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Every now and then I re-read Minna Sundberg's testimonial comic about her journey back to being a Christian, and every time it's somehow worse

She went from being a Christian child to being the kind of atheist you'd see in the 8th God's Not Dead sequel, genuinely delighting in other people's suffering, being upset when mass deaths weren't big enough, and only holding herself back from trying to redpill others because even she thought that if everyone acted like her society would collapse, and she liked having things like access to clean water

And now she's a Calvanist

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Books of 2024 - December and Wrap-Up

In contrast to November, I did get to both of my planned nonfic reads. I also ended up rereading a bunch of books I've been wanting to revisit; only one turned out to not hold up on a reread. And only one book this month was strictly audio; I really enjoyed taking it slowly with printed books as the nights grew longer. All in all, a lovely, cozy wrap-up to reading in 2024.

Fun fact: This is the first time in four years where I didn't read a C.S. Lewis book in December. (In 2022 and 2023, C.S. Lewis was my last read of the year.)

Total books: 10  |  New reads: 4   |  2024 TBR completed: 1 (0 DNF) / 36/36 total   |   2024 Reading Goal: 92/100

November | January 2025

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#1 - The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty - 4/5 stars (reread, audio)

This is one of those books I read several years ago, remember liking, and wanted to revisit. The first time I read it, I distinctly remember enjoying it--the writing style and world especially--but there were aspects of the plot that left me unmotivated to continue the trilogy immediately.

And then, just recently, I started seeing this series mentioned all over the place, so I decided to reread The City of Brass and see about finally continuing the series.

Upon completion, I find myself massively conflicted. Like.... What is the plot? What exactly is going on here? And why is it taking forever to get where it's going? My initial review called the writing "exhaustingly intense" which...I mean, yeah, if Past Me couldn't find a clearer way to say "I have no idea what's going on here and I'm feeling a little stupid about that, because I think something is going on?", sure. "Intense" works, I guess.

In fact, I'm so confused by this book that I'm breaking my own rule of never changing my initial rating of a book unless it's to give it a higher rating; with City of Brass, I deducted a star.

I love the world Chakraborty created. That's my favorite part. The writing style remains vivid and largely immersive (though sometimes the language shifts and I'm yanked out of the story), but it's so dense. It feels like The Final Empire all over again. (Another book I'd probably detract points from if I ever read it again.) I didn't find myself connecting to any of the characters except, oddly, Muntadhir and Zaynab. Nahri kind of just let the plot happen to her. Ali was equal parts compelling and confusing. Dara is...Dara. And then there's whatever is going on with the politics.

I still have no idea what's going on with the politics.

Honestly, it feels like too much. I wanted to like it, but by about the 60% mark I was so bored, and kind of irritated, and just ready for it to be over. I think I can see why people like this story and it looks like it gets better in the second book, but I don’t have the patience for it.

More books featuring the elements I DID enjoy from "City of Brass": The historical fantasy angle and Nahri and Dara's early dynamic reminded me of the Winternight trilogy, and something about Ali's arc reminded me, for some reason, of "The Goblin Emperor". Note that this is all based on, like, the first quarter of the book.

#2 - The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff - 5/5 stars (reread)

The Lantern Bearers is the book in this series that everyone talks about, and I've always intended to read it, and I know you don't have to read this series in order to enjoy each entry, but I like reading a series in order. I had intended to get to this one next year; however, someone recently shared some fanart of Cottia and a bunch of my mutuals were passing it around the dash, and I had to start my reread early. So here we are, with me revisiting The Eagle in preparation for diving into the rest of the series.

First of all: I remember almost nothing about this book! There were a few vague images and impressions in my head, and some of the details came back to me as I read, but it was almost like reading a completely new book. I definitely enjoyed this just as much as, if not more than, the first time around. Marcus is a fantastic POV character, sympathetic, compelling, and charming, and the supporting cast are all colorful and delightful. Sutcliff's ability to transport readers into 2nd century AD Britain, across all of its landscapes and in all of its varying cultures, is breathtaking.

