#this sweet magic

[mostlyinthemorning]

A couple of years ago, I wrote a fic where David was a witch who runs a bakery. The elements of that story would become my first original novel, This Sweet Magic, which will be released on February 12.

I'm very excited for everyone to meet the characters and world I've created, which is filled with baking, magic, found family, and one opinionated cat. David and Patrick may not be in this story, but echoes of them are, and it wouldn't exist without them.

If you are willing to leave a review and would like receive a free Advance Reader Copy of This Sweet Magic, please sign up here. ARCs will be emailed the week of January 22.

Meanwhile, signing up for the newsletter on my website will let you download This Wicked Rivalry, a free Rosewood short story and will ensure that you're the first to know when This Sweet Magic is loose in the wild.

I want to say a huge thank you to everyone in the Schitt's Creek fandom and to anyone who left kudos or comments on my fics - you're the reason This Sweet Magic is a reality. Thank you!

#houdini wrote a book #this sweet magic #this wicked rivalry #kit olmstead

[butteryplanet]

kitchen ghosts

#food #sweet #sugar #sifter #gif #cinemagraph #kitchen ghosts #apples #breakfast #apple fritters #cozy #witch #aesthetic #steam #tea #cooking #magic #pancakes

[qalrey]

this was supposed to be a small doodle!

flats+sketch below!!

#i wasn't too fond of rarijack until i realised they are kina opposites #the city girl and the farm girl #i love that omg #so different and so similar at the same time!! #also there's something sososo sweet with how rarity realises that she actually isn't into guys but i fact she's ladies #and a specific one exactly #art #digital art #mlp #mlp fim #mlp g4 #my little pony #friendship is magic #mlp fanart #mlp art #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp rarity #rarity #rarity mlp #applejack #mlp applejack #applejack mlp #rarijack #rarity x applejack #fanart

[heybiji]

#dungeons and dragons #dnd art #dnd character #dnd oc #drow #warlock #dandelion treehollow #feeling not good so i drew the good boy #(goodness up for debate) #he is rather dog like in loyalty though #loyal to the party but also loyal to a bad master (his mom) #i am struggling to make art lately eh #drawing him smiling all sweet as i debate whether i should have him have to rip a tooth out to summon his magic book back #edit oh my god i forgot his eyeliner it's been fixed #sorry dude

[animeglitch]

#魔法のエンジェル スイートミン #mahou no angel sweet mint #magical angel sweet mint #anime #anime gif #gif #magical girl #magical girl anime #mahou shoujo #mahoucore #magical girl aesthetic #anime aesthetic #retro #retro style #retro aesthetic #retro anime #retrowave #90's anime #90s anime #anime flowers #anime vibes #anime style #cottagecore #cottage aesthetic #gardencore #garden aesthetic #blooming flowers #1990's anime #1990s anime #kawaii

[dollya-robinprotector]

Affirmation

#I'm calm #I'm good #Just working #dollya art #dol pc #robin the orphan #dol robin #dol #degrees of lewdity #lya the blossom #cw injury #Alright I know this is corny af but hey these two are nothing but sweet and comfort and domestic bliss okay #yes. love. magic

[puppyeared]

Odd couple <3

#I MAY HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE SILLY WITH DISCORDS DESIGN #like his original design makes sense because its described as mostly pony with a bunch of other things thrown in. cause yknow chaos #and I dont have a problem with it but I wanted to try something else #mostly riffing off of daycare attendent and the collector. but I like the idea of his colors mismatching when using magic #like the dark blue spots become orange and vice versa. it looked really cool in my head #fluttershys bat design partly inspired by the Honduran white bat and ghost bats #I like the idea that they turn her back but she still has bat wings hidden under her feathers. makes her a quiet flyer shrugs #and I have never ever seen a single drawing of flutterbat with a bat nose and its a crime #also they r very cute to me. I think their ship is very sweet #me and the bad bitch I pulled by being autistic etc etc #myart #doodles #mlp #my little pony #fluttershy #mlp fluttershy #mlp discord #fluttercord #mlp redesign #turns out I have a knack for drawing ponies 🧍

[powdermelonkeg]

Thoughts on the thunder wizard again.

Genuinely, I find Gale's relationship with Mystra to be fascinating when you consider all its facets. Unhealthy, imbalanced, definitely poisonous, but also very, very intricate with a lot of blurred edges to it. One of those things where you're both like "wow, what the hell, that's horrible" but also "that makes perfect sense for their characters, and while I would NEVER, I know why they would, and why it happened."

