#look i am not a fan of sandersons

[slothinginorbit]

The whole article is a hate piece on not only sanderson but also SFF fan culture. Jason kehe tries to paint the people in a bad light as much as possible: smelly, man-child, cultish, omg they have sword replicas and the swords have names??? Oh and why is there no sex in sandersons books, apparently that is a big sin. I would like to ask why are you so obsessed with having sex in every book sir? Why is it a must?

Why did they write this bs article? Many people are butt hurt in the industry for sandersons kickstarter being immensely successful and making him a lot of money. And that's the connection to this, me thinks. Publishing couldn't pocket all that money like they usually do.

[mysterylilycheeta]

ONYX STORM REVIEW:

After 2 days of catching up on all the work I had postponed for the sake of reading OS, and organising my thoughts, I'm here with my spoiler free review of Onyx Storm. Please remember that these are my personal thoughts and opinions and you're free to agree or disagree based on your views

Rating: 3.25 stars

The Good:

The absolute lack of miscommunication between Xaden and Violet: This book is a gift for all those people who were annoyed to their wit's end by the repetitive stupid fights between Xaden and Violet in Iron Flame. They trust each other, communicate with each other and don't get mad about secrets. I was so pleasantly surprised

Ridoc: Ridoc went through such amazing character development, he easily became one of my favourite characters in the story. We saw him as only the comic relief friend till now but man, he shows such badassery in this book while still being his clown self. And, let's not forget his favourite dick jokes!

The Dragons: Anyone who knows me knows my favourite part about the series is Tairn and the other dragons. Love seeing my grumpy dad dragon, he's such a mood. We also have our sassy teenager Andarna to give him grief. I love all the moments Tairn started boasting about his lineage and his feat: he's such a dork!

Dain and Cat: I never truly hated Dain because I knew from Fourth Wing itself he never intentionally wanted to harm Violet. My only gripe with him was about breaking her trust and looking through her memories without her consent. But man, does he redeem himself. Needless to say, Dain is on my "need to protect" list. I really hated Cat in Iron Flame because she was such a stereotypical cringey evil ex and the way she attacked Violet was so crass and below the belt. She still has some shitty moments in the beginning of the book but she gets a lot better so much so that I want good things to happen to her in the next books. RY did a great job writing these two

Jealous Xaden: My o my was it a treat to see Xaden so jealous. RY fed us with those entertaining af moments. Read the book and you'll find out what I mean

Aaric: I was intrigued by Aaric in book 2 but he stepped up the game so much in this book. He is an amazing character and I'll throw hands if RY even tries to harm him in any way, istg.

The Bad:

Very mediocre worldbuilding: This might be just a timing issue, but the last fantasy book I read was the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, and every fantasy fan knows the kind of world-building Sanderson does. Onyx Storm tries to introduce us to new places beside the continent, but it is not well done. We spend half the book in the Isle Kingdoms, yet they're not even mentioned on the map. They talk about routes to get to the kingdoms, but how am I supposed to follow them if you won't even mention them on the maps? Every Island has a god it worships and things go according to that but I think we could've had a little more information about them beforehand instead of being presented basic info right before we arrive at the next island. "We're going to said island, this is the god they believe in, here's a five point bullet lost of their customs"- NO, THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT! Like I said, it might be because my last book was by Sanderson so my expectations were higher but the world felt so lacking.

Lack of Glossary: A glossary should be a must in every fantasy book, especially if you're branching out and diving deeper into worldbuilding. We are introduced to gods, islands, uprisings and groups of people we haven't even heard of before and we get hardly one or two lines about them in a chapter and then they are mentioned again 2 chapters later and we're supposed to follow. There were so many new names in OS, it was difficult to keep track of them after a while. I still don't completely understand who the Krovlan people were and what was their deal.

Lack of Basgiath: My favourite book in the series till now has been Fourth Wing and one of the biggest reasons for that was Basgiath. I loved that place and the way it felt an actual character in the story. That Basgiath charm is missing in this book. Basgiath is the biggest strength of this series, it's the reason why FW was so successful, the war college and it's deadly atmosphere, the challenges, the interpersonal relations, it was entertaining af. However as the series is progressing, it's turning into another typical romantasy involving young adults leading revolutions, making alliances, fighting wars etc. I started reading Fourth Wing because of it's setting and yet with each new book, we spend less and less time in Basgiath and it's just dampening my mood.

No real surprises: Let me be brutally honest- this book felt like a filler. Of course there are a few shocking moments with new information but it hardly hit the mark like the previous two books. There were no moments that essentially packed a punch. It's just a bunch of random sidequests to gain alliances which didn't up feeling all that meaningful because of worldbuilding problems. It also seemed like fanservice because of a lot of reasons but I won't mention them as they can be accounted as minor spoilers. Some characters died but it didn't feel impactful at all. It seemed more like Ry was just filling up the death quota because we can't have a book where no one dies

Violet and Xaden: Okay so here's the thing, I like both of them as characters and I think they make a good pair. However, I didn't ever truly feel the romance and this has been a problem since Fourth Wing. They have a shit ton of lusty moments but hardly any soft romantic domestic moments that make the relationship feel organic. I have always been disappointed by the lack of proper romantic development between these two. The problem in this book however is the dialogue- they felt so cheesy and downright cringe at times. Maybe show more and say less?? The way they keep saying nothing else matters as much and I know people are feral for how Xaden and Violet are ready to throw off the entire rebellion for each other but it irks me so much. Xaden, you are leading these people and you have accepted that responsibility. Stop endangering the lives of people you swore to protect because Violet might be in danger. She has other people to support her. Violet, don't get mad when people tell you your needs and wants will come second to Xaden's duty towards the people. He is their leader, he has to make those sacrifices, If you think that's unfair then find someone else to fill his position. You can't have the leadership position yet be each other's top priority. It might seem unfair but that is the right thing to do. I really don't feel like the two of them are fit to lead people. Agree with @thequietesthing's review about Violet's god level power feeling over dramatic and out of character at times.

