#not pro just want to share

[crazy-ache]

It's very, very interesting to me....

Tower of Dawn (September 5, 2017) and A Court of War and Ruin (May 2, 2017) were released in the same year, only months apart. So I don't think it's far-fetched to believe that there was an overlap in writing, plotting, and planning these books. When you really think about it, you can see many parallels that likely influenced each other.

Specifically Chaol/Yrene and Elain/Lucien.

Both books bring to light:

A soft FMC that does not want to be a warrior or wield a sword

A MMC that is dealing with feelings of guilt and worthlessness

"The world needs more healers." / "I think the world needs more gardens. "

Yrene's healing is a form of light / Lucien's parentage to the Day Court HL

A MMC that has been dealing with issues behind the scenes, separate from the main cast, but that significant work is revealed at a later time

FMCs that are living in a place they call home but aren't truly home

FMCs that try to avoid/maintain distance from the MMC due to prejudices in their heart that are related to the MMC but not directly caused by them (Chaol's identity vs Lucien's bond)

Both encompass a love story that is filled with tension, healing, and growth from both the male and female

And what I also take away from this...

SJM surprised her readers with ToD. Chaol was not mentioned at all in Empire of Storms, but she had always planned to bring him back into the story.

Could this have influenced the way she wrote Elucien in ACOWAR? I think so. She has put their relationship/development on the back burner since that book. There are clear parallels between the two ships, and I wouldn't be surprised if Chaolrene foreshadows a similar path for Elucien.

In terms of what their book will be like....but also how their book will come to be...

Meaning that just because Elain/Lucien were largely missing from ACOSF/HOFAS, she is likely taking her inspiration from ToD (which she was writing when she was in peak Elucien mode in ACOWAR)...and has been intentionally planning the timing of their story.

And just like she did with Chaol/Yrene, she'll pull them back into the story when you least expect it. After everything with Nesta/Az/Crossover....I think this means in this next book.

[milkbreadtoast]

"The perfect orv dub/Kim Dokja voice doesnt exis-"

EXPLAIN THIS!!!!! (@voiceactorken on youtube!!!)

[legendl0re]

I’ve been thinking a lot about out how ACOTAR is actually a tragedy if you think about it in the perspective of Feyre losing her entire self when she died at the end of the first book, and I came to an interesting conclusion about how I would have wanted that to be explored.

I wish Feyre had a friend, like a genuine human friend she made in the village that knew who Feyre was and what Feyre wanted before she was taken into Prythian. Who would have gone alongside Nesta to the wall to find her, and was left behind when Tamlin gifted the Archerons their new wealth. In all the time the sisters spent in the village, I find it hard to believe the only connection she ever formed was with some mediocre lay named Isaac.

And when Feyre comes back, changed and mated to Rhysand, she tells his friend everything that happened to her, from the forced lap dancing to the subterfuge to the breakdown of her relationship with Tamlin to the machinations and manipulations of Rhysand, and at the end of the story…her friend is utterly horrified.

She points out how Rhysand’s “choices” were all previously picked out for her, how fucked the ring hunt in the weaver’s cottage was, asks questions about why he doesn’t manage his court properly (ie: enforcing the wing clip ban and helping the women of the Hewn City)

Obviously a peasant in the village may not know the intricacies of governance or fey politics but humor me, maybe the Archerons aren’t the only former nobles to fall from grace, or maybe the peasant just knows shit, but more to the point.

She points out the nightmare that Feyre’s been conditioned to live in, as she now is able to regain the human perspective that she lost upon being reborn through another person. Because damn if ACOTAR isn’t a tragedy about OG Feyre actually died UTM, and this new Feyre was entirely different.

This would truly give her the chance to reconcile how embroiled in the chaos of Prythian’s politics she has become, with a friend to help her remember how she was and what she wanted.

And shit, that doesn’t even mean that Feyre has to do anything with that information. She could be perfectly content with the world she’s in and being with the IC and Rhys, but her friend would realize that the old Feyre is gone, and someone can mourn her.

At least then the novel acknowledges that A) Feyre has changed drastically in her metamorphosis from human or fey and B) Give a connect to the human world that we actually give a shit about, because the mortal queens ain’t it.

