#thethinkers

[dailydragons]

I am not immune to this propaganda…

Do you like long fantasy series, but are tired of authors never finishing them?

Do you like interesting magic systems?

Do you like when characters form intense even psychic bonds with animal companions?

Do you like your heart getting ripped out of your chest and then stuffed back in full to bursting and but then ripped out again to get stomped on but it turns out you like that too uhhh let's call it... intense yearning

Do you like dragons? Of course you do, why else would you be on this blog!

WELL DO I HAVE THE BOOK SERIES FOR YOU!

The Realm of the Elderlings is a 16-book series is comprised of four trilogies and a quartet. All of which have been finished. Yes that's right, Robin Hobb saw other authors who can't seem to finish their multi-book fantasy epics and said "I will finish mine 4 different times to show you it's incredibly easy actually." She also has written multiple other series (some under the pen name Megan Lindholm), set in different universes.

So, where to start?

The components of RotE are:

The Farseer Trilogy

The Liveship Traders Trilogy

The Tawny Man Trilogy

The Rain Wild Chronicles

Fitz and the Fool Trilogy

The three bolded trilogies above are told from the perspective of FitzChivalry Farseer, one of the main/major characters in this universe and my eternal blorbo. The Liveship Traders trilogy and Rain Wild Chronicles are told from several points of view, and happen in chronological order between the series above and flesh out the worldbuilding, lore, history, etc.

For the most complete look at the universe, you can of course read everything. However if you want to stick with just one character, you can read the three bolded trilogies only. And of course, if you don't want to commit to a metric ton of words either way, you can just read the first trilogy and see what you think. Though I do think the levels of joy/pain/adoration increase with each work as you get more invested in the characters, of course.

OR. You can in fact read the Liveship Traders trilogy or the Rain Wild Chronicles quartet completely independently of the others. I actually started with Rain Wild Chronicles because those books have the highest concentration of dragons--it was actually a follower of this blog who recommended them to me, and I decided to jump into those rather than commit to The Whole Series (which at the time was only 13 books not 16). But I loved the writing style and wanted to learn more about the world, so got into the rest, and now I actually think the Rainwilds books are the weakest of the bunch (though I still enjoyed them initially)!

But You're Following This Blog, DailyDragons, So Here's The Part Of The Pitch You're Actually Invested In

Now I will be up front that you don't get many dragons in the first trilogy. There are a kind of dragons that appear at the end but dragons are not the main focus of this one. However Hobb learns from her mistakes about not including tons of dragons in her fantasy world and you get more in the next parts of the series.

The Liveship books deal with sea serpents and dragons in very interesting ways I don't want to spoil, though it's a slow build. But VERY fascinating reveals into the dragon's biology, life history, and magic.

The plot of the later half of the Tawny Man Trilogy revolves around dealing with how the world of this story used to have dragons but they have practically gone extinct. Less direct contact with dragons but still a dragon-centric last book.

Rainwilds is chock full of dragons. Including as POV characters. Can't complain about lack of dragons here at all.

Fitz & The Fool Trilogy is lighter on the dragons at first and then they show up en force at the end. Ta da!

anyway please read these books and join me in my eternal suffering. wait, suffering? nevermind who said that. shhh. it's fine. you will love fitzchivalry farseer. you will love the fool. you will never be the same again.

[theoutcastrogue]

Taken inside a locksmith shop

Thieves' tools! I love them!

[emkini]

It's truly impressive how you manage to start posting atla stuff just as my mom decides it's time for a rewatch of the entire series… then again, she does that about 3 times a year, but still

My power knows no bounds :3

[feckedstrats]

What the fuck is the point

[portfoliodeborahsawadogo]

[computercreature]

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is there a name or phrase for this type of skewing. and is there a way to do it in css

[edreamworld]

The Thinker @ Legion of Honor Museum #thethinker #legionofhonor #sanfrancisco #sfbay #california #roadtripcalifornia #roadtripamerica #dreamamerica #edreamamerica #dreamamericausa (at Legion of Honor Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp83I5yPstM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[damensource]

Masterpost

A warm thank you to all who participated in the inaugural DAMEN LOVE FEST! Your creations have brought us all immense joy and deepened our appreciation for Damen’s character.

Special thanks to rebloggers and supporters — your appreciation fuels the heartbeat of fandom.

Feel free to submit late Damen-centered works to our Ao3 Collection or tag #damenlovefest2023, as we continue to accept submissions. Stay tuned for potential future events by following this space!

Find the full DAMEN LOVE FEST 2023 masterpost below the cut to guarantee you’re viewing the latest version, including any late submissions.

Enjoy these remarkable works, and if possible, express your appreciation to our creators by reblogging and commenting on their work!