The Ending: If any of you have talked to me about the book in the last few days, you'll know I'm frustrated af with the ending. It doesn't exactly feel like a well done cliffhanger, it's just plain messy. A bunch of unanswered questions to keep the reader confused and hooked for the next book but it just ruined the whole book for me. I have no issues with cliffhangers but the book should feel complete. The way Onyx Storm ended, it feels there were at least two more chapters that got deleted. It's just all over the place.

That was the review guys. I'll still wait for the next book to get published but my excitement has gone down quite a lot. I was expecting more of a Harry Potter style story where the main still occurs in the school/college itself but it seems like that isn't gonna be the case. I honestly believe this series should've been just 3 books instead of 5 but oh well, what can we say. Really agree with @justallihere and @justascrollingghost. We have almost the same complaints with the books lol P.S: The best surprise in this book: Broccoli, the kitten

[cosmerelists]

Ranking Various Cosmere Fantasy Swears

If there's one thing Brandon Sanderson likes, it's avoiding any real swear words in favor of Fantasy Swears. I am genuinely a huge fan of this technique. So here how I'd rank some of the ones I can remember! (And thanks to 17th Shard [here and here] and to Reddit for compiling some lists!).

#14: Colors (Warbreaker)

This one feels a little bit...lazy, I guess? Like yes, Warbreaker's magic is color-dependent, so colors are a big part of the world-building, so I guess it makes sense that people use it as a swear. But it feels like if, in fantasy USA, people swore by "eagles" all the time: "Eagles! I dropped my hamburger!"

#13: Moons (Tress of the Emerald Sea)

I mean same problem as with "colors"! Yes, the moons are a big aspect of the worldbuilding, but it just feels like a semi-boring swear. Although maybe that's just the swear that Tress tends to use.

#12: Shadows/Shades (Shadows for Silence/Sunlit Man)

Okay, maybe this one is a bit boring, but anything Threndy-related gets extra credit from me. So therefore I think this is one of the least boring of the "basically boring descriptors of world building elements" swears.

#11: By the Lord Ruler (Mistborn)

I mean...eh. This one is world specific, but it's basically like swearing by god only in this case the god is the Lord Ruler, right? It makes sense 'n' all but isn't as interesting as some of the later ones.

#10: By the Survivor's Scars (Mistborn)

This one is better because it's more specific--Kelsier's scars are rich with meaning, and swearing by them does feel like it carries cultural weight.

#9: By Harmony's Armbands (Mistborn)

Putting them all in a line like this...I just like how they get ever more specific. Now we're swearing by Harmony's feruchemical armlets? Okay!

#8: God Beyond (Shadows for Silence)

I mean, Threnody is, like, haunted by a god's corpse, so I think any of their god-related swears are more interesting as a result.

#7: Nights / Nights afire (Emperor's Soul)

I like this one because I just don't know what it refers to and it seems kinda creepy. What are nights on fire for??

#6: Rust and Ruin (Mistborn)

Frankly, the alliteration gets this one extra points. And "Rust and Ruin!" just feels like a good thing to shout when you've stubbed your toe.

#5: Storms/storming/Stormfather (Stormlight Archive)

I know this one SHOULD lose points for being exactly the sort of boring descriptive swear I maligned above...but I enjoy this one simply because it's such a clear linguistic stand-in for "fuck" and that leads to such amusing translations as "Kaladin Fuckblessed" or the "Fuckfather" and that just never stops being funny to me.

#4: Herald body parts (Stormlight Archive)

I didn't notice until looking at various compiled lists of Cosmere Fantasy Swears, but Rosharans really like to swear by specific Herald body parts, huh? From here: Kelek's breadth, Kelek's tongue, Ash's eyes, Ishar's soul, Nalan's hand, Pali's mind, Talat's hand...I'm a fan of this. It's interesting and feels culturally relevant.

#3: Glories Within (Stormlight Archive)

This one is just Szeth so far, but people speculate it's probably a Shin curse. That makes it interesting to me since we don't know a whole lot about the Shin. What inner glory are they using to swear?

#2: Starving (Stormlight Archive)

This one is pretty similar to "Storming," I suppose, in being a pretty clear linguistic stand-in for "fucking." But I just like that the food-obsessed Lift has her own personal swear relating to starvation.

#1: Lowly/Highly (Yumi and the Nightmare Painter)

I'm a big fan of the lowly/highly thing from Yumi & the Nightmare Painter, where words can be linguistically marked as meant in either a high way (complimentary) or a low way (insultingly). It's fun worldbuilding and leads to some comic beats in the novel. Plus, this post tickled me greatly: https://www.tumblr.com/cabinetcreature/722030379790401536?source=share. It's so true!

[dustofhistory]

Okay, as promised, here my thoughts after finishing my first read-through of Way of Kings!

