#fantasy grumps

[prokopetz]

The thing about fantasy worldbuilding is that verisimilitude and the rule of cool are not enemies. Someone who looks at a pod of flying whales and asks "what do they eat?" is not being a spoilsport – they're engaging with the premise. There are any number of much more serious objections to aerial megafauna than lack of any obvious role in a trophic web that could have been raised if they just wanted to shoot the idea down; a person who wants to know what the flying whales eat is all but explicitly yes-anding the idea. Sure, you might not have an answer at your fingertips, but acting like it's unimaginative for them to have asked is a really fucking weird way to react.

[hellsitegenetics]

Either no one has asked yet or there are no results, but could you do the "Mark Zuckerberg" game grumps rant?

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[thoroq]

i’ve been SO burnt out from art lately but I managed a really messy, not serious at all, grumpy Thorin sketch ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ

blushing because somebody is teasing him abt a certain hobbit.. ദ്ദി・ᴗ・

[hannahyeaman]

Birbs are now available through Kindle Unlimited!! 🥳

If you enjoy adventurous books with immersive worlds and reverse sunshine and grump characters, please check it out!

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Cool fingers deftly brushed my chin.

“You should watch that lingering gaze, Akim,” he said, tilting my head upward until meeting his cautious, but kind eyes. “Or I may mistake it for interest.”

Despite poison tainting him, he had the audacity to cant his head to the side with an entertained grin. Dawn’s darkness had not done his eyes justice. Soft greens and ocean blues glittered from strands of sunlight pooling through cracks in the burrow. A glint of mischief settled in them as his smile broadened.

I decided in that instant that I hated him and his pretty eyes.

SOUL-BOUND is an epic fantasy with a no spice slow-burn romance between harpy characters, featuring dynamics similar to TORADORA, TANGLED, and ANASTASIA.

🪶 Winged characters

🪶 Strangers-to-lovers

🪶 Height difference

🪶 Dance scenes

🪶 Adorable banter

🪶 Tsundere/grumpy FMC x sunshine MMC

🪶 Royal x rogue trope

🪶 Adventure fantasy

🪶 No spice SLOW-burn romance

🪶 Immersive, atmospheric prose

🪶 Lover's duel

🪶 Hurt/comfort

🪶 Dual POV

[florestxiv]

Azem's love language is words of affection and acts of service. The service is 🦈🦈 🦈

Bonus fun:

[autumnslance]

The one truly irksome thing about Dawntrail for me, specifically, was taking a title we've had since Shadowbringers and making it weird with the name of the final zone of this expac. I've been using "Living Memory" as a blog title and the title of my Aeryn vignettes fic thread on Ao3 for years! But now there's other implications.

So now my blog is titled "Red Mage's Ballads" for my RDM/BRD maining since my DRG-flavored URL is never changing cuz good lord what a nightmarish hassle that would be at this point. Probably not changing the vignettes fic title though, that'll go on until I need a new one for random Aeryn blurbs.

[callmefantasy-commissions-open]

He is such a cutie uwu - Clown Meat Doodles

[nightskyfoxyy]

Some silly little Fantasy AU thingy, cause why not.

The Grump has been spottet with his ears forward for once, this is not a drill.

Feel free to inquire about more on this AU, its admittedly quite silly but also a lot of fun to chew on!

[more-profound-bond]

Queer Books for Pride Month:

"Proper Scoundrels" by Allie Therin

This one's a spin-off to one of my favorite series "Magic in Manhattan" and it really doesn't disappoint.

Again we get my beloved grumpy and sunshine trope, as we follow the story of Wesley and Sebastian. There's also a trace of enemies to lovers there, if that's your cup of tea.

The story serves a lot of magic and romance.

All of this is set in 1925. This time not in New York though. We start in London and from there we travel a bit around England and even end up in Paris.

But no spoilers here. If you want a bit of magic, mystery and romance in your life, just read Proper Scoundrels yourself.

[2-dsimp]

Hi, NightFlurry Anon again, I'm still not done with the Wanderer, the Grumpy Visitor, background, but I'll give you a sneak peek of what I'm working on. Please comment on what you think so far! Thank you! I love your work keep it up!!!

Wanderer

Wanderer, a grumpy and arrogant wanderer who one day came upon your kingdom and decided to call it his home despite it being a

“pathetic pile of rocks and rubble thrown carelessly together by the dimmest of idiots to create the wretched withering of what you call a kingdom.  It’s quite pitiful you call this sad excuse of a palace ‘home.’ I can practically see the glue holding this place together in the numerous cracks that litter this house. Even the knights here are as incompetent as the castle. A fool could easily get in here and steal all your hard-earned treasures in the blink of an eye with its army of ‘knights.’  Even though it lacks in many feats that not even the gods can recall, I suppose it’ll due since no other kingdom is as bearable as this one, so be a dear peasant- oh, I’m sorry ‘Your Highness’ and give me a tour of your so-called ‘kingdom.’” 

