#kushiel

[wrenwhite]

i was thinking about taurs because of @crazysodomite so i drew one inspired by their art. it's a super cute little fella. :3 (while drawing, i accidentally dropped a huge ink blot on its head that i had to try to photoshop out, so the face hair looks a little funny).

and then i thought about it and realized my character kushiel is also taur-like.

[zebublack]

"My grandfather's Heaven is bloodless, and I am not. Let him offer me a better place, where we may love and sing and grow as we are wont, where our children and our children's children may join us, and I will go."

- Elua, Kushiel's Dart

Art:

The Fallen Angel

Original by Arantzazu Martinez (2007)

Edit by ZB.IX

[kingsdodecahedron]

teeny

[christinabindon]

*Delaunay's 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒* How I picture Phèdre in her red gown on the night of her first asignation

@JCareyAuthor

[carpe-astra]

Aimee la Rue & Kushiel "So touch me again, I feel my shadow dissolving, Will you cleanse me with pleasure?"

[scionsofterredange]

Wishing you joy on this Longest Night, the Winter Solstice!

[azarkiem]

Phèdre nó Delauney took "fuck around and find out" extremely literaly, and I love her for that.

[three--rings]

Hi! you mentioned Kushiel's Dart. and I'm just 👀 about it. I've heard of it before and it's been on TBR list for years, but I haven't gotten around to read it yet, unfortunately. Since you say you'd like an AU based off that, I presume that it's a good story though? (Ah, I remember now that I read a very good MDZS fanfic based off that book)

100%. The whole Kushiel's Legacy series like is longer than Game of Thrones and I haven't read all of it, but the first six, which is two distinct but related trilogies are favorites of mine.

It's set in an alternative historical vaguely 17th cen France-by-another-name, with a complicated mythological/religious worldbuilding that only becomes obvious as the book/series goes on. Absolutely fascinating worldbuilding.

For the first 200 pages Kushiel's Dart is a book about a girl growing up in a formalized type of sacred prostitution. She's got a special "gift" from the goddess Kushiel that means she experiences pain as pleasure. So it's highly sexual and highly kinky.

Then after the first 200 pages the book takes a hard left into epic political fantasy. I knew so little about it when I first read it and was just astounded.

The protagonist is female, it's very queer and bisexual. Explicit sex, violence, consensual kink, and rape as well as underage sexual content.

But it's really well done and such a celebration of sexuality and kink positivity and sex work positivity and also what if Europe but Christianity didn't take over...

It's generally considered "romance" I believe but that's only because of the high sex content. Like there is a romance through the first book but mostly it's just a fantasy novel with sex in it, but written by a woman so I guess we've gotta call it a romance novel. IDK.

And ANYWAY I'd like to read a fic where Vegas is a noble son (prince?) and Pete is an anguisette (born to love pain) and maybe also a secret spy trying to get secrets from Vegas and...yeah.

[sarlias]

I can't wait to see his internal thoughts and reaction when he finds out he's being assigned to guard a servant of Namaah.

[juniperandmoonlight]

Got an eArc of Cassiel’s Servant!!!  Guess what just jumped to the top of my reading list. 

[swanno-arts]

Hello! Could I ask for 34 and B for Hadraniel, Barachiel, and Kushiel? Thank you!

OOO HELL YES (grabs these godkids outta their lil boxes)

34. How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt? 

Spicy question!

Hadraniel: Being the eldest and the manifest of Balance, Hadraniel is... let's just say he doesn't really feel. Hadraniel feels that any judgement he makes is what is best universally, hence he doesn't really get the idea of feeling guilty over something. So he doesn't really shake guilt if there isn't any to begin with.

Barachiel: Barachiel... oh this poor sopping wet godkid. Barachiel is so very kind and soft-spoken and forgiving. Despite being a manifest of Order, he finds it Extremely Hard to put any judgement to any mortal - especially if it's a harsh punishment over something he thinks is "salvageable". Especially after ending Era 1 Miitopia over the death of the third Great Sage, Barachiel is identical with guilt - he's basically stricken with guilt.

Kushiel: Kushiel basically cannot have guilt being the manifest of Chaos and the executor. His job is basically sending law breakers to their deaths so the sense of guilt is little to almost none. He's emotional, sure, but he's very quick to shake of those emotions, guilt included. The only actual guilt he feels is for Barachiel.

B. What inspired you to create them?

Basic religious themes and angelology! The three were initially just meant to be regular higher Sages called the Grand Sages. But then I thought, hey! Why not make them into Actual Lesser Gods and make Divine a (shitty) dad while at it - and here we are! Call that catholic guilt /j

[wrenwhite]

another batch of neopet-ified ocs

[dungeons-and-doilies]

[kingsdodecahedron]

Biggest post in the world good lord

[christinabindon]

My Perfect Companion, Joscelin Verreuil 💜🥰

[juniperandmoonlight]

It's amazing to me that everyone is struggling desperately to find the "next Game of Thrones" when Kushiel is RIGHT THERE. On the other hand I wouldn't trust Hollywood to get it right, so I guess I'm glad they're oblivious.

Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel.