#kotlc beautiful edits

[fitzvackertheritzcracker]

i made a wonderful portrait of you

You captured my beauty perfectly, I have never radiated such pretty boy energy before.

I need to get this framed and hung up in my house (Tealboyvibe4ever) as soon as possible.

(also the amount of teal eyebrow marker, blush and lipstick i went through probably killed a bunch of animals. RIP.)

[stargirl-evie]

Please Shannon I need a list of the the stuff Fitz collected from the forbidden cities. All his little souvenirs, Shannon- Shannon please

[fitzvackertheritzcracker]

i don't see it 🤔🤔

keefe sencen but with glasses

[snek-of-eden]

intro post <3

✨greetings, beautiful motherfuckers✨

about me

name: max !!

pronouns: they/them

labels: non-binary, bisexual

hobbies: writing fanfic, art, music, guitar, biking, editing, baking, doodling

important stuff: happy to be mutuals, please refrain from getting close in my dms if you're over 20 and we're not already friends

fandom stuff: Star Trek, Good Omens, Miraculous, Arcane, House MD, Dead Poets Society, Our Flag Means Death, KOTLC, Ted Lasso, Rocky Horror Picture Show, TUA, ect.

blorbo stuff: Jim Kirk, S’chn T’gai Spock, Nathalie Sancouer, Anthony Crowley, Trent Crimm, Raine Whispers, Eda Clawethorne, Kathryn Janeway, Odo

tag stuff: you can find my art/writing under #max’s art and #max's fics, original posts under #max’s mind or #my posts, friend stuff under #whimsical mutual interactions, and anything i’ve deemed triggering under #tw

social stuff: you can find me on AO3 as snek_of_eden, where I post fics and oneshots!

[ravs6709]

Ravi's KOTLC Fanfic Masterlist

my pinned post too clogged and i cant even edit it on mobile since too long or too many links or something like that. So here is all like ~40 kotlc fanfics of mine!!!

Organizing by dynamics for easy access. Some fics admittedly better than the others, but I've been writing kotlc fanfic for several years, so bound to happen

*Represents some of my favourites!!!

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Oneshots

Sokeefe

Hair- Sokeefe Romantic Oneshot (very fluffy, no warnings). 0.4k words.

*Protection- Sokeefe Romantic Oneshot (angsty, fluff sprinkled in, and then more at the end. Caps tw). 1.4k words.

Keefex

Butterfly Kisses- Keefex Romantic Oneshot (very fluffy, no warnings). 0.4k words.

Marry Me (There's Free Desserts)- Romantic Keefex Oneshot (fluff, human au, food, one swear). 2.5k words.

Don't Need Your Voice To Understand You- Queerplatonic Keefex Oneshot (Canon divergence, heart-warming, non-verbal communication). 0.9k words.

Sokeefitz

Together- Sokeefitz Romantic Oneshot (light angst, poly-phobic moments + alden bashing oops, but fluff at the end). 1.1k words.

The Days That Come And Go (They'll Be Beautiful)- Romantic Sokeefitz Oneshot (post-canon, fluff and comfort. No warnings. 0.5k words.

Keefe/Tam/Dex

Fire And Foil- Kamex (Keefe/Tam/Dex) Romantic Oneshot (very fluffy, censored swearing. Human au). 1.1k words

Cake Eater- Romantic Kamex Oneshot (very fluffy, censored swearing, human au). 0.7k words. (same au as prev, but not connected)

Kam

Hoodies- Kam Romantic Oneshot (very fluffy, no warnings). 0.8k words.

*Our Very Own Melody- Kam Romantic Oneshot (fluff with a side of angst, soulmates+human au. Censored swearing). 5.1k words.

*All This Love (I'll Show You How It Feels)- Ambiguous Kam Oneshot (human au, fake dating, shenanigans). 2.8k words.

Tam & Linh

Our Hands Linked, Side By Side- Linh and Tam Platonic Oneshot (mostly hurt/comfort, fluffy ending, not really any warnings but Quan is rude). 1.4k words.

*A Desperate Attempt At Understanding- Tam & Linh Platonic Oneshot (sibling angst, arguing, during stellarlune). 1.1k words.

Sophiana

This Great Distance- Sophiana Romantic Songfic (based off Coney Island by Taylor Swift) (post breakup, angst, no warnings though). 1.0k words.

Sweet Treats- Sophiana Romantic Oneshot (mild hurt/comfort and fluff. No warnings). 0.9k words.

Hidden Meanings- Sophiana Romantic Oneshot (pure fluff, no warnings) 1.6k words.

Labels (Or The Lack Of Them)- Platonic Sophiana Oneshot (pure fluff, no warnings. Human au) 1.2k words

Lights Glowing Bright- Romantic Sophiana Oneshot (pure fluff, no warnings). 0.7k words.

Sophitz

The Stars In The Sky (And In Your Eyes)- Sophitz Romantic Oneshot (pure fluff, no warnings). 0.7k words.

Confessions- Romantic Sophitz Oneshot (pure fluff, no warnings). 1.0k words.

Fedex

Our Very Own Story- Queerplatonic Fedex Oneshot (fluff, soulmates+human au, one swear). 7.4k words

*An X-Ray Ain't Needed To See Within- Dex Study (ish), Romantic Fedex Oneshot (canon rewrite but with new element, angst, depictions of canon torture and stabbing, copious descriptions of heart). 7.9k words.

Don't Worry Yourself Sick - Fedex Romantic Oneshot (sickfic, no warnings). 0.8k words.

Other (stuff that only have 1 fic)

No Murder Allowed- Marellinh Romantic Oneshot (very fluffy, jokes about murder). 0.3k words.

