#elka

[mirchloe]

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My new orange hi-viz Elka coverall

[that-one-fandom-girl]

Y'ALL, we got so much teased in this trailer! We got castle-y vibes, monsters, technical puzzles, stolen gems, and also alchemy! This all looks so good! The characters look cool {and from the looks of things, we'll be interacting with quite a few of them!}, the rooms and places all look very interesting/visually appealing, and it looks very well animated; there was even one spot that I swear Elka's necklace gleamed as Nancy moved around.

Plus a room that looks kinda like a blacksmith room? A suspect list like in Alibi in Ashes? Plus it's part of the notebook; yay, notebook! AND the achievements tab, like the trophies tab in the pause menus before?

OOOOHH, confrontations?! Looks like the cozy coffee shop might have some exciting scenes?

Some of these images give me a Treasure in the Royal Tower/The Captive Curse vibes, :o.

Also, I have only heard/seen, like, ten seconds worth of Elka, but I already love her; she seems really cool, and if she somehow ends up being the end culprit {though she didn't seem to be in the suspect tab}, I'll be really sad, lol!

I'm excited! And the release date is so close; May 7th! I'll be buying this game right as soon as I can, although has anyone ever heard if there's a pre-order option for KEY?

Here's to what sounds like an awesome game!

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Ear - dizzy tone - power supply extension

cred: facebook.com/Samue Lavisse

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@elka-tradishkin (i'm not really proud of it but here.)

[pleasegivemeyourkneecaps]

#3 mushroom girl

Name: Elka

Nickname: Ki

[banyun-gong]

#8,920

E L K A鄭芷淇💜 (@10.09.c) @lollytalk

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Elka EK 22 vintage analogh synth

[mirchloe]

elka summoning dogen from halfway across the motherlobe to vent to him about whatever bullshit she’s currently on (he cannot escape her)

[lifewithaview]

Hot in Cleveland (2010) Tornado

Threats of a tornado cause the ladies to seek shelter in Elka's secret room in the cellar, but they're nearly blown away by what they find.

[that-one-fandom-girl]

Also, is it just me, or does Elka look like Yelena Belova from Marvel? If Elka is the Drew-niverse's Yelena, I'm totally down for that, lol!

[a-crack-in-the-universe]

My thoughts about the Warrior Bards trilogy

I finished reading the Warrior Bard trilogy a couple days ago, and I have some thoughts that I want to share about the books.

I'm putting this under a read-more because spoilers.

What I liked:

The spy missions. I really enjoyed seeing the Swan Island teams in action and the suspense of not knowing whether they were going to be found out.

Brocc being forced to create a Crow Folk army for Sciath, and his secret plan to deceive her and help the Crow Folk fly home instead. Also Brocc fixing the Crow Folk problem by trying to communicate with and understand the Crow Folk. It reminds me of Finbar's words in Daughter of the Forest, about how they should seek to understand their enemy instead of always fighting them. I do think Finbar would be proud of Brocc and what he achieved.

Brocc and Eirne's baby Niamh, and how much Brocc loves her. :') Also love Conmael's reaction to seeing Niamh (who is potentially his granddaughter) for the first time.

The Sevenwaters references -- I love that Inis Eala is still going strong. I love how Bran's Blade is a thing and how Bran is revered as a strong and compassionate leader long after his death. Also Brocc going into the seer's cave and seeing a reflection that's not his in the water is also a reference that I really love. :')

One thing I thought was strange though was that there was no reference to the Sevenwaters family or the Sevenwaters forest. I get that Juliet Marillier probably wanted Blackthorn and Grim and Warrior Bards to be its own thing separate from the Sevenwaters series, but it's weird that these two trilogies are set in the same world as Sevenwaters and yet Sevenwaters is never mentioned.

What I didn't like:

After book 1, it felt like Liobhan was less proactive in the main plot. Book 2 had her just acting as a bondservant and Dau's personal nurse, and in Book 3 she stays on Swan Island until she and Elka saw that vision in the seer's cave and Liobhan decided to 'break the rules' to rescue Brocc. It was disappointing -- I really liked Liobhan's central role in Book 1 and I'd hoped that she would be given similar focus in the other two books.

There are no lasting consequences. Dau loses his eyesight in Book 2? Don't worry, he gets it back via magic cure by the end of the novel and gets to go back to Swan Island with Liobhan. Liobhan doesn't have to complete the year of bondservice she agreed to because Dau is no longer blind. Liobhan breaks the rules again in Book 3? Don't worry, she's not kicked off the Island because she's too valuable to Swan Island (though she does get a slap on the wrist).

Swan Island's rules. I hate how restrictive they are, and how they limited Liobhan and Dau's potential as characters. Especially the "you must exercise restraint" rule. There were many times in Books 2 and 3 when I wished Liobhan would act out and stop restraining herself so much. Also I wished Liobhan and Dau would leave Swan Island by the end of the trilogy because of the rules and was disappointed when they stayed there.

I hated Eirne a lot. She was such a bitch and treated Brocc badly and it's sad that it took so long for Brocc to see how awful she was. I was so happy when he finally left Eirne's Realm.

Questions I have:

What happened to Sevenwaters? Is the family and keep still around or were they destroyed at some point?

Do the Swan Island community remember Liadan? She isn't mentioned at all when Liobhan is thinking about the history of Bran's Blade and how Swan Island was founded.

When exactly are these books (and the Blackthorn and Grim books) set? How many centuries after the Sevenwaters series? I've tried to come up with a rough timeline based on the kingdoms shown in the books but I haven't been able to figure it out yet.

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@elka-tradishkin 😈

[tie62]

Im Westen nichts Neues / All Quiet on the Western Front von Tie 62 Über Flickr: Beim Sonntagsspaziergang beim Aussichtpunkt mit Blick über Stuttgart-West. Alles wie immer.

[doodle17]

I don't think I'm gonna be able to draw for a year now. Why did yall allow me to do this. What the hell happened

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