#halvar

[dinkythings]

It's Halvar! Anyone remember this old boy?

[burnin0akleaves]

My contribution to the Hal x Ingvar fandom

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Bruno Suraski

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I said it was small

[linnheidi]

Halvar, Maiken, Ludvig, Una and Cecilie

A fun and weird family meeting

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Names meaning tag

Thank you for the tag @talesofsorrowandofruin!

Rules: list the meanings of your OCs’ names.

Okay, so I spend an absurd about of time finding the names for my characters that have the right sound and meaning. There are some stories I intentionally didn't do this with (The Elker Rex being one).

So here are the names and meanings of the main characters from The Shadow of Vale.

Aaron/Zuriel - Exalted or strong. Mountain of Strength. / The Lord and My Rock.

Ray / Halvar - Wise protector / Guardian of the rock.

Aila - Bringer of light or from the strong place.

Agur - Stranger, gathered together or Collector, gatherer.

Cyrus - Sun.

Samael - Venom or poison of God. In lore a figure who is the accuser or adversary (Satan as mentioned in the book of Job).

Jedrek - A strong man/ Warrior

Michael - Who is like God? (name of archangel. Patron saint of soldiers)

And a few of the more minor characters whose names I still picked carefully:

Chiron - Skilled with hands.

Rafael- God has healed.

Lonan - Blackbird or cloud.

Tovi - Goodness of God.

and of course while not a direct character, the basically deified nymph who built Vale:

Abner - Father of light.

This was way fun. :)

No pressure tag for: @writeanapocalae, @axl-ul, @tailoroffates, @andromeda-grace and an Open tag for anyone else who would be as excited about this one as me but hasn't been tagged, here is your invite.

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[simplydifficultme]

CROW BBY STICKERS ARE HERE !

I will get them up on my Etsy some time next week !!!!

[mrs-mikko-rantanen]

((Voyage of Yggdrasil excerpt!! The words are coming back very slowly! Nyar ans Magnhild with his sons after saving them. No trigger warnings!))

Nyar looked at his son, sleeping peacefully wrapped in a heavy blanket. His blond hair was flopped in several different directions, and his face was more relaxed than Nyar had ever seen it. He hadn't moved at all since Alexei had fallen asleep. Despite knowing that there was absolutely no way she would ever be able to reach them here, he half expected Lillian to burst through the door of Magnhild's longhouse and search away his sons yet again.

Nyar looked up to Magnhild now. She sat on the floor holding Dimitri, rocking gently back and forth as she stroked his face and sang softly in her own language.

"Thank you for helping me save them." Nyar said, voice low so as not to wake them.

Magnhild looked up at him and smiled. "Of course. I promised that I would, didn't I?"

"I know. But still...thank you." They fell back into silence again for several moments before he spoke again. "I want to change their names. I want them to fit in here, with your people."

"They are your people too, Nyar." Magnhild reminded him, "This is as much your home as it is mine."

"All the more reason for them to have new names."

Magnhild nodded, conseeding the point. "What do their names mean?"

Nyar placed a hand on Alexei's back. "Man's defender."

"Asmund means 'divine protection.'" Magnhild offered the counterpart quickly, almost without thinking. "If you want to hold to true to the meaning."

Nyar nodded. "I chose his name very deliberately for the meaning. I wanted him to know that I would always protect him, no matter what."

Magnhild smiled softly at the infant sleeping in her arms. "And what of this little one?"

Nyar chuckled a little. "'Earth lover, and follower of Demeter.' Lillian shot down my other suggestions."

Magnhild frowned a little. "Ingfred would be the closest to that," she offered. "It means 'the Peace of Ing,' who is our Earth god as Demeter was the Greeks'."

Nyar frowned a little. "No... I don't feel like that fits him."

"Nor do I." Magnhild looked at her youngest ward. "What did you want his name to be?"

Nyar scoffed. "I wanted it to have a similar meaning to Alex- Asmund's, really. I wanted to do whatever I could to protect him."

