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The Witcher Covers for French Bragelonne Editions by Maéna Paillet

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I designed my own version of a cover for Warbreaker, for fun and for practice

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i will give tiktok one concession and that is that it has spawned a comment that contains a phrase that i think of often at relevant moments: pack it up boys we've made a social blunder

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“Babel” by Cildo Meireles (2001)

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I don't care what your perception of the female body has been warped into by the media and advertising prevalent in culture. eat some goddamn carbs

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”The wolf comes when the wolf decides, not when your heel sinks into soft dirt and wild foliage.”

i definitely just reblogged this quote but it won't stop rotating in my brain so here's my fun little analysis of brennan's iconic "There is no moral. The wolf eats you one day, and until then the forest is beautiful" from d20 Neverafter

humans are afraid of death, afraid of dying. afraid of missing out, of leaving what they love or what they've created or what they never got the chance to do, the person they never got the chance to be. it is natural, and it is normal, and it is encouraged. people don't want to die, but when they do die they want there to have been a closed circle in their story, a plot fleshed out and a great achievement made. perhaps a lesson to be learned, or other wisdom to be passed on and circulated.

but the truth is that not every life is like that. the lives that leave us with wisdom and truth and new beginnings are incredible, and wonderful, but they are few and far between. most people's lives are just... small. and not in a nihilistic, "nothing matters" sort of way, but in the way that is contained. my life is full of love and joy and pain and worry and hurt and kindness and so much more, but it is still small. i am just one person. there is no moral in my story that i can determine. but my life is still beautiful. the forest of my life is beautiful. full of surprises and danger and secrets, yes, but beautiful and mysterious and begging to be explored.

it is scary to take a step off the path, it is scary to leave what is known and traveled and worn over time. it is so, so very terrifying to decide to do something different. people think that by straying from the path in the woods, they are inviting danger and will not live up to what they were "meant to." and yes, one day, the wolf will eat me, as it will eat every other person. and when the wolf comes, there may not be a great lesson to be learned or a moral to internalize. but despite it all, despite that, my forest is still beautiful, rich, and worth living in.

the wolf comes when the wolf decides, not when your heel sinks into soft dirt and wild foliage.

so until the wolf arrives, do not be afraid to stray from the path.

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"You're not a monster, you're not"

This turned into a bigger project then I intended but here it is! A huge thanks to @actual-apricots for giving me the audio files!

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PIB (Puss in Boots) from Neverafter by Maxime Bocquier

Reposted with his permission! Check out the full piece on Instagram & Twitter

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when i say i’m from ukraine, people assume i live somewhere else now. when i say i live in ukraine, they assume i’m somehow immune to war, and there’s a logical division between a ukrainian they chat with on discord and a ukrainian on the news. bitches my yaoi is written from the bomb shelter

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Murph truly is the one.

He was born to be on stage.

His stage presence is unbelievable, genuinely Murph is my favourite intrepid hero because of how much he loves to perform.

It's like the stage fuels his essence, it's genuinely amazing.

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C-U-N-T CUNTTTTT!!

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the last stand

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the stormfather agrees to become physical one more time, but as ear plugs

dalinar waiting in the other room for an hour listening to kaladin play the flute badly

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End of the Prelude:

End of the Postlude:

😭

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Gavilar is so fucking stupid saying the sun could love the stars but never as an equal about Navani. Bitch the sun is also a star. This is why you died.

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reading the stormlight archive has me finding value in words and names irl based on how symmetrical they are and going “huh this word would please the Almighty and Vorinism greatly”