You've got a wizard who doesn't know what real love is, who thinks he's finally being shown it by the person he adores most. His greatest fantasy, his most potent joy, his most heartfelt aspirations, and they were all offered to him.

And he wants to see what all she's hiding from him, because of course he does. She's the keeper of all things forbidden to him. The empire of Netheril reached magical heights that will never be touched again, and all that knowledge is beyond her curtain. She loves him, right? Surely, if he proves himself enough, she'll let him grasp that power he so desperately wants.

And not even in the power-hungry sense! All that magic Mystra's locked up was accessible during Mystryl's reign. Think of all the answers to theories about the universe that are back there. Every question of "can this be done, and what would it do" would be answered, if he could just bargain hard enough.

She loves him, right?

Surely, if he proves himself enough...

And then, on the other hand, Mystra. Once Midnight, her human personality has been subsumed by the goddess of magic and her duty to the Weave. She has a responsibility to magic, she IS magic.

Then along comes this mortal boy who knows how to handle her Weave. Who doesn't try to wrestle with and dominate, who sings to it. He handles it with such ease and grace—it's not just that he could be Chosen, but he deserves it. To put her Weave in the hands of someone so intrinsically in tune with it, who understands its potential with a wonder like no other. Few enough can handle the raw power that comes with being Chosen, but this one? This one is perfect.

And he adores you. And you adore him, like one would a beautiful butterfly that's landed on their finger. And he's willing to be devoted to you in all things, not out of transaction like most of your worshipers are, but out of love for you, your craft, your magic. You're so deeply and utterly charmed by him.

And it's not like Mystra hasn't walked this path before.

She gives him what he desires, because what he desires is her. And, in a different way, she desires him. She wants him to be her representation in the world. She indulges his adoration with her own presence, and takes indulgence herself in mortal comforts. He's never satisfied with her answers, but who could blame him? She keeps a whole world away from mortals, because she knows what such unfettered power might bring about (again).

And the wizarding prodigy's ambition is lit (again).

And the height of power is reached for (again).

And she stops him (again, again, again).

She does care for him. She doesn't want to see her little butterfly burn himself, and she doesn't want to be the one to ruin those wings.

But then he's not a butterfly. He's a mortal, wielding a weapon of murder, of her murder, and he's brought it to her doorstep because she told him "no." And he's cut himself on it, he doesn't know what it is, but it's hurt him—and it's only a fraction of the hurt it could do to her. How dare he want her help after threatening her?

(He didn't mean to.)

(He only wanted to help.)

(He only wanted. How human.)

She doesn't help him. If he wants to pursue Karsus' weaponry, it's his responsibility, his hubris, that led him to injuring himself on it. She's furious. She's hurt. She's cold.

(What fools these mortals be.)

But then, there's a greater threat to her. Something that could drown the Material in Karsus' failings. And that little boy, who nicked himself on the sword he lifted, still wants her help.

It's a fair trade, isn't it? She'll forgive him, let him into her domain again, if he accepts his punishment and goes into battle for her. He picked up a sword, it's appropriate that he learns to use it in her name, right?

If he was telling the truth, he wouldn't hesitate. If he really wanted to serve her with the Netherese Orb, he would jump at the opportunity to do so. He would have to give up a few petty things in the process, ("petty," she calls mortality, as if family and home mean nothing, as if friends and love are finite. Because to her, they do mean nothing. Because to her, they are finite.) but it isn’t atonement without sacrifice, is it?

It's the tactical move. She's not above hurting one man to save a nation. It's not even the first time she's done it.

(Dornal Silverhand sends his regards.)

If he loves her, he'd die for her, because she'd let him into her paradise. If he doesn't love her, he won't, and she was justified in removing him from her grace.

He doesn't love her. Not anymore.

Does he hate her enough to try to take his dues?

Ambition has always been man's greatest folly.

#bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #mystra #listen. go watch steven universe where rose says 'i'm not a real person' #pay attention to how rose laughs at greg and how funny and sweet humans are #that's how i think mystra sees her chosen #but she lacks rose's willingness to change and dip into mortal life #gale is cute. gale is precious. gale is wonderful. but gale is amusing. #and he's not equal to a god. certainly not the goddess of magic. and his attempts to insist that he is are only met with a pat on the head #long post #oops i turned a ramble into poetry again. i swear it's not intentional #the parentheses got me :/

[lucksea]

havent decided how i want the introduction to go yet but i imagine it would roughly be one of these two

#null havoc damage #cult of the lamb #i just havent decided what baal and ayms relation to narinder is. i like both main ideas for them #like its very fun and sweet to imagine that he sees them as his sons. but it makes more sense to me that he was more distant #i just dont see narinder as a father. i think he would take care of them but i dont think he would be affectionate at all #like genuinely. 'guardian' is the best term you could give him. they are his apprentices #he taught them magic and combat and they probably guided souls in his stead. but they arent family. to me #i think its possible in this au that once they all got free THEN they started bonding more #like baal and aym would have spent a long time with their mother but given their immortality from having some of the crowns powers #they would eventually return out of a sense of duty that they were raised with. which would lead to more genuine interaction #i think narinder could have a habit of taking in strays but i dont think he would be their dad. just someone to feed and protect them #until theyre old enough to leave. yknow #but i LIKE the idea of him being nice. because i am a sap. i think its sweet when people draw them getting along

[gunsatthaphan]

"I now have the courage to do things I never thought I'd do."

#cherry magic #cherry magic th #taynew #karanachi #karan x achi #cherry magic th ep9 #tay tawan #new thitipoom #gmmtv #thai bl #bl drama #EVERYBODY SHUT UP ITS BEEN 5 YEARS #😭😭😭 #this was so sweet pls im in awe #never thought they would actually kith #you're not allowed to say anything bad about this sorry #i dont make the rules #twitter is gonna explode lmao #i love this silly little show sm 🥺

[butteryplanet]

#gif #cinemagraph #kitchen ghosts #gingerbread #gingerbread house #baking #cooking #food #sweet #holidays #christmas #aesthetic #lights #magic

[qalrey]

my take on rarity! the gems represent bursts of motivation/inspiration :3

#fashion horse! pog! #i did this in flash 8 to get that sweet vector lines and to learn the pen tool #i shouldn't have tbh #bc i still don't know how that tool works AND the program crashed once i was done #flash waited until i was done redering those diamonds and gold then it remembered what type of program it was #(the one that crashes every 2 seconds) #(a fact that i'm Very aware) (it was my fault that i didn't save as often as i should) #art #digital art #mlp #mlp fim #mlp fanart #my little pony #friendship is magic #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp g4 #mlp art #mlp rarity #rarity #i can't imgine that this software was mae for animation #yet Animate doesn't work either and still has the same AND other issues

[honeyhauntart]

redesign of my magical girl spidersona!! 🍰

bonus ratty version of them outside of their transformation:

#spidersona #spiderverse oc #into the spider verse #across the spiderverse #spiderverse au #spiderverse #marvel #marvel oc #marvel comics #character design #digital aritst #artists on tumblr #spiderman #spiderman oc #pastel art #pink aesthetic #kawaii art #deco sweet #magical girl

[janikainen]

Bringing back my fabulous Rapunzel piece with a few retouches ✨🦄 I hope you're happy to see her back 🥰

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#pony #mlp #mylittlepony #cute #kawaii #adorable #sweet #soft #rapunzel #brony #mlpg1 #mylittleponycollector #poni #ponies #my litte pony friendship is magic #mlp art #mlp g1 #princesscore

[omegalomania]

the full apple music interview with zane lowe is out! we got snippets of it when love from the other side dropped, but they finally rolled out the full thing. here are some highlights that stood out to me :)

patrick describes pete's lyrics as what gets him out of bed in the morning. if pete doesn't send him lyrics, he doesn't write a song.

andy and pete used to draw fake snake tattoos on each other using magic markers as kids omg?

so evidently patrick was the one who got covid during hella mega tour. and he hated it and he was miserable and that's when he called neal avron about the new record lmao

patrick says that joe was hesitant at first and he was the one who said that for this record he wanted to make something that they could all savor and spend time on and patrick was immediately on board with that

pete says patrick's job is to interpret him because pete calls his mentality a "little bit off" but patrick is capable of understanding him and translating it

patrick describes his and pete's creative relationship as "twin speak." it's not linear and it's like living in his brain a little bit. he calls it the "weirdest thing i've ever seen" when pete can just Tell that some words that patrick adjusted weren't ones he wrote despite not remembering writing them. patrick says he's gotten better at connective tissue and knowing how pete would say things

pete: back in the day patrick was like, "what's the difference between cry and weep i will KILL YOU. THEY'RE THE SAME THING. I'M GONNA KILL YOU RIGHT NOW."

