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squigglyscribble · 9 months
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Viren and the Stars
I don't post thoughts on here (this is my art sideblog), but I'm just putting it out there that I am a "Viren is gonna unlock the Star Arcanum" believer.
Viren’s arc has been about wanting a “bright future for humanity.” The Star Arcanum is concerned with divination and seeing beyond. And what would be a better primal match for our favorite scrungly man?
The reason I'm sharing these thoughts now is that Viren is clearly mirroring Callum's season 2 arc, wherein Callum did dark magic, fell into a dark magic coma, had some funky dreams, rejected his Dark Magic self, and then unlocked the Sky Arcanum.
Season 5 had Viren doing Dark Magic, fall into a dark magic coma, have some funky dreams, reject his Dark Magic self, aaaaand...
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Inquiring minds wanna know what will happen next?
I'll go into some "interesting" things I've noticed that could be hinting/alluding to Star Viren in the rest of this post.
Viren has been intimately close with a Startouch Elf—even performed a blood ritual with one, which produced a child. A star child. (Credit to Crusoe for the image)
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For two years, Viren was encased in a Star Silk Cocoon, and what would emerge from a Star Silk cocoon...
but a Star-related entity? Butterfly Viren, I'm looking at you.
Aesthetically, the color Purple is associated with the Star Arcanum (its symbol is often depicted in purple, Aaravos’s horns are purple, what little clothing he wears is purple, Sir Sparklepuff is purple, quasar diamonds are purple, Stella’s eyes are purple).
Viren was originally conceived with purple eyes (but this was changed to gray so people wouldn’t think he was a “half-elf”),
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(yes this is legit from TDPO, Viren originally had purple eyes)
Viren wears a purple brooch on his clothing, and (for a long time) he carried around Ziard’s staff, which has a purple gem in it. His ex-wife Lissa's favorite flowers were lilacs (purple), and his daughter Claudia has purple-tipped hair.
Needless to say, Viren is surrounded by the color purple.
The intro to seasons 4-5 has Viren underneath a field of stars:
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Season 4, episode 2, "Fallen Stars" has Viren falling off the Storm Spire. It's a stretch, but the titles always have double meaning.
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In season 5, Viren has a vision of Claudia in a red sea while dreaming and awake:
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(Of a note: how did he know what flower Terry had given Claudia? HMMM)
Visions are one of the properties of the Star Arcanum.
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Speaking of which--"vision," "truth," "destiny"--these are all words Viren says quite often. One big moment was at the end of season 5 when Viren says, before he walks off to die--
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"I finally see the TRUTH"
As for "wishes," well... Coin Viren falls into water. Like a wishing well.
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After Viren throws off his crown in his Twin Peaks dream sequence, the immediate next shot is a shooting star.
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One of the final shots of the season, is Viren's eye reflecting a sea of stars.
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Which, by the way, we also see on The Tales of Xadia cover, where Viren has the Star Arcanum symbol as an eye:
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Anyway. So. Maybe I'm clowning and this all doesn't mean anything. Maybe it's all just mean to emphasize the connection Viren and Aaravos have. But... I tend to think things happen for a reason. And there's just so many little things here and there which seem to be amassing to Viren in someway being connected to the Stars.
As for that this means for the future, I don't know, but I can only hope it means the future is bright.
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wodenicheng · 1 month
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Stars
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(the implication of this cover is kind of obvious, so )
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wheretwofacesmeet · 6 months
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star-touch-child · 1 month
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I have a theory (or three) on the Secret to the Star Arcanum
So first off, I am an utter SLUT for Startouch lore. Obviously, look at the handle. But like, I'm currently in the works of a fic for a Startouch-descended character and even creating constellations and stories for them in the TDP world. Like, I'm down bad for them as I am for Rayllum (and trust that I'm down BAD).
The thought for the star arcanum's secret was, of course, a shower thought that I think really works:
Eternity is ever-changing, and that change is the only constant in this or any world.
I think about how the stars move constantly throughout the year and how the Startouch elves are essentially immortal gods looking down on mortals from the starry night sky. I think about how our favorite characters grow and change throughout the duration of TDP as a whole and how the world of TDP changes from the beginning of Book One to the end of Book Five thus far.
Everyone and everything is constantly changing and shifting, no matter how bad we wish it wouldn't or wish to go back to how life was before. Sure, you could say this kinda ties more with the ocean arcanum with how there are depths you just don't know and things you can't control - something that comes as a byproduct of constant change - but when you think about how the stars move throughout the year as the world turns round and the immortality of the Startouch elves that are still very much a mystery to us - and I feel especially with the show progressing, seeing our favorite characters grow and change along with the world they live in - it makes a lot of sense that that could be the secret to the stars - as well as a nice poetic way to wrap up the show or something.
