#Temeraire Series

[julio-claudian-saberface]

Modern AU Aerial Corps informs a disappointed public that their newest Regal Copper shall not be named Dragon McDragonface.

[kingoftheu]

William Laurence truly has one of the funniest character arcs of all time. He does a complete 360 over the course of the series. Totally turned around yet somehow exactly where he started. He completely changed his worldview while being absolutely steadfast about it. He undergoes impressive character development while his character does not change at all. He is so damn stubborn about his preconceived notions of honor that he is willing to abandon his preconceived notions of dragons, gender, and race. He transcends the regency society he lives in not by breaking the confines of rigid values but by expanding those confines to include everyone.

[dreadbirate]

I love a man of honor punishing himself with responsibility for atrocity because he thinks he is no longer good for anything else.

[azarinka21]

Okay, hello everyone, I have no idea how the hell Tumblr works, but there's a solid Temeraire community here, so I have to join in since I'm on my third reread and the series about dragons involved in the Napoleonic Wars is eating my brain again.

So yeah, there's your Temeraire fanart. And be gentle, I have no idea what to do here, hah

[bichobolitach]

Good a time as any to start Temeraire posting. Who wants to talk Temeraire w me Im about to finish Blood of Tyrants

[ineedlelittlespace]

I think all I really need in life right now is a lavishly illustrated Temeraire artbook with pretty dragon breed classification pages to reference while I'm binging the books. I think some nice watercolor dragons would fix me.

[pkmatrix]

Iskierka On The Attack!

[lordbrezel]

Lien

I painted a dragon figurine to look like Lung Tien Lien from Naomi Noviks Temeraire series!

I decided to give her wings a pink edge to match her red eyes.

She is wearing her golden necklace with rubies, her golden talon sheaths and a stylish Tiara. Coming up with what her jewellery could be on the figurine was the most fun out of this project :D

[captainsvscaptains]

Round 1 Part 4 Poll 5

Propaganda

Blackbeard's a master tactician! He's a terrible flirt! He's got the eyes, the beard, the fit, and the sexy lil voice! Tummy and arm! He's gay and has daddy issues! What more could you want from a man???

I love him

William Laurence is a captain in the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars until he accidentally bonds with a dragon hatchling found on a captured French vessel, whereupon he is dragged into joining the Royal Aerial Corps instead.

Temeraire (the dragon) is a staunch dragon rights advocate and Laurence is his biggest supporter.

[themundanemudperson]

have another bad meme

(also flying hehe geddit)

[murkysweetleaf]

That poor little gay man in the sky (William Laurence)

[mx-myth]

Okay I've been thinking temeraire thoughts recently and like. I CANNOT articulate why I love Laurence so much like if I just describe him he doesn't come off as special. Like yeah a white British man with blond hair and blue eyes who has Honor and Duty dialed up to eleven and who eventually gets radicalized by his friend? Nothing truly stands out. You learn his friend is actually a dragon and he lives in an alternate history during the Napoleonic Wars? Okay slightly more interesting. You learn he has a maybe boyfriend and everyone he knows seems to be in love with him? Yeah pretty normal.

Like Laurence my love you're in the stuffy history textbooks. They write the exciting children's books about Temeraire.

Nonetheless I love him and that's that.

[dreadbirate]

Temeraire trying to raise eggs to be self assured and they all end up being brats. They come out the egg like “Bitch where’s my money” and Temeraire HATES it.

[azarinka21]

Still exploring, the dragon came past him; it sat up on its haunches to look at him inquisitively, and Laurence gazed down at it in unconcealed sorrow and dismay.

It blinked at him; he noticed its eyes were a deep blue and slit-pupiled, and then it said, “Why are you frowning?” – His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik, Chapter 1

Wohooo, Laurence, Temeraire and some random sailors on Reliant! Oh yeah, Laurence had no idea then how much his life would change...

Anyway, I have this big, unrealistic ambition to do art for every chapter in Temeraire. It's hard to know if I can even draw the first book, but I need to get better at drawing people, and using this amazing series to do it seems like an absolutely brilliant idea.

So, at the very least, I'm going to try to do as many illustrations as I can for these books, though I can't guarantee that I'll actually finish them.

[bichobolitach]

Post-nut morality crisis

[presidentheartbeat6]

VERY blue eyes. some might say FRIGHTENINGLY blue eyes.