#darkangel posting

[omgnotsokawaiidarkangel]

DarKAngel has descended from the dark gloomy skies yet again. And today seems to be going pretty well for this angel, I took voicebank wife away from @kangel-official and ever since then I've been feeling really happy, we're going on a date right now by the way, so yeah, bye losers! >:P

[myrsinemezzo]

Ok. So now I’m curious. Please tell me about a time where you thought “there is no way there is fic for this one extraordinarily specific thing” and THEN THERE WAS!!

(Mine was finding ao3 fic for the 1982 sci-fi/fantasy trilogy The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce)

[damnslippyplanet]

@leupagus requested, and her wish is my command. At least on a Monday morning when I'd rather be thinking about fic than my weekend email backlog. So:

List five of your least-popular fics, as well as when/why you wrote them.

the green place, Word of Honor modern AU, YeXie, 2021

This was a little string of YeXie Week ficlets based on word prompts. Friend Ritualist* and I had been batting around some ideas for a Plant Witch Xie'er fic in the DMs and I thought I'd use YeXie week to play around with the character voices/world a little and see how I liked writing those two. I had a lovely time writing it, but semi-connected short ficlets where the rimming is (just barely) off-screen are a hard sell. Also I left it marked incomplete for a long time thinking I might go back and finish out the week's prompts, so I'm sure it got passed over by the very wise people who don't read WIPs. No regrets, I like knowing Plant Witch Xier'er is out there even if he'll probably never really get written.

*babe, I'm blanking out and can only think of your pro author tumblr name and not your fandom one, if you're seeing this and wanna be linked, drop your fandom url in the comments and I'll link you up

The Desert Dreams of a River, Darkangel Trilogy, Aeriel/Irrylath, Erin/OFC, 2019.

Yuletide fic! With the hit count you expect for a Yuletide genfic based on one of your formative pieces of circa-1982 fiction about a girl trying to reform a vampire while they live on the terraformed moon. Written in a frantic haze just short of deadline, if I recall, as I'd started a different angle on it that didn't quite work. I'm not saying this story was just an excuse to get Erin a wife, but it was sort of that, since the prompt didn't really allow for Erin to wife Aeriel. (But she SHOULD HAVE. Let Aeriel Have A Husband And A Wife.) I loved these books so much. Unfortunately something must be really fucked with the licensing because only the third of the trilogy was available as an ebook at the time and that doesn't seem to have changed? Pick up a hard copy of the first book if you ever see one, though.

every word is nonsense, Only Friends, Ray&Sand, 2023

Another little tidbit of a fic as an exercise in character voice again and also how much I liked how much the show likes their smoking scenes. Look. I'm a person of a certain age who smoked like a chimney as a teenager and into my early twenties, and I can't help the programming that got into my bones about the inherent eroticism of sharing a cigarette. (lolsob, high five to my fellow Thai BL nerds, how are we all doing this week with the one-two- punch of the DFF shotgunning scene and the new 4 minutes teaser? it's fine, i'm fine.) I wrote this thinking that next I would write some RaySand smut and then didn't because the whirl of Thai BL fandom pulled me on to something else, but at some point I want to rewatch this show and may still write it then because it fed my FirstKhao shipper heart so well.

dizzy in your wake, Nirvana in Fire, Changsu/Jingyan, 2020?

I'm not the one who said "what if Mei Changsu were a were-octopus," that was a series of amazing twitter threads by @astronicht. But people just KEPT sending it to me because I am known to think octopus content is very cool and also to be a Mei Changsu Girlie, and eventually a couple of friends shook me until 600 words of ridiculousness came out. What surprises me is not that this one has few kudos, but that it has >10 kudos at all. I would say this is the most niche and silly thing I've written except I've also written MDZS/Jupiter Ascending fusion fic, so let's not pretend I have any dignity left. Written in 2020 but it didn't get posted until later because I don't usually post things this short. At some point I was in one of those "it's an ARCHIVE, we should put ALL THE THINGS THERE" moods and slapped a few NiF ficlets written for the group chat up there.