Edit: However, upon actually looking at the wiki (because I tend to get ahead of myself lol) and further reflection, it could very well be tied into the recurring theme of destiny.
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I look at what the stars are associated with according to the fandomwiki: vision, truth, intelligence, otherworldly, reality-altering, timelessness, mystery, destiny, and wishes. And I think about the constant recurring theme in Callum's arc about destiny
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So perhaps the star arcanum can answer the question on destiny? Just a thought.
ALTHOUGH, I am also entertaining one final, possible secret: that there is none. It simply just is.
It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, I know, but the wiki also states that many have tried and agonized over the secret of the stars and could not find the words to truly describe it. And when you look once more at the associations to the stars - vision, truth, intelligence, otherworldly, reality-altering, timelessness, mystery, destiny, and wishes - it wouldn't be totally crazy for the secret the all-knowing First Elves were born with knowing is that there simply isn't a secret. That all that exists simply exists in the time and space in which it exists.
And I'm kinda leaning towards this theory now that I read it out loud.
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httyddragonfox · 9 months
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Secrets of the Arcanums
I'm not sure if we'll ever get to see Callum connecting to all of the Arcanums and explaining them to us. Here's me trying to attempt such a feat:
First off, Sky: Skyline elves are very independently focused. We meet Nyx and she's trying to steal the good deed from under them and get a reward, next she's trying to save her own hide. We meet Ibis, when times get tough he suggests the heroes protect themselves and zym rather than protect the queen. A skywing Dragon guard in the past opted to flee when the chips were down, and suroh's family in blood moon huntress told him to focus more on his own safety.
The sky Arcanum is about understanding how the sky and it's power constantly surrounds you, and you constantly weild it just by breathing. It's power is at your fingertips and you can decide how to use it, you are in control of your own destiny. Basically it's "the sky is the limit." It's freedom, as it is said that 'those who discover flight wish to escape back to the sky.'
Next Ocean: We don't meet many tidebound elves and don't spend much time with them. What we know of Finnegran, he desires freedom and fears what he can't control. This makes him a villain in this sense. As for Akkiyu, she tries to trick them into thinking their task is pointless, and when discovered she knows too much, begs for an alternative. Akkiyu must've felt that nothing would stop this group, not even her defiance. So she did all she could to hinder their path, as she knew she couldn't stop them on her own.
Ocean is about understanding their are depths of knowledge that can't be known, and that the Ocean is too vast and powerful to control. The ocean is about working with the waves, not controlling them. It's about trust and faith, about "going with the flow of the tide," taking things as they are. Sailors like being on the sea because they like going wherever it takes them. It's acceptance of the unknown.
Third, Moon: Moonshadow elves have this mantra that death isn't an ending, death is nothing to be feared (at least for themselves). Life and death are both sacred. That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt when it happens to those they care for. Lujanne is a bit of a trickster, who likes to play with people's senses.
As Lujanne describes, most think appearances are deceiving and reality is truth. The truth is all there is of reality is the appearance. This must mean that reality is what you make of it. We see only parts of the moon, but that doesn't mean it's not there, we just believe it's not. We believe the moon sheds light, but it's just reflecting the sun. We believe those who die are gone, but they merely enter another plane of existence. We believe we are eating food, it's just grubs. Reality is what we make of it; we see what we wish to see, others perceive what we wish them to perceive. Truth and lies, it's mainly based on the perception.
Now for the hard ones...
First off, Sun: Sunfire elves live in a grand capital, heavy with knowledge, healing, and justice. They have brilliant scholars, amazing healing magic, plus strong and capable warriors. They have a rich history and culture. They hold a lot of reverence towards the sun. Their funeral rites are to guide souls to it's embrace, "returning them to the sun." Karim shouts at the sun, "what would you have me do? Give me a sign!" when he is baking under it. He claims lack of hope is a setting sun. So it seems the sun is like their God. They at least hold great reverence towards it. They also have two forms, fire form and light form, destructive powers vs creative powers.
What can we gather from this? It seems that without the sun there is no life, no hope. With the sun comes energy to live, it can also very easily destroy. Fire is like life itself, you have to feed it, and give it air. The sun and fire can both be snuffed out, much like life. The sun is also always constant, even when there is clouds, even at night with the moon. The sun never leaves, it exists to give energy and strength to everything that lives, that persists in the plants and every living thing. The sun is the strength and vitality of life. The sun Arcanum is much like, "with the rising sun comes a new day." The sun is hope, and the strength to keep on living. The sun Arcanum is understanding that inner strength.