Imp-Sitting At Rimeshire- Dexiana Romantic Oneshot (very fluffy, no warnings). 0.9k words.

Inventions- Platonic Dexphie Oneshot (mild angst, but then fluff, no warnings) 1.0k words.

Affection- Platonic Keefitz Oneshot (mostly fluff, slight angst and hurt/comfort, no warnings?) 1.2k words.

Within The Background- Platonic Marellinhiana Oneshot (some fluff, deals with Biana's scars so slight injury tw). 1.0k words.

*Euneirophrenia- Romantic Solinh Oneshot (fluff and hurt/comfort, dreamsharing au). 6.2k words.

Way Too Weird (Even For Me)- Gen Oneshot (crack, eating inedible stuff). 0.6k words.

I've Come A Long Way- Sophie & The Foster Family (family feels, no warnings). 1.1k words.

As Pretty As The Petals- Romantic Four Horsegirls Oneshot (fluff, no warnings?). 2.1k words.

Just One More Chance- Romantic Bianuca Oneshot (post breakup, getting back together, mentions of internalized homophobia). 1.5k words.

Multichapter/Series

*Won't You Shine With Me (Oh Distant Star Of Mine)- Romantic Hekster, Kam, Marelliana and Fedex Fanfic (6 chapters, Revue Starlight au, theatre, fluff and angst with a happy ending)

*The Prankster Team- Keefex Romantic Fanfic (Wattpad, and also on ao3) (mostly fluff, but deals with some homophobia (not in detail), abuse (but not in detail) also censored swearing)

*These Feelings Inside (How Deep Do They Go)- Sokeefitz Romantic Fanfic (mermaid+flowershop au, based off Siren's Lament. Fluff and angst. Mentions of death)

*Open Up My Heart (And Let My Feelings Fly Free)- Kam (but relationship type unspecified) Fanfic Oneshot Collection (omniscient reader's viewpoint au, angst with happy ending, check fic for warnings)

[official-kenralie-fanbase]

oaky here’s the list

@xanadaus (Tobi is the one who found your koralie fic and makes some amazing fanart and host’s a good portion of the ship weeks)

@an-ungraceful-swan @lusilver001 @camelspit @soryasongsaa @axels-corner @a-withered-old-rose @magnateleto some of our other amazing fanartists (i know for a fact definitely forgetting some people and i apologize)

@aphelea @solreefs @gay-otlc @cogaytes the solreef fam and tertice people (again i’m definitely forgetting some)

@synonymroll648 Izzy is known for sokeefitz and is an amazing writer

@cherryys-stuff @callas-pancake-tree @winterfireice @the-one-and-only-aroace @nyxpixels @fucked-up-mover-shaker @stopstealingtomatoes @arson-anarchy-death @gaslight-gaetkeep-gayboss @loki-the-trikster-god @shyguygubbs all amazing people you should follow for your own good

@bronte-deserves-better detailed world building headcannons and wrote one of my favorite fics

@fitzvackertheritzcracker my fellow crappy kotlc edit maker

@bookwyrminspiration writes long in depth analysis on any part of the book and made a keeper timeline that can be used for fics, not to mention writes some amazing fanfics

@fintan-pyren is the bringer of a good portion of the chaos here, threatens to soup people, and roleplays as fintan at times, then will write analysis’s and draw amazing fanart of fintan so you never know what you will get with him.

@crymeariveronceagain her Stinex fic single-handedly got me back into this fandom and into writing, her fics are beautiful agnsty and you need to read them, she’s known for sokeefe

a good portion of the people listed have Ao3 or have written fics and i know for a fact that i forgot people (because i can’t remember their urls or just forgot)

Wow thank you so much! I can tell what I'm going to be doing over winter break now, can't wait to get involved in this crazy fandom!

[bookwyrminspiration]

You are like a book character thats just. Yeah what did i expect from a name like that bnfjfjfjf

Yo on the reading tho!?? I feel the revitalized pjo interest im staring at my pjo books like. Soon soon i will get to u (THO IM MISSING A FEW OF THEM AND I DONT KNOW WHERE THEYVE GONE. THEYVE BEEN STOLEN I SWEAR) i actually have been trying to read actual books again and!!! I finished one finally!!! Only took me like a month bmgkfkfk i finished call down the hawk and my local library is ab to murder me for how long ive had it-

Dude okay so i work at a movie theater right and ive wanted to see boy and the heron so badly ive just been so busy im staring at it and like ten other movies like pls i need free time. Other than that i got baldurs gate 3 and have been wandering through a world download for a minecraft series i like. And im once again cursed by my inability to finish fics so my solution is write all of it then post and now i have like two 15k wips just sitting in my notes app ive been trying to finish for like two years T-T

I've read so many books I've started to become them, and honestly? There are worst fates. I think I'd make a good like...wise character. Like the one the main character goes to when they have a question and I pull on information I don't explain how I got and set them on their quest or something. Or they discover a cursed magic item and they're like, well Quil probably knows something useful. And then I do.

Anyway! Congrats on the reading! I actually did so much reading, writing, and drawing the past week that I gave myself a headache three days in a row. Like I legit had to just sit for an hour yesterday doing nothing. I've been meaning to read Call Down the Hawk since it came out--I actually started it back then, but for some reason I only got to the part right after the crabs(?) in the dorm where Ronan gets kicked out, and then cries(?) in the garden(?). But I fully intend to return to it, I love the world of trc. And Ronan's my favorite. so.

and the pjo thing!! i've been blasting through them at the rate of about one a day just like oh my god I forgot how much I loved these. the writing style is just so fun. currently half-way through mark of athena, but I had to stop because I do this thing every year where the first book I read is a twilight book for shits and giggles, so I gotta finish life and death before I go back to it (i'm already about 3/4ths of the way done so not a huge detour).

