My first 10 books of the year includes my first time reading Omegaverse (and it's still Reylo)

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[@ladygrace7585]

Who knew that the 1933 Cuban Revolution would lead to Cindy reading published Reylo Omegaverse 🤭

[@withcindy]

history or HERstory?

[@MusicFromAnotherTime]

THEMstory

[@junehoneycrisp]

omegaverse gaining popularity outside of fanfics feels so illegal it's like exposing ourselves to the world 💀

[@withcindy]

the straights have taken over as well

[@AllTheArtsy]

outside of fanfic and outside of m/m -- that should not have been allowed !!! 😵

[@throwbackpoet8598]

I’d never read Omegaverse fanfic so watching the Thai drama PitBabe felt like a fever dream, but at least it was M/M as I’m assuming the Omegaverse gods intended.

[@definitelynotashark1799]

This is such a wild blast from the past I can't even

[@starxvssv]

Fr

[@Politoed89]

i am not indigenous but as someone with both a degree in psychology and a history in therapy, if my therapist told me that any sexual trauma i went through was "related to my looks", i would do something that would get me institutionalized i am so serious

[@withcindy]

And u would be so valid for that

[@Jahan_MP4]

"I have never met anyone that looks more Native than you" I literaly don't have words anymore lol

[@withcindy]

Ya . ......

[@Lesyaaaaaaa]

Ppl love saying shit like that... some white cop mistook me for a missing woman on THE HIGHWAY OF TEARS. I was just walking my dog. We didn't even look that similar 😅 I told my mom about it and she was like at least someone thinks you look native lmaoooo... Thankfully that girl was alive lol she was just in Vancouver or something

[@Nothereforit174]

@@LesyaaaaaaaI think it’s because so many people now are white Natives who won’t just say that comfortably instead of pretending they’re the same as other Natives(who enjoy less safety when they leave the res or their homes,are more vulnerable to racism, and tbh may see some ugly history in the faces of white Natives that’s worse if they’re not forthcoming). So then it’s like okay friend, but you’re the random white person too when I see you too😅😂, like no one should say they don’t look Native, but they could also get real about their heritage instead of hiding behind the cloak that whiteness affords where everyone is willing to let them take on any ethnicity they claim like a blank canvas. Black Natives can’t do that and are shunned with a harder time registering because until recently no one even kept good records for Black people, so it’s like a lot of people grow up with the language and culture of their tribe just to be told they don’t count because of blood quantum or insufficient ancestry references. SMH. then there’s just people who don’t realize Natives aren’t all the same skin color, hair style, dress or whatever they’re expecting I get told I don’t look Black which I realized is people’s way of saying I don’t fit there stereotypes(eye color is unique in general and I have long hair) about Black identity because Black is a race and doesn’t tell them my background which is fairly mixed and I have no qualms about just as I’m proud to be Black(and I identify as first because that’s my culture and the way I’m generally seen but I don’t forget my Native and European roots for example). I just remind them Black comes in variations just like our ancestors did from the beginning when they were bought here. If you’re mixed-I only mentioned the possibility since you said no one ever takes you for Native so it made me consider you might be a white Native, and if it’s no hate if so -you could just own it and let people know colonization means some Natives have complex backgrounds so there’s no certain look for everyone. Or give them the old variations speech, just for different reasons than me😂

[@Elinye]

TIL a Reylo Omegaverse fic got published mainstream and now I’m staring at the wall.

[@withcindy]

history is happening

[@RedRoseWhite]

The author got booted from the Reylo fandom for problematic depictions of POC, we don’t claim her anymore.

[@ajlorentz]

@@RedRoseWhiteomg. Can you tell me what to look for? I kind of like both of their books

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Cindy and the Reylo fandom is the new arc on the channel and we’re here to study it.

[@withcindy]

even my agent is a reylo fan and reps reylo authors like ali hazelwood!!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@withcindy You’re in the Omegaverse

[@RedRoseWhite]

The Reylos divorced Lana Ferguson, she was booted from the fandom for malfeasance and we’re not buying or boosting her books.