The only Sanderson books I've read before this was the first mistborn trilogy, but i do know that all his novels are somehow connected. Not entirely sure how yet, though!

As with Mistborn, his characters are absolutely fucking amazing. They feel real and are super fleshed out and complex, so I'm very excited about and fond of all of them. That being said, my absolute favourite was Dalinar Kholin. Love the honorable leader/ noblesse oblige trope anyway, and it's so moving to see him struggle against societal expectations and entrenched cultural biases to become a better person and do what's right - need more of that for male characters imo, less of the grimdark grey choices is all you have stuff - just an absolute sucker for the responsible leader thing Dalinar has got going on. His romance with navani is so sweet as well, really hitting all of my buttons!

Kaladin (and what limited view we have of Alodin) is also such a refreshingly good character, and i love that his struggle is mostly against circumstance and caused by his severe trauma - i love the bridge 4 squad and i am obsessed with Syl! Again, the themes about how doing the right thing is hard are so good, and i also love his exploration of his new powers.

And then we have shallan - her plot was to me the most interesting one. Loved getting more of the lore through her pov and big fan of the more intrigue-focussed plot. I really hope we get a jasnah pov soon, cause she was another standout character. I love that both of them are just so passionate about research and learning, and it's good that they found each other so they have someone to nerd out with! And what a reveal about Shallan killing her own dad! I was starting to suspect it, but am looking forward to hopefully finding out more about why she did it.

I'm detecting a pattern about religion plots in Sanderson's work, and I'm super excited about that, as well. I am kinda suspecting that the person in Dalinar's vision was Sazed, but i am not sure (pls no spoilers). Would be super cool if that's the case!!

I think I'll try to liveblog words of radiance as I'm reading it, which I'm gonna start doing just now. Pls talk to me if you want, I'd love to chat stormlight archive through - but no spoilers, as i said! Would love to see any cool fanart anyone has, as I'm now too scared still to wander into the tags again.

[jayden-killer]

DREAMS ARE MY REALITY.

what would happen if your favourite fictional character appeared in your bed..?

Part 2

A/N: finally came back! Exams period is almost done, so I can mainly focus on writing fan fics and replying to your comments. Thanks to everyone who never stopped giving me support during these months.~ For this story I was heavily inspired by the "Reality" song by Richard Sanderson. Last night I watched "La Boum" and something clicked in my mind the moment the movie titles came by. I highly recommend that movie (and its main song!).

☆

Fantastic. Another day gone bad. Not only I lost my notes taken at university with great effort (who knows where they flew thanks to the wind...), but it had rained until the end of the afternoon and a careless car passed by at great speed, soiling me with rain and migo mixed together.

«Ugh! You fucker!» My feet stomped hard on the dirt, realizing that what had just happened was just the beginning of a long evening. I'll just open the front door, walk into the kitchen, and throw my comfort on the sofa that I look forward to.

It seemed like an eternity would pass on the way back, and my body barely even managed to walk, almost like a dead weight. Don't walk on the ground. That would have been the last straw.

«Shit,» I thought aloud, the moment my eyes saw my house from afar, «Finally home». Taking the keys out of the backpack was also, a real pain in the ass: a real tangle of wires and metal had formed there since my headphones had not been folded properly. A sigh escaped from my lips the moment I walked through the front door, searching with difficulty for the light switch. I didn't waste any more time removing the ruined clothes (and placing them in a water bath) and letting a hot shower melt my nerves. It was just what I needed.

I knew I had a smile as I lathered my body thoroughly. Now the scent of lavender was something calming.

``I should make some tea too``.

~

«Oh, now that's what I am talking about! ». My smile didn't leave my face, as I excitedly opened the book I had left hanging a few days ago, due to my exam period. Being under stress didn't help me find the concertation and desire to identify myself with the main character of the book. ``That's enough``. This thought flooded my mind. ``Now you can rest, because you deserve it, so enjoy your reading``.

``Thanks, other me, maybe you're right`` I replied to the little inner voice that I assumed had a satisfied grin on her face.

Yet my eyes fell on the mega poster that took up most of my bedroom wall: Miguel O'Hara. This man was going to be the death of me one of these days. I remembered the day when my heart wanted him only for me: in the new Spiderman, starring Miles Morales, many would have said that he was the perfect villain, even if I kept countering, claiming the opposite. Of course, his anger issues didn't help get people on his side. He was perfect in every aspect: tall, muscular, intelligent, thoughtful. My god, where do I have to sign to have him next to me?

«Too good to be true». I sighed aloud again as I pulled my attention away from the poster and back into my book. I think it wasn't long after I started reading and my eyes started to get heavy. I might have let go of the book, and fallen asleep with it on my chest. It had been a bad day in every way. Perhaps that is the reason I imagined hugging Miguel more than once. Maybe that's why I also felt my mattress getting heavier under my back.

~

I was awakened by the sun's rays penetrating through the curtains of my room. I loudly grunted at the thought of getting up early to do my daily cleaning chores around the house. But what harm would it have been to stay in my warm bed for at least an hour longer? Turning over, I had the feeling that my bed had gotten much heavier. Or was I still dreaming of hugging Miguel?

Slowly my eyes opened and focused on an unfamiliar figure lying next to me. I had a moment of confusion. Why...was there a person in my bed?

Only when I fully focused on who was in front of me I almost fainted on the spot.

