#a shard of ice

[killpilled]

A Shard of Ice

[waterflowing-under-ground]

The emotional gut-punch that is A Shard of Ice (short story in Sword of Destiny in the Witcher/Wiedźmin book series), upon re-reading it after many years away from the series, on a day where I need to stay on task and be emotionally stable. Suppose it's better than trying to read it tomorrow when I have to concentrate on work. 😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺

I know Sapkowski wasn't intending any allegory on autism (although it surely is an allegory for people being cruel to those deemed the "other"), but the "you have no capability to feel human emotions no matter what you think" allegations levied at Geralt all the time, repeatedly, to the point where he feels utterly defeated and even internalizes them to a degree despite knowing that he DOES feel a full range of emotions, plus what actually happens in the end (which I won't spoil) hit home in the worst way today.

[hanzajesthanza]

i like how sapkowski needed some more ways to make geralt’s life miserable and the worst thing he could come up with (asides from all the other things) was “what if cats hated you and you couldn’t pet them”

[majestativa]

And once more I dream of a dream of a dream.

— Lydia Grigorieva, Shards from the Polar Ice: Selected Poems, transl by John Farndon and Olga Nakston, (2016)

[perseruna]

i Adore your fake marriage ice and flame art!! I was wondering, what reference/insp did you use for their outfits??

hello i am SO sorry I'm so late to this unfortunately uni got in the way BUT here's an in depth thread on the costume design of this piece and all the little details and references you might have missed <3

starting off, I wanted it to feel like a wedding picture of two people from different cultures, and they're not only marrying each other but so are their aesthetics. the costumes are very distinctive while also being complementary to each other.

yennefer’s dress is very much Indian sari inspired, while jaskier’s main influence comes from the Detva region of Slovakia. I wanted these costumes to be clearly influenced by traditional clothing while being something they would also wear in universe.

yennefer’s gown while being inspired by traditional saris is also inspired by Yves Saint Laurent and Elsa Schiaparelli take’s on saris as well as this Simone Ashley's look (also the fabric is supposed to be a two-tone taffeta, so I hope that reads well enough)

jaskier's Detva inspired look works so perfectly in universe with his s1 doublets in my opinion. His costume is also inspired by other slavic folk clothing, for example his pants are mostly inspired by the polish mountain style clothing from the Zakopane region.

yennefer's also wearing alta dye on her fingers, which women adorn their fingers with for marriage ceremonies in the Bengali culture. The red dye also matches jaskier's red doublet and the dark blue flowers on jaskier's vest match yennefer's dress. like I mentioned before they're wearing wedding rings with gemstones that match each other's eye color <3 yennefer's wearing bangles, a maangtika and a nath, while jaskier's sporting the single pearl earring that I always draw him in and his other neckless are under his shirt

+ some process from the drawing !! (fun fact the first file that I found on this concept is from may 1st 2023 lmaoo) anyway I really really love it and I'm very proud of it, my fave yenskier piece to date <3

[blackrocks-king]

Oh?

Ah .. this is .!

I’ve finally found it.. What has this been doing here??

Ahem … my apologies..

It must’ve been a while.. Truly my fault..

I must’ve lost the device on accident before heading to bed, and I haven’t been able to find it until now. I apologise if there was no activity on this blog. It is nice to be back.. haha. How have you all been doing?

[lavosse]

I've never seen snow fall for this long. and so fluffy. it's very idyllic

[checkadii]

mfs do anything but finish their wips . like startign another, for example

[metallicmadnik]

63. for  a  competitive  starter.

Metal Sonic is not often sent to retrieve badniks. They are an unending force, mass-manufactured to be endlessly used by their creator. Metal understands this of himself, too--He is not the only him that has ever existed. However, his current model is the one still intact because it is the superior one. A perfect rival to Sonic, a trusted tool for Eggman to use to help shape a new world, and a too-sharp sword wielded against their enemies. Today, however, he is following a signal. What he finds is far from what he was told to expect: Another him.

