this is a hero story

“You did,” said Grey. He swallowed, hard. “And you love me. I know that, okay? But that doesn’t change this. That doesn’t change who you are, or what you do, or that I need to stop you. You loving me doesn’t make up for you hating everybody else. You loving me doesn’t make up for you hurting me.”

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Echoes of a Giantkiller (2015)

 “But he asked for me? By name? Okay, Rupert, thanks. I’ll go now.” “See you in class tomorrow?” said Rupert. Jack grabbed a weathered brown knapsack from the hollow beneath his desk, hefting it over a shoulder with a familiar creak of leather. “Sure, ” he said. “Yeah, yeah, of course.” 

"There's a big difference between me and Rupert." She smiled tightly. "I seem perfect because I know it's a way to get what I want, and he tries to be the perfect nephew and hero because he thinks they deserve that from him."

Jack blinked. Laney shrugged.

"He thinks he's letting them down by being human," she said. "And I'm screwing with them by giving them what they want and then doing exactly whatever I want. Think about it."

or: why you should read the leagues and legends by e. jade lomax

almost everyone furiously recommends it to everyone they know — which is a heckuva endorsement

inky’s tumblr is a thing of gold and does it count as fanfic or a headcanon if the author does it?

constant flow of people getting into it in different ways, a bit like discworld – read boy with a scar first and love how canon “feels like fanfic” for beanstalk, or read the trilogy first and be delighted that the author also loves the same fandoms you do with oodles of fanfic to browse, or try the alliance trilogy (in what order? do you read the prequel last, or read chronologically? there are no wrong answers) or one stormy day in new providence

if you’re the kind of person who takes book recs from tumblr, you probably already are the kind of person who will love beanstalk – diversity! fluff! lyrical prose! diverse worldbuilding! a super cool magic system! found family! experiments with nonchronological storytelling and fairytale trop inversion and the ballads and oh, the obituaries

though we be but little we are fierce! – ongoing multichapter fics, innovative thoughtful AUs, adorable slice of life, gorgeous pixel art and digital art and traditional art and gifs edits, a semi-comprehensive wiki (!!!), and a fan narrated audiobook (!!!!!!!) in the works, just to name a few

amazing AU content, especially thoughtful plotty AUs and canon divergences

the fandom overlaps with so many awesome things. really good book and game recs? baking? music? georgie-esque agricultural history and foodways discourse? we’ve got it all

do you love books? and stories? and love? congrats, the author and the narrative loves them too and it Shows

super high reread value means that whenever you need some good fluff or some good crying you can just open up and start again and everyone will cry along with you 

lovable side characters for the type-who-love-to-latch-on-to-a-side-character-and-never-let-them-go and the best part? the author and the narrative love them Just As Much As You Do

the PROSE the QUOTES the INSPO

consistently finding those tumblr posts like “ugh i wish canon was more like fanfic because ___” with reblogs like beanstalk, beanstalk is the canon you’re looking for

the Most Supportive Tumblr users, the Kindest Anons