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I just need more Walburga Black × Eileen Snape content, is that too much to ask for? <\3
#Their ship name is Little Black Bird#I love them so much#Little Black Bird#Black Bird#Walburga saving Eileen from her abusive husband#I hate Tobias Snape#pro snape#sirius black#regulus black#Imagine them all being forced to be brotherly#tobias snape#orion black#marauders era#pro severus snape#harry potter#marauders#eileen snape#eileen prince#walburga black
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Travel Destination: Poland
The Widow Queen by Elżbieta Cherezińska
The bold one, they call her--too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire.
But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side, The gods may grant her wish, but crowns sit heavy, and power is a sword that cuts both ways.
Drive your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
In a remote Polish villiage, Janina spends her days studying astrology, translating poetry and caring for the summer homes of the rich. And she much prefers the company of animals to people.
Then a neighbour turns up dead and then more and more bodies follow in increasing strange circumstances, Janina certain she knows whodunnit, if only anyone would listen to her.
Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz
An historical epic tale of country life among the Polish gentry in the early 19th century, full of romance and drama.
A feud between two ancient families, a forbidden romance between them.
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
A tender and passionate story of first love between two young men who eventually find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide.
Ludwik meet Janusz at a summer agricultural camp, where they fell in an intense, exhilarating, and all-consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks in the countryside.
However soon after they separated, Janusz quickly rises in the political ranks of the party and is rewarded with a highly coveted government position. Ludwik is drawn toward impulsive acts of protest, unable to ignore rising food prices and the stark economic disparity around them. Their secret love and personal and political differences slowly begin to tear them apart as both men struggle to survive in a regime on the brink of collapse.
Little Black Bird by Anna Kirchner
Wiktoria is a seventeen year old with a secret: she has psychic powers. Her uncontrollable telekinesis hurts her and others, setting fires and throwing objects in the air, no matter how hard she tries to hold it back. All she wants to have is a peaceful, average life, but it’s difficult when you’ve been cursed to destroy the magical world.
#booklr#world reading challenge#the widow queen#Elżbieta Cherezińska#drive your plow over the bones of the dead#dypotbotd#Olga Tokarczuk#pan tadeusz#Adam Mickiewicz#little black bird#Anna Kirchner#poland#historical fiction#fantasy#lgbtq#classics#poetry#crime
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Why is it April already? Where did my time go??? (Answer: My friend and I had a big convention (artist alley) in March and even after 10 years of doing this we still haven't learned to start early with our preparations, so it was crunch time! (And if you want to know, the con was okayish. We didn't sell as many prints as we had hoped but a bunch of books, and that felt pretty good.). Don't ask me something like in which order I read these book, because I have no idea, but I do remember reading them, so here we go.
Into the Glittering Dark (Kelley York): So what if I was lured in by the cover??! The illustration is done by Magdalena Pagowska who's also responsible for Dark Rise and some Captive Prince editions. But just like with Dark Rise it was eventually the summary that convinced me. It's an adventure with magic and two young man tangled up in it (and also with each other). Count me in! Now, this is probably the kind of book where you can find all sorts of weak points if you're looking for them, I will not. I was entertained. It did a lot of things that I like. It's written in third person, for instance, and uses that to its benefit by showing how the different people fare at different locations and times. That just doesn't happen often anymore in the sort of books I currently read, so it feels like good old times. Yes, sometimes it's enfuriating when it switches locations between the chapters when you just want to find out what's going on with the characters from that one. But that's the kind of sweet suffering I grew up with. It's not a top tier book, but nonetheless I enjoyed the writing, the characters and the world. There's lots of death and killing, yes, it calls itself a dark fantasy after all. But it's not as cruel as that one other book that I recently read and don't want to talk about again. :'D The amount of romance was also just right for my taste. (And I like what the author has to say about that in the afterword). Also, there's a bird.
The Prince of Nowhere (Rochelle Hassan): While waiting for the author's latest book The Summer Queen to arrive, I decided to read her first one. It's a middle grade fantasy and it's really good! The world starts out really interesting with that village surrounded by fog, the heroine getting mysterious predictions about the future, and an arrogant bird boy. It's kind of slow in the beginning but once it gets going …oh boy. I don't think I can say anything about it without spoiling all the fun. It's a mind-bending topic done well and I loved how it played out, the implications, the ending! I'm always saying how I wish middle grade books would be smarter and more challenging and this is definitely one of the smarter ones. I'm so looking forward to The Summer Queen now and the author's next middle grade series that starts in September.