Metal Sonic doesn't have the largest capacity for positive emotions. Negative ones, on the other hand, are easy for him to access. As this older model comes into view, its signal proving itself to nearly match his own, he feels...Angry. There can be only one Sonic. There are already two because of his double's refusal to submit. Anymore is far too many. If the unit refuses to comply with Metal's directive of capture and deliver, well. A show of force may be necessary.

That doesn't bother Metal in the slightest. To show his capability and crush any trying to be Sonic is exciting for him. He fires his engines, heat blasting from his chest as he races to the ground to face the copy head-on, bell-like beeps ringing out as a warning: ">> Stand down and prepare for removal as required via Eggtech Assemble and Reservice Protocol." Badniks are meant to come when called. Clearly this one is somehow refusing commands. Metal Sonic has been guilty of rebellious coding himself, but it was removed and he is glad for it. If the unit won't see reason, he will simply have to help it in the same way, won't he? Or destroy it.

@silver-heroes-rp for shard!

[pangeen]

“ The Incredible Ice Beach “ // Mads Peter Iversen

[hanzajesthanza]

with all the myths and rumors surrounding witchers and how witchers are created (such that, they can reuse body parts and frankenstein new witchers together… by the way, any geralt–frankenstein’s monster parallels, anybody…)

i just gotta say, seeing preston holt and geralt riding side by side and handling some business together in the beginning of crossroads of ravens probably did not help any of these rumors, did they.

the people of kaedwen knowing holt, and then one day next to him appears something like a carbon-copy, white-haired witcher with a streak of sarcasm and stubborness.

it was just preston holt, who was active once, but then disappeared and wasn’t around for a while, and then all of a sudden he re-appears and, “oh fuck there’s another one.” and knowing holt never married and only ever had sex with prostitutes, i imagine the peasants conjuring up some kind of witcher mitosis in their minds

[cahootings]

Today’s lake

[preydefiler]

the pain is really getting to me tonight, I am,,, miserable, even after multiple dabs. wehhhh

[blackrocks-king]

oh, my mistake. enjoy the warmth while it lasts, your majesty! things will get very, very cold in the future.

…

Is that a threat? I don’t think I liked hearing that.

..What’s cold?

[thefreelanceangel]

Nightmares came often, the only visitors Imayo's bed ever saw, but not so often that she feared them upon closing her eyes.

Oh, some did indeed end a night prematurely, bringing her from a sound sleep by providing the bright coppery taste of fear. Others left her curled on the futon, knees pressed to her chest, as she fought her way free of the despair they'd laid over her.

Loneliness, she understood, lived with from breath to breath. Despair she fought often, holding it at arm's length through sheer force of will. Fear and terror followed her, hand in hand, throughout much of her life.

...these dreams, however...

Pain.

Heat.

Distant screams mingling with the wet tearing of living flesh ripped open. Within her, only agony.

Despair.

Pain.

Pain.

Pain.

Pain.

She knew these emotions, knew pain. Never in her life had she not understood how to manage these, to face them. And yet... She felt them tearing her apart, pain shredding flesh, not just heart and soul.

PAIN.

It split her, pieces falling away, and she clawed the robe from her body, discarding it in pieces. One foot came down, shattering the mask she'd worn so happily, and she lunged.

Skin split, shreds falling away. Skull split, pieces splattering across the cracked stones.

Without thought, she reached for the first thing that moved.

It squirmed.

She squeezed.

It made noise.

She squeezed harder.

Heat blazed around her as stone cracked and fell.

And when she consumed the warm, limp thing in her grasp, the pain faded into all-consuming hunger.

[f-o-and-selfship-club]

Meet Blizzard! My Disney's Aladdin sona

She is a new advisor of the palace and a ice sorceress that is capable of using her powers carefully.

She is really in love with the Royal Vizier and sorcerer himself! Jafar. But she couldn't help herself. Also she has a minor crush on the Vizier's sister Nasira

Lovers: Jafar, Nasira(does have a crush on)

Familial: Sultan(fatherly), Jasmine(sisterly), Genie(parental)

Friend: Aladdin

Pet: Iago