Oh right the boy and the heron! I forgot I mentioned that--I saw it yesterday! I'll admit it did contribute to my headache, because big bright screen in a dark room is...not great. my laptop gives me headaches sometimes, but anyway. I don't think it's my favorite ghibli film, but it had a draw to it. it's quite beautiful, and it's thought provoking in its way. very ghibli-esque.

bg3!! I haven't played myself (doesn't seem my kind of game), but I will admit I did have a few moments of just being enraptured by astarion. which is so cliche of me, but what can I say? his dialogue was funny.

good luck with all of your fics though--I've got a handful that are just waiting to be edited before I post them. but the wings au and then gift exchanges took precedent, so they've been sitting a while. but! those are over now! so I plan to edit and finally post them soon. I've also got this kotlc book 1 but from fitz's pov project in the works I'm very excited to return to :)

anyway, it is very nice to hear from you tater!! giving you the biggest high five rn o7 spicy gatorade or something

[soulless-angel25]

Intro Post

Going to try this.

✨️INTRO✨️

Hi! I'm V/Ambrose, though I do also go by Shadow. I use any pronouns. 🌈 This is an 'intro post' I guess????

ACCOUNTS⌨️

ao3 wattpad

ASKS ❓️

My asks are open!

OTHER

On here I mainly post random shit. Uh- doctor who(2005) and fablehaven are my main things rn but I will post abt other stuff. I do art and am considering starting commissions but not sure how to do that just yet.

this will probably be edited as time goes on to accommodate changes. and for updates.

FICS 📚

MAIN FIC- NWWNW: Regaining Kindness ^ Doctor Who fic of Nuwho watching Nuwho s1.

NEXT FIC: Knowledge and Time Travel ^ Fablehaven fic, Kendra accidently goes back in time to book 2. Title is a work in progress

When I start a fic and/or finish a fic I will edit this post and change it correctly.

FANDOMS

Doctor Who (2005)

Fablehaven

KOTLC

Snow White with the Red Hair

Coffee Talk

Grishaverse

OUABH

OUAT

Roll Over and Die

Land of Stories

The Magic Misfits

Black Butler

And more!

CONTENT

A collection of my favourite fic I've written.

The Exiled Daughter A DSMP AU Niki-centric fic

His Freckles BNHA, Izuku doesn't like his freckles and why

Each Other (Is All We Need) Witch Hat Atelier

Do Not Mistake What You Have With What You Hate Genshin Impact, Implied Kaeya/Lumine, Diluc-centric(?)

Alone, Forever Alone Doctor Who AU, Immortal Rose Tyler, Has dark themes such as: death, suicide, self harm

Please Don't Go I Shall Master This Family, 1st timeline angst

A Lost Chance Grishaverse-Shadow and Bone, Alina-centric

Waiiiit A Minute, Your A Bloody WITCH? Doctor Who AU, River/Rose

Beautiful Sounds Fablehaven, Kendra plays the guitar

You Died In My Arms OUABH, minor canon diverg book 2

My Princess DITOEFTV, post-canon, Penelope/Callisto, suggestive themes

Now your in my arms Purple Hyacinth, non-canon compliant, set after Lauren is kidnaped

COLLECTION

Riverrosetober 2023

Watching New Who

Ficmas 2023 [DoctorRose Edition]

[cceanvvaves]

artemis fowl

kotlc

wednesday a novelization of season 1

pjo wottg

lotr

classics (pride and prejudice, black beauty, etc.)

imogen, obviously

solitaire

edit: I FORGOT they both die at the end and like a bunch of greek myth retellings

npt: @localburntoutkid @imobsessed123 @etcherrie @mireyaaaaaaaaa @peapea-0405

Ok, since my exams are finished I am doing a tag game-

List the first ten books you want to read off the top of your head(Yes series count at one entry becuase i'm generous)

I'll go first -

ACOTAR series

Bourne Trilogy

Series of Unfortunate Events

Housemaid is Watching

Famous Five (all books)

Silent Patient

Percy Jackson series (solely because of the immense FOMO from @telugu-girl-13 and @chichihuahua1413)

Inheritance Gamed

The Lord Rings

Chronicles of Narnia

Tagging -

@maintohthakgayibhaishaab , @shadowseductress , @bilkul-lazeez-hu @jaan1104 @inhachoi0901 @telugu-girl-13 @coffee-is-my-oxygen @discoveredreality , @im-on-crack-send-help @paloma-ascends-into-hellfire @historical-mess21

@no--net @livingtheparadoxlife @zeherili-ankhein @aru-loves-krishnaxarjuna @desigurlie @dinnerbug @book-girl4evaaa @hxart-of-thx-ocxan @hi-avathisside @haunteddreamersoul @boomiburst

@brokendarkfairyempressforever @ek-ajnabee-haseena @baxieblur-turnip @shua-f4lmings @fangirlghost-19 @owlsandwich

@clarablightt @celestialwrites @chichihuahua1413 ,@magicaloxford , @pb-dot @1indigoisles @glorfie394

[astrababyy]

astrababyy’s Blog

Hey, I’m astrababyy! I also go by Christy if that’s what you’d like to call me instead. This is just me clarifying a few things, linking you guys to some stuff, etc. etc. (This will continue to be edited as my blog changes fyi)

Ps. I reblog stuff a lot. I reblog stuff nearly as much as I like them so you’ll see a lot of that. If you only want to see my content, I am working on putting an astrababyy tag on every single post I’ve made so you can click on that tag to see just that if you’d like.