[@christianevrye]

Thank you for being inclusive by saying "study" rather than "enjoy" 😂 Interesting for sure. Anything else??? idk

[@abrosal]

​@@RedRoseWhite What's the tea?

[@macestarlet7464]

I’ve always thought omegaverse was an excuse to write mpreg, so seeing it in a straight context blew my mind

[@forest_green]

Same. It's like sacrilege.

[@cidevant002]

It was. It literally started from queen ships. Straight people appropriating so much that they straightwash our fanfic tropes.

[@superbrats]

exactly! unless you're going to write a female alpha there's no point to straight omegaverse imo

[@BeryliaCrystalia]

@@superbrats THIS !

[@maevem316]

It's fully just a world created to facilitate gay sex, turning it into straight porn is tragic

[@TheFlowerbeast]

Middle school me had to hide the fact that I read omega verse fics and now it's officially a published genre

[@withcindy]

wow u were ahead of ur time

[@definitelynotashark1799]

RIGHT? We were in the trenches, 2024 girlies will never understand

[@starxvssv]

Fr

[@hippie1325]

@@definitelynotashark1799The fanfiction trenches 😂

[@MeMyshelfAndI]

The reason for all the ballroom parties in HOSAS is that it's a Twelve Dancing Princesses retelling, lmao.

[@withcindy]

omg big if true

[@MeMyshelfAndI]

@@withcindy (HORAR is a very different vibe while still within the gothic + romance genre. It was one of my fav reads last year)

[@awildtaraappeared]

​@MeMyshelfAndI I could not imagine reading this book without knowing it was a twelve dancing princesses story retelling, I totally get Cindy's confusion about the balls

[@keychilde]

Ha, I came here to say this too. 🤭

[@LordRRR]

@@withcindy welcome cindy iam from egypt your channel is so good

[@nospellcheck]

Not the patient being dead 😭 yeah I got a feeling he wouldn’t have greenlit that at all

[@withcindy]

RIGHTTTTTT like... i am side eyeing

[@laurenhulmes353]

12:49 as a future counselor…I’m legit speechless with what this therapist has said to her clients (which is, in my opinion, extremely unethical)…and to then PUT IT IN A BOOK? 😪 Edit: yeah, I don’t trust her either wtf!!!!

[@withcindy]

BOMBASTIC SIDE EYE!!!

[@angelaaas7610]

Same! I was listening to those things and thinking "those are the kind of things we are taught NOT to do/say" wth 😭

[@cryforhelp7270]

Lol, in middle school I went to my school counselor because I was depressed. I'm legally blind and my eyes are a bit wonky, so when I mentioned I was sad, she asked "Is it because of your eyes?". I was stunned, to say the least and went "No... What's wrong with my eyes?" think I became more insecure after that. Sorry if this seems unrelated, the therapy book you were talking about and how the therapist implied that it was because of the patient's looks reminded me of it.

[@withcindy]

OMGGGG i hate therapists who act outta pocket like that bc we are already so vulnerable lol

[@cryforhelp7270]

​@@withcindy Luckily I've gotten a really good therapist recently! No more counselors making me feel guilty or ashamed of myself LMAO hopefullllly

[@Nothereforit174]

