#Bridge of Ash

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Bridge of Ash | Author: Jacquelyn Benson | Publisher: Vaughan Woods Publishing (2021)

#books #Bridge of Ash #Jacquelyn Benson

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: The Charismatics

Author: Jacquelyn Benson

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2021

Genres: fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, mystery, paranormal

Blurb: Lily Albright's visions could stop a killer...if she'll trust a reclusive aristocrat with her darkest secret. A monster stalks the gaslit streets of Edwardian London, draining the blood of the city's mediums, and Lily knows who's next. She is plagued by visions of the future she can never change. When a mysterious fiend threatens someone she loves, she's determined this time will be different...but she can't do it alone. To save a life, Lily must reveal her darkest secrets to someone she has little reason to trust: the reclusive Lord Strangford, a man haunted by his own unusual powers. From the glittering galleries of Bond Street to the rookeries of Southwark, Lily and Strangford plunge into a dark conspiracy that lies at the heart of England's rising eugenics movement. To thwart it, Lily must face a past rife with betrayal...and embrace the power she has spent her entire life trying to escape.

#the charismatics #the fire in the glass #the shadow of water #a wrath of sparrows #bridge of ash #what the ravens sing #jacquelyn benson #series #2021 #fiction #fantasy #historical fiction #romance #mystery #paranormal

[exaltedfuzz]

Collection of Ace Attorney things for today feat. Fran and more

Trick Lock

They should have been at the club

Irritating

Bonus:

#art #my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #artist #ace attorney #digital fanart #ema skye #ace attorney fanart #phoenix wright #franziska von karma #dahlia hawthorne #sister iris #iris hawthorne #iris fey #lana skye #damon gant #legendary duo #trucy wright #jake marshall #aa1 #aa3 #aa4 #apollo justice #ajaa #pwaa #trials and tribulations #rise from the ashes #bridge to the turnabout #gyakuten saiban

[clown-bear]

true siblings bond over bullying Phoenix Wright for making a girl cry on accident. #feminism

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #franziska von karma #aa #aa1 #aa3 #aa2 #meme #vk siblings #von karma siblings #edgeworth #phoenix wright #rise from the ashes #bridge to the turnabout #ema skye

[catboyglover]

my fave genre of characters: mirrorballs

#i’ve never been a natural #all i do is try try try #there’s more obviously but i’m too tired rn #they’re just like me fr #can you tell there’s a pattern in the characters i relate to #taylor swift #folklore #mirrorball #the perks of being a wallflower #charlie kelmeckis #fantastic mr fox #ash fox #wes anderson #dead poets society #todd anderson #heartstopper #tao xu #alice oseman #fleabag #phoebe waller bridge #friends #chandler bing

[gabrielleragusi]

Wanderlust Window Collectible

12 windows into different fantasy worlds, designed in 2023 for the Bookish Box

Instagram  - ArtStation - Website - Inprnt - Etsy - TikTok

#Art #Artists on tumblr #Illustration #Fantasy art #Bookish Box #from blood and ash #Throne of Glass #lord of the rings #percy jackon and the olympians #vampire academy #the cruel prince #raven cycle #a court of thorns and roses #crave series #the bridge kingdom #the serpent and the wings of night #crescent city #Gabrielle Ragusi

[kitty-gray]

LM prologue introducing Kit and QOAAD epilogue being about Ash going back to the Seelie Court bring up emotions I have no idea how to explain.

#i just think is interesting thats how cc chose to open and close the trilogy. very