Opinions

I share a lot of my own opinions on this blog. It’s nothing inappropriate, not in my opinion anyway. I don’t really know what others deem inappropriate. I’m willing to argue my side, but I will not tolerate any hate towards myself or anyone agreeing with me.

This blog is kind of my safe space to share the opinions I have in stories that no one else (or at least, not many people) have. Many of my opinions can be considered unfavorable and unpopular but you can’t have it all, can you?

What’s On My Blog?

As I’ve said in the last two paragraphs, my blog has many of my own opinions on it. It also includes things I reblog (and I reblog a lot), photos, art, edits, random thoughts, sometimes quotes, criticism, etc.

Again, I reblog a lot. A good majority of the posts I liked are also reblogged so it’s hard to sift through that on my account to find my own content. If you’d rather look through just my content, you can search for the tag: #astrababyy on my account. All my posts are tagged with it.

Fandoms

Riordanverse

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Marvel

Charmed

Harry Potter

Keeper of the Lost Cities

Disney

Grishaverse

Teen Wolf

Supernatural

The Vampire Diaries

Warnings

You will most definitely see unpopular opinions I have on this blog. And yes, I do have a lot of them. There are many I’m too scared to share in fear of facing the wrath of whatever fandom that opinion belongs to so you guys don’t even see the half of it lmao.

Other Accounts

Ao3: astrababyy

Ff.net: astrababyy

Wattpad: astrababyy

Masterlist

Just to let y’all know: I don’t actually know what a Masterlist is. I just assumed it’s a compilation of stuff so that’s what I’m using it as.

Popular Posts

PJO

Zeus Appreciation Post

You Know What I Wanted To See in Blood Of Olympus?

If Percy Had Fallen Into Tartarus Alone - Part One

Percy Always Had To Prove Himself

KOTLC

What Are The Limits Of A Polygot’s Abilities?

The Wonders of Humanity vs. the Lost Cities

Fitz Was Justified In His Anger In Legacy

ACOTAR

Tamlin doesn’t owe the IC anything

My Main Issue With The Inner Circle Stealing From The Summer Court

The Illyrians have it really rough

The IC literally want the Spring Court to be rebuilt just so they can drag them into another conflict

Nesta gets this weirdly obsessive hate from a large portion of the fandom when other characters have done WAY worse

The High Lord Meeting was embarrassing for everyone involved

Nesta not wanting to train should not kick up as much of a fuss as it does

The potential tragedy of Tarquin’s story

Tamlin’s “true nature” isn’t revealed because of Spring’s collapse

The IC’s existence steals the nuance from ACOTAR

HP

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Unpopular Opinion

Writing Pieces, Fanfics, and Original Work

Warning: Some of these don’t have chapters posted yet but will have chapters posted in the near future.

Of Immortals and Monsters

Persephone Jackson was a hidden demigod who’d grown up with her mom and step-dad in their little apartment in Manhattan, New York. That is, until her mom is abducted by Kronos, and she’s forced to make a deal with him to either retrieve the weapons of the Big Three or face death alongside her mother’s.

Sorting through the enigmatic Olympian Court while struggling to keep her true identity a secret, Percy has to find a way to steal all three weapons while not getting attached to the beautiful world that she could’ve been a part of.

selcouth

A no-name witch was brought to St. Mungo's in need of healing. Without any means to identify her or find her guardians, they used a spell that would tell them whatever House she belonged to and contact the Head.

So there Lord Fleamont Potter sat, utterly confused as to who this mysterious witch was and why the healers of St. Mungo's were all swearing up and down that she was his relative.

River Flows

The war ended when Harry was 21 and with more carnage than they'd ever anticipated. Mourning, vulnerable, and heartbroken, Harry Potter accepts the chance to travel to an alternate dimension that resides right next to his own where the First Wizarding War ended on a much more positive note than it had for him.

Three Years Later

When a massive conflict emerges among the Greeks with Percy at its center, he leaves for Hawai’i, a state ruled by a completely different pantheon. For three years, Percy doesn’t lay a foot on Greek territory and remains unspoken for the entire time.

Of course, things become more complicated when after these three years, the new threat of Gaea arises and the Greeks need all the help they can get if they expect to win this war.

To Break A Bond

In a world where everyone gets their soulmate’s name on their body when they turn eighteen, Percy Jackson has the sun god Apollo. With her father’s blessing, she ventures on a quest to have the bond broken, but as lines blur between her and her soulmate and the gods begin to grow more suspicious, Percy has to decide if she’s willing to give Apollo a chance or if she’ll break their soul bond, binding them both to an eternity without true love.

My Mom Is Dating A Superhero

“Steve,” Percy muttered in dumbfounded realization. He spared a cursory glance at ‘Steve’. “From... Brooklyn.” Mom nodded, smiling hesitantly at Percy. “As in- as in Steve Rogers from Brooklyn?”

Struggling to transition after coming out of the ice, Steve meets and befriends a journalist named Sally Jackson. As the two grow closer, Steve becomes more and more entrenched in her and her son’s chaotic world. With the messy lives of the Jacksons and Steve Rogers becoming intertwined, they drag two very dangerous worlds that were never meant to mix right down with them.

