#shadow and bone aes

[buffonia]

They don't know who we are. Not really. They don't know what we've done, what we've managed together. So let's go show them they picked the wrong damn fight.

[bonefall]

Just curious, is Russetfur still Raggedstar’s half sister in this universe or are they completely unrelated now? Also do you have anything on Boulder? He was always one of my favorite background cats

If they are half-sibs, it's not relevant! They won't know or care.

Chelford cats are matriarchal. Sires don't inherently play a role in the lives of their children, and seeking that sort of company is something a parent keeps discreet. Uncles and brothers fill the role of "father" in raising the kittens, with cats tracking their lineages through mothers

So Russet has no idea who her father is and doesn't care. Ngl, I also just... don't care about Hal lmaooo

(Imagine writing a super edition about one of your most popular characters, with a story that people have been begging to hear in detail for years, and then dedicating the entire opening to her shitty husband's daddy issues. Couldn't be me.)

Instead, Russetfur is related to the leader of BloodClan at that time. Brick is her sister. I might make Hal her uncle or older brother.

The conflict that occurs between BloodClan and ShadowClan at this time will cause the leader to be killed suddenly, triggering the Frenzy, the period of time during which a new leader is chosen. Pinestar is already having issues over in ThunderClan, and starts seriously thinking about leaving to go help out.

(Though it's certainly not his last straw.)

In any case... if Russetfur and her buddy Boulder had been having second thoughts about Clan life, getting the BloodClan Leader killed and burned the hell out of THAT bridge.

Anyway.

Russetfur and Boulder are in danger during TigerClan. Serious danger. They were loyal to Brokenstar and were safe as long as they were good warriors, but Tigerstar had his eye on them.

So, I feel they may have supported Deerfoot's Rebels, but deniably. I want Blackstar picking Russetfur to be heavily based on her participation, but I also need her to stay safe.

(Might end up having her escape and take refuge with Mistyfoot...)

Boulder is a lot more passive. I like him a LOT and want to expand his role a bit, just because... I Like Him. Literally just blorbo lmao. It's funny how the fandom consensus is just, "this guy's cool!"

I go back and forth on when Boulder's kids are born, and who they are. But he WILL be having kids

I'm set on Whitethroat being one of them, and leaning towards Wetfoot being another.

If Wetfoot is one of Boulder's kids, Firestar knows Boulder as a concerned dad. Wetfoot is going to get a bigger role as a friend in ShadowClan and Deerfoot Rebel.

In my head, Boulder likes the community of Clan life more than the violence, but because he's huge and served under tyrannical leaders he gets forced into battles he doesn't enjoy.

He massively regrets following Russetfur, honestly. He doesn't want to leave and go rebuild his reputation in BloodClan... but he also wishes he never came here.

In my heart, TPB is like the WORST period in this poor guy's life. Background character going through an absolute WRINGER

He's anxious for himself, anxious for his friends, anxious for his kids. Loses Whitethroat. Might lose Wetfoot to the Plague. Serves under TigerClan, terrified that if he isn't a perfect warrior he will get killed.

(And he's right. His fear is warranted. If Russetfur does something, like if I go with her being a refugee in ThunderClan, HE is going to get punished.)

And, of course, he is eventually used by Tigerstar to open up talks with BloodClan.

Even though he has Sasha, Nightwhisper, and Jaggedtooth to serve the same purpose... Tigerstar chooses Boulder.

He doesn't trust Jaggedtooth after he "fails" to contain the prisoners that escape to ThunderClan. He "proved" his loyalty by following his order to execute Deerfoot, but Jaggedtooth is now at the bottom of the pecking order.

Sasha is being reduced to a mate Tigerstar can control, even though she served as one of his mercenaries. He doesn't give her ANY agency.

Nightwhisper is a stupid tool, in Tigerstar's eyes. He does not respect his intelligence, just his eagerness.

So Boulder is chosen. He's smart enough to translate properly, fearful enough to do what Tigerstar says, has lived long enough as a Clan cat... and if he HAS any remaining kids, there is the implicit threat that if Boulder tries something funny, his child is who will pay for it.

After TigerClan ends, I feel like Boulder is desperate to retire early, but also feels like he can't ask for it. He's only survived this long because of his usefulness. It would be hard to trust that he can just... not serve, anymore.

If I can scrounge up more kits for ShadowClan (IT'S SO SMALL), I also would like him to end up having another litter mid-Po3.

Hopefully one of the kids of his first survived, so I can play around with the harrowing dynamic of, "Our dad is so much happier while raising you... I envy my younger sibling's childhood."

And on a final note, Boulder is probably going to get a Warrior Name during TPB. It doesn't really make sense that he just keeps his old one, unfortunately, when Clan Culture is at its most xenophobic and he's in active danger. He'll get Boulder back as a request between TPB and TNP.

[callosiity]

— SHADOW & BONE AESTHETIC

ETHEREALKI : ORDER OF THE SUMMONERS, squaller, inferni, and tidemaker

[aquitainequeen]

Grishaverse/Shadow and Bone: Heartrenders can crush your internal organs or given you a heart attack! We're just going to imply the crushing via blood from the mouth on screen, though. The Wheel of Time: ... The Wheel of Time: So here's Ryma Galfrey, Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah, using her knowledge of healing and how the body works to basically turn her opponent into a human pretzel. Me: ...good lord

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

before you snap by yonderboi is a ford song

not in the mood to draw it, so here's a description of what ae imagine for this song:

entirely black-and-white

'doesn't feed you, does it?' is bill offering ford a deal

the chain-like clacks afterwards are split-second glimpses into a more disturbing form for bill (him being cast mostly in the shadows before this point)

'but uh...how much can you take?' fiddleford and ford at the diner, bill's looming silently over ford as he glares at fiddleford

'how much can you take...' fiddleford leaving, ford reaching out to him as he goes, confused

'before you SNAP' crack across the background behind him as the swirling of the nightmare realm is seen, it begins leaking over his face, colors are doubled over each other. flashes of his corrupted reflection, hands reaching towards him on the ground, as he slowly turns around. his expression grows blank as he sees the portal- a beating heart held up by flesh and bone and teeth as bill's eye opens above and stares down at him

the next verse being ford post-head surgery staring blankly as memories of bill's whispers echo in his head. the chain-like clacks being flashes of the torment bill put him through

'but uh...how much can you take? how much can you take? how much can you take?' the memories becoming more vivid, more graphic as ford visibly becomes more distressed

'before you SNAP' you can see the determination and anger in ford's eyes as the next scenes play out him gathering materials and receiving the power source he needs for his gun (ae'm not typing out the full name) from the better world fiddleford

'how much can you take, before you SNAP' ford's about to kill bill, but notices the portal open behind him as the sound of glass cracking plays and all goes silent and it cuts to black

bird song plays as a colorful gravity falls fades back into view. ford, heavily desaturated in color, is standing in the clearing where bill's statue is, staring down at it. stan stands farther back behind him, waiting to walk back with him

the final words are in another language (hungarian, according to the translation ae used) and is roughly: 'i have to meet god. i want to ask him a few things. for example, what is our purpose? because we build our houses, raise our children, harvest our wheat, fight wars, kill each other...but for what end? and, well, i want to ask him also about my life. i want to find out the truth'

ford turns away and begins to walk towards stan with a smile as color fades back into him like watercolor

[oh-no-another-idea]

Find the word tag

Thank you for the tag @starlit-hopes-and-dreams! <3 I'll find contrast, cheek, choose/chose, and chill from the Invisible Girl...

Contrast:

The voice belonged to a tall man wearing a sharp black fedora hat and suit. In contrast, his skin was milky pale and his eyes a frighteningly light gray. There wasn’t a spot of color anywhere to be found on him.

Cheek:

“You’re a stowaway, aren’t you,” Antonio said, having followed Velia and come to the same conclusion as she.       Fynn stood, the dim lighting casting dark shadows under his cheekbones. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was simply trying to take a nap.” “Oh, I don’t mind,” Antonio was quick to add. “Ms. Greene is a stowaway too and she and I are well on our way to being friends.”

