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The war in divine rivals is basically just the Trojan war.

Dacre just wants his girl but she doesn’t want him

#divine rivals #rebecca ross #iris winnow #roman kitt #ruthless vows #enva #Dacre #fantasy book

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Can we all agree that Dacre just seemed like a regular guy and not a god ? He just seemed like some war general recruiting people for some pointless war.

Didn’t really act like a god 🤷🏼‍♀️

#rebecca ross #divine rivals #ruthless vows #iris winnow #roman kitt #fantasy book

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Tharion and Sathia - Crescent City

Artist: @/elizianna.the.one

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Max is the most relateable book charcter ever

#max farlione #Carissa Broadbent #daughter of no worlds #war of lost hearts #tisaanah #maxantarius farlione #maxantarius #book boyfriend #serpent and the wings of night #mother of death and dawn #children of fallen gods #fantasy book rec #fantasy book

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today’s prompt for whump writers:

whumper drugged whumpee with substance that wouldn’t render whumpee completely unconscious, but would make them groggy and defenseless, too disoriented to do anything but lay there and slowly blink with occasional moan as whumper did whatever they wanted to them.

I don’t know about you, but personally this type of forced surrender trope gives me whumperflies every time 🥹

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Just an early morning reminder that Azriel's shadows can do this:

That's all. 🤭

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We all know about magical fatigue as a whump trope for magical overuse. Now I raise you: Magical euphoria.

Magic that feels good to use. It leaves the user dizzy and lightheaded, a giddy energy rushing through their entire body. It's enough to leave the most stoic whumpee giggling madly, to make the most obedient soldier go rogue. It's a power that ultimately, inevitably, controls its user.

Mages aren’t trusted to act on their own. They can’t be, not when each spell costs them their sanity. Not when, in a daze of manic joy, they’re just as liable to destroy the enemy as their allies.

And so they need a handler.

Imagine Caretaker in this situation. Forced to watch Whumpee throw themselves into madness, to turn themselves into an unthinking weapon under the demand of some uncaring general. Having to put aside their affection for Whumpee as a person, and analyze them as a tool.

It’s Caretaker who decides when Whumpee is still fit for battle. It’s caretaker who has to look into their dazed and distant eyes, blood dripping into a too wide smile, and decide if Whumpee has anything else to give.

It’s Caretaker who decides when they’re too far gone, when Whumpee needs to stop. And if Whumpee can’t, it’s Caretaker’s job to make them stop. Even if that means using force, even if it means hurting them, because letting them run wild isn’t an option.

And when the battle’s over, when Whumpee is either led or dragged away to the medical wing, Caretaker’s the only one brave enough to tend to their injuries. They wrap bleeding, scorched fingers without a word, the only sound being Whumpee babbling, mad ramblings. Caretaker knows they won’t remember any of this. They still talk to Whumpee anyway, soft, comforting words they hope will bring Whumpee back faster.

And when whumpee’s eyes finally clear, when their body sags with exhaustion they’re just now able to feel, Caretaker feels nothing but grief, because it’ll start all over again tomorrow.

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Growing.

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I said what I said.

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Nyx Misting for the First Time

Nyx got a little too excited with his new toy ✨

Commissioned with charlize_artz (link here)

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The weight of sight

Elain Archeron - A Court of Thorns and Roses

Artist: @/eclipvze_art

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Happy @gwynrielweeksofficial!It's my first time participating and I'm super excited to show off my vision for Gwyn and Azriels first mission together. The shadowsinger is an excellent perch for spying...and the priestess a comfortable perch for tired shadows.

Major thanks to @witchlingsandwyverns for doing this for me last minute.

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Dorian flirting with Celaena:

I brought you books, chocolate and a puppy. Wanna play some chess and cuddle?

Dorian flirting with Manon:

Rip out my throat, I DARE you…where yo chains at?

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Gwyn and Azriel 🤍 by Artcraawl (link)

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Extremely thrilled to finally post my big feast for @gwynrielweeksofficial 🖤 enjoy!!

Commissioned with Artcraawl (here)

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Ithan Holstrom trying to fix his mistakes with more mistakes for the entirety of HOFAS