#effie rook

[little-elf-wanders]

Why did Varric let her in the group?

[usagiii666]

Grrrrr <333

/ᐠ - ˕ -マ

[silverhalla]

ohhhh………… oh my rook is a goddess

[killmymind]

if nobody got me i know my german playlist got me can i get an amen 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[livvyandcaycaytakenselfies]

Making a Twst hunger games AU!! Question for you guys, should I make it a yandere series or not??

Eight districts, one capital.

Capital: Night Raven (Crowley, Crewel, Liv.)

District one: Heartslabyul (Riddle, Trey.)

District two: Savanaclaw (Leona, Ruggie.)

District three: Octavinelle (Azul, Jade.)

District four: Scarabia (Kalim, Jamil.)

District five: Pomefiore (Vil, Rook.)

District six: Ignihyde (Idia, Ortho.)

District seven: Diasomnia (Malleus, Lilia.)

District eight: Ramshackle (Reader, Grim.)

Crowley-Snow based.

Reader-Katniss based.

Grim-Peeta based. (Beastman Grim AU.)

Crewel-Effie based.

Liv-Cinna based. (My OC!)

Iris-Primrose based. (Your sister dear reader!)

Lmk what you think!!

@sagekiosk should I make this a series?? Also, yandere or no?

[lgbtqreads]

hi!! i know this has beeb asked before but not for a while and I thought there might be some releases since then, so : any Queer High Fantasy? I've been recommended Priory of the Orange Tree before. Thank you!!

Not sure when the last time was but here’s what’s currently on my radar! (You can also find these here, and an asterisk means it’s not out yet: https://lgbtqreads.com/sff/spec-fic-by-subgenre/) I bolded some of the ones that are newer or coming out in the next few months.

MG

*Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp – NB

Sir Callie by Esme Symes-Smith – NB

YA

Female Protags

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco – L

Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst – L,B

Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst – B

The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine – B

Noble Falling and Noble Persuasion by Sara Gaines

Rule by Ellen Goodlett

Havenfall by Sara Holland

*Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire by Erica Hollis

The Afterward by EK Johnston

Empirium by Claire Legrand – B

Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller – BA

These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria – B, A

The Third Daughter and The Second Son by Adrienne Tooley

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells – B

The Thousand Names by Django Wexler

Male Protags

Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson

The Runebinder Chronicles by Alex R. Kahler

Skybound by Alex London

So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas – T

Non-Binary Protags

Spell Bound by FT Lukens

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller – GF

*A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien

Adult

Female Protags

A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

Tales of Inthya by Effie Calvin

The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell

Rook & Rose by M.A. Carrick

The Night and its Moon by Piper CJ

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

*Warmongers by C.L. Clark

The Gardener’s Hand by Felicia Davin

*The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey

The Drowning Empire by Andrea Stewart (Amz)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Malice by Heather Walter

When Women Were Warriors series by Catherine M. Wilson

Male Protags

Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley

The Cadeleonian series by Ginn Hale

Tales From Verania by T.J. Klune

A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

*Dark Moon, Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton

Stagsblood Trilogy by Gideon E. Wood

Genderqueer Protags

*The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

[elcor-thespian]

A follow up to my Rook astrology post, here is the big 6 for each of my Inquisition characters, my Warden, and my Inquisitor. Because life is short.

Please tell me yours as well! And also how it compares to your chart. And also which of my characters you think is the most toxic.

Inquisitor Terrwyn Lavellan: Capricorn Sun, Libra Moon, Sagittarius Rising, Cancer Venus, Gemini Mercury, Scorpio Mars

Eruthea Lavellan: Pisces Sun, Libra Moon, Aquarius Rising, Gemini Venus, Aquarius Mercury, Scorpio Mars

Yusra Adaar: Gemini Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Scorpio Rising, Capricorn Venus, Capricorn Mercury, Leo Mars

Rhiannon Trevelyan: Capricorn Sun, Aries Moon, Leo Rising, Capricorn Venus, Virgo Mercury, Capricorn Mars

Pietr Trevelyan: Cancer Sun, Libra Moon, Leo Rising, Leo Venus, Aries Mercury, Leo Mars

Kaetlah Cadash: Taurus Sun, Scorpio Moon, Libra Rising, Scorpio Venus, Aries Mercury, Aries Mars

Ilayna Theirin : Leo Sun, Virgo Moon, Scorpio Rising, Scorpio Venus, Gemini Mercury, Capricorn Mars

Serafina “Effie” Hawke: Cancer Sun, Virgo Moon, Libra Rising, Taurus Venus, Libra Mercury, Pisces Mars

Fun fact I associate each of my canon characters with an element: Warden/Fire, Hawke/Water, Inquisitor/Earth, and Rook/Air. In fact Nephele, my Rook’s name, means “cloud”

Anyway I gave them all Sun signs to match the vibe

[thelastofthebookworms]

Poll 1

So far I've received no suggestion of other major couples in (relatively) well-known indie comics and I'm running out of ideas so I'm not sure I'll do another part.

