#the bird king

[lindensea]

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.

[gingerteaonthetardis]

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

[ida-spies-genitals]

And On the 26th Day the bird king

came back

[pnchen]

Cerberus...?

[fall3nangel333]

Sansa Stark you deserve the world

[starwrighter]

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.

[run-bird-run]

King Rail (Rallus elegans)

© Clive Harris

[great-and-small]

[corvidaemnit]

vulture fancam yaaay:3

you can also find it on my tiktok here if you want!

[ostdrossel]

Sometimes things align and something fun happens. When this Cardi landed, timing was perfect, and the CY95 trailcam snapped an awesome picture. I counted six Cardinals in the yard today!

[antiqueanimals]

George Marston (1882-1940). Polar Wildlife.Iink, watercolour and body colour on artist's board, captioned in ink.

Bonhams

[otiksimr]

Reposting from the Main blog. Feel like there are definitely some followers who are into Kaiju's here.

[coulrocanth]

construct

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: The Thinker

[slapthekeyboard]