And then Sutcliff caught me by the throat in the last chapter and laid me out in a wreck on the floor. I had a great time.

This will be going on my regular rotation of books to revisit. I probably won't get to the rest of the series until next year, though.

More like this: It feels soooo much like "The Blue Sword" to me. I'm not positive why. And the setting naturally reminded me of Lawhead's Pendragon trilogy.

#3 - Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto by Tilar J. Mazzeo - 4/5 stars ('24 TBR)

The last of my official reading list for the year! This book has been on my TBR for years and I'm so glad I finally got to it.

In Irena's Children, Mazzeo explores not just Irena’s story, but that of her network of wartime co-conspirators and resistance fighters; and of Warsaw and Poland at large, in all of its intricacies and terror. That alone makes it worth the read.

As far as the writing itself is concerned, Mazzeo relays events in very short “scenes”, the majority of them ending on some grim or dramatic note suggesting future trouble for Irena and her friends; and yet the story (especially around the middle of the book) regularly gets waylaid by repetitive descriptions that time and again remind us how terrible and dangerous everything is. The writing also feels a bit scattered or choppy at times, making it difficult to follow the details of some events as they unfold.

It feels awful to judge a book with such a heartbreaking, breathtaking story as anything but perfect; and it was clearly well-researched and written with passion. I would definitely recommend it.

#4 - Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books by Helene Hanff - 5/5 stars

Yes, yes, I chose to read this one now because it's a "Q" title, and probably the smallest "Q" titled volume on my TBR. In my defense, it has been on my TBR since I read 84, Charing Cross Road nearly two years ago.

That aside, I adored this one nearly as much as 84. Hanff's way with words is stunning. It's so gentle and unassuming and vivid and breathtaking. I teared up at several parts. And, like Helene with Q, I ended my reading with the urge to go out and buy all of the works mentioned here. Which, to me, is some of the best kind of writing.

#5 - The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein - 4/5 stars

Another book that came to me by ways I can't recall. I'm confident I learned about it on tumblr, but I have no idea from whom.

Thoroughly engrossing, with an easy, immersive style and compelling characters (plus a setting I always go ham for). And then it got a bit dark, a bit weird, and I ended it with a very befuddled, "Huh??"

I’m waffling in continuing the series because I don’t trust Wein not to hurt me lol.

#6 - The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner - 5/5 stars (reread)

I haven’t read this book in three years. I still love it.

#7 - The Girl and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden - 5/5 stars (reread)

It was at this point that I said, "Hey, I could get to 90 books this year with just a little effort, and also I'm home all week...." So I snatched up an appropriately wintry book I've been wanting to reread, and here we are.

It’s a testament to Arden’s writing that this book has so many elements I typically hate reading about, and yet it has stayed with me since I first read it seven years ago. And it’s just as solid on a reread: the setting, the characters, the fairytale depth of it. Gorgeous.

More like this: The Vibes are similar to "Spinning Silver", though the styles themselves vary.

#8 - Stand Still, Stay Silent: Book 1 by Minna Sundberg - 5/5 stars (reread)

I have finally returned to this series to read through it for the first time! (I only got about halfway through the webcomic.) And it’s even better than I remember. This is a perfect introduction to the world and characters, with STUNNING artwork. I love it so much.

#9 - A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner - 5/5 stars (reread, mixed print and audio)

Sophos my belovéd. I am drawing hearts all over this book.

(Also hi hello turns out the last time I read this, in August 2021, was also the first time I read The Eagle of the Ninth, which is fun. Also fun is the fact that the first time I read The Thief, I was entirely neutral about it, and it took me coming back to it years later with tumblr's help to fall in love. As with The Eagle.)

#10 - The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff - 4/5 stars (mixed print and audio)

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I’m learning that Sutcliff’s writing is best enjoyed read, rather than listened to; or else the narrators so far haven’t done her work justice. I listened to portions all the same while working. Not quite as compelling to me as The Eagle, but I LOVED Justin and Flavius’s dynamic so so much, and I’m always one for a ragtag band of heroes coming together.

