#trying to get back into this

[eldritch-araneae]

Future Isabeau in my AU, gotta be comfy when riding your spouse high in the sky :D

[makeusfly]

Book Review: The Fragile Threads of Power

Six years after publishing A Conjuring of Light, the conclusion to her Shades of Magic trilogy, V.E. Schwab returns to London with The Fragile Threads of Power.

I can't think of many things more challenging.  While reorienting readers to her world, characters, and magic system, Schwab also has to prove this world's dynamism.  Few sequels are as disappointing as those set years later but feel as if nothing has happened in the interval.  Plus, the previous trilogy escalated into a stressful, high-octane adventure that tested each of its protagonists in brutal ways.  How does one raise the stakes to keep readers engaged, while still giving a new story space to grow?

At an event in New York earlier this year, Schwab and her conversation partner Tochi Onyebuchi decided there are no rules except, "The rule is: do it well."  And she does.

When I heard we were going back to London, I reread the original trilogy to prepare, so I can't speak to the experience of reading this new book cold.  What I can speak to is the seamless characterization of all our favorites.  Kell finds it difficult to adjust to his weakened state.  Lila refuses to let him wallow in it.  Rhy steps into his new role with the same heart he's always had for both his country and his brother while Alucard adapts to his own new position.  Barely 20 when their story began, six years has forced all of them to grow, but they are instantly recognizable with or without the flashbacks explaining how we got here.

The new faces in Red London are equally compelling.  I loved Tes from the moment she appeared on the page.  I was more skeptical of Nadiya - being the ardent Rhy/Alucard shipper that I am - but she, too, won me over...and provided the last piece of evidence any of us should need to prove this isn't just a book that features queer characters but is, at its core, a Queer Book.  (Thank you, Victoria.)

It is also a massive book.  Schwab is doing a lot of things to bridge the old series and the new, including multiple flashbacks, developing White London more thoroughly, and giving the reader firsthand insight into The Hand, our new group of villains hoping to depose King Rhy.  Even in Schwab's expert hands, this does present some pacing issues.  A few sections drag a bit, and I'm still not sure why we spent so long with a man she never names.  Meanwhile, though we know how The Hand and the Royal Family feel, I would have like to see more about how the average citizen of Arnes is faring under Rhy's reign.

Overall, the intrigue, adventure, and, yes, romance are spot-on and exactly what brought us to London in the first place.  I look forward to all the ways this trilogy is going to emotionally destroy me.

[beholdthemem]

My fellow bitches under 5'5. Whatever the money, do not take a job working at a middle school. A fellow adult tried to put me in detention last month and would NOT give up until I showed her my badge proving Yes, The School Hired Me To Work Here. It's not meant for people our height.

[takemeinyrarmy]

i know people are not reading the posts of Palestinian's pleading for your attention I know for some they might even think they are repetitive or tiring but every single one of these people are risking their lives to come ask for your help that every single life is valuable and every person is a universe and I am begging you if you see this please donate what you can and help share these fundraisers as if you were doing it for your own loved ones please don't ignore this!

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[hinamie]

trick or treat!

[chiptrillino-art]

(ID in ALT text)

Zuko is just playing hard to get

[jojaxcola]

we're like eighty percent sure that's just water

[jojamart mockumentary #2]

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[snarkspawn]

based ofc on this

[nanamin-nah-nanamine]

Can you just imagine Nanami letting you ride him? Giving the illusion that you’re in control, praising you for being such a good girl bouncing on his cock so well. His big hands running up and down your sides as he watches and waits.

Waits for you to falter.

Waits for your legs to grow tired and your rhythm to falter as you whine that you still got it and that he doesn’t need to take over.

And he’ll humor you. He’ll indulge you until your bouncing turns to grinding down on his cock, your clit rubbing against his hip bones with each roll and he’ll wait until you’re close before he flips you over and pounds you until you’re squirting <3

[shandzii]

assorted ocean idiots doodles in the middle of the rot asdfghjk

[jaderavenarts]

I couldn't stop thinking about this interaction this way lol

[zillychu]

get MOLTED, idiot

[kelocitta]

Message incoming

[ghost-bxrd]

Prompt:

Brucie Wayne gets into a mild accident in public (read-got hit by a car). And Batman would just walk it off (“it’s barely a bruise”), but Brucie obviously… can’t.

So he has to suffer the ordeal of having civilians call paramedics, getting fussed over, and having-

Having his dead son get into the back of the ambulance with him.

Oh- oh no. He must have hit his head worse than he thought. He thought he was past this…

[nil-elk]

The book you wish you had. 👁👄👁🖤💀

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Vanny and Michael if they met as teens