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cosmicnovaflare · 8 months

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Redraw of Cinder’s coronation gown.

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rosiethorns88 · 2 years

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Dropping the latest Patreon Sketch-a-Wish for May! The opening scene for The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, featuring Cinder, Kai, Iko (who is basically an EVE/Wall-E love-child), an unconscious Nainsi and a bunch of easter egg items, as requested in our poll. (can you point them out?)

This was definitely one where the background itself was its own character; There's so much happening here and it's very nuanced to the context of the scene. I think those who aren't familiar with the book will have a hard time figuring out what's happening here - but seriously, caption this artwork: "Doting dad drops off his two android kids at day camp where the youngest has already stolen the cyborg foot off of the caretaker." ... and it still works. 😂

In order to fish for Easter Egg items, I re-listed to the Lunar Chronicles for the first time since I first read them a few years back; they were my gateway series into the bookish community and I absolutely fell in love with it all over again! I have Gilded on my TBR shortlist, and just recently listed to Heartless last month. I'm definitely on a Meyer bender, with the fabulous Rebecca Soler (the narrator) to keep me company!

#the lunar chronicles #tlc #marissa meyer #kaider #linh cinder #prince kai #iko #stars above #my art

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bowlingwithplanets · 8 months

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The main thing I’ve gotten out of Stars Above is that Thorne has always had a thing for girls who are smarter than him

#stars above #tlc #the lunar chronicles #my post #carswell thorne #Kate fallow #cress darnel #cresswell

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ijustkindalikebooks · 10 months

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“The first time, he had wondered why she liked books so much, and if it had anything to do with why he liked spaceships. Because they could take you somewhere far, far away from here.” ― Marissa Meyer, Stars Above.

#booklr #books #bookblr #fiction #book #quotes #quotations #book quotes #book quote #quote #marissa meyer #stars above

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oceanspray5 · 2 years

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Thinking of post Winter/Stars Above Adri with her riches that Cinder graciously granted her through allowing her to keep Garan's patent and how she'd undoubtedly make a lot of money off of it but it would ultimately do her and Pearl absolutely no good because Emperor Kaito is a petty bitch who hated Adri for Cinder without even knowing what she had done just cuz Cinder disliked her so the minute he finds out what Adri has actually done, he's beside himself with the desire to murder her with his own hands or throw her in prison.

Except Kai can't really do that being the diplomat he has to be and all so instead he Very Pointedly does not invite her to the Annual Peace Ball (despite Linh Garan's invention being... yknow... the reason they have peace). Naturally people have questions because there is a song specifically announced to be played in honor of a Linh Peony and Kai mentions Linh Garan by speech but Linh Adri and the living daughter Linh Pearl are noticeably absent.

Someone asks Kai and all he does is pleasantly respond, "We will not be sharing their company." It's a very abrupt sentence. No "unfortunately", no "pleasure of their company", not even a "tonight" to imply this is a one time deal. So naturally people have even more questions when this continues to happen. At every single ball Emperor Kaito ever throws.

Its well known that Queen Selene of Luna is very tight lipped about her life before the revolution and refuses to answer questions about it which drives Kai up the wall cuz Adri takes every opportunity to capitalize on having "raised the Queen of Luna" but Cinder is too busy to actually bother with Adri anymore.

That's when Iko steps in. Cinder may be content to stay quiet and forget Adri exists but Iko most certainly will not let that vile woman get away with everything. She openly declares in great, as the personal assistant and longtime trusted friend of Queen Selene, that Adri's stories are bogus and even adds some incriminating evidence from her data bank as proof. Iko figures she'll deal with the fallout from Cinder later except Cinder really doesn't care if Adri is being slandered all across the galactic media.

But things take an even more dramatic twist when Princess Winter Hayle-Blackburn uploads a video addressing the revealed information. She's sobbing loudly at the injustice her dear cousin suffered and how horrible it is that Cousin Selene "escaped one Levana only to go and be thrust into the arms of another". The Lunars are in an uproar. Their beloved Princess is crying and their beloved Queen had been living a life of misery even on Earth! Winter denies any maliciousness on her part with an innocent smile. She was simply so overrought with emotions at learning of how cruelly her beloved cousin was treated that she had to express them to the world.

Emperor Kaito, being such a paragon of truth and champion of honesty, decides to stir the pot further by declaring his own observations of having first met Queen Selene and admits that while he never got to see her treatment first hand, he did see the toll of that treatment on the Lunar Queen. He also opens up the very much open secret at this point: as emperor he cannot in good conscience invite the perpetrator of Queen Selene's miseries to any happy occasions thrown by the crown as they directly oppose his views on how to show gratitude for the brave young woman who saved them all. Earth is an uproar too at this point having grown fond of Cinder and especially the Eastern Commonwealth who take pride in the fact that Queen Selene grew up in their country.