Ableism and fear that she projected without considering that your lives can be different and fulfilling because you simply learned to live in ways that suit your own needs. I hope your journey with your new therapist is much more affirming, safe, and makes you feel like you don’t need to cry for help ❤ I’m gonna say something and as someone with ADHD, this is how I relate to people so if it’s off, please consider me learning too, my brain doesn’t do empathy the same and I connect with people by trying to draw connections. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t so I like to be honest and vulnerable about that before I share something with someone else disabled. But your eyes, you called them wonky and then I felt bad for you. It’s hard to get tone online and I already take things literal though so maybe you didn’t mean it serious😅but just in case I wanted to say having unsteady eyes or misaligned eyes is more common than you may be aware of! People like me with astigmatism have it. I don’t focus well on objects and my eyes move rapidly: up and down, in circles and so on. People used to think I was nervous in middle school before I got my glasses because I would open my eyes really wide to see and they seemed “jumpy”. Tbh I did have anxiety but that didn’t help me hide it lol. Then I got injured a couple years back(still dealing with it in PT) and learned that can affect eye movement too because my classes no longer made eyes steady. But injured people like me who have lost their internal balance are everywhere, people with general walking disabilities, etc I guess it just helped me to know ability is on a spectrum and everyone is disabled at some point due to age but often before due to injury(and the healing process), neurodivergence(including depression and anxiety which are common and not always chronic/can be situational), and even after pregnancy(most moms don’t get pt to recover their pelvic floor on top of weekends bones and teeth from babies taking half their calcium which makes them vulnerable to bone related conditions later and losing teeth early). Looking at being disabled like that made me realize I don’t need to feel very insecure because my needs and accommodations are just my own and someone else’s are theirs and as more people realize this, people will get less judgemental and healthier(one of many adults who thought they were just flawed but have a difference in brain development due to ADHD and had been beating myself up for not being able to do things the same as when I was younger-didn’t realize it’s because I had more oversight then). I guess I’m just saying you’re not the problem, the world is anytime someone judges you or you encounter places that don’t account for a range of human existence by being accessible 😊

[@justadeadinsideghost4111]

Nobody ever forgets their first omegaverse

[@withcindy]

u never forget ur first xoxo

[@justadeadinsideghost4111]

​@@withcindy mine was a jungkook x v fanfiction. fun fact im not a bts fan

[@junehoneycrisp]

​@@justadeadinsideghost4111lmao the bts omegaverse fics truly were EVERYWHERE like even as an army I was overwhelmed

[@starxvssv]

​@@justadeadinsideghost4111not bts 😭

[@lowkeyayokai]

i unfortunately forgot mine ‘cause i read so many that the stories just merged into one giant blob of omegaverse. thooo one of my first ones was a webcomic love is an illusion ‘cause the artstyle looker interesting 😭😭💀

[@SocarellaDeToussaint]

Beyonce's act iii will be an audiobook called Ice Planet Beybeyrian

[@withcindy]

WOULD TOTALLY STREAM

[@zoo8985]

the therapsit book was giving me major ickk it lowkey sounds white saviour

[@withcindy]

it did feel exploitative

[@otakulys]

Finding the right therapist is REALLY freaking hard, but that part where she said the thing about his looks hits hard. I was talking about my own complicated childhood trauma, because it wasn't violent which actually created intimacy issues for me. My therapist at the time SERIOUSLY said to me, "Well, maybe you actually liked it and just felt bad later." These people need training on this topic. I would have assumed it would just be an important part of their training to get licensed, but apparently not. I wish I'd walked out too. I think I was way too patient with her for saying something so disgusting and out of bounds.

[@withcindy]

WTFFFFFFFF OMG I CANT BELIEVE UR THERAPIST SAID THAT I HOPE U NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN

[@otakulys]

@@withcindy Sadly I kept seeing her for like five months before I finally ended it. Yay for women being socially conditioned to tolerate BS! But thank you, I know way better now. I just wish people like that didn't have access to vulnerable individuals.

[@dreamsmyth7]

the reylos do not get to take credit for omegaverse, it's the supernatural fandom that's responsible for it and the roots are in star trek of course

[@withcindy]

but do the reylos get credit for making it mainstream in traditional publishing?

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Pro-Tip for dealing with therapists: Very chummy and respectable and rational ❌ Being unhinged and acting out ✅

[@withcindy]

its what i pay them for

[@hippie1325]

I had to explain what knotting was to a friend a week ago and saw the light leave her eyes. That’s how I felt listening to Cindy explain it back to me.

