#thank you Ilya!

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

New photo of members of the Greek and Russian Royal Families posted by Ilya aka LastRomanovs on Flickr and Sledstvie on Instagram

From left to right standing: Princess Marie of Greece and Denmark (later Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia), Grand Duke Georgy Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich of Russia

From left to right sitting: Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Tsarina Maria Feodorovna of Russia (née Princess Dagmar of Denmark), Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Queen Olga of Greece and Denmark (née Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia)

No date of when and where this photo was taken was provided but it is most likely taken in the early 1890s (my guess is 1891) and probably when both Russian, Danish, and Greek royal families were in their yearly vacation to Denmark.

[captainqster]

[hockeysweaterweather]

Sept 18, 2024 Isles Media Day 📸 Isles insta/x

That first one of Mat is from Shannon Hogan’s insta- she knows what we want to see!

[frizzyanya]

Ilya Rozanov: I should break up with Shane Hollander

Scott Hunter: wins the Stanley Cup and comes out

Ilya Rozanov: I'M GOING TO GO TO THE CABIN AND TELL SHANE I LOVE HIM AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAN A FUTURE TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT FOREVER

[aleksanderscult]

It is also a teeny bit weird to make Zoya being prettier and thus a more ideal sun summoner be set up as thing to be proven wrong in the beginning but then Zoya actually becomes the Queen with lots of focus on how gorgeous she is and Alina fades into obscurity and wears old shawls.

I mean yeah.

Because apparently one of the messages this trilogy wanted to pass was how nothing is what it seems. Alina is not weak but very powerful, she just doesn't know it. Aleksander is not a man to be trusted but a selfish, power-hungry bastard, except Alina doesn't realize it until it was too late (*inserting dramatic tones if you didn't notice*).

Normally, Zoya wouldn't get that much spotlight. But, alas, Bardugo has said many times that she's one of her most favorite characters so she was bound to become important. A Squaller (among hundreds) became important by becoming a Saint as well.

Saints in the Grishaverse normally have very distinct, unusual powers. Alina had her light, Aleksander his shadows, Elizaveta's Materialki powers manifested themselves through her ability to control nature while Ilya didn't allow his powers to be restricted at all (he was both a Healer and a Durast as well as an inventor). Plus, they get martyred and Zoya is...well....alive.

Her push to the spotlight was, for me, too forced while, at the same time, the author tried to remove Alina's presence (as if she wasn't the main character for three books straight that the antagonist fell in love with and his plans revolved around her). Whether someone likes Alina or not, we have to admit that it's not going to be the same without her on the front. The story doesn't really make sense without her. It's like removing Harry Potter from his own books.

And it seems that whether Alina has powers or not, she stays hidden. And Zoya got what she wanted all along: the spotlight.

[illumiera]

a new moon rises

or: there is a loom upon which the fate of every mortal is woven, and she who works it is Azura's blessed and cursed all at once. pre-i fear no fate (for you are my fate), 801 words

Near a small island somewhere off the coast of Akavir, the sea glows as though brimming with a galaxy of drowned stars. Stepping onto its shores feels like stepping beyond time entirely, like yesterday and today have fallen away in favour of a breathless, everlasting tomorrow. It feels like a crossing-over, like a journey from death-touched to deathless, and Ilmarenya—Ilmarenya cannot be certain if the salt-haired woman climbing out of the little boat is still Ilmarenya, but she knows that she must try to be nonetheless.

Nerevar—silent now, but he will come if she calls, whether as sound or as a shadow—has never required it of her. Nor has fate, which cares nothing for the name or face she wears as long as she treads the path it unfurls before her.

But her son and his father can have no other, and so Ilmarenya she must remain.

Azura stands at the base of the island’s single mountain. All the art, the statues, the carvings Ilmarenya’s fingers have traced at every shrine—they depict her as the star-touched night with a string of constellations for her girdle, but the Prince of the In-Between is never quite the same. Sometimes, she comes as midnight given body, or the wine-dark of gloaming, or flame-streaked sundown, or the golden hour moving through the air like a dream. Now, at the end—or the beginning—of all things, she is as beautiful and terrible as the dawn, and her skin is lit from within beneath a gauzy gown dyed the precise pink of early summer roses.