A Second Dose, Hannibal, Bev/Freddie, 2016

This was the thing where you write an odd little rarepair and it's so much fun you come back and do a sequel you hadn't meant to write. I'd written Bev/Freddie before and then when a Hannibal rarepair fest came around I was like, hey, what if I did that again. Possibly I just wanted to revisit the cat named after Rosalind Franklin that I'd made up for Bev.

[rayless-reblogs]

20 Book Challenge

I saw this challenge on a post by @theresebelivett. The idea is you pick 20 of your books to take with you to a desert island, but you can only pick one book per author and series. Here are two further guidelines I set myself: They have to be books I actually own, as if I really am gathering them up under my arms and heading to the island; and I'm defining "book" as a single volume -- so if I just so happen to have 100 novellas squashed between two covers, it still counts as one book.

We'll go alphabetically by author.

Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre. An old standby, a classic, I can jump into it at any point.

Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca. Have only read it once, but loved it and I suspect I'll get more from it each time.

Clare B Dunkle: The Hollow Kingdom. If I can only take one book from this excellent and unusual goblin series that captivated me in the mid-2000s, it'd better be the first one.

William Goldman: The Princess Bride. This book had an outsize influence on my own writing. I can quote a lot of it, but I wouldn't want to be without it.

Shannon Hale: Book of a Thousand Days. I love the warmth and humility of its heroine Dashti. Plus, Shannon Hale very kindly wrote a personal response to a fan letter I sent her years and years ago, so her work always has a special place in my heart.

Georgette Heyer: Cotillion. I don't actually own my favorite Georgette novel, but the funny, awkward, and ultimately romantic Cotillion is definitely not a pitiful second-stringer.

Eva Ibbotson: A Countess Below Stairs. Countess was my introduction to Eva's adult romances, and she is the past master of warm, hardworking heroines who should really be annoying because they're way too good to be true, but somehow you just end up falling in love with them.

Norton Juster: The Phantom Tollbooth. I first read this when I was like eight, and even for an adult, its quirky humor and zingy wordplay hold up, no problem.

Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera. Can't leave without Erik, nope, the French potboiler has got to come. Perhaps I will spend my time on the island writing the inevitable crossover fanfic, The Phantom of the Tollbooth.

CS Lewis: Till We Have Faces. Faces is my current answer for what my favorite book is, so I'm taking that, though it feels criminal to leave The Silver Chair behind.

LM Montgomery: The Blue Castle. As much as I love Anne and Emily, it came down to Blue Castle and A Tangled Web, and I'm a sucker for Valancy's romantic journey.

E Nesbit: Five Children and It. Probably the most classic Edwardian children's fantasy, though still a hard choice to make. Nesbit is another author who had a huge influence on me as a writer.

Robert C O'Brien: Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. A childhood book I'm really sentimental about. I should re-read it.

Meredith Ann Pierce: The Darkangel. The first in the archaic lunar vampire trilogy. This will always be frustrating, only having the first in the series, but if I can only read the first, maybe I'll forget about how angry the third novel left me.

Sherwood Smith: Crown Duel. At one time, this swords-and-manners fantasy duet was one of my absolute favorite fandoms, and clever me has both books in one volume, so I don't have to choose.

Anne Elisabeth Stengl: Starflower. My favorite of the Tales of Goldstone Wood series. We'll have to test whether I can actually get sick of Eanrin.

JRR Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings. I've never actually read it through as an adult and, look at that, I have a three-in-one volume. Cheating!

Vivian Vande Velde: Spellbound. I've read much of VVV's YA fantasy and liked a lot of it, but none more so than The Conjurer Princess and its fast-paced tale of revenge. The Spellbound edition includes the prequel and a bonus short story, so I'm good to go.