[@withcindy]

Ur welcum

[@kaamn1829]

@@withcindy :'(

[@anaistshiunza3486]

The omegaverse takes over on traditionally published books that are also heterosexual romance just baffles me so much! Like this is such a fanfic/ mlm mangas to me, how that happened ?! The memoir on the open marriage that failed sounds so much like an 'I am the a*hole' reddit post genuinely made laugh 🤣🤣 We (I mean, me and me, foremost) need a video on it

[@mauratyson9580]

The title saying you read reylo omegaverse and I 100% thought you were talking about Bride. The fact that multiple books fit that description is WILD

[@briosoh140]

bride isn’t reylo but i was rlly hoping she was talking about it

[@mauratyson9580]

@@briosoh140 at this point I just assume that every book Ali Hazelwood writes is reylo tbh

[@elinamakela8435]

​@@mauratyson9580 I understand Ali Hazelwood has also written Dramione? 😅 As have many other published Reylo writers. I have never even seen the Star Wars movies (🙈) but the significant overlap between the fandoms is urging me to try Reylo 😂

[@OlikGer]

The excerpt you read about the conundrum of abuse reminds me of a saying frequently heard among Russian women about police ignoring calls and reports from dv victimes ‘did he k..ll you already? No? The police will come when he does’. A very rough concept to hear from teen years

[@farheenw848]

Turning your hard drive not working and losing data into a sponsorship opportunity Such a vibe

[@withcindy]

Exactly... So I can afford another hard drive

[@MichelleGrondine]

i feel like people need to actual read books like polysecure, polywise, ethical slut etc and like study what an open relationship actually involves and get a therapist who specializes in navigating open relationships; kind of like what you were saying about having a therapist who understands unspoken cultural differences

[@withcindy]

yea i have no clue where this str8 couple found their counselor bc if i had been their therapist i would have been like gurl.....

[@elinamakela8435]

Yes I wish people read Polysecure instead of these kinds of misrepresentative books that are created to make the straight monogamists to glutton with the shock value and feel good about themselves (and undoubtedly this forwards the right wing Christian agenda).

[@cheyennekchua]

The WAY I keep getting ads for omegaverse stories....it's haunting us everywhere, Cindy 😅✋

[@withcindy]

there are ads for it?!

[@cheyennekchua]

@@withcindy unfortunately.... Yes

[@Cexxiii]

the reylo fans and omegaverse go hand in hand like a fucked up dinner

[@withcindy]

and we will be eating

[@ziizii.]

was about to sleep but the title is so intriguing

[@withcindy]

clickbait works

[@GorloftheMonth]

I only watch Cindy’s monthly reviews to see her go “it was good, BUT…”

[@withcindy]

tale as old as time

[@hippie1325]

I did not have “straight omegaverse professionally published” on my 2024 bingo card ☠️ Some people had never read gay fanfiction before Bride had come out and it shooooooooowed 👀

[@stormborn23]

At this point, the furry allegations aren't allegations anymore 💀 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR NEXT EMILY WILDE REVIEW THO EDIT: At first, I couldn't picture ReyLo authors also being into Omegaverse but then I remembered Chewbacca exists.

[@withcindy]

maybe they just like BIG BUFF MEN... with knots

[@JulieTheReader]

I feel like there’s a random wolf man in the first Star Wars movie. Make Kylo Ren a… [searches ‘cantina wolf man’ in a private tab]… Shistavanen, you cowards.

[@KeylahJooste-gj8rs]

I don't even think ANYONE should go to a therapist that says that someone SA'ed you because of your looks. What kind of therapist SAYS that? It's times like these where I realise why some people are so distrusting of therapists, because so many therapists aren't properly educated on things like race and LGBTQ+ issues. My one therapist straight up purposefully misgendered and deadnamed my brother for a whole session, and we know it was purposeful because she told him that she was trying a "necessary procedure"

[@withcindy]

i have heard so many awful therapist stories and it makes me very reluctant about the trial and error process of finding a new one as well :(

[@KeylahJooste-gj8rs]

@@withcindy I can understand that. It's strange how easy people make it seem to trust your therapists, when ultimately, they are still another person that can have bias and prejudice. Maybe we should be a bit more unapologetically skeptical like that first patient in the memoir :_)

