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So far The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson isn't an instant favorite of mine, but it is good and it has so many fantastic elements going for it:
Historical fantasy set at the fall of Al-Andalus that takes the history part seriously
Nuanced look at religion (both Islam and Christianity) in a historical context
Platonic m/f best friend duo
Really compelling antagonist
Beautiful writing and thoughts
Some kind of allegorical journey perhaps?? If so I'm super into it
Very pretty descriptions
Kinda weird
I'm a little over halfway done, but impressed so far.
#the bird king#g. willow wilson#I'm at such an interesting part rn and I'm like...this is what historical fantasy Should be#instead of the silly stuff that just takes the aesthetics of a historical era and nothing else#taking the beliefs and events seriously adds up to a much more intriguing story#so far I don't think it would be a keeper for me bc idk if I'd want to reread it#but I'm glad I'm reading it now
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'Fear can make anything real,' said Vikram. 'The black-cloaks are afraid you're a sorcerer. If they condemn you as a sorcerer and burn you for it, then you are, for all practical purposes, a sorcerer, whether you began as one or not. Fear doesn't need to make sense in order to have consequences.'
The Bird King, G. Willow Wilson
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The Bird King, G. Willow Wilson
ID / She knew now what parts of her persisted when the things that didn't matter were stripped away: the embroidered slippers, the quiet routines, the room in which she slept, her few possessions. Those were not her; they formed no integral part of her personality, though they had defined her for so many years. What remained was slight but strong, and what remained, believed. / END ID
#this book kind of defies summary but i can't recommend it enough#the relationships‚ the magic of the universe‚ the hard-earned self discovery... all so good#the things hassan (a gay man) and fatima (a concubine) say to one another have 99% of romance novels beat#their love is so pure and emotional and central to who they are. the absolute platonic ideal#anyway! enough rambling!!#the bird king#g. willow wilson#quotes#words
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Ghost chirps au but instead of the cute little bird songs and peeps it’s just-
“CAW”
Like a giant crow or flock of crows if there’s more than one ghost. Danny being able to gather all of Gotham’s crows, as a giant army because he sounds like them.
Crows: Who tf are you
Danny: CAW
Crows: Say less homie
He’s named every last one of them and has trained them all to pick locks and steal. He’s respected by the crows because he’s the only one with dexterous hands. If they can’t open something they call in the big guns (AKA Danny) Like imagine being a Gothamite and watching a enormous flock of crows seemingly summoning a scrawny child out nowhere to unlock a dumpster? Like they’re crowding around him like he’s the messiah, a god even and they all just squawk in unison when the kid pulls out a bobby pin and picks the padlock. They’re dropping, coins, bottle caps, earrings, bullet shells, anything vaguely shiny and the occasional paper money into his hands.
The kid has a necklace of soda tabs and bottle cap earrings. He also just walks around collecting beer bottles and later sells little glass statues that have a bioluminescent glow (HC that Danny can melt and shape glass with weaker ecto blasts) Glowing glass jewelry is weaved into his hair that is seemingly a identity confirmation for the crows.
Nobody knows the kids name he just showed up one day with his massive army of crows and started to wander. After around a month of the kid wandering around without a care in the world and not dying the locals decide “Huh, I guess crow prince is here to stay,” Like, they accept him as a local cryptid.
Like “Yeah, crow king just kind of vibes but if you give him food, he’ll bash in a pedophiles kneecaps,”
Shit goes down When Danny discovers his chirps can also sound like geese.
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King Rail (Rallus elegans)
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vulture fancam yaaay:3
you can also find it on my tiktok here if you want!
#birds#birdblr#daemnblogging#vultures#black vulture#turkey vulture#bearded vulture#california condor#king vulture#andean condor#hooded vulture#cinereous vulture#lappet faced vulture#griffon vulture#fancam#edit
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so a little birdie came to me.......
blue & yellow are here
#back at it again turning characters into birds#my art#alan becker#animation vs animator#ava#animation vs minecraft#ava red#ava green#ava the second coming#ava the chosen one#ava the dark lord#ava victim#ava king orange#ava purple#avm purple#avm king orange#avm king mango#avm red#avm green#stickbirds
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Reposting from the Main blog. Feel like there are definitely some followers who are into Kaiju's here.
#Can you tell my favorite Kaiju is Rodan?#I love the lava bird <3#In my interpretation buddy is just fucked up genetically.#Overexposure to radiation in the form of Godzilla (lmao)#my art#King Ghidorah#Shimo#Rodan
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Their gossip session is either about planning to kill you or just making fun of you falling to your death. (especially when you're fighting Margit and fell off a cliff. Just As Planned.) There is no in between.
(CALL ME A TRUE BELIEVER IN OMEN TWINS GOSSIP SESSION. THEY SAID THEY DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER BUT IK THEY CANNOT STOP YAPPING WHEN THEY MEET. THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING. I NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM YAPPING PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.) hello back to normal bark bark.
#elden ring#elden ring fanart#morgott the omen king#mohg lord of blood#art#my art#i forgot to post it here#They are siblings and I say they talk to each other a lot but they will deny that.#They have a reputation to uphold#Mohg says: I just saw Tarnished shooting my bird farming 10k runes and rolled to their death.#Morgott say: Deserved. They are born stupid after all. Anyway I bought boiled crabs.#Morgott trash talked us a lot but if fromsoft let Mohg yep it's joever for us.
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'Once a story leaves the hands of its author, it belongs to the reader. And the reader may see any number of things, conflicting things, contradictory things. The author goes silent. If what he intended mattered so very much, there would be no need for inquisitions and schisms and wars. But he is silent, silent. The author of the poem is silent, the author of the world is silent. We are left with no intentions but our own.'