How about Earth?: Earthblood elves tend to live amongst the wilds. Warlon likes dominating dragons, N'than is a more timid elf boy, Terry has a great relationship with plants and a super understanding nature towards otherness. According to Rayla the drakeriders guard the drakewood from trespassers. They seem to have a strong sense of community...towards themselves, but I don't think it has to be limited to that. Terry did not fit into that community, and N'than didn't either; probably a strained sense of community. The difference between Warlon and those two is that those two are much nicer. Warlon demonstrates social order community, following tribal traditions, while Terry and N'than demonstrate community in generosity and kindness.
Terry has a great relationship with plants, and N'than may know his gemstones and lava, Ezran can speak with animals (which can be apart of the earth arcanum), and Rex igneous is a master of stone. From these we can gather what the earth arcanum's secret is.
N'than has a playful way of perceiving the world, especially with how he playfully introduces the zones of peril, also he thought Soren was cool for standing up to Warlon and defending the drake, he also is empathetic towards dragons. He's a friendly guy. Warlon, took pride in showing N'than the ropes of being a drake rider, as well as defending his home turf. Terry doesn't control plants, but has a good relationship with them, he asks for their help and he comes to their aid. He's also understanding towards Claudia, who just wants to save her father. He does draw the line at needless cruelty or violence, and can be torn up from necessary violence (killing someone). He's also a playful guy as well. As for Rex igneous, he understands the humans aren't really a threat and there is no need to decimate them, as well as everything that shines meets it's end.
This all seems to stem a few things. For one, empathy: Showing care for your fellow man so to speak, and even an understanding for your enemies. Rex igneous, while hostile to avizandum was friends with him before but thinks he's a fool because he can understand the human's situation. Also not helping with Aaravos at first, because it would endanger everyone, then comes to help when he understands what has befallen avizandum's family. What about Warlon? We didn't see much of him, but I could understand if he was brotherly with the other Drakeriders. N'than and Terry speak for themselves. Another thing is playfulness. Rex igneous loves surprises, rare desserts, and being given gifts in the past. Warlon has a lot of fun chasing down intruders and going after drakes. Again, Terry and N'than speak for themselves. Not to mention the earth golems were playing jenga, and proclaimed themselves guardians of the gate. Ezran also has a sweet tooth, and starts his council meetings and big events with desserts.
I should probably get to that Arcanum secret...okay. There are plants and animals, as well as rocks and stones. N'than, Terry and Ezran treat animals and plants with respect, Warlon not so much. So that's not a necessity. Earth is probably understanding the life within all things, plants and animals. Understanding that life is all around you, each having their own ways of living: food, water, reproduction, communication, knowledge, their own communities. You could be like Warlon and make them submit to you anyway, or you can treat them with respect. Yet this doesn't apply to rock and stone. Rex igneous points out that all things lose their luster over time. This applies to all of life, everything on the earth. All is susceptible to time and change, nothing on earth is immortal. Everything has a lifeline, everything has a life, and while you are living that life you might as well have some fun. "The early bird gets the worm," it means to seize the day while you have it. Diamonds and gems are things to cherish, to compare someone to an animal is to endear them, it's to give them love.
Now Star: All we have to go off is startouch elves and Stella. For startouch elves, all we have are the stories Aaravos told. Both Aaravos and Stella are playful. That's only one facet. Thinking of the other startouch elves, aaravos says humans are puny compared to them, as they are aware of their own greatness. Is arrogance a factor, aaravos saw potential in humans? What does arrogance have to do with the stars? Well, they say if you are star, you stand out. You are popular, you're eye catching. Stars definitely do shine, startouch aren't just shiny thy are powerful. Stars are also powerful, being able to suck people in, like Aaravos can draw people in. I don't think the Arcanum is just power.
Stella has the power is make pocket dimensions and portals, and startouch elves are masters of divination. That's all realms of space and time. That is very vast, while Stars are single points, so it's not vastness. What do stars do that nothing else does? My theory is that it's persistence, as startouch elves are immortal. Stars are long lived. They take a long time to be created, they live for thousands of years, and even after they die it'll be hundreds of years before you notice. It takes many elements to make a star, and it takes a long time to reach any goal, to achieve greatness. "Rome wasn't built in a day," so to speak. Patience is not a trait of the stars, so it's not waiting for greatness. Instead it's understanding that their power will persist, memory also persists, everything has an echo. Much like starlight takes hundreds of years to reach earth, anything that happens will be remembered, it take a while for anything to truly die.