PG Wodehouse: The World of Mr Mulliner. There are some hilarious novels I'm leaving behind here, including all the Bertie Wooster stuff. But there are some absurdly fun Mulliner stories and this edition is like three hundred pages. That'll keep me happy for a long while on my island.

Jack Zipes (editor): Spells of Enchantment. This is an enormous compilation of western fairy tales. I've owned it since 2004 or so, and I've still never finished it. Now, on my island, I'll no longer have the excuse.

Tagging anyone else who feels like doing this!

[darkangel1791]

Another fic posted to AO3. I thought "Together" was my shortest fic, but word count says this one is! So here is a very short one. I'm going to continue posting to The Rise and Fall of a Coven, but I want to get as much up on AO3 as I can asap. I don't know why but NOW suddenly I'm worried that something will happen to it!

Also I have, and will, tag all of these types of posts with DarkAngel's VampChron Specs, if you want to make sure you see them. Because you do NOT want to get notified every time I post. My queue is set up for 25 times a day. Nobody needs that!

[mangimakesmodels]

Little WIP on a Dark Angels Legion Dreadwing Interemptor. Been a minute since I posted updates on this lot, but the work move forward. For the Lion, For Caliban!! #gw #warhammer40k #spacemarines #gamesworkshop #horusheresy #forgeworld #wargames #wargaming #warhammer #citadelminiatures #paintingwarhammer #minipainting #warhammer40000 #wip #diy #miniatures #reels #reelsinstagram #toys #spacewolves #imperialguard #bloodangels #sistersofbattle #eldar #darkangels #killteam #ageofsigmar #modeling #hobby #miniaturepainting  (at Planet Caliban) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqPgIwVOOXX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[daemonstalley]

I know no one cares about the Warhammer posts, but I painted up a 2nd edition Dark Angels captain today. Think it’s one of the best faces I’ve ever done! #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity #darkangels #spacemarines #oldhammer https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl7KJM5qBXW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[chevvy-yates]

CHARACTER SONGS TAG

Thank you for tagging me @itzsassha, @pinkydude and @spicyraeman. <3

♫ Game Rules: Choose one of your characters and list song(s) that fits them. (10 songs or less.. its up to you). Tagging: @nervouswizardcycle, @imaginarycyberpunk2023, @wraithsoutlaws, @miss--river, @wanderingaldecaldo, @dreamskug, @sammysilverdyne, @saevus-brutalis, @morganlefaye79, @gloryride, @nightcxty. Idk, if anyone of you received this already — it's not a must. I just lost track of all the various tag games going on here lately. Also no pressure!

—— I wanted to do it for all three of my boys at first but I realized while doing Ryder's, this is going to be a bit more special concerning songs. His entire story is somehow accompanied by various songs that I don't have for my other pixel boys (yet), so I'll just stick with him instead:

Ryder von Scharfenberg

First, the playlist (extra created for this post). It is full of Dark Rave/Wave/Techno, Industrial etc. because it's what he is and defines through. FYI: There's also lots of German lyrics. If you're interested in a translation, you'd need to drop it into a translator – I thought about adding them but this srsly got out of hand here with the length of that post.

More behind the cut. If it really interests you why I've chosen these songs. Once again it got out of hand.

I.

– Techno ist unsere Welt – The Boy The G – Nyntändo-Schock – Welle:Erdball -> represent mostly Ryder's teens. When he started to discover Techno for himself, still a boy wanting to have fun (therefore the Nyntändo-Schock song bc it sounds fun). 'Geht lieber mal arbeiten, da tut da was vernünftiges ja Arbeiten Warum Wir sind jung Wir ham noch dit ganze Leben zum Arbeiten Techno ist unsere Welt' – Techno is unsere Welt The lyrics basically say that he's too young to think about working, he's got the whole life to go to work and techno is his world for now. Sadly he could never live it out like other youngsters with his family being so strict.

II.