FIC

✨ A Storm That Took Everything by @irregularcollapse

✨ body in abyss by @kybelles

✨ Art + fic by @0-0malik

✨ as lovers go by @meidebenne

✨ bells for him by @kybelles

✨ bathed in light by @wrenaspun

✨ heart of gold by @noirshadow

✨ The Lost Prince by @byeugly

EDITS

✨ Survived by Damianos Vasilias edit by @chastillon

✨ Fathers & Sons web weaving by @zumurruds

✨ Akielos edit by @zumurruds

✨ Damen & Nikandros web weaving by @kybelles

✨ Homecoming edit by @chastillon

✨ Kastor & Damen edit by @laurentspeach

✨ Politics web weaving by @kybelles

✨ Akielos edit by @laurentspeach

✨ Personality web weaving by @kybelles

✨ Captive Prince TV Tropes edit by @zumurruds

✨ Relationships web weaving by @kybelles

✨ Kingship web weaving by @zumurruds

✨ Lamen web weaving by @zumurruds

✨ Trauma edit by @zumurruds

✨ Foils and Parallels web weaving by @kybelles

META

✨ Damen & Egeria meta by @meidebenne

✨ Family meta by @merrivia

✨ Akielos meta by @merrivia

✨ The Parallel Betrayals of Damen and Erasmus meta by @zumurruds

ART

✨ Family art by @cxinis

✨ Art + fic by @0-0malik

✨ Egeria art by @wrenaspun

✨ Akielos art by @cxinis

✨ Comic art by @0-0malik

✨ Lamen art by @0-0malik

✨ Damen art by @0-0malik

AUDIO

✨ Family song by @lise-thethinker

Once again, a big thank you to everyone who participated! Looking forward to seeing you next time! ♡

[gadgetcopter]

Genuinely and very like lovingly and supportively I’d like to ask: what makes u like inspector gadget so much? I find it very cool and charming ^_^

AWWW THATS SO SWEET THANK YOU YAY. well i just find him very cutes his design is just so perfect to me and his sillyness is awesome. he gives me insane cuteness aggression i want to attack him so bad. list of things i loev about him (normal): - his driving is so bad its unreal + his crazy road rage - dumb as shit - is seconds away from accidentaly killing himself and everyone around him in every episode - never takes his gay gloves or hat off - likes walking with his hands behind his back or in his pockets. very cuteness - loves using his roller skates even though hes shit at it and when he does it makes everything like a hundred times worse - does the hand on chin thinking pose super often #thethinker - loves his niece #uncle - obsessed with destroying and exploding and breaking shit - gets really annoyed/mad often and its impossible to take him seriously because hes just so goofy looking - his awesome blank white pupils. this dude is FUCKED UP in the head - his stupid silly spiky hair

^ everyone look at my silly little guy and clap or im blowing this whole building up

[5hark-byt3]

Guys I can change my splat username tmrw what should it be💥💥💥

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: Hmmm... here's some food for thought! This contemplative #ASCIIart adaptation of #TheThinker, the crowning element in #AugusteRodin's #GatesOfHell, was made by @littlebitspace and included in the new fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

[xenophilicbicycle]

@lise-thethinker time for some more LinkedIn shitposting™

[bloodenjoyer]

Ouh no here comes theThink . SHAWNEE SMITH? YOU GUYS SEEN HER?????

[jfassenfeltart]

A very happy birthday to Peter Capaldi!!!

He will always be my Doctor. And I'm thankful and blessed that I met him, he is a humble and kind human being. He always told me to keep drawing and never give up and I still stuck by it to this day.

To cosplay a few of his characters just brings such joy and fun coz I just love cosplaying the 12th Doctor and they strangely suit me too !!

Happy Birthday Peter I hope you have a well deserved wonderful day.

#PeterCapaldi #DoctorWho #12thDoctor #twelfthdoctor #12thDoctorcosplay #twelfthdoctorcosplay #Doctorwhocosplay #MalcolmTucker #thethickofit #TheDevilshour #Gideon #thesuicidesquad #TheThinker #Capaldi

[myincorrectacademia]

A not-so-private conversation

[Floaty :)] Hey there, Midoriya~ What are you up to? :)

[One4All] Oh, hey Ochaco. Just studying for our upcoming exams. Why do you ask?

[Floaty :)] No reason~ I was just thinking about how cute you are when you're nervous. ¬‿¬

[One4All] O-oh, I'm not nervous!

[ManlyMan] hey whats going on

[pika-pi!] yeah, why is midoriya blushing?

[♡ ᴘɪɴᴋʏ ♡] ooh, did ochaco finally confess her love to him? 💖💖💖

[kerokero] No way, Midoriya is way too dense to notice someone liking him. kero

[One4All] Hey, I heard that!

[luvfrommusutafu] what's everyone talking about?

[TenyaIida] Yes, please fill us in.

[icyhot] did someone say something about midoriya being dense?

[TheThinker] Wait, what's going on?

[ucantseeme] guys, i can't find my phone, has anyone seen it???

[LordExplosionMurder] Why is everyone spamming the chat?

[dudewithatail] Oh, is this a party? I'm in!

[the_whisperer] 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜'����𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

[SugarBrained] Hey, did I miss something?

[JapaneseSpiderman] I just got back from patrol. What's going on?

[LeAmazing] ✨Oh, is this a group chat? Can I join too? ✨

[perv_in_purple] did i hear someone talking about midoriya and ochaco?

[Floaty :)] This was not the kind of attention I wanted. >n>

[One4All] Can we please talk about something else?

[ManlyMan] nah lets keep teasing him its too much fun

[pika-pi!] yeah, i wanna see how red he can get!

[♡ ᴘɪɴᴋʏ ♡] don't worry, midoriya. we're just having some harmless fun. 💖💖💖

[kerokero] Yeah, don't take it so seriously. kero

[the_whisperer] 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸.

[LordExplosionMurder] Yeah, yeah, whatever. So who wants to hear about the time I accidentally set off a smoke bomb in my dorm room?

[eribertooriol]

 A Touch of Madness is pivotal to a creative life

The Thinker by Eriberto Oriol

Imagine, walking into this scene of chaos and seeing the frenzy of graffiti on the walls and the madness of the scene highlighted by rays of natural sunlight coming in from above. This is what Eriberto Oriol walked into and was able to capture in this photo. 

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VIDEO by Angelica Oriol

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