#rf kuang

[polartss]

what murdaaaaaa

posting this Rin here bc a kind soul in my asks reminded me I hadn't :)

#my art #digital illustration #digital art #rf kuang #the poppy war fanart #the poppy war #the dragon republic #the burning god #fang runin #rin tpw #tpw #yin nezha #chen kitay

[literarybrainrot]

Babel, by RF Kuang, is fun cause the first half is sad but also really sweet and hopeful and relatively low stakes and you’re like “aw this is nice, found family, thanks” and then suddenly it’s the most intense most emotionally heart wrenching book you’ve ever read in your life so that’s cool I guess.

#babel an arcane history #rf kuang #babel rf kuang #babel #robin swift #ramiz rafi mirza

[themostdivinething]

when hozier said "the only heaven i'll be sent to is when i'm alone with you" and when halsey said "i know i've only felt religion when i've lied with you" and when sappho said "in the crooks of your body i find my religion" and then when rf kuang said "she's the only divine thing he ever believed in"

#i am in pain #im sorry #still not over them #hozier #andrew hozier byrne #halsey #sappho #rf kuang #the poppy war #thedrowningfaith #GUYS IM IN PAIN #rinezha #tpw

[silvermarig0lds]

“Fight well. Keep us safe. I love you.” 😭😭😭

These platonic soulmates have my whole heart omg

#the poppy war #tpw #tpw fanart #tdr #tbg #the burning god #the dragon republic #fang runin #chen kitay #rin and kitay #kitay #rin #rinkitay #rf kuang #my art

[nope-nora]

the struggle to love

R.F Kuang, The Dragon Republic (deleted scene) | Sleeping at Last, “Neptune” | Richard Siken, War of the Foxes | Clarice Lispector, The Stream of Life | Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath | Franz Kafka, Diaries (1910-1923) | Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? | Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red | Richard Siken, “Wishbone”

#rf kuang #the dragon republic #the poppy wars #sleeping at last #richard siken #war of the foxes #clarice lispector #sylvia plath #franz kafka #kafka #jeanette winterson #gabrielle zevin #tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow #anne carson #autobiography of red #wishbone #crush #quotes #words #web weaving #love #lovecore

[cikebabbler]

absolutely genius of rf kuang to elaborate on virtually nothing about speer's culture. the only things said about speer are "speerlies are mindless savages" and "speerlies are most definitely not mindless savages". there are no deep dives, no explanations of their way of life, nothing beyond the glimpses that disproves nikan's belief that they are nothing but a violent group. we saw that they had leaders that cared about their people and children. we saw that they are people who found joy in life. but that's really not much.

this emphasizes the horror of genocide. millenia of culture and history, individual lives filled with love, pain, and passion, just completely wiped away. there were only two surviving speerlies. one of them was too young when he was taken away, and probably doesn't remember much. the things he did remember was also probably buried under years of abuse and drugs people were plying him with. the other one didn't even know she was from speer until the last few months of her life, and there was really no one around to teach her about their culture. and if there was, life as she knows it was falling apart. learning about her dead people's culture probably didn't even cross her mind.

without saying any of these things and by intentionally leaving readers in the dark about what speer was truly like, rf kuang said so much about the horrors of genocide. by not saying anything, she said everything. she did the "show me, don't tell me" tip for writers and it was brilliant.

we will never learn most of speer's culture and history and that was the point.

#the poppy war trilogy #the poppy war trilogy spoilers #the poppy war #the dragon republic #the burning god spoilers #the burning god #rf kuang #fang runin #altan trengsin #speer

[dudlesdudles]

altan and rin

#fanart #digital art #sketch #book fanart #digital artist #the poppy war #fang runin #altan trengsin #rf kuang #my art

[feluart]

A moment of peace and quiet before everything went looney tunes

#the poppy war #the dragon republic #the burning god #fang runin #rin #tpw #tpw fanart #the poppy war fanart #rf kuang #babel

[izze-art]

The Fallen Angel of Babel 📜✒️🪽

LOVE BABEL BY RF KUANG!! I drew Robin Swift as the fallen angel painting!!

#babel an arcane history #babel rf kuang #rf kuang #babel #robin swift #babel or the necessity of violence #ramy mirza #griffin lovell #victoire desgraves #letitia price #rebecca f kuang

[nepttunnee]

not enough people talk about how rf kuang immediately writes a book shitting on anything she decides is bad no matter her connection to it and how iconic it is. lived in the us? fuck you, here’s tpw. graduated oxford? babel. harper collins published her book?? here, publish this one thats directly a call out about you.

#rf kuang #she is literally my idol idc #babel #tpw #the poppy war #the dragon republic #the burning god #yellowface #books #harpercollins

[polartss]

Haircut

Rin from The Poppy War by RF Kuang

#my art #tpw #the poppy war #the poppy war fanart #rf kuang #the dragon republic #the burning god #yin nezha #chen kitay #altan trengsin #remember when she had long hair during the first chapters of tpw?? #fang runin

[tiniwithabox]

#Babel #rf kuang #robin swift

[questwithambition]

Every Sunday I have breakfast in bed and read for at least an hour, and it’s something I look forward to every week

#would 100% recommend #along with a “no alarm Sunday #questwithambition #studyblr #studyspo #books #bookblr #food #cosy #reading #bookworm #Babel #rf kuang #a day of fallen night #samantha shannon #(which I still haven’t finished because I’m saving the rest of it for post hand in so I can actually have the energy to #deal with the emotions and all that)

[nope-nora]

Richard Siken, “You Are Jeff” | Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch | R.F. Kuang, Babel: An Arcane History | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | Benjamin Alire Saénz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | Maggie Stievater, Call Down the Hawk | Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox

#richard siken #you are jeff #crush #the goldfinch #donna tartt #rf kuang #babel #babel rf kuang #queen charlotte #bridgerton #aaddtsotu #benjamin alire sáenz #the raven cycle #call down the hawk #the dreamer trilogy #web weaving #olivie blake #the atlas paradox #the atlas six #nicogideon #quotes #words #💌 #homoeroticism #yearning #lovecore

[whyamiheretm]

- She’s the only divine thing he’s ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.

this was supposed to be posted here on valentine’s day but i forgot to happy late valentine’s day from your favorite doomed lovers

closeups under the cut 💋

#the poppy war #the dragon republic #the burning god #rinezha #fang runin #yin nezha #the drowning faith #rinezha fanart #tpw trilogy #tpw fanart #rf kuang #rebecca kuang #rebecca f kuang #babel rf kuang #babel an arcane history #babel #book fanart #book art #fanart

[mariibu-art]

#babel rf kuang fanart #babel rf kuang #babel an arcane history #babel #babel fanart #fanart #robin swift #art #griffin lovell #professor lovell #lovell #griffin babel #robin babel #rf kuang #babel or the necessity of violence #poppy #book fanart #griffin harley