#[the sixth’s orders].✿

[lynx-224]

thinking abt the fact that the gods send literal sixth graders out to do their bidding and for some reason it works

[notedchampagne]

eyes and gazes

link to animatic

[misspenguinchaos]

happy Valentine’s Day here’s a doodle dump

[wildsaltair]

Maximus stop being the cutest most precious man alive on the earth for two seconds challenge

[surgicallyalteredmartian]

made this in the car #SWAG

[avidabsurdist]

Every time a new Brandon Sanderson book is released everyone updates their suggested reading order but all you need is the patience to be uninformed and enjoy the book!

But depending on your preference the best story to start with will be different.

If you want a crash course on the basics of The Cosmere's magic physics (Aka Investiture) so you can hypothesize on how other magic works I suggest the short story "The Emperor's Soul" as a starting point, it gives a solid overview of Realmic theory and covers Identity (a rather difficult idea to communicate) very effectively. (this is the start of the PhD route)

If you want something that's more like a traditional fairy tale as an intro I suggest Tress Of the Emerald Sea, which doesn't require a PhD in the shattering to understand. (though if you're going the PhD route I suggest reading this one later because if you're questioning the magic it's a far more confusing one)

Warbreaker is a good middle ground, if you're going the PhD route I suggest this second (it covers Intention which "The Emperor's Soul" doesn't), It's not a bad starting place either, it was my first book in The Cosmere and it's up for free on The Sand-Man's website. It's also all-around an excellent book.

I'm going to be (a tad) controversial and say I enjoy Elantris, it's certainly not Brando-Sando's best work but it was his first, and it's not a bad book to start with! just keep in mind that many of the issues in the book are things he improves on in later books.

Mistborn is two (soon to be 3) series, we distinguish them by 'Era' and they should be read in order if you want to make sense of what's going on.

Mistborn Era 1 (3 books) is also an excellent place to start, it's a YA-style series so you follow a teenager in a Post-(more like perpetual)-Apocalypse, but it's also an Epic high fantasy so if you like those and don't mind romance It's a good one.

"Mistborn Secret History": read this after Mistborn Era 1 if you're going the PHD route read anytime before The Lost Metal (Era 2 Book 4) for everyone else. (PhD track: if you want the most out of it I suggest also reading White Sand first)

Mistborn Era 2 (4 books) is a high fantasy Western set in the same world much later in time, 10/10 no notes, it's excellent.

The Stormlight Archive, TheBigOne™ It is planned to be a 10-book series with accompanying Novellas. I suggest reading in chronological order including the short stories, published so far that would be:

The Way of Kings

Words of Radiance

"Edgedancer" (novella)

Oathbringer

"Dawnshard" (novella)

Rhythm of War

Start with this series if you thirst for sprawling high-fantasy novels with page counts that would make grown men weep (the Audiobook for RoW was like 48 hours long)

The entirety of Arcanum Unbounded is not required reading, (unless you're on the PhD track) but it contains both "The Emperor's Soul" and "Edgedancer", you should probably read Elantris, Mistborn Era 1, Alloy Of Law (MB Era 2 Book 1), and Stormlight (up to Words of Radiance). If you enjoy Graphic Novels and dislike spoilers/rereading stuff when you haven't finished it yet I suggest skipping the White Sand excerpt.

White Sand is also not a terrible intro, it covers a theme in B-Sandy's work that isn't directly related to the cosmere but will give you a good insight into whether you'll like his work or not: the idea that skill is developed, not just inherent. if you're like me and dislike graphic novels GraphicAudio™ (actually a company not a joke) Has an Audio rendition that has some narrative differences from the Graphic novels (iirc at least one character is a different gender) But the Graphic novels also have a random boombox on a planet with no electricity so either should be fine.

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is in a similar situation to Tress of The Emerald Sea except instead of a classic European Folktale Vibe it's got a Western Interpretation of Anime Vibe, ofc it's high fantasy like all Sandon Branderson's work so it's world is inspired by Japanese culture rather than just being Japanese.

The Sunlit Man read Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (Arcanum Unbounded), and at least Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive 3) before this one, unless you like being thrown into the deep end, Mistborn Era 1 & 2 would also help.

There are other routes than Ph.D., there's also the Galactic Politics route, The Secret Society route, The Worldhopper Watcher route, The Ancient History route (Aka The Shattering route) ect

if you want specific reading route recs just tell me what you're looking for I can help!