– Corporate Supremacy – NN – Eiszeit – Eisbrecher – Gehorsam – Nachtmahr -> Ryder was doomed to be a Corpo ruled by his superior called father who of course wanted that his son should step into his shoes one day and lead a Corporate business. He had to be obedient all his life, Ry even tried to make it up to him but failed all the time. 'Corporate Supremacy' represents his father, who is a thread, abusive and cold hearted. Ryder fears him like no one else. Ryder was never allowed who he wanted to be as long as he was with his toxic family. Everything he liked was 'unworthy' or 'underclass' in their eyes. He thinks he doesn't belong into the Corpo world, has completely other interests but isn't allowed anything of it. As stubborn teen he does it nontheless but learns it the hard way when his father finally breaks him, taking almost every joy from him. 'Darf ich sein, sowie ich bin? Nein, das darfst du nicht Darf ich suchen nach dem Sinn? Nein, das darfst du nicht Die Kälte zieht in alle Knochen Und die Glieder werden schwer Sie haben mir mein Herz gebrochen Es schlägt, doch es lebt nicht mehr' — Eiszeit One day he understands his life can't go on like this and he needs to be his own master. Take control, break out of the machinery he was born into to be able to have his own life. He didn't want to be another automatic submissive human having constantly to work a 40h+ job he hated. He know it would end him if he didn't do somethign against it. 'Sie wollen dass man sein Mensch sein aufgibt Seine Autonomie für ein Gehaltscheck Ein goldenen Stern. Ein größeren Fernseher Der einzige Weg Mensch zu bleiben Der einzige Weg frei zu sein ist zu rebellieren Sie werden versuchen dich zu brechen Jede nur mögliche Taktik zu nutzen um dich fügsam zu machen Gehorsam Unterwürfig Du musst dein eigener Herr sein Koste es was es wolle Es ist besser als Mensch zu sterben Als Sinnloses Rädchen in Maschinarie zu leben' — Gehorsam

III.

– Darkangel – VNV Nation – Kingdom – VNV Nation – Mann gegen Mann – Rammstein -> These songs represent the change in his life and the time he needs finding his true self after years of obedience from his superior and dealing onward with his depression. Ry got away from his old life, ready to live like he wants now but he's struggling not knowing what to do and where to start. He desperately needs to clear his mind first to find a purpose in his new given opportunity. 'I'm in this mood because of scorn, I'm in a mood for total war, to the darkened skies once more and ever onward, I'd only come here seeking peace, I'd only come here seeking me' — Darkangel Once he's content with changing into the person he wants to be, he also eventually knows what he wants to do: Make Night City a better place, free the people from the Corporate supremacy where it is possible. It is why he became a merc. He strongly believes that Night City is not fully lost. It just needs the right people to work on it. He knows it's wishful thinking hoping to see Night City back to what it should have originally been: Richard Night's original vision of it: Coronado City – you've got to hold onto hopes and dreams, so he does. 'And I believe that we'll conceive To make in hell for us a heaven. A brave new world. A promised land. […] I'll leave no walls, no stone unturned. Every tower must be razed To the dust from which it came.' — Kingdom And for Rammstein's 'Mann gegen Mann'? It simply represents his sexulity he is finally able to live out openly. 'Wenn sich an mir ein Weib verirrt, Dann ist die helle Welt verwirrt. Mann gegen Mann. Meine Haut gehört den Herren. Mann gegen Mann. Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern.'

IV.

