#shrike aurora

[maspers]

Has this been done yet

[wackywatermelon31]

I did a sketch of Shrike from the latest @comicaurora page!! This is probably my favorite Aurora fanart I've done! :D

[red-velvet-0w0]

my taste in fictional women really is just:

hot woman who could/would kill me (cowboy edition)

hot woman who could/would kill me (short edition)

hot woman who could/would kill me (bondage edition)

hot woman who could/would kill me (werewolf edition)

hot woman who could/would kill me (knife edition)

hot woman who could/would kill me (robot edition)

hot woman who could/would kill me (sword edition)

hot woman who could hurt me but would never (metal edition)

hot woman who could hurt me but would never (plant edition)

[alecramart]

This is what "winning" looks like.

I drew Shrike! This one kinda just… happened? I was trying to sketch her face in profile to get a feel for how I was going to draw her, and then got hyper–focused and just kept adding stuff until the drawing was done. I'm actually really proud of how the composition turned out.

I kinda just started sketching her braid, and figured hey: that's looking kind of like a chain, and ran with it. Oh yeah, hand–drawing 70–something chain links was a task, but it was totally worth it!

[rotary-supercollider]

I saw this and thought of them

[daily-tess]

This Tess (?) is from 2.0.3!

[nephriteknight]

i love that there is an adorable little bird that kills things in such a grotesque way that we just can't stop naming fantasy things after them.

for context, shrikes look like this, and they're also called butcherbirds! :)

they hunt prey such as insects and mice, and they kill them by impaling them on the sharp spines of plants.

[spacetimeaccordionfolder]

It's so interesting to look at the new page (2.0.3) as compared to chapters 14 and 15. We know that Alinua is trying not to level city blocks and to keep people safe, and Shrike sees her restraint as cowardice. It's like someone not acting in their full power offends her.

The positioning of the characters here versus in 1.15.9 and 1.15.12 (group shots, with 1.15.12 panel 3 being the closest line up of characters to Shrike's flaskback on 2.0.3, but very different stances) is very interesting. On 2.0.3, we've got edgy loner Falst (I saw a comment on the page how this reflects Shrike's view of ferin which was interesting), Erin looking like he would unironically do the haughty noble lady laugh (also those eyebrows what), many others have pointed out how different Alinua's stance here is- it's designed to reflect the "hanger-on" and "coward" that Shrike sees, just a scared elf, and big buff angry Tess, with the lightning scar, muscles, and serious face on display. In the sequence from 1.15.9 to 1.15.12, things are different. We see Alinua, Falst, and Tess making a plan, and deciding to throw subtlety out the window. Falst and Tess, while ready to fight to buy Alinua time, soften and smile when Erin appears. Alinua does not have the same panicked expression as Shrike remembers, instead quickly enacting the plan- we see on 1.15.10 that she's already started growing vines. Erin looks less smug and more serious. He isn't smiling, but instead cutting to the heart of the matter ("Are you done pretending this is about the law?").

Comparing more with 1.14.11-15, the sequence in which Shrike first interacts with Alinua and Falst. In 1.14.11, Alinua used the melon seeds to keep the hunters off Tess, even with Falst trying to convince her to leave, and seeing the apparent danger. Alinua looks a bit panicked between 1.14.12 and 1.14.14, but nothing like Shrike remembers. In these pages, the hunters notice the two, Falst gets shot with the arrow, and the two are almost arrested. The arrests get averted when Alinua (panels 8 and 10 on 1.14.14) goes all glowy green eyes and, using the melon seeds from earlier, makes a wall of plants, entangling some of the hunters (just barely missing Shrike) and allowing the trio to escape. First- very cool epic magic. Second, comparing 1.14.14 and 15 with page 13 makes it look like Shrike wasn't too far from Alinua. The plant wall barely missed her. All Shrike says to that is that "the elf" is a "heavier hitter than [she] expected."

And yet. Yet 2.0.3, Shrike calls Alinua a coward for seemingly not biting back while being chased. As the audience, know that, had Erin not intervened in ch. 15, Shrike would have seen more of Alinua's abilities. With the destruction of the prison, and Zuurith rebuilding with Vash's words in mind, Shrike's whole world and way of life has changed, leaving her with "a new victory to want," as Trusk puts it. If Shrike tries to fight Alinua on her own, to not let this new power walk away, then she will likely see just how much the area of Zuurith was holding Alinua back (people in buildings that could be hurt, rules restraining everything, no good dirt). Shrike's character is both fascinating and irritating all at once. She has seen the bad of Zuurith, been in the arena, and found a way to make a profit. As she says on 1.15.7, "My dream is to win. And I have. I played their game and now they let me do whatever I want." On 1.15.19, when Trusk asks why she isn't pursuing, she says that arresting a foreign dignitary isn't fun before admitting that the city makes her tired. Potentially, after the events of the past chapters, (a night in comic time), Shrike is trying to wrestle with her world being torn open. So she follows the person who broke it, with the line "and here I thought I knew what winning looked like."

I am very excited for this potential confrontation. I am also excited to see how Shrike handles her changing world view.

[reflection-s-of-stars]

Have we considered Tess/Shrike. I think that’d be very very fucked up and extremely funny

[falst]

Shrike, Trusk, the Paladin Champion and the Junior Archivist should team up solely because it'd be really funny for Erin to get hunted for sport by three whole people who have it out for him (Trusk is being dragged along by Shrike)

[iamdefinitelyreal]

Song Recommendations

Thought I might share my Aziraphale/Crowley playlists! They're a bit unconventional, but I hope some enjoy!

