#goldenlake

[terragustavo]

Finalzinho da folga merecida!!! #terracevada #terraimoveisrj #terragustavo #goldenlake #arraialdocabo #cabofrio #regiaodoslagos #buzios #armacaodosbuzios #ferias #descanso #venha2023 #anonovo #vidanova (em Golden Lake Residence Apart Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-V4U8rmru/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[minuiko]

Discord requested the scene where Raoul murders Wyldon for ordering Kel to abandon her people :)

[motherofmabari]

Kel: ...and I've been getting expensive presents from this mysterious benefactor ever since my first year as a page. 🫤 It's baffling, I mean, who could it possibly be? 🤷🏼

Raoul: Right, absolutely baffling. Excuse me for a sec

*sounds of running feet and a door slamming open*

Raoul: ALANNA WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME I WOULD HAVE HELPED 😭

[checkoutmybookshelf]

I remember reading Squire for the first time amd just loving the change in tone between the Page's Wing in the Palace and the King's Own, and just going "I love this for her." Raoul and Kel as teacher and student and Kel as a welcomed and valued member of the King's Own are some of my favorite dynamics.

[morphmaker]

Song of the Lioness No. 12: Faithful the Cat

[fytortall]

I swear on Miss Rose and the goddess that in the Alano books, Raul has blonde hair, and I am so sure of this because I remember when I was reading that he had a blonde mustache in lioness rampant, and it is freaked me out ever since dad but just now inquire he is described as having black hair and I need to know if that is a mistake

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Translation: I swear on Mithros and the Goddess that in the Alanna books, Raoul has blonde hair. And I am so sure of this because I remember I was reading that he had a blonde mustache in Lioness Rampant, and it freaked me out ever since. But just now in Squire he is described as having black hair and I need to know if that is a mistake.

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** note: Amanda confirmed that Raoul is not blonde in Lioness Rampant and that Holly was probably thinking of Gary

[onyourstageleft]

who was gonna tell me that the Tamora Pierce fanfic scene started going hard in the last few years?? I found one fic through a discord server (thank u mutual for inviting me to it I appreciate you so much) and now I'm down a rabbit hole that includes recently updated 100k+ fics??? I'm gonna go feral

[idreamtiflew]

Ya'll. My favorite fanfic ever seems to be gone. I read that Archive of Our Own was being cyber attacked or something, and that some works did not make it. Lisafer on AO3 and Fief Goldenlake wrote a phenomenal fic about a romance between Sir Myles of Olau and Wyldon Cavall whilst he is at the castle training to become a knight. It is called "Paragons of Knightley Virtue." It. Is. So. Good. And it's gooone!! I hope to someday find it again, because Great Mithros, it is so fire.

[mihrsuri]

I think it was @emilykaldwen who did an OC DNA (of characters that the OC has vibes of) and I got late night thoughts for the Boleyn-Tudor-Cromwell kids and:

Tommy

Book (and book is key): Faramir, Elrond and a dash of Aragorn.

There is a little bit of Nikolai Lantsov (mostly the ‘boy with the golden spirit full of light and hope’ quote)

Idril Celebrindal + Book!Arwen

George

Kaz Brekker

Miryem from Spinning Silver

Doran Martell (my impression from reading fic with him in it but)

The rest of Nikolai Lantsov, mostly the scheming.

Irina from Spinning Silver

George Cooper

William (Liam)

Jesper Fahey

Margaret (Meg)

Alanna The Lionness

Arya Stark (impression from reading fic with her in it)

Sarai Balitang

Owen

Zoya

Wylan

Also Kaz Brekker

Nealan of Queenscove (HOLY SHIT THE VIBES. Except 1000% more murder)

Edmund

Thor (MCU) but very specifically Thor from a friends AU verse version of Thor.

If Mattias Helver wasn’t bought up where he was but just got to be loving and Giant and Thoughtful.

Raoul of Goldenlake

Pippa

Cinderella

Elia Martell (again fic reading impression but)

Sara Crewe

Me But Better Basically

Also a touch of Dovasari Balitang and Princess Kalasin.

[welcometololaland]

Fic Rec Friday Round Up - Part 2

Thanks to everyone who participated! I have a list below of the fics that people either tagged me in or tagged #fic rec friday. If I've missed anyone (or tagged anything incorrectly), please let me know.

This week's theme: a fic that made you cry / feel all the feelings.

Please read at your own discretion - heed tags and ratings on each individual fic (particularly this week as I see some fics have archive warnings that apply). Keep yourself safe friends!

