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[magicaplin]

@pscentral event 25: seasons

@lgbtqcreators creator challenge: lyrics, colour, free choice (seasons)

Taylor Swift's seasonal lyrics

[ladyeowyn]

Nikolina Appreciation Week 2023 ♛ Day 2: Favourite AU - Sankta Alina & Sankt Nikolai

Ever since their first fateful meeting, Sankta Alina and Sankt Nikolai were drawn to each other's courage, kindness, and shared sense of purpose. Over time, their devout friendship blossomed into a deep and abiding love.

Their true test came when the Shadow Fold, began to spread across Ravka, threatening to engulf the entire land in eternal darkness. Along the way, despite enduring many perils, Sankta Alina and Sankt Nikolai never lost faith in each other or the sight of their duty. In the end, they succeeded in destroying the Shadow Fold and saving Ravka.

Alas, their victory came at a great cost. Both Sankta Alina and Sankt Nikolai were mortally wounded in the final battle but even as their bodies failed them, their spirits remained unbroken. Their love and legacy endured even beyond death. They have become revered as the patron saints of Ravka and protectors of its people.

[aaronswarncr]

NIKOLINA APPRECIATION WEEK 2023 ♛ DAY 1: Favorite quote

I couldn’t help but smile.

“See?” he said. “If we’re not dead in a month, we might be very happy together.”

“Stop that,” I said, still grinning.

“What?”

“Saying the right thing.”

[droo216]

hi drew, I want to start this with a big, big hug from overseas. I know there's no words to make your situation better, but I wanted to send you some digital love and support, even if we've never been close. you've still been one hell of a presence in my tumblr life and I appreciate you so much. anyway, I don't want to babble for long, so hum... here's a little gift for you 🥺💛 shirewalker()tumblr()com/post/707797774221115392/the-10th-kingdoms-five-great-queens

Ahh, thank you, Veronica! I'm so happy to see the end of this lovely series!

[bonneibennett]

☆ put this star into the inbox of your favourite blogs ☆ Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for the year ahead 💛

Aww thank you!! Hope 2023 treats you wonderfully! 💜💜

[piinfeathers]

☆ put this star into the inbox of your favourite blogs ☆ Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for the year ahead 💛

ty 💖 ;w;

[hayden-christensen]

☆ put this star into the inbox of your favourite blogs ☆ Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for the year ahead 💛

VEE ILYYY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO!!! I hope you have a great year 💕

[breakbleheavens]

☆ put this star into the inbox of your favourite blogs ☆ Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for the year ahead 💛

VEE!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO and hope this year treats you well 💕

[frodo-baggins]

☆ put this star into the inbox of your favourite blogs ☆ Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for the year ahead 💛

thank you so much veronica! 🥺 hope 2023 treats you well! 💖🫶

[fearthefluff]

Fantasy Romance Recommendations Pt.1

I'm a big fan of Fantasy Romance books but I've noticed that a lot of recommendations lists have the same books over and over again. Nothing against Sarah J Maas, Jennifer Armentrout and Holly Black, but I have read their books already and I'm looking for new suggestions. And thus, I decided to make my own little list (with help from @housebaylor and @shirewalker). Maybe it will help someone somewhere. XD ***Some of the books listed here are not Romance novels officially but all have romance and have HFN or HEA endings Fantasy Romances The Fallen Empire Trilogy by Grace Draven The Kraelian Empire has ruled with an iron fist for centuries, its grip unyielding until the power of three women, and the men devoted to them, break it.

The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden Vasya Petrovna is a young woman gifted with the Sight which allows her to see spirits who inhabits the world. The arrival of Christianity spells trouble for her and the world of the spirits at large. This story has her rebel against her fate as a woman in medieval Russia, go on a great adventure and meet amazing characters.  One of my favourite.

Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher A subversive take on Fairytales! After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra―the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter―has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself.

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.  It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. Celia and Marco's beautiful story of challenges, love and magic. Beautiful haunting magic. Radiance by Grace Draven Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart. The Bird and The Sword by Amy Harmon Magic is forbidden and gifted people are sentenced to death. Lark, a voiceless young woman, has a gift she must keep hidden. The day her mother was killed, she told lark's father she wouldn’t speak again, and she told him if Lark's died, he would die too. Then she predicted the king would trade his soul and lose his son to the sky. A Fate of Wrath and Flame by K.A. Tucker Portal Fantasy! Gifted thief Romeria is transported into another world into the body of a treacherous princess. Romeria is plunged into a startling realm of opposing thrones, warring elven, and elemental magic she cannot begin to fathom. Only read the first book so far Married to Magic Trilogy by Elise Kova Shared Universe, Fantasy Romance, Stand Alone Novels About Young Women and their Unexpected Romances with Magical Men Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer and everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects. Only read the first book Promise of Darkness by Bec McMaster Princess. Tribute. Sacrifice. Is she the one prophesied to unite two warring Fae courts? Or the one bound to destroy them? If you like S.J.Maas you might like this YA Fantasy Romances Uprooted by Naomi Novik Agnieszka lives in a quiet village bordering a corrupted Wood. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Multiple POVs fairytale Miryem gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. When an ill-advised boast draws the attention of the king of the Staryk--grim fey creatures who seem more ice than flesh--Miryem's fate, and that of two kingdoms, will be forever altered. The Girl who fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh Mina's people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering. An Enchantment of Raven by Margaret Rogerson With a flick of her paintbrush, Isobel creates stunning portraits for a dangerous set of clients: the fair folk. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—Isobel makes a deadly mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes, a weakness that could cost him his throne, and even his life. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Elisabeth was raised in a magical library where dark magical grimoire are kept. She hopes to become a Warden whos job is protecting the Kingdom from their powers. Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. Shielded by Katlynn Flanders Hidden Princess, arranged marriage, yearning! A kingdom ravaged by war, and the princess who might be the key to saving not only those closest to her, but the kingdom itself, if she reveals the very secret that could destroy her. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater Ever since she was cursed by a faerie, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear or embarrassment - a condition which makes her prone to accidental scandal. Dora hopes to be a quiet, sensible wallflower during the London Season - but when the strange, handsome and utterly uncouth Lord Sorcier discovers her condition, she is instead drawn into dangerous and peculiar faerie affairs. A Crown of Wishes by Rosha Chokshi Book 2 of a series. A captured princess and a wise prince team up and to win the Tournament of Wishes, a competition held in a mythical city where the Lord of Wealth promises a wish to the victor. ****Part 2: Urban Fantasy recs to follow.****