Just a thought

[yaralulu]

@lorcandidlucienwill I cannot stop thinking about your tamlin post of him possibly abdicating his throne so I wanna share my two cents on this.

While you’re probably gonna end up being right, I really do hope you’re wrong lol.The main thing I wanna see with tamlin is him healing and tamlin abdicating his throne and “quitting” just feels like he’s giving up on his people,his court and himself and nothing about that screams healing to me.I think tamlin is deeply connected to his people and his lands and a big part of his healing journey should be him embracing and making peace with his high lord position—as well as regaining the trust of his people and rebuilding the spring court.Tamlin has shown that he cherishes his people deeply and everything he does is for them and I don’t believe he’d abandon them so easily.He is a good high lord,he just needs to accept his place and find some peace and enjoyment in it.I believe tamlin healing is deeply connected to the spring court healing and vice versa.One won’t happen without the other.

Right now tamlin’s too deep in his own shit to see what’s really going on around him so I think it’s a lot more complicated than “he has no interest in ruling over spring anymore”.He doesn’t want to be alive anymore and him living in his beast form is basically his way of fulfilling that without completely fucking up the spring court and leaving his people with nothing.Once he’s out of this depressive episode(because really that’s what it is)the one thing that’ll keep him going will be his court and the effort of trying to be better for them after failing them so terribly.Tamlin healing through the SC and the SC healing through tamlin is what I wanna see happen and it would be much more fulfilling than him giving up and handing his court to someone else —or worse him dying.

And as much as I love lucien and I know that he would make a great high lord,I don’t believe spring would flourish under the rule of some guy whose half autumn half day.They need tamlin— someone who has spring literally running through his veins and blood, someone who is connected to the very lands and core of the spring court.Tamlin has lived in the forests and has dug his hands through the literal ground of his lands.He IS the spring court.

Now do I think SJM will do tamlin’s story justice? Absolutely not but a girl can dream 😁!!

[slytherhys]

Wedding Season - Coming Soon!

Hi guys! Just wanted to share a moodboard I made for a new project I'm working on. I'm so excited to share it with you and I really hope it's something everyone will enjoy. 😊

Synopsis: If there's one thing Elain Archeron knows about weddings - despite her lack of experience and overall fear of commitment - is that attending one alone at the ripe age of 24 is something akin to torture. Let alone 3 weddings. Let alone when your ex is attending. With his own date.

So Elain does what Elain does best: she fakes it until she makes it.

And if her plan includes a broody - and single - Azriel Rosehall who barely tolerates her presence, has a clear distante for big events, and is probably - most likely - still pinning for one of the brides... Well, then I guess Wedding Season is open.

A few ao3 tags:

❣️ fake dating (kinda)

❣️ idiots in love

❣️ azriel might have a high heels kink

❣️ slow dancing

Number of Chapters: around 10 (short fic)

When am I posting it: (update) I'll start posting this fic during elriel month (may)! I'm not entirely sure how long it will take me to finish it tho since it's not a long fic.

[nemo-of-house-hamartia]

ok, once more I realize that my own kindness and friendliness has been taken for implied consent, and as always, the troubles that are brewing now are connected to OCs.

So let me be clear and frank one more time, one last time, because I have NO INTENTION of going through what I went through in 2021.

While I am always immensely happy that my Original Characters are enjoyed and that they can serve as source of inspiration, they are NOT however a template for anyone to base their OCs on.

They are not something that you can take in their entirety, change whatever suits you, and then call it your own.

It doesn't work like that, especially because, and allow me to reiterate this once and for all, OCs are *immensely* personal.

They are an extention of the soul of the person that creates them.

So taking whatever suits your fancy and use it for the "aesthetic" or the "vibes" is immensely disrespectful and, dare I say, rather impertinent, especially when both characters happen to belong to the same fandom.

Now, I am not talking about certain tropes and subjects that are typical of certain genre, of course not.

We are all somehow reinveting something that's already there when we work with OCs and stories.

What I am talking about is taking certain specific idiosyncrasies that make a certain character unique, change them to suit your character, and then being SO IMPERTINENT to just call it your own and parading it around without even having the courtesy to quote the person that has inspired you, taking advantage of the fact that I am just a small creator with a small following.

This is a huge No No for me.

Huge.

I appreciate that other creators might have a different opinion or perspective when it comes to OCs, and while I do not share entirely in that, I sure as hell respect it.