Red White and Royal Blue

A Picture on Your Corkboard by bleedingballroomfloor

all the glitters (is not gold) by @indomitable-love

Faster, Higher, Stronger by @everwitch-magiks

God Save the Blessed American President Mom by zipadeea

Someday Soon I’ll See You (But Now You’re Out Of Sight) by MaryaDmitrievnaLikesSundays

Such a Burden, This Flame on My Chest by @three-drink-amy

The Cost of Anything by @clottedcreamfudge

Together Forever by RevJohnO

What? like it's hard? by @rmd-writes

you turned a moment (into forever) by viciouslyqueer

you’re leaving (now i’m left amongst the living) by @peppermint-patties

Schitt's Creek

amnesty by oh_la_fraise

An Early Winter by littlebebecrows

Don't Whump With My Heart by @delilah-mcmuffin

five days, one year, a lifetime (series) by FaithNoMoar

Five ways it could have ended (and one way it still could) by @yourbuttervoicedbeau

Gods of the Soil by @madlori

He Shines by @smallumbrella369

I Can't Make You Love Me by Squigmistress

I Love You, But I'm Not Somebody Who Takes Shots by ahurston

let your heart be light (series) by @blueink3 including happy golden days of yore by @blueink3 as podficced by @celeritas2997

Marcy's Innocent Questions by Characterassassination

polaris by @strangeluvz

Some things I still can't tell you by @demora00

tangle and stretch by @stereopticons

Time until the end of time by @yourbuttervoicedbeau and @ships-to-sail

What Feels Right by MirandaPanda

Where the Real Road Lies by @unfolded73

You Can Fall by @wordthieve

Stargate Atlantis

freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose by synecdochic

Stranger Things

(My) Back to the Shoreline by tsaheylu

leave the children behind by greatunironic

Teen Wolf

Play it Again by metisket

The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Forever is the sweetest con by @heytheredeann

The Be and End All by Ingu

The Old Guard

In another life maybe you and i will be walking down the aisle in white by @swifty-fox

The Witcher

And So, A Gladiolus Bloomed by Sipstheytea

Don't Tell Me You Love Me by Dandelion (HonestlyDying)

Even After All These Years by MagdelaneSingerin

it'll pass by Jaskiers

The Flower's Breath by Chandelier_s_Notebook

You Can Do better Than Me But I Can't Do Better Than You by Althe_a

Tortall - Tamora Pierce

i'll rise up in spite of the ache by @cricketnationrise

The Tourakom-Goldenlake System of Communication by Emnot

[shepherds-of-haven]

What subgroups in universe are the cast from? Like who are Western Norms vs Eastern Norms, which subgroup of Elves is Tallys from, etc?

All Norms in the main cast are of Eastern Norm descent, though there are slightly different subgroups within that general bloodline: 

Riel is originally from Leore, which is predominantly populated by a smaller subgroup called Raolin or Goldenlake Norms, who are a bit more delicate and shorter in stature

Chase is originally from Conte and has more Southern Crescent coastal blood in him, resulting in more olive undertones in his coloration

Trouble and Shery are both Eastern Guilder Norms from Haven, though it's possible that Trouble could have Western Hanish blood from his father's side. Although Eastern Guilder Norms in popular conception tend to be darker-haired, with more muscular or stout, stockier features than the taller, more fair-haired Western Hanish, this is something of a misconception, as statistics will actually show that things like hair color and eye color are fairly evenly split among Guilder Norms, with dark hair showing only a slight predominance over blonde and red hair. You see Trouble and Shery’s heritage more in their bone structure and general facial features, which makes it very obvious that they’re Guilder Norms!

Lavinet is also of predominantly hardy Eastern Guilder descent, though nobles intermarry so much with nobles from other provinces and fiefdoms that she also has Goldenlake and likely Hanish blood as well as a heavy dose of Northern Sacoridian blood from her mother's side!

Although Caine comes from the Western side of the Continent, in Kinley, I believe his mother’s family is based in... Sacor?... while he doesn’t know where his father comes from, but at a glance, he looks like he has Eastern Guilder and possibly some Northern blood

Tallys is technically a Frostwood Elf, originating from Shyrduin--these Elves are the most "inland" and are more "sylvan" than a lot of their cousins, tending to have very forest-matching features (green eyes, autumnal/ochre/auburn/brown hair and skin tones, as well as more common freckles and beauty marks): they’re the shortest among the Elvish subgroups, while Thielwood Elves tend to be taller and paler in skin tone with black or blonde hair, and Orgael Elves (who are thought to be more coastal) are a mix of both, with golden to beige skin tones, a range of hair colors, and generally blue/blue-green or gray eyes. 