“Are you ready, my Moon-and-Star?” Azura asks, and her voice is uncharacteristically soft.

Ilmarenya draws herself to her full height and meets the unblinking burning dusk-dawn of the goddess’ eyes. What passes between them is nothing short of a challenge: Remember our bargain, my lady. I will give you—give Morrowind—my whole body if I must, but never that which I formed within it, never my son. Only when Ilmarenya is satisfied does she at last permit herself a single nod.

“Then come, Ilmarenya Ara’dayn.”

The goddess’ hands are warm, soft, and yet fetter-firm as they close around her own. When the Daedric Prince of Dusk and Dawn leans in and presses her mouth to hers, so too are her lips.

—past—

—present—

—future—

—past-present-future-past-present-future-past-present-future-past—

It beats in her heart, in her head, in her soul like a doom-drum, Il-ma-ren-ya to the thundering of her pulse, and with the taste of roses and crystal sugar on her tongue, Ilmarenya sees.

Sees the spinning of the Wheel, the never-ending weaving of the loom her own hands must guide. Sees the sevenfold stories carved out by the strides of the Brass Tower, the breaking of the dragon, the wandering of the Soulless One, the making and dying of saints and soldiers alike. Sees the many paths of the world, of the worlds, of Ilmarenyas whose disparate choices tangle like caught threads, of Nerevarines who bear another name and face and fate, and sees—

Lliryn.

The image of her son is a beacon, a lodestar amidst it all. Lliryn growing—and she will not be there—into a lanky-legged young man with her nose and his father’s crow-feather curls. Lliryn the wizard’s apprentice, a scion of House Telvanni through and through, and a ghost to a father who sees only her when he looks into his face. Lliryn leaving to find her, and Lliryn collared and chained and seared from the inside out of everything that was hers, and then the fire and the wrath of their ancestors and the wrath of Nerevar come again, and Lliryn in the heart of the blaze with his chin tilted up to the moons-and-stars in prayer, in thanks, and then—

—and then she sees the First with his crown of storms, or the thrice-blessed Last with a healer’s bloody hands, or perhaps both at once, and either way, she cannot see her son, cannot see past the mess of thread that a Hero leaves in their wake. Dead, alive, a thrall of another kind—she can see everything, but not the most precious thing, not the one thing she needs to see.

Ilmarenya does not break. Boethiah’s children know that they must break the world that seeks to break them, and she—she has always been the rock upon which the waves break. Still, she remains on her hands and knees at the shoreline until any mortal’s bones would ache, and the tears that spill to the starlit sand are a bright, liquid gold.

What rises in the end is the Nerevarine, but Ilmarenya Ara’dayn, but something altogether other. Ilmarenya’s eyes, burning with all sundown’s fire, lift to the summit and the loom that waits atop it, and she begins to ascend.

[rospach]

Feel like in some routes when it’s revealed that Asra brought us back to life it’s addressed so poorly?

Like what do you mean we just go ‘Whatever, happens’

Cant’s we have a proper conversation? At least a ‘Thanks, bestie did me a real solid back there. Oh- you have half a heart now? That’s tough’

(Like as far as I remember he dug through earth to look for our ashes or something along those lines and that’s supper effed up. Why can’t we have that emotional scene in every route? Because I can’t stand him as a love interest but love him as a close friend or brother figure. Just because we’re playing certain route doesn’t mean we should abandon all meaningful connections to other m6)

[in-maidjan]

WOOOOO 🫂↕️🤪 for grey, ilya and aeca!!

thank you! breaking me in nice and easy bless you xx // sinday headcanons

🫂how do they feel about friends with benefits?

