#davian licanius

[incorrect-licanius]

Caeden's evil clone: *points at Caeden* Shoot him. He's the clone.

Davian: *shoots clone* The real Caeden would never pass up a chance to die

[rocinanterising]

My interpretation of Davian from the Licanius trilogy by James Islington.

Essence.

Kan.

[laireshi]

the issue with the venerate is that tal’kamar is very shippable with like. every one of them (all of them are shippable with all of them, really, but i have my fave, so). that’s the price of having Intense Immortal Relationships. i want to study them under a microscope. (i mean yeah, yeah, i love his and alaris thing the most, obviously i do. that whole thing with ‘you’re my enemy but you won’t kill a friend’ to how it ended...... but also that one scene he got with andrael? ‘kein? really? please i Need to know more. that part with meldier talking about how broken he’d been in the plains too? i??)

[desdasiwrites]

– James Islington, The Shadow of What Was Lost

[starsailores]

rereading licanius, and i don't think i will ever be able to get over the prologue. obviously it stands out as an excellent introduction on your first read - it sets the tone for the rest of the series, and generates a lot of intrigue and angst in only three pages - but the pain hidden between every line comes through so clearly when you already know how the series ends. 'this time, i go where aarkein devaed cannot follow', as well as being subtle foreshadowing, is absolutely agonising when you know the extent of tal's regrets, and the pain only increases with his reaction to the mention of 'davian'. he knew what that man would mean to him, and he believed that he had already killed him. but he forces himself to enter the unknown so that he can finally make it right.

there is so much regret in three pages, and it gives you such a good insight into caeden's character and thought process that you can only really appreciate with hindsight. not to mention the way that book three ends with the very death that shammaeloth references at the beginning of book one. you restart the trilogy where it ends. i may cry

[haveyoureadthispoll]

It has been twenty years since the god-like Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them - the Gifted - are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their own powers. As a young Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born. He and his friends are despised beyond their school walls for the magical power they wield: a power that Davian, despite his best efforts, cannot seem to control. Worse, with his final test approaching and the consequences of failure severe, time to overcome his struggles is fast running out. But when Davian discovers he wields the forbidden power of the Augurs, he unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will change his life - and shake the entire world.

[bitegore]

woah I just finished reading licanius and I'm feeling lightheaded. do you want to yell about licanius because I want to hear you yell about it. I'm prepared to be so so normal about nethgalla

GOD. AHAHAHAHAA. i always want to yell about licanius

okay first my personal hashtag licanius hashtag experience is worth adding because it explains a lot about which parts i am most insane about. So I first found the first book Shadow of What was Lost back in the ancient years of like 2015 or 2016 or whatever before Islington got his book deal while it was still self-published on Kindle Unlimited instead of being published by any kind of publisher. Back in these years it was just the first book and the others weren't out.

....and surelyt you remember that fucking epilogue thing that Islington loves to do where he puts the Big Reveal right at the end of the book, right? So i spent like a full three or four years going absolutely Bat Shit about just the whole "caeden is also aarkein devaed" bit and then . book 2 comes out and. AUGH. AUUUUUUUGHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAA the fucking. MALSHASH is CAEDEN is AARKEIN DEVAED is TAL'KAMAR why does this man need to be every character. and THEN the fact that CAEDEN DOES NOT KILL DAVIAN. HE GETS HIM FUCKING SELF.

insane. this series makes me insane. literally foaming at the mouth insane.

