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I commissioned @polarcell, who did this gorgeous art for my fic, That Was the River, This Is the Sea. I'm beyond enamored! Their clothes, their faces, their hair—@polarcell always gets it right. And the Romanescos are so cute! Thanks so much! 💜💜💜

#oh this is so delightful #the romanesco broccoli!!!!! #the old guard #fanart #fic rec

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hi, ummm. this is awkward. haha. yeah um do you think you could push your boulder up somewhere else? like a different hill? because this one’s kind of already taken. yeah it’s the one i’ve decided to die on, so.

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Ok my historical costuming friends, I have a question for you! I’m considering doing a Temeraire cosplay, but I think this would be useful for fic too. We know that Jane Roland wears stays because Laurence packs them for her in HMD, but do we think she wears stays under her uniform or only in dresses? If not stays, some other kind of undergarment maybe?

More context on historical period and this series under the cut for people who might be interested but haven’t read the books.

The Temeraire series is a historical fantasy series that takes place during the Napoleonic Wars. In the books, the Aerial Corps is a fictional branch of the military that rides dragons. Their officer’s uniforms are described as being fairly similar to naval uniforms except in color and additional outerwear layers for flying. Women are members of the Corps, but this is a secret and gendered attitudes and fashion are otherwise of their period outside the Corps. It is unclear (in my memory) how women’s uniforms vary from men’s, if at all, except that they’re similar enough for the younger women to be mistaken for men.

#oooooh fascinating #excellent takes #temeraire

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nothing canon era fic writers could come up with will ever be as cruel as modern au fic writers putting these guys in the most basic modern scenarios. like he was born to live & die by the blade, his story was over before it began. and you made him take the bus and work a 9 to 5 job

#me making granby a librarian

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The hearth in your eyes.

#ohhhhhhh i love this <3 #your character design esp of little has influenced my mind’s eye so hard #temeraire #fanart

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i always come back to them

#dumb zombie queers <3 #i do miss them #in the flesh #fanart

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Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

—ursula k. le guin

#ursula k le guin #icon that you were

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the idealized version of my tomorrow self will fix this

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me going to bed tonight

#yeah… yeah #also me when i saw her in concert last fall #life changing experience ngl #chappell roan

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Chekhov's Chicken.

#HELP

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Expression sketching just to get out of my own head for a bit.

Of course it’s them. They are half of my personality.

#THEIR ARMS. TOUCHING KNEE AND SHOULDER. HELP #this week i am discovering i go feral for them casually touching each other through CLOTHES #it’s very victorian of me i must say #anyway your art is beautiful and fantastic as always and i am FEELING things #temeraire #fanart

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Art for the wonderful fic Scenes From a Party by @sere-allwehaveisnow plsplspls read it it's so fun and silly and also part of a very good series of fics <3 love seeing these guys stuck in modern settings sm...

#SCREAMING #little oh my god he’s gorgeous #and chenery in the background kfjgjskqkd im on the floor #temeraire #fanart

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did somebody say really specific ship dynamics

#parker/hardison alert #leverage

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one of the many top Emily moments is in CoG when Gerry is afraid of Tem and says he doesn't want a dragon and she, having grown up in the aerial corps, is just like "of course you should want a dragon. everyone who is not an idiot wants a dragon!" when that is not in fact the aspiration of literally anyone in England who is not an aviator.

#i do find it very fun how clueless aviators are about the Culture At Large #she simply. has no idea! and good for her #temeraire

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Laurence: I hate spies 😠 even if they weren't always lying to me they're dishonorable and willing to turn traitor for the base enticement of money. Also Laurence:

#YEAH #my dude you’re so far gone on him like please #temeraire

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Why did I spend multiple hours on this.

From left to right: Chenery (he is crying happy tears), Harcourt, Granby, Little, Ferris, Forthing, Rankin, Tharkay, and Laurence.

#OH IT’S SO GOOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH #laurence in the corner not knowing how to use his phone is killing me #also huge fan of forthing’s mustache #temeraire #fanart

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This wouldn't happen to me if i were a huge dragon

#you already know what tag is coming #temeraire