GREYSON — he's so okay with it. sometimes you're on the road for years at a time and meet fantastic beautiful talented people and fall a little in love with them and what friendship isn't made stronger by a little hands on support?

ILYA — he very much has the love of his life, his soulmate, his everything but there were decades if not centuries between reincarnations, so he goes through different phases depending on what each incarnation is like? with maeve for example she has so much heart and so much love to give, and ilya through her falls a little in love with all those lives she touches because they are so integral to her.

AECA — in game, he was built for this. he was on the brink of a situationship with like 3 people i think by the time the game stopped (malexander, sior, and lucien. yes lucien had a boyfriend but you know what aeca could have changed that.) the revised version of him out of game is more. not timid but less bold about pursuing others but i think he'd still be fluid in his relationships.

↕️are they a sub, dom, or switch? top, bottom, or switch?

GREYSON — switch/switch, he's versatile based on his partner! to say he is submissive isn't right, but he's all about that tender love unless the mood is right for some fiery passion.

ILYA — dominant switch. he's only ever bottomed either to an incarnation of maeve or at maeve's request because whatever his wife wants she gets, but he's going to be in control no matter what.

AECA — we have a bonafide pillow princess here, so its the sub/bottom life for him.

🤪what’s the wildest place they’ve ever done something sexual?

GREYSON — shoutout to tabby for helping me remember the location but in witcherverse, its Sigismund's Bathhouse in Novigrad, that's a whole public bathhouse right there and if my memory is right, i wrote a whole thing about him and maeve have gotten frisky there. au wise there are so many possibilities but wildest? i have to say magnus archives au. something about grey in the lonely. there's something there and its equal parts terrifying and heartbreaking and horny.

ILYA — a place of power, probably with maeve's og incarnation mason. might not be wildest, but weirdest Maybe in terms of atmosphere and the pressure in the air and when your literal soulmate is looking stunning well its gonna get freaky against those stone pillars.

AECA — canonically in game he popped his cherry with a ranger in a tavern within hours of one of his party members being insta-killed by an assassin soooo that's something. we didnt get too far in this game but with how i was playing him at the time? god. no limits. he's the lost prince of zephyr in the outer plane of air, give him a throne to bounce on and he will.

[vampz-on-the-block]

Hehehehe guess what i did first thing after i woke up, (@eyes-of-the-rave)

[soundsofastar]

To interrupt the Situations(tm), one of the guys in my head finally materialised

[captainqster]

Has your OC ever found themselves having to keep lying to cover an original lie? How far did this go?

Thank you for the ask! This one was actually hard to think of.

When he was still under the tutelage of his second Wood-Warder master, Raamil, Ilya came across a meadow just outside the border of their territory. In that meadow was a Hyuran man - tanned skin, almond-shaped eyes, and too handsome to ignore. His name was Junichi.

Ilya, being Ilya, fell hard and fell quick, and took every opportunity he had to visit Junichi while keeping this a secret from Raamil. The two of them would stay on their respective sides of the border, communicating with clumsy, on-the-spot sign language. Mostly they enjoyed each other's presence in silence. Ilya would whittle, Junichi would weave baskets or fishing nets, whatever work he could carry into the meadow with him.

For about 9 months Ilya kept this up, lying to Raamil about what he'd been up to, until one evening Ilya dared to cross the border and lay with his darling. Unfortunately for Ilya, Raamil had been keeping an eye on his apprentice from the shadows, allowing his nonsense until that line was crossed.

Rather than exile Ilya immediately as he should have, Raamil (being Raamil) lured Junichi past the border of their land and promptly shot him down like a dog. Problem solved. Except Ilya got it in his head to then exile himself rather than spend another day with his depraved master, and while Ilya did escape it wasn't easy. His bones still ache, his eyesight was damaged, and his ankle is prone to recurring sprains.

Worse, he lives with the guilt and the shame of his carelessness and how it cost his beloved his life.

[amartworks]

do the Shauians like to hug? They look very huggable!