Choose:

“Where does it end?” Lewis demanded, throwing his hands up. “I go home to my tiny drafty flat where I can barely pay the bills, and Fynn supports his whole family and Paris has one too many accidents and loses a finger, and Velia gets trampled to death by a horse—” “It ends with us,” Antonio interrupted, before Velia’s imagined death could get any worse. “It ends where we choose it to.”     

Chill:

On the station platform, it was impossible to believe Velia was still in the city. Fog, thick enough to be masquerading as pea soup, swam and mingled with the steam rolling off the locomotive waiting on the tracks. Nearby lamps blinked feebly, and Velia’s nice maroon jacket wasn’t enough to keep her warm. Or maybe that was just fear chilling her bones.

Open tag for any who see it, and also gentle tags for @sarandipitywrites @enchanted-lightning-aes @lady-grace-pens @on-noon @cherrybombfangirlwrites @wrenofthewords @sleepyowlwrites @lena-rambles and @rhikasa -- your words are talk, bottle, sail, honor, and open 🌈

[junkyardisles]

swappers i went over in da ask but i can quickly touch on their dynamic cause of me spending the last 6 years crafting the ssa cores' dynamic for my canon. thing. idk what u'd call it? i accidentally do the 15 y/o is buds with a 29 y/o who's their mentor thing again a lot of the swappers are teenagers, youngest is rubble rouser (they/he/ae) who's 14. and then a lot of them are in their late 20s or early 30s, and then night shift (he/him) is god knows how old doom stone (she/her) is close with hoot loop (they/she/xe) since they brought her to life but she also kinda became fire kraken (she/her)'s guardian figure, and similarly freeze blade (he/him) hangs around trap shadow (he/him) who helps him out with stuff. fire kraken and freeze blade also are trained by blast zone (he/him) and wash buckler (he/him) since those two knew eachother prior n demonstrate opposing elements working together well putting myself on blast real fast btw VV

npcs are the most underdeveloped part so far admittedly. the council has more members who served in absence of the skylanders, the chieftess (esmeralda) was a strong sorceress in her prime + is tessa's guardian, tessa's a young scruffy vulpid (fox/anteater things) who meets flynn and thinks he's so god damn cool!!!!!, avril is a gnome i dunno her shtick yet, THE TECH GUARDIAN when they get unevilised they go to woodburrow and sell hats as if nothing ever happened, sharpfin catches my eye the most but i'm debating what development things to pull for him (he knew tessa based on unused dialogue and had to be rescued) he doesn't like shellshock tho cloudbreak is pretty contained so i'm not actually changing that much with it, just trying to make it seem even more contained if that makes sense. it's in the southern hemisphere and i thought it'd be fun to have it be heavily south america inspired at times but i've been slacking off on including that for my canon as well (aka where the idea came from). cloudbreak has megafauna and less magic, so mt. cloudbreak replenishes the noticeably small amount of magic within the world already, and the ancient elementals consist of the flashfin (represents the marshes n swamps), terrasquid (represents the barrens), frosthound (represents the frigids n mountains), and the tree spirit (represents the verdant)

a lot less of cloudbreak's fauna has direct elemental ties too, instead being tied to their environment around them. however! some skylands species had ended up in cloudbreak n became invasive, also adopted new looks. vulpids, hippoids (hippo/horse mix. tuk and gorm lawl), kangarats, boghogs, n whatnot are some common cloudbreak species

petrified darkness is cloudbreak's version of traptanium. instead of the blastee(?) Turning Evil they basically get overloaded with adrenaline and magic, kicking their fight response into high drive. the less energy and/or magic someone has the more they'll be able to control it. also when you break the crystals it doesn't hurt them and they just become tired afterwards :) also specifically on greebles, they're weird marsupials because cloudbreak is also australia and they eat bugs. their ears serve as vibration detectors with a bone inside

while this bit is their actual ear that hears things

also they're tarsiers in my mind

[collectivelibrary-archived]

Hello, I’m a member of a system who just split and I’m technically an introject but I do not want to associate with the character (for personal reasons), so could I get name and pronoun suggestions/hoards based around mystery or unknown identity - however you should decide to interpret that.

Signing off as 🚫 so I can identify it in the future, and thank you in advance.

