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eight pages into the secret history and richard just said he was jealous of camilla and charles for being orphans literally what’s his deal? 😭

#it gets worse further into the book #the secret history #richard papen

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how do i let people know that fall is my favorite season, not in a pumpkin spice way but in a “the snow in the mountains was melting and bunny had been dead for several weeks” kind of way?

#the secret history #fall is the perfect season to reread all my favorite dark academia books

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My fav scene in the secret history will always be the time that Henry walked in when Richard was cutting his hair and casually asked him how much poison mushroom can kill you

#the secret history #henry winter #richard papen #i cannot take this book seriously

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hi love is real maybe and it’s steady and warm and bright and mundane in the best best best way and you live and you love and you go about your day and you love and are loved and it’s as simple as that

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#brotherband chronicles #brotherband #john flanagan #the herons

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My contribution to the Hal x Ingvar fandom

#AAAHHHH this is absolutely perfect

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Stig Olafson is a bisexual

#brotherband chronicles #brotherband #john flanagan #stig olafson

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When Stig woke up, it was quiet on deck. The only thing that could be heard were small waves crashing into the Heron.

Judging by the moon, it was a little after midnight. He had been sleeping for a few hours already. Stig looked around the ship, everyone was still sleeping. Everyone but Hal, who was standing at the helm.

He frowned at this, Hal had taken place at the helm right after lunch. By now he should have asked him or Edvin to take over. With a sigh Stig stood up and walked toward his skirl.

"How long have you been standing there?" he asked quietly, to not wake the rest of the crew. Hal looked at him, "not that long, I can go on longer."

"Hal, I could almost see your eyebags from where I was sleeping. Give the helm to me or Edvin and get some rest."

Hal rubbed his eyes "its fine, you can take over after breakfast."

"It's not fine" Stig said, taking one of Hal's hands. "You are going to sleep, even if I have to force you."

Hal chuckled "I guess I don't have a choice then."

"You don't", said Stig "I'm going to wake Edvin so he can take over, we are going to sleep."

#brotherband chronicles #brotherband #john flanagan #hal mikkelson #stig olafson #stigal

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*when i say girlie i mean it truly in a non gender specific way, this poll is for everyone!

**obviously everyone gets both headaches and stomach problems on occasion, this is about if you suffer from one or other of them notably more often!

pls reblog to get a bigger sample size!

#sadly both #i have atleast one stomachache and one headache each week

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Lydia for the character ask!

#brotherband chronicles #brotherband #john flanagan #lydia demarek

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update — did not draw lydia nor edvin, but instead spontaneously shat out a pair of dangerous axe lunatics*: ulf and wulf

(i would like to point out that wulf is on the left and ulf is on the right though. the distinction is really important i swear)

(full scribble ft. the axes under the cut as well as some of my many brain thoughts regarding the twins)

why is the internet so deprived of pictures of people holding axes. i couldn't find a single functional reference photo also ignore the part where the axes are massively oversized and non-proportional and generally extremely wack. they're literally buff idc about Reality blah blah

*i don't remember who first called them dangerous axe lunatics but i think it's genius and i hope you don't mind me stealing the description

nyway

in my brain, wulf is more outwardly unhinged but ulf has more of a borderline-sadistic streak to him. like, ulf generally has more chill and is less likely to start a fight due to petty provocation (read: wulf will fight without hesitation if someone says shit about ulf or the herons), but if he does start a fight, it's Really not going to end well for the person on the other end of his axe. wulf will cleave your head off if he finds enough of a reason to, while ulf will break your fingers before cleaving your head off — but usually for good reason.

wulf has a stronger sense of duty towards ulf as an individual than he does towards the crew, while ulf is the opposite. both of them go for outrageous arguments shamelessly pulled out of the ass, but while wulf is more likely to be genuinely baffled by ulf's claims, ulf is more likely to fall into a wormhole of trying to actually disprove wulf's claims. i swear there's a difference but they still have an equal tally of losses in stupidity, and ulf's love of philosophy/aspiration to be an art connoisseur has not helped him win shit. oh also wulf likes flowers and chickens and is best friends with stefan idk why it just makes sense

in short, both are dumbasses, but they are also two individual dumbasses and flanagank is too lazy to make a consistent distinction most of the time. i don't think he's ever met an actual pair of twins before in his life tbh. also wulf is on the left and ulf is on the right

#obsessed with the way you drew them #your art has so much personality!!

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reblog for a larger sample size pls etc etc i'll pass u a strawberry 🫶🏽

#left-handed :)

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Hey there! Stig for that bingo game?

#brotherband chronicles #brotherband #john flanagan #stig olafson #he used to be my favorite for like a year

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Stefan for the ask!

#brotherband chronicles #brotherband #john flanagan #stefan

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Please send me brotherband characters so I can do this! 🩷

i finally made my own character bingo go nuts inbox (feel free to rb)