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Don’t You Wish You Were Here?

Happy 3 year bookiversary to the House in the Cerulean Sea!

Arthur and Linus share a kiss on the beach on a warm summer night. I did two versions, the second with a blue filter to make it look more like nighttime. 

[ID: Arthur Parnassus and Linus Baker from T.J. Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea are sitting next to one another in the sand. Their backs are to the viewer, and they are facing the calm ocean. It is night time, the sky is dark blue, and the ocean is a lighter blue. Seafoam is approaching their feet. Arthur is leaning into Linus’ space, and Linus has his arm around Arthur’s bare shoulders. Arthur’s right hand rests on the ground behind Linus, and his left hand is caressing Linus’ right cheek. Their eyes are both closed and Arthur is kissing Linus softly. Linus has a tiny smile; his lips are slightly parted and there is a hint of tongue. Linus wears a blue t-shirt and dark blue striped shorts. Arthur is shirtless and is wearing blue and white striped shorts. The second picture is exactly the same as the first one, except it has a blue filter over it, making it look more like nighttime. /end ID]

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TOMORROW'S THE DAY, FOLKS!!!

Posting starts at 12am EST on March 17

Tag us (@dontuwishuwerehere) in your post or in the tags (#dontuwishuwerehere) and we'll reblog it. If you post any kind of art or image, please make sure it has a description in plain text for accessibility purposes. If you need help with writing one, feel free to DM us for assistance!

also to celebrate, ANY THITCS-related posts that go up tomorrow and are tagged with #dontuwishuwerehere will get reblogged. So if you've got any headcanons or AU concepts or shit posts queued up, tag 'em and we'll show them some love!!! (thank you @house-in-the-cerulean-sea for the idea💙)

HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY TO THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA 💙🏖️🏡 WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE

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[ID: A panorama illustration of all the House in the Cerulean Sea characters putting on a production of Macbeth in a parlor room. In the foreground, Sal examines the cast list pinned to the wall and smiles lightly at it. Arthur turns to smile at Linus, who is completely obscured by a bedsheet, except for one arm which holds Arthur. Talia stands close to Linus and wears an oversized black shirt. Theodore and Phee cuddle, watching the scene from behind the couch. Theo wears a tiny witch hat. At their side, Zoe and Helen stand with arms around each other, also watching.

In the far back, J-Bone and Chauncey are engaged in a duel. Chauncey wears a scarf as a shawl and a beret stacked atop a bellhop cap. He is snarling angrily and attacking with a yard stick ruler in one tentacle. J-Bone is wearing an open bathrobe and tin foil crown, flailing to parry Chauncey's attack. His mouth is agog and his expression looks both goofy and distressed. Lucy stands alone atop a crate with arms folded and watches the final scene intently. He is wearing a gnarled wig, tin foil crown, and an old-fashioned dress. End ID]

My contribution for the @dontuwishuwerehere event! An illustration of @davidbowielovesyou 's delightful fic Lucy's Macbeth

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Throwback to The Social and hangin w the homies @wandwmusic · · · #DontUwishUwereHere #doac #DoDJSkylineAC #DOACnightlife #Awesometimes #revel #tbt #jerseyshore #dirtyjersey #epic #aboutlastnight #howidoac #TheSocialinRevel #wandwmusic #youngontripanure (at Revel)

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Homemade heart shaped pizza made by yours truly😁🍕 #dontuwishuwerehere #learninghowtocook

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17 headcannons for march 17. that are so widely spread in this fandom that I'm not even completely sure what is cannon anymore

1. Neither Linus nor Arthur are coffee drinkers, usually Arthur prefers cocoa and Linus tea but you won't catch these two drinking coffee, even tho it might seem like they'd need it!

2. Arthur Parnassus, a Swifty or lover of 80s tunes? Actually both can be true.

3. Zoe's hair flowers bloom affected by her emotions. When with Helen, they are usually pink. Literally, no idea whether or not that's canon.

4. Helen's a redhead.

5. Linus becomes a true fashionista on the island. It's starts with the egg adventure outfit and once he gets comfortable in his skin, he and Zoe go on elaborate shopping trips and his wardrobe becomes even more colourful than mine.

6. Arthur had an extravagant sock collection with the most colourful and patterned socks possible. Of course this is supported by textual evidence, but if we are honest to ourselves, there's only three pairs of socks mentioned red, purple and the one with the clouds. It's completely possible that he just has colourful but one-coloured socks and just this one pair with a pattern. No, i know that's unrealistic.

