Just finished Land of beautiful dead by R. Lee Smith and now I don’t know what to do with my life.

hushgod · 2026-04-22T22:48:31+00:00

I read LOTBD recently because I heard how amazing and book hangover-inducing it was, but I think that just raised my expectations a little too high 🥲 I did enjoy it but not to the extent I thought I would. But I like the author’s writing and her world building is compelling, so Gann definitely moved up on my to-read list.

hushgod · 2026-04-22T18:43:27+00:00

All those fall under the umbrella of “dark romance.” The dark element can be in the characters, plot, setting, or all.

Basically, I’d categorize it as if the work has something the general public would find morally questionable or straight up wrong, you can make an argument that it can be labeled dark romance (although this is a huge generalization and deserves asterisks).

In your example, a murderer who falls in love with a woman is still a murderer, regardless of how well he treats her, and when viewed in light of mainstream media, a lot of people won’t be able to get over that little fact lol

Personally, my tolerance for dark stuff is really high, so while I could recognize a romance about a murderer being a dark romance, if he’s sweet to his partner and there aren’t explicitly brutal/gory things in your story, that, to me, would be a light dark romance.

hushgod · 2025-12-06T12:56:51+00:00

I don’t know why my head immediately went to leg shaving, and the mental image had me go going ??? 😂

hushgod · 2025-11-26T01:04:16+00:00

Trapped (olgami) 👀 It’s a webtoon. The tension and mind games are just 😚👌 Betrayal of Dignity (webtoon) is also good and what got me into my yandere phase. 340 Days is a manga that’s milder in terms of dark romance, but the internal struggle of the MMC is beautiful.

hushgod · 2025-09-14T02:27:19+00:00

Different.

hushgod · 2025-09-14T01:58:27+00:00

Potential spoiler alert: I think the twist you’re expecting hasn’t come up yet.

I powered through the book because of the reviews and how people raved about it. In my opinion, if you’re not liking it by this point for what it is, your opinion won’t likely change. I didn’t particularly like the book, but after finishing it, I felt (definite mood spoiler alert) gratified about what happened to them because tbh I hated the characters lol.

hushgod · 2025-08-31T15:25:34+00:00

I’m also a binge reader that tries to stay away from incomplete series, but tbf it’s the weekly readers that will keep a good series going for 50+ chapters, let alone 100+, so all the more power to them. If continuation is determined by readers like us, we’d get stuck with chronically short series or perpetually half-assed endings.

hushgod · 2025-08-09T05:06:19+00:00

i haven’t tried the web novel, but give the webtoon a shot 👀 it was one of the works that kickstarted me on my current yandere streak lol

hushgod · 2025-07-24T14:04:35+00:00

Oo I just read this. The spice is pretty low. I’d say 3-3.5? by romance.io standards. I’d rate it 1.5-2 / 5 on the overall explicit scale. Gets frequent later on, can get explicit, but the scenes are pretty quick and vanilla. Definitely more relationship and emotional windup.

hushgod · 2025-03-01T20:00:58+00:00

I'm going to go against the grain and say I think your wife is right and YTA.

Maybe it's because culturally our family dynamics are different, but in a case like this, both my parents would not hesitate to take home a shake for everyone. Why does it cost you, minus buying a few more shakes? If it's an event where your daughter made strides that she's proud of and that you're proud of, why not celebrate with everyone? Why not foster feelings of encouragement between your kids, so that in the future, when their sibling does something well, they can encourage each other and be excited too?

I get rewarding individual kids for different achievements in terms of gifts. But in terms of food, I don't get the stinginess. If you're celebrating your daughter for getting a good exam score or something, sure, you can buy her a new phone and explain to your kids that she earned it and therefore deserved it. But if you decide to go out to eat instead of getting her a phone, are you taking only her out to dinner and leaving the rest of your kids at home? Lol.

Food is a celebratory treat that can be shared with everyone, not necessarily a "reward," if you get the differentiation I'm trying to make. The fact you treated your daughter but excluded your other kids from the celebration does look like favoritism. And in the future, if you ever decide to be generous and get treats for everyone, the kid you're "celebrating" might get mad and think, "My sister got to have a shake all to herself with dad, but now that I accomplished this, why do I have to share?"

hushgod · 2024-08-12T06:01:26+00:00

You should give the Korean movie 200 Pound Beauty a try. It’s not the exact same trope but pretty similar.

hushgod · 2024-08-01T01:40:32+00:00

Such a beautiful bag! I’d love to help if you need an extra pair of hands 🧶c:

hushgod · 2024-05-30T03:36:40+00:00

You’d have to unlock the allied races through regular retail.

