#wintermoons

[billyharris]

I feel compelled by the sheer number of layers to this coincidence that your most recent reblog made me realize we’re both She/Her Aces named Leah who live on the East Coast US who do RP writing.

Woah - did we just become best friends ?? Think we did …

[astralsoulacewof]

Wings of Fire Winterwatcher My Beloved

my beloveds

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[grimspirit]

[relar-fela]

Honestly don't know why anyone would bother making music videos when the perfect video exists

[pherryt]

The Scouts Path

Fandom: Valdemar Ship: Skif/Wintermoon (With background Elspeth/Darkwind, mentioned past one sided Skif/Elspeth, mentioned past Skif/Nyara) Rating: M Wordcount: Chapter 1 - 1857 - Cymry POV Chapter 2 - 2655 - Skif POV Chapter 3 - 1483 - Wintermoon POV Chapter 4 - 3343 - Skif POV Chapter 5 - 1408 - Wintermoon POV Chapter 6 - 1049 - Skif POV Chapter 7 - 1962 - Wintermoon POV Chapter 8 - 1335 - Skif POV Chapter 9 - 1405 - Wintermoon POV Chapter 10 - 1220 - Skif POV Chapter 11 - 1606 - Wintermoon POV Chapter 12 (Final) - 1112 - Skif POV Total Wordcount Posted: 20,435 Summary: What if Skif fell for the Hawkbrother Scout helping him find Nyara? What if Wintermoon found himself falling for an Outlander, despite all his reasons not to? And what if Nyara was just fine with all of that?

Basically a What If based on a reread of the books for the first time in years, seeing it in a new light and thinking there was more chemistry and interaction between Skif and Wintermoon than there ever was of Skif and Nyara.

[nitrozem]

Only took several hours to find this god damn fish but it is DONE

[saveuswhitegirl]

12.29.2023 | Elysia Wintermoon (Tav) (x, x, x)

Cambion and Gith Armor by Cerberry. Dyes for the dark and wary and abs by ilikedetectives and I. Camera by Frans Bouma. Captured using ReShade.

[sigurdjarlson]

:')

[llamaisllama777]

SAMS characters as Marvel characters you want?

Puppet as Scarlet Witch? Moon as Ant-Man? Lunar as Spider-Man? Earth as Storm? Bloodmoon as the Winter Soldier?

Thank you for the characters 😃 I'm probably gonna need a bit to draw some of them, but believe it or not, I actually did draw Lunar as Spider-man! Also, Bloodmoon is a winter soldier I can see, either that or Sabertooth.

[fictionadventurer]

I should have known that William Goldman had already written the perfect summary of the Imaginary Book Recs project.

"This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it."

[thenighteternal]

Cefaris - Another Soul Fed to the Warlock

[the-imaginary-library]

Book Rec: The Queens of Wintermoon

You need to read The Queens of Wintermoon by Jessica Wagner. Fair warning: it's a brick. Its style is rambling and the prose veers toward purple. But if you have the patience and the stamina for it, it's worth the effort.

The story is a sprawling exploration of the cultural and political dynamics of Wintermoon which, as the name implies, is a moon that exists in a nearly-perpetual winter, and the culture is vaguely Imperial Russian in flavor. There are dozens of subplots, but the main story revolves around the four daughters of a low-ranking family. The three elders--Ksenia, Polina, and Vitalia--secure marriages with the lords of three high noble houses--Raven, Eagle, and Falcon--while the youngest, Inessa, marries an impoverished woodsman. All four of them wind up in unexpected situations--Ksenia is ignored in a tight-knit family structure and has to secretly prove her usefulness, Polina becomes her husband's right hand as he pushes for reforms, and Vitalia has to fight to retain power for her infant son when her husband dies less than a year into her marriage. Inessa lives a happy, simple life, until she learns that her husband may actually be the emperor of all Wintermoon.

While all this drama is unfolding, mysterious objects are falling from the heavens. Many are mangled lumps of metal, but some of them appear to be intact machines that do astounding things and/or generate vast amounts of power, and the political drama is magnified tenfold by the race for different houses to claim these sources of power for themselves. Some characters accomplish great deeds, some do monstrous things, and before the end of the (very long) book, the society of Wintermoon is changed in profound ways.

This is a book that you read first for the atmosphere. The writing style, while it takes a bit of getting used to, immerses you into the vast and strange world of Wintermoon. The worldbuilding can be a bit handwavey, but the atmosphere pulls you along so well that the inconsistencies don't matter much. Wintermoon's surface provides vivid wintery images that Wagner is happy to spend a bit of purple prose on, and there's an underground world that's even more fascinating. Vast fields and orchards and farms exist beneath the surface, as well as vibrant cities, all lit and warmed by mysterious power sources, and it's wonderful to explore. Some of the images have been imprinted on my brain ever since I first read the book years ago.

But I can't forget the characters. There are hundreds of them, and admittedly most of them can tangle into a jumble of names, but the four main sisters and their husbands remain vivid in my mind. Observant Ksenia, headstrong Polina, strong and cunning and oh-so-fragile Vitalia, and loyal, sweet Inessa who can make the world move around her--these sisters are all so different, but even when they wind up on opposite sides in a many-faceted political rivalry, they're still sisters, with all the love and rivalry that suggests; their personalities and complicated dynamics are what kept me turning the pages of this intimidating book. Their husbands are equally vivid, all flawed and complicated, but intriguing partners to these four vibrant women. (Ksenia and her husband are a beautifully painful OTP, as are Inessa and her secret-keeping husband).

If any of this sounds at all interesting to you, find a copy of the book and settle down under a blanket for a long winter trek. As intimidating as this book can be, it's worth every one of the 800+ pages.

[wonderbox01]

3/7/23 - Full moon and a beautiful sunset to end the evening. #FullMoon #Moon #WinterMoon #WormMoon #Michiana #MichianaPhotographer #Indiana #Sunset #GetOutside #WanderIndiana #Farm https://www.instagram.com/p/CphD_2UMhyb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[digikhushpreet]

Under the serene glow of the full moon, the winter landscape sleeps in peaceful silence, wrapped in nature's frosty embrace

[saveuswhitegirl]

12.29.2023 | Elysia Wintermoon (Tav) (x, x, x)

Cambion and Gith Armor by Cerberry. Dyes for the dark and wary and abs by ilikedetectives and I. Camera by Frans Bouma. Captured using ReShade.