#Aru Shah Series

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Today Aiden woke up to Aru standing over his bed like a sleep paralysis demon. And got booped. I feel it

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Imagine....

....an AU where Aru never lit the lamp, and subsequently never learned about the Otherworld and who she really is

I had to write down the idea and it somehow evolved into.... this

In this AU our lovely heroine is around 14-15, and living life as a loner, because after she refused to light the lamp that fateful day, she got labeled a liar and no one wanted to hang out with her

Her mom is also away on business trips, more so than ever because she’s getting more and more desperate to find the artifact that will help her keep both her daughter and her husband

So now she’s kind of like a jaded, cynical version of herself- she avoids attention like it’s one of those rats-with-wings (pigeons) and has loads of trust and family issues because hero(in)es with angst are close to my heart it’s only expected with her childhood and upbringing

Another thing worth mentioning: because her mother didn’t tell her anything about the Otherworld, she becomes the only Pandava unaware of who they really are (meaning all the rest have been claimed and instated as one of the heroes)

So because the Sleeper was never released, he can’t be the villain, and this leaves the role open for someone I wish we’d seen more of- Takshaka (I kinda hate him, but I feel like his arc, especially his hate of Arjuna and Indra in particular, is really interesting and something that could’ve been expanded on more in the books)

Istg y'all I have so many thoughts about this-

Should I write this out? I kinda wanna write this out

[book-girl4evaaa]

Hello! You have been gifted the brain dump bug! Use when you want an excuse to talk about something that's been rotating in your brain!

Thank you for the gift 😊

Um ok, one thing that I've been thinking about a lot is Kara Shah. I love her so much and I feel like she deserves so much better

1. My girly does not deserve the hate. Like I get that she got in the way of Aruden but she just has a crush on a boy! And Aiden is an awesome guy, if he was real I'd probably have a crush on him too! And Aru never told her about her crush, so she didn't know! It's a Rachel/Percy thing. "But she worked with the sleeper!" Well that leads into my next point.

2. Kara was manipulated like crazy. Despite the fact the Sleeper cared about her, he still tricked her, erased her memory and used her! She had no idea what she wanted, because all she knew was lie, after lie. (No hate for Suyodhana tho, I can see his angle as well)

3. She never felt worthy. Throughout the entire series, Kara did everything possible to be useful and an ally to everyone, just to feel worthy of their affection. She wanted to make the right decision every time just to be deserved of love. I can't count the times she talks about wanting to help

4. She lost her family. After everything she went through, Kara was never whole. She either lost her step parents, or lost her soul-sisters. She never got to live and embrace who she was entirely.

5. She's a cinnamon roll bookworm. I must protect her at all costs.

Thank you for listening to my ted talk

[i-see-silvered-stars]

||• STRAY ITALIAN GREYHOUND•|| AN ARU & AIDEN ANIMATIC •||

Here's a bit more trauma for you all <3 ;)

We all love Aiden right? But what do we love more? Examining his brain 24/7 and spinning him around like he's in a microwave!!

My animatic has all the essentials:

ARUDEN? ✓

Aiden's daddy issues? ✓

Pining? ✓

I have to repost this because of my account being terminated :( but I hope you guys can still enjoy.

[joncronshawauthor]

Behind Every Hero: Notable Sidekicks in Epic Fantasy

Sidekicks & Sundry: Memorable Aides-de-Camp in Fantasy Literature Fantasy literature, with its entrancing realms and bewitching narratives, has forever been the refuge for those who crave a bit of magical escapism. But let’s take a moment to tip our proverbial hats to the unsung heroes of these tales—the trusty sidekicks. They may not always bask in the limelight, but we’d be hard-pressed to…

[book-girl4evaaa]

Uhh, uhhh

KARA RANDOMLY FINDS THINGS LIKE LIGHTNING AND OREOS AND SWEDISH FISH SIGNIFICANT EVEN THOUGH HER MEMORIES ARE GONE AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHY

NO ARU SHAH POSTS TODAY????? OH NO

[the-chaotic-n3rd]

a random thought

What if Nico is fighting the Sleeper and the Sleeper uses his shadow magic to try and restrain him and Nico goes “ oH nO sHaDoWs mY fAtAl WeAkNeSs” and shadow travels out.

[hazellevessque]

2024 is the year we stop needlessly hating on Kara Shah. Just in case you were wondering.

[wanderingmind867]

Part three of me listing books on my bookshelf that i've read. At this point i'm feeling tired from writing, but I might as well commit and finish this damn thing. But once i'm done, I'm doing back to reading comics and maybe watching tv with my dad once he gets home from work. Because this is shockingly draining. So here we go:

The Neil Flambe Capers by Kevin Sylvester (I think these are my only books that are actually Canadian written. I think I found them in my public library years ago, and I was hooked. Cooking based Detective Novels about a lonely, socially awkward teenage cooking savant? They were pretty fun. My one criticism? They ended on a cliffhanger, and they haven't made a seventh book to resolve the cliffhanger! It's been at least five years! That still bugs me!).