[thelavendernarwhal]

Kotlc Oneshot Month - June 6th

June 6th: KotLC crew as Councillors

I might have changed the prompt a little since I just couldn’t wrap my head around the gang being Councillors, so here’s them serving as the Collective. I really like how this one turned out, but my brain is a little potato right now causing some of the editing to be a bit funky. EIther way, have fun :)

People always told Sophie from the day she got to the Lost Cities that someday, she’d get used to Elvian fashion, but those people were a bunch of liars. Normally, no one would bat an eye at her pocket-filled, casual wardrobe including the rest of the Collective, but she couldn’t pull the same trick with the Council. She glared at the pale green and gold dress laid across her bed before struggling her way into it. The gauzy skirt pooled around her ankle and the wide neckline caused Sophie to compulsively pull down the back to position it right. She could already feel the wind revving up to make her look like an idiot.

Being careful to avoid Vertina’s line of sight, Sophie made her way downstairs to the smell of breakfast. Fitz, being the morning person that he was, was already dressed and ready for the day along with baking something that looked absolutely heavenly. 

“You’re up? I was planning on letting you sleep longer.” Fitz turned from what looked to be a muffin tray, putting down a set of oven mitts.

“We’d both be late at that point.” Sophie walked into the kitchen and started taking out the baked goods to cool. “Plus, it was my day to cook.”

He shrugged. “I know, but you deserve some peace and quiet before today’s meeting.”

“But, we both have to deal with the same Council bullcrap anyway.” She pointed out, making sure that she didn't touch the hot tray.

“But, we both know the new guys are going to try to step on your toes.”

Sophie sighed, fully aware of what was ahead of her. It wasn’t like she or her friends were new to their roles in the Collective, but the Council had just finished filling three new spots with some strong candidates hand-picked from a public that was sick of a stagnate government. Don't get her wrong, Sophie didn't have any particular problems with the different people; as long as they didn’t try to charge her with war crimes, they’d be fine in her book, but they didn't quite have the experience or humbleness that they needed. If anything, she was half convinced that this meeting was partially a way of putting these new guys in their place by presenting bigger fish. 

“Boy, are they in for a learning curve.”

“Just remember that you can ask us to step in if you need them to back off.” Fitz said, reassuringly. “We’re all one transmit away.”

Despite all the reasons she mentally listed off, Sophie wasn’t too worried about them. “Thanks, but I think Stina can keep things on track.”

“Well, now my worries are gone.”

“Come on, give her more credit. She's fallen into a healthy ‘the only one who can make fun of these losers is me’ attitude.” 

“As I said, worries are gone.”

Sophie rolled her eyes playfully. “Okay, Captain Sarcasm. Now, what are we making?”

“Just going to ignore that ‘we’, Lady Beauty Sleep. We have some prime blitzenberry and cinnamon muffins.” 

“Then, at least one thing today is guaranteed to go well.”

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It was pretty much a given that Sophie and by extension, Fitz, would never be the first to show up to a meeting. It wasn't like she was late all the time, but the universe had some sort of vendetta to make sure that the leader of their group would never be the first one to get there to, y'know, lead. The Council was fairly used to this occurrence and didn't hold it against her, but she could practically feel the eyes of the new Councillors boring into her skull. Seems like a friendly bunch.

On the bright side, the rest of her group was there and presented a serious front from their seats in one of Eternalia’s many gathering rooms. Honestly, Sophie was convinced that the Councilors had a map in their pockets at all times just to figure out what hall they needed to be in. The two sat down and scanned over the people that were present. Emery was,  per usual, seated at the head of the table with Bronte and Liora at either side going down the line in order of how long they’ve ruled, leaving the new three right next to her friends. Now, their order was pretty much random except for everyone agreeing that Sophie should be at the center. Today, Biana and Dex flanked her sides with Fitz and Keefe after that. She was surprised to see that everyone actually looked professional and not like a group of precarious meme lords with a stupid amount of small weapons on hand. Even Stina looked a bit impressed.

“Hello, everyone.” Emery called over the group, bringing their attention to him. “As you’ve read from our briefing, we are here to put together a finalized proposition to the other leaders and the public on revising our Forbidden Cities policy. Have there been any recent changes in your fieldwork?”

Sophie looked over at Keefe and Dex for them to answer. The Collective had been heading up work in the Forbidden Cities to gauge the population potential reaction to reintroducing Elvin and Human society and the pair had the task of splitting time in human cities. Keefe’s ability and Dex’s technology skills were perfected for connecting with people and they shared the unspoken knowledge that they would be less likely to scare people off.

Dex was the first to speak up. “There has been some discourse from the American election, but it’s mostly contained online and the WEF is coming up which would be a good source of information.”

“That would affect timing. Thank you. Is there anything else?”

“Not on the global scale.” Keefe answered.

“And I trust that anything else is in your debriefing?” Emery gave the pair a slight look that only the group would fully recognize, knowing Keefe’s questionable report writing skills.

The blond shrugged it off. “Of course.”

“Now, are there any more specific plans of action to start with?” The councilor next to Fitz looked ready to stand, but Sophie beat him to the punch. The least she could do was put in her two cents before things had the chance to run off the tracks.

She stood, covertly pulling up her dress’s neckline. “Our goal should be slowly introducing ourselves through younger people and allow elves and other species as we know them to be a more recognized thing. Let people start rumors about us and get others more comfortable with the idea of a second world living under theirs with strange creatures to avoid mass hysteria. Humans are very interconnected from one average person to another, so, through the internet, sightings of elves could be well-known in a matter of days with fieldwork tracking the progress up close. It's a given that there will be humans that reject the idea, sure, but it’s a good starting point.”

Sophie’s group had been thinking through this obsessively ever since the Council vaguely hinted at considering their push for working with humans again. They pretty much had a full timeline laid out, but Biana reminded them that that would be a bit much to start within a first meeting on the topic.

“Thank you. Does anyone else have a plan or something to add?” Emery looked as if he was resisting rubbing his temple while Bronte’s expression soured with barely detectable annoyance seeing the eager Councilor from earlier rise to his feet.