Yes of course! That's a pretty cool theme you got there :P

Since you didn't say any preference I'll do them all!

NAMES ;;

Masc ; Wes, Blanton, Cedric, Callum, Seamus, Horace,

Neu ; Kerri, Ryn / Rynne, Shadow, Shade, Serafina / Seraphina, Talon, Casper, Clyde, Claude,

Femme ; Mystica, Mistique, Tania, Tatiana, Raevyn / Ravyn / Raven, Alina, Zilla, Jenalee, Inej, Blaire / Blair, Hermione, Agatha, Ada, Emory

PRONOUNS ;;

Neu ; xe/xem, ny/nyx, voi/void, ae/aer, mo/moss, fae/faer, cor/corpse, bo/bone, bod/body, go/gore, gho/ghost, gho/ghoul, nyc/nycto, cad/cadaver, vam/vamp, zom/zombie

[keplercryptids]

[image description copied from alt text: two versions of the same drawing of an NPC from my ttrpg game, Han'ae (ae/aer). Han'ae is a tall, thin soldier with brown skin and dark brown hair pulled into a bun. Ae is standing at attention with aer hands behind aer back. Ae's wearing a black military jacket with gold details and tasseled epaulets, black pants, and black boots with gold laces. Han's shadow cast on the wall behind aer is of a tall, unlit pyre of bones. On the left, the shadow is lined in gold and on the right, it's not. Han'ae is looking to the side with a neutral expression. End ID.]

a pyre of bones, unlit.

also, a closeup:

[image description copied from alt text: a closeup of the drawing above on Han'ae's face. A gold pin of a bird and one of a flame are on the front of aer jacket.]

[marshmallowprotection]

Heya! I was wondering if i could suggest a semi-specific request 😅😂

Could I request a scene where I reunite with Ray in VAE? I was thinking I could've been with him in Mint Eye and had a relationship with him - even though it is V's ending.

What happened to Magenta with the bomb shattered me, and that uncertainty about Ray was just 😖😖😖

I would miss him so, so much

Would he miss me as much too? He's everything to me 😅

After all the time V spends with him in his AE, would Ray still remember me? Would he be shocked that I remembered him? And still love him so much?

Aaah 🤧🤧

Skittish.

Tentative.

Frightened.

Those are the words Jihyun used to describe him at his worst. Even after years of trying to pull himself back together, there was nothing that could change the fact that he was forever scarred by what he'd done that day in Magenta. On the of losing everything, he thought it would be better to get rid of himself than it would be to join the rest of the believers in paradise.

What was life worth if everyone left him all over again?

That was how he felt for the longest time... his only regret being that he called you before the bomb went off. He didn't want to scare you with the truth of his actions, but that selfish part inside of his chest wanted you to know he loved you with everything his heart had and he would never love another soul like he loved you.

He thought you'd move on with your life, become happy as can be, and have everything he ever dreamed of.

In some ways... his love for you would carry on in your happiness. It was the only thing that brought him peace in those final moments, and yet, even so, he always yearned for more than that.

Maybe that was the most human thing about him. He always obeyed the rules given to him because they were an oath made in blood... like a tool or a puppet, but his love for you gave him a bleeding heart that made him feel alive. It was his love for you that kept him alive as long as it had. That's what he wanted to believe.

You were an angel unlike any other he'd ever met.

And maybe, just maybe, by the grace of your love... or just dumb luck, he survived that explosion. He suffered torment for weeks as the scars rattled his bones and fried his skin, but one thought never left his head. You. You were the singular thought that he both yearned for and dreamed would never come close to him again.

He hurt you in every sense of the word, and he couldn't bring himself to let go. It would've been better if he let you go. You could have a life with the RFA! You could enjoy everything the world had to offer and it would make him happy. As long as you had a life... a life you dreamed of... he knew nothing could ever dampen his dream. You were his true dream... his only dream, but he knew that he may never have you the way he wanted.

You would never look at him the way he looked at you... he would be a fool to think otherwise.

The light in your eyes saved him.

