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umbershift-art · 7 months ago

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I was rereading Vorkosigan books which made me think about Penric and Desdemona and I realized I never posted this thing of that one moment on the hill from Penric’s Mission

#penric and desdemona #the world of the five gods #lois mcmaster bujold

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nobodysuspectsthebutterfly · 10 months ago

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Do you have any high fantasy book recs? I have enjoyed asoiaf and would like to explore more of the genre

Sure, you can see a lot in my book recs tag, with plenty of details, but here's a quick list of my favorite high fantasy series:

The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien (yes, everyone knows this one, but you might be a complete newbie to fantasy, so hey)

The Discworld series, by Terry Pratchett (ditto; also note I detest those reading order guides you may see around, I read the books as they were published (almost) and I was better than fine ok)

The World of the Five Gods, by Lois McMaster Bujold (I recommend again going with publishing order for the novels, then moving on to the Penric novellas, either publishing or chronological. I also rec her Sharing Knife series, though it's not a top favorite, her Spirit Ring novel is sweet and should appeal to YA fantasy fans, and I highly rec her Vorkosigan Saga to ASOIAF fans, though it's SF.)

The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny (love this series so much, always rec it to fans of ASOIAF, and like GRRM I agree it desperately needs a tv adaptation)

The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander (utter classic, very badly served by the Disney adaptation, needs a much better one)

The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis (another classic, and lol publishers really like "chronicles" don't they)

Pelmen the Powershaper series, by Robert Don Hughes (out of print for a long time sadly, but you may be able to find cheap used books)

and there's so much more, in low fantasy and other sub-genres (Naomi Novik's various series and novels are big loves of mine, and I adore Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series), check my tag!

#also there's lots of other high fantasy series like shannara and thomas covenant that i've read but don't exactly rec- ymmv #book recs #fantasy #high fantasy #lord of the rings #discworld #the world of the five gods #the chronicles of amber #the chronicles of prydain #the chronicles of narnia #pelmen the powershaper #anonymous asks

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abigailspinach · 1 month ago

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The Bastard: lightly touching Ista with the side of my foot: Ista move out of the way please so I don’t trip on you

Ista: her eyes enormous: you KICK Ista? you kick her body like the football? oh! oh! jail for mother! jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

#paladin of souls #lois mcmaster bujold #Ista dy Chalion #the Bastard #the world of the five gods

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umbershift · 1 year ago

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You should read the Penric and Desdemona books

#woe propaganda be upon ye #Penric and Desdemona #the world of the five gods #lois mcmaster bujold

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i-cast-zone-of-truth · 7 months ago

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ok so i Did Say that Lois does not get queers because of Bel Thorne. But she DID ALSO make a five-god pantheon in which one of the gods presides over disasters, the overlooked, the unchampioned, and the gays. this god is called the Bastard. could not possibly be better

#every time the Bastard comes up you know it's gonna be a great time #i'm on book 2 of the world of the five gods and it's getting me just as good as vorkosigan saga #i am not finished with vorkosigans i'm just waiting for my next hold to come in #caz is incredible i am extremely fond of him #and i should have known book 2 would be about the other most interesting person in book 1. who i thought was dunzo!!#it's already gone 3 more places than i thought it was gonna go in the whole book and i'm only 20% of the way through #I SHOULD KNOW BY NOW #also the way religion works in her world?????#it's very catholic-coded but like. the kind where nuns would spontaneously get the stigmata u know what i mean #actual direct divine intervention WOULD be terrifying!!#the world of the five gods

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booksaresacredspew · 2 years ago

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Penric: *having existential angst over injuring someone who was literally trying to kill him* what do I do I don't want to become a violent person

Princess-Archdivine Llewyn: Pen, dear, first take a bath and wash your hair. Then eat something and get some sleep. We can talk theology tomorrow.

Penric: yes, Mother

#penric and desdemona #the world of the five gods #lois mcmaster bujold #penric is such a sweetie but it comes back to bite him sometimes #he worries too much #we love him for it

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habitscapes · 1 month ago

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what if they were eepy‼️

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zahanh · 4 months ago

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spearmaster's mess

The Aftermath.