The question now is whether I proceed with the series from here in publication or chronological order....

Similar characters: Evicatos's background is very similar to that of Ed from Digger, so naturally I love him; and Cullen reminded me strongly of Randal from The Perilous Gard.

Honorable Mentions:

I completed another Bible read-through this year! It was all audio again, so definitely not counting it toward my reading.

DNF:

Let Me Be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot - While I agree with Elliot's thesis (if perhaps not some of the finer details) I found her arguments vaguely frustrating. I managed to get about 40% of the way through this before she once again got to the cusp of a conclusion and then skipped right on to the next point. I think Elliot's aim was to lay out every aspect of her overall argument and then bring it together in the end, but it felt so scattered that she lost me.

The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty - Got nearly 10% in and still couldn't be bothered to care about any of these characters. And, purely personal, but the five-year time jump was a bit odd. I am willing to be convinced to give this another chance, however, especially because it has a higher average rating than the first book, and the third book has the highest rating of all.

All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (reread) - I took forever to get to this, and then it was due back at the library and I had lost interest. Yes, there's a clock ticking down to system-wide destruction. Yes, there's a bunch of emotional investments to...invest in...if you can keep track of the characters involved. But there's so many little pieces moving all over the place--or perhaps it's that the scope is simply too grand, too broad--that the impact is gone. It felt like such a drag, and I had no enthusiasm for it.

For the series overall (at least the original trilogy): I had a decent time revisiting it, but it's not going on my shelf.

Star Nomad by Lindsay Buroker - I picked up this book a couple of years ago because I loved the concept (war veteran abandoned on a dusty old planet just trying to get home to her daughter; Firefly vibes with her crew) but the writing was not it. Also I happened to glance at the content warnings and saw “graphic rape” so…. After years of it sitting on my shelf, I have to pass.

The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill - Barnhill is a very hit-or-miss author for me. This one was a miss. (If I’m being petty, I gave up when a passage made me say “That is NOT how you shear sheep” out loud.)

2024 Reading Wrap-Up!

Off the bat, I think my personal best accomplishment in 2024 is that I read more. Not necessarily more books, but I managed to actually make myself sit down and physically read more than I did last year. Audiobooks, as always, got me through many an hour of cleaning at my second job, many an hour of driving and household work and winding down at night, but in the earlier part of 2024 I was starting to feel like my ability to focus on the page was suffering. Now I'm a little less worried.

My goals for reading in 2024 included:

Read 100 books - lol that was optimistic of me. I got off to a slow start right at the beginning of the year and never quite caught up. Ironically, that was because way back in February I said I only wanted to read physical books, no audiobooks, for a month and I failed splendidly. How times change. However, I marked off a lot of books this year, especially if we count my massive DNF list, and I read some larger books, and I found several new favorites, so I'm content.

Get to some of the older residents of my TBR - I did this! I still have a decent backlog of old TBR books I plan to dig into in 2025, but I cleared out a chunk this year and I'm so proud of myself. (See above about the sheer number of DNFs; I have a feeling 2025 will go the same way, but it still counts.) (And side note: I saw someone online refer to the books on her longstanding as her "TBR veterans" and I love that description.)

More nonfiction! - I did SO well with this one, too! I set up my reading plan for the year with two nonfics per month--one firm TBR, one a more casual want-to-read. Throughout the year, I confirmed I am as picky with nonfic as with fiction (I prefer narrative nonfic, or the almost investigative style that comes with journalists writing longer stuff). Even with my pickiness in mind, I managed to discover several fascinating stories; and I feel a bit smarter....

General Stats:

Total Books Read: 92 (90 last year)

Rereads: 28 (30 last year)

New Authors: 31 (31 last year)

Audiobooks*: 54 (62 last year)

Nonfiction: 15 (9 last year)

DNF: 47 (a definite record for me; only 14 DNF'd last year)

Alphabet Book Titles: 26 out of 26!