That was why he agreed to come with Jihyun to the party. He didn't want to go in the beginning. He only wanted to stay in the shadows... to erase himself until it was time to find his brother, but the thought of seeing your face one last time made him yearn to come along for... for what would probably be the last time he'd allow himself to see you in person.

He planned to stay in the crowd, hidden by the number of guests and patrons, and then he would retreat to the hotel to spare himself a lot of painful circumstance. Seeing you at the party, smiling, was meant to be enough for him.

If you were dancing with someone or thriving in a way that would've challenged his memory, it would've stung deep and made it hard to breathe, but... the risk was worth it. Even if you were in love with the world outside of him... and you found a reason to smile... he would be okay with that. He would have to be.

He just... needed to see your face one final time.

It had to be worth it.

You found him despite his desire to hide when Jihyun extended his hand to welcome the newest member to the RFA. He looked over at Jihyun, nerves eating away at his very soul, but a smile remained on Jihyun's face, as if beckoning him to task a risk. He stood there, like a deer in the headlights, unable to move or say a word as you stared at him.

Everything felt like it was moving in slow-motion.

His body was stuck.

Then, all at once, when he felt like he needed to run away, you leapt in his direction before his brother could—throwing your arms around him with a sob on your lips that sounded like—misery and hope all at once. He stood there, eyes wide and jaw-slacked, unable to say even a single word as Saeyoung embraced the two of you as well.

"Ray," you wept. You sounded like it hurt to lose him in the first place. He never thought you would miss him. "You're alive! I was afraid that I lost you forever! I can't believe you're here! You're here and breathing. Tell me it's not a dream...!"

"You're okay," sobbed his twin brother, his voice filled with just as much relief and pain that it felt otherworldly to someone like Ray. Years of his life were spent thinking he was nothing more than the nuisance he was taught to be, and now... just like Jihyun said many times in the past... his loved ones were telling what he thought was a pipe dream. "My baby brother, you're okay!"

Ray couldn't believe it.

Saeyoung missed him... truly.

You'd missed him... deeply.

Jihyun hadn't lied to him.

"I'm sorry," he croaked. The tears flooding his vision as he broke down for the first time in a very long time. "I'm sorry!"

[buffonia]

“My mother is Ketterdam. She birthed me in the harbor. And my father is profit. I honor him daily.”

[bearholdingashark]

WIP Tag Game

Tagged by @midwinterspringwrites (Thank you! <3)

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

And yeah....I know I have a problem (I didn't think the list would be this long though)

Darklina Phantom of the Opera (partially posted)

Darklina "monster in the closet" fae Sasha meet cute

Darklina modern grishaverse sex pollen fic

Darklina The House AU The Little Palace kinktober '23 (partially posted)

Darklina ep 5 au light bondage/edging to get answers

Darklina stylist Sasha actress Alina

Darklina ex FIL

Darklina baby trapping exes

Enola/Tewkesbury smutty dance lesson canon divergence

Enola/Tewkesbury/Sarah/William celebration

Darklina season 2 fix it double agent!Alina Brand New Heretic (partially posted)

Darklina first time roleplay

Darklina high school sweethearts second chance (when we were young modern au) (partially posted)

DITW Alina instead of Annika Darklina tether au

Darklina canonverse 13 Going On 30 au

Let Me Love The Lonely other Alina Darklina follow up

Darklina witch hunt

Darklina And They Were Roommates modern au

demon!Allina/witch!Sasha shared custody of Ivan Darklina

Darklina professor/single dad modern au

Ludarklina soulmates

Ludarklina dreams

Darklina No Notion first time regency marriage of convenience

Darkzoyalina voyeurism prompt

in public scream prompt Darklina invisibility

Darklina ceilings soulmates au

Darklina Jurassic Park/World Ellie/Alan AU

Darklina Harper's Island AU

Happy Blended Families Darklina Ulla/Luda

Anastas/Aleksander/Luda Birthday suprise

Lusander summoning each other's powers fix it

Darklina Beauty and the Beast pregnant Alina au

Darklina Old West au sheriff!Sasha/papa!Alina

Luda resurrection Shadow and Bone eventual Ludarklina (partially possible)

Darklina Father's Day card

Darklina house husband/mob boss washing the blood off

Prefold Darklina feat time travel (partially posted)

