#Giddon

[hatepotion]

ngl i'm not even doing inktober anymore, but here's giddon from graceling <3

[dressesbyveera]

Hey Designers,

This is my fanart collage from The Graceling series. Again, I did not make this art. Rather, I just collaged it.

[wasserschaden]

what the hell is wrong with him

[starsparks]

"Bitterblue," said Giddon, taking her chin in his hand. Looking into her eyes. "There's nothing I want more in the world than to be your person while you're being the Queen of Monsea. Everyone expects you to be their support. Well, I want to be yours." Tears began to run down Bitterblue's face. "With all our horrid children gathered around our knees," he added. Now Bitterblue was laughing outright.

[brick-van-dyke]

Ngl I don't particularly want to get into the animation industry since it looks so stressful and too much for me, but part of me wants to get into it JUST to make animated shows of my favourite books series.

Like, could you imagine this fluid animated battle scene of Xingyin where she's battling demon realm soldiers with the Jade Dragon Bow, stylised sky-fire raining down and using camera angles to accentuate her skill and technique with the bow??? Or a slow motion scene of Lovisa walking through the snow as she wonders what to do about her parents and her growing suspicions?? Katsa moving in the shadows as she works alongside Giddon??

The art direction that could be done for designing the cities and towns?? Like could you imagine Graceling, Winterkeep, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, etc all getting the Castlevania treatment with beautiful art and cinematography??

It'd be so cool...

[malicocks]

my beloved blorbos, you mean absolutely everything to me <333

Patrick Bannon (Not For Broadcast) & Noid (Disco Elysium)

Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim) & Amanita Caplan (Sense8)

Gary King (The World's End) & Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)

Mera Chisato (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K) & Valtr, Master of the League (Bloodborne)

Vanasha (Horizon: Zero Dawn) & Oliver Blackwood (Boyfriend Material)

they're all so wonderful i need them all in one post please look at the beauties <3

[llycaons]

ohh cansrel's voice is so good. this is the first time I've listened to an audiobook of a book I've already read many times and know well. it's fun. I like all the voices

[garudabluffs]

Rhiannon Giddens is searching for a 'little bit of joy to bounce into'

Updated August 21, 2023

6-Minute Listen https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194562265/artist-rhiannon-giddens-youre-the-one

READ MORE https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194562265/artist-rhiannon-giddens-youre-the-one

[hongjoongpresent]

[ID: A tweet from Vinny Thomas (@ vinn_ayy): Nobody is putting gargoyles on buildings anymore. It can't be that much more expensive to slap a gargoyle up there. We used to be a proper country. end ID]

This tweet was written by Bitterblue

[all-peristeronic]

Discourse and bad takes that would plague the Graceling fandom if it were big enough to have discourse:

-Katsa and Po are Bitterblue's parents (they're eight years older than her and not in any way parental toward her) -Giddon groomed Bitterblue (by being in the same vicinity as her when she was a pre-teen) -Discourse about Lovisa's sexuality -Discourse about Hava's sexuality -Discourse about Fire's sexuality

[babbletaels]

I haven't finished the re-read yet but in the beginning of the book it struck me how katsa was portrayed as so incredibly disinterested in everything she "should" be interested in; doesn't care about her clothes, hates her hair, doesn't like baths and doesnt care if she's dirty, doesn't care what her living space looks like but thinks the bathroom is practical, doesn't want to fall in love and marry anyone. It feels like this is how Katsa views herself. I've read this book already so this didn't bother me, but I didn't remember the details in the book but I did think about how limiting it felt, like she was stuck in a world where she was "wrong". But she isn't. As the story progresses Katsa does fall in love (and she could very well marry him without anything changing in their relationship but whatever and I can't remember if they marry or not but I have a hunch) because she finds someone who actually attracts her, we find out more about what she finda visually appealing in her environment like how she likes the forests and mountains, she seems to love baths especially in cold water, she does indeed appreciate being clean, and the problem she had with baths were all related to her hair being hard to take care of, doesn't hate her hair just finds it extremely impractical, and she just doesn't care to wear dresses because she's not interested in those events.

She's portrayed in the beginning as just not caring about things like that. Giddon is very handsome, but Katsa doesn't care about beauty. But she does care because she thinks Po is handsome! Katsa lives in a castle but she doesn't care, she could live in a dirty old hut for all she cares.. except she loves the view from Pos humble castle ?? just cause she doesn't care for the things she grew up with doesn't mean she would never care for any kind of beauty. If she built her own house would she not care? maybe at the beginning of the book. At the end, she would choose a nice location and the decorations that she thinks are nice

She's discovering what she likes instead of being told by others what she should like. Just like all of us do when we turn into adults!

[wasserschaden]

unfair that Giddon appears in three books of the series because my ranking of love interests is getting more and more biased towards him and it's making the 17 y/o Brigan lover in me very miffed

[theogclownboy]

he's so grumpy why do you think he's upset? (My brother says that giddon denied him juice)

[brightbeautifulthings]

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

"The ocean had shared a secret with her. A monster had reached out and delivered a miracle. This world kept wanting to be bigger than she was letting it. Why did she keep trapping herself inside small things?"

Year Read: 2024

Rating: 4/5

Thoughts: Given how much my feelings about fantasy have changed since I started reading the Graceling series, I liked this more than I expected to. Cashore is an excellent writer, and I never feel bogged down in her world-building even when there's plenty of it. This book opens with a chapter from the perspective of a sea monster, which if you know anything about me, is exactly the way to get my attention. That is how you begin a novel, friends. There are plenty of new delights about Winterkeep to discover, and I especially loved the sentient animal aspect of it. Adventure, my beloved. There's also a well-developed theme on the dangers of capitalism and our responsibility to the environment.

It helps that Winterkeep also revisits one of my favorite characters, Bitterblue, who--now that she's appeared in a central role in three novels--sort of snuck into being the main character of the series, even over Katsa or Fire. That being said, I'm not positive fans of Graceling will love this the same way. It has far more in common with the Bitterblue novel in being rather more slow and cerebral, much of the plot overtaken with political scheming rather than the desperate survivalist aspect of Graceling. It's also not a book for Saf stans, since he doesn't make an appearance here, but since I was always team grumbling, stolid Giddon, I'm okay with that. His connection with Bitterblue gets some beautiful development here. Though I had doubts about continuing with the series, I'm really glad I did.

[minnarr]

sometimes i remember bitterblue/giddon is canon and i can't quite believe that's true

[ddiaz]

niche post incoming but I just read bitterblue by kristin cashore and I didn't rly care for the romance with saf (it wasn't the focus of the book anyway, the politics stuff was riveting though) and I was like 'lowkey she should marry giddon instead, they have a good connection' and then I find out that in the next book, she does marry giddon!!