  One wouldn’t be able to tell when he was sitting, but the man was smaller than Sophie remembered. Not that he was short per se, but his stature was more wiry under his thick cape and garnet-based finery accentuating the difference. Right, Councillor Paeral; the second youngest of his peers and the most outspoken of the new people, calling for changes that benefit the voices of the people and all those affected by the Council’s decision in his first speech. “I understand the plan Lady Sophie is proposing, but I have to say that it would be almost impossible to convince other leaders and the population to agree with it. There is still too much disconnect between our people and humans for them to put in trust this large plan. Even our lifespans make it so that there would be an endless stream of human politics and new human leaders standing in the way.”

“Would I be able to speak in defense?” Sophie asked. She had to admit that he was very well-spoken, but her praises ended there. Distrust? Really? Did he not remember the Nightfall Experiments? Human’s trust in elves was tossed into the garbage and people can’t stay ignorant to half the world forever. Bronte gave her a nod. “Your points are...valid, but those are things that can be fixed. The general opinion is the way it is because we’ve let untrue prejudices fester without trying to correct them, but it’s not too late to educate people. The fact is, we can’t wait forever for everyone to agree to give up their millennium-long grudge to start making progress.”

“But, we can’t shove people into this with no warning. I understand that your background may influence your standpoint on this issue, but we need to think objectively on this.”

“What part of her background? Being raised by humans or being the people’s punching bag for years?” Stina questioned, looping one of her curls around her finger and staring down Paeral. 

“Well--” 

He started to answer before getting cut off again. “The Collective, including ‘Sophie’s background’, is the most qualified group here to decide things about the Forbidden Cities without sending everyone into chaos along with being screwed over by the system so many times that they have plenty of knowledge on being at the blunt end of the people’s trust.”

The room was quiet for a moment letting the young Councillor's words sink in. “Umm..Thank you, Councillor Stina. I’d rather not start off working with this different group with a disagreement. If the rest of the Council is okay with it, could we take a starting vote to gauge where everyone stands?” Sophie asked. Stina covered what she would have wanted to say way better than she could have, so they might as well move on. It was a skill Sophie had put a lot of conscious effort into learning, but she had tried her best over the years to learn how to make peace with those who aren't on the same page as her for the sake of getting things done. They had way too much to cover just to get thrown off on the second question.

[keefewhy]

I Write Sins, Not Tragedies

Kotlc edition

Fitz, in a top hat and red coat: oh

Fitz: well imagine

Fitz: as I’m pacing the pews in a church corridor and I can’t help but to hear, no I can’t help but to hear an exchanging of words

Sophie, to Linh: I love you

Linh, to Sophie: I love you too

Biana: what a beautiful wedding, what a beautiful wedding

Dex: ah yes but what a shame, what a shame to poor groom’s bride is a whore

*grady, edaline, della, Alden, Sandor, grizel, etc burst through the door*

*camera pans to a very confused keefe in a wedding dress*

Fitz: I CHIME IN WITH A HAVENT YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF CLOSING THE GODDAMN DOOR NO ITS MUCH BETTER TO FACE THESE KIND OF THINGS WITH A SENSE OF POISE AND RATIONALITY

Fitz, voice slightly tired: I CHIME IN *deep breath* WITH A HAVENT YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF CLOSING THE GODDAMN DOOR NO

Fitz, weary: tam can I please stop

Tam, in a groom’s outfit: no keep going you’re ruining it

Fitz: *sighs*

Fitz: NO ITS MUCH BETTER TO FACE THESE KIND OF THINGS WITH A SENSE OF

Fitz: oh

Fitz: well in fact

Tam: if you look at it this way I mean technically our marriage is saved

Sophie: and this calls for a toast so pour the champagne pour the champagne ohh

Sophie: well in fact

Tam: if you look at it this way I mean technically our marriage is saved

Linh, exasperated: and this calls for a toast so pour the champagne pour the champagne

Dex and Biana simultaneously: yessssss

Wylie: *drums, with a tire expression and wanting to go home*

Fitz: I chime in with a havent you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door no its much better to face these kind of things with a sense of poise and rationality

Fitz, looking at a piece of paper in his hand and sighing: I chime in with a havent you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door no its much better to face these kind of things with a sense of

Fitz: poiiissssseseee aaaannnnnnddddddd—

Keefe and Tam: *arguing, keefe gives up, throws his bouquet on the floor dramatically, and storms out of the room, tam yelling at him

Fitz: raattttiiiooonalittyy

Dex: *jumps up from pew and follows keefe outside*

Fitz: AAAAGGGGGAAAAAAIIINNN

Wylie: *drums*

Fitz, with tears in his eyes: tam please

Tam: no this is what I’ve been waiting for my entire life, shut up before you ruin my wedding

Fitz, a tear cascading down his cheek dramatically: I chime in, havent you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door no its much better to face these kind of things with a sense of poise and rationality

Fitz: I chime in—

*outside are keefe and Dex, pretending to make out but very unenthusiasticly*

Fitz: havent you people ever heard of, closinh the goddamn door no—

Tam, pretending to be surprised and outraged: *le gasp*

*keefe hastily smudges lipstick on his face*

Fitz, straight up crying now: it’s much better to face these kind of things with a sense of poiiiiisssssse annnnndd rationalityyyyyyyyyyyy

AGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIINNNN

*tam puts the top hat on, while everyone is dancing behind him*

*linh is hula hooping, sophie is hula hooping on stilts, Biana is on a fucking unicycle , Wylie is sitting on the ground contemplating life, Fitz is sobbing, Dex is wondering why he agreed to do this, keefe is weirded out but having fun nonetheless, and Tam is having the time of his life, the little emo shit he is

[dizznee]

KOTLC Updates 09/03/17

Since Nightfall is now officially finished and the pre-release content is beginning to appear on Shannon’s Instagram, I’m starting a weekly KOTLC update post so we can keep up with all the horror (and maybe also beauty?) that will be going on over the next few months up until the release.