7. Mr. Graves. Y'all are gonna tell me that that's Not the canon name of the orphanage Arthur went to? Like i thought this was a fact and I haven't even finished @davidbowielovesyou s amazing fanwork "stay" which you can find on ao3 and should be smarter about then me and read it

8. This might be a personal one but Helen is a skater. It's her and her rollerblades against the sand on the concrete.

9. Everyone is autistic. I was gonna say: "only Linus is confirmed autistic" but that's not actually true is it? Tho i think we can use our critical reading skills here and come to the obvious conclusion that he is. But so are phee and Chauncey and Lucy and...

10. Except for Arthur who has ADHD.

11. The term island dads. I'm not actually sure if the TJ knows that name, it certainly originated on Tumblr. But if he knows it👀 Hiii! Love yr work, obviously. Just think about it, the name could have been Anus and i do not like that

12. Linus and Arthur are constantly dancing. Especially in the kitchen!

13. Young Arthur was a punk and an activist and he probably wore multicoloured doc martens

14. Also Linus is obsessed with Princess Diana. I know I personally made that up but i still forgot whether or not it was true

15. There's an underground rebellion going on, that we don't know anything about but these definitely actions and protests for magical rights going on under the radar

16. Doreen aka Ms. bubblegum is either part of said rebellion or secretly also an unregistered magical being. I think she's very neat and it would fit her character to do something this pretty right one dicomys nose.

17. While Arthur of course is cold resistent due to his phoenix abilities, Linus is not which means that when they put David to bed at night Linus insists to wear winter clothes every time so he can say good night, no matter how often Arthur and David tell him that's really not necessary @islanddads is the mind behind this one

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Chauncey at the beach 🧡

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17 things about the house in the cerulean sea because March 17

11. Linus umbrella.

The perfect symbol for his development in the story. Linus lives in a city where it basically rains everyday. He is a man of routine. You telling me he still forgets his umbrella everyday? It is a metaphor for his misery and lack of self value. You see even tho later in the book he is even more miserable, he doesn't forget it. Ohhhuhhh boy because while he is suffering he is still carrying a part of the island with him, they gave him self value and it also shows that he is learning to love himself. And when he puts away the umbrella to feel the rain on his face? It shows his will for adventure his lust for life. All from his family.

Don't you wish you could feel the rain on your skin?

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17 things about the house in the cerulean sea because March 17

2. Calliope in my head, when i imagined her looked like Miette

Mostly because of her attitude. "You ship Calliope? You ship her body from the island back into the city? Jail for Linus, jail for Linus for 1000 years" /"father is evil and i shall shut up"

Don't you wish you were there? To pet her?

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For his seventh birthday, Lucy wishes to direct a play. So, with the help of Sal, he writes a script for everyone at Marsyas (plus J-Bone!) to perform Macbeth together under his direction. He also plays Lady Macbeth.

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Happy Wish You Were Here Day! March 17 marks the third birthday of The House in the Cerulean Sea. Many of us at the Residents of Marsyas discord are celebrating today by posting fan works and flooding tumblr and a03 with our intense and unwavering love and adoration for THITCS. I hope you enjoy!!

This is part of On Your Shore, which is my pre-epilogue fic. However, you don't have to have read On Your Shore to enjoy this; just know that it takes place between Linus' return and the book's epilogue. If you are reading On Your Shore, this is still a couple of weeks out from where I am currently (which is chapter 11). There are no On Your Shore spoilers here, however!

Also, this is mostly from Lucy's point of view, which was really fun to write. And because I couldn't help it, a little Arthur point of view is thrown in as well.

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17 things about the house in the cerulean sea because March 17

16. Ms Doreen Bubblegum.

I love her, i don't understand her. I think she makes a brilliant character.

Don't you wish you could examine her like a bug? No? Just me?

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17 things about the house in the cerulean sea because March 17

17. Everything tbh, but also the humour!

This book out me through so many emotions, i laughed i cried i rolled my eyes i felt loved and i loved in return. I love this book with all my heart, if you would believe that!

Don't you wish you gun?

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17 things about the house in the cerulean sea because March 17

4. I think the house is magic.

I don't think it's a coincidence that they always find whatever they need in the attic. I think the house knows and just puts stuff there. Because again magic and i think it only does that because it likes the fam.

Don't you wish you were there, to get to the bottom of that?

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17 things about the house in the cerulean sea because March 17

9. The cover art?! Are you kidding me?

Most beautiful book cover ever, look at me no, look you are going to tell me this isn't the prettiest book ever? The colours? The competition? I almost wrote an art analysis about the cover alone. (The colour contrast between the warm house and the blue colder sky, especially in the British version, because in the house there's protection from the evil of the world and you can see in a quantity contrast as in the house has more details than the rest that the otherness contrasts the rest of the world, but it's also so much smaller than the blue, and yet because of the warm-cold even lowkey complimentary colour contrast the warm house stands out against the cold, showing us that even small safe spaces can go a long way in changing the world for the better)

Don't you wish you were still in school so you could write analysis's for grades all the time? No, me neither.

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