#melborn

[assie22]

[stlhandyman]

EVIDENCE OVERLOADED

[sully-s]

So it's been a few years. Time to try drawing the boys.

[theoldbone]

This Ornithopod femur is from Lightning Ridge, Australia, 94-113 million years. Exhibited at the Melbourne Museum.

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[nah-thanks-m8]

Hadrian, after Yet Another Incident: I expected better from you

Royce, covered in blood: wHY?!?!??

[lyssq]

Riyria Chronicles is so funny because Royce and Hadrian never set out to antagonise the church but that’s what happens. Every single time. Half the time they don’t even realise it

[arista-essendon]

Do you like books with tragic characters?

Grumpy & Sunshine duos(but they can both murder you)?

Platonic love?

Romantic love?

Political drama?

Swords?

Magic?

Hilarious banter?

Girl bosses who are kinda a mess?

Cynical assassins who accidentally get attached to people (and horses)?

Empresses who murder their abusers?

Sheltered monks who get to meet women and horses for the first time?

Shady wizards who pop up for a bit and then leave?

“I can excuse murder but I draw the line at misogyny” typa characters?

Redemption arcs?

RAIN?

If you answered yes to any of those, boy do I have the book for you

Well then read The Riyria Revelation books by Michael J Sullivan

[kuradeelsan]

It’s been a hot minute since I last drew the boys so here’s this sketch of them I made on the train 🍷🗡️

[spaceratsattack]

happy pride y'all 💤

[si1verbird77]

Do you guys remember the time in Heir of Novron when Merrick showed up in Hadrians room and asked him if Royce ever talks about him, and when Hadrian said he sounded like an abandoned mistress he changed the subject?

[ladyminaofcamelot]

I love that while Royce may be the horrifying assassin man who everyone associates with death, realistically speaking Hadrian probably has the higher kill count. Royce went after individuals and occasionally anyone who got in the way of his killing those individuals, but Hadrian participated in wars and massacres. On multiple occasions. He probably killed more people in one night than Royce did over the course of a year. And there's something about this dichotomy that is soooo interesting to me, especially because I think it really colors how they view death and killing. Like yes they were both brought up with a very different foundation on the subject, but the way they've killed has also been different. For Royce, he either figured the person deserved it or it was personally beneficial for him (very them or me). But Hadrian often felt like he didn't have to. These were just guys doing their jobs. These were guys he fought alongside just weeks ago. These were people defending their city, or taking it back, so of course the idea of killing is more disgusting to him, even just based on the way he did it in the past. This also makes it understandable why being a gladiator would have some appeal, because he only has to kill one to five people in one go rather than ten or more, and all of them (theoretically) choose to be there for no other reason then to fight, so of course it feels more noble than what he was doing before, until the tiger.

It's just so fun that everyone considers Royce to be the more dangerous because he's more volitile, which is an accurate assessment, but if either of them should really smell like death, it's Hadrian.

[hearteyesmcgarrett]

"You're not a stray anymore, Royce."

"What?"

"I'm just saying that if you died, I'd bury you. And if not me, Gwen would. By Mar, Gwen would build a tomb for you and paint it blue."

BRB WEEPING

[rxpppedjeans]

Royce: Am I a good person? No. Hadrian: But are you trying to be better? Royce: Absolutely not.

[thenamesbabe-crybabe]

*slides in your ask box* do u ever just think about Royce and Gwen?? And then get really sad

Every single day of my life

[its-elvish-for-two]

Forgot to post this a couple of days ago, so have it now! Royce using Alverstone to carve pumpkins, and pumpkin!Riyria

[mayhaps-perhaps-probablynot]

So I was thinking about how Hadrian is always the one to cook their meals on the road yeah?, and the fact that Royce - by what we get to know throughout Riyria - wouldn't be able to cook anything to save his life

So what would he do without Hadrian?

I thought honestly, he'd probably eat an animal raw if he had to (if he had no money, no rations left, and there's no food to be stolen anywhere near - which are all scenarios those two manage to find themselves in rather regularly lmao)

So I had this wild image in my head of Royce just tearing into some raw meat while Hadrian's sat next to him staring in utter horror