[@natsuotho]

8:35 Not the star spangled banner 😭💀

[@AllTheArtsy]

Cindy. Can't avoid Reylo to save her life! 😅

[@withcindy]

my literary agent is a reylo too and reps reylo books

[@KawaiiWonderland311]

omg i read the fake mate through the audiobook….him chanting ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA got me crying 😭😭😭

[@withcindy]

LOL YEAH

[@AnitaSleap1080z]

My sister first learned of omegaverse from a sweet anime called Tadaima, Okaeri or something, and they had alphas and omegas. It follows one gay couple raising a child together, but the society treats omega males like 2nd class citizens. They have a literal status identified by paper.

[@angep1]

I think a book published from a therapist about her real patients is really unethical, especially without their permission, even if they are anonymous.

[@withcindy]

i think if they get permission it's fine but i'm side eyeing the fact that one of her patients is DEAD and cant give consent

[@aluminagirl]

what's even the point of a straight omegaverse??

[@oasis_0693]

never thought we’d have to thank reylos for getting an omegaverse story published

[@withcindy]

they are the gateway

[@citlalialvarado666]

I love Giovanni's Room, it's such a beautiful yet tragic story, like literally from page one is filled with so much nostalgia and as you go on you already know it's not gonna end well but still keep going because the story is worth it. One of my favorite parts is at the end, the conversations he has with his fiancé and the way she is so torn, I feel for that woman. Everything in this book lives rent free in my head.

[@heatherbocks]

James Baldwin’s writing is just so incredible!

[@Rachelw]

I really liked House of Salt and Sorrows. The vibes were so good. I don't remember that many balls happening lol. I feel like I remember it as a montage of the sisters wearing out their shoes while dancing. Also I loved Nettle and Bone, and Emily Wilde.

[@withcindy]

U def like the cozy fantasies I see!!

[@Rachelw]

@@withcindy I do ☺️

[@michenry8]

reylo always at the scene of the crime 😭

[@Hollea]

Ah yes, a wonderful list of highs and Rey-los 👀

[@withcindy]

so the usual

[@nailah1800]

I've had to physically restrain myself from reading emily wilde's map of the otherlands to make the wait for book 3 shorter and this is NOT helping I am gnawing at the bars of my enclosure I need more of them NOW 😭😭😭‼️‼️

[@maddy-books]

Read it!!! It's amazing!! Also make a netgalley profile for the 3rd, it was very easy for me to get both the 1st and 2nd book as advanced reader copies. I don't have a big following at all on goodreads, mainly just family and friends.

[@withcindy]

read it!! enjoy ur life!!

[@erinhansen1857]

They’re so good. You should read them!

[@ikigaime3158]

Literally the funniest youtuber on here istg got me giggling the entire video

[@withcindy]

hehe ty bb

[@elenaangulo4397]

Cindy, I read a book similar to good morning monster, it's also about a psychologist and some of her patients and it's called maybe you should talk to someone. I really liked it, I feel like you may enjoy it more than good morning nonster too, the cool thing is that is not just the patients stories, the author also puts some of her own personal path with her mental health, if you want to read something similar but better yo can try it 😬

[@withcindy]

I really liked that one!

[@scottmacconnell592]

I need my library to pick up some of this unhinged omegaverse content

[@awildtaraappeared]

i love nettle and bone and im so glad you enjoyed it, every t kingfisher book is like a warm hug for me and nettle and bone is the epicenter of her cozy fiction

[@antoniav.w.3082]

Omg I was waiting for your review on Emily Wilde! Honestly my favorite new series Also the therapist saying he got assaulted „because of his looks“ is literally another version of „her skirt was too short” what the hell😭 Reminds me of my therapist saying that I need to forgive myself for being sexually assaulted as if it was my fault lol

[@waytoomanyeyes8541]

it's interesting considering how much of omegaverse in fanfiction is like, not about a straight couple, but all these mainstream published omegaverse works seem to be het. got some feelings about that ngl. the dynamics in omegaverse i think do wonderfully in examining non-"normative" relationship types, i dont know if i would be interested in reading something that was just alpha-man, omega-woman (though to be fair i dont know if thats exactly how these published omegaverse works are portraying it)