Prepare, as per usual, for snark. Lots and lots of snark.

1. We have more character art... for some reason.

Shannon has commissioned Laura Hollingsworth, who also did the official art for the Let the Wind Rise and Lodestar releases, to make another set of KOTLC character portraits for the Nightfall release. Here’s what we know about it so far.

A. They will be full-body portraits of the same characters as last year. For those of you who don’t remember, that means Sophie, Dex, Biana, Fitz, Tam, Wylie, Linh, and Keefe. Though not necessarily in that order.

B. The portraits will be released one by one like last year, starting on Tuesday, September 5.

C. The characters’ eyes (or rather eye, singular, plus a little bit of hair) look like this.

D. The portraits have some significance to, or will become important in, Chapter 71 of Nightfall. Shannon’s exact words are “Basically, the art is amazing and you are going to LOVE it--especially when you read Chapter 71 in NIGHTFALL.” ...Whatever that means.

E. Biana looks like she might have a scar, which means she might be maimed in Nightfall. It could possibly be a scar... or it could just be her eyelid. Who knows. If you look at Wylie’s eye next to her, he has a similar sort of hooded eye, so I don’t personally think Biana has a scar. But you can interpret that slightly darker curved line above Biana’s eye as you may.

2. We have a chapter count.

Shannon released this photo, showing that Nightfall will have ninety-one chapters. Pair that with the leaked page count of 800 pages, and we can conclude that this book is going to be a solid, sturdy brick made of 100% authentic clay and shale.

It better be filled with more plot than in Lodestar.

3. This picture exists.

It’s one of the illustrations that will be on the endpapers of the B&N limited edition of Nightfall, because Shannon just loves drawing fanart of her own series. It appears to be Silveny doing Silveny things. And by Silveny things, I mean flying. Not doing the do with Greyfell.

Honestly, the most interesting part of this photo is the kitten. #GwenStacyForPresident2k17

4. A KOTLC meme book is now in the works.

A few people in the fandom (myself included) who live in SoCal and are going to the Nightfall launch party in Montclair are beginning the process of making a giant scrapbook of KOTLC memes to present to Shannon at the launch party. Contact @mallowmelting (me) or @sophiexfitz if you’re interested in being a part of it.

See y’all next week.

[official-kenralie-fanbase]

You Are Not Alone

Here's a fic I wrote for Gradaline week! Fun fact: It's an edited version of the very first KOTLC fanfiction I ever wrote! (Also, this is *technically* for Day Five: Anger/Ruin, so... ignore the fact that it's a day late.) @gradaline-week

Summary: When Jolie died, Grady and Edaline had no one to turn to but each other. Now, when tragedy strikes again, Edaline knows what it's like to feel alone in your grief.

I'm adding my tag list for Perfect Match updates since I don't have a general fanfic tag list yet, but lmk if you want to be added to either/both: @bronte-deserves-better @you-have-been-frizzled @axels-corner @marella-gossipqueen-redek @istanrandomfandoms

Content warnings for discussions of grief

Edaline's memories of those horrid nights only grew more vivid with time.

She remembered Grady's quiet sobs as he lay beside her, his haggard, weary face, his ever-present anger. The two of them huddled together, against the world and against the gaping hole of loss and grief that threatened to swallow them whole.

They'd had no one.

Juline and Kesler tried, of course, more than anyone else, but even they didn't really understand what they were going through. Everyone was sympathetic, but no one knew. "We're terribly sorry for your loss," they'd say with downcast eyes and hushed voices. People acted as if the Ruewens' tragedy was contagious, and by looking at them, something just as awful would happen to them. People tiptoed around them, treating them delicately, like they'd break with too loud of a word or too bright of a color.

And there had been times that Edaline felt like she would.

It felt like color had vanished from her life. She didn't see the beauty of Havenfield that she always had noticed before. The world was black and white, dull and grey, nothing like the happiness she'd felt when Jolie was around.

But at least she had Grady.

She'd never forget how they'd clung to one another in the middle of the night, buried too deeply in their grief to say anything, simply holding onto each other like lifelines.

Edaline would have crumbled if it weren't for him. They were both holding on by threads, but somehow, it felt more bearable when they were both on the edge of falling apart.

That was how they made it through those fifteen years. Isolating themselves from the people who didn't understand, growing closer to the only other person who did.

Sophie's presence was a healing balm Edaline hadn't expected, putting the broken pieces of her and Grady back together so slowly, she didn't notice it was happening at first.

Slowly, color began to seep back into her life. She noticed the red and purple flowers growing in the garden, the beautiful bronzed brown of Sophie's eyes, the deep green of the grass, and the tossing, wild blue of the ocean beneath. Gradually, Edaline and Grady began to smile again. There were still times that they clung to each other in the middle of the night, trying to ignore how similar Sophie and Jolie were. But the aching, pulsing pain of grief that had been her constant companion for years began to fade.

Everything was supposed to be beautiful now.

But then the disastrous healing arrived, and she watched as someone else's life was drained of color.

Edaline numbly stood at the funeral, her hand in Grady's as they watched the tree planted. The Councillors stood watching with stoic expressions, their faces all the same mask of acceptance.