I have other polls about literature, art, etc in my pinned post.

[little-elf-wanders]

I just realised how bad Effie and Solas are going to interact.

Like, they will straight up not agree, and this time it isn't even because I just don't like him - because there's potential for him to further explain what he meant with his plans and for me to change my mind if it makes sense, however, so far all we have to go off of doesn't paint him in a good light. No matter what romanticists say to defend him. We don't have the facts. Specifically for a Rook. It paints him very much as destroying the world. Multiple characters have reacted like that's what he's doing, the biggest example being Varric himself when he outright says it in the comic. So those of us who aren't reading into every little comment he made takes it for what he said it as. Which hasn't been much. And it's pretty alarming of a concept without absolute assurances. I don't take his 'lol trust me' message well, because I don't trust him.

But what I know for a fact is Effie's Mournwatch beliefs directly conflict with Solas's. And it'll be interesting to see if that has any weight in game.

They both care about spirits, that's about the biggest connection they have. The issue is they both have differing views on how that care takes place.

Solas, of course, created the Veil, but he hasn't been around to properly see what it does with spirits in this world. We see a reaction to mages binding a demon like it's the first time he's seen it. He's reactive and horrified - one Mortalitisi he even killed somewhere else, though I believe it was because of an idol they were using and for making a wisp stir their tea. Fair play to him with idol tampering and knowing abuse of a spirit.

He's seeing spirits be twisted against their nature and it is his fault. The mages doing the binding are people who don't have the same understanding of how spirits operate, though, so you can't under any circumstance blame them for thinking they're doing what was taught to them is alright. You cannot kill those mages in blind anger for not knowing what you know.

When confronting the mages, he tells them he's not helping them. Tell me why the fuck it's an ego brush he prefers about being smarter and not 'He's right, there's something about this you don't know!'

The rifts are opening everywhere spitting out demons, and they are terrified, they are hunted by rogue Templars in a mage/templar war that left a lot of angry outliers, and his only thought to them not knowing other than doing what Circles taught them is they deserve death? If they knew better sure, but very clearly they did not.

I'm showing this because Solas is extremely knowledgeable and could have chosen to teach that spirits are different from demons and that pulling one from the fade and binding it just warps it against its nature, then shown them how it went back to being a spirit. I'm aware this was his friend, so some aggression and reactiveness is understandable. But tell me why there wasn't an option to talk him down? Or to have the option to give him a way to see that some people don't understand? It was simply 'let him murder these people for which he'll love you, or disagree and he'll hate it.' And I'm not sympathetic to that at all, I would have respected him more if we got given literally any other reaction besides murder them for his approval. The mages were scared and upset, that isn't a reason to murder them. Were they wrong? YES. Obviously. But it could have been something so much fucking more. Lavellan knows this. Or she should.

Now back to Effie. We know this about Solas, she does not. The thing is, the Mournwatch seems to respect the dead. And spirits. Maybe not all of them hold those views like a certain Mortalitisi but I'm going into this believing Effie certainly does, and I suspect Emmrich does too given Manfred. She believes when someone dies a spirit is shunted from the fade. If this is true? Effie will be furious at Solas for creating the Veil without a shred of thought for it just to use the spirits as an excuse to break it. He cares more about the spirits than people. His own people are just the exception but you can't threaten what he has and only accept some. I'm curious how this might play out, if it does at all.

His biggest aim was to lock away the gods, but it completely disrupted how Thedas now operates, including how it grew - and how some countries have zero information to work with because they fear the unknown. While some respect it, like Nevarra and Rivain. Even Avvar hold a huge respect for spirits. Effie see's it as part of the ecosystem, now - which might be a wrong thought to have but those spirits are now part of that and have been for long enough there will be a significant issue or problem if it's suddenly removed. And that's entirely Solas's doing. Maybe I'm wrong to believe there'll be an issue, a magic fix it seems anticlimactic when they've built up his whole scheme to be apocalyptic.