[@roibenr]

A lot of omegaverse (at least the ones in my fandoms, so there may be differences) play up gender and social roles and project them onto male characters, almost in a strange reflection of real world femininity/masculinity. I don't think it's strange for that to then be simplified to f/m romance, esp when they're trying to market to a traditional romance audience who wouldn't think to pick up a more queer book. I'm really hoping this does lead the way into more queer stories and honestly, wouldn't be surprised if Omegaverse led the publishing revolution to more mainstream queer couples.

[@yeetme3387]

great video as always!! every time thar i watch these book reviews that you do i end up adding some books to my "to buy list", great commentary, ate🤞😋

[@forgottentime6787]

I really enjoy the pre-TikTok Cindy v post TikTok Cindy lmao I’m living for this

[@frongsi536]

This was so much fun, thanks Cindy!

[@withcindy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@leianx269]

What perfect timing! I could enjoy more of your book wrap-ups before sleeping :]

[@withcindy]

hope u have a good rest bb

[@literatimedium]

I always enjoy your commentary! Thanks for reviewing these books.

[@withcindy]

ur welcome!!

[@chokachoka1134]

Man I love the variety of your books and what u read

[@withcindy]

ty i try to have variety

[@therealmermaid12]

I literally love your hair!!!

[@withcindy]

thank you!!

[@starvingartist3155]

Literally finished Giovanni's room yesterday!! I loved it so much!

[@withcindy]

I'm so glad!

[@valentinaluu2049]

Omg yay I've been looking forward your review of Emily Wilde #2! I read the first book because of your glowing recommendation and I absolutely loved it. The second book was even better in my opinion!

[@withcindy]

Yay! Thank you! I could read multiple books about these two

[@williamelliott186]

Yes cindy!! Give us more of more!!

[@withcindy]

Will do

[@industrialsunflower]

So happy to hear that you liked Emily Wilde's second book! I picked both books last month since you recommended the first one and it was such a nice surprise how much I liked the narrative voice and the romance between the leads. I also loved how the second book used lots of "breadcrumbs" left in the footnotes of the first one.

[@CarolinaHeza]

I always love your reviews. They're so entertaining and to the point. i wish I could be that funny in my next life... right

[@plaguedoctor2882]

Have never skipped one of your ads even if I have no intention of buying anything, get that bag, Cindy!!!

[@withcindy]

Yay! Thank you!

[@bunny_koo]

These past days I’ve just been rewatching you and your gf’s reactions to heartsopper it’s been the ultimate serotonin for me 🤧❤️

[@withcindy]

awwww im gonna share this comment with her!!

[@bunny_koo]

@@withcindy aww ily two sm!! 🥹💕

[@withcindy]

@@bunny_koo she said awww she loves u too and that's so sweet 💖💞☺️

[@bunny_koo]

@@withcindy omg no way I’m going to go cry tears of joy now 😭😭🥹🥹

[@pleasedtoreadyou]

i love that you're still on your Ice Planet Barbarian journey 😬

[@Sh3rrr]

Interesting selection of books. The example from the therapist mentioning his looks after what he told her was super weird. If I read books about mental health I usually check reviews first to see if some things stand out, because of the times I read some motivational/ health books which suddenly went to Christian conspiracy theories or suddenly felt like being accusatory towards neurodivergence.

[@addyjoy3]

The Emily Wilde books are some of my favorites lol I started reading the first book last year and I swear the book was written exactly for me, it's got all my favorite things in books :)

[@saramm3765]

I like Nettle & Bone but I like the way you described it even more.

[@withcindy]

hehe ty

[@chaerryplum]

you uploaded on my bday ! hehe i’m so happy ❤

[@withcindy]

Happy birthday!!