Little Black Bird (Anna Kirchner): How many books with birds do i have on my TBR? Hehehe. Actually, I wanted to finally read the second volume of this series, but one look inside told me, I better reread volume 1. :'D It was a favourite of mine in 2022 and it's still good, I think. I don't feel like looking up, what I wrote about it back then, if any, but my thoughts haven't change much I dare say. The story is set in a Polish town and it feels so European. So much like home, I love it. There are really nice descriptions of the houses and neighbourhoods, the kids go by tram and walk along the river. And I don't know, it just feels like a place I know and that's nice. The protagonists are also pretty good, the heroine, Wiktoria, does not annoy me, her bond-mate Artur is a really sweet boy, both of them are aspec questioning. And there's a giant adventure going on around involving old slavic magic. It's really interesting. My only gripe would be the timeline. Everything happens in just a few days which left me confused sometimes. Minor details. I should mention, though, that there's at least two editions of the book and I read the old one with the other cover and I don't know if anything between these editions changed.
Tall White Tenement (Little Black Bird 2) (Anna Kirchner): While I loved the first volume easily, this is more difficult. A lot of things happened, but I can hardly tell you any of them. Everything was small steps, and always 3 steps forward and 2 backwards. And while there was logic behind all actions, many turned out futile in the end, which was a bit frustrating. Some of them, like the devil summoning, also might have benefitted from a little more impact. Overall, I still do like the story. Shit's getting really rough towards the end, so the third volume will probably be fun again. There's more demons and a new important character, who's pretty cool. There's also parenting of a baby dragon which I didn't like very much … Personally, I just hate it when people call me "cat mum" or my cats my kids. My mom is their mom and my cats are my siblings, thank you very much. So now, there's a book with a not-annoying aspec girl heroine and suddenly she's a pet mum and I'm just here suffering quietly. xD Anyway, there are developments on the aspec front for some of the questioning characters which was nice and highly anticipated. The shape of Wiktoria's and Artur's relationship is a major point after all. It just felt a little heavy on the author's voice. Oh well. The series does have a good foundation, the execution of this volume just stumbles a bit and doesn't reach as high where it wants to go in my opinion. It's still engaging and I'm looking forward to the next volume. Also, the author had a give away back when the book came out and I received some postcards, stickers and bookmarks with really nice illustrations. Thank you for those. <3
Tadek and the Princess (The Mahisti Dynasty novella) (Alexandra Rowland): Aw. Just aww. When I found out that the author has a new book coming out in summer I got strangely excited, because while I really liked A Taste of Gold and Iron, it never crossed my mind to go back to her older books (there are a few), so why is the new one different? xD (The pirates maybe. The promise of Adventure.) Anyway, alongside the news for that one, I also found the one about Tadek, and well, he was my favourite character of A Taste of Gold and Iron (surprisingly), so I had to read it, right? And damn, it's sweet. It alternates between the present (after the end of the main book) and the past of Tadek as a child and his path to his current position. Again, it's so sweet. So full of love. I think the word for that specific kind of love is Agape? The love for something higher that oneself. (Do correct me if I'm wrong.) It made me feel like "Ah, there's good people in this world after all".
Tales of the High Court Short Story Collection (Megan Derr): What the title says. If you like the Tales of the High Court series, you'll probably like this collection (if you don't already know the individual stories as all of them were previously published online.) There's a lot of Sarrica, some Allen, some Lesto. Basically, lot's of the characters I like and less of those I don't care much for. :'D I really like the world of these stories, so it was nice to return to it. As for the presentation … you can't tell me, all of these stories were published previously and then have so many errors right in the early ones. >_< (There's half a sentence missing at one point …) I hope, that get's fixed soon. Other than that, I enjoyed reading this collection!
That's it! The wrap up for March is going to be short. When the theme this time was birds and sequels, the next one will be ... ghosts and ballet. 8D
#yaku reads#february wrap up#books#lgbtq books#queer books#queer lit#bookblr#into the glittering dark#prince of nowhere#tales of the high court#tadek and the princess#little black bird#tall white tenement
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have you guys heard of Snow pigeons ? it's a pigeon species that lives in the Himalayas and it has a little black hood on its little head :3
[source of last pic : Sergey Yeliseev]
#pigeons#birds#columbidaes#I love when animals have little black hoods#ornithology#doves#bee tries to talk#snow pigeon
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my favourite faye wei wei paintings
little blue bird from the pillow flew (2020) \\ first i must clean the keys of the piano with milk (2022) \\ the black bells of a distant new mexico (2023) \\ an echo trapped forever (2023) \\ sweet velvet flower there is no time/ I ask to go back I wish you were mine (2021) \\ two butterfly lovers (2021) \\ untitled (2022) \\ nectar for honey (2021) \\ red i (2022) \\ fountain lies the sun (2017)
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#art#faye wei wei#little blue bird from the pillow flew#first i must clean the keys of the piano with milk#the black bells of a distant new mexico#an echo trapped forever#two butterfly lovers#sweet velvet flower there is no time/ I ask to go back I wish you were mine#untitled#red i#nectar for honey#fountain lies the sun
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wanna see a magic trick? 🪄🎩
#YEAYYYY i like drawing this guy#now that i think abt it i cant remember the last time i saw a furry with tattoos.... ive decided not to think too hard about how it would#work but i think i like the idea of him getting playing card tats on his ears would be cool ^_^#apparently anthro species on furth include birds and mammals and i think fish amphibians and reptiles are non anthro#so instead of whipping out doves he would make white butterflies appear out of his hat :o)#its sort of meant to tie in with the ruffles on his shirt resembling a butterfly!!! i thought id make it close to a swallowtail so#that way its easy to see at a glance. i think that would look really cool irl#he looks a lot like joker p5 now that i look at it... it wasnt intentional but the red eyes and black messy hair is obvious huh#oh but the way his hair curls in the front isnt strictly in one direction just so that its easy to draw lol. its meant to curl around his#hat brim a little bc i thought it would look cool#my art#myart#my oc#oc#sleight#laika's comet#laika's comet oc#fan character#furry#furry art#fur
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might come back someday to clean him up or do a better piece for him but. here's what i have for now??