"AAAAHH!" I grabbed the first pillow nearby, slapping the stranger hard several times, and leapt out of bed, the pillow still in my hands. The man, taken aback, tripped on the ground, and a great thud resounded in the bedroom. I hugged the pillow tightly to my chest. Oh, holy god. What was happening at that moment? I was so confused I could have sworn my face was as just as confused.

The man grunted aloud and scrambled to his feet, throwing his hands in surrender.

«What the fuck did I do?!» he yelled, in sheer confusion too. Maybe at that moment, I could have passed out, I swear to whoever you want! Because whoever I had in front of me was a real dream.

«Holy shit...»

«What?!»

I swallowed hard. «You are Miguel O'Hara. Miguel O'Hara was in my room, in my bed!»

[onlycosmere]

Cosmere/Magic the Gathering

'What IP do you most want to see in Magic the Gathering?' Thunderwoodd: Stormlight Archive!

thyfoolish1: Brandon said they reached out to him and he was excited and ready to go but they haven't gotten back to him. I think this was Dragonsteel last year. So there is hope.

Egi_: Even after the shitshow with the free book he gave them on the condition it wouldn't be commercialized and then WotC commercialized it?

Brandon Sanderson: I knew what I was getting into working with a big corporation. Like the proverbial frog giving a ride to a scorpion, I don't see justification for complaint regarding the eventual sting. I love the game, and the designers, so that's really my metric. As a note, everyone I worked with on the narrative team was wonderful.

I don't want a passing secret lair of five cards; I am interested in a full-blown set, so with that constraint, I wouldn't foresee a Stormlight or Mistborn crossover until one of several things happens:

1) They burn through the bigger properties that match MTG's vibe like LOTR did. Fantasy, or science fantasy, properties that feel legit as a big expansions. As mentioned in this thread alone, there is a pretty deep mine there. Dune, Witcher, Elder Scrolls, Arcane/LoL, Westeros (if they're feeling spicy.) A hobbit set is all but inevitable as well.

Considering they'd be unwise to put these sorts of things out too quickly, and should really give them time to breathe, we're looking at ten years easily before they're out of larger fish to fry. Stormlight is big for a book series, but without any shows/films/games, I'd suspect it doesn't have the casual word-of-mouth reach their marketing team looks for to justify the extra expense of licensing fees.

2) Said bigger properties decide they aren't interested, leaving things popular but without media representation. If they ever decided to experiment with a book-only series, I suspect I'd be very high on the list to approach.

3) Cosmere gets one of said media properties, something I'm actively trying to accomplish--but it is slow going, as I'm in the fortunate position of being able to be very picky about partners, and prefer to take my time.

I've made it clear to them that if a large-scale set were in the, ahem, cards, I'd be willing to make frequent trips to Seattle to be part of the design team on said set.

awakenedjunkofigure: If any author deserves the pick of the litter for production companies, it's absolutely you. Can't wait to see what your books would look like on-screen!!

Brandon Sanderson: Well, the answer to what they'd look like on screen is "Expensive," which a part of the problem...

schloopers: Any large consideration in your mind for spoilers versus fully representing a world or story?

Stormlight you’d of course want all 10 Orders, so spoilers are far as those are concerned are a given.

But maybe a legendary creature “Iron Eyes” instead of any spoiler specific proper names?

I ask because I have so far gotten one friend in the playgroup to start reading, and a couple full sets would for sure help in garnering interest, but I would worry for the story beats getting too greatly revealed out of context.

I don’t know, maybe it’s just unavoidable. I’ve had several Dr. Who episodes “spoiled” for me through that set.

Brandon Sanderson:  This is something I haven't given a lot of thought toward, but I perhaps should be mulling it over. You make a good point.

Thunderwoodd: Woah! Can’t believe you responded. Huge fan! And I loved your commander cube! Saw it on Game Knights right after I finished Rhythm of War.

Curious, do you think the Radiant orders could correspond to guilds or color wedges?

Brandon Sanderson: Yes, I've done thought experiments on that, and think guilds could actively work for them without too much trouble. Problem is, would we want a Stormlight set or just a Knights Radiant set, because ten guilds for ten orders is already a high demand. It might be better to make a wedge set, but the problem there is that the Radiants are actively all colors, so it would be hard to cut out any save black. (Willshaper individuality and artistic expression could be green red instead of red black, for example.) So maybe five four-color wedges? I think the lore could support this, and be something that MTG has had trouble conveying without the expansive worldbuilding an entire book series could provide.

Radiants and sapient spren (all but black, to indicate the inherent selfless Radiant cause)

Human Nations (all but green, to indicate triumph over nature, which is an antagonist on Roshar.)

Singers (All but blue, to indicate the lack of ability to plan for the future, dearth of scholars, and onset of madness in the fused.)

Non-sapient Spren and wildlife (All but white, to indicate lack of overriding societal structures.)

Secret Societies (All but red, indicting the deliberate and conscious planning of these groups.)

Four color signpost uncommons would be WILD, even with hybrid mana. So I can see the design team balking. This (four color guild set) is almost certainly something they've explored and specifically decided not to do.

mediocreattbest: It’s crazy coming onto this post to say “any cosmere set!” And then see you actually replying. Out of curiosity, would you prefer just a stormlight set or a cosmere-wide set? I’d love to see characters through their stories (like we had with the LotR set)

Brandon Sanderson: I'd prefer Stormlight or Mistborn alone, as the planets themselves are so much a part of the stories.

