#Deborah Harkness

[elektroskopik]

Or reading an actual Romance / Romantasy novel by accident because you thought it would be about witches, but it's so badly written, there is no plot, and you wonder how it has such high reviews on Good Reads.

I'm looking at you 'A Discovery of Witches'! ☠️

Aro culture is reading romance fics and not being able to tell of its written badly or if that's actually how romance goes

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[canyousonicme]

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

"A Discovery of Witches" is now available to stream on Netflix (geolocation limited)! (and on Sky TV in the UK)

It's one of my all-time favourite book-to-series ("All Souls Trilogy" by Deborah Harkness) productions - obvi co-starring Alex Kingston, as a witchy, sassy (hello, sweetie!), LGBT Auntie - and the entire series is just perfect?! Time travel, witches, vampires, werewolves, unrequited love, broken hearts, baddies, fab CGI, beautiful cast, great story...what more could you ask for?

CAST (some Doctor Who vets): Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Alex Kingston, Lindsay Duncan (😍), Sophia Myles, Louise Brealey, James Purefoy (😍), Tom Hughes, Valerie Pettiford, Alysha Heart, Trevor Eve, Owen Teale, Paul Rhys...and on and on!

The first season was released in 2018 but there are 3 seasons altogether and it's absolutely worth the watch.

I'm on my fifth watch 🤓 since its initial release. So good!

Share your thoughts on the series by replying to this post, if you've watched/will watch the series.

[earlgreyandanime]

Before officially meeting, do you think Matthew and Diana ever just casually passed each other while on campus? Cause I'm imagining Gallowglass watching from an undetectable distance, seeing Diana cross a courtyard, going in the opposite direction of Matthew and Gallowglass is just simultaneously panicking and relieved.

Gallowglass: Oh my God, it's happening! They're going to finally meet! After centuries of waiting and decades of watching, Diana will finally be- Wait! Why is she walking away? Auntie! Turn back right now! Matthew! Turn around and go meet your wife!

They both continue on their way, completely oblivious to who they just walked past.

Gallowglass, unable to decide if this was a good or bad thing: Ok, they didn't meet this time. So, I don't have to leave her yet. But it'll be sooner rather than later now. At least she'll be happy when they do meet...

[radiocurrency]

Any 'All Souls' /'A Discovery of Witches' fans on my dash? The series is one of my major hyperfixations besides IWTV and I'm currently reading the 5th book in the series that dropped 2 days ago - The Black Bird Oracle.

It's sooooooooo good 😍🙌💕

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

The smell of the library always lifted my spirits - that peculiar combination of old stone, dust, woodworm, and paper made properly from rags.

Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

[the-forest-library]

[bangbangwhoa]

books I’ve read in 2024 📖 no. 086

The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness

“Home, the susurration of chestnut leaves said. Home, the bees buzzed. Home, a raven called from its perch on the ridge of the roof. Home, my heart echoed. I belonged to this place where I’d never been, and a sense of rightness settled over me as Ravenswood exerted its pull, like the moon on the tides.”

[asgoodeasgold]

A Discovery of Witches Real Time Read 2024 Ch34

"I unfolded the wrappings. On top, blocking Mathew’s view and separated by still more tissue from what lay beneath, was a piece of ordinary white paper, the edges brown with age. There were three lines written on it in spidery script.

‘ “ It begins with absence and desire ,” ’ I whispered around the tightness in my throat. ‘ “ It begins with blood and fear .”’ ‘ “ It begins with a discovery of witches ,” ’ Matthew finished, looking over my shoulder... I lifted the top sheet of tissue paper. Sitting in my lap was one of the missing pages from Ashmole 782. ‘Christ,’ he breathed. ‘Is that what I think it is? How did your mother get it?’"

Matthew and Diana get a little present from the Bishop house.

Such gorgeousness 😍

However, it's difficult to take this scene seriously after seeing the blooper reel.

Illusion vs. Reality 🤣

📷 My edits from Sky/Bad Wolf A Discovery of Witches (2018) s2:07 and Blooper reel 'All The Unseen Bits from A Discovery of Witches' on SkyTV YouTube (2022)

[academicwitchversion]

"You are a true daughter of the moon, though, and will serve us well."

from Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

[circe-and-the-wolf]

⬆️ Fan Photo Collage using extract from A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness and stills from the TV Show

My favourite book in the whole world. Ever.

I was out and about yesterday and found a well-loved copy of ‘A Discovery of Witches’ in the local train station book swap.

⬆️ A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (p175)

Part of me wanted to leave it for someone else to discover the absolute magic (literal and figurative) of it; part of me was delighted with the connective sign from the universe and part of me grabbed it with both hands as I’ve lent my copy out and am really missing it. I delved into it straight away and got wonderfully lost for the entire train journey.

To celebrate, I edited together a little extract (p175), just for fun, which tries to capture the delectable sensory overload to be found in the writing and the show itself. Can’t really put into words how much I love it.

[mrs-declermont]

Currently stuck at Sept Tours with a lot of free time on my hands 🥲

Feel free to send me question and I’ll do my best to answer them all 😌💕

[dearvoidgoodnight]

Reading the new A Discovery of Witches book just makes me want to drink red wine and knit squishy sweaters.

[earlgreyandanime]

Can you imagine the stress Philippe was under whenever this came up?

Ysabeau: Do you think Matthew may mate with Juliette? I may not like her, but I would accept it if it would make him happy...

Philippe: I am certain he won't mate with her.

Philippe, internally: She's not Diana!

Ysabeau, a few decades later: Matthew is curious as to why he and Juliette have still not mated. I told him that if he were meant to mate with her, it would have happened long ago.

Philippe: Yes, it would have. Perhaps they should accept that and part ways.

Philippe, internally: Diana, where are you? My son is being an idiot and needs you to set him straight!

Ysabeau, a few more decades later: We've a letter from Matthew. He and Juliette are...

Philippe, taking out a piece of paper and a pen: Gallowglass, please tell me you've found some sign of my daughter!

[baldwin-montclair]

Woohoo!!! Can’t wait to catch up with the gang, see if our boy is still the asshole we all know and love!! Xx

[inlovewithquotes]

It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone.

-A Discovery Of Witches

[alegriavida]

A Discovery of Witches || Deborah Harkness

I cannot shield you from the challenges you will face. You will know great loss and danger, but also great joy. You may doubt your instincts in the years to come, but your feet have been walking this path since the moment you were born.