– Let Me Out – LOCO13 – Berzerker – KARAH, Wanton – Don't You Know Who I Am – Wanton –> These three songs represent how Ryder feels inside. That beast, — his constant anger — that knocks at the door, ready to take over seeking for bloodlust. 'Let Me Out' is the daily knock-knock that says: "Hey, I'm here, don't you ignore me. Let me out. Let me kill. Let me kill them all." Ryder is dealing with this constant pounding almost 24/7. It never let's him alone, since it first showed up in 2070. There's times he is able to completely ignore it, especially with distractions, but these are rare. He got used to live with it though but lately it seems to get stronger than ever (2078). 'Berzerker' is similar to Let me Out but harder and faster, so it can be seen as when Ryder is already figting but still remains in control. It gets wilder in between when he's ging into a killstreak, slowly losing control with the beast now taking over. 'Don't You Know Who I Am' is Ryder turning into his total unstoppable berserk mode killing streak — you better stay away from him. The ragefull screams represent his anger going roar while the sound of blades can be seen as he's slicing his mantis blades through everything and everyone in a total blind rage.

V.

– Because I'm Drunk Babe – Nico Moreno – Panzerfaust schießen – Phosgore – Berlin – Balazs Fedelin – Raving With The Devil – Jamie McLellan – Deutschland braucht Bewegung – Noisuf-X -> Just wanna dance with Ryder (or imagine him raving to it)? Try these sick beats. Ryder loves himself some extra hard beats with a certain uniquness in them. But that is not the main reason — Raving is his way of finding freedom for at least a while. Those hard beats overshadow the Beast's constant pounding, so he won't hear it for the time being. It's also his way of venting off the usual anger he can control.

VI.

– Rot V1.0 – [:SITD:] – Call The Ships To Port – Covenant – Vergessen – Klanglos -> These songs make Ryder always a bit melancholy and thoughtful. Some great lyrics along together with certain parts of powerful beats combined with beautiful moving melodies that just got set right for giving him goosbumps all over. 'A second of reflection Can take you to the moon The slightest hesitation Can bring you down in flames A single spark of passion Can change a man forever A moment in a lifetime Is all it takes to break him' — Call The Ships To Port 'Jeder Fortschritt, den wir Menschen machen Beruht im Grunde nur auf einer Sache Der Angst vor dem Tod Der Angst davor, wieder in der Leere zu verschwinden Aus der wir einst gekommen sind Du bist einzig und allein das Produkt einer Angst vergessen zu werden Auch du hast Angst allein gelassen und vergessen zu werden Vergessen Allein gelassen und vergessen' — Vergessen most moving parts for Ryder: Rot V1.0 (2:20–3:05 and 3:15–4:15) Call The Ships To Port (1:20–2:15) Vergessen (3:20–5.00)

VII.

– Just Can't Get Enough – Depeche Mode – World In My Eyes – Depeche Mode -> Songs when he feels good and is together with the one(s) he loves. Both songs apply to both; Vijay and Thyjs, since VIjay was once his love interest and Thyjs is now his current now. I'm sorry there isn't more 'lore' about his relation ships yet – it is stuff I'm still thinking about. But Ryder is a very romantic type of guy and with Thyjs he may have found the right man by his side who is capable to handle this hot headed fidgety black sheep of his, because Thyjs is the calm center of a storm. 'And when it rains You're shining down for me And I just can't get enough And I just can't get enough Just like a rainbow You know you set me free' — Just Can't Get Enough 'I'll take you to the highest mountain To the depths of the deepest sea And we won't need a map, believe me Now let my body do the moving And let my hands do the soothing Let me show you the world in my eyes' — World In My Eyes

Now, that got long again. These are just bits, details and pieces of his backstory. I've written more in separate special posts dealing with certain years of his life. You can find them via my tag system. Still on writing 2071-present, tho. If you made it until here, you must love either Ryder or me.

Thank you for taking your time! <3

[chryzuree]

OMGGGG someone rbed my darkangel trilogy post where i got rlly pissed abt ravenna & started agreeing w me in the tags IM!!!!!

[velvetbunniie-archive]

i was hoping somebody would’ve at least posted a review on tumblr for the darkangel trilogy, but i’m alone in this. building from the ground up and sobbing the entire time.

[cheolsfriend]

I posted 154 times in 2022

That's 154 more posts than 2021!

