Trope: Scars Are Hot

  • Captive Prince

    Captive Prince

    “This was Vere, voluptuous and decadent, country of honeyed poison” Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos. But when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the prince of an enemy nation as a pleasure slave.

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  • The Barbarian’s Bride Vol. 1

    The Barbarian’s Bride Vol. 1

    “Just kill me!” These are the words of Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West. After being defeated in a war with the East, she has become a prisoner of the barbarians! What awaits the captive Serafina is a life of revenge, torture, and humiliation… or so she thought! What she is

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  • The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting #1-4

    The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting #1-4

    Tooru Kirishima is 28 years old and the wakagashira of the Sakuragi Group. He’s known as “The Demon of the Sakuragi Group” because he uses his position as a yakuza as an excuse to do whatever he wants. But one day, he ends up in charge of his boss’s daughter?! An independent young lady and

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  • Deadman Wonderland Vol. 1-13

    Deadman Wonderland Vol. 1-13

    After a powerful earthquake nearly destroyed all of Tokyo, a prison known as Deadman Wonderland rose from what was left of the city. Privately-run through the guise and functions of a theme park, Deadman Wonderland takes in prisoners from all over Japan, using them as attractions for tourists. Little do the public know about the

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  • The Unsinkable Ship of Fools

    The Unsinkable Ship of Fools

    Fuck Capitalism and then Fuck Each Other The author lives that pure anarchist punk life and fuck, dude, I honestly think that they got it right. All those pretty ideals that psuedo punks, wishful punks, talk about. Those little touches that bring it in and make it vibe. This is full-on an anarchist sex train

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  • Darlin’

    Darlin’

    This is a short werewolf story and gods, it’s gorgeous. The linework is nice, and the main characters are great. And finding out that there’s a greater story descended from this one??? AUTHOR’S NOTE:This comic functions as a spiritual (rather than canonical/chronological) predecessor to my current long-form comic, DARLIN’ AND HER OTHER NAMES. This original comic is a loose

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  • Nobody

    Nobody

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    My parents went nuts trying to get me to watch this ASAP. My dad says that it’s one that he can’t stop watching if it happens to come up on TV. I’ll call it a suburban John Wick, playing itself straight and yet knowing precisely what it is. I’ll just toss out this scene here.

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  • Fourth Wing

    Fourth Wing

    WE GET IT YOU THINK HE’S HOT AND WANT TO BOINK HIM, I GET IT, I GET IT, I GET IT, PLEASE THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE FOR FIVE SECONDS

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  • World’s End Blue Bird #1-2

    World’s End Blue Bird #1-2

    gay boys bang in the dystopian apocalypse

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  • Beast Master #1 & #2

    Beast Master #1 & #2

    A childhood favorite… love these two…

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Welcome to the Menagerie.

Here is where M logs their media activity. Partly because Goodreads is forgettable and keeping physical logs is harder. Sometimes M writes a lot. Sometimes M doesn’t write enough. It doesn’t matter. This is just a for-fun little blog so that M can remember what they thought about whatever they watched or read or played or. Whatever.


What is M?

I read. Voraciously. I have subscriptions to those book things on digital retailers. I consume books at nearly all hours. The hours I don’t spend reading? I’m writing. I’m drawing. I have a problem. I have a problem in that I love to read things that are in the same vein repeatedly. Book journals don’t work and as much as I text my friends screenshots of book passages, it doesn’t scratch the itch. Now I’m going to be doing… tiny… tiny book reports.


Truck-Kun Kill Count:


Books & Light Novels Read in 2025: 19/50
38%
Comics Read in 2026: 39/200
19%
Physical Owned Books Read: 477/830
58%


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