Pages Read**: 13,059 (significantly higher than last year)

Hours Listened**: 501 (lower than last year)

*including books where I read part in audio and part in print form

** estimate, including whatever I read of each book I DNF'd

2024 TBR:

Read: 22

DNF: 14

2024 TBR completed in December!

My Top Five Anticipated 2024 Reads:

Agent Garbo by Stephan Talty - 5/5 stars

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - DNF @ 15%

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein - 4/5 stars

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach - 4/5 stars

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher - 5/5 stars

Top Five New Reads of 2024*:

Agent Garbo by Stephan Talty

Are Women Human? by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown - favorite book of the year! shout-out to the tumblr circle for peer-pressuring me into this one.

The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

*can we please admire how only one of these is fiction? turning 30 did something to me.

2025 Reading Plans:

I'm aiming to keep it simple this year (ha). Instead of self-inflicted pressure to read a certain number of books, I want to:

Brave some of the huge books on my shelves and give them the time they deserve. (The average page count for the 24 books on my 2025 TBR is over 450. The average page count for the books I read in 2024 is around 300.)

Explore some new styles (like poetry and essays) and subjects (more nonfic!).

Mark off some classics that have been on my list for ages.

Dig into the backlists of some of my favorite authors.

All of this involves tackling my longstanding TBR. I was already building my 2025 TBR back in May, and the list included a bunch of the books I've had on my list for over five years. Several of these are marked as books I probably won't enjoy but can't bring myself to not at least give a chance. Hopefully I'll find a few gems in there! (Can I get my digital TBR down below 300? Unlikely--but! We shall see! It used to be over 500 and with some reading and a lot of weeding I've already thinned it out.)

Naturally, I am armed with lists! My actual list of must-get-to books in 2025 is very short, and largely comprised of familiar authors; then I built a second, much longer list, with books to choose from with less pressure. That list has the above assortment of classics, tomes, poetry, nonfiction, and iffy TBR residents I'll likely DNF.

And if I really can't decide what I want to read, I set up one of those online spinny picker wheels to choose for me! (Featuring only TBR books I own or have confirmed I can get from the library.)

Top Five Anticipated Reads of 2025

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

John Adams by David McCullough

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede

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Queer Fantasy Books Bracket: Preliminary Round

Book summaries below:

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (The Endsong series)

A police officer is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with protecting her city from an insidious evil threatening to destroy it. The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. But, after a devastating war and a sweeping biotech revolution, all its inhabitants want is peace, no one more so than Yat Jyn-Hok a reformed-thief-turned-cop who patrols the streets at night. Yat has recently been demoted on the force due to “lifestyle choices” after being caught at a gay club. She’s barely holding it together, haunted by memories of a lover who vanished and voices that float in and out of her head like radio signals. When she stumbles across a dead body on her patrol, two fellow officers gruesomely murder her and dump her into the harbor. Unfortunately for them, she wakes up. Resurrected by an ancient power, she finds herself with the new ability to manipulate life force. Quickly falling in with the pirate crew who has found her, she must race against time to stop a plague from being unleashed by the evil that has taken root in Hainak. Fantasy, science fiction, adult, Maori-inspired

One Stormy Day in New Providence by E. Jade Lomax and K. Sundberg

An heiress, a diplomat’s daughter, an undercover auditor, a corporate spy, an ex-detective, and a fraud walk into the small field office of a major insulation corporation. Half are there under their proper names. Only one is there to do the job they were hired for. The punchline is friendship. The selfsame cast could also be described as five liars and one truth-teller; four on-the-clock employees and two interlopers; or a thief, three people trying to solve the same conspiracy from different angles, an ex-boyfriend, and a woman who desperately deserves a nap. They are a single mom (and grandma!), a PhD candidate, the victim of a coercion campaign, a veritable genius with debilitating attention and anxiety disorders, a man trying very hard not to be in love, and a young woman who packs her girlfriend PB&J’s every day because it’s the only thing she can reliably make edible. When a magical storm falls over the city– a storm that freezes not the flesh from your bones, but fries the circuits in your brain– our crew of technicians and tricksters must set out to fix all that’s gone wrong. Fantasy, urban fantasy, mystery

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There are not enough stars for how amazing this novella is!