49 posts created (32%)

105 posts reblogged (68%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@daveyistheloml

@morgansplace

@itsdaifuku

@lush-k

@shadeops21

I tagged 45 of my posts in 2022

#redacted asmr - 8 posts

#redactedverse - 8 posts

#redacted audio - 8 posts

#redacted david - 6 posts

#hala wala - 4 posts

#redacted headcanons - 4 posts

#redacted asmr david - 4 posts

#redacted audio david - 4 posts

#david shaw - 4 posts

#saya the papaya - 3 posts

Longest Tag: 72 characters

#actuskdjdllly guys me and fuku r literally married and grew olf together

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

my boyfriend everyone

74 notes - Posted November 25, 2022

#4

angel cyber bullied sam before they met and they both probably don’t even remember that ☠️

like

xX_.DARKANGEL._Xx: LOL XD LOSERRRRR WHERE YA FANGS AT

dallasvampire: :(

80 notes - Posted December 1, 2022

#3

a david wip :)

160 notes - Posted November 24, 2022

#2

divine failure of the almighty.

so hey….. anyways.

i was thinking of finishing this piece fully but life kicks in sometimes and you know, the hair is not rendered at all. but this is about as good as its gonna get for now.

the idea of this concept, david as lucifer, is david’s grief and failures. especially in imperium/cataclysm or inversion. where even the mightiest falls dead at some point.

192 notes - Posted December 2, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

i’ll choose david shaw over my family any day, blood ain’t thicker than that ass

223 notes - Posted November 28, 2022

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[omgnotsokawaiidarkangel]

DarKAngel is back, and I just got back from my honeymoon with my wife Miku, I'll probably give her back to @kangel-official .... >:((.... grrrrggghhhh...... I hate the fucking thought of this...... aaaaaaaaa!2!2!2!2!!?1?1????1?1

[godheadliar]

the ice cream is all texture. i could master the ice cream. i could whip air back into melted ice cream before i freeze it, i could stir it out of

post on hold. i was half wrong. there are also larger ice crystals produced when you re-freeze ice cream. not sure if there's a solution there.

[secretlyatargaryen]

There was a post I read on this website a while ago about The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce. The post was making the rounds and was fairly popular, I think, and touted the book as an example of an actually good YA vampire/enemies to lovers romance, but I can’t for the life of me find the post.

Anyway, I just finished the book, and I have thoughts.

Trying to find the post online, I found a few articles that talked about the book being problematic~ for its dated romance, and like, okay, I can kind of see that. Aeriel’s goal throughout most of the book is to kill the Darkangel but she also keeps thinking about how she doesn’t want to because he’s ~so beautiful~, but it doesn’t really feel like she’s romanticizing him, necessarily, or romanticizing a bad relationship, because she doesn’t really have a relationship with him. For most of the book, they barely interact, and she thinks about how he’s pretty but also evil, and her desire throughout the book is mostly to save the souls of his “wives”, women whose blood and souls he has stolen who are now undead wraiths (Hi, Bram Stoker). By the way, this book is beautifully written and wonderfully creepy, even if it took me a bit to get used to all the extryme fantysy spellying - the darkangel is not a vampire, but a vampyre - and the 80s science fantasy worldbuilding. But I’m into it.

The story feels less like a vampire romance novel, though, and more like a fairytale, having more in common with Beauty and the Beast or the various enchanted husband tales than with Twilight. Aerial does say she “loves” the darkangel at the end of the book, but that’s after he’s at her mercy and she gets to choose whether to end his life or turn him back into the boy he was before he was turned into a vampire by the witch who kidnapped him as a child. By that time, Aerial is no longer enthralled by his glamor, and has already defeated the darkangel and saved the souls of his wives. The “love” feels less like romance, and more like compassion for someone who she recognizes was also a victim. I think it does move into romance later on (there are two more books in the series), but Aerial never puts up with abuse from him while thinking she can change him or that things will get better. The idea that he can be saved is teased throughout the series - and advertised on the back cover snippet - but there’s never a “oh he’s not that bad” moment.