Magnhild smiled. "We are a people of great strength, my brother. Finding a name to shield him will not be hard."

The room was filled only with the sound of the two small children sleeping, and the crackling of the fire for a long time.

"Halvar." Magnhild whispered gently. The baby in her arms shifted and let out a soft coo. She shushed him and started rocking again, brushing her fingers over his eyebrows. She looked to the baby's father and smiled. "His name is Halvar."

Nyar smiled and nodded at her. "Halvar. I like it."

"They will be safe here." The warrior promised. "When you are gone, they shall be my wards. I will care for them."

"Thank you." Nyar shifted, laying down so that one elbow propped him up. "What about when you're gone too? I'm not ready to travel Yggdrasil alone..."

"They will be protected. My cousin will watch them; and many of the families in the village are more than capable of taking care of them."

Nyar let out a pent up breath, lowering himself the rest of the way to the floor next to his toddler. For the first time ever, he felt as though his children were finally, truly safe.

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"Making of Autumn Sonata" (1978) - Ingmar Bergman and Arne Carlsson

Films I've watched in 2024 (20/95)

An absolute master class in filmmaking!!

Is this documentary about twice as long as the film ("Autumn Sonata") itself? Yes.

Is it worth every minute of watching? Absolutely!!

Full documentary with English subtitles:

[sgtbuster]

Here’s the index page! All the tags are here if you want to reread this comic! 

Thank you so much for reading, I hope to see you again for the finale. I hope that I can even get most of it, maybe even all of the final comic finished before March, like I have done for this comic. So let’s see how that goes. lol 

Meanwhile here is a sneak peek for to what will be happening in the finale: 

We’re going back to Townsville where everything isn’t exactly as good as it used to be. 

Something is following both Ace and Murdoc around. Though neither of them knows if it is a glimpse of what’s to come or a vision from the past. As consequences from a long since forgotten history begins to bubble back to the surface. Either way, in his grief Ace continues to be haunted as something very dark hangs over his head. Something sinister is lurking in the shadows who had been waiting there for a very long time; and he decided that now is the time to strike. 

Meanwhile Murdoc is given a job that leaves him standing in front of two branching paths. A job with an offer to give him something that he had always wanted in return for his services. Though it’s price may be much more than what Murdoc is willing to pay. 

Whatever both Ace and Murdoc decide to do... it will change the fates of everything that they know. Past, Present and Future. 

Let’s pray that they choose well. 

Requiem of Tartarus will be arriving March, 2024. 

Stay safe and I’ll see you again real soon. 

[7loveneverfails]

I figured out the mechanics needed for the ending of my Hallendrest story.

Just need to work out why Drest dying made Hallendrest begin to die.

I have worked out why Vontis could sustain the world and why Drest got stuck being dead when he is immortal. As well as the nature of their immortality.

It's funny to me that I ended up making it what is basically another Vale story.

[burnin0akleaves]

Reading Brotherband through a Halvar lens is great

[tubborucho]

Tommy and Tubbo – Pages: How to melt your essence with someone’s soul

taglist: @pastelvangelion @smallz-o @salineroses @dynamicworms @cindersnows @deadfishisyeq @snyland @missstrawberry @frubbotoxicyuri @haloberry @thecardboardbutterfly @avianchorus @qtubbo @an-egghead @codaattheend @mikaikaika

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credits:

Prologue

1. “time collapses. love takes your hand and leads you from the world” layla starr

Page 1

2. “Imitations of Drowning” Anne Sexton

3. @.insomniac-arrest

4. https://twitter.com/sainticide/status/1476212797369319424?s=21&t=iGrZnWG5aLGizZ_iGCZR4A

5. “Twenty-One Ways of Leaving” Koleka Putuma

6. https://pin.it/4Iy5VQI

7. @.dvoyd

8. http://hollowworld.co.uk/threads/halvar-vignette-s.55468/post-829118

9. “If There’s A Way Out I’ll Take It” Lora Mathis

10. “Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn; in a letter to Hortense Flexner and Wyncie King” Martha Gellhorn

