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back at it again with the greatest little dudes season 2 drops for guild members on april 5th! it'll be my first show credit and i'm so excited :D

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BEAUTIFUL thoughts. They are my EVERYTHING

******SPOILERS, SO MANY SPOILERS AHEAD.*********

I have so much to say I'm afraid my brain might explode. So I'll try to keep calm despite still being at the verge of tears.

When I first started this book series, I thought it would be the usual light, cutesy fantasy about friendship and family. And oh boy, OH BOY WAS I WRONG.

On a side note, something I'd like to point out I noticed, from the first book to the third, the lighting on the cover progressively gets darker. Of course, representing the story itself as the plot gets darker as well. On the last book, it's still dark, but there's a light coming from Janner, Kalmar and Leeli, like they finally reached sunrise after a long, ruthless night. Something i'm pretty sure was said at some point on the books themselves, about no matter how long the night is the day will always come.

Anyways. Back to the topic at hand. As the story progressed, I keep growing more and more connected to these characters, and each chapter I rooted more and more for the Jewels Of Anniera.

I'd like to add that I'm an only child, yet, somehow, I can tell Janner is one of the best eldest sibling characters ever written. My whole life I've only watched siblings around me and their relationship with eachother, especially on the eldest's side, and somehow, Janner reminded me of every friend, family member or random stranger I saw on the streets someday that have siblings.

Janner is such a complex character. He is by no means perfect, but he does have a golden heart. One of the things I was most impressed by was how the author described Janner's feelings, whatever it was the longing for his father, or just feeling burdened by his siblings. And yet, no matter what Janner is feeling, the narrator never invalidates his feelings or antagonize him. Janner is a child, a child who went through a lot. He is allowed to miss a father he never had just as he is allowed to sometimes be annoyed for always having to make sacrifices for his siblings. But one of the things I admired the most about Janner (along with everyone else I'm pretty sure) was his character development. At the first book, he'd roll his eyes at the mere thought of having to look after his siblings and saw them as a burden. At the second book, he learned the hard way how much Kalmar and Leeli matter to him, and how it hurts to be away from them. On the third book, he took pride on his title as Throne Warden and role as the eldest sibling, being devoted to protecting the High King and Song Maiden. And at last, on the last book, he leaves pride aside. He doesn't take care of Kalmar and Leeli because it's his duty, because it's honorable, neither because that's what he has always been told to do. He does it because he loves them above all else, because he finally sees how strong the bond the three of them share truly is, because he feels the blessing the Maker has gifted them, and how much stronger they are when they're together.

Janner is a kind, brave, clever, beautiful boy.

And I will forever believe that they managed to get him the water from the First Well to heal him. I will nor accept any other ending.

Kalmar. At first, the typical goofy, troublemaking sibling, more like a comic relief. But again, OHOHOHO BOY... DID THAT CHANGE.

I definetely did not expect for them to take the turn they did with Kalmar. I could tell that he would have some character arc mainly towards maturing and taking responsability, but I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE LIKE THAT. Seeing that bright, easy-going, smiley little boy loosing his usual joyful personality when he was fanged, slowly loosing his sanity and growing on his self loathing was really something painful yet beautiful to watch. Like Janner, he also had to learn his lesson on the hardest way possible. An extrovert kid like him, having everyone turning their backs on him and looking at him with hatred, and yet, he learned to keep his head high, like a High King. (the phrase "keep your head held high or else your crown will fall" is literally perfect for him.) And most of all, seeing him risk his life to aid a strange cloven, (that turned out to be his father) grant the Hollowsfolk his forgiveness despite everything they did to him, show mercy and compassion to the Fangs despite everything they did, all of these things make Kalmar an inspiring ruler, and leaves me assured that he will be a great king after all.