Aziraphale

Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene by Hozier

Killer Queen by Queen

Chemtrails over the Country Club by Lana Del Ray

Talk by Hozier

Not Strong Enough by boygenius

Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart by Mitski

Which Witch by Florence & The Machine

I Bet On Losing Dogs by Mitski

Back To December by Taylor Swift

Delicate by Taylor Swift

Would That I by Hozier

All Things End by Hozier

Sweater Weather by The Neighborhood

Tis the Damn Season by Taylor Swift

Half The World Away by Aurora

Exist for Love by Aurora

Warrior by Aurora

I miss her and I blame you by MALINDA

First Light by Hozier

Sunlight by Hozier

Hallelujah covered by Rufus Wainwright

Crowley

Hot Gum by Sofia Isella

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy by Queen

Starboy by The Weeknd

Art Deco by Lana Del Ray

Enjoy The Silence by Depeche Mode

Nothing's New by Rio Romeo

Somebody to Love by Queen

You Are In Love by Taylor Swift

Take me to Church by Hozier

From Eden by Hozier

Work Song by Hozier

Shrike by Hozier

False God by Taylor Swift

The Night We Met by Lord Huron

Heathens by Aurora

Apple Tree by Aurora

Like Real People Do by Hozier

No Plan by Hozier

Run by Hozier

[bildads-shoes]

Pick a song for each letter of your URL, and then tag that many people!

Thank you for tagging me @crawley-fell (:

Burn - David Kushner

If We Were Vampires - Noah Kahan ft. Wesley Schultz

Labour - Paris Paloma

Daydreamer - AURORA

Anything But - Hozier

Dear God - Confetti

Shrike - Hozier

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Save Me - Noah Kahan

Highs and Lows - Chance Peña

October Passed Me By - girl in red

Exile - Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver

Symphony - Imagine Dragons

No need to participate if you don’t fancy it!

@interrogatethecat @rushinintolove @magicalqueerenergy @2davethefish @rubberchickenarmy123 @thesherrinfordfacility @crowleys-hips @ineffabildaddy @superpinknova @saydontgo @afuaart @katspause

[auroratournament]

Arc 1 Aurora Tournament round 1, 2 and 3 have ended!! Round 4 links in reblogs!!!!!!

Thank you to everyone who submitted propaganda! Round 1 match-ups under cut, with links to each poll! Have fun!!!

Kendal vs. Shrike

Caliban vs. Paladin Champion

The Twins vs. Every Single Cave Crawler

Dainix vs. Lady Ilia

Jolon vs. The Collector

The Light Dragon vs. Zuurith

The Junior Archivist vs. Tynan

The Void Dragon vs. The Arenamaster

Erin vs. Trusk

Kria vs. The Citizens of Vash

Emira vs. The Glort

Alinua vs. Gleicann

Falst vs. Tahraim

Galen vs. Falst's Dad

Vash vs. Lady Huracan

Tess vs. Life

[red-velvet-0w0]

just a few fictional women i would do ungodly things for

[sushis-brainrot]

Rules: shuffle your On Repeat playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then tag 10 people.

Tagged by @newengland-shrike, thank you for the tag!

Here goes :P

Only Us - Miracle Of Sound

My Sails Are Set - AURORA, Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli

Ready As I'll Ever Be - Tangled the Series Cast

Ruthlessness - Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Cast of EPIC: The Musical, Steven Rodriguez

The Calling - The Amazing Devil

Nothing You Can Take From Me - Rachel Zegler, The Covey Band

Can't Catch Me Now - Olivia Rodrigo

labour - Paris Paloma

We All Lift Together - Freya Catherine, Jack Victor

Inkpot Gods - The Amazing Devil

Just tagging a few, and please remember, no pressure: @thedevilsnatteravn, @valhallakilljoy, @chin-up-spartan, @jikanet-tanaka and anyone who would like to participate! 🥰

[the-mountain-flower]

Spoiler Warning for the webcomic Aurora

WOW today's page gave us a lot 🤩

What it showed abt Tarren:

They're a water mage

Disability comes from water corruption (also confirmed on Tumblr a few days ago)

Implied: they seem to have a tendency toward working themself too hard, & it's in some way related to their chronic water corruption

They originally weren't inclined toward getting Sealed, but recently found out they channel elemental corruption in their sleep. They decided to get the procedure done, and seem content with their decision.

What it showed abt magic, & Tarren & Erin's tattoos

The tattoo process they (plural) did seems to be a magimedical process that affects a mage's magic soul channels, and is used (whether primarily or as one reason out of multiple) to prevent elemental corruption by preventing accidental channelling

The process is an option for other mages, & it's called being "Sealed"

Water corruption specifically affects, or can affect, someone's mobility (according to Red, Tarren's elemental corruption resulted in joint problems)

Something I noticed/personal theories:

Tarren also touched their (singular) tattoos before casting, similar to how Erin does. This implies that touching the tattoo in order to cast is either common or necessary (I posed a theory abt that a while back, likely it's either a common need/technique, or physically necessary to cast) (EDIT: Red talked about it here)

The process is called being "Sealed". When Tess was being chased by Shrike, the latter used what Tess called a "sealing cuff". Related? Possibly using the same kind of sealing, but with the tattoos still giving the ability to cast while the cuffs restrict it entirely? (EDIT: again, Red talked abt it here)

Aurora theorists (like me) have been fed well today :)