“The Exception to the Rule” follows T and C, two strangers who, after an accidental email, make it a friendly annual tradition to wish each other a happy Valentine’s Day—with rules: no pics, no real names, nothing too personal. As the years pass, it becomes harder and harder to abide by the rules for their email “dates” and they begin to question what would happen if they actually met.

This story gave me all the warm, fuzzy feelings! The first half or so consists of email exchanges between T and C and the fun formatting only heightened my excitement as I watched their relationship develop. Though years pass before they decide to act on their feelings for each other, the passage of time felt so natural and the pacing was deliciously slow. With each chapter, T and C share more and more about each other and because it is dual pov, the reader gets to see how their feelings for each other grow from both of their perspectives. This is one of those novellas that I wish was a full-length novel because of how much I adored T and C’s chemistry, but all in all, the epilogue left me feeling satisfied! 

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"If we learned one thing from the super bowl this year its that hot blonde women are one of the only things to get other hot blonde women to watch sports"

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In light of a recent string of reblogs for my 10+ year old Stand Still Stay Silent (by Minna Sundberg) posts, I wish to make a public statement:

I, Augustine, no longer supports or consumes content by Minna Sundberg, including her comic 'Stand Still Stay Silent'. This is due to certain racist overtones in the work, a total lack of people of colour in the depiction of countries with large ethnic minorities from the Middle East and Africa, as well as comments made by the author herself. I also pledge that in every book I ever write, I will place one character of colour (though I promise there will be MANY), specifically in (dis)honour of Minna Sundberg, to offset her total lack of representation of anyone non-nordic in her works. Than you, next.

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Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, and Par Sundberg in Pippi Longstocking.

1969 and now

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The rest of the Sarvipöllö-Hollolas (Minus Aimo)

Finished up the rest of the Sarvipöllö-Hollolas (Minus uncle Aimo because I do not have his colors yet). More about them under the cut because I wrote a lot. Massive post. Images are described in alt text! As always, these folks are for the @halfstack-smp

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Sampsa was born into the Waxcoat ships business but never enjoyed all the sights, sounds, and smells of the sea quite as much as their sister Tuulikki. They broke off from Waxcoat ships in their early 20s, traveling to the Luumuseo to take up their residence there, though never becoming the owner.

Sampsa's entire arm was blown off while he was firing a bow due to the family curse, causing more than one catastrophe that day. The arrow caught a rope connected to the main mast of one of the docked ships, setting the balance off just enough to cause all the sails to unfurl the wrong way into strong winds, immediately tipping the ship all the way over onto its side. Nobody died luckily.

Sampsa wasn't aware they were queer until one of his grandkids introduced the concept to him.

Sampsa currently works as an archival assistant at the family Luumuseo. Hannu makes sure to give them easy but interesting work and has made the space accessible to account for his missing arm. They have a prosthetic, it's just itchy and he doesn't need it constantly, so Sampsa will frequently go without it. He is married to Ilona.

Ilona was born to 'Tengu' parents with some questionable hybridization back in her lineage. She's married to Sampsa.

Ilona is an art historian and conservationist, spending a majority of her free time cleaning, repairing, and re-framing artworks sent to her for her conservation efforts. She's got an excellent eye for detail and can likely tell you who made what piece in what era no matter the piece she's shown. She's also excellent at spotting fakes or forgeries of original works, as well as legally reproduced copies. Ilona has amassed a small collection of artworks she's taken in for study and research purposes.

She dabbles in a little bit of painting herself and all of Sampsa's prosthetics have hand-painted details from her.

Severi is a fashion historian and regularly works with Ensi. to reproduce and preserve old fashions and sewing patterns found through the Family's archival efforts. Most gifts from either of them are immediately recognizable given that they're a handmade garment 90% of the time. Hannu's Shawl was a birthday gift from Ensi and Severi.

Severi does not have a personal clothing brand but does sell some of the things he sews or crochets on the side that she doesn't want to keep.

