#Tuesdays at the castle

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[awwyeah107]

Summary: For years, people had said that Imladris, or Rivendell in the common tongue, was a wonderful place. It was peaceful, it was beautiful, it was welcoming—a perfectly lovely place to be. What many of them neglected to mention was that despite the hospitality of its residents and the beauty of the valley, Imladris was rather…unnatural. (A Castle Glower AU)

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When I was looking through the prompts for Imladris Week a couple of months ago, I read “Imladris as a place” (for Day 4) and then “the magic of Vilya” (for Day 7) and I instantly came up with the idea for an Imladris Castle Glower AU.

For any Tolkien fans who know the Castle Glower/Tuesdays at the Castle series, you’ll immediately pick up on what I’m thinking: Imladris functioning like the Castle.

For any Tolkien fans who don’t know the Castle Glower series, or who vaguely remembers Tuesdays at the Castle as a book they read in their childhood and then forgot about, here’s all you need to know for this AU: Castle Glower is a magical castle that moves its rooms around every Tuesday.

And if you’re a Tuesdays at the Castle fan but haven’t read The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings—what are you doing? Go read that pronto :P (But also, this fic is definitely readable without the prior knowledge of Tolkien’s works, so I wouldn’t let that stop you. It’s just more fun if you have read any Tolkien books, or even watched any of the Middle-Earth movies.)

I had SO much fun coming up with the idea for this story and working out the details! I might end up writing more or sharing some of the snippets and ideas I wrote down for things that would happen in this AU version of Imladris, because I did have some thoughts.

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@imladrisweek

[towns-end-bindery]

Tuesdays at the Castle

By Jessica Day George

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I had to remake the case twice before I finally got the measurements right. But I’m glad I finished it in time for the holidays. That was a close one for sure 😮‍💨.

It’s your standard square backed bradel bind. The entire case was foiled by hand using a foil quill.

[pandora-possum]

Pogue: I was thinking I'd do some magic-

Celie: You? Magic? Pogue, it says talent show.

Heavily based on the fact that Celie laughed when Pogue told her he wanted to be a wizard 😂

[kanerallels]

Okay, I'm vibing at home procrastinating from writing so now's as good a time as any for this post that I owe @starbirdrising!

Behold: My Top Ten Fantasy Books/Series For When You Need Something With Magic And Kingdoms And Good Vs. Evil With Good Winning And Fun Adventures And Probably Dragons So Basically You Want To Read Narnia But Something New Would Be Fun:

"Valiant", by Sarah McGuire. I will recommend this book for as long as it takes the larger part of my followers to read it. It's a fantasy fairy tale retelling of "The Valiant Little Tailor", which is in the gray area between well known and "wait that's a real fairy tale??" where The Seven Swans and King Thrushbeard resides. The general plot is this girl moving to a new city with her dad, but due to unforseen circumstances she has to pretend to be a tailor to make a living. And then giants show up. And she accidentally gets involved. There is a bit of romance, but it's really, really good. Also the writing style is IMMACULATE and there's adoption. (this is one of the only single books on the list, the rest are series)

"The Dragon With A Chocolate Heart", by Stephanie Burgis. First of all, I should have asked for this for my birthday. Second of all, this is about a dragon who gets turned into a human. By a food mage. Have you heard of a food mage before? No, you haven't, but they're amazing. Especially when it comes to chocolate. So, said dragon sets off to seek her fortune as a chocolatier! Super fun platonic relationships, and there are DRAGONS

"The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making", by Catherynne M. Valente. How can you turn away from an incredibly cool name like that?? This is your classic portal fantasy-- girl travels by leapord to Fairyland, gets up to trouble with a Wyverary, and has to face off with an evil Marquess! Also it's a series, and the prose is freaking STUNNING. I reread the last one recently, and there was crying

"The Green Ember", by S.D. Smith. My sister just called this series "this generation's Narnia" and WOW is she right. The journey of two young rabbits as they discover their heritage and the war to save their world-- it's beautiful!! And also really funny

"Magic Marks The Spot", by Caroline Carlson. This one has PIRATES. It's about a navy admiral's rebellious daughter, who takes off to become a pirate instead of going to finishing school. It's funny and delightful and just such a good read!