[dazebrasrecs]

Fic Recs: Nikolai Latsov/Alina Starkov (The Grisha Trilogy)

All fics are complete. Note - The fics are book-compliant only.

5 Time Nikolai Latsov Loved Alina Starkov and the One Time He Did Not by Anon

Length: 1k / Rating: T / Genre: Angst / Warnings: N/A Summary: Nikolai Lantsov does not love by halves.

Back to You by shirewalker

Length: 5k / Rating: E / Genre: Fluff / Warnings: N/A Summary: Nikolai has been away on a mission. When he returns, it's the council who demands his attention first. Alina isn't having any of that. She misses her husband. And he misses her.

a fair exchange by hanpersands

Length: 1k / Rating: T / Genre: Fluff / Warnings: N/A Summary: They have been married five months when the urge finally creeps up on her.

Loss and Light by blindmadness

Length: 10k / Rating: M / Genre: Romance, drama/ Warnings: character death Summary: At the end of the war, Alina is crowned queen.

Redamantia by shirewalker

Length: 10k / Rating: E / Genre: fluff/ Warnings: character bashing Summary: Post Ruin and Rising. Set around two years after. Alina and Mal are living the life. The ordinary life. But Alina isn't very excited with her old dream. Her heart yearns for a power long gone. And for a hazel eyed too-clever fox.

You Are My Greatest Adventure by shirewalker

Length: 14k / Rating: M / Genre: fluff/ Warnings: N/A Summary: After a vicious storm separated them from their friends, Alina must face her feelings for a certain hazel eyed king.

[magicaplin]

@lgbtqcreators creator challenge: glitch transition, free choice (album covers)

Original versions -> Taylor's versions

[ladyeowyn]

Nikolina Appreciation Week 2023 ♛ Day 1: Favourite quote “Please tell me you plan to dress up as a volcra and jump out of a cake.” “Well, now you’ve ruined the surprise.” He pushed off the railing. “I need to pilot us over the border.” “The border?” “We’re heading into Fjerda.” “Oh, good. Enemy territory. And here I was starting to relax.”

[orion-lake]

Hello April 2024!! I present you with my favourite creations for March 2024. If there is any content that is not public or work safe, it will have an *asterix next to it (and tagged in the comments appropriately). Please, take a look and remember to like and reblog any content that you enjoy.

queen charlotte maisie peters lyrics gifset by @danburys

midnights gifset by @antoniosvivaldi

bridgerton sci-fi gifset by@jakeyp

kanthony gifset by @fawad-khan

kanthony giset by @cal-kestis

slytherin common room by @shirewalker

lydia martin edit by @shoutbee

merlin bbc gifset by @thebookluvrr1816

good omens gifset by @moramabel

prue halliwell edit by @withered-rose-with-thorns

weyler gifset by @weylersource

kanthony gifset by @padme-amidala

doctor and donna gifset by @renrapp

[housebaylor]

Shuffle your ON REPEAT playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, tag 10 people

I was tagged by @kalimera030, thank you 💖

Euclid by Sleep Token

Glass Window by King Gnu

Eleven by IVE

Nana by Aina the End

Blue Flame (2023 vers) by LE SSERAFIM

Valentine by Maneskin

Eve, Psyche and the Blue Beard's Wife by LE SSERAFIM

Moongazing by Kenshi Yonezu 💖

Somebody else by Bad Omens

U by Millennium Parade

tagging @acotars @safifonhasstrel @shirewalker @ladyeowyn @briarlily and anyone else who wants to do it

[breakbleheavens]

newrcmantlcs → breakbleheavens

it’s me, hi, IT’S TIME FOR CRUEL SUMMER LIVE 😭😭😭 

to celebrate this momentous occasion, I had to change my url - for the first time in seven years. I’m also switching my tracking tag to #tusermelissa but I’ll still be tracking #newrcmantlcs for a while. 

please signal boost and tagging some mutuals under the cut!

@nobodynocrime, @shirewalker, @tylorswift, @antoniosvivaldi, @treacherous, @kiimtaehyung​, @taswift​, @swiftrosegarden​, @reputation​, @tayloralison​, @purpleswift​, @thenighttrain​, @londonsboy​, @folkloredeluxe​, @fearlessplatinums​