That's my 2 cents on the Arcanums and my understanding of them.
Tldr: Sky=agency and freedom, Ocean=faith and trust, and mystery, moon=reality is what you make of it, sun=the strength to keep living, earth=everything has life,star=power/action and memory persist
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Headcanon #77
Callum will eventually possess a Quasar Diamond, allowing him to connect with Stars.
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wikixadia-kazi · 1 year
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hmm say what would your opinion be if a human got access to the star arcanum?
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That would be extraordinarily rare, borderlining on impossible. But then again, if a human can understand sky as High Mage Callum of Katolis does, then I suppose many things I once considered impossible may not be so.
I can say that historically, Star magic is known to be the most difficult and abstract of any Arcanum. Even creatures that use the Star Arcanum are known to be rare, but most of them show an ability to use portals or teleportation to maneuver through space.
If a human were to understand the Star Arcanum, then I would simply have to hope that they were a kind and gracious human.
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uinferno · 14 days
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Another Cosmere Inktober sketch finished. Ignore the fact it's now April and my last one was December and the sketch was done in October. Just look at my take on Cyberpunk Mistborn Hoid.
Day 23 Pitch
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mithrilduck · 1 year
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tdp au!!! anne is stuck in a town of tidebound elves with two persistent sea dragons glued to her shoulders lol
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raayllum · 14 days
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Callum's intuition leading him to take two things despite not knowing it's Aaravos whose the great evil yet? Yeah we're fucked
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Did you notice that Ezran has a unicorn patch? What do you think?
I didn’t, but now that you mention it…
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That’s interesting! Perhaps it’s meant to symbolize his naivety, and general, childish attitude i suppose, with lack of a better word—what with children often believing in unicorns, a false hope irl. His full hope and faith in Zubeia and the ability to heal old wounds when everyone else is skeptical. His empathetic & forgiving & giving nature.
Unicorns also symbolize purity, and gentle, kind animals, which ezran both is and sees other creatures as often—or at least at first. ie, him saying he learned he can’t trust racoons., and well… the antagonists.
Additionally, unicorns are star arcanum creatures and we’re supposed to see/get a lot more information on the stars next season. Maybe Callum will bring another unicorn trinket back from the starscraper as a gift to ezran lol (such an absurdly normal, beautifully mundane thing to do amongst what terrible events i fear may occur next season, let us have this <3)
We also know leola had a last wish as a startouch elf child, and leola was a unicorn, and that unicorn horns grant wishes. again, symbolism of hope, purity and childishness, all that Ezran represents. And Ezran is a child with great wishes too…hopefully that doesn’t foreshadow anything too terrible.
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It’s interesting because unicorns were also the ones to gift primal magic to humanity, they took pity on humanity and believed in it whilst startouch elves/other elves did not. It reminds me of how Callum’s the first human mage in centuries. They (Callum, and the unicorn pin, and Ezran by proxy) both represent the hope of how humanity can thrive without needing dark magic.
In many ways, Ezran is like a unicorn. and i would love to see him get to meet one <3
oh also…. Claudia capturing/dehorning a unicorn, and…
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“Tell me everything you know, little king, or i’ll squeeze it out of you” with Ezran :)
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lotus-il · 8 months
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To Save A Beloved
Word Count ~ 706 TW: mentions of blood, use of spears for torture, stabbing A xingyue drabble centered around Dan Feng being interrogated by the Senior Vidyadhara.
“The Transmutation Arcanum, Master Dan Feng, where is it?” One of the senior Vidyadharas questioned the current High Elder with a disgusted look on his face. 
“Master?” Dan Feng repeated incredulously but with a certain mirth laced in his voice, his head lifting briefly to have a good look at the senior that spoke. “How ironic that I still hold the title of ‘Master’ even after the sin I so boldly committed.”
“Silence!” The senior Vidyadhara roared, pulling the spear out from where it had stabbed Dan Feng and making the tip of it rest under the High Elder’s chin. “The succession of the High Elder is a Vidyadhara creed and you decided to go against it… why would you choose this path?”
Dan Feng did not speak and only let out a chuckle, albeit weak, he did not falter and his resolve was still strong as ever with a prideful smirk etched along his features.
“We will not ask this again, Master Dan Feng.” Another senior Vidyadhara stepped up and gazed into the HIgh Elder’s eyes, as if searching for some remorse or even some sense of guilt.
But Dan Feng held none.
