#bright sorrow

[crabsnpersimmons]

"Your heart was in the right place. Don't blame your earnestness and efforts for their lack of understanding—the right people will appreciate your heart."

EDIT: i mention this in the tags already, but please don't copy my vent tags in your reblogs. thanks for understanding.

[guujikaroko]

Do you ever sit and think about how Xiao promised to essentially be Lumine's executioner. Do you ever think about how he said he'd kill for her if she wished so. Do you ever think about how Xiao spent thousands of years participating in bloodshed and massacre and thinks that it's all he was meant to be. Do you ever think about how he sees Lumine as a pure soul that deserves none of that suffering he pretty much drowned himself in. Do you ever think about how he can only feel useful to Lumine as a weapon and thus offered himself to her as one.

BUT ALSO! Do you ever think about how Lumine NEVER calls for Xiao to fight for her? Do you ever think about how she almost died fighting a GOD in Inazuma and only called Xiao after the whole ordeal was over and she wanted him to eat a dish? Do you ever think about how she absolutely refuses to use Xiao as the weapon he thinks he is? Do you ever think about how Lumine sees Xiao as a pure soul that deserves none of the torment and endeavors to give him peace in any way she can?

[wentian]

Animated Short: Ichor of Two Dragons | miHoYo Anime

[surrealsunset]

my page for @dgm20thproject that i forgot to post...! i worked on the glitch effects on this until the very anguish of this page was screaming at me straight into my burnt out retinas lol

[fictionadventurer]

"My true love is the evening walk, that last hour of daylight that has its way with sunlight, shadow, and soul."

-The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Volume 1, by Beth Brower

[space-writes]

nine lines, nine people

tagged by @thegreatobsesso, thank you! more from draft two of Renegade Prince, ft Sorrow’s updated introduction~

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“It’s our only choice,” [Vancis] said. “It’s Lucian’s only chance.” “But to meet out here, it’s so—” “Discreet,” said a smooth, amused voice. Anneth jumped, manicured claws digging into Vancis’ arm. From the shadow of one of the towering crimson blazewood trees sauntered the man they had risked their reputation to meet. Taller than either of them in heeled boots Anneth could’ve sworn she’d seen on an Orcherial Prince last week, he glittered with jewellery at wrist and ear and throat, and had butchered a perfectly good shirt into some horrible Zashi vest, patterned in the same brash colours as the skirt that swung about his calves. He halted a few feet away to deliver an elaborate bow, giving them ample time to take in the jagged, gold-capped ends of the broken horns that curved mere inches back over his long, dark hair. “Lord and Lady Everent,” Prince Sorrow said. “A pleasure to make your acquaintance at last.”

[ID - a green and black decorative divider]

(tags & taglist under the cut)

no pressure tagging @loopyhoopywrites @chauceryfairytales @kaylinalexanderbooks @hagscribes @foxboyclit

@sarandipitywrites @mjjune @memento-morri-writes and @zmwrites

Valloroth taglist: @cherrybombfangirlwrites @reininginthefirewriting @memento-morri-writes @foxboyclit @lawful-evil-novelist

@at-thezenith @morganwriteblr @fayeiswriting @serenanymph

@sam-glade @viscerawrites @thegreatobsesso (ask to be +/-)

[moderncryptid]

Another thing about Damien that is both sad and relatable is the way he immediately latches on to anyone who isn't outright rude to him. Like if you're a little nice to him one time that man will imprint like a baby duck

[mr-awesome-balls]

i forgot how much the dgm openings were such bops???????

[icharchivist]

the artbook saying they planned on having Cole in da4 to give a compassionate voice wanting to help Solas navigate through his pain and supporting him in front of Rook and the companions, only for the final product to literally just be "bashing Solas hours because he's such a loser for always being alone and he's to blame for literally everything (rightfully so or not)" just fills me with an intense sorrow i will never recover from.

[howifeltabouthim]

'I loved all this, it was my favorite thing, and it always will be, but it's over now. I have a different destiny.'

Lev Grossman, from The Bright Sword

[gale-gentlepenguin]

I do not fear the one that succumbed to evil. For those that allow evil to take hold allowed their own fear to overtake them. They saw the darkness of the world and let it swallow them. I do not fear what I pity.