Now, Leeli, sweet, pure-hearted Leeli. I will be honest, at first I was afraid that they would make her the typical "overly nice and overly fragile female character", but again, BOY WAS I WRONG. (I don't know how many times I will repeat that, I apologize.) At some points in the books, she didn't have as much spotlight as her brother and I felt like she was kind of being thrown aside. But there's always a turn the books take that make her lack of spotlight at first worth it. So young, the youngest of the Jewels Of Anniera, yet she has seen and done so much. Has a bad leg, needed to use a crutch since she was little, yet that literally never stopped her. She strives to keep up with her brothers, and despite his kind personality she shows she can be festy and even scary when she wants to. (I will never forget that moment in the second book where she was yelling at the trolls and fangs and they were actually eager to obey her lol). She hates it when people assume she's weak and often refuses help, proving she's perfectly capable. But at times, she does need help, which shows us all it's okay to have someone to rely on. She was the link between Janner and Kalmar, no matter how much they argued nor how mad they were at eachother, she was always there for both of them and connecting them back together. She may not be able to fight like her brothers, but she found her own strenght. Her music, something that has always brought joy and hope to others turns out to be an ACTUAL weapon. She kicked a Green Fang to defend her puppy, she was the first one to see the pain and kindess through Peet, Nugget sacrificed himself for her showing how her strong her love for others really is, she stopped A FREAKING DRAGON from killing her grandpa, she led an army of dogs, she defeated countless fangs with nothing but her song. One of the best child female chracters I've seen in a while. She is feminine, has her weak points, but she finds her strenght, not in swords, punches or bows but on a whistleharp. I love her so much I can't describe it.

I love all of these kids so much. I am *proud* of them. I know it's a weird thing to say about fictional characters, but these books just make me feel this way. I can't name a single character I didn't connect or feel empathy with.

Nia, such a strong, independent woman, raising her children having lost her husband and kingdom, yet keep her head held high like the queen she is.

Podo, a man who has sinned, takes shame on them, yet shows that sinners can still be good people. Loves his family above all else, protected and took care of them until his last breath, might have been a little rough around the edges, but always showed a soft spot for his daughter and grandkids.

Artham, a broken man, haunted by the shame of loosing his brother, slowly, but surely, healing. Learning to move on by protecting his nephews and niece, making what was once a weakness a strenght.

Oskar, an old man that was always sitting on the library, letting go of his peaceful life and risking his life to accompany the Wingfeathers through thick and thin.

Sara, who was taken from her family, abused and had all her hope crushed, finding her courage back after meeting Janner and taking after him, being a sisterly figure, leader and queen ti billions of orphan children, and helping them find their strenght and fight for their freedom.

Maraly, a rude strander girl who was raised horribly her whole life by her abusive father, finally finding true love and a true father figure.

Everything about this story has touched me. A broken world taken by an evil monarch who turned to be just another broken soul, filled with hopeless people, people who had surrended to the darkness... Saved by three children, who brought light everywhere they went. A boy with scars, a boy inside a wolf, and a girl with a crutch. Kids who one day were mere peasants, the other were the Jewels Of Anniera, and a year later, heroes of Aerwiar.

I've smiled, I've laughed, I've been shocked, I've been scared, I've been mad, I've cried. I have red lots, and I mean LOTS of books. Different stories, different worlds, different characters. Yet none of them has touched me half as much as The Wingfeather Saga.

It has war, tears, bloodshed, betrayals, sacrifices and sorrow. But it also has love, joy, hope, laughter, wonder and light.

This story definetely deserves way more fans and recognition. I hope that with the new animated series (which I'll definetely watch later) it begins to gain more love.

Anyways. I really love this in case y'all couldn't tell already. Have a good day/afternoon/evening.

#wingfeather saga

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Somebody's probably said this already, but I love that The Wingfeather Saga gives us child protagonists who have supportive and loving and living parental figures. The kids can have adventures and a stable family structure. Not only does it not destroy the kids' chances at adventure, it actually adds to the drama. Because the adults have history. Their backstories can come back to bite them. So being with the adults can put the kids in more danger than they would be otherwise. It's not just subverting the dead parents trope, but taking full advantage of possibilities that are available, and I very much appreciate it.