[the-dragon-master-lover]

Ummm, Hello, today if there are drawings, well two are incomplete but...

There is a drawing 😺

What have I done these days that I haven't posted anything? Aside from suffering from my flu, I made a Lance sygna suit with Giratina origin (again... It's already the third time...)

The first time was fucking Carmilla Carmine from Habzin Hotel (I won't show it)

The second time he was a samurai (It must be posted)

And now it's the fucking phantom of the opera

Why the Phantom of the Opera? It's a funny story.

Not to make the long story short, I was talking to my friend (we're going to call her Meloetta) and she said, “Do you already have an idea for Halloween for your Tumblr account? “and I said to him" Well, I have a drawing of Lance planned for Halloween "and Meloetta tells me (there are no words in English to describe the wonderful support she gave me) and said: " No vas a ser como una de las básicotas fans de Lance que lo van a hacer vampiro, lo vas a hacer como el fantasma de la ópera y te va a gustar"

...

I didn't refuse

I am proud of this design to be honest, and I promise to do a more elaborate and larger drawing for Halloween, but I don't promise to have it finished by October 31

I'm a student and I'm organizing my ideas for Lance week, Because I AM A STUDENT

So draw for October 31, there may not be any, for the first days of November it's most likely, But this year if there is a drawing

Drawing of Lance's Sygna suit with Giratina and drawing of Lance, Cynthia and Steven as the Sanderson sisters ( The Witch Sisters from Hocus Pocus)

I swear it'll look better, okay?

Before I forgot, Giratina

If by chance of fate I don't upload any Halloween drawings, let these little doodles be left as Halloween drawings

So would it be an early Halloween?

Happy Halloween in advance

(it has nothing to do with it but I recommend a song that every time I listen to it I think: “Lance would identify too much with this song” is called Forget — MARINA, it's very good, and I swear to you, if you listen to them and are fans of Lance, our favorite dragon master with cape will come to mind)

[phantom-of-the-ruckus]

The Scarecrow and Bride

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! HROO HRAA!

ScarecrowWeek2024 Day 7 "Halloween with the Sanderson's Sisters"/"Free day"

Thanks Moffy @jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear for the scarecrowweek! Maybe next year I can fully get into some days hahaha

I had to redo this post due to accidental posting when i was editing it and Tumblr post it....thanks Tumblr..

Thank you so much for your likes and reblogs, I did have my hesitations about posting this as we're tended to be our worst critics. I am super thankful for the amazing support and encouragement from my amazing friends from the various fandoms. Although I most likely won't be able to do much for the ScarecrowWeeek2024 or Halloween, I wanted to end the month with by far one of my favorite Halloween drawings hahaha

CW and Disclaimer: To clarify, the dress is a reference to Crimson Peak (although I am not a huge fan), so the brownish red is not blood but red dirt/ clay. Below there is the masked version, and a scythe. The mask looks intentionally scary, so I wanted to put a warning for it! Please enjoy!)

As you can tell, I couldn't help myself but sneak some Sleepy Hollow esque- themes for the drawing with Jon's unmasked scarecrow outfit while he carries his wife Elizabeth (My OC). The background are meant to be corvids, so let's pretend Craw and Nightmare are just flying behind them, as I sadly couldn't sneak them in

I do like to think, they're celebrating their anniversary, and he swept her off her chair into a wonderful walk among the corn fields while quoting Poetry to her along spooky stories (Def Poe's poetry and Sleepy Hollow)

Anyway, here's the mask version, which I quite love! I was super hesitant as I didn't think my scarecrow concept looked very scarecrow-y, but the most important thing was to have fun, and I love y'all like it :3

His mask is like a mix of a plague doctor Zombie, so I hope it fits hahaha

Anyway happy Halloween, and thank you Moffy for providing me with such opportunity with this last day

[myreia]

people i want to get to know better

ty for the tag @galadae! <3 tagging @l3ylines @nidstiniens @notazem @zeloinator @sirotras @wingedflame 💕

last song: strangers by RIELL

favourite colour: shades of turquoise and teal. is it blue or green? YES.

last book: wind and truth by brandon sanderson (still working on it, I'm about halfway through now)

last movie: filmed version of national theatre's 2024/2025 production of The Importance of Being Earnest (it was showing at my local movie theatre, I've been seeing more theatre and opera this way this year since my local theatre is very hit and miss). Ncuti Gatwa is delightful and I think Sharon D Clarke has one of my favourite performances of Lady Bracknell.

last tv show: severance (just got caught up with season 2)

sweet/spicy/savory: spicy > savoury > sweet. I do like sweet, but I can't have too much of it or it makes me feel sick. I will gladly and willingly set my mouth on fire.

last thing i searched for online: my favourite colour palette generator that should absolutely have been bookmarked by now since i am working on a thing

current obsession: ffxiv (more specifically fanfic/fan art/meta side of things since I'm taking an extended break from playing, but I'm still fully obsessed 😎)

looking forward to: doing more art! I started learning in December last year, I have a lot of ideas and it's been fun experimenting. It feels really nice to have a creative hobby that's different from writing.

[marshellethepie]

Tag Game: People I'd Like to Get to Know Better!

I've been tagged by @choccybiccy (hi !! and thank you💕). Honestly, I have no idea how people do this on tumblr, and i made a new post so i don't flood other people with notifications abhkjsdk

Last Song: Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC , my earbuds ran out of battery on the "Baby, bye, bye, bye" line LMAOOO HELP

Favorite Color: Blue, Pink and Yellow !! Always been my favourites through years, I couldn't decide. Awesome combo 🩵🩷💛

Last Book: "The Stormlight Archive, The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson, but only the 3 first chapters for now !! I started the books 'cause my bf is a huge fan.