All except for one. Slowly, Edaline's focus shifted away from the funeral rites, a process she'd gone through two too many times, and to the person standing among the Councillors that wore an expression with which she was all too familiar. Oralie's eyes were tear-stained and red, her expression dazed as she looked into the distance.

Edaline wondered how the world was looking for her. Could she see the bright red leaves of the sapling growing before them? Or for her, was it simply another reminder of what she'd lost? Another piece of her life that would never be the same again? All throughout the rest of the day, she kept wondering about poor heartbroken Oralie, drowning in her own grief, thinking there was no one who could pull her from the waves.

Right then, Edaline made a decision.

When Jolie died, she'd had Grady to lean on. They'd both been shells of themselves, their broken pieces breaking more with every passing day, but they'd had each other. Edaline knew that Grady was the only reason she was standing here today, and not catatonic somewhere in a darkened room with an irreparably broken mind.

But Oralie had absolutely no one. No one who would understand her grief. No one who she could lean on. They'd all say they were sorry, give her sympathetic smiles and tender pats on the shoulder, but no one would actually know.

For a second, she hesitated as the plan formed itself in her mind. She was going to approach a Councillor, after all, and basically accuse her of breaking a major law. The fact that the Councillor who was grieving and the Councillor who'd died had been in love was common knowledge, but still dangerous. Maybe it would be better if she simply stayed out of it. After all, with all the drama from the planting and the upcoming election, she didn't even know if there would be time. Maybe her presence would just be an inconvenience.

But she remembered the painful, heart-wrenching grief she’d felt in the days surrounding Jolie’s death. She thought of the long, sleepless nights she and Grady had spent clutching one another and mourning over their daughter’s loss. No one understood. Everyone gave their condolences and said how sorry they were, but no one really got it. 

Grady had been the reason she hadn't lost her mind. He'd understood when no one else did. Without him, Edaline didn't want to think about where she'd be now.

Now she had the option to be that person for someone else. The person she’d needed when Jolie died, who knew how it felt to lose someone you loved with your entire heart. 

Maybe by being someone who knew what it was like, actually knew, she'd help Oralie start to bring color back into her life. That gaping hole of loss would always be there. For her and Grady, and for Oralie. But the wounds would scab, and though they would leave scars, life had to keep moving on. That was a truth Edaline wished she'd known at the time.

So, without a second thought, she whispered “Eternalia”, and leaped away.

[bookwyrminspiration]

I will take the excuse to reblog the long alicorn concept because I made art, and I'm still not sorry <3

I’m not sorry <3

[bookwyrminspiration]

Hey do you remember that weird Alicorn s3x scene in book 4? What even was that bro

I do remember it Nonsie. Page 460 of Neverseen (at least in the paperback edition). For anyone who doesn't remember, please allow me to refresh your memory:

More memories flooded Sophie's head of Silveny's life at the Sanctuary--everything clean and comfortable and cared for. Plenty of food. Plenty to do. Flying with Greyfell. Chasing Greyfell. Playing with Greyfell. Wait--that wasn't playing…. "Gah!" Sophie said, shoving the last image out of her mind. TMI, SIlveny. Too. Much. Information! She knew it was supposed to be a natural, beautiful thing. But ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Can't believe sex is canon in the kotlcverse. And the next day when she broke the news to her friends and grumbled about how "She showed me..." they all knew what she was talking about and the phrase alicorn baby-making was mentioned. It is canon that the kotlcrew know about sex.

Which is like...you know what? You're right! Kids that age generally do know about sex and babymaking. I know I did. I know my sister does. That's also probably how all conversations about sex went outside of educational classes where some would be more professional, so Shannon really got the mood of the conversation right.

It's just also very...surprising? You don't expect that kind of thing to be brought up in a series about a human-raised elf girl trying to defeat an arson-loving evil rebel organization. Especially with the age range. My guess here is that it's mentioned vaguely enough that she can get away with it for the amusement of older readers who have the same reaction or those that understand while it flies over the youngest readers' heads. And also it's tame enough that it doesn't cause publishing problems. I mean all it really says is "that's not playing" and "it's natural and beautiful but also eww" and "babymaking."

It does also seem to be a little bit of a trend that everything surrounding babies and having them is more mentioned. We know about Emma Foster's fertility issues and her miscarriages, we know about Trolls giving birth at a really early stage and how they're put in hives, we know elves' belly buttons turn pink and pop out when they get pregnant and that they feel no pain at birth, and we've got all the alicorn pregnancy things that even has a whole birth scene. It just seems to be a part of the worldbuilding that Shannon doesn't skip over where other authors might! Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, I think it's just off-putting for all of us who are so used to those kinds of things being skipped over and danced around.

Because Sophie was right! Sex is natural and can be beautiful and it is how you make babies. And kids the kotlcrew's age know that--I don't know about you, but it was around age 9 that my schools really started teaching sex ed, so I'm betting even a lot of the youngest audiences for kotlc have some knowledge on the subject. Not true for everyone, but true for some. It's not taboo and it shouldn't be demonized because sex ed and the normalization is a good thing!

However it can still be off-putting or uncomfortable, and that's okay. No one is required to be comfortable with the topic. Some people are going to be weirder out and skip over that conversation because as natural as sex is, not everyone likes talking about it.

I suppose my conclusion from all of this is, you're right it is kinda weird! The very clearly implied references to sex is unusual in a series like this and off-putting to a lot of people. But it's also a normal topic that people are aware of and sex isn't this inherently evil thing, so I don't think it's bad and needs to be removed. It's different than what we've all grown to expect, but it's also brief enough that discomfort is quickly moved past while still making the topic normal, you know?