#the journey book series

[fishsfailureson]

Artfright 2024- "Eclipse"

I saw the prompt name and just had to draw my girl Eclipse. Funnily enough I have drawn her during an actual eclipse before.

[choices-and-voices]

Quotes from Kieran that straight-up sound like Shakespearean love poetry: a comprehensive list

‘None may touch me. None but you.’

‘What is left of my heart belongs to you. When you leave, it will shatter anew.’

‘Tell me I did not hurt you.’

‘How am I expected to pass another century without the taste of you on my tongue?’

‘After so many decades spent hating each sunset, knowing nightfall would take my freedom from me... I began to yearn for the moonrise instead of cursing it. Because dreams of you might be waiting on the other side.’

‘I would rather be cursed to roam the wilds as a beast every night than live endless lifetimes without you.’

‘Wherever it is that souls may go, you will find mine waiting for you at the end of all things.’

‘You shall pay dearly for every spilled drop of her blood.’

‘I was not lying. Were you?’

‘Just this once, beloved... I wish you could not lie.’

‘You hold all of my heart, beloved. Now, and always.’

‘I would make and unmake the world for you, beloved.’

‘Believe me when I say I want every part of you. Every version. Now and future.’

‘Look, beloved. Your skin is a canvas covered in stars.’

‘If I were you, I would begin by thanking her and throw yourself on her continued mercy. Because you’ll get none from me.’

‘What would be the point of immortality without you?’

‘No magic. Like an everyday mortal.’

‘Insult her again, and I will carve my refusal into your flesh, so that you may never forget it.’

‘I don’t care what your title is. Every breath, every beat of my heart belongs to you. You are mine for life.’

‘Thank you… for sharing the sky with me.’

‘If you lay a single hand on her, there will be nothing left of this place but a hole in the ground.’

‘Let us live in this moment long enough that I may love you the way you deserve.’

‘I will let nothing separate us… I shall always find you. Your heart calls to mine in a language beyond words.’

‘For you I would set worlds aflame, tear the sun and moon from the sky. I did not live before I met you.’

‘Perhaps you are the most courageous of all, for choosing to live among us. A mortal among gods.’

‘Welcome home, beloved.’

‘You helped me find peace in my grief. I will always help you find peace in yours.’

‘You sacrifice too much for me, beloved.’

‘I cannot give you my heart. It already belongs to someone else.’

‘There will always be tasks vying for our attention. But you are more important to me than any of them.’

‘I like being in here. I always want you to have the freedom of a place to call your own… and it means everything, that you welcome me in.’

(And finally, BONUS: Quotes from *other* characters in The Cursed Heart that straight-up sound like Shakespearean poetry, because the writers of this book just do. not. rest.)

‘I know you. I’m not afraid.’

‘I love him so terribly, it hurts.’

‘You are so much stronger than you know. And a love as strong as this is worth fighting for.’

‘Even if you kill me, I’m glad I met you. Because you deserve to be happy. You deserve to be loved. And I will love you until my very last breath.’

‘The world is rarely gentle to those who are so kind. It is you who must be the strongest of all.’

‘What do you want with that cursed thing?’ / ‘To cut the Sun and the Moon from the sky.’

‘Anything here that wishes to eat me had best prepare to choke.’

‘I know you. And I love you. Both your darkness and your light.’

‘You are everything I want. Just you. Just like this.’

‘If love could forestall death, we would all be immortal.’

‘All stories end. Even ours. That’s what makes them beautiful.’

‘I don’t care where I sleep, so long as it’s beside you.’

[markantonys]

THEEEEE POINT of rand is that, in the end, the reason he's able to succeed where lews therin failed is NOT his power, it's his good heart and the support of his found family. in the end, he's not a warrior hero, he's a philosophical hero. rand's fight in the last battle is a fight of philosophy and ethics, and it's his friends who are out on the frontlines of the physical fighting, leading armies and protecting him.

so people complaining that the battle with ishy was changed from Solo Rand Power Trip To Show Why He Is More Special Than The Other Characters to a moment of all his friends gathering together to support him, protect him, fight with him, and remind him that he is not alone in this and that they're stronger when they're together...............i'm sorry, but i truly don't think you read the same books i did. (and before you come for me, rand is my second favorite character in the whole series after elayne, so don't come in here saying that i Just Don't Get It because i don't love him enough.)

[forcebookish]

whumptober no.29: burnout

You can't go on like this, Mew. You must take good care of yourself now. Otherwise, everything else will collapse too.