But allow me to be crystal clear: if this happens to me, like it had in 2021, that's the *easiest* way to lose all respect I might harbour for you, and I seldomly get mad or angry.

I am always accomodating, always supportive, and I think I have proven it aplenty in the past few years.

But this is something that I cannot condone nor agree with.

And it's not just a matter of ethic, in this sense: it's a matter of also hurting me, and literally put my whole creative process into shamble.

It's a matter of having respect of others.

Now, you might say: who cares if they hurt you? they are characters that do not exist, just move on and have thicker skin!

Well, as I said above, for when it concerns myself, my OCs are an extention of my own soul, a way for me to formulate and explain feelings that sometimes I have a hard time let out; a way for me to actually face, fragmentize and analyze my own trauma through them;

and most important of all, they are OFTEN a love letter to both the world I am exploring with them AND my own husband and child, such as in the case of Jacob and Dorothea,for whom, as I said often in the past 5 years, I have poured A LOT from myself and my husband's own story.

You could say that it probably my fault for having bared my feelings so much and poured so much of myself into a character;

And you might be correct, because I have learned my lesson, and ever since Dorothea and Jacob, no other character has been infused with as much of my own being as they were.

but that doesn't mean that it stings any less when I see it unravels in front of my eyes.

I am tired.

[pink-flame]

You're my neck of the, neck of the woods Leave you, babe, I never could Ginger and gestures of goodwill go forth, let go Of sorrow and sadness and spite I'm somebody taller tonight

Neck of the Woods - Maisie Peters

[rayday-mayday]

So another TikTok about if roleplaying rape should belong in DnD sessions popped up on my FYP and like. I was scrolling through the comments, and saw multiple people saying that CNC and roleplaying rape are not the same thing.

Yes, you read that right: CNC and roleplaying rape are, according to some people on DnD TikTok, not the same thing.

There's more to the shitshow, honestly, but the one thing I mentioned above is just. Wow. Astounding stupidity right there.

Literally had to start writing this as a way to tear myself away from reading all the comments, cuz holy hell was it like watching a trainwreck that you just can't look away from.

[fireboltsystem]

Literally How can you presume to know other people's brains better than the ones that live in it. "Endos all just have repressed trauma" Oh I didn't realize you were a memory holder for someone else's system /sarcasm. are you a fuckin mind reader? Were you there for the event? Or are you just projecting because the idea of plurality that's different from yours makes you uncomfortable? Let's just ignore what endogenics actually say about their experiences in favor of some shit you just made up then /sarcasm.

[afurtivecake]

Andrew and Neil never getting married and never making it public that they're together is great actually, because in universe, they'd be seen as a modern version of those historical gay couples who never married, lived together all their days and ended up buried next to each other. Exy fans and sports historians will be debating their relationship and calling them "close friends" for centuries to come. Only decades after their deaths would people start wondering if maybe they've been misreading the whole Josten-Minyard teammate relationship wrong. Not necessarily for homophobic reasons because exy ends up becoming one of the sports that's most known for having out queer players, but because everyone assumed if there was anything going on between them, they'd just have announced it like all normal gay exy player couples. (publicity, sponsorships, etc. the exy fans love a good queer exy players wedding) There'd be memes made of photos taken from when their national team won gold of the team celebrating the victory and it's a close crop of Andrew and Neil in matching armbands staring into each other's eyes, Neil grinning like a madman and Andrew doing his best (and failing) not to do the same. It'd say "And they were TEAMMATES" and it'd be used whenever people go on about how so-and-so can't possibly be together because they don't fit what 'traditional relationships' should look like. They'd live entirely on their own terms and then get the last laugh decades after they're gone.

[hotteacocoa]

Can I be honest? I think the reason a lot of girls get so crushed by their breakups because they confuse the idea of being a girlfriend with being a wife, and I believe that is due to the feminist movement.

Like, that girl who was crying because she moved to another state with her boyfriend and her boyfriend broke up with her, that was a wife move not a girlfriend move. When I was dating my boyfriend, we did long distance dating the entire time because he was in the military. Did I decide to move with him? No. Did I want to be close to him? Of course I did, but I also knew that moving in with someone is a wife type of commitment, not a girlfriend type of commitment.

