#fl king

[atomic-cat]

I was working on an intrasport cover for microtonal practice and my girlfriend told me the WIP sounded like a ringtone so here's an intrasport ringtone

[joanyio]

being a taesung fan is embarrassing omg i still dont like second leads i still hate love triangle trope it’s not even that i want sol to be with him i like him on his own and as soljae’s cupid and bestie and im still at my he will be key to save them from the killer agenda

[players-of-intrigue]

Theseus’ ship but instead of different parts its just the Sacristan’s limbs — moving on from that, Evolution art finally, the story is so FUN but only if you just go “oh were doing that now” every time there’s a new genre of body horror rolling into the text. and also look away from the other issues with it but i am in no place to fully talk about that but can they give this guy a break its almost like they want him to meet death every time [looks at camera]

extra version with some blue:

[starryeyed-seer]

There is a kingdom which overflows with song, a sunlit land of the myrrh-merry and may-marry. Here reigns a grand Merchant King, whose table is long and whose art is in promise. 

As part of the @fallenlondonficswap 2024, a piece I wrote for @house-of-mirrors !! I've been wanting to explore Merchant King Wines since I read about it (Cricket, Anyone? ES), so this mix of FL-typical horror and alcohol jokes was the perfect excuse hehehe

Wordcount: 966

[geraldofallon]

Fallen London through paintings: Topsy King

[thedeafprophet]

Yea i love all the Heart's Desire characters - The Manager, Virginia, The Monkey * looks at smuged writing on my hand * uh mr paper, the rook, and the tispy guy over there

[fl-project]

me too man....

[moonstruck-stormy]

WE PROMISED WE WOULD LOVE THEM FOREVER. WE GAVE OUR WORD. WE GAVE THEM WINE. THEY GAVE US EVERYTHING

[teakoodrawz]

The King of Spades in Hell 💃💖🌟✨♠️♠️♠️

[ehatnow]

In RTDL and Star Allies, Meta is the same height as Kirby and Bandee

Dedede is taller, but yknow

But then in Forgotten Land Meta is taller than Kirby and DEDEDE.

OH GOD HES HUGE

THE WADDLE DEES ARE SO SMALL COMPARED TO HIM

[atomic-cat]

Everyone loved my WIP that sounded like a ringtone so I feel obligated to post the finished cover

[mr-barleycorn]

Brb laughing at the concept of the merchant king doing all the steps for killing another star and just never following through

[thegreatyin]

1 and 2 for both the Scoundrel and Caeru?

1 - What is their go-to comfort food?

For the Scoundrel- probably rubbery lumps, as is traditional for all Fallen London PCs. Outside of that, bugs. Outside of both of those things, virtually any drink with a high alcohol content (because they do look up to Mr Wines. And I never said it was a healthy comfort!!!)

For the Scientist... that's a bit trickier. For potentially obvious reasons. Honestly, if he had his way, he probably wouldn't eat at all.

But he doesn't. And so- meat? Meat of any kind? Something juicy and chewy and easy to devour in large quantities. Sometimes a man simply gets a little bit peckish. And it's a good alternative to committing cannibalism, aka the one line he's somehow refused to cross so far

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2 - Give them a warm drink of your choice, what would it be? Would their choice differ from yours?

See the Scoundrel's answer about drinks and high alcohol contents. More specifically, very fine wine.

The Scientist can never say no to a good cup of coffee. The more bitter, the better.

I prefer chocolate milk, myself. Though that's not exactly accessible to either of them (utterly tragic)

[coreancitizen]

I really do have a thing for all-powerful beings refusing to let anybody else carry and take care of their badass but injured beloveds, leaving pretty much everybody stunned.

[roughridingrednecks]

King

[ultramarine-spirit]

In the novel, Athy's debut dress is described as white with long sleeves and the skirts made it look like a rose (? I think she was also wearing rubies but I don't remember very well anymore

Don't you have reference photos of what the dress was like? The translation I read is very strange lol

Athy's debutante dress is described to be pretty different in the novel! It was a pure white dress, that seemed to bloom like a flower at the bottom. It also had embedded jewelry and a tulle ribbon tied around the waist, and it had sleeves, it wasn’t sleeveless like the manhwa's. So the translation you read looks accurate. Here is @lithi 's complete translation of how the dress looked like!

I don't have any reference pictures of that dress specifically, sorry. And as far as I know, there's no novel-accurate fanart of the debutante. We'll have to use our imagination.

The thing about debutante balls that... no manhwa seems to get right is that, they weren't just fancy balls to introduce noble girls to high society. They were that in part, yes, but most importantly, they had the purpose of serve as the occasion for young girls of marriageable age (for the time period) to find a husband.

So the balls had a pretty strict dress-code. All debutantes had to wear white (though shades of ivory and pink were acceptable), the dresses were strictly floor-length and with a long train, though the sleeves were short. Long white gloves were also very common. The hair had to be done in an up-do with a veil attached to it, decorated with three ostrich feathers. As for jewelry, pearls were the more common option.

Some details could change depending on the time period, but those were the basics. So no colorful gowns, loose hair, short dresses or stuff like that.

Totally different vibes, even though that debutante dress is pretty modern. But it looks... like a wedding dress.

I was surprised to see that the novel's debutante was actually pretty historically accurate. My guess is that Spoon felt the novel's dress was too bridal, so she changed it to the iconic dress we all know (I've seen people say it feels too "homecoming", teenager ball, but debutantes were kind of just that lol). The part about the dress resembling a blooming rose was kept, but Spoon added the pink details, flowers and patterns, shortened the length and made the dress sleeveless (and gave Athy a tiara! Apparently only married women could wore those at debutantes in real life).

I quite like it. I think the choice was also to better reflect Athy's fashion sense and make her stand out compared to the other debutantes. Athy's dresses are always lovely and elegant, but she uses way more colors, patterns, short sleeves and hems compared to the rest of the girls. I think it suits her free spirit!

And yeah, it would have been kind of weird to see all the girls dressed as brides in the debutante lmfao...