#The Tide Child

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

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[mariana-oconnor]

What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

Hmm, depends what you mean on being 'out for a while'... I don't really pay attention to what's new when I'm choosing books.

Both The Mask of Mirrors by M. A. Carrick (2021) and The Bone Ships by R. J. Barker (2019) I really loved and I've rated them both 4.75 stars. I'm not sure I could really choose between them favourite wise.

The Mask of Mirrors because it has so many vibes that I just love so much. Masked folk hero Robin Hood type. Cool renaissance Italy style setting. Con artist characters. Fantasy Tarot. Lots of masks and fun political manoeuvring. There are duels, buckles are swashed, there's a dark magical conspiracy. I've been trying to get the second one out of the library, but it's been checked out for the last 5 months. The 3rd in the series is available again, but not the 2nd.

The Bone Ships just absolutely pulled me in. I'm not massively into pirates/sailing stories, I like them fine, but it's not one of the things I will definitely read if I find it in the blurb, but it was great. Cool (and macabre) world building, lots of character growth. Found family, if they're not admitting it yet. I also loved the second book in the series. Haven't read the third yet.

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[provincara]

Nimona 🤝 Call of the Bone Ships

Depicting a gay couple where one of them literally cut off the other one’s hand/arm bc of conflicting senses of duty, and then never having them properly talk about it later

[suzyqueue4u]

Me with Joron Twinner, my all time beloved.

if a character means enough to me i will truly never stop thinking about them. i just retire them into a little back room in my brain and periodically bring them out to stare at them under a little light

[ultraviolet-divergence]

aaaaand the Democrats just capitulated and helped vote through a version of the Defense Authorization Act that prevents TRICARE, the insurance provider for active military and national guard members, from covering any gender affirming care for children. 81 Democrats voted to pass it. There were enough Republican nay votes that, had Democrats held the line, it could have been voted down.

[isvoc]

I recently finished The Tide Child Trilogy by R.J. Barker and well… Keyshans are rising in my sketchbook. Big shout out to TC for gifting me the books because 😭💙

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

It's you!

You come from a family of nobility and are the only child. You grew up with doting parents, your mother very nurturing and your father very iron-fisted.

You are the heir to the family fortune and your father's company--a shipping company in charge of transporting imported and exported goods across the water. How boring.

You would rather spend your time learning more about what always served as your backyard--the sea. You grew up hearing tales told by your mother and the house staff that the sea was once filled with giants, but over the years reports and sightings had dwindled significantly.

You always felt drawn to the sea, especially after an encounter you had as a child with two mer pups.

[i-lavabean]

[riickgrimes]

it just really breaks my heart that most of the discourse has to focus on dying children in order to humanize palestinians as if fully grown adult human beings don’t also deserve your attention, empathy, respect, and care

[waywardsunlight]

There’s a certain level of like… “I can’t think about failing” that the rebels have to deal with because if they fail, thousands of their people will die, but sometimes they just get hit with it, like when Darius realizes that Hunter, a minor who’s guardian not only knew but planned this, has a real sigil and he’s going to die if they mess up.

[thefreelanceangel]

Fabulous.

[who-do-i-know-this-man-s3]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

[hotchology]

another day another zombie movie god i love zombies

[spark-circuit]

me at my bookstore job to the 27th young adult straight edgy fantasy romance to come in this month

[intothegenshinworld]

Prompt: writing well-wished to one another f.t. Childe Shoutout to: @chaoffee!!

Wood crackles in the background and a warm orange hue from the flames in the fireplace illuminates the room in a welcoming way. Outside, snow dances from the clouds down to the ground where they land in a sea of white. And while it had been lively in the living room only a few hours ago, everyone has gone to sleep and you’re alone with the letter in front of you. 

Your boyfriend, Childe, was as complex as you expect him to be. A young harbinger with a soft spot for family and his lover. His personality had many layers, and so did his life. That much was evident, because while he was away in Inazuma—carrying out a mission in her Tsaritsa’s name, he still took the time to send you and his siblings heartfelt letters. 

The corners of your lips curl up into an adoring smile at the thought of it. Even oceans away, his love for you and his family was like the irresistible pull of a tide. Nothing could ever stop him. 

And now you sit in the empty living room of his childhood home, reading the words on the paper over and over again. 

He writes about the things he has seen, promises to return with many gifts to make up for the lost time, and ends the letter with well wishes. The majority of it is a variation of ‘I miss you; I love you; you know that I love you, right?’ and you can only imagine how clingy he’d be when he returns (not that you mind. You miss his hugs after being separated from him for months). 

You pick up your writing utensil and your own paper. While Snezhnaya remains unchanging, ever so white, and his family close as ever. You still write about the daily habits of it all. Never missing your own well-wishes at the end, and sending off the letter with a kiss.

[bread-knife]

i NEED to see childe and fischl interact