[@chaerryplum]

@@withcindy thank uuu ! your videos have really helped me esp when i’m going through hard times. i will always look forward to you uploading 🫶

[@mallorymcmahon7309]

I listened to Not That Bad as an audio book on my drives from North Carolina to see my partner who lives in DC, and I had to pull over once because I got so emotional. One of the best books I've ever read it is so cathartic to read as a survivor. I think everyone should read it regardless of their gender or relation to rape culture.

[@withcindy]

yes i agree!!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

8:51 12 Sisters? Reminds me of ‘Barbie and The 12 Dancing Princesses’.

[@withcindy]

gasp an adaptation perhaps?

[@itsviet-erica4632]

They’re both adaptations of the (12) Dancing Princesses fairytale!

[@LexVexation]

I love T.Kingfisher so much! Her Paladin romantasy/mystery series is so fun

[@withcindy]

She's a great writer!

[@questionstar]

The Saint of Steel books are my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE romantasies and I'm looking forward to more, I also recommend Swordheart to my friends so much I'm super annoying about it lmao

[@octavia_dreaming]

I just started the Ice Planet Barbarians, BECAUSE OF YOU! And it’s my comfort read in between heavier reads. I just finished LEGENDBORN and BLOODMARKED and they sent me into a dark place. But I’m laughing out loud at these blue alien dudes. I’m still on the first book though. I thought I’d drop the series after that but everyone is saying that it gets even better. 😂😂😂

[@junkin456]

i love when cindy s talking about very fanfic adjacent things that are new to her, i immediately feel like that gif with a smoking duck

[@MusicByLIFE]

Thanks for using my song at the end! 🫶

[@02kircher]

I can't tell if I want to read or not. However, I agree with all the points you brought up during that section of the video.

[@lenani9143]

I‘m not seeing a comment on it yet: A little context for House of Salt and Sorrow - it’s a 12 Dancing Princesses retelling 😄 That explains the many siblings and the amount of ballroom dances

[@withcindy]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh !!!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

6:02 What a book to follow up with. Variety is the spice of life, they say.

[@withcindy]

i like having a balance

[@bunny_koo]

Cindy i really love your album reactions! I hope you’ll consider reacting to the new taylor album when it drops like how you did to midnights with elias 🥺

[@withcindy]

i feel like my reactions are so lukewarm and boring tho!! im glad at least 1 person enjoys it LOL

[@bunny_koo]

@@withcindy no they are not!! I really love listening to your opinions on things and what you like and don’t like!! Everyone has different opinions and i love listening to yours!! I watched your reaction to sour too and wished you had done one for GUTS and have been waiting for a chance to be able tell you how I would love if you did more of those!! Wow i’m rambling like a fangirl I’ll stop now 😭😂

[@withcindy]

@@bunny_koo aww ur so kind ty 💖🥺 I feel bad that my reactions r lukewarm for T-swift but I should've done one for guts cuz that album was so fun!! All American b is still my most played hehe

[@bunny_koo]

@@withcindy i recently started listening to guts more and i kept wondering which songs were your fav i really like ‘so American’ cause it just makes me feel like a teenager in love and something inside me feels so much joy when you listen to taylor swift like us swifties do analyzing all the lyrics and the meaning behind them! Victoria definitely rubbed off on you with how much of a swiftie she is herself 😂🥹 it’s so precious

[@starvingartist3155]

Agreed! I can't believe Call my By your Name got s movie adaptation and Giovanni s room didn't. also JUSTICE FOR Hella

[@samiai8905]

The Reylos have escaped containment and I don't know how to feel about it. Though I'm honestly more interested in how Adam Driver does and how he reacts a la After

[@chocolateoreo6489]

I’m sending you love❤❤❤

[@withcindy]

Thank you my love 💖

[@chocolateoreo6489]

@@withcindy Aw anytime💜💜

[@DolphinGirl826]

Pleaaase make a vid ranking all the reylo books you’ve read…. I have absolutely no intention to read any of them but I need it for science

[@AbracAlaina]

The Star-Spangled Banner?! Instant sub and looking forward to binging all your vids.