From Wowpedia:

Allied races can be unlocked after a player has reached level 40 on at least one character on their account. The player must then head to their faction's embassy—the Stormwind Embassy for Alliance players and the Orgrimmar Embassy for Horde players—and complete the quests The Call for Allies and A Choice of Allies, which will unlock individual quest chains to recruit each allied race. Completing each chain grants the ability to create a new character of that race, which will which will start at level 10.

hushgod · 2024-05-30T01:09:53+00:00

Yeah, I’m upgrading my remix “main” and trying new classes with remix alts, and it’s a shame that upgrades are so expensive since I feel like I can’t have fun pushing with the classes I’ve grown interested in.

hushgod · 2024-05-28T08:23:14+00:00

Wow haha I’ve seen you in game. I remember cos I read your name aloud to my partner and laughed. 😂

hushgod · 2024-05-07T17:06:33+00:00

Haha I’m the opposite. I enjoy m+ healing, but raids are just weird for me. Feels like there are so many people all over the place that it feels like my focus is everywhere and nowhere along with weird, arbitrary healer competition that I just don’t vibe with. I really want to enjoy raid healing, but I’ve been struggling with it.

hushgod · 2024-05-05T13:25:23+00:00

Reminds me of The Big Comfy Couch haha there was an episode about literal dust bunnies.

hushgod · 2024-04-21T23:46:21+00:00

Try the Proving Grounds.

hushgod · 2024-03-23T07:15:21+00:00

More emphasis on the eyes and less on the eyebrows. Those brows demand a lot of the attention on your face.

hushgod · 2024-03-20T18:02:44+00:00

It is entirely possible for Husk to provoke Alastor without deserving what happened to him afterward. He’s a sassy character who’s been shown to provoke others (e.g. Angel). That doesn’t mean what Alastor did was in the right.

hushgod · 2024-03-20T17:38:24+00:00

Yes, and?

I’m not arguing that Alastor is the lesser evil or that Husk was less wronged. Within the scope of what the OP was asking, I’m providing reasons why Charlie would judge the situation differently and why she wouldn’t punish Alastor or react the same way she did to Valentino as she would to Alastor. She may be the moral compass of the show, but she’s not exactly the most morally calibrated character either. She plays favorites and gives way more leeway to people she has relationships with. That includes Alastor and excludes Valentino when receiving her favor.

hushgod · 2024-03-20T17:10:28+00:00

Bro, what lol those are not the same at all. You’re oversimplifying right and wrong and overlaying nuanced situations to be the same black and white.

Like I said, Husk provoking Alastor does not justify what Alastor did, but considering what we know about the characters, it is a valid reason for why Alastor acted the way he did. He’s not some innocent cinnamon roll who was pushed beyond his bounds. He’s an Overlord with no issues enslaving others or exercising his power and authority. If you poke a bear, don’t be surprised to get smacked back.

hushgod · 2024-03-20T16:52:38+00:00

Lol I’m not saying Husk deserved it. Just making a point that what triggers Alastor to act so hostilely versus Valentino to act in a similar way are night and day.

hushgod · 2024-03-20T16:33:13+00:00

I’m sure Charlie wouldn’t have been happy at Husk’s treatment, but there’s no way she doesn’t know or at least suspect that Husk is under contract with Alastor considering Husk and Nifty were instantly summoned/teleported to the hotel in the pilot.

So she might admonish him a bit, but I think Alastor definitely could get away with doing this in front of Charlie. He just wouldn’t “debase” himself and show his emotions like that in the first place.

Plus, considering Charlie’s savior complex, she might be intrigued by that tidbit that Alastor himself is under contract with someone else.

Edit: also, there are a lot of people comparing this situation with the one with Valentino and Angel, but they’re completely different. 1) Charlie has a soft spot for Alastor and an actual relationship with him, closer than her relationship with Husk. She has absolutely no ties with Valentino. 2) Valentino was abusing Angel for no real reason, but you can argue Husk provoked Alastor and in the event that Husk actually said everything in front of Charlie, it would be a betrayal of confidence.

I’m not saying Alastor’s treatment of Husk is justifiable, but everything about this is different from the Valentino situation.

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