#schnika

Oooh! If you haven’t already, read @shiraglassman‘s books, starting with The Second Mango! They hit literally all of these (except I’m not sure they’re YA? But they’re very fluffy and perfect for YA fans)

Here’s a masterpost of her Mangoverse books (which I don’t think I finished? But I should go back to!!)

Not super happy/fluffy, but a wlw Jewish fantasy that I love is The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen Galford. This one’s out of print so you have to find it used online, but it’s so good!

And for YA fantasy but gay, it’s mlm not wlw (but with amazing female characters) and has friends to lovers (but Its Complicated) - In Other Lands by @sarahreesbrennan. I love how it like, feels like medicine after reading so many YA fantasies that erased me, this one is snarky about typical fantasy worlds, has the bi Jewish narrator calling out every little ridiculous expectation of the universe while the stakes still feel real and important and it’s just so good.

Also not wlw, they’re mlm/mlm adjacent, but for friends to lovers, Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender and the CLASSIC Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

wlw YA fantasy, but not friends to lovers, and not always happy:

Crier’s War and Iron Heart by @ninavarelas - enemies to lovers, so good!! Some of the dialogue between the romantic leads in Iron Heart is just like, cemented in me and makes me yearn.

The Girls of Paper and Fire series by Natasha Ngan (not so happy though lol)

LITERALLY SAME

A big thank you to all the internet friends who met with me in Tokyo during the past week! It was so fortuitous to be in the same place at the same time despite the miles between us usually.

To @nimbus-cloud and @vvlin91 my Kuromyu buddies, to @lost-shounen who helped buy our tickets, and to @isoscelesfish for meeting again after our first Kuromyu adventures in 2013. 

To @schnika, best of luck with your studies you sweet girl you- remember to take breaks and relax and cuddle cats!

To @chasingtheskies it was great to talk about social issues and politics over food!

I know! iit’s such a weird line! the lyrics are actually all pretty damn weird but i love it