[@Lara-vr6ex]

okkkkk ure posting alot lately I AM HERE FOR IT🫶🏼

[@withcindy]

How rare for me to be on top of my KZbin schedule for once

[@geniinabottle2005]

hey cindy! hope you are doing well!

[@withcindy]

thank u bb!!

[@historicalfangirl64]

If you're looking to learn more about polyamory, I'd recommend Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy! Honestly it's such a good book for any kinds of relationships, regardless if they're monogamous or poly, romantic, sexual, or platonic. They put out a new edition in 2017 with updated language about gender and aspec identities, and as someone who's aroace it felt oddly welcoming and heartwarming.

[@WhiteRaven696]

Isn’t Omegaverse born from “Supernatural” and a misunderstanding of real life wolf pack dynamics? I love it because it gives me MPreg. 🥵

[@moth1560]

isnt it from teen wolf?

[@liveluvcryotherapy]

​@@moth1560it's supernatural im pretty sure

[@NixanAmbrose]

I would kill for a cindy reylo multiverse analysis tbh

[@dylannoah8512]

Want to say something after reading some of the comments: Omegaverse is just hitting traditional publishing, but it's been something of a thing in indie publishing and self-publishing for a while now. Addison Cain, she of the plagiarism scandal, published Born to be Bound in 2016, and the Fake Mate came out in 2023, so this has been a long time coming. As someone who's been into omegaverse for years, I'm pretty fine with this. One of my favorite novels is an M/F omegaverse romance (written by a queer woman, actually). I like that the genre is getting wider because as much as I love fanfiction, I also don't want to read it literally all the time, so having original omegaverse to read is a good time, and there's plenty of M/M to go along with the M/F, and then lots of different kinds of polyamory if you're up for that, too.

[@withcindy]

Love that ur so open minded about it!

[@roibenr]

I'm really hoping to see more of the omegaverse tropes adapted bc while I'm not a heavy reader of the genre there are some great non-smut dynamics that I would love to see in more novels, like "pack families"

[@Sheblet]

yo that therapist book sounds crazy as hell

[@withcindy]

I was like am I hearing this right cuz....

[@sleepysheep3658]

Loved the video lmaoo if your looking for a werewolf detective MM book i recommend “The Wolf at the Door” by Charlie Adhara! Was recommended to me by a friend and it’s one of the book series I’ve enjoyed reading recently.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

13:42 It’s giving main protagonist in a Darren Star production. (Carrie Bradshaw or Emily Cooper)

[@kelsies.readsies]

omg please do make a full video for “more” I am seated after those messy deets

[@withcindy]

will dooooo

[@corsivapurpleus]

I really appreciate the Good Morning, Monster review! It's been on my list for a while but I knew it would be intense and I was waiting to read it. With the cultural insensitivity, I think I will be passing on this one.

[@prettyinpink9893]

Sooooo agree with you about More!!

[@withcindy]

Glad I'm not the only one

[@cecilialau_]

The commentary 👏👏👏

[@anacecilia1387]

21:09 this reminded me of this movie about a guy grieving his husband, and by the end of the film he confesses to his two best friends (who were also friends with the husband) that he only accepted opening their marriage for casual hook ups (but never serious relationships, only hook ups (that he never even did, only his husband hooked up sometimes)), because he was secretly super insecure and afraid of coming off as more trouble than the relationship was worth, so he said yes to the open relationship to make his husband happy. but now that his beloved husband is dead, he finds out dude had a sort of boyfriend (friend with benefits? idek) he was in love with, and he can't even be fully pissed about it and yell at him for sort of cheating on him, because there's no one to yell anymore when he's already dead and buried for over a year.

[@withcindy]

Damn that sounds so tragic

[@salmon6204]

If i was dead and found out my therapist wrote a book about "my story" or whatever i think i would die a second time

[@beck2752]

Oh, I was hoping it was bride...I loved that book.

[@imaginary_oranges]

House of Salt and Sorrows is The Twelve Dancing Princesses, hence all the dancing