Adri is besides herself. Her business keeps running, grudgingly as ever customers keep buying Linh Garan's invention. But she is a social pariah and she and Pearl are never again seen as respectable in proper society for the abuse she heaped on Cinder. Meanwhile, Peony and Linh Garan (alongside Michelle Benoit and Logan Tanner) are honored for their sacrifice by the world for helping Cinder become the revolutionary to usurp Levana.

Cinder, personally, is not entirely on board with her life being so exposed but then again it already was pretty well known to begin with. She can't help but love Kai and Iko and Winter (and the Rampion crew cuz i know they'd join in yet idk how yet) for caring about her so much they refuse to let Adri have any ounce of respect despite the parting kindness Cinder offered to her. They let her keep her hands and heart clean while defending her and she'd be lying if she said she didn't kick back with a popcorn bucket now and then after some far too stressful meetings to read some netposts by angry Lunars and Earthens about how much they hate Adri.

#tlc #the Lunar Chronicles #linh Cinder #Linh adri #Linh Pearl #Linh Peony #Linh garan #kaider #Emperor kaito #iko #winter hayle blackburn #princess selene blackburn #stars above #marissa meyer #rampion crew

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deepseastudios · 3 months

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Me directly after reading Marissa Meyer's Glitches short story in Stars Above

#All Cinder wanted was a family #And Peony oh my god Peony #and IKO #stars above #marissa meyer #the lunar chronicles #tlc cinder #tlc #linh cinder

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sinisterexaggerator · 4 months

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WIP excerpt: Stars Above (THIS IS A "FLASHBACK" / Dream scenario.)

Aka me describing why Bane has a metal plate now, the cause clear in the lost bounty hunter arc from Clone Wars -- I finally finished that part from yesterday! And at NIGHT. After WORK. GASP.

Stay tuned ( or not), and I MAY edit this again before posting the whole chapter. I'm crazy, I edit and write as I go. xD

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His quick draw was the cause of his notoriety. To be outdone - to lose to a snot-nosed kid - it would be an embarrassment, though highly understated. The only thing he had left to him was his reputation, and Fett was out to steal it from him, albeit fair and square. He couldn’t – wouldn’t – let that happen.

Bane pulled his weapon; he squeezed the trigger. Simultaneously, another shot was fired. Superheated plasma - imbued with an explosive quality - transferred kinetic and thermal force to the armor plating that lined his signature bolero.

It was not enough to stay the bolt; he felt a searing pain on the left side of his head, radiating across his brow and the upper part of his domed skull. He fell back flat, staring up at a now starless, barren sky. He was out of breath, and he thought this is where he ought to die.

Bane would close his eyes, legs stretched out and arms taut at his sides. He had no idea the outcome; that it had been a tie; that Boba Fett had saved himself from his demise by wearing his daddy’s beskar, yet the young hunter’s aim had not betrayed him.

“Mister Bane!” he would hear his droid call aloud in a worried tone. He had repeated it three times now, though the Duros found he could not move. The only thing he could perceive in this state was a scathing ache; an excruciating, endless throbbing, right where the bolt made contact with his hat and ricocheted.

The plasma had been so hot, so volatile, it had dissolved his scales clean off and scorched him to the bone — the durasteel panel had dented inward before his hat rebounded off his head and fluttered to the ground, molten metal boring easily through flesh and osseous tissue, slowed only partially.

Tears welled behind shut eyelids, as in that moment he wished the boy had killed him.

#cad bane #wip #stars above #my writing #lost bounty hunter arc #clone wars #star wars #cad bane x oc #boba fett

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daybr43ks-lam8 · 8 months

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[Benji is standing there, blank faced and frozen. It's like star is malfunctioning]

[Sun moves up from the blankets, sluggishly sitting up before looking at him with wired eyes.]

Benji?...

#asks #Stars above

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greyabditory53 · 1 month

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marissa meyer.

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dragonbadgerbooks · 9 months

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#stars above #lunar chronicles #the lunar chronicles #tlc #book #books #booklr #short stories #my book pictures

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foliorumviridis · 7 months

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cosmicnovaflare · 11 months

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Cinder from The Lunar Chronicles

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chemicallyyourss · 2 months

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Imagine if after reading their vows and his speech for Scarlet and Wolf’s wedding, Kai pulled out his ring for Cinder instead of Scarlet and Wolf’s rings. I could see him doing it since he kept thinking about their own relationship while writing his speech, and he’d pull her ring out on accident instead of Scarlet and Wolf’s and just go red and be like, um, you didn’t see that 💀

#the lunar chronicles #lunar chronicles #kaider #tlc #cinder #cinder x kai #linh cinder #marissa meyer #prince kai #something old something new #stars above #spoilers #scarlet and wolf wedding

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greatwolfcloud · 9 months

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