Blade is from the highland province of Ygrath, being counted among the noble "mountain Ket" within Ket culture, while also being lumped in with the greater subgroup of "Thielwood Ket" (who are generally more universally dark-haired and have certain distinguishing facial features like longer noses, higher cheekbones, and more almond-shaped "fox eyes") by the rest of the world. 

Halek is obviously a Hunter of the Reach, but pretty much all Hunters can trace their ancestral origins back to there, so there aren't as many distinguishing physical features that separates them from other Hunters; it's more about differences between traditions and social customs that have evolved over time, though Hunters of the Reach are the tallest among the Hunter subgroups and can still be recognizable through their dress and general bearing/mien!

Red is a "lake district" Mage, which means his people tend to be a bit taller and tanner (with broader features like larger hands and wider shoulders/hardier bone structures) than Mages from other Eastern regions, while Ayla is from Jalis, which tends to produce people with dark skin, sharper facial features, angular, wiry builds, and who are shorter than Mages from other regions. 

Briony and Mimir are [redacted]!

[foundfamilyappreciation]

Hello and welcome to the second Found Family Face-off! This time it's siblings! As mentioned in the intro post, this is for siblings of different genders, as there will future tournaments for brothers and sisters respectively to give as many found siblings as possible to be included! Anyway, please meet your contestants and round 1 match ups below:

*Please don't clown on this post and argue against why certain characters can't be found siblings (aside from if they're in an explicitly canon romantic relationship that I missed while trying to vet them). Please respect that these are people's headcanons and they might not align with yours (heck, some of these even I don't agree with but again, that's just my opinion) and that this is just for fun etc.

Group A

Ahsoka Tano & Rex VS Ahsoka Tano & Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

Garrazeb Orrelios, Sabine Wren & Ezra Bridger VS Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso & Bodhi Rook (Star Wars)

Kilindi Matako & Maul VS Cal Kestis & Merrin (Star Wars)

Michael Burnham & Saru (Star Trek: Discovery) VS Mako Mori & Raleigh Beckett (Pacific Rim)

Tegan Jovanka & Vislor Turlough VS 10th Doctor & Donna Noble (Doctor Who)

Luke Smith & Sky Smith VS Luke Smith & Maria Jackson (The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Aidan Waite, Josh Levison & Sally Malik (Being Human U.S.) VS Steve Jinks & Claudia Donovan (Warehouse 13)

Amanda Brotzman & Vogel (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) VS Wednesday Addams & Eugene Ottinger (Wednesday)

Group B

Parker & Eliot Spencer (Leverage) VS Inej Ghafa & Jesper Fahey (Six of Crows/Shadow and Bone)

Duke Thomas & Cassandra Cain (DC Comics) VS Will Byers & Jane "El" Hopper (Stranger Things)

Angus MacGyver, Wilt Bozer, Riley Davis & Sam Cage (MacGyver 2016) VS Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, CJ Cregg, Sam Seaborn & Charlie Young (The West Wing)

Malcolm Bright, J.T. Tarmell & Dani Powell (Prodigal Son) VS Kate Beckett, Javier Esposito & Kevin Ryan (Castle)

Jake Peralta + Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) VS Meredith Grey + Alex Karev (Grey's Anatomy)

Fig Faeth, Adaine Abernant, Fabian Aramais Seacaster, Gorgug Thistlespring, Riz Gukgak & Kristen Applebees (Dimension 20: Fantasy High) VS Travis Killian & The Doctor (The Game of Rassilon)

Meriadoc Brandybuck & Eowyn (The Lord of the Rings) VS Lester Papadopoulos & Meg McCaffrey (Trials of Apollo)

Alanna of Trebond, Gareth of Naxen & Raoul of Goldenlake (Song of the Lioness) VS Keladry of Mindelan, Neal of Queenscove (Protector of the Small) VS Sandry fa Toren, Tris Chandler, Daja Kisubo & Briar Moss (Circle of Magic)

Group C

Katara & Zuko VS Toph & Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Sokka & Toph VS Aang & Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Korra & the Air kids (The Legend of Korra) VS April O'Neil + the Ninja Turtles (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Sprig Plantar & Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia) VS Hiccup Haddock & Heather (How to Train Your Dragon: Race to the Edge)

Luz Noceda & Hunter VS Luz Noceda & Gus Porter & Willow Park (The Owl House)

Luz Noceda & King Clawthorne (The Owl House) VS Rayla & Ezran (The Dragon Prince)

