#threads of power

[clockworkbee]

gf who loves knives & daggers and bf who loves her blade against his throat >>>

[spacehero-23]

the white streak >>>

"sexy gentleman" damn straight!! look at my boy!!!

[antaripirate]

delilah bard:

[happygirl2oo2]

Begging any of the amazing fan artists in the Shades of Magic fandom to draw Nadiya, Rhy and Alucard as this photo of the Dead Boy Detectives cast 'cause it's just so them and I desperately need to see it, thank you

I think the photo speaks for itself but just in case- in my head it's Nadiya (on the left), Rhy (on the right), and Alucard (on the bottom)

[romanathree]

some lila bard fanart 🗡️♥️

[homerjacksons]

5 star reads of 2024 ↳ the fragile threads of power by v.e. schwab

[mojomito]

Haters Gonna Hate

[eliotdrawings]

shades of magic trios

[indigoreed1]

I’ve seen people complain that VE Schwab didn’t fully explore her worlds in ADSOM, but speaking as a character driven reader, I don’t really care about worldbuilding. I like that it’s is so vague.

All I know about these Londons is that one is crusty, one is musty, one is dusty, and one is red.

And that’s all I need 😌

[just-a-girl-who-likes-sharks]

Whatever they have, that’s what I want.

[purplebass]

2023 books - the fragile threads of power by v.e. schwab A thing taken by force would always be a pale shadow of something given freely.

[clockworkbee]

When a character so badly wants to do or see something happen and they give their all for it but then they don’t live to see it and people get to know from other people that “they did it. They made it happen. They'd have loved to see it. It’s a shame they didn't live to see it”? Yeah...

[spacehero-23]

An acolyte of the late king, Holland Vosjik

[antaripirate]

this scene always get me

because firstly, every interaction between kell and alucard is fucking gold, and the concept of them tolerating each other to find lila is perfect. (i could write essays about alucard and kell’s relationship in tftop because it is so fucking entertaining).

but also alucard trying to look after kell for lila’s sake and lila’s sake alone (because this isn’t a pain that could hurt rhy) is so funny to me.

because the implication that at some point lila sat alucard down and explicitly told him there would be hell to pay if he ever let kell hurt himself is gold.

the image of lila bard threatening her best friend over the idiot she loves (who he hates) is just so fucking funny. and i can see alucard thinking it’s hilarious how soft bard actually is, but also being mildly irritated because he knows she’s actually deadly serious and he now has to look out for kell.

and then there’s literally just the fact of how much lila worries in this book. she’s literally never not thinking about kell. i could talk for days about this. they’re so in love it hurts.

this scene is just such a perfect mix of tension and humour, which V always does perfectly.

[happygirl2oo2]

And ofc I had to make one for the Threads crew as well x

[inspo]

[lilabard]

A snippet from The Fragile Threads of Power Publication September 26, 2023