The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer (I never watched Glee, so this is my only experience with Chris Colfer. I thought he was a pretty good writer. I really liked his stuff, although I never did get around to finishing the series. Knowing how finicky I am on endings, I worry that the ending would leave me upset and unsatisfied. But putting that aside, his characters were pretty good. I still remember that he chose to portray Mother Goose as a wild old woman who liked alcohol. That was fun. I also liked the Prince who was turned into a Frog, but then just embraced it and kept to himself, living lonely and alone for years).

Some of the Rick Riordan Presents books (I have the Aru Shah books, although I only ever got around to reading the first one. I have the first one in the Tristan Strong series, though I haven't read it. I read Sal and Gabi break the Universe, and it was really funny and enjoyable. I read The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes, but I don't remember much of the plot, and I never got around to the sequels. I read Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, which was a great book that taught me about Navajo myth. I read Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee, but it was a space opera type of story, and I didn't love it excessively. And I apparently own one The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim. Seriously, I forgot I owned this book. How can you forget owning a book!?).

The Hardy Boys series (I don't remember when I picked these books up, but I ended up with like the first 20 of these books. They weren't bad, although I don't really remember them too well nowadays. But for being children's detective fiction written in the 30s and 40s, it was pretty good. The one interesting thing about them? No known writer. They were written by multiple different people under one pseudonym, so we can only guess at the writers. I once considered trying the Nancy Drew books, since they were made by the same publisher and just featured a female lead instead of male leads. But I never got around to owning them).

The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins (In elementary school, a French teacher I had suggested these books to me. I told her I hated the Hunger Games, and she said these books were her preferred books from Suzanne Collins. So I read them. And yeah, they were far superior to The Hunger Games. But they're also so goddamn sad. Their ending made me feel miserable, because it was one of those endings where the character could never return to the fantasy realm. And that made me really sad).

I also have picked up a lot of humour books over the years. At least ten of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and stuff like that. But I never felt like bringing those books to school, so those were sort of like my secret (I guess). But I do like a lot of humour. Comedy is something I almost always enjoy. But this has all been so much writing, that i'm finally exhausted. So i'm done now. sigh.

[yourtwistedlies]

your honor i already love her

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GUYS

WE STILL DONT KNOW WHAT THIS MEEAAAAAANSSSSSSS

[cyanide-sodapop]

Our Book Heroines

made with this Picrew

Holly Short, Artemis Fowl

2. Juliet Butler, Artemis Fowl

3. Hermione Granger, Harry Potter

4. Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter

5. Lucy Carlyle, Lockwood & Co.

6. Holly Munro, Lockwood & Co.

7. Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson and the Olympians

8. Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Percy Jackson and the Olympians

9. Hazel Levesque, Heroes of Olympus

10. Piper McLean, Heroes of Olympus

11. Violet Baudelaire, A Series Of Unfortunate Events

12. Aru Shah, Aru Shah (The Pandava Quintet)

13. Mini Kapoor-Mercado-Lopez, Aru Shah (The Pandava Quintet)

14. Brynne Rao, Aru Shah (The Pandava Quintet)

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imagine the friendship between aru and mini's brother (let's call him raj, short for yaduraj)

like it's canon that raj loves teasing/playing pranks on mini, and aru literally lives for mini's annoyed face

imagine the pranks, the jokes. they are partners in crime.

raj and aru become honorary siblings. like aru jokingly calls him bhai, (or anna for fellow south indians!!) and he gets very protective over her- questioning her about boys, threatening to fight anyone who looks at her funny, etc.

idk it just gives me Feelings

(also brynne and raj?? raj canonically likes guys- imagine them helping each other with coming out to their respective parents/guardians??)

[book-girl4evaaa]

Mini: I remember being your age...

Nikita: I remember being your height

Mini: ...

Nikita: ...

Mini: ...

Aru: Mini, put the sCALPEL DOWN-

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Aru & Aiden Animatic

I hope you guys like it <3

And I hope I don't emotionally destroy you guys . . . again.

[nowjumpinthewater]

HOWWSSSS ARRUU SHAHHH

SO GOODDDDDDD IM ON TREE OF WISHES AND RUDY IS AN ICON I LOVE HIM

AND THE ARUDEN IS SO CUTEE

AND NIKITA AND SHEELA ARE SO AMAZING THEY'RE SUCH LITTLE SIBLINGS