nethgalla was just like. okay actually i cant lie i kind of love that she fucked up every romantic plotline caeden/tal could've been involved in because i am so glad he did not have any actual romance plot with karaliene or anyone else but how do you invent a character as cool as The Demon Shapeshifter From The Torture Dimension and then fuck it up by being like "and she's obsessed with this guy and exists mostly to be a femme fatale" like come ON. come ON you FLUBBED it. i wish she had more going on with her because even just the idea that she's tied to bhim because he summoned her by fucking up resurrecting his dead wife is like spicy as fuck but then the actual execution is so. like. mid at best? it truly saddens me especially because when Tal shows up she's lame about him but every other time she is SO badass. when she's pretending to be that one hunter she was so badass. when she was tormenting ashalia in the name of making her stronger that kicked ass. they should've kissed. i said what i said

also FUCK LMAO MELDIER AND ALARIC AND ISILIAR AND THE OTHER VENERATE i am SO not normal about them I am obsessed with them I want to put them in my mouth and EAT THEM. i wrote a crossover where Vortex gets recruited into their ranks for an exvent once. i love them so dearly. i spent multiple years bullying my girlfriends into reading the books exclusively so i could get them to write fanfiction about them for me. i love them i want them so dead i'm so glad the story went the way it did but also they deserved better and i wish it didn't happen in the first place. literally the best fucking tragedy ever. i wish we got to watch Wereth's death and Andrael's betrayal and i also wish everything were worse and there was more bad. i am so normal about them.they are so important to me

the fucking shape of this narrative also. this is so circles ever. it makes me lose my fucking mind. look at it it is a self-contained loop (derogatory) (aspirational) this thing is soooooooo the chicken and the egg. its so. its so! i am normal and not insane about it i promise come closer etc etc

[steadfastbakingandfighters]

Still kinda wish my crackpot Licanius theory actually happened imagine Davian eventually gave up on his own time, traveled all the way back in time, used the Waters of Renewal to wipe his memory for the first time leading to it's second time being less effective so that he can regain the memories of his time as Tal'Kamar, eventually becoming Caeden, using Kan to become immortal and living life as Tal'Kamar and then eventually Devaed, following his own plan during the plot of the series, then finally shifting back into his own original form leading his past self, with no memory of who he once was, to kill him

[incorrect-licanius]

AU in which Caeden is somehow able to not die, however he still ends up 20 years in the past with a baby Davian with his powers too weakened to immediately do anything about Venerate and stuff.

Cue Caeden trying to lie low while figuring out what to do and also he has to raise a baby now. He has to like get a job because they need to eat. Also he desperately prays he does not run into any of the Venerate because his past self is still supposedly on their side and he does not want to figure out how to explain to Alaris why he's apparently abandoned whatever he was supposed to be doing to work on a farm and also Tal where did that baby come from

[bitegore]

tagging in @gaysontodd @natalieironside @bluecookiesabi @beteldyke and an open tag for if you see this and want to do it too XD

I tag anyone who wants to do this.

[laireshi]

I ship Caeden/Davian but like in a very specific way?? It's not romantic but it's not not romantic either. They obviously became close friends during their time in Zvaelar and I love that.

But also that scene at the very end when Davian returns and they're reunited for the first time both knowing who they both are and all the times they met before, and he calls Caeden Tal with such familiarity and saves him not only from El/Shammaeloth but also from himself (much more difficult in a way...)? It does something to me. And they're written as very comfortable with each other and just... They know how it's going to end/how it's ended already and yet they managed to look past that and grow to love each other. 

They are very important to each other, both emotionally but also in sheer impact they've had on each other's lives, and I very much can see them kissing in Zvaelar when they feel particularly hopeless about everything and crave human connection...But they are not one another's only/biggest/exclusive love, and they know it, and they don't want to be more than what they are, either. I feel like one thing they definitely are by the end is very honest about themselves. They're just what they need to be for each other.

(all of that, and then i think of the sheer trust and determination and forgiveness in learning to love the man that already killed you in his timeline, and will kill you in yours but only if you work with him; in learning to work past the regrets and guilt to really see the man behind them for who he is as a person and loving him when it just makes things more painful, and i curl up on the floor in feels)

[writteninart]

So, I'm back after almost half a year of break from tumblr, changed my name and whatsoever.

And I really want to make theories, so, if you read The Licanius Trilogy, like The Shadow Of What Was Lost, An Echo Of Things To Come, and are currently reading The Light Of All That Falls already it already hop on. To anyone who hasn't read this trilogy I beg you to change that, it's a fantastic trilogy.

