#r a salvatore

[steamclouds]

Big fan of the way Artemis fighting with Charon's Claw is described in the Sellswords Trilogy

[hierophant-x]

a lorestone may tell you it’s secrets if you listen close enough ✨

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[ladymirdan]

Reading R. A Salvatore books are very frustrating.

Why are they so good?! How am I able to concentrate on the story for chapters on end?

The last hundred or so books I've read have all been 40k/black library, and while I love the characters and the plot, boy, can they be a slog sometimes. I have at moments started to question my ability to even read anymore.

Im not gonna stop reading 40k, but boy do I wish they had more talented writers. (or at least a few more editors 😅)

[dawnstarranger]

“Drizzt had always suspected it, but now it was confirmed, that “welcome” was his favorite word in the Common Tongue, and a word, he understood, with no equivalent in the language of the drow.”

-The Last Threshold by R. A. Salvatore

[jaxdaerthe]

I will say, while my close companionship with Artemis is a treasure of mine, it seems rather expanded in the “fanfic” culture. Many of you are rather creative. I have more variety to read than past opportunities. What is lacking is my time with so many others. Where are the Dragon Sisters?! And the intimacy of Kimmuriel? And while on Toril I missed my opportunities early on with Zaknafein, I cannot deny the desire!

For his sake, I am glad there are not too many of him. Fitting his personality to words is quite a challenge, so much so that author Salvatore seems to have abandoned it. Where are all of the interactions between him and his son? His granddaughter? You mean to tell me mister Dad is content to let be on his legacy?

The cat is out of the bag, as you say, and she is pissed. (So is Drizzt for that matter; how dare anyone bag dear Guenhwyvar!) I stopped reading those books because I deviate so greatly from the later ones. Who wants memories of a worse version of themselves doing things you wouldn’t in a land where all your other friends are (even if they do not behave as you remember)?

I have opinions, and I have met some good friends here in Earth who have shown me the values of Empathy and the potential devastating repercussions of consequence. I let my true friends in, and hide far less than I used to. True friends pry when their companions behave concerningly.

So here I am! A reformed mercenary leader devoting himself to bettering the circumstances of his friends!

And the Cataclysm that brought me here brought a few others with me. I do not intend to fail Zaknafein again. His is a heart worth defending.

And tending, if he will have me.

[desdasiwrites]

– R.A. Salvatore & Erika Lewis, The Color of Dragons

[deadgodjess]

Somewhere R. A. Salvatore is sneezing.

[wayfaringwriter]

RA Salvatore "We're going on an adventure!! Again!!"

If you had to have a slogan for your writing style? Or your favorite authors? (Think travel poster) what would it be? I'll start a few:

@calaisreno ... 'Always Pining, Always Perfect'

@totallysilvergirl ... 'Angst is Where the Heart Finds a Home'

@clueda ... 'The More You Want, The More You Wait'

@chriscalledmesweetie ... 'All is Fun and Games Til Somebody Loses Their Trousers'

@therealsaintscully ... 'Find Me In the River Weeping with You'

@7-percent ... 'All You Want, Is Less Regrets, Let's Haiku'

@sherlockedcarmilla ... 'The Only Place Hotter is Hell Itself'

[steamclouds]

Cattie-Brie Battlehammer the woman that you are...

[manicpixiedepressedwitch]

[i-am-loki-locked]

There’s actually an old book called A Reader’s Guide to R.A Salvatore’s The Legend of Drizzt that confirms this. This is what it says in one of the entries on Jarlaxle:

The book was published in 2008 so a lot of its information is out of date now, but I always liked that little detail. 

Ngl I kinda think Jarlaxle's leg never fully healed from the events of Legacy. We know Triel didn't fully heal it, and he had to get back to Menzoberranzan on his own. No matter how quickly and how far he can teleport, he still had to take a few steps on a broken leg. I think it's hard to notice, but Jarlaxle now walks with a very very slight limp.

[ladymacbethisagirlboss]

More and more I wish Earthsea had got the adaptation it deserved. An adaptation that loved and valued the incredible power of these books. An adaptation that captured the heart of Earthsea, it's gentle, stern atmosphere, it's passion and it's fire. And most importantly, an adaptation NOT JUST FULL OF WHITE PEOPLE. It's insulting.

Nowadays, fantasy adaptations are so key to bringing a fanbase and attention to older works. So this is my plea - read them! They're such incredible works of fiction, with POC mains and queer characters. If you're a fan of LOTR or WOT this is your jam. If you like Brandon Sanderson or James Islington, give it a go.

If they've passed you by, or you've never got round to reading them, this is your sign.

READ EARTHSEA

[fellbrandz]

Silly drow and emotional support kitty 🩷

[tharannas]

I wanted to fill the gap in my cultural upbringing and finally read the Icewind Dale trilogy. Honestly, I was quite bored, so I entertained myself with silly doodles.

(the excerpt on the first doodle roughly translates as "[Wulfgar] thrust his battlehammer behind the belt and went after the dwarf")

(the excerpt on the last doodle roughly translates as "Entreri ran out into the street and spread his legs, ready to meet Drizzt")

[steamclouds]

Drizzt sketch from a while ago, currently still stuck at The Thousand Orcs

[citasliterarias]

Ése era el peligro de la nostalgia, comprendió el drow. Recordar las cosas buenas del pasado y olvidar las malas.

El mar de las espadas (R. A. Salvatore)