Last movie: Nimona (rewatch)

Last TV Show: Currently watching The Amazing World of Gumball !!

Sweet/savory/spicy: Omg, I'm kinda into each of them... But because I adore pastries, I'll say sweet. (I mean I'm French, it was obvious atp)

Relationship status: Been with my boyfriend for 3 years now 🥹 aannnd we surely planned to live a long and happy old couple life, hihi

Last thing I googled: "How to move an object on Blender?" Because we're doing medieval architecture right now, and it's been over 14 weeks since I last touched this software 💀💀 I'm so cooked......

Looking forward to: Become an anatomy master, but also better at drawing in general. I'm so happy to go to school for the first time in my life, I've always been self-taught and it helps me discover all the academic fundamentals I missed (but also 3D, which I had never done before.) I hope to pass my 1st year at uni and I can't wait to be the concept artist I've always dreamed of‼️ Apart from drawing, I hope to continue to develop my blog here. It's been a long time since I felt like I belonged on a social platform, I missed building a community around art and my passions. Leaving Twitter was my best decision (thanks again for all the people who send me lovely comments😭 what the heck)

Current obsession: Sonic fandom/Stobotnik. I wonder how long this will last, haven't been obsessed with something this way since what feels like foreve OH MY- They make so happy, it drives me INSAAANE I feel robbed that I didn't grow up with these games, this is all new to me ?? tagging: AND NOW, i just don't know who should i ??? Suppose it's people you don't know, like not your friends ?? But I am very shy and do not want to bother 😭😭AAHHH- Honestly, feel free to not participate, I just love your art so freakin MUCH and you were nice to me when interacting..... @cheap-slaw @duckngk

also @shirimeoww bby , just so you can introduce yourself here uehehe did i write too mucH...

[zeciex]

Girl, the way you are writing is so fabulous. You could definitely be a writer one day if that’s what you’re planning.

Personal questions:

1: are you bookworm? Do you read books like powerless or fourth wing something similar to it or do you just watch Netflix like you said shadow and bones series?

2: or do you read most of your time fanfiction? if so, would you like to recommend me some so I would read it myself and I’m pretty sure the way you are writing I would definitely like it?

I wish I had the time to read, but I spend most of my time writing and by the end of the day I'm out of brainpower to read anything. I do dabble in the occasional fanfic though--not for the person I'm currently writing for, I'm too afraid to accidentally plagiarizer and I have a habit of comparing my writing to others which drains my inspiration.

So no, I'm not a bookworm. I was, though I would be reading through GOT and maybe Brandon Sanderson. I'm not really a fan of Powerless or Fourth Wing, haven't read them, but they tick some of my 'no thank you' boxes. I do think I will try the Poppy war one day.

I have, however, read Six of Crows and fell in love with Kaz--and the whole gang in general. And Freddie Carter was a brilliant Kaz.

Oooo I have some rec's for you:

@e1dritchjackal0pe - Here is her Aemond Masterlist, though I also HIGHLY reccommend her The Lost Boys fics because I am OBSESSED with them. And also her Feyd-Rutha fics

@flowerandblood Just look through her masterlist, her writing is immaculate and I have no other notes than being a big fan of hers. And I also recommend this Michael Gavey fic of hers.

@ewanmitchellcrumbs has some really good fics as well, and she's been at it for longer than I have.

And of course; @kckt88 has some good ass dialogue in her fics! I've seen her grow with each fic and she's amazing <3

There's also this fic, Ashes of Eden, that I love. And if you want more Feyd-Rutha then I can reccomend @deepsuns Sacrificial Lamb and @inkwingsinc's bit my gun with my black-gold gums

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

Look the real reason so many book fans are mad about the wheel of time adaptation instead of having a great time with it regardless of changes, is that the production is putting a very strong focus on updating the worldbuilding and characters in specific ways, as well as changing individual events in favor of a more streamlined way to make The Same character beats happen.

Because this is an adaptation to film, and of course they have to change stuff. Come on people. Be realistic. You know how long the series is.

And there are parts of the book series that Do need updating. RJ was trying to be as progressive as he could in a lot of his approach to the series, but what was progressive in the 90s is not as progressive now so of course they are updating it. If you didn’t think this show was gonna have queer people and polyamory then sorry about it. Dear Mr. Jordan was Really Good at writing romantic relationships between women when he thought he was just writing friendships, he did it A Couple times. I would Bet Money on Avilayne becoming canon. This series is being created by a queer showrunner he is absolutely doing a queer reading of these books. Which I am Very Here For.

And he is doing a reading, and changing things. Which again, is Necessary. The book series is Super long and they have 8 seasons to do it in. They’re gonna change individual events to make sure that the main characters go through all the necessary character beats. And you’re just being recalcitrant if you can’t admit that season two Rules in a lot of ways. They are still making sure every important character has all their moments. And each individual episode has focused on some of the most powerful themes of the Entire book series. Including the inherent tragedies inherent to channelers such as: being cut off from the one power in various ways through shielding and stilling, having their own control of the one power taken over by others through weaves and ter’angreal, and living extended lifespans and thus leaving behind their loved ones. They’re doing a Very good job of keeping to the core themes and character beats and also changing stuff around to make the story work on a shorter time frame.