#this took me a whole day to make #GOD HGGH #rain world #drawing time #slugcat #rw spearmaster #rw wanderer #rw seven red suns #five pebbles #but its fp plush #they had a sugar overload #I wonder if anyone will notice #cone of SHAME #in the corner of SHAME #rw srs

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reunitedinterlude · 2 months ago

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proxy kisses // for @calvinahobbes (credit to @ahappydnp and this post)

#the philly shark moment being in the tiny viewfinder has been my villain origin story since 2018 actually #like it means the world to me ?? but it's in the tiniest viewfinder?? how cruel??#also the hyperlink always disappearing sdjfs third time's the charm <33 #dnptit #dnptit livestream #dan and phil #phan #amazingphil #phil lester #daniel howell #danisnotonfire #dnp gifs #my gifs #gif requests #What if Dan and Phil were GODS?#HELL DEMON #Dan and Phil Play FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 4 #dnp liveshows

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redfirefox-55 · 4 months ago

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Please guys go read Software Entropy by @clubsheartsspades (I hope you don’t mind the tag!)

It literally destroyed me. I forced my sister to read it and it destroyed her too. I just had to draw something for it because I couldn’t get this quote out of my head, but I couldn’t possibly do the scene justice in the same way as in the fanfiction so you need to go read it yourself

#you go into it thinking oh it can’t be that bad I’m not that affected by sad media #then it is that bad #and worse #and oh my god im only halfway through #and you remember there is no happy ending for them and somehow you forgot and wished things would start getting better #but you already know how this story ends #I need to reread it because I feel like I missed a lot of symbolism the first go because of how emotionally distressed I was #this persons work is so good #I read one of their other fanfics before leaving only rust behind I think #and it was also very good it was very cute #I don’t think I finished it because I’m not much of a reader but I think I’ll go back to it and the other one they wrote too #I swear these two little robots make me miserable #art #my art #comic #rain world #five pebbles #looks to the moon #rw fp #rw lttm #rw moon #rw fanfic #fanfiction

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egophiliac · 2 months ago

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EGO EFO EGO OVERBLOT SSR ANNOUNCED OVERBLOTS SSR ANNOUNCED MALLEUS' HAS BEEN SHOWN BANGS POTS AND PANS EGOOOOOO

OH NO

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #...i don't know how else to tag this. sounds like they'll be random non-story/event cards sorta like the clubwear?#so uhhhh just general spoilers then i guess #are you KIDDING me though #they really did do this to me five minutes after i fling everything into the gacha void for silver huh #i forgot animejapan was happening! i thought i'd have at least until april to feel regret!#no no i'm okay i'm chill i'm cool. i do not regret silver because he is actually very good for me strategically but also #BUT ALSO #this is so much worse for me than if it really had been fluffy bunny malleus. i'm furious.#his card illustration...god...i can't even imagine what the groovy will be #who is he gonna duo with. is this how we get the mal and silver duo finally.#what if he duos with someone completely random. 'i will show you my true power...fellow :)' 'what is hAPPENING'#GOD how could you do this to me twst #what if they have STORIES what am i supposed to DO #i mean 90% they won't because what would they even be. but WHAT IF #what if there's three chapters of ob!malleus just kinda puttering around his little thorn-covered palace #how am i supposed to exist in the same world if that happens

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hdra77 · 1 year ago

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if you've been following me since my first posts when i was very new to the fandom you'd notice how i used to draw iterator with mouths now i just wonder what would happen if i just..draw them with mouths again lol

#rain world #rain world art #rw five pebbles #rw no significant harassment #five pebbles #rw looks to the moon #fishdoesdoodles #OKAY ITS ALSO BEEN SO LONG SINCE IVE USED THESE DESIGNS TOO #LIKE OH MY GOD #THESE ARE SO OLDDDD #BUT THEY HAVE CHARM IN THEM #rainworld fanart #rw iterator #rw fp #rw nsh #rw lttm #looks to the moon #no significant harassment

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pocket-goat · 7 months ago

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HAPPY (early) HALLOWEEN!!!!!! lets all go trick-or-treating in shaded citadel mmmm baskets of spiders (flats and individuals under the cut!)

i lowkey like the flats better but i spent too long on the background to scrap it ashfhhfg

moon and rivulet as zombies! (get it because she died and came back ahaha)

pebbles and artificer as a vampire and vampire bat! (because pebbles is emo and a leech and artificer likes to bite <3)

sig and hunter as hatsune miku and... a leek! (theres no reason for this one i just think sig would love hatsune miku and the overseer pigtails was really funny to me)

suns and spearmaster as dr frankenstein and his monster! (because suns literally made spearmaster but kinda fucked up and wrong)

gourmand, survivor, and monk as a pumpkin, skeleton, and bee respectively! (i just thought these costumes were cute and matched their colours)

sliver and saint as ghosts (self explanatory honestly sliver is literally dead) and inv in a maid dress (idk if thats even a costume honestly that freaks just kinda like that)