zane says patrick's vocals are next level for this album. pete agrees that he kills it on this album and said he never would've expected that voice coming from him when they first met. zane says patrick could sing a recipe and it would be good. he then passes patrick a recipe and patrick. sings it???

patrick: i'm not gonna belt it. (starts belting) NINE INCH PIE PLATE ROLLING PIN

patrick says that pete doesn't mean to have rhythm to his words but there's a rhythm to them all the same and patrick can find this syncopation in his words and thinks it's amazing

more talking about patrick and pete's Magical Mystical Transcendent Soul Bond. patrick says "if we were one guy, we'd be an INCREDIBLE DUDE"

patrick and pete say that interviews with all four of them are hard because it's chaos and everyone's talking at once but it all makes perfect sense to them and no one else. zane says that sounds like fun flkjdfd [i agree please do this more it's a joy]

pete says joe really stepped up and wrote a lot for this record!

patrick: "joe is kind of a conundrum because he's this really talented...he's a brilliant writer, a brilliant player, but pete and i became the "team" and it wasn't really a plan, but that's just kind of how it happened. [brief tangent about the hiatus] we come back from the thing and joe is this fully-formed writer with a very distinct - he has one of the most distinctive writing voices. when i hear his parts, when i hear his ideas, i could pick them out of a crowd. like i know the way joe writes, and it's VERY joe." part of the process with post-hiatus was integrating him into the writing process more.

discussing the hiatus and fame and pete says his life kind of "blew up" and took it pretty hard. apparently during production for folie paparazzi actually broke down the gate to neal avron's house

patrick goes on a big tangent about how bad things got during the height of pete's fame. "part of my role is to tell his story. i'm a composer. that's what i like to do. i work on movies, i work on shows, and i work on pete. pete has a story that needs music, and if he's removed from himself, if he's not even able to access himself because he's behind all of this stuff, i don't have a story! so not only did i not have my buddy, which was heartbreaking in its own way, but then i also don't have a purpose as an artist."

patrick says that andy is always ready to play but when you get him happy to play, it's another level

"and trohman, there were these moments where he...he got so excited."

patrick describes writing what a time to be alive as wanting to write the saddest, most desperate song you could hear at a wedding. pete bursts into laughter and calls it "so twisted"

talking about other endeavors outside the band - patrick talks about composing and said joe's been super busy with his book and writing for tv and because there are so many deadlines for stuff like that, it's what hammered home to him that fall out boy needs to not be that. "there's something special about this that can't be...this has to be passionate and art."

discussing how scared patrick was of his own voice while the band took off. patrick was really scared of the song saturday at first because there are some really exposed vocal moments. he describes saturday as a song where everyone in the band lets each other go for it.

zane calls fall out boy the "emo blueprint" and says they were unapologetic in being emotional. patrick immediately says, "that was pete. i don't think we could've done that without him." he and joe were basically kids and patrick was too anxious to talk on stage.

zane says, "i remember interviewing you in the early days and i felt like every time i asked you a question i was bullying you." pete IMMEDIATELY loses his shit.

"in another life where i didn't have a pete...cause saturday, i did write most of that by myself...so there's a world where that song exists without the band. there's no world where i sing it in front of people without pete."

pete says every night before they put out a new song he calls patrick up and gets really scared and wants to back out and patrick talks him down every time

they talk about how scary it was when arm's race released and performing it at the amas. patrick starts laughing rly hard as they get into how there were giant crickets on stage and the crowd was just stone-faced and utterly nonresponsive and their stage manager was utterly panicked

towards the end patrick really loosens up and starts swearing more dlkfjdfd

#fall out boy #*making poasts #they kept being SO SWEET ABOUT EACH OTHER LIKE. I CANT HANDLE IT #patrick and pete are like lets tell everybody about our magical soulbond for 1 hour straight. thanks guys.

[trustiskingandqueen]

I just wanna be with you I don't care about anything else You can be honest with me tooMayb e I want the same thing as you

I don't think it's difficult I just need to get to know you slowly You'll get used to it soon, you and me The feeling of being one - It will be sweet

sweet & easy - wonder girls

#i'll never understand tumblr images. every time its different . it's a magical mystery #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd edit #our flag means death edit #gentlebeard #ed x stede #blackbonnet #every time i listen to sweet & easy it gives me such Them vibes! summertime! sweet fruits! a new bloom of a relationship! #sweet sweet sweet and easy #my stuff #idk what i was going for with the color scheme #just playing around #stede bonnet #edward teach