Spoilers

So we all know that Caeden is a Venerable, and that Malshash, whom Davian met in the first book in Dealannis, is exactly Caeden. Davian is supposed to die according to Caeden and the other Venerable by going back in time back when Caeden was Aerkain Deaved (I have no idea how to write that) and my point is that I'm not sure if Malshash is supposed to exist and if he is then there's a fair chance that Davian won't really die. Because there's a line that Caeden/Aerkain didn't cross to make there be a Malshash, and I know it's messed up and complicated so I'm trying to figure this out.

The timeline is supposed to be:

Before:

Caeden is Aerkain Deaved (also Malshash, Tal'kamar), he does unexplainable things, some really fucked up shit and he's an enemy to the entire world. He consciously starts to doubt as to if he's doing the right thing but he's still in denial. Suddenly Davian crosses his path, tells him what will happen and what he's doing is wrong and that he'll come to hate everything he did, and under the pressure of emotions Caeden kills him, the boy named Davian who claimed to be from Caeden's future. However even tho he doesn't want to, he starts questioning wherever what he's doing is wrong, so after several years of doubt nagging him, he finally starts making proof. He wants to know if the man he killed was right. He gets the truth and he immediately starts working everything out, he has no time for other things, he's making plans, preparing everything and at the time of where his real plan is entering he escapes to the water of rebirth or something like that.

That's exactly where Caeden starts his life, with a wiped out clean memory.

So you see, there's no place for where Malshash was supposed to make a living. He is from the future and past at the same time, but at the same time he isn't either Aerkain or Caeden. He knows what will happen and we know that, but then apart from this part there's also one thing not adding up. Caeden's plan is to lock himself in one of the things in the Barriers (idk the name in English) and you can't escape from there. He isn't trying to change the date like Malshash tried to, and according to time, everything you do will happen/would happen even in the future/past again and again making something like a chain reaction. So why isn't Caeden trying to change the fate like Malshash did? And if Caeden locked himself under the Barrier, then Malshash must have done so many years ago, and he wouldn't have the chance to change anything since Caeden is planning for there to be his death. You can't go out of that place, he knows he's going to get murdered there, so in this whole fucking storyline, Malshash isn't even supposed to exist and never did.

But he does, and that makes me thinking if things will just go entirely different than they are planned to go with Caeden locking himself and Davian going on a suicide mission. There might be a misunderstanding of what they saw, or they could simply not know that there was anything else to that. We don't know who Davian's parents were, I don't think we ever talked about that, it could have something to do. Also since Wirr, Asha and Caeden all have additional powers with Davian being the only one who doesn't have any side powers other than being a augur, is there something we don't know yet?

[somerabbitholes]

hii i want to start reading books thats less based on fandom and relatable characters etcetc and work more as pieces of fiction that aims to tell a story (tell me if im not making sense please), so do you have any recs for that (preferably not a classic with 80 word sentences)

(tell me if what i said doesnt make any sense please I'll try to rephrase it 😭)

hi yes that makes absolute sense, so here is fiction that is about the story, that works on the literary level, and that i love for the writing ─

drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk — about an old polish woman who spends her time translating william blake and making people’s horoscopes; through her it’s about how we think about nature and animals; also comes with a whodunnit

the waves by virginia woolf — follows six friends through their youth and adulthood; written as monologues from each of their perspectives; really made me feel things and woolf is great at writing so i don’t need to sell that

conversations with friends by sally rooney — so hear me out, because the plot by itself is quite ordinary, but the writing is beautiful and the love i have for this novel comes from the writing which is so full of detail and so great at setting mood; i also really loved normal people and beautiful world, where are you but this one is still a favourite

a man called ove by fredrik backman — about a grumpy old man who has a very tight daily schedule and a very strong set of principles; his life after new neighbours move in across the street and basically upend his life; very wholesome

the hungry tide by amitav ghosh — about a biologist who goes to the sunderbans for research; covers human-animal conflict in the delta; also about the environment and how it offsets life in the delta’s villages