[call-me-cosmic]

Gandalf is Gan-done

[starrynightsxo]

guys I'm nearly at the end of the shatter me series... 35% through Believe Me and damn just hit me how much I've been invested and how much I've read. I started reading the 1st book on 13th March and (now on 10th April) I say, woah, it's been an emotional rollercoaster since then. The series (for me) has had it's ups and downs but in all honesty, I've enjoyed the books and the little novellas too :) I'll let you guys know how I feel at the end of Believe Me and give a book by book rating <3

To all the Warnette fans, I am with you.

To all the Nazeera x Kenji fans, I stand with you.

To all the Winston x Brendon stans, I stan with you.

And, finally, to all the Anderson haters, I proudly, and with unadultered feeling, hate with you.

[likeabxrdinflight]

tired of early 20-somethings acting like harry potter was never good or had no value in its day like shut the fuck up half of you weren't even there when it peaked

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Our Lady Of Mysterious Ailments & The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle

books 2 & 3 in the Edinburgh Nights series

paranormal mystery set in a climate-ravaged future Scotland, plagued by ghosts and magic

follows a 15yo Black girl who’s finally gotten an in to learn scientific magic properly - but it turns out to be an unpaid internship, so she has to take more jobs delivering ghost messages and investigating mysteries to take care of her gran and little sister

in book 2 she’s investigating a strange illness centred on a magic school for boys

and in book 3 she’s attending a global magician conference held in a creepy castle - when someone’s murdered, and they’re locked in until she figures out the culprit

Zimbabwean magic, friendship, disabled characters, no romance (so far)

[namedforvalor]

Scenes from The Vampire Chronicles that genuinely made me laugh out loud: The Vampire Lestat edition. (spoilers)

Really loved Lestat waking up, wandering around a bit, then approaching a group of punks and casually saying "I'm a vampire" and they're just like "oh cool" followed by them finally asking his name and telling him he's in a book. Lestat standing under a street lamp reading the entirety of IWTV in one sitting was a perfect way to start this.

Lestat standing in the church after being chased through town by a hoard of vampires, meeting Armand who is essentially like “can you stop being an asshole? I’ve convinced these idiots that I know god and I’ve established rules and you’re fucking up my game by breaking them” and Lestat is like “…right” and then immediately starts screaming that Armand is in the church at the top of his lungs while Armand chases him around telling him to shut up. You can't write this shit.

When Lestat is in the crypts and Allesandra and Armand are trying to convince him to join them and she's basically like "You can't live with mortals, you'll eventually start to love them" and Lestat, so seriously, is like "Oh.. It takes you three hundred years to love something, you monsters? I loved them from the first night. Were you awful in your mortal lives as well?" like my god read them to filth.

[fishsfailureson]

I want to talk about the platonic doomed toxic yuri so badly but I can't go into detail 😔

[onemomentinhispresence]

[markantonys]

i hope the logistics of the WH polycule love declarations are the same in the show i.e. everybody meets up in nynaeve's room and starts blurting out their feelings there, just so that elayne and nynaeve can have a "give us a minute" "this is MY room!" callback to s2. elayne will have her vengeance!

[finallymyescape]

AHAHAHAHA IT'S HAPPENING, IT'S HERE, THE ENEMIES ARE BECOMING LOVERS "Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It's disgusting, and I can't stop."

great, great times, I love it XD

[laytontreasures]

Layton Mystery Detective Agency Books

I recently discovered these Layton Mystery Detective Agency Books that I had never heard of before.

Since I'm an obsessed Layton fan, I immediately bought the entire set, ten books in total.

I looked it up and the books were made by @Layton_Creative.

(Go check out their Twitter they have loads of cute art!)

I have no idea how "official" these books are, but they are ready cute and I really enjoyed them!

Each book is based on a single episode of the anime.

The artstyle is really cute and funny at times.

And this is a Layton book, so there are naturally puzzles to solve!

One thing I really like is there are a few changes and extra scenes that aren't in the anime.

For example, in the final case, Hastings and Brittanias must work together to solve the puzzles to rescue the Dragons.

And by the end of it, they actually become friends!

Also, Clover Pryce doesn't die in this version! A great day for women!

My favorite part however is the end of the final case, where Katrielle walks through town and sees all the people she's helped. I'm glad to see Pastel smiling, he definitely had the most tragic episode.

There's also a cute illustration at the end.

Wait.... who do you see those two men in the window??

I bought my books from here if anybody is interested in adding them to their collection.

🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸

[pharawee]

This is not a drill. I Feel You Linger in the Air will get a second season "soon."

Commander Yai? Commander Yai!! 😭🙏