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[lexalovesbooks]

So I saw your tags on that reblog and as someone who is always on the lookout for books that share Qualities with The Locked Tomb series, I would LOVE to hear your pitch for A Chorus of Dragons!

Ooh hi! Okay, so A Chorus of Dragons is a five-book fantasy series, and it’s kind of hard to give a neat and simple summary just because there’s So much going on and imo half the fun is finding out all the plot twists and what the story is really about as you go, but here goes:

The first book in the series is called The Ruin of Kings, and it follows Kihrin D’mon in alternating POVs at two different points in his life: in the first, he’s a fifteen-year old thief and musician who lives with his adoptive father. The two of them get caught in a demon attack, and the resulting chain of events reunites Kihrin with his birth family, a group of royals who each have their own plots and schemes and none of whom can be trusted. Needless to say, their interest in Kihrin can only be bad for him. The second timeline is set about six months in the future and follows Kihrin after a badly-failed escape attempt from said royal family that ends in him being sold into slavery. The book actually starts here—with him on the auction block, watching as two characters get into a bidding war to buy him. I won’t share what happens from here, but needless to say that Kihrin is doubtful that either of these two people winning will be good for him in the long run. The entire series is told like an in-universe chronicle compiled by the characters, complete with footnotes to add extra information (and also leave snarky footnotes making fun of other characters) and a beast of an index at the end of the book (have you even seen a family tree so convoluted that it requires two full pages? You will if you read this series!).

As for why I think people who like the locked tomb would also like these books: first, the level of complexity. Reading these books absolutely feels like trying to put together a puzzle at times, and between body swaps, reincarnation, immortality, and other conditions keeping track of who is who can become an Olympic sport. There’s also a lot of different POVs and jumping between different points in time, which I know isn’t for everyone but personally I almost always enjoy in books. Other reasons: unreliable narrators, straddling the line between fantasy and sci-fi, the fact that no one in this series has a normal relation with death, the theme of self-made gods and exactly how dangerous it is when you start believing you know what is best for the world that both books share too. Also, the past is so incredibly important in these books. All the main characters (Kihrin isn’t the only one, we meet the rest later) have ties to events that happened long ago, and one of the best parts of the series is seeing how these events connect to, and in many ways are still affecting, the present.

Overall, it’s a super fantastic and underrated series! If anything in this sounds interesting, I’d encourage you to check it out :)

[spicyraeman]

old sketches I did a while back to remind myself I can indeed color sometimes lol

[clownsuu]

God I love the insane amounts of d r i p Stanley just casually wears

[vulpinesaint]

pspspspsps poetry mutuals come here... new quiz... making you the patron saint of something...

[choodraws]

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[crystalbeastsquidney]

Halloween at the x mansion but it’s just everyone wearing starfleet uniforms. Charles does Not think it’s funny.

Bonus:

[hinamie]

spins him around trying to understand the pink mop he calls hair

[wolfythewitch]

Jon sketch

[cyberneticfallout]

How I’ve been welcoming the new Fallout fans:

[blackkatdraws2]

[Toon x Mobster] Chapter 1: First encounter.

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Jack Desmond was running under the heavy rain with a bag over his head, as he had given his umbrella to an old lady on his way home. It was an act of generosity that wasn't out of place in the whimsical place of cartoons.

He almost missed the dark shape sprawled out in an alleyway. Nothing too unusual, maybe some ne'er-do-wells or a goofy character caught in some mishap, but somehow, his gut told him that it felt different. Disturbingly out of place.

Faintly, his nose picked up on a worrying scent. Hesitant yet worried, he trudges closer, his shoes being tainted with red as he knelt down beside the dark figure. “Hey, buddy, you alright?” he called out, voice full of concern. His fingers tentatively touched the man’s shoulder.

Jack gasped, pulling his hand back quickly. His fingers were smeared with something deeply red and thick. His brain slowly processes what he's seeing, unbelieving. With the scent being washed down by the heavy rain, he pulls his palm closer to his nose to take a sniff.

His spine crawls and he jolts up, confused eyes shaking yet staying transfixed on the injured person as he stumbles backwards. He takes a closer look at the man's face- or, just his entire self for that matter. Staring back at him was a foreign face twisted into a harsh scowl, unconscious. Deep scars crisscrossed his face, making him look rather villainous.

This guy wasn’t a Toon. The thick dark coat, those scars- the blood. This man was from another Genre, one that didn’t belong in their streets of lighthearted fun.

His eyes caught sight of the gun tucked into the man’s coat, confirming Jack’s fears.

He's a Grim… perhaps a Guktav member?

The Guktav is one of the biggest and most influential criminal syndicates in the Grim genre where this gloomy-looking person probably came from. These men were dangerous, he'd better make a run for it just in case the assailant of this scene was still nearby.

Unsettled and too riddled with uncertainty and fear, he'd planned to just mind his own business and skedaddle… but his foot stayed planted where they stood, eyes transfixed on the wounded Grim man.

The more he stared, the more the puddle of blood spread.

The rain made the blood travel to the soles of his shoes quicker, and Jack’s stomach churned. He’d never seen anything like this before, not in this city. Life here has always been peaceful and non-life threatening despite the slapstick gags of silly violence people were hit with, but this? This wasn’t funny. This sight made his innards twist.

Jack glanced down at his palms, still stained with blood. The rain hadn’t washed it away, no matter how hard it came down. Starting to get a bit dizzy, he slowly starts to walk away.

Authorities… He should go call the authorities.

…

His feet stops not too far away, and the rain comes down harder than before.

"…Oooh-! Applesticks!" Jack curses, turning back with a huff and stomping back towards the man. “This is a bad idea.” He muttered to himself, shaking his head as he bent down again-

Jack's heart nearly leapt out of his chest when the man's gruff hands grabbed unto his arms and pulled him down, bloodshot eyes glaring straight at him. Jack's legs felt weak, his knees buckling and harshly hitting the bloody floor, terrified as the man's stare told him all he needed to know.

Do anything bad and he'd kill him.

The man's eyelids twitched, pupils rolling back. His large body collapsed on top of the smaller man, making Jack stutter as he fell on his bum, unable to balance himself. Jack lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding, staring at the unconscious man lying limp on his stomach, staining Jack's suit with his blood.

Jack Desmond swallows hard, his heart wavering. Should he really do this?

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[electoons]

oh m-...ahhh...my pockages

[bigfatbreak]

they both got bonked for being silly.

[spitblaze]

>looking into the official English release of Japanese media

>fandom says the translation is horrible

>ask them if the translation is actually bad or if it was just localized

>they don't understand

>pull out illustrated diagram showing what is a bad translation and what is localization

>they laugh and say 'it's a bad translation'

>check it out anyway

>it's localized

[suddenly-frankenstein]

his guardian angel

[captain-mozzarella]

Obi and his padawans :3

I wanted to redraw this but I thought it would be more fun if I did a continuation instead :))))

My original file was apparently too big X)

[haveihitanerve]

Cold take: Jason Todd smokes cigarettes because he’s the ‘bad boy’ ‘cool sibling’

Hot take: Jason Todd smokes cigarettes because Dick Grayson used to smoke them and even though he’s older now Dick is still his older brother and he’s cool so Jason still smokes them to prove himself to dick.