#Mr Bliss

[nicstylus]

It's hard to make Skulduggery look small when he's ~6'4" but Bliss is one of the few that makes it look easy

[monstermonsterman]

i love the way china sorrows and mr bliss's names compliment each others imo that's a much more fun way to show characters are related than giving them the same chosen last name sorry darklys and it adds to the mystery and we know how much derek loves a relative twist

anyway i love a naming scheme

[take-the-hidden-paths]

Hidden Paths 2025: Advance Prompts

Hello, small canon fans!

Your mod apparently has a memory like a sieve...however, with apologies for the lateness, I am delighted to share our set of advance prompts for the 2025 event (below the cut). Use these in any way that strikes your fancy!

What is Hidden Paths?

Hidden Paths is an event dedicated to the celebration of smaller Tolkien canons. For the purposes of this event, we define "smaller canons" as any Tolkien canon or text (including academic works and translations) that is not explicitly set in Middle-earth and is not based on The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, or The Silmarillion and closely related histories.

Your friendly mod (Narya) will post prompts to tempt your muses - one set a few months in advance of the 'official' event dates, then two more sets during the event itself.

If you like the prompts, then use any or all of them to create and share a fanwork based on one or more small Tolkien canons. If they don't speak to you, please feel free to do your own thing – the prompts are there to spark creativity, not impede it!

Rules, FAQs and useful links can be found here.

We welcome fanworks based on past prompts - these can all be found here.

Our AO3 collection is here.

Thematic Prompt: Feasts and Festivals

Character Based Prompt: Elf-shot

Setting Based Prompt: Thundersnow

Text Prompt: “Even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." – C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy

Visual Prompt:

[Image ID: The Hermann Hendrich painting, 'Will-o'-the-wisp and Snake.'  The painting shows a dark swamp at night. A glowing blue-green will-o'-the-wisp floats above still water. Below, a coiled snake partly rests in the water, its shiny scales reflecting the light. Dense trees and roots surround the scene, with faint mist in the background. /.End ID]

Audio Prompt: The Light Beneath the Eyelids - Toshio Masuda

Wildcard Prompt: I have a theory that Tolkien would have loved tabletop RPGs, so here, have a list of magical trinkets from Dungeons and Dragons.  Use dice or a random number generator to select one (or more!) to inspire/include in your fanwork.  Some are quite specific to the world(s) of Dungeons and Dragons, so ignore/adapt/re-roll as you see fit – although non-Tolkien canons are permitted as crossovers, so if you’re inspired to make a D&D crossover, please be my guest!

[princess-serah]

I saw a fancast poll going around, so here's my Skulduggery Pleasant Book One fancast

Frankie Corio as Valkyrie Cain

Domnhall Gleeson as Skulduggery Pleasant

Katie McGrath as China Sorrows

Jamie Dornan as Ghastly Bespoke

Daisy Ridley as Tanith Low

Continued on reblog:

[detective-inspector-her]

I've been silent for long enough

Mr is literally Mr Bliss's first name

The guy forced people to respect him

[brainwrongbutalive]

The group lecturing Skulduggery:

Valkyrie: Heaven forbid someone whispers you’re part of some scheme.

Ghastly: Your enemy whispers so you have to scream!

Skulduggery: I know about whispers…

Mr Bliss bursting through a wall, fresh from being dead, absolutely raging: I see how you look at my sister!!

[sp-minion]

Mr. Bliss is easily the scariest character in the SP universe like he literally ruined Mryon Strays' life just because he annoyed him?? Just somehow knew his true name and used it cause they were arguing in a pub 💀

[bluseum]

Marry- Mr. Bliss (DON'T JUGDE I HAVE MY REASONS) (EVEN THOUGH I DIED IN THE THIRD BOOK FML)

Fuck- Skulduggery (Obviously)

Kill- China (Need I say more)

ur not supposed to WIN the game

[mooncustafer]

I'm imagining if tolkien lived now and publishers were asking him if he had enough followers on twitter and if he could film videos to market his found family elfcore magic cottagevibes worldbuilding fantasy book on tiktok. i think he would run them over with his car actually

[kernelscorner]

Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Susanna Clarke, Rebecca Yarros, Roseanne A. Brown, Faith Erin Hicks, Sajni Patel, Olivie Blake, And J. R. R. Tolkien

[foxandcatlibrary]

45th Book I Read in 2024

Title: Herr Salig

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Notes: Väldigt gullig liten bok. Läste den på både svenska och engelska.

[nicstylus]

Two sides of the same coin

[le-souriant]

Listen to it and much more on the Playlist

@osornios

[ivyithink]

posting this little thing, while I’m neck-deep in iwtv wips…

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

Love that stupid hairbrushing scene where Padme pretends to brush her curly hair. It's so doll-like, but the doll she's playing with is herself. Putting on a performance for her husband, but really acting out a fantasy for herself.

[incorrect-niche-quotes]

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but Skulduggery nailed your sister.

-Tanith to Bliss