“What did you do with the Transmutation Arcanum?!” It would appear that this senior Vidyadhara had lost his patience when finding no hint of remorse, guilt or regret on Dan Feng’s visage.
“Your sin can easily be repaid.” A third senior Vidyadhara spoke, stepping forward to be right in front of the tortured HIgh Elder. “All you have to do is give us the Transmutation Arcanum.”
The High Elder responded with nothing but a haunting smile, curled at the corner of his lips that never reached his eyes. Dan Feng knew of the crime he committed, the unpardonable sins by the Ten-Lords Commission and the people of the Xianzhou. He was well aware of the actions he took and committed. There was no point in acting innocent nor was that even a goal he would have bothered to attempt to begin with.
What has been done cannot be undone. 
A moment of silence was only occupied by the drips of water coupled with the idle winds that brushed through the chambers of the Shackling Prison.
One of the Senior Vidyadhara used the end of the spread to prop Dan Feng's chin up, scrutinizing with his dark gaze at the Imbibitor Lunae. “...very well, it would seem that you have made your choice, Imbibitor Lunae.”
Dan Feng’s blood seeped through the wounds and mingled with the waters below him. Even as the spears propped him as if the chains weren’t enough, the sharp pain of the weapons digging into his body caused him excruciating pain and yet, he never asked for mercy, he never begged to be released or even forced to tell them what happened to the Transmutation Arcanum. 
It would be a secret that only him and Yingxing know about. Well, for Dan Feng to know, for Yingxing never thought to become the victim of Dan Feng’s sudden resolve, but then again, neither did Dan Feng ever thought that when the time comes to invoke the Transmutation Arcanum, a dragon heart would be given to a deceased to bring them back by the gift of Abundance.
Who know of such great lengths that the Imbibitor Lunae would go through just to save someone important.
To save his beloved.
Even if it meant that at some point Yingxing will not remember him nor will he have those joyous memories they once shared in secret, hidden from the world except their own. 
At least he is still alive and perhaps, he can even live his life peacefully. 
To Dan Feng’s misfortune that he will learn later–or, even perhaps never–is that Yingxing does not get that luxury of living like a long-life species. 
No, Yingxing will be no more and will become Blade. His eyes would not be recognized as the beautiful blue-ish grey they once were before, nor will they appear to be that of someone having been mara-struck. There is something more to those eyes of Blade’s, something darker.
It would seem there is something more to that of the Transmutation Arcanum aside from just a creed of Long’s Scions of Permanence.
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tenspontaneite · 2 years
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If my cat was a tdp creature she'd have the Star arcanum. Evidence:
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She got the star on her back \o/
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comicgoblinwrites · 8 months
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hey! this is chance & here’s the prompt for week 6. what are your oc's bedrooms like? messy? neat? carefully designed? or a collection of their favorite things? you can verbally describe or use photos, whatever you think is best.
I’m answering this for Maeve and Marcel from TFBS because Darcy (TSOTE) doesn’t have a bedroom for the first two books, really.
Maeve’s bedroom is pretty neat, with some (but not many) sentimental items. She was train as a knight, and then was in a military for a while, so she got pretty well steeped in neatness and minimalism. Her bedroom, at the start of the book, is actually a bit unfamilar/out of date for her, because she’s been deployed for 3-4 years and hasn’t been in her room since she left. So to a degree it feels a little like a kids room—like coming back to your bedroom at home and your parents haven’t changed a thing, and rather than being comfortable it’s a little displacing.
Marvel’s room is a curated mess. Though she’s royalty, neatness evaded her education… She’s always in the middle of some aspect of her research projects, the room is scattered with books and tools and materials. She also won’t let anyone else touch her room, typically, so it’s on her to clean and she only kind of does. She also frequently doesn’t know where things are in the room when looking for them, but if you were to pick up a random object she would know exactly what it was for, what project, and why it was there. It’s curated chaos.
Tyr’s room is neat, but has more sentimental items and decor than Maeve. She had a small collection of books, and her room looks “lived in” —neat, but not manicured. The most prominent feature is the displayed weapons throughout the room, though they’re probably supposed to be with the armory. She A) likes to keep them near and B) has a fondness and a certain amount of pride for most of them.
Okay! Those are the girls from The Fire Between Stars!
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perlelas · 8 months
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Production of the day :
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Sandwichbread (two large ones with a heart. And five with attempts to draw the arcanum of the stars, the moon and the sky).
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- Brioches (with attempts to draw the arcanum of the stars, the moon and the sky).
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- Brioche cinnamon rolls my way. - And : first brownie !
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