[endoftheworldhere]

A Comprehensive Timeline for NWAACO

This timeline will cover pretty much everything that’s happened in canon so far and absolutely will not line up with canon Grishaverse ages/age differences/birthdays. There shouldn’t be any spoilers for people who’ve read everything, but I’ll still put it under a cut just in case. Typical NWAACO warnings apply. Enjoy! 

35 ADD (After Dark Days): Per Haskell (District 6) wins the Hunger Games at age 18

37 ADD: Seeder Norris (District 11) wins the Hunger Games at age 18

42 ADD: Jarl Brum (District 2) wins the Hunger Games at age 18

July 47 ADD: Magnus Opjer (District 4) wins the Hunger Games at age 18

October 47 ADD: Zoya Nazyalensky is born 

April 49 ADD: Nikolai Lantsov is born 

There are only two times of year where Nikolai can be concieved and so only two possible birth months for him. I went with a July conception/April birthday because he felt like a spring baby

yes this means Nikolai is almost two years younger than Zoya when I think he is her age/maybe slightly older in Grishaverse canon. Look...it’s just not going to line up. Sorry

July 49 ADD: David Kostyk is born

But Erin, you say, David is the Victor of the 68th Games! He’d be 19 then, he would be too old!

To which I say--good catch! David’s birthday is actually in late July; as we’ll see in the David one shot, he turned 19 in the Arena. It was a very terrible birthday

March 50 ADD: Genya Safin is born

January 53 ADD: Leoni Hill is born

February 53 ADD: Jordie Rietveld is born

June 53 ADD: Alys Meijer is born

no, I didn’t intend for all the older sibling characters to be the same age but it ended out working out that way so I ran with it. It’s an intentional parallel now

July 53 ADD: Genna Pieters (District 6) wins the Hunger Games at age 17

55 ADD: Jan Van Eck becomes president, Aditi Hilli and Colm Fahey marry

yes, the age gap between Van Eck and Alys is really gross. Trust me, I know

January 56 ADD: Matthias Helvar is born

September 56 ADD: Nina Zenik is born

November 56 ADD: Kaz Brekker is born, Lara Rietveld dies

March 57 ADD: Hanne Brum is born

April 57 ADD: Jesper Fahey is born

June 57 ADD: Inej Ghafa is born

May 58 ADD: Wylan Van Eck is born

60 ADD: Paul and Alyssa Zenik die, Nina Zenik is left orphaned

May 63 ADD: Sara Helvar is born

July 64 ADD: Zoya Nazyalensky (District 8) wins the Hunger Games at age 16; Dominik Vertov (District 2) dies

March 66 ADD: Tomas Brekker dies

April 66 ADD: Marya Hendriks dies; Jordie Rietveld dies

I had to steal the idea from @oneofthewednesdays that Marya and Jordie ‘died’ around the same time 

March 67 ADD: Stefan and Katrin Helvar die; Matthias and Sara Helvar are orphaned 

July 67 ADD: Enobaria Robinson (District 2) wins the Games at age 18

July 68 ADD: David Kostyk (District 8) wins the Hunger Games at age 19; Aditi Hilli is executed

70 ADD: Nikolai Lantsov is recruited to the rebel movement

July 71 ADD: The events of One for Sorrow take place

July-December 72 ADD: The events of Bright Morning Stars take place

July 73 ADD: The events of Sometimes I Wish for Falling take place

July 74 ADD: The events of Gold Rush take place 

[mikazeliscious]

i feel so overwhelmed i could cry

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: Kingdom on Fire

Author: Jessica Cluess

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2016

Genres: fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, paranormal

Blurb: Henrietta Howl can burst into flames. When she is brought to London to train with Her Majesty's sorcerers, she meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, young men eager to test her powers and her heart. One will challenge her; one will fight for her; one will betray her. As Henrietta discovers the secrets hiding behind the glamour of sorcerer life, she begins to doubt that she's the true prophesied one. With battle looming, how much will she risk to save the city...and the one she loves?

[merziggy-printworks]

After 33 years of not doing digital art....maybe I should learn how to do digital art.

Work in progress of my PF2e Witch, Sorrow Bright.

[painted-kneecaps]

my job selling handbags in a conservative town did not reference floor length gowns with historical replica corset stays in their dress code. and boy howdy are they regretting it