[short666bread]

Cy Twomblys Them

[qingxin-dream]

so… i did a thing! 🤭

i wrote my first character on c.ai for wanderer! you can chat with him HERE as you travel to fontaine! <3

he is entirely based upon his canon personality and some of my fics! my wanderer ai is currently unlisted bc i’ll probably tweak his code as needed. i’d love your feedback on him!! it’s hard to strike the right balance with his character.

the ai will be available only for a few days before it’s private again. once he’s ready, i will post him publicly! :)

(art credits: @/mery_skeb on twitter)

[magiefish]

I can stop thinking about the Fifth Doctor era whenever I want (cope)

[stormflute]

Hero & Partner Week Day 6 - Return

The team hasn't been back home in a while, but luckily their friends have kept it neat and orderly for them and are excited that they've finally come back!

@heropartnerweek

[thatonestoreguy]

Order of the Daleks

The Sixth Doctor and Constance arrive on the planet Strellin to visit the reclusive montasic Brotherhood of the Black Petal. It seems their plans might be ruined by two agents of the Galactic Census who quickly find and scold the TARDIS crew for violating the Census's non-interference policy. Little do they know, they have far greater problems on the quiet planet of Strellin. The brothers of the Black Petal have new leadership: The Daleks!

As the title gives away, this is a Dalek story, but as the cover gives away, this is a very unusual Dalek story. The Daleks have crashed on this pre-industrial planet and immediately taken advantage of the devout monks who tried to help them. They’ve not only forced them to build them new casings, but it’s clear they have far deadlier plans. It’s a fascinating setting for a Dalek story. We meet a number of the brothers as well and they prove to be more complex characters than you might expect. There is resistance to the new Dalek masters, but the Daleks have a dark influence over the monks linked to the secret at the heart of their whole order. The Doctor and his new census taker friends certainly couldn’t begin to suspect just how dangerous a situation they’re walking into.

The way this story treats the Daleks is very interesting. Constance, who’s never met these iconic Doctor Who monsters, initially finds them strange and oddly beautiful. Certainly, the Dalek’s stained glass appearance in this adventure is not the standard, but they also lack the overwhelming strength they’re known for. The Daleks here barely survived their crash and are reduced to very little power. It allows the story to showcase some often forgetting or ignored dalek abilities, but also to demonstrate the Dalek’s cunning. It also helps to have characters in the form of the two operatives of the Galactic Census who can immediately recognize just how terrifying the mere presence of the Daleks is and act accordingly. Really, the supporting cast knocked it out of the park all around in this one, including, as always, the superb Dalek work of Nicholas Briggs.

This is a fantastic Dalek story which is elevated by its unique setting and a very game cast. It manages to do something new with the Daleks while still staying true to what makes the monsters iconic. 

[brokenrefraction]

i just caught up with the omori manga chapters from 4 to 6

this genuinely makes me so fucking mad. what the fuck. what the FUCK was all of chapter 6

[lowstakesvampires]

[froggyhopscotch]

Just a fic idea I was thinking about

Text on the image: "Allen & Link get doused with a Turn-Back-Into-Child potion AU, because I have A ProblemTM. Both have no idea what's going on, only that people are yelling and chasing them"

[waffowo]

Tears in my eyes as I admit that I really like Timelash and I would have given it a 9/10 if Peri wasn’t treated quite awfully for the second part of the episode (it’s a 7/10 but I consider this high since I’m not super into Classic tbh)

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"EPISODE II... WAS THE FIRST MAJOR HOLLYWOOD FEATURE TO BE CAPTURED DIGITALLY, ON 24p HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO CAMERAS."

FILM: "STAR WARS: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones"

DIRECTOR: George Lucas

SCREENPLAY: George Lucas & Jonathan Hales

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: David Tattersall

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Lucasfilm Ltd.

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Gavin Bocquet

COSTUME DESIGN: Trisha Biggar

VISUAL FX: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

YEAR: 2005

DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox

"Cinema was the art form that helped define the 20th century, and Lucas is passionate in his conviction that its expression in the 21st century will be digital. The latest installment in the "STAR WARS" saga, "Episode II -- Attack of the Clones," was the first major Hollywood feature to be captured digitally, on 24p high-definition video cameras. But in his determination to push the medium of cinema with new technologies and techniques, Lucas has encountered both support and skepticism. "Episode II's" extremely high profile situated him at the center of a raging debate over the merits and drawbacks of digital technology, which is seen by some as a viable alternative to traditional film-based methods, and by others as a concept that still requires a great deal of refinement."

-- THE ASC (American Society of Cinematographers), "George Lucas discusses his ongoing effort to shape the future of digital cinema," c. 2002

Sources: https://swlucasverse.tumblr.com/archive & https://theasc.com/magazine/sep02/exploring.