritting teeth] wolves would simply not behave that way
…did he… leave the door open when he left, or ….
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
…did he… leave the door open when he left, or ….
(my feelings are following the arc of the book & I appreciate that)
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
(my feelings are following the arc of the book & I appreciate that)
[sobbing] HE JUST WANTS A HUG OH MY GODDDDDD
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
[sobbing] HE JUST WANTS A HUG OH MY GODDDDDD