eastern dragon doesn't make sense canonically but this is already so far from canon i don't care anymore
how do you even attach a bird to an eastern dragon they’re just noodles (i settle for neck fluff)
#laios would pass out on sight probably#im so tempted to draw another of him#i might make his clothing even more losse/torn#the og dragon is western but i dont care anymore give me noodle#no but for real how do you fuse a bird with an eastern dragon#i couldn't decide on mane color so I might change later#i gave him little antlers and face scales cause why the hell not#his eyes were also originally gold but i decided to keep em black?#actually i'm probably gonna increase dragon part size#brother is dead inside#shuro#toshiro nakamoto#シュロ#delicious in dungeon#dungeon meshi#ダンジョン飯#my art#chimera toshiro au
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🐦⬛ - magpie plushies!
#plushie#cute#agere#age dreaming#age regression#agedre#system little#little#stuffie#stuffed animal#magpie#australian magpie#blue#black#bird#avian
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Fit takes advantage of an AFK moment to do a little "passa tudo"-ing (Pac's reaction is priceless 😂)
I miss their shenanigans already.
#Pactw#FitMC#QSMP#Hideduo#FitPac#Pac#Fit#October 10 2023#I love Fit's goofy little wiggles here from Pac's POV because with the black balaclava and green cape#it makes him look like a fancy tropical bird doing one of those mating dances to impress a partner#idk it's just funny and silly to me I love it
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saw a seagull that looked different
#sketchbook stuff#artists on tumblr#usually the ones that look like the right don't think I've seen the left one before#not a bird expert at all but maybe a great black backed gull?#the wings looked like it plus they can be found where I live but idk gfhf#little break doodle#also guess who was like ehh I'll buy totk at some point but then ordered digital the day after it came out lmao#also there's a tiny rainbow in the clouds#edit: oh my god I'm dumbass I mixed up my left and right AJGS#the left one's the one I haven't seen before
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A grungy little ink piece for the start of september ^w^🎃🖤🤍
#I got a little lazy halfway through but I genuinely like how the raven turned out u///u#Animals#grungy aesthetic#Raven#Crows#Ink#black and white#artists on tumblr#fall aesthetic#fall 2024#dark#Finz art#dark art#birds#halloween#halloween drawing#halloween tag#grunge#fall#autumn#dark academia#dark acadamia aesthetic#goth#gothic#vampire
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random film title cards
#la la land#lalaland#pulp fiction#lady bird#little miss sunshine#fantastic mr fox#black swan#blackswan#10 things i hate about you#the silence of the lambs#the pianist#boyhood#500 days of summer#girl#girl interrupted#jennifers body#dead poets society#the grand budapest hotel#kill bill#donnie darko icons#donnie darko#gone girl#david fincher#wes anderson#sofia coppola#greta gerwig#quentin tarantino#richard kelly#actors#film
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*Comic bats+rogues get dropped into Gotham tv show universe*
Batman: *on tv* to all my rogues, you have 30 minutes to meet us in Robinson Park, or I send the kids after you. If you can't get to the park in 30min you're all smart enough to find a way.
Voice from the back: WHICH ONES.
Batman: Hmmmm, All of them?
Voice from the back: ...DOES ROBIN HAVE HIS SWORD?
Batman: yes
*a few colorfully dressed people part from the crowd towards Robinson Park*
#comics#dc comics#robin#tim drake#batman#bruce wayne#dick grayson#red robin#jason todd#nightwing#damian wayne#stephanie brown#spoiler#cassandra cain#black bat#gotham#stupid little concept i like#the joker didn't come because i hate him#gotham has enough problems without that piece of shit#dont worry its only a few. the rest still are out there and the birds and bats get to hunt them for fun
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Sometimes you can see the small divers on the water surface
#photographers on tumblr#original photography#birding#bird photography#bird watching#little grabe#Zwertaucher#Black-necked grbe#Schwarzhalstaucher#Meldorf Speicherkoog#Nabu Vogelstation Wedeler Marsch
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Vashbrown returns
#trigun#nicholas d. wolfwood#vash the stampede#millions knives#bird ww cause he got that little black bird symbolism
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weevil 467
#weevil#bugs#weeviladay#via https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/black-white-little-weevil-bird-dropping-1578344071
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