In fact, a criticism I saw when I was trying to find that tumblr post, which I agree with, is that it’s hard to believe in the darkangel’s “spark of goodness” that is advertised in the cover snippet. Before he’s turned back at the end of the book, he doesn’t seem good at all. He kidnaps Aerial and insults her, feels only contempt for the women he’s turned into wraiths, tortures small animals for fun, and wants to subjugate the world, which he can only do once he finds his fourteenth wife. The “spark of good” seems to be based on the fact that we learn that he was once a human boy, which doesn’t actually make him good. It just makes us feel sorry for him. Oh, also, he has bad dreams, which is a hint that he is tormented by what he has been turned into. Which again, doesn’t make him good, but it does make him a victim in some respects. I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, remarks Hamlet, were it not that I have bad dreams. Also the witch who kidnapped him when he was six is described as his “mother and lover” which...yeah. Even if we take this metaphorically, it’s. Something.

But the book doesn’t really need you to believe that the vampire is good, because at the end his behavior is chalked up to him being enchanted by the witch. Once he’s no longer a vampire he doesn’t seem at all interested in breaking the wings off bats, so there’s that. He also feels really, really guilty about murdering thirteen women. So I don’t know if we’re supposed to think that he deserved to be saved because he had good in him, or if he deserved to be saved because he was enchanted and he totally didn’t mean all that stuff he did as a vampire, or vampyre. I’m not sure if there’s a difference, which the book also seems interested in addressing, so I do want to see how the next two books deal with the fallout. It’s just kind of a disappointment that I was promised a story about a character changing from evil to good and what it ended up being was “it was all magic, actually.” The darkangel, while a powerful figure for most of the book, ends up the character with the least amount of agency, narrative-wise. But that might not actually be a bad thing, if you’re looking for a story with an empowered heroine.

This book also shares some similarities with Deathless, which I probably would have enjoyed more if it weren’t as beloved on tumblr by the weaponized femininity crowd years ago. I still cringe at remembering Cersei stans using that “you are a demon like me and do not care if other girls have suffered” quote as a feminist beacon for “dark romance”. In contrast, Aerial cares about the darkangel’s pitiful, horrible wives and there’s a fabulous scene where they get to tell him off, after Aerial poisons him on her wedding night to him.

Swiftly, silently, they fleeted from the shadows, the folds of the bed-curtains, the seams of the walls. The icarus’ hand went suddenly limp; Aerial saw him start. She slipped free of him as the wraiths surrounded him, stood ringed about him, keeping him from Aerial. The vampyre cried at the sight of them, threw up his arms as if to ward them away.

“What are you doing here, my wives?” he cried. “You are so hideous to look at. Keep off!”

The wraiths drifted in a slow circle around him. “We will not keep off,” they said. “You have chosen us, and we are yours.” 

Damn. 

I’ve ordered the other two books in the series, but the third one is coming tomorrow, before the second one gets here. That’s what you get with free shipping, I guess.

[ordo-scriptus]

Nowt pretty, tonight. Sat down with the intention to start batch painting the Dark Angels. Couldn't bring myself to splash black over a dozen models, though, so just got a second Marine to the dirty, post-wash, pre-fancy-parts stage. Like as not I'll be getting a lot of Angels up to this stage, and whenever I can't stand the batches, I can spend an evening doing finishing touches like skin and gold and highlights. #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity #gamesworkshop #warhammer30k #horusheresy #horusheresy2point0 #darkangels30k #darkangels #legionveteransquad #legionesastartes #spacemarines #hobbystreak #hobbystreakday465 (at Wakefield) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpGq2gxtXU_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thessclexa]

hey, it's the anon looking for a fic. Thank you so much for posting my ask! It is the fic "I am Heda". I'm so happy!!!!

Yay, awesome! Thanks for everyone’s help! @darkangel-452 @syngularitysyn @visualecho94