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The wingfeather saga is probably my favorite series of all time barring lord of the rings! It's incredibly underrated! I have so much art saved up that I haven't gotten to post anywhere! This Fandom is legitimately tiny deserves more fan works than it has. I hope that the 12 wingfeather fans out there enjoy!

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we've done it again folks

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all of tumblr tomorrow, march 15th:

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collection

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ITS MARCH YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

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I KNOW this is about to be my sister (she has no idea what she’s in for)

Got to see Hadestown for the first time ever today (and it was amazing oh my god I had no idea what I was missing) and I'd just like to give a shout out to the poor soul in the audience who had clearly never heard the myth of Orpheus before, because when Orpheus turned around at the end the audience was dead silent except for this one very audible gasp of "no!" from somewhere in the crowd. And after Euridyce was gone and Orpheus dropped to his knees in grief, all anybody --cast, audience, the uncaring gods, etc -- could hear was muffled weeping from the same person

#hadestown

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shes climbing your dashboard

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how am I supposed to kiss kiss fall in love in these conditions

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood + text posts and stuff

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Fruits Basket Season 3 Ep 13 thoughts

AAAAA last ep I’ve been putting this off for years I’m not ready!!!

Not Uo and Hana with their dirty jokes😂

Aww Kyo realizing cats have no interest in him anymore

And HIM REALIZING TOHRU PICKS UP THE BEADS BC SHE LOVES HIS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE SELVES

Not Machi punching Kakeru into NEXT WEEK

“If you call me Mama right now, I’ll forgive you.” SAKI WHAT WHY R U SO THIRSTY

Kyo comforting Tohru is EVERYRHING

“It’s the start of a new banquet, right?” Woaaat what a good quote, Kyo

YUKI PRETENDING TO THROW THE KEY OUT THE WINDOW

MACHI’S PANIC😂

YUKI x MACHI KISS OH MY WORD

“The evil one has fallen!” 💀

Ritsu’s hair!! So short!

Hiro cupping Kisa’s face makes me so soft

Momiji, cute as ever

His new dream🥰

Don’t worry Momiji I’ll be your amazing significant other

Kunimitsu, what’s with the “woah”?? The fact that Saki and Kazuma are talking and with each other😂 cus yeah that actually is the craziest age gap of this whole series

Ayame is still so funny I love him

Ooooooh we getting more Hatori and Maru content?👀

Maru’s sense of humor is great

Maru lamenting over the fact that she’s flat and Hatori saying “That’s no news” 💀💀💀

Yuki’s reminiscing is PRECIOUS

“I wanted to be loved and needed. And then you appeared and made it all come true.” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 “You gave it to me. That’s how I’m standing here right now.”

He wanted a mother’s love all his life and she could give it😭😭😭😭

They all love her SO MUCH AWWWW

And that’s all SHE ever wanted!!!!

YUKI CALLED HER TOHRU OH MY WORD YES

AAAAA IS IT THEIR GRANDCHILDREN TIME?!?!

Awww her daughter and granddaughter look JUST like her

They’re old and happy aww

AND THEY STILL HAVE THE HAT

It’s over…

Wow

I waited like a decade for this and it’s finally over. So worth it. Loved every second.

#anime #fruits basket #fruits basket 2019 #fruba #momiji sohma #yuki sohma #kyo sohma #saki hanajima #tohru honda

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short & impactful

"Stay."

"Just go."

"I hate you."

"Because I love you."

"Don't leave me."

"Leave me alone."

"I need space."

"Don't go."

"Talk to me."

"I want only you."

"You need to move on."

"Please, speak to me."

"This will end now."

"I want to forget you."

"Hate me."

"Why?"

"Lie to me."

"I can't do this."

"Tell me."

"I'm just afraid."

"Please, leave."

"You can't leave me."

"I need you."

"Don't do this."

"Just stop."

"It's over."

"Tell me the truth."

"I can't lose you."

"We're done."

"Please."

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" Percy denied immortality" and "Percy did poison stuff" well guess what

Annabeth swore that she would protect Percy on the river Styx

At THIRTEEN

SHE HADN'T EVEN KNOWN HIM FOR A YEAR AT THAT POINT