#Coming-of-age tale

[joncronshawauthor]

The Long Night: A Fantasy Adventure of Courage & Betrayal | Free Audio Story | Audiobook

🏹 Embark on a thrilling journey with “The Long Night,” a gripping fantasy short story that combines action, suspense, and a touch of humour. Perfect for young adults and adults alike, this tale will immerse you in a Viking-inspired fantasy world where courage and loyalty are tested. 📖 Story Overview:“The Long Night” follows the adventures of Ragnar and Kest, young warriors-in-training, as they…

[horror-aesthete]

Over the Garden Wall, 2014, dir. Patrick McHale

SE01E001 The Old Grist Mill

[pettson]

i could make a comment on how tess being overlooked in the tlou fandom is because of the misogynistic views on older women we have in this society where any woman over 35 is not considered sexy anymore and therefore loses her worth, but do i want to

[allieinarden]

The generation that grows up with Over the Garden Wall will never understand how funny it was watching like 70% of the base flip from Team Beatrice to Team Sara when they watched it a second time.

[diazmaximoff]

“We are the reluctant heroes in tales of loss, our youth the price paid for the safety of souls too tender for the world’s harsh embrace.”

[presiding]

humansider by @lapinneok

[mayonnaise8995]

I love when my mum is cringing at age gap relationships in Hollywood, and I'm just sat there knowing I'd marry 90s Robert De Niro in a heartbeat.

[hotheadedhero]

Okay, so, I have very much been enjoying tottmnt but I have to say I'm a little bit peeved

Spoilers ahead

I've only just finished the first arch with the mechazoids and Bishop and beautiful! Very nice. Me likey

The reason I'm peeved is because the whole thing they did with the bots targetting mutants, and targetting Rod because of his mutation... is kinda what I had planned for something I've been working on for a while now

Brilliant minds think alike and whatnot but now I'm just- Do I change it? What do I do?

[honeyxmonkey]

I had a rather shocking realization about Carter and Douxie today

Seeing as they're both eternally 19 & 20, that means that neither of their frontal lobes are fully formed??? Who the fuck is leaving them in charge of protecting the world!?

Who the fuck saw these two babies and thought, "yes they seem mentally and emotionally mature enough to be left in charge of defending the world from magic threats"

[noknowshame]

hello- on your jesus birthday post you said The Child Is The Price. What does that mean?

Okay THIS one I will answer. this is a reference to Roberte Icke's adaptation of Aeschylus' tragic play(s), The Oresteia. simplifying as much as possible, the story begins by following Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek army during the Trojan War. the winds he needs to sail his army to Troy have not been blowing, and Agamemnon receives a prophecy/instruction on what is needed in order to return the winds. the prophecy states "The Child is the Price". this phrase is repeated throughout the play, and what it is asking him to do is make a human sacrifice of his young daughter, Iphigenia. eventually, he goes through with it, and the winds do indeed return.

In the original plays by Aeschylus, the actual death of Iphigenia has already happened and is referenced as something the audience should already know all about. Icke chooses to add an act to the play that allows us to linger on that decision much longer. As a whole, the play deals heavily with themes of the nature of sacrifice, narrative inevitability, and cycles of guilt and violence.

When I was drafting my... infamous christmas post, I was trying to think of the story of the birth of jesus like a greek tragedy, involving very similar themes. factually, in a textual sense, jesus is the sacrifice. his death is the price paid for - according to christianity - absolution. and what I was attempting to point out is that we spend so much time celebrating jesus' birth as this wondrous arrival of the savior that we don't stop to meditate on exactly how bloodily that saving is going to play out. it's the exact same thing: The Child is the Price.

As a last note, many many many people have told me in the tags that me saying "Mary did you know? that your womb was also a grave?" is stupid because "all babies are born to die, Jesus isn't special" ...but there is a Very important difference I'd like to point. yes, all babies will die eventually. but NOT all babies are born to die. Jesus was. it was God's plan from the start for him to horrifically die on the cross, and it was inevitable as soon as Mary agreed to give birth to him. I feel that is an important part of the story. The Child is the Price.

(...anyway go read Robert Icke Oresteia and also watch Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) while you're at it)

[94badbye]

people will say you can't turn everything you read or watch into a coming of age story, especially if it has anything to do with the plot whatsoever, but WATCH ME. watch me as i create a coming of age plot to this random fantasy tv show.

Watch. Me.

[jazzystudios82]

Webcomic Recommendation: Hooky ♡

Summary: "When Dani and Dorian missed the bus to magic school, they never thought they'd wind up declared traitors to their own kind! Now, thanks to a series of mishaps, they are being chased by powerful magic families seeking the prophesied King of Witches and royals searching for missing princes.

But they aren't alone. With a local troublemaker, a princess, and a teacher who can see the future on their side, they might just be able to clear their names…but can they heal their torn kingdom?"

Source: Webtoon

Creator: Miriam Bonastre Tur

Genre: Fantasy, slice of life, witchcraft, fairy tales, coming of age

Status: Completed (222 episodes & 3 volumes)

Personal Rating: 5 out 5 stars ⭐️

Availability: Wherever books are sold

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[horror-aesthete]

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, 2022, dirs. Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson

[sinisterexaggerator]

Chapter four is posted!

With an old cloak drawn up around his shoulders, he peered about; it had been taken from his knapsack, and at least the hood provided some coverage, though most people might think all Weequay looked nearly identical—they would be wrong.

Some had a darker or lighter coloration than others, distinct markings, or two-toned scales. Some had hair. Some had eyes that were the color of amber, gray like his, or even black. Nostril size varied, as did the length of their frills; the women’s were much smaller, or they had none at all, instead growing conical shaped protrusions from their lower jaws that were not as sharp or barbed. One only had to look, yet outsiders hardly saw past what they deemed ugly or stupid. It was a pity, really, and made most Quay hesitant to trust them.

[hollowaluminumvessel]

I would just like to say. Since I cannot find a Canon age for either character, Echoes of Wisdom Zelda is 17 and Link is 12. I don't make the rules except I do and I made these ones

[nimthirielrinon]

Now that Dragon Age is on everyone's minds...

I'm 24 chapters into a Dragon Age: Origins fic! It's Dania's Tale and it's over at AO3, with the wonderful @kamikazequail as my beta reader!

Human Commoner origin (because the game didn't include one so I'm seeking to fill that niche)

Slow burn

Female OC/Alistair Theirin

Some graphic description of violence (so far)

The summary is that Dania is a locksmith's daughter whose relationship with her parents wasn't very good. With the skills she learned behind her parents' backs and the help and support of her best friend, she impresses the Grey Wardens and they recruit her.

I'm not writing any new chapters at the moment (Dania deserves a break and so do I), but this is an excellent opportunity for you to read it and catch up before I start again!

So, go on! Click that link up the top and start reading ;)

Chapter art also by me!