Lilo Pelekai & Stitch (Lilo and Stitch) VS Luca Paguro, Giulia Marcovaldo & Alberto Scorfano (Luca)

Hisirdoux "Douxie" Casperan & Claire Nuñez VS Hisirdoux "Douxie" Casperan & Nari (Tales of Arcadia)

Group D

Roronoa Zoro & Nami VS Roronoa Zoro & Perona (One Piece)

Kyōka Izumi & Atsushi Nakajima (Bungo Stray Dogs) VS Phoenix Wright & Maya Fey (Ace Attorney)

Miles Edgeworth & Franziska Von Karma VS Miles Edgeworth & Kay Faraday (Ace Attorney)

Sento Kiryu & Misora Isurugi (Kamen Rider Build) VS Mikasa Ackermann and Armin Arlett (Attack on Titan)

Shadow the Hedgehog & Maria Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Lucas, Kumatora & Duster (MOTHER 3)

Junpei Iori & Female protagonist/Kotone Shiomi (Persona 3) VS Ren Amamiya/Akira Kurusu & Futaba Sakura (Persona 5)

Sombra & Cassidy VS Baptist & Sombra (Overwatch)

Beauregard Lionett & Fjord VS Beauregard Lionett & Caleb Widogast (Critical Role)

Also! To help me out and get the brackets done and published sooner, here's a list of contestants that I haven't found picture for and would super appreciate help in tracking them down. Massive shout out to those who sent in pics with their submissions, yall are MVPs.

(Need the ones that aren't highlighted)

Feel free to submit them via ask, submission or by reblogging and adding them to this post. Thanks in advance!

[checkoutmybookshelf]

My Introduction to Tamora Pierce

When I was in seventh grade, a friend and classmate asked if I wanted to read one of her favorite authors. I said sure, and she presented me with a choice of Daine, Kel, or Alanna. I chose Kel, and I have a vivid memory of standing next to our ugly green lockers between classes in middle school and being handed a loaner copy of The First Test. This simple act of generosity and friendship set my little 12-year-old feet on the path to Tortall and later to Emelan. Thanks to that friend, Tamora Pierce quickly became one of my foundational, formative, ride-or-die authors (in excellent company with the likes of Gail Carson Levine, who we are absolutely going to talk about at some point). People leave handprints on our hearts, and sometimes those handprints are book shaped. Let's talk The Protector of the Small Quartet.

Keladry's quartet covers nine years of her life, from becoming the first openly female page in a century to her years as a squire to her first year as a knight. The First Test and Lady Knight cover about a year each, while Page and Squire cover three and four years of training, respectively, at the titular levels.

Keladry of Mindelan, Lady Knight and Protector of the Small, is all about making sure that animals, women, children, and powerless individuals and populations are protected and treated well. When we meet her, she is fishing a bag of kittens out of a river and protecting them from a Spidren looking for a snack, and this culminates in Lady Knight Keladry going on a one-woman crusade behind enemy lines during a war to protect the people she was charged with protecting.

These books are perfect; I wouldn't change a thing.

Tamora's Pierce's worldbuilding and character work are unmatched. I said what I said, and no, I am not taking criticim (constructive or otherwise) at this time. Tortall is a full, lush world populated with diverse, dynamic, and complex characters. However, I think my favorite thing about Tamora Pierce is that her books are positive and hopeful without shying away from the realities of how harsh the world can be. Her protagonists face bullying, they face death, they face gendered violence, and they face all the petty and systemic malice that humanity is capable of. And yet, there is hope. The balance of acknowledging the real world and still finding what is good, what can be changed for the better, and where your strength and skills can make a difference is never not a comfort to me as a reader, and that's been true for [REDACTED, I know I'm an old] years.

Another favorite overarching theme in Tamora Pierce's Tortall universe that I love and will never get tired of is student-teacher relationships. And like everything with Pierce's writing, these relationships are not simple. There are good teachers, there are effective teachers who are utter dickheads (although some of them actually go through character growth and see and ACKNOWLEDGE their mistakes and APOLOGIZE and CHANGE!!!), and bad teachers. The students are equally diverse and dynamic. Kel's dynamics with her main teachers--Lord Wyldon and Raoul of Goldenlake--are some of my favorite parts of the books. And Kel finds herself a teacher throughout; first to her peers, then to her colleagues, and finally to people under her care and command. I know most people fall in love with Kel because of her protection of animals, but it was her journey to teaching and command that made me fall in love with her.

I recommend Tamora Pierce's books to literally everyone. Teenage girl? Yes. Octogenarian looking for a fun read? Yes. Sixth grade class needing a book read to them at lunch? Hell Yes. Everyone should read Tamora Pierce.