So glad I've reached the point of finally getting fluffy questions for my species and OCs

Shauians, like most social animals, enjoy touching each other and being held. They aren't very well balanced when standing on four legs so when they hug using their forelimbs they balance on one another.

While on Zion, the crew of the Rainmaker end up separated into smaller groups. One of those groups encounter Ksan, an abandoned Shauian juvenile who is won over with the promise of food and water. She kind of imprints on them, especially on Angelica, and is young enough to sponge up English and become their main means of communication with other Shauians.

[volivolition]

hi hi!! back again with more music!

First off is Ringfinger by Nine Inch Nails! This song's had Dark in a fuckin chokehold the past few days ajahdhdjsdjdjsjd the lyrics REALLY like,, put the love and devotion (and. obsession.) she feels for people into perspective, he feels! Growing up we never really cared much for this song but something about it just clicked one night and now it's one of our most played songs this past week DHDJSJSIDJZ

Next up is a softer NIN track, Lights In The Sky! I wasn't around for this but I have memories of this song helping us with a really bad break-up,, despite the lyrics hinting towards this song being about drugs apparently JFHDJSFJ. The way this one is played is super pretty, definitely gives off space vibes, and it's one of our go-to songs for helping put us to sleep!

Nine Inch Nails contains multitudes™ when it comes to music tbh they can do it all but I think you'd really enjoy their more quieter songs! We just. also really wanted to show you Ringfinger because it's a favourite right now LMAO

That's all from us for now!! Hope you have a good day, life, all of that! <2 -Actor

hi hi!!! YAY hello actor, music time! :D <222

RINGFINGER!! THAT'S YALL!!! HGKJH i listened to this one when yall changed your url, but i'm happy to listen to it again!! :D this is the one that yall like the demo of too, i think?

i love the alternating synth bits between the two audio tracks hkjhg it has a very cool, mysterious feel to it :3 nods nods the love/devotion/obsession, i understand!! the lyrics have a loyalty that bleeds into self-sacrifice :0 <22 the part that yall use for your blog layout!! "I get everything I want / When I get part of you" :'] <33 oooh the turntable scratching ending bit before the guitar-ish glitch out is so funky and fun hkjgh

the demo has much more screeching hkjh its interesting how the drumbeat and vocals are just a touch more subdued than the other version :0 OOH i love getting to see first draft vs finale type things, it's cool hearing what bits were kept and what was changed, alternate lyrics!! :] OH HELL YEAH, thats the lyric yall used for your profile pic piece!! :3 both of these versions are very cool, im glad they clicked for yall!! :DD <33

Lights In The Sky! piano time!! ooh, for real, this is a good sleepy time song, the singer sang so intensely and gruff for most of Ringfinger and he sings so hushed and peacefully here, the duality of man hkgjh <33 "The lights in the sky are waving goodbye / And I am staying right beside you" awah :'] very fond of this, it's lovely that it's helped yall in the past <33 <22

thank you for these!! :D!! hehee i also hope yall have a nice day/life/everything forever and always hkjhg yall deserve the world <222

[mt10lt20]

AT with @39fuwas​ || Ace Combat 6 - Ilya Pasternak

And.. a closeup Strigon 1 version, which I definitely took too literally.

[trumpkinhotboy]

Hi, I was thinking Paul x Reader. Where Reader and Emily went grocery shopping and they heard a meows which means two kittens. They saw the kittens: one of them has brown eyes with black fur and the other one has gray fur. They stare an awe and want to bring it at Emily’s house while the pack went for patrol. They came back in the morning while they heard meow, they stopped and turn around and saw the kittens and they went screaming. During that, Emily and Reader woke up and saw the commotion. Reader begged for Paul to keep it.:)

i love this, the concept is so cute!! i tried my best to make it as loyal to your idea as possible

hope you will like it, and thank you again for the request

here it is xx

[giddyfatherchris]

Can you do texts with stray kids where they get really horny and need y/n?

hello therreee, thank you so much for your request!

here it is hyung line & maknae line

i hope you like it xxx