The Bird King, G. Willow Wilson
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For the epic bird who managed to revive a fandom @randomalistic (<- SUCH A PASSIONATE AND KIND PERSON BTW YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GO WATCH THEIR VIDEO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! GO GO GO THIS IS AN ORDER!!!)
bonus doodles teehee, got attached to the idea of a little bird and its oxpecker-like relationship with the world's largest parasite :]c
#art#wreck it ralph#king candy#this guy has like 3 different names how do I tag this specific form?#ah whatever it's the bug#There's so much packed in that analysis I can't even put into proper words how good it is JUST GO WATCH IT!#ITS SO LOVINGLY MADE AND THEY GO IN DETAIL ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND THE BASTARD HIMSELF AND THE part where it talks about Vinny...#(GRITTING MY TEETH AND SOBBING) GOOD SHIT!!!#godspeed you silly bird <3
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>> CERCERION, GRIEF OF THE STORM <<
#windyart#broken horizon#cercerion#dragon#storm#sky#painting#HEYYY HIIII i did this and im so super proud of it here u go mwah :]#if u zoom in you can see some birds except theyre not birds theyre dragons. cer is fucking massive in this state#anyway LOOK AT MY GUY THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#song rec#also hiii hiii this is a ploy for you to listen to kings. dont worry i will be linking this song at least 4 more times for 4 more art piece#:)
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Over Tea
A sudden chill sweeps through Gotham, almost like Mr. Freeze had just attacked only thing was the man was currently locked away in Arkham, and was felt by all. And talked by all via word of mouth and on social media as well.
The clouds and smog that covered their dark city shifted and swirled, a rumble beginning deep inside them as the weather turned from smoggy to rain and thunder with no real warning. The strangest thing was the green glow that could be seen when thunder rumbled inside the gray clouds.
Then like a candle being blown out, the rumbling stopped, the rain ended, and the clouds parted all over Gotham.
For the first time in a while Gotham had a clear sky and it felt... it felt like something heavy had been lifted off the city.
It was this sudden shift and the all felt chill that had set off alerts for Batman and his family. Since early morning since the first change and shift happened he was in front of the Batcomputer trying to narrow down where it started.
After hours of searching with the help of Red Robin, Oracle and strangely enough Red Hood, they managed to narrow down where the odd power had been coming from.
Was still coming from, only very low.
The old and abandoned observatory tower.
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"More ecto-tea Lady Gotham?" Danny asked, his hand waving towards the steaming pot nearby.
The woman smiled lightly, her dark painted lips curling up to show her sharp fangs for a moment before saying "No but thank you Young Kingling though I would like more cookies if you don't mind. Now where were we?"
Danny nodded towards her and signaled towards a maid skeleton ghost who walked forward with a tray of cookies. The maid swiftly placed a few more cookies on the spirit embodiment of Gotham plate before bowing and stepping away.
"We were just about to discuss the sentience of the Court of Owls." Danny said as he lightly tapped the large almost mountain of paperwork on the table they were sitting at, floating high above the floor as shooting stars and planets drifted around them. Many ghosts floated around as well, servants that had sworn their loyalty to the Young King, and were preparing things like snacks and drinks for two powerful beings in the room as they discussed business. Nearby doors and windows though were ghostly knights that stood tall and alert, making sure no interlopers interrupted the meeting taking place and ready to defend not only Lady Gotham but their King.
"Ah yes them." Lady Gotham grimaced as she took a drink of her ecto-tea. "That will take some time for us to discuss, they've been running around unchecked for to long and even with my limited abilities to hinder them has been less than ideal."
"You, Lady G, were deeply cursed for many, many years and I just broke most of it." Danny cut in quickly, he was not about to let this wonderful and powerful city spirit blame herself for something out of her hands "Due to said curse you couldn't do much so please don't go blaming yourself. Its mostly broken now, so you can freely start healing yourself and your city self now that jerk demon that cursed you is in Walker's prison for his crimes."
Lady Gotham grew silent for a moment, her dark eyes staring deeply at the young King but then warmly smiled, well as warm as she could seeing how she was Gotham itself. "You reminded me of my Knight, Young King, treating me like this. Not afraid to point out the truth and facts."
Danny gave a light laugh as he took a hold of one of the cookies on his plate and gave a bite "I'll take that as a compliment Lady Gotham. Now about those Court of Owls...."
#danny phantom#danny fenton#dp x dc#blue rambles#crossover#writing ideas#random idea#danny phantom dc#dpxdc#dcxdp#ghost king danny#Danny visited Gotham as part of his new kingly duties to discuss things#only to find the city spirit chained and cursed by a demon#he fought the demon and kicked its butt now that he's cleaning up Pariah Dark bad management#Lady Gotham been trying to save her city self for years but couldn't do much#Her Dark Knight and his bats and birds helped ease the pain#but the demon encouraged and influenced a lot of Batman's rogue's#The Joker is the one he's most proud of#Lady Gotham did her best to save her people from his influence#some listened others didn't#anyways Danny came to Gotham because he noticed a lot of papers for the city and well#again found the demon and fought him#it caused a huge shift in Gotham that couldn't be ignored#and we all know Batman wouldn't ignore it.#Honestly I just wanted Ghost King Danny and Lady Gotham discussing business and drinking tea as they float.#I like to think the Batfam do get to the Observatory and somehow sneak in even with all the guards.#what happens next I leave open for others to play with.#11 pm ideas and thoughts
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