So, if he gets mad at how the Mournwatch find the spirits suitable bodies and handle the supernatural issues from said spirits going berserk, she's fully going to tell him he's the reason why they need to find them bodies in the first place and he doesn't get to judge or break it because it's hard to stomach. They do this so they DON'T turn into demons.

And that maybe there's some other way to fix it that doesn't involve shady ass schemes and with-holding vital information that could change how systems do teach these subjects. But I don't know. She loves spirits more than people, she appears apathetic to people but she doesn't want them to bloody explode or be ripped apart.

[dandelionlovesyou]

What's sparked the rebellion? Was it Katniss' volunteering for Prim, Rue’s death, the berries, or was it before all of that?

How does many THG victors joined or being recruited for the rebellion?

Thoughts?

Thank you 😊

@curiousnonny

Hi @curiousnonny =)

Warning: I rambled on!

I think it was a series of things and not just one event. I imagined Plutarch answering this question and he would probably say that it was an orchestra or a series of domino blocks. It could also be a chess game that was being played for years. People leave chess boards untouched, you know? The game just stagnates until a move feels right.

For the rebellion, the pieces have been set and the players made their move. Some years the Rebel player got to eat a Capitol pawn, more years Snow got to take out more Rebel pieces. Maybe a rook, a horse, or a bishop, maybe even a queen (District 13). The Rebel player was probably down to only a few pawns and two to three higher-ranking pieces, but it was mostly pawns. When Katniss came into the picture, I imagined her as a pawn making its way to the other end of the board without Snow noticing it. He was too busy nailing the Rebel king. But lo and behold Katniss (the rogue and brave pawn) reached the other end and got to resurrect a queen. She was the queen and wreaked havoc in the chess match. I don’t know if I make sense here. It’s moves and counter-moves done at the right time with the right piece.

Katniss has this series of events in her life that led her to become the Mockingjay. If I look at her biography, I could even say that her whole life was leading her to become this symbol of the Rebellion. She was the daughter of a Seam-Merchant family -- something rebellious on its own. She was raised to know both worlds while living in the Seam (she’s in touch with the poorest of the poor). She got to go out to the woods, something that not everyone got to do. She ended up loving it, because hey, what child wouldn’t love an adventure? She experienced love growing up, and the possibilities of what a better life could be if you have loving and devoted parents. But tragedy had to strike, teaching her another lesson and moving her mightily forward at age twelve. But she wasn’t totally left hanging because she still found hope in the form of a blonde boy with the bread. The image of Peeta sustained her, add to this the constant love of her father that she carried everywhere. Katniss did say that he father seemed to be everywhere she went. Katniss volunteering for Prim was of the love that she learned from her parents. She was motherly (though she wouldn’t admit it). Yes, it was maybe from circumstance too, because she had to, but I think it was more because she had love cultivated in her heart at a young age. What she did for Rue was the same. Same for Peeta all throughout. Same for Gale at the whipping post. Same for Effie when she apologized after an outburst. Same for meeting the injured in District 8. Katniss loved and moved with that love that she didn’t fully understand.

Katniss thought outside the box and moved willfully and with passion. All of these led to the berries, standing up for Gale at the whipping post, shooting the force field, “If we burn, you burn” lines, shooting Coin, singing for all of Panem to see in the propos, and more. She didn’t know the full extent of the effect she had. It was Peeta who did. Also Haymitch, Cinna, Plutarch, Coin, and Snow.

On the other victors being part of the rebellion, I think those in the outlying districts were part of it even from before the 74th games. They couldn’t do much except during the times of the games because that was when they could be mobilized between districts. Snow suppressed communication and transportation. His strategy was to cut off everyone from each other so they couldn’t unify as one. That was probably the biggest hindrance to the uprising.

Thank you for the ask @curiousnonny!

[briarfox13]

Effie Rook, Marine and Deputy 

Finally decided on a name and look for my Deputy when I get Far Cry 5 <3 

[hahahax30]

Does someone have any theories as to what happened to the mundane servants (and their families) when they were laid off? We know that tid had servants, and that these came from lines of mundanes, but they don't have them anymore; pretty much like what happened with mundane society in itself.

Could this mean that the next generations gradually forgot about the shadow world? That they are part of the few mundanes who know about the nephilim, and that people like Johnny Rook are descendants of tid/tlh's servants?

Crack theory: Effie is Kit's great great great great grandmother

[killmymind]

giant rooks are the fucking coolest Hi.