Trust me, and these were precisely his words to his highness when he first stepped foot in the palace like he owned the place (he definitely didn’t) with a scowl adorning his face alongside his wandering eyes as he judged the palace from head to toe like he was in a position of high power, he still kept his arrogant behavior as he surveyed his highness, commenting on the plastic pieces of worthless garbage that reader calls jewelry and touching reader so he could get a better look of ‘the stupid heir that would one day be an heir to the crown if they could survive enough even though they look like they could drop dead if he just flicked them on the head.   

Giving Xiao a blank look whenever he threatened to cut off all his limbs until he was left dying from lack of blood, an agonizing death, even paying no mind to the thousand guards that surrounded the room because the Wanderer walked into the palace and knocked out a few guards then made himself inside the palace as he was invited.  Until he had enough and swatted away the spears and swords as if they were flies to him before stating to the reader that he’ll be living here from now on so the reader under the order of the Queen Nahida of the Sumeru kingdom so that he could reform under a new leaf and identity in this kingdom, but it seems like the new guest was poking said new stick with a leaf to see the results. 

Eventually, after many affirmations from Their Majesty to the stress-stricken knights, confirmation of the wander’s authenticity by showing off the queen’s symbol of approval in the shape of a letter and convincing Xiao not to kill him in his sleep, the Wanderer became a new resident of the Seizon-sha kingdom. 

Here's the sneak peek of Wanderer's background. I hope you like it! Please comment on your opinions! Thank you!

NightFlurry Anon

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(Ps: I forgot to add this in the last post but I hope you like this as your emoji 🌌 feel free to send an emoji you’d like specifically! if you prefer to have a different one then what I picked out o(≧v≦)o)

[nalit-source]

When Gracie Met the Grump by Mariana Zapata

"People think doing the right thing is easy, but it’s not. The right thing is hardly ever convenient."

[prokopetz]

Square used to be a huge trend-follower with its character designs – how the hell is Final Fantasy literally the only long-running JRPG franchise left where the playable characters don't look like a pack of feral vtuber avatars?

[maysoulrose]

Ninja Sex Party The Mystic Crystal | Fan animation!

Okay wow.  SO I am by ALL MEANS not an animator. But ever since this beautiful song was birthed by Ninja Sex Party, I have wanted to attempt at animating my favorite part of the song. I have honestly been working on this since the song originally came out in December of 2020, and I have finally finished it. Since working on it on and off for about 2 years I finally hunkered down and made myself finish it finally this week.  I spent most of my time trying to learn an animating software, storyboarding, and drawing base images. Every time I took a lengthy break, I had to re-learn how to use the software, so I scrapped that and just painted each image in Sai, with different versions and 'animated' them together using my video editing software. This song is one of my favorites, not only by nsp (or any of their other bands) but in general. I honestly don't know why, but this specific part always makes me tear up when I hear it. something about Danny's voice is just so perfect for it. Anyways. I hope you enjoy it, even tho I'm not an animator, haha! This is my best attempt at creating what I saw in my head when listing to the music.

NSP: 

THE MYSTIC CRYSTAL VIDEO: 

GAME GRUMPS:

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[chaoskirin]

Arin in Final Fantasy IV.

If you run into him, here's the best strat for defeating him, developed by yours truly:

Lookit lil pixel arin <3

[hannahyeaman]

Looking for a slowburn epic fantasy with unique characters (harpies!), dual POV, no spice, a lush setting, anime inspiration, and more?!

✨ SOUL-BOUND is available now in paperback and ebook ✨

When a tsundere princess with forbidden magic loses her flight during her quest to heal corrupted crystal roots, she must depend on a charming vagabond's aid to help her before their avian world collapses.

Think TANGLED and ANASTASIA's royal x rogue dynamic with the traveling romance like DANCE OF THIEVES meeting the healing, atmospheric setting of FERNGULLY.

🪷 SOUL-BOUND SUMMARY 🪷

Avem, a continent inhabited by bird-like humans called Avians, consists of seven territories, each of which contains a crystal root: a treelike sanctuary preserving magic. Avians cannot wield the land’s magic themselves.

Except, Mika, the princess of Passíer. However, her father forbids her to use it out of concern for her safety.

Due to the expanding corruption from Cantio; a fallen territory under Passíer’s jurisdiction because of its damaged root, Zayn the militant king of Nyx, suggests Scorching Cantio. To avoid such a catastrophic outcome, Mika flees from home, determined to heal Cantio’s root herself.

In Cantio, she meets Roshan, a vagabond playing double agent to protect what’s left of his uncorrupted homelands. Upon noticing her pink feathers, unique for her specific species, he cautions her to leave before she’s captured and used as coin. She snubs his warning and is nearly taken captive.

During his efforts to help her, Roshan is wounded. Mika heals him with her magic, unintentionally and unknowingly bonding them together.

When the quest costs Mika’s wing and grounds her, she accepts Roshan’s offer to escort her across Avem to heal the damaged roots before corruption destroys their world.

✨ Links in bio! ✨

[shih-coulda-had-it]

my sister and i made a book bingo for 2024 and one of the categories she chose was romantasy and i rarely, rarely do this, but i MUST tell you that my pick for romantasy (a far wilder magic by allison saft) has me looking up one-star reviews on goodreads to validate my feelings.