#The Crow Wars

[birdsofempire]

EP 1 | SEASON 2 | BIRDS OF EMPIRE

Okay, my theory of them uploading every winter makes sense why we waited a whole ass year for the new episodes. I have been shaking at my cage man! Thank you Jason Lew, we are feasting once again.

[shutupcrime]

I feel like so many problems people have with tv at the moment could be solved if we just went back to the good ole days of 20 episodes a season that’s just sixty percent filler and character development. Give the people what they want- less condensed story and more meaningless shenanigans

[gamelpar]

me whenever i get obsessed with something new and subject my tumblr mutuals to it

[autism-crime]

Me when tragic siblings:

[vamplire]

facing the consequences of your actions all by yourself, handsome?

[dcvina-claires]

yeah your ship may have kissed but did they try to kill each other?

[thekenobee]

Why, I’ve been clearing out the drafts!

[cyrankaa]

[aprill-99]

*gestures vaguely at a whole ass cast of characters*

“None were ever busy being heterosexual. All were busy studying the blade. Some were still heterosexual, but all still prioritized the blade.”

[starlightsuncrow]

Medic, i need my daily dose of them

[greywoe]

"The she-wolf laid into the squires with a tourney sword, scattering them all. The crannogman was bruised and bloodied, so she took him back to her lair to clean his cuts and bind them up with linen."

[starknesskenobi]

Honestly if I was the "chosen one" what I would do is without warning just simply fuck off and disappear into a bog forest and never leave it...can't become the chosen one if no one can find me

[dailyflicks]

The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)

[bonaesperanza]

What you need to understand is that all the things I've ever been obsessed with ever since I was a little girl are actually in conversation with/inspired by each other.

AKA the literary equivalent of the Habsburg family tree (It really explains how a lot of these guys come off as very similar even though the authors have never heard of each other e.g. Gen Queensthief and Lymond. It's because they share like 98% of their DNA and can be traced to 2 common ancestors. Captive Prince is basically that one guy who was so inbred he needed to eat through a straw because he couldn't open his jaw, and I say this in the most affectionate way possible.)

I'm pretty sure lots of these people have also been inspired by Dumas and Sabatini, but I can't find them saying so on record (only Lynn Flewelling cited Sabatini among her influences).

Other common influences that I didn't include because either I've never been more than lukewarm on them or because they're a cultural milestone everyone's read are Tolkien (obviously), Shakespeare (obviously), Mary Renault, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Rice, and obviously the Odyssey, the inventor of the guile hero. Other books inspired by these that I didn't include because I've never been more than lukewarm on them include Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, Cassandra Claire's entire opus, Christopher Ruocchio's Sun Eater, Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora (which I remember liking a lot when I was reading them, but I don't remember anything about them currently), and Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series. And also a million Star Wars and ASOIAF copycats I guess. Thought I might list them anyway in case somebody used this as a reclist. Some rando on Reddit said that Martin cited Dunnett as one of his influences but I can't find where he said that? All I've found was an ancient forum post where he says he never read them.

*Pacat has cited ASOIAF as an influence on her Dark Rise books, which I haven't read, but I included it nonetheless.

Also the arrow between Kay and Graves should be in the opposite direction but I can't be arsed to fix it lol

[vamplire]

characters that claim they have no heart but actually possess the greatest capacity to love but just never had the chance to give or receive it make me feral

[dcvina-claires]

please put emphasis on platonic soulmates in media. on unconditional love and loyalty based off of pure friendship. on heart wrenching breakups between best friends that change their lives. on knowing someone else better than they know themselves. on being a shining light for each other and finding happiness in the darkest places. on fighting side by side until the end, because a lover may visit your grave but your best friend will be in there with you