[coldshrugs]

14, 34, or 46 for anyone who's NOT Effie or Alma!

life goes on, but i'm gone

featuring: agent rebecca greene (implied rebecca/rook) word count: 545 note: CW for death mention, obviously. rebecca mourns badly.

Most days are numb.

Most days are a blur of minutiae; ballpoint pens scraping against paper, manila envelopes passed across tables, quiet engine roars over wheels speeding off to someplace insignificant. Someplace unknown to her.

Places where she’s unknown too.

In these towns, Rebecca can take off the suit and replace it with something more casual. She can let her hair, long and almost wavy, hang around her shoulders where his arm used to fall. The weight of “used to” is heavier with each passing day, and carrying it is not a choice so much as a sentence.

The load lightens when she gets to be a tourist in Nowhere Town, USA. She wanders through unfamiliar shop-lined streets that look unsettlingly similar to Wayhaven but shifted three feet to the left. She belongs here and doesn’t. She doesn’t know where she is, so who she is can slip away for a moment.

She’s not a bureaucrat playing at field agent tasks. She doesn’t know some of the biggest secrets in the world. She hasn’t just received a pity promotion to handle a team of vampires. She’s not an absent single mother. She’s not a widow.

She can stand to spend more than a weekend with her daughter, whose eyes are perfect replicas of Rook’s.

She’s not numb.

Her husband and child are both alive, happy, and they don’t miss her because she’s not gone. At least not for long.

A shop window, glowing golden and punched through with haphazard strings of holiday lights, catches her attention. Wooden letters covered in shimmering red and green glitter spell out “The Season For Giving” above a cozily manufactured scene of a Christmas tree surrounded by beautifully wrapped gifts.

Is it Christmas already? She barely measures time. Most days are a blur.

“‘The season for unnecessary debt,’ more like,” she says aloud and to no one, but he answers anyway.

“Don’t be such a grinch, Becks. Let’s get something for the tree.”

Rebecca nods, to no one again, or maybe to her reflection in the glass.

Inside, she buys the ornament--she doesn’t know how to choose, and Rook was always better at domesticity, so it’s a total guess--and the clerk doesn’t give her that knowing, sad smile everyone else does. They wrap the bauble in brightly-colored tissue and place it into a delicate gift box.

“For someone special?” They ask, and it’s the first small talk anyone’s attempted with Rebecca in months.

She smiles. The tightness of the unused muscles must show on her face from the way the clerk’s brow knits. “Yes, for my daughter... and my husband.”

Rebecca makes her way back to the dark, discreet agency car and tucks the package into the trunk. In the driver's seat, she pins her hair into the tidiest bun she can manage with only a rear-view mirror. 

When she arrives at the next facility, she leaves everything in the car. The ornament, the tears, the part of her that is a tourist in her own life. She can’t take it with her, or she will break.

She reads a bone-dry report. She scratches through a note, rewrites it in meticulous print. She doesn’t talk about the very human way she misses her family.

The days are numb. 

[thebridgehqs]

members current mw?

We've had two people ask this, so I'll answer you both! If you ever want to know who's wanted from a specific fandom, we can be a lot more help!

Octavia Blake, Clarke Griffin, Lincoln (The 100), the Knights of Saint Christopher (The Order), Prue, Piper, Phoebe Halliwell, Paige Matthews (Charmed), Maleficent (Disney), Mal, Evie, Carlos (Descendants), Anakin, Ben and Jaina Solo, Din Djarin, Bodhi Rook (Star Wars), Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Lex Luthor (Smallville), Joe West, Mon-El, Lena Luthor, Alex Danvers, James Olsen, Nia Nal, Mick Rory, Zari Tazari/Tomaz, Amaya Jiwe (Arrowverse), Buffy and Dawn Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Angel, Spike, Tara Maclay, Wesley Wyndham Pryce, Gunn (Buffyverse), Ned, Sansa, Robb, Bran, Catelyn, Rickon Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, Ygritte, Sam Tarly, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister, Margaery Tyrell (Game of Thrones), Lila and Cooper Barton, Logan Howlett, Scott Summers, Lorna Dane, Ikarus, Phastos, Gilgamesh, Thor Odinson, T'challa, Bruce Banner (Marvel), Gale Hawthorne, Effie Trinket, Johanna Mason, Maysilee Donner (The Hunger Games), Jesse, Abby, Maria, Marlene, Lev, Tess, Tommy (The Last Of Us)

