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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...

[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:

[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

[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.

[doomdoomofdoom]

Kamala Harris does want "transgender surgery on illegal aliens that are in prison", btw.

So since Trumpists are getting mad enough about the jokes to actually cite their sources, I thought I'd put the source out into my left extremist commie faggot echo chamber, too.

The claim originates from an ACLU questionnaire she filled out for her 2020 presidential candidacy, specifically this section:

She wasn't given a new questionnaire for 2024, and has stated that while her policy on some things may have changed, her values had not. (This most likely means she moved more to the center to appease larger demographics and cut corners to reach compromises. The basic politician stuff.)

It boils down to this: If you're in prison, whether for "illegal" immigration or other crimes, you rely on the state to provide you with necessary amenities, like food and health care. Her argument isn't "hell yeah everyone in prison should get sex changes for free". It's "gender affirming surgery is a necessary medical procedure. If you are in the states care while this becomes necessary, the state should provide it." If you're outraged by your tax money being used on this, consider the massive amount of people being incarcerated in for-profit prisons, on your dime. Then ask yourself if maybe a prison reform might be in order.

Worth noting: In 2015, while Attorney General, Kamala Harris actually argued against providing gender-affirming surgery to an incarcerated trans woman, claiming that HRT and psychotherapy were sufficiently covering her medical needs. She has since obviously changed her stance and assumed responsibility. (I would like to take this moment to remind my fellow left extremist commie faggots that "willingness to learn and rethink your views" is infinitely more valuable than "perfect from the start and unwilling to listen to anyone")

Also found in the source: This image of Kamala Harris participating in the 2019 San Francisco Pride Parade, wearing what I believe to be a sequin rainbow embroidered denim jacket.

I encourage you to read the provided CNN article and the answers to the ACLU questionnaire, as they give great insight into her values.

TLDR: Based.

[suddenly-frankenstein]

his guardian angel

[ameriel]

anyone know if we have catgirl tomorrow