Also they’re working really hard to make sure Every character is as well fleshed out as possible. Meaning that yes, a lot of focus is being spent so far on the other main pov characters and all of the important aes sedai who will matter in the conflicts to come. That’s a good thing. Sorry to the people who only cared about the ta’veren boys or whatever but RJ wrote a ton of interesting and powerful women and they’re all getting their Due in this adaptation that is a feature not a bug.

It’s not like there isn’t stuff to be improved in the original! There is a huge chunk of the wheel of time that a lot of fans refer to as the slog! Where most of the main characters are separated and the plot is barely moving so some characters only show up in like two chapters of a single book, because there are so many individual things happening, before the plot starts moving faster again towards the end of the series. (And then there’s the crimes committed by Mr. Sanderson on the last three books but we’re not going to talk about that right now.

Which personally I would disagree that the slog is where the series is least enjoyable. The section I usually skip when rereading is the first two books, #having a great time right now actually with the show skipping through as much of the minutiae of books I and II as they can. The wheel of time is not a perfect series and Robert Jordan kept trying to finish it in one to three books at first and the first two books suffer as a result.

If you stopped reading in books one or two PLEASE just try to make it to three Trust Me. Or just watch the show and then read the battle of falme in book II and then read book III. You will appreciate books one and two more on a reread after all the stuff he does bring up there has really paid off. And also just have fun watching your faves be more happy than they are in later books ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The show is not Trying to be the books and frankly I’m glad it’s not! This is another turning of the wheel, another version of events, a parallel universe to the randland of the books. And I think they’re doing a pretty brilliant job of telling a version of that story so far this season.

Adaptations will change things. That’s a good thing. Judge it on executing the ideas it is bringing up and staying true to the core of the character arcs and themes of the original. And frankly it’s enhancing a lot of character arcs right now. There are many things that I think the show is already doing better than the books did tbh (Min, Liandrin, Selene, making Perrin spend less time dithering about the Wolf Stuff, speeding up Mat’s healing from the dagger so my best boy gets more time to shine)

Adaptations are transformative works. To lesser and greater degrees they reinterpret a work through a different artistic lens and medium. The changes are not bad because they are changes. Judge it on the execution of the story it’s actually telling instead of a close comparison to the books. And they are keeping as true to the books as they can whether you acknowledge that or not.

If you’re a person who reads fanfiction but you can’t judge a film adaptation for what it is instead of what it’s not then please try Slightly harder.

And if you’re just mad that it’s all queer and polyamorous now and the boys aren’t the only main characters then die mad I guess. I will continue having a pretty great time watching this show chock full of extremely powerful (and sometimes evil) women. I think RJ would have liked it tbh.

[miwaqrsp]

Some very short cod headcanons cuz why not

Starting of w

Ghost Simon Riley:

Rides a Scrambler Ducati.

Fucker wears glasses.

I’m talkin he can’t see bs when reading

Snores like a fuckin chainsaw

Just gonna say rq idfc if ppl get offended but:

He’s in his early/mid thirties abt 33 sumn like that

John “Soap” Mactavish

Flexes his engine on his mt07 when others are around cause “Its too bloody damn loud”

Brought a whole ass mini owen to base bc there isn’t a fuckin kitchen to be used properly on the base

2am ramen is a must

Kind of like Simon he also wears glasses except for he doesn’t have that much of a shitty eyesight when it comes to reading.

For someone who’s only thirty people think that he’s older. And gets extremely offended if someone says that he looks old

Gaz Kyle Garrick:

Unlike anyone from this list he actually is fairly scared of bikes and isn’t scared to admit it.

Steals Simons tea bags sometimes.

Just like Johnny he’s thirty but the only difference is that everyone is always surprised bc to them Kyle looks like he’s no more then 27/28yo

Is the one who calls Johnny old

He has a Switch and plays Animal Crossing religiously

Roach Gary Sanderson:

Ghost calls him “old man”

Gets offended by it cause he’s only 2 year older then Ghost.

Rides a Triumph Daytona 675 and flexes even more on the others. Meanwhile Gaz is covering his ears and praying he would stop (he does quickly but likes to do it for shits and giggles), Soap is being a lil jealous and Ghost is crossing his hands and signing while Price is just takin a hit out of his cigar.

He’s very friendly toward the newbies and will pull jokes here and there that are actually funny.

Has a tendency to steal Prices bucket hats and not return them until he sees Price being bat shit pissed.

John Price:

When he was a teen Nikolai introduced him to the world of motorcycles. But shortly after he got into a reallyyyyh bad accident so he stopped riding sport bikes so he chose to ride a Harley cruiser…(bad choice if ya ask me)

If anyone dares to prank him, he will bring the whole team into his office and will smoke at least two cigars and make the whole team suffocate

Has a “#best dad” mug. Swear he doesn’t use it but the coffee stains from the inside say otherwise

No matter how much Gaz says he’s Prices favorite. It’s unlikely cause his favorite is our Middle Eastern Queen Farah 💗

As you could’ve realized I am a huge motorcycle fan and I am a biker myself so yeah I also had to incorporate some of my biker knowledge into this. Also I rarely see people write abt Roach 😭😭😭 why’s that. I need me some more Roach hcs or x reader ffcs