Severi's legs exploded slightly due to the family curse shortly after her 17th birthday. She uses a wheelchair to help him get around now. He let his kids decorate her wheelchair when they were all young and still lets them do so if they ever want to. She lives close to his great aunt Ensi and the two of them regularly swap patterns.

Saana is a talented linguist, specializing in the discovery of old languages, their reconstruction, as well as the creation of conlangs. Saana has created more than a few conlangs for her husband Janne's books and is always credited in the back.

Saana developed her passion for linguistics from a young age, spending most of her free time learning anything and everything she possibly could about all different languages from the resources her parents could provide. She's fluent in at least 5 languages and regularly makes up new conlangs for fun. Saana sometimes teaches linguistics courses at the same college Hannu graduated from. Janne was born to tengu parents in a spruce taiga home. He is married to Saana Sarvipöllö-Hollola. He writes fiction and fantasy books mostly aimed at child and young adult audiences, telling grand stories of worlds that do not exist like their own. He has a science fiction publication but that one was enough for him to decide that he never wanted to write sci-fi again.

Columba was born to Tengu parents in a birchwood forest home. He has no siblings and is married to Severi. He came out as trans at age 13, allowing that experience to be a part of their fashion concepts moving forward. He'd already begun taking sewing classes several years beforehand and started to make clothes that would both bring him some comfort and look spectacular.

Columba creates and sells 'designer' style clothes under the brand name Dove and Raven. Dresses, skirts, blouses, shirts, all made by hand and fit to each origin's particular requirements on sizing and shape. He occasionally gifts clothing to his family members but it's a bit difficult to get them all done in time so he mostly offers sewing classes.

Corvus is an avian origins weaponry expert and, as such, spends quite a bit of time around Inka. His kids love it there because Inka shows them cool sharp things they usually aren't allowed to touch. She spent quite a bit of time around her great aunt Inka as a child, leading to him developing a passion for avian origin specific weaponry. It keeps an unsafe amount of claw extending knives around the house but doesn't seem to see the issue with having them, much to the delight of her partner.

Emille assists her with with reproduction copies of old avian origins weaponry, some to send to the Luumuseo, some to keep at home, and some to bring to fairs for entertainment's sake. Aquila is an avian origins architecture expert, focusing on the preservation and restoration of Tengu and Sirin ruins. There's been some debate as to whether or not feathered draconis count as avian, but Aquila includes them in xir research anyways.

Aquila spent most of his time sketching as a kid, drawing building after building and floorplan after floorplan. Once he found the original building plans for the Sarvipöllö-Hollola Family Luumuseo, Xir love for architecture only grew. One of his notable contributions was the addition of disabled avian origin friendly architecture in both the Sarvipöllö-Hollola Family Luumuseo and The Downfeather, calling on older blueprints for similar structures that had fallen out of modern usage.

Emille reproduces both actually dangerous and child-safe versions of historically avian origin produced weaponry. The dangerous reproduction stay at home, go to Inka, or go to Hannu at the Luumuseo. The safer reproductions are sold at fairs for entertainment's sake for younger audiences and also occasionally given to Raine and Siv as both education and a way to entertain them.

Emille picked up their love of blacksmithing from the local Daystone population, being taught by a smith that they remember as having iron inlays and strong but gentle hands. As such, most of their crafts are intricately detailed and tend to resemble the works of a daystone rather than the works of a faun. Raine fancies themselves a writer and is working on their own vast, interconnected web of lore for their 37 magical wolf oc's. Ae has always been a particularly ferocious reader, regularly demolishing upwards of 40 books over the course of a few months or so. Currently ae's obsessed with aer uncle Janne's book series, A Dance of Stars and Storms. Siv is going about her life as any 10yo child does. She is ABSOLUTELY convinced that she's an aspect of Aelrys. She isn't, but she has horns and wings and so does Aelrys so she's 100% convinced she is.

If you've somehow read all the way down here, thanks! I'm going to go dunk my head in cold water to cool off my brain.

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