Darklina can't lie to soulmate (partially posted)

Darklina Addams Family crossover meeting the family

Darklina fake dating holidays omegaverse

Darklina baby girl Sasha ddlg 5+1 acceptance

Darklina circus au

Darklina demon possesion

Darklina baby girl Sasha breeding kink

AAA afterlife Darklina

Darklina puppy siblings modern au

Ludarklina Star Trek TNG wedding

Baghra visions lotr inspired

Darklina homemade Christmas gifts

Darklina ghost!Sasha Halloween fic

Darklina switchcraft au (Twitter 'stay' prompt)

Darklina ddlg marriage of convenience

Alternate Ravka Darklina

Spiritfarer Darklina au

Darklina post Malarkling

Baghra Mrs. Bennet Parenting Darklina

Tattoo Artist Alina non chronological multipchapter follow up Darklina

Darklina Rich Groom Poor Groom follow up

Darklina Pirate Song AU

Hallmark Darklina Royal Playground Marriage au

Vera Matilda AU Darklina

Titan AE Darklina

Mob boss/police chief prequel Darklina

Darklina DMs modern au (partially posted)

Darklina mob boss/police chief going public

Darklina dimension travel sequel (partially posted)

Letters to my Sun Summoner Darklina fic

While You Were Sleeping Darklina angst

Married At First Sight Darklina

Port Gamble Darklina fic I'm not tagging 70 people, so I'll tag @strangelock221b, @ahopelessromanticwritersworld, @fiora-miriel, @ditaliaa, @sternfleck, @ammarantas, @nightquills, @holy-muffins, @goatsandgangsters, @wingardium-fic (but only if you want to!!) and anyone else who wants to do it!

[iviarellereads]

The Great Hunt, Chapter 20 - Saidin

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(Dragon's fang icon) In which that seems... not good?

PERSPECTIVE: Rand. They stop at dawn to give Loial and the horses a rest. Selene asks him to take the Horn down so she can see it, and Rand says absolutely not. He doesn't want the dagger unshielded. She says she just wants one teeeny weeeeny glimpse of it, in the daylight. He can even hold it! Give her an image to remember him by.

The way she's manipulating him reminds him somehow of Aes Sedai, and he asks again if she is one. She erupts in a cold, spitting fury and reaffirms that she's no Aes Sedai, accusing him of always hurling that at her like an insult.(1) At first she starts ignoring him, though when he looks at her she’s smiling at him.(2) But over the course of a day or two, she warms back up to him, until they reach a village and she decides she wants to sleep under the stars instead of at the inn, insisting that there could be Darkfriends, or someone else might get greedy and steal the chest. When Rand suggests they pass it off as "my lady's travel chest of clothes", she gives him an unreadable look.

As they continue toward the village, something catches Rand's eye. There's an excavation nearby, and from the clay thrusts a hand with a great crystal, which is what glinted and caught his attention. He's so focused on it, and a face that must be attached to the same grand statue, that he doesn't even realize he's started holding saidin. He remembers Bayle Domon talking of a great statue holding a crystal, but that was on the island of Tremalking.(3)

Selene is genuinely freaked out and wants Rand to get away from the thing. He releases the void, but saidin doesn't let go of him. He feels like if he sings the song saidin is singing, the statue would open its mouth and sing with him.

The song of saidin, the song of the sphere, he could feel them quivering along his bones.(4) Grimly, he refused to give in, reached deep inside himself . . . I will not. . . . “Rand.” He did not know whose voice it was. . . . reached for the core of who he was, the core of what he was . . . . . . will not . . . “Rand.” The song filled him, filled the emptiness. . . . touched stone, hot from a pitiless sun, cold from a merciless night. . . . . . . not . . . Light filled him, blinded him. “Till shade is gone,” he mumbled, “till water is gone . . .” Power filled him. He was one with the sphere. “. . . into the Shadow with teeth bared . . .” The power was his. The Power was his. “. . . to spit in Sightblinder’s eye . . .” Power to Break the World. “. . . on the last day!”(5) It came out as a shout, and the void was gone. Red shied at his cry; clay crumbled under the stallion’s hoof, spilling into the pit. The big bay went to his knees. Rand leaned forward, gathering the reins, and Red scrambled to safety, away from the edge. They were all staring at him, he saw. Selene, Loial, Hurin, all of them. “What happened?” The void. . . . He touched his forehead. The void had not gone when he released it, and the glow of saidin had grown stronger, and. . . . He could not remember anything more. Saidin. He felt cold. “Did I . . . do something?” He frowned, trying to remember. “Did I say something?”