[fereality-indy]

Capcom puts you in charge of overseeing the next Street Fighter game. What characters are in your initial line-up, what new characters are you adding (you can use general archetypes like a blind gypsy), and what makes your entry far superior than the others? *great big squishy Hadoken hugs*

Interesting… Hmm… Well to start there would be two separate games SF VI Delta Dawn & SF VI Omega Break. One story would follow most of the old guard in a tournament held by the returning Shadaloo.The other would have the younger fighters be part of a tournament held by Kanzuki Zaibatsu. And if you have both games on a system the storylines connect and a new boss storyline with Gill is unlocked. _____ Shadaloo returns to prominence, but Bison is not in charge. Ingrid has taken over after being corrupted by the psycho-power she absorbed from him in SF Alpha 3 MAX. Joining her would be Vega, Rolento, Balrog, & Decapre. I might also include the other three ‘Code Holders’ DD, Rook, & Death. They also have the Dolls (with three/four new ones to replace Decapre and those that defected – Juli, Juni, & Noembelu). F.A.N.G. would have stayed loyal to Bison and in a semi-abandoned lab rebuilt a smaller psycho-drive to repower Bison. So yeah, sort of a Shadaloo civil war going on in the background of the game. Ed & Falke are joined in the Neo-Shadaloo by Abel as he senses the familial connection. They continue to work towards undoing Shadaloo’s evils. Maybe add Necro & Effie to the group. SF VI Delta Dawn – Ryu, Ken Masters, Zangief, Chun Li, Guile, Cody, Guy, Dhalsim, Cammy White, Rose, Ed, Falke, Abel, Necro, Dudley, Juli, Dee Jay, E. Honda, Sagat, Q, & Crimson Viper. With the Shadaloo characters (Ingrid, Vega, Rolento, Balrog, Decapre, maybe a Doll or two, F.A.N.G., & Bison) would be unlockable. ~~~~~~~~~ Kanzuki Zaibatsu story has Karin Kanzuki, Birdie, Rainbow Mika, & Eagle representing the corporation. S.I.N. is also moving along in the background as a separate group led by Juri Han & Seth. Blade, F7, Arkane, & Khyber from the movie game would make their first appearances in the main series as S.I.N. soldiers. SF VI Omega Break – Sakura, Elena, Ibuki, Yun, Yang, El Fuerte, Sean Matsuda, Laura Matsuda, Maki, Alex, Shin, Zeku, Menat, Dan Hibiki, Rufus, Akira, Makoto, Fei Long, Adon, & Tracy Lords (from Rival Schools). As with the DD story the Kanzuki Zaibatsu and S.I.N. fighters are unlockable. 

Each storyline would have segments referencing the other. Unlocked characters would be usable in either game And if you had both would lead up to where Gil is manipulating events. With Gill’s Secret Society is around with Urien, Kolin, Charlie Nash, & Twelve would be added into the mix. 

Other returning World Warriors that could be downloaded would include Blanka, T. Hawk, Poison, Hugo, Abigail, Akuma, Oro, Rashid, Makati, Gouken, Gen, Juni, G, Remy, Hakan, Oni, Necalli, Kage, & Lucia. I would attempt to get the EX characters to return: Blair Dame, Cracker Jack, Skullomania, Pullum Purna, Kairi, Darun Mister, Hokuto, Allen Snider, Garuda, Gouki, Cycloid γ, Cycloid ß, Hayate, Sharon, Shadowgeist, Doctrine Dark, Vulcano Rosso, Nanase, Area, Ace, etc. I would also try to get the Ryu Ranger and Rising Phoenix Ranger forms of Ryu & Chun Li from the Power Rangers Battle for the Grid game. 

As for new characters, well Delta Dawn would have: Hoss, a new redneck overalls wearing Sumo fighter loosely based on a character from one of the tabletop RPG supplements. Malcolm, a Scottish born mma fighter that dresses like he was competing at a highlands game. Dr. Antone Metze, a German acupressure practitioner and jeet kun do fighter who usually is in a turtleneck with the sleeves rolled up and slacks. And Lorena Parra, a Chilean judoka in capris and a knit sweater. Omega Break would include: Pia Rendón, a master of Kali in an a-shirt & cargo pants. Bryce, a Canadian lumberjack trained in Native American Wrestling. Harbinger, a special forces trained Merc. The bookish, teenage Brazilian sumo Áurea Ramos. And the Australian brawler Isla Cox.