#a coalition of lions

[tooboredforthis]

Found this from 25 years ago and thought some people here would enjoy it

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SCRIPTURES

In a world of Goewin. daughter of Artos, sister to her brothers. It follows the world beyond her written, personal scriptures, and explores a world for... another brother of her's. the world is cruel, and Athena is loud.

edit : by @to-lamb-to-slaughter. txt : by @to-lamb-to-slaughter / A Coalition of Lions by Elizabeth Wein or @/tooboredforthis / edit : by @to-lamb-to-slaughter. txt : by @to-lamb-to-slaughter / A Coalition of Lions by Elizabeth Wein or @/tooboredforthis / edit : by @to-lamb-to-slaughter . txt : by @to-lamb-to-slaughter / The Sunbird by Elizabeth Wein or @/tooboredforthis

[sharper-than-a-serpents-tooth]

Parallels: Medraut/Turunesh from The Winter Prince and Claude/Diana from Who Made Me A Princess

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: The coals thereof are coals of fire, Which hath a most vehement flame.

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art by @tooboredforthis (of course), @cryptidlark, and myself (@thecrenellations)

more Lion Hunters memes 🥰⚔️📚

[the-immortal-child]

When I discovered he was gone, I felt my way in panic down the tunnel that led beyond the crypt, beyond the reach of the little light burning at my father’s head, until I was afraid to go any farther. I stood there, calling and calling my elder brother, until I had to shut up because I suddenly so hated the sound of my own voice in that deep, quiet dark.

── The Lion Hunters Cycle, by Elizabeth Wein.

[the-winters-prince]

Theboys

baby Tele...need to touch his soft hair...

[thecrenellations]

a Turunesh and a Medraut, some time (many times) post A Coalition of Lions

[mammoth-clangen]

Happy world cheetah day!

Here's a fake cheetah (Miracinonyx) to celebrate uvu

Despite their common name (American cheetah) and their lithe build, Miracinonyx is actually believed to be closer related to the modern Puma! I based his spots more off a baby puma bc of this.

They are called Swift Spots by the Fleet Fangs and always have 'nonsense' names that sound squeaky; which is how I imagine their voices sound to all the other large felids cx

Also he and his brother are highly unimportant but i wanted to draw one of them anyway, so enjoy uvu

I know the bg is Lilac's silouhette but imagine it's "generic average homotherium" bc Lilac is actually very tall and would be a bit bigger compared to Seequa

Also i really like that here we have A sprinter: short snout for rapid breathing, long, flexible spine for max stride, long thin legs, long tail for ruddering And a marathoner: huge, blown-out muzzle for constant air cooling, short stiff spine for trotting, long legs for striding but not as thin, nub tail bc that's just how sabercats be

paleo details that make me happy uvu

[tsalala]

The Shishangaan brothers Kruger National Park, South Africa Photographed by Finn Kouwenberg

[whitelakesboys]

not a plot bunny per se, but i keep thinking abt lake mer coalitions, and then i started thinking it would be fun to make an au with like explicitly a guy as the MC, so he and lake!mer sun, moon and possibly also balloon world/fanon eclipse could form a lake mer coalition

like the guy lives on a houseboat in a large lake system, he's obviously a nomadic guy like us! and he's kinda cute, he could help us snag humans! (and we like him) and we can help him snag waterfolk with us, ayyyy 👉👉

imagine, a group of random humans taking beers at some lakeshore cafe/pub and this guy swaggers up from the docks and starts talking to them. and you know, the guy's pretty cute, there's some casual flirting, eventually the guy invites the group to hang out on his houseboat with his buddies. turns out the buddies are mers, whoa??? and flirty, too. and they keep wingmanning each other, the guy and the mers. :'''D

and vice versa: sun, moon and eclipse getting some waterfolk cutie to come over to the houseboat and basically cheering on their buddy the whole time and ideally also getting in on the action

and then of course sometimes the guy and the mers get a bit frisky with each other by themselves, because why not?

the idea is very much that they, the trio/quartet, are a stable unit, they're committed to each other, and they just go around... fucking around, ideally. trying to snag cuties, and if some cuties want to do them all, that's even better.

and! the funny thing is. because this mc would also interact with waterfolk in similar ways to the wlb mc, he'd also get some of the same minor body horror that i have in store for wlb mc :')

[tooboredforthis]

If you're in the USA, the entire ebook collection of my "Lion Hunters" novels is on sale for $3.99 until 15 Nov. 2024. This is a HUGE savings over the $44.99 list price and includes my first five novels, my own line drawing illustrations for The Winter Prince, and a photographic bio from my childhood! Here is the link:

[to-lamb-to-slaughter]

THE HEART

midst the hearth (through the harshest winters and through kinder days, lay's the future of a grief that stays-) set in stone. (the intentions of a cruel world, for it intends to insinuate-) the ripeness of glory.

the world is an exceptionally cruel test by him, the all-gracious. to those, who bear such pain and to pass such test, is one who deserves to accompany his throne and no more. but to those who cannot bear such burden, know there is none that blame you.

In this strange world, one is at peace so the other can bathe in their own suffering, and one will receive award for bearing pain and other punished for enjoying their day. This is the story of a family filled of Lion Hunters, and from the scriptures of the last remaining daughter of Artos.

[aleelewisharlot]

when I finish with the Medraut and Lleu brainrot, I'm focusing on Goewin!

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

Lleu when he realizes he wasted 7 years of his life projecting his rivalry with his brother on some random 16 yo teenage bully that isn't even related to him when his brother's blonde haired bastard child is running around somewhere in Africa.

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I and a few familiar friends now run a small server devoted to the Lion Hunters series by Elizabeth Wein! We would love to hang out with you there as well as here. Join us for:

spoiler-free zones for new readers

full series (and short stories) discussion and a place to yearn for The Sword Dance

enthusiasm and support for fanworks and really anything Lion Hunters

somewhat-regular group Read Aloud nights - we’re nearly done with A Coalition of Lions, so it’s The Sunbird next!