#a dance of fate

[a-crack-in-the-universe]

I’ve just started reading A Dance With Fate and I love the references to the Sevenwaters books! :D First Swan Island, and now Bran’s Blade! :’) also great to know that some of Bran and Liadan’s descendants still live in Inis Eala.

I do however hate the Swan Island leadership at the moment (though that may change), because of something they did in the beginning of the novel.

[addamvelaryon]

History calls the struggle between King Aegon II and his half-sister Rhaenyra the Dance of the Dragons, but only at Tumbleton did the dragons ever truly dance.

Artist: @asoiafattherite

[lucreziagiovane]

"Grief? Then why do you force this false joy upon us? We are dancing on your brother's grave."

[pinkprincessia-art]

Laslow and an itty bitty Soleil.

[speakofcompersion]

240712 NeverNever Fanmeeting - Taemin Guilty ♥︎

[waldherz]

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear …

( W A L D H E R Z ) ── A GUARDIAN in search of the TRUTH, her kind heart thirsting for REVENGE , entangled in the threads of FATE ... Is her DESTINY her DOWNFALL ?

(carrd) (board) (rules)

── independent , low to semi - active potrayal of the original esteria silvershade, based & crafted for fakevz/ ger&eng. Please read the rules before interacting.

[canyourlawnmowerdothis]

*withered husk voice* back in my day when charlie pole danced itbwas(gets shot one million times

[only-ari]

these are just the books on my tbr and other random ones I found on booktok. If your rec isn't on this list, please drop it in the comments!

[karaonasi]

For Baxter’s 27th birthday, Kit takes his husband of 9 months to the place where it all started for a night of good food and especially dancing.

BaxterMC Week Day 7

Art by @rui-drawsbox

[moeblob]

I really missed Xander ?? (I saw fanart of him and was struck with dang I should draw him again too)

[vio-starzz]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔐𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔶𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔉𝔞𝔱𝔢 - 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰' 𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 ⛧🜏☥

[derangedthots]

so i've spoken before abt how jace might've insisted on postponing his and baela's wedding till after the dance (despite ample opportunity/mutual desire) bc his love for her wanted to give her a ceremony without death looming over it. and that his fear for her compelled him not to wed and inevitably bed her when the tragedy of three harrowing labors might take what should be a joyful time away from them and - even more than that - take his beloved baela from him.

but what if, and bear with me for a moment, what if beyond rhaenyra and laena and rhaenys - all three women robbed, in some way shape or form, of a queendom - jace's thoughts took him to another targaryen ancestor, robbed of her birthright, burdened with the loss of her husband, and left alone to defend and protect their children from usurpers? maybe i'm just spitballing but what if jace's nights during the dance were haunted by the memory of rhaena targaryen, black bride, queen of the west, queen of the east, and whose ghost yet haunts the halls of harwin's his father's home at harrenhal?

what if he sees his baela, bold and brave and so beautiful, and knows - gods willing - he'll make her his queen. what if jace sees her and wants so many things for her but not one of those things is to make a rhaena targaryen of her. rhaena who was queen of the west and queen of the east but never ruled as queen of westeros in her own right - and, in trying to spare baela of that fate, jace dies anyway.

and she becomes a bit like rhaena regardless: robbed of her love and her crown.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

I say this with nothing but love in my heart.

But if you put Corrin, Byleth, Shez and Alear in a room together the collective brain cell count would go down by an order of magnitude that we don't even have a number for.

!

[honeydots]

i love olivia's flying dancer alt so obviously inigo needed an outfit too.....

[hawkinsbnbg]

Love Me Some More

written for 'edge' | word count: 509 | rated: E | ao3 | @steddiemicrofic

Steve didn't know when Eddie had become such a fixture in his life.

Eddie was subtle enough to bypass the scrutiny from other people but he saw it still; the lingering touch, the longing look when Eddie thought he didn't notice, and the hopefulness on Eddie’s face when Steve finally asked him to stay the night.

Yet, Steve was afraid that he had been over his head and decided to keep silent about it. Because he was content with what he had at the moment, and greed wasn't his thing.

(Or so he told himself.)

Steve never shared it with anyone besides Robin, but he had always been on edge his entire life. Thanks to his exemplary parents, ironically, Steve was never at ease with himself even if he tried. It was stressful, for the lack of better words.

Therefore, it was understandable that Steve was ten times anxious around Eddie, whom he didn’t know what to do with.

Their friends barely knew about it but they had started out as one-night-stands. Stumble into bed together then leave at dawn and never meet again, the whole gist.

Considering Steve was good at sticking to the only rule that reminded him to not make the mistake of getting too close to his one-night-stands, he was equally surprised and terrified that he had let Eddie worm into his life so effortlessly.

Thank god Steve hadn’t fallen for him. (Yet.)

Oh, who was he kidding? After months of making love with Eddie, he was at his limit.

And so did Eddie, apparently.

It wasn’t intentional, Steve swore on Robin’s right elbow. He just wanted to rant, and since Eddie was always ready to listen to him, he didn't think twice before complaining about his overbearing parents sending him on endless blind dates.

When Steve eventually stopped and had dinner with Eddie, he should've known better than to let Eddie stew for half an hour. But it was a lesson he would have to revisit another day.

As usual, their last destination was the bed and Steve ended up being fucked senseless. He didn't know where all that frustration and aggression came from, because Eddie was oddly intense tonight. Although Steve’s brain could barely function at the moment, he was still on edge.

He didn't have a chance to ask, however, before Eddie dropped a bomb on him.

“I love you,” said Eddie. Or rather, he kept chanting over and over again as he moved inside Steve. As though he wished to burn those three words into Steve’s body forever, and carve a home for himself so Steve would never dare to leave him for anyone else.

Steve’s eyes filled with tears as he clenched around Eddie just as fiercely in silence desperation. Then, he looked up to meet those loving chocolate eyes and smiled shakily, knowing he had nothing to worry about.

"Then let's date. And we’ll do it properly this time.”

There was a pause and then they started laughing together. When Eddie kissed him silly, Steve’s world became whole again.