I think a lot of women get confused about what is their girlfriend duty versus their wife duty, which makes sense since society has tried so hard to demean women who just want to start a family with their husband. The idea of being a wife has been completely demonized by the feminist movement, and now we’re seeing women become “stay-at-home girlfriends” because they’re so scared for being called out by just following their natural instincts of wanting to care for the home and her family and show commitment to her man. The idea of being a “traditional wife” has become so controversial to the point that women aren’t taking that extra step in a relationship (getting married) because they were told that “marriage between a man and woman is bad,” and “marrying a man will tie you down!!” and “you’ll lose all your freedom!!” When yet, marriage is about unity, commitment, and love. We have to stop scaring women into believing they have to continue this cycle of dating and breaking up and dating and breaking up, and we need to start actually allowing women to get married without the fear of being shamed for it because, in the end, that’s what we should be doing to ensure this dating/breaking up cycle ends!! There’s nothing wrong with wanting to show your love and commitment and unity with a man; there’s nothing taboo about being a woman and wanting to get married and care for a family.

It’s wonderful that feminism gave us the opportunity to do things other than marriage and homemaking, but it’s horrible that feminism is now hating on women who are doing the very thing they were once told they had the freedom to do. Feminism should be about giving us the opportunity to choose what we want to do with our lives, not forcing us into the workforce so we won’t become like the “awful traditional wives who lost all their freedom.” I feel like feminism is now all about rebutting true femininity and suppressing our inherent desires, and because of that, we now have women who are stuck in the “dating-breaking up” cycle because they’ve been scared out of actually committing and following their inherent desires. Now us women are stuck having to work because feminism pushed us into the workforce, and now we can’t afford to just live on one person’s income.

This whole movement has completely ruined women’s opportunities to have a choice, and now we’re a society of women who are forced to work, scared out of getting married, shamed for building a family, and suppressed for disagreeing with the feminist agenda.

[bibxrbie]

I don't really know how to feel about the fact that Ahsoka has all these things that could help revive the Order, and she just doesn't share it with Luke who is actively trying to revive the Jedi Order. Like, Hyuang is with her as she goes on an intergalactic space trip, and she has holos of Anakin training lightsaber combat, which I would argue she doesn't really need.

And, idk, I wouldn't say it's selfish for her to have these things, that's not really fair on her, and I don't expect her to give them to Luke, but I do hope she shares that knowledge with him.

[chompe-diem]

ok i've listened to the latest ep now and u cannot tell me albin and sol are not qpr. sorry but they are bonded 4 lyfe like that. we already knew this but now it's finally canon. Do Not Ask Caldwell Or Murph but it's canon. i'm not crazy-

[romanticatheartt]

If I had the ability to led on a grown ass man (without even doing much) for 5 centuries I'd be proud as fuck, lemme tell ya...

Mor probably...

[tempesttz]

how being in the same place as anti endos feels sometimes:

this is kind of hard to read due to the gray (my eyes are little light sensitive babies) and the tiny text so transcription below:

endogenic plural: "hey! i'm plural, like you, but in a different way! i would like to compare our experiences as we share a similar niche phenomenon and may be able to help each other out! isn't that cool?" anti endo: "well you'll never truly be able to understand how we feel as traumagenic systems because we never chose to be a system and you did and the fact that you use terms that we created as if your plurality and my plurality are the same is honestly disgusting even if it works the way that you claim you're encroaching on our communities and the concept that we are anything alike will NEVER be true. you will never understand how i feel you encroach on our communities and when we get upset about it you bite back, why do you NEED to exist in our spaces??? us trauma survivors have literal triggers that can be CAUSED by endos, being a trauma survivor means that we might not want to interact with you or validate you as an endogenic while you claim to have the same or similar experiences, our systems are based on trauma and survivial not whatever else you have, sharing community spaces like that is just so inherently wrong, if you truly are formed not by trauma than your experiences will never be like us, im quoting a real person here lmao" endogenic plural: "jesus dude"

[thatweirdguyinthebushes]

sometimes when people say "they're a pro shipper" they don't mean that someone glorifies pedophilic or non consensual relationships and they actually mean "this person writes a canonically abusive dynamic as abusive, but they do it in a way that makes me feel gross" and I feel like that's a very important distinction