[nevertheless-moving]

i very much enjoyed the eventual explanation for Vin's Whole Deal but i also spent a good chunk of book one and two, (and maybe also more than a few idle moments in book three) waiting for a reveal that she was also a feruchemist. Just. There were so many parallels between her and the lord ruler, you know??

just thinking about the au...

a nice alternate explanation to her unnatural-even-for-a-mistborn grace, strength and power, just a bit better than she should be, and has such wild swings of fortune during a few of her fights because she's unconsciously storing up than releasing corresponding powers in her internal flakes.

of course it's taking her so long to realize - no one wears actual amounts of metal, so she's constantly burning her stores before they get large enough to be noticeable.

she was able to sense sazed's feruchemical store when she burnt it why would that be an allomantic ability i'm still kindof mad we didn't see her even TRY feruchemy anyway au

sazed teaching her...bonding moments...family...

funny moments where sazed and kelsier get weirdly competitive over who's got dibs on the daughter-he-never-thought-he'd-have

I am a SUCKER for zero-dads to multiple dad's trope...

(and thinking about how there HAD to be some feruchemy in the ska population, since the terris people weren't always so separate from the general population)

in addition to noblewoman, thief, mistborn, ska urchin - here's ANOTHER burden, ANOTHER heritage, ANOTHER identity - some pressure to be a Keeper, at least store the books, even if you do nothing else -

imagining reen as a feruchemist, constantly running from town to town because for some reason him, totally ska him, he can do things, things like a misting, but even more obvious, and allomantic vials just make him sick

unconscious feruchemy leading to mental instability (her mother). What happens when you store memories or mental attributes , but never get them back? you're just losing time and strength and willpower to the metal in your groundwater...and it's gone, passed through your body unless you happen to be an allomancer who can burn it back...

duralium-esque shenanigans during book two trying out the lord ruler's youth combo and accidentally making herself into a child. it's resolved eventually but there should have been AT LEAST a few chapters of 11 year old Vin mowing down assassins

HULK PEWTER VIN! HULK PEWTER VIN! FINALLY SHE ACTUALLY LOOKS AS DANGEROUS AS SHE IS! FIVE FOOT NOTHING HULK PEWTER VIN FIGHTING HAMM!!!!

infinite free health combo (somehow? i don't quite understand the mechanic, perhaps it's revealed somewhere else in sanderson books. is it just storing up health? seems like getting flayed would fuck that up. look, we know the lord ruler figured it out, since it's part of his whole Canon that he can't die, a Lot of people have tried)

ANYWAY I am also a fan of "unkillable" character trope where person starts getting too reckless during fights while enemies panic and their loved one's look on in horror because they're still getting hurt

All of the above does NOT help with the whole worshiping thing

staying awake for WAY too long with bronze earring...come on sanderson i know my girl was double deity op but consider if she was even MORE

FERUCHEMY IS OF BOTH PRESERVATION AND RUIN COME ON Y'ALL THINK ABOUT IT

...if it turns out there's an annotation in one of these books that she was actually a feruchemist but it never came up i don't know if i'd be more angry or more vindicated...if there is...okay people can spoil this one (1) thing...

aaah alas - it could have been so sick - feruchemist mistborn fight scene my beloved who shall never be...unless...

[isagrimorie]

Brandon Sanderson’s comments on the finale without watching Wheel of Time season 2– Yikes.

I had a feeling he wouldn’t like it, he’s been critical on the show, some were reasonable but he made some comments before that I didn’t agree with.

But coming in to criticize a season finale built on the back of what season 2 built.

Oof. And the thing is, he’s a book writer for the last parts of the series so what he says does have weight and some fans will run with what he said. And I am not looking forward to that fandom.

[valerieofavonlea]

The Sanderson/Cosmere subreddit spoiler policies are absolutely ridiculous and discussion stifling, a mini rant

Exhibit the first: on r/brandonsanderson a poster put up a picture of a Bridge 4 onesie, and it got spoiler tagged by a mod. The reasoning? The Bridge 4 logo with Kholin blue is a WoR spoiler. I'm of the opinion that that is one of those things that is a spoiler only if you already know, and is imo overly cautious

Exhibit the second: any kinds of spoilers are banned from post titles, resulting in a sub full of titles like this:

Idk about you guys, but as someone who has read all of these books, I would have no way of knowing what any these are about without looking at them individually. How is this good for facilitating discussion?

Exhibit the third, the actual spoiler policy:

Exhibit the fourth, just this attitude:

It's a shame it's so arduous to talk about the cosmere in r/cosmere

I am actually a big fan of spoiler tagging stuff, and I have in fact yelled at people in this fandom before for not spoiler tagging, but this is too much. This is clearly catering to new readers, and idk about you guys, but I think that there's a lot of responsibility re: avoiding spoilers, that has to be put on the person who doesn't want to be spoiled. There's some common courtesy stuff like tagging any pre-release content, or brand new books for a reasonable amount of time, but for the most part, avoiding spoilers should be on the person who doesn't want to see them. If I were currently reading or planning on reading a series I sure as f wouldn't be wandering into the subreddit dedicated to that series. I get tagging stuff for the secret projects right now, but everything? Some of these books are approaching 20 years since publication. If someone has waited this long to read the book, then they can wait a bit longer to participate in the fandom. 🤷‍♀️

There are always going to be new readers, but it should really be their responsibility to avoid spoilers if it matters to them. Or at least do the bare minimum. Honestly I think that the mods over there should just throw a general spoiler warning up top in a pinned post and let people live