Page 2

11. https://pin.it/1QpJ0iz

12. https://pin.it/6WwyKF6

13. “Wayward son” Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch

14. https://pin.it/5Mgyjhs

15. @.galactic-mystics-writes

16. @.dazzlingtiredeyes

17. “The Next Time We Talk on Facebook” Clementine von Radics

18. N/A

19. Fall Out Boys – Young Volcanoes

Page 3

20. https://pin.it/3Nxa6eV

21. “Jesus Texts” Pádraig Ó Tuama

22. @.codaattheend

23. https://pin.it/3YFQf7P

24. by Edward Lee

25. “The Five Stages of Grief” Linda Pastan

26. “A song for a lover of a long time ago” Bon Iver

27. “Icarus || Percy Jackson” SarcasticSunshine

28. https://pin.it/59O2ivf

Page 4

29. “Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn” Martha Gellhorn

30. @.aretherestarsinhell

31. “One Last Poem for Richard“ Sandra Cisneros

32. “Poem of the End” Marina Tsvetaeva

33. https://pin.it/7mGA0UT

34. https://pin.it/1TKqm7d

35. “Norwegian Woods” Haruki Murakami

36. by Friedrich Nietzsche

37. “For Your Own Good” Leah Horlick

Page 5

38. “When Rome Falls” Yves Olade

39. https://pin.it/5CnTcJ9

40. “Whatever You Need” Marley C.

41. @.eridan-ampora

42. “Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell” Cierra

43. https://pin.it/e9k4bKp

44. “Sunstone” Octavio Paz tr. by Elliot Weinberger

45. by Kiersten White

46. https://pin.it/1i7tkZg

47. https://pin.it/4S39jLe

Epilogue

48. @.jovialtorchlight

All the other little pictures are free stickers from PicsArt

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why I ship halvar, example 1

[acronym-chaos]

Kaeya Alberich (Genshin Impact) ID Pack

[PT: Kaeya Alberich (Genshin Impact) ID Pack].

[ID: A purple thin line divider shaded at the bottom. End ID].

Names

[PT: Names].

Aedric, Aelith, Aerin, Altharion, Askaris, Auren, Avalis, Brise, Caelira, Daeren, Darion, Ellory, Elrik, Elyas, Eryndor, Faelith, Freyris, Galen, Halvar, Idris, Illyra, Kaevra, Kairen, Lioran, Lorynne, Lynx, Lysander, Mavric, Myrill, Naerith, Niviel, Orendil, Orlen, Raithen, Rhalina, Rhyker, Rime, Serille, Sylas, Sylven, Talyon, Talyth, Thalira, Vaelith, Valcris, Varin, Xalith, Xavien

Pronouns

[PT: Pronouns].

Cha / Char / Charm, Chi / Chill / Chills, Cool / Cools / Cools, Cryo / Cryos / Cryos, Ey / Eye / Eyes, Fra / Frost / Fros, I / Ice / Ices, Kni / Knight / Knights, Mi / Myth / Myths, Mys / Myst / Mysts [Mystery], Pe / Peac / Ock [Peacock], Se / Secr / Secrs [Secret], Sly / Slys / Slys, Spy / Spies / Spies, Sta / Star / Stars, Swo / Swor / Sword, Tea / Tease / Teases, Wine / Wines / Wines

Titles

[PT: Titles].

A Survivor of Khaenri’ah’s Tragedy, A Trickster With a Cryo Touch, The Knight Who Wears Frost as a Cloak, The Last Star of Khaenri’ah, The One Who Hides Truth in Shadows, [Pronoun] Who Carries a Heavy Burden, [Pronoun] Who Fights With Icy Grace, [Pronoun] Who Wears Loyalty Like a Mask, [Pronoun] Whose Secrets Are as Frozen as [Pronouns] Heart

[ID: A purple thin line divider shaded at the bottom, End ID].

Requested by @snowkhaenriahns!

Also tagging: @id-pack-archive