He was just mumbling to himself, stiff as a statue, until he shouted "day!" but now some of the guards seem to have spotted them. Rand takes one last glance at the crystal, remembering... something... about the sphere. Then they take off for the village proper.

The inn is called The Nine Rings,(6) which was one of Rand's favourite adventure stories growing up. He takes it for a good sign, and asks Selene if he frightened her back there. She says she was terrified, and she doesn't scare easily. She half begs him to take off with her and the Horn, think of it, side by side, the Horn of Valere in his hands, and more glory for the taking, what more could he want?

Rand shakes his head and tells her once more that he doesn't *want* the Horn or glory. It's not his in the first place. She turns her back on him, and that's that.

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(1) It was TWICE, but go off I guess. What an intense reaction, how does anyone not see how suspicious she is? (2) She's probably very pleased at him standing up for himself, she just wants him to do it at everyone else and never to her. (3) Tremalking's is just the hand holding the crystal out of the ground, as far as Domon knew it had never been excavated like this one. What are they? How might they be related? If this one is a man, is the other likely to be the same, or might they be a matched and opposite pair? (4) Just drawing attention to this bit. What is this statue, to evoke a connection to saidin so instinctively in Rand? (5) Those words, though broken up, are one of the Aiel sayings we've heard. (6) Subtlety's for cowards.

[skoff-the-artist]

That animation you posted was amazing!!! The gleam of the leaves is so pretty. If you don't mind, what software did you use for it?

Hii, ty for asking, I was itching to tell!!!

I used Krita for the model and props (background and foreground). I drew parts of his body on different layers so I can assemble them into a model later.

Then I animated the model itself in Moho using bones and ensured it loops (though leaves still look a bit jagged in the end, I animated them w bone dynamics on, it was hard to make them completely match the first frame).

After that, I exported everything as a PNG image sequence (arms and the plant separate from the body to make shadows later) and imported it into Adobe After Effects. I assembled everything, added shadows under his arms, added gleam effects to the eyes and the plant itself, some lighting and a slight parallax so it's all nice and 3d (sort of, it's hard to pick on). I used masks for the most part. Fun fact: I wasted about an hour making small white dots in his eyes bc I used a tracker tool for that and it refused to cooperate. The more you know

Here are some videos that might help:

Moho (this one isn't really beginner friendly in terms of explaining the interface and all that, but it covers basic aspects of bone animation in simple form): https://youtu.be/DSk7NOEzK-w

AE (this one is REALLY good!!): https://youtu.be/jv4axtpnZps

Parallax in AE (mostly covers animation of photos etc. and very well explains the tools you can use): https://youtu.be/CjUeDBbdG_o

Hope this helped!

[queenofmalkier]

So, for my personal thoughts I'm gonna have to watch it again, too much happened. I'm gonna word vomit every thought I have now. Putting it under a cut to be extra careful, spoilers for EVERYTHING.

BAYLE. MY BOY BAYLE.

The Seanchan are so much more horrifying when they explain they're about to fuck shit up in their best customer service voice. And that fucking SPIKE????? It's so perfect. Fucking gruesome. Not making the damane kneel was good too - because they're not people, they don't count. I do wish they'd shown her being rewarded at the end, petting her hair or something like that to really elevate the what the fuckery.

Adeleas is everything and I love her so, so much.

I understand why they made the change to have Nynaeve thought to be dead - it's sowing the seeds for whatever is going on with Mat and it gives Liandrin more depth. It also gives us Egwene showing her own stubbornness - if they won't go get Nyn then SHE'LL do it.

Honestly I'm kind of here for the Liandrin depth? She acts like a bratty little doll come to life but like. The Chucky kind.