a fine balance by rohinton mistry — set in bombay during the 1975 emergency; about four people who are brought together by the political and social upheavals in the country; very finely written

dark satellites by clemens meyer —  a collection of stories revolving around marginal people set in germany; explores isolation, loneliness, and relationships formed in these conditions of isolation

the lowland by jhumpa lahiri — about two brothers, one of whom is drawn to the naxalite movement, while the other goes on to study and live in the usa; how their lives intertwine through the years

the people in the trees by hanya yanagihara — about this immunologist who discovers a micronesian tribe that is apparently immortal; also about ecological imperialism and the violence of the encounter between the west (in this case) and ‘primitive’ people; very impressive in its depth

broken harbor by tana french — part of the dublin murder squad series; this one is my favourite but you should definitely also read the rest; it’s about a detective investigating a triple murder in a family of four where the father and the two children have been killed and the mother is in a coma; also has a subplot about the detective himself; some great parallels and foreshadowing; ties together all the threads very satisfyingly

i'm going to add a little life here because i think it's an extremely fine work and probably the best novel i've read so far, but you should absolutely check the trigger warnings and the content warnings should you decide to pick it up ─ although the novel is a lot more than its TWs and i would hate for it to be reduced to only these warnings or to absolutely useless analysis like 'too long' or 'misery porn'

the immortalists by chloe benjamin — about four siblings who discover the precise dates of their deaths; takes a look at all their lives one by one; explores fate and destiny and free will; it’s a great quick read

the licanius trilogy by james islington — set twentyish years after a war that wiped out augurs, it follows davian, who is an augur, as he tries to come to terms with his power; begins as a classic chosen one story, but definitely more than that; time travel; very well-thought out and executed plotlines

the lives of others by neel mukherjee — about a family in kolkata that’s coming to terms with changing times in a post-independence india; great if you like generational novels about large families

i hope you find something you like!

[deamus]

about tag

tagged by: @ginhy [ik im like 2 months late im so sorry ily]

rules: answer the following and tag nine people you’d like to get to know better

top three friendships:

luna x harry (harry potter)

davian x wirr (licanius trilogy)

james x sirius (harry potter)

lipstick or chapstick: chapstick?

last song: fiance by mino

last film: does hamilton count? [clown noises]

reading: idk but hopefully something soon [clown noises yet again]

three random things that make me happy:

my found family

everything from my girlfriend

those songs that just fit your vibe when they play

tagging: @fred-weasleys, @rachel-dare, @jordierietvelds, @sithslords, @nataliamaximoff, @embrycall, @portman-natalie, @hogwarst, and @flint-weasley-wood

[imagine-too-many-books]

I wish I could find some content related to the Licanius Trilogy. I just finished The Light of All that Falls and I have some feelings

Spoilers

How satisfying is it that everything links up and is explained in the end

Is anyone else wondering what happened with Aerlic and Dezia? What killed Cyr? Why are they Neskian? That better not interfere with Wirr and Dezia’s marriage

And that last scene with baby Davian? My Heaaart! Imagine Niha traveling south to meet Asha and finding Davian alive and well and imagine the conversation!!

How do you think Deldri is doing? I’m sure she’s fine just missing a foot.

I kinda wish Karaliene hadn’t been killed. I’m sure it’s possible to cause Caeden to be so upset he almost kills himself without killing her off (I know, upset is an understatement but I can’t think of a better word). Wirr wouldn’t be in charge at the end then but that’s not such a horrible thing. Honestly there are a few deaths that could have just... not happened. Tenvar, King Kevran, Shana, many others.

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It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost as gods - were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets. A representation of these laws is now written into the flesh of any who use the Gift, forcing those so marked into absolute obedience.As a student of the Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war fought - and lost - before he was born. Despised by most beyond the school walls, he and those around him are all but prisoners as they attempt to learn control of the Gift. Worse, as Davian struggles with his lessons, he knows that there is further to fall if he cannot pass his final tests. But when Davian discovers he has the ability to wield the forbidden power of the Augurs, he sets into motion a chain of

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