"Breadcrumbs," by Anne Ursu. This rec is accompanied with a story, because I said so. So, when I used to actually have time and go to the library every week, I would always see this book. EVERY. TIME. It was weird. I ignored it for the longest time-- until finally one day I decided "may as well give it a shot" and brought it home with me. And HOLY HECK was it good. A retelling of The Snow Queen, this book is about friendship. And growing up. And it made me cry. And I love it.

"Storybound", by Marissa Burt. This one is a duology, and they're both amazing! The first one tells the story of Una, a girl who winds up in the world where stories come from. The sequel continues her adventures, and also introduces a character who I love so so much. He's so funny and carefree. Until he's not in which case holy SPADES IS HE COOL. Also I'm suddenly realizing this book may have inspired more of my WIP than I thought. I digress

"The Search For WondLa", by Tony DiTerlizzi. This is actually not fantasy. It is, in fact, sci-fi! It's about a girl who lives in an underground home with her robot caretaker. When their home is attacked, the girl escapes to discover that the Earth she thinks she was raised on isn't Earth after all-- it's another world entirely. It's got AMAZING found family, super cool world building, and it's just so fun!!

"Tuesdays At The Castle", by Jessica Day George. Okay it's been a while, so I don't remember the exact premise of this one. But as I recall, it's about a royal family who lives in a magical castle that can shift rooms and grow new parts as well! When the royal siblings' are under threat from foreign enemies, they have to work with the castle to protect each other. Super wholesome family vibes, and the series is really fun in general!

"Wizard For Hire", by Obert Skye. I could not tell you if or if not this is fantasy. But I can tell you that it's set in modern day, and it's about a boy who lived on his own from a young age after his parents disappeared. And one day, he finds an ad in the paper for a wizard, and hires him to find his parents. Shenanigans ensue (as well as really funny catchphrases and a lot of breakfast food. No one is surprised that I love this trilogy)

Well, that's all the room I have for now! This post was super fun to make-- I might make another bizarrely specific one like it someday! For now, thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy some of these book recs

[castlebattleroyal]

at the end of the month i'll start working on a bracket

so until then please keep sending me castles, palaces, forts and fortresses. and please reblog and share this blog with others so we can decide once and for all what the best of them is

[happygoosebird]

All my very favorite books, I can tell the author really enjoyed writing them because they’ll be a) very long and b) in distinct sections. Three of these are Jessica Day George’s Saturdays at Sea (Partying in Grath, aboard the Castle ship, and in the other place) Royal Ranger: A New Beginning by John Flanagan (Training pt 1, training pt 2, chasing the kidnappers, finale on the beach) and Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (prepping for the games, during the games, Coriolanus in District 12). I just love reading these because I can tell how much the author loved writing! Anyway in this essay I will

[sapient-locations-bracket]

I'm here to submit The Castle from the "Tuesday in the Tower" book series! The pronouns of the Castle are unknown // I forgot.

Oh man, I loved that book when I was younger! I was honestly considering putting it on my list myself but thought it would be too niche. Glad someone else liked it! I think the castle only even gets referred to as it.

[rhea-ripley]

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[vermilllionsands]

Daren Bader

[mumblelard]

lock stock and teardrops i'll be gone or happy new sponge day imaginary constructs

my streak of perfect summer fruits ended with some mealy nectarines and a sour plum

last weekend i hiked a gorge and turned my legs into rubber

yesterday i busted my toe sideways while walking to the kitchen so i can't ramble today

last night i ate pork egg rolls and a frozen three musketeers bar for dinner

my usual breakfast is a pot of black coffee as my stomach protests any effort beyond that until three or four hours after we get up

[travelingare]

📍Edinburg Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The rain makes the views Edinburg even better☔️🌧

@bokehm0n

Good morning Edinburg!!

[pandora-possum]

Pogue: This is such a bad idea.

Celie: Then why are you coming along?

Pogue: One of us need to be able to talk the knights out of arresting us when this inevitably goes wrong.

[cepheusgalaxy]

Lesbian week lesbian week lesbian week

Here's my contribuition:

Castle Swimmers (webtoon by @wendylianmartin) - one is a canon lesbian the other I'm not sure but I ship them so much

Alien Stage (by Vivinos, a youtube musical series, or something to that effect) - my dear doomed yuri

Carole and Tuesday (anime available on netflix) - they might not be romantically involved but. they're too cute not to include. *hands you a pair of platonic girls love*