AND SHE HAS A SON???? FUCKING TWIST OF THE CENTURY. I was wondering about her comments about living for such a long time and protecting little girls. And we all wanted to know about the "man" Moiraine threatened her with. Honestly I'm just... I like Liandrin as a character now and I don't know how I got here. How did this happen.

Egwene thinking she isn't noticed meanwhile all the background Aes Sedai are like DID YOU SEE HER. Babygirl you been seen. You're just not being stubborn so they don't have to worry about you.

Nynaeve. Fuck man. The Elnore scene broke me but they GOT ME with that fake out no lie. I was like WHAT IN THE FEMINISM GIRLBOSS BULLSHIT IS THIS!?!? And then "OH NO."

I'm glad Elayne got busted for trying to make her room fancy. I was initially annoyed because she wasn't supposed to get special treatment but I need to have more trust.

THEY GAVE US THE FADE SCENE.

They're also giving me Spooky Children of the Corn Elyas and I respect this decision wholeheartedly. He's very "Bitch you about to learn" and I also respect this. Even if him turning up riiiiight when Ishamael was being a shit covered in blood was not helpful for Perrin's Health, Wealth, or Wellbeing.

Oh the darkfriend social POV from the kid was actually genius. It showed all the details without the tricky business of an internal narrative! ALSO. Not everybody gets pulled to the shadow because they're afraid. I think it's important to show that, to show in some ways how indoctrination can happen. That's how you get people who are loyal down to their bones.

Fuck what else.

OH! OH OH OH! PERRIN WRITING LETTERS WAS ALSO GENIUS. Because he's so internal but he's genuinely so thoughtful. He would take the time to write letters, and would take care in what he wrote, and in that way we get to know him so much better. They're not doing my boy dirty this season.

Rand :( :( :( him working in a mental hospital worked well - I was afraid of that change, but they handled it with care. Him going after the dickhead showed us his lack of control too, even if I personally Support Him.

Lanfear is so good. She's so, so, SO fucking good. THIS is what she was always supposed to be. I love RJ, he's my boy, but I think he failed to convey just how fuck off horrifying somebody like Lanfear is. "Don't ever leave me" GIRL.

I saw some complaints about Logain "still taking care of himself" before it came out and was annoyed, but now I feel justified. The man is not eating willingly - I'm sure by now he knows if he doesn't eat they will force feed him. He's a living example. The madman in a cage. He's unkempt and unpredictable and I am living for it because to me, that is having nothing to live for. Asking for ridiculously expensive wine just to pour it out. Nothing matters to Logain anymore.

Min I'm unsure of. I feel like she was a plant by Moiraine for sure, to watch Mat and make him trust her the only way she could, but now she's helping him because of what she saw. (Which, WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKK!?!?!?!?)

All the Beltane lanterns broke my heart.

One gripe: Loial roaring was. Um. Weird.

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

no one said yes when ae asked about it, but ae’m still waiting for the somnia to kick in so

title of every chapter of the 60 chapter hurt/comfort wip fic. under cut

1 - chemicals

2 - kidnapping

3 - parasite

4 - possession

5 - shadows

6 - flowers

7 - sting

8 - upside down

9 - bite

10 - cetus

11 - cliffside

12 - starblood

13 - overstimulation

14 - sensory deprivation

15 - water inhalation

16 - bone

17 - black shuck

18 - fungi

19 - tunnels

20 - gryphon

21 - nightmare

22 - bad memories

23 - stitches

24 - gainsboro

25 - spells

26 - red sprite

27 - curse

28 - gold

29 - day

30 - night

31 - shattered glass

32 - hypothermia

33 - hyperthermia

34 - static electricity

35 - anomaly attack

36 - kelpie

37 - siren

38 - magnet

39 - full moon

40 - hunted

41 - burn

42 - frostbite

43 - nitrogen

44 - vampire

45 - zombie

46 - absence

47 - slice

48 - eye bleed

49 - anhedonia

50 - oxygen deprivation

51 - ghost

52 - lichtenberg

53 - poison

54 - venom

55 - eclipse

56 - birch

57 - phoenix

58 - enchanted weapon

59 - mask

60 - mind eater