[takoscribit]

@domaystic : #01 driver Fandom: LoTR, implied Legolas/Éomer, Arwen, OC

After a warm welcoming and jokes on how their lives were full of surprises among men, Arwen had to ask who the young man who accompanied Legolas was.

"Oh, right! May I present you Hàdan, son of Goldmer of the Goldenlake? We had a pleasant chat on our way here."

"It-It's a pleasure to meet you, your Majesty," said Hàdan, shying away from the queen's gaze and bowing his head a little, not sure if that was enough or if he had to kneel properly, like the Riders did at Meduseld.

"Welcome to the White City, Hàdan." she reassured him, with a light pat on his shoulder. "I hope you will enjoy your stay here in Gondor."

Hàdan found himself breathing again. And smiled back at her, hopeful that that was his cue to take his leave and get back to the stables to attend to the carriage, and let the horses kick him in the button for not kneeling properly.

"My King, I shall go back and check-"

"Do not worry Hàdan," Legolas said with a quirky smile, "I'm sure King Éomer is taking care of everything. He did a wonderful job as a coachman, right?"

Hàdan was once again confused. Was there a right answer to what it looked like a tricky question? Was he being entangled in what could become a private dispute between his kings? Was it a mere a joke?

"If I may say so, yes," he said, trying to sound funny and serious at the same time. "Indeed?" His front teeth peeped out, as if to test the waters that they were only making fun of the king.

Queen Arwen had a bright smile on her lips. "So, Éomer will-"

"Be demoted from being king? I suppose so. What do you think Hàdan?"

This was no joke anymore, the young man thought.

Why did he go through with his father suggestion to become a coachman at Edoras? His first week, and he was already in big trouble!

In between laughs, Arwen showed them the way. "Please, Legolas, Hàdan son of Goldmer, come inside and explain to me every little detail of why King Éomer will no longer rule but be coachman."

Hàdan let the two go ahead. He needed some space to let out a big sigh, or two, and massage himself a little on the cheeks.

[fytortall]

If Raul hasn't taken his wire since he joined or took command of the king zone because he doesn't need one, since there are servants and all that crap but he has a Schoolwires room connected to his room what do you think has been using the squires room for for the past 20 well not 20 years but like 17 years?

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Translation: If Raoul hasn't a Squire since he joined or took command of the King's Own because he doesn't need one since there are servants and all that crap, but he has a Squire's room connected to his room, what do you think he has been using the Squire's room for for the past 20, well not 20 but like 17 years?

[onyourstageleft]

So I ended up here because of a Tamora Pierce post and you mentioned your thesis was about Tortall, and I was wondering if you were comfortable talking more about it, because I’d love to hear!!!!

(also I’m going to go through your Tamora Pierce tag later but I’ve already come across the idea of aro Raoul in one post and now I love it and need it)

I let this sit in my ask box for a few days bc I was genuinely so excited to talk about it that I wanted to dedicate some time to it okay YES I would love to tell you about my thesis!! I literally grew up reading and loving Tamora Pierce books and then I went into my English MA program and they started talking about thesis options and I was reading some criticism about colonialism in literature and it just kinda clicked, so my thesis title is "Cultures and Colonization in Tamora Pierce's Young Adult Novels" and it's pretty much what it says on the tin. I talk about indigenous populations (Bazhir and raka) and how they are treated differently both by the characters in the story and the narrative in general. I address Alanna/Jon as white saviors and then how Aly undoes some of that damage through her more respectful/less controlling relationship with the raka. I also talked about how the books work as a framework to interact respectfully with other cultures through Kel & the Yamani, and a discussion of slavery and the respect that Beka shows for enslaved people.

it's honestly been a while since I reread my whole thesis so there's probably more in there that I'm forgetting, BUT on the off chance that you wanna read the whole thing, I published it open access so you can just Google the title and it should take you to a download link for it. please ignore the typo of the repeated phrase at the end of the literal first paragraph of the whole thing it haunts me every day (I swear it wasn't there when I submitted it)

ALSO about the aro Raoul I totally think it's a good take with the exception of one of the most fantastic fanfics I've ever read - if you like fic and the idea of Raoul/Buri, please take a look at The Tourakom-Goldenlake System of Communication by Emnot on AO3. it's the first fic that led me into the AO3 waters (where the Tortall fandom is still going strong btw) and I reread it every few months

I'm publishing this ask mainly so I can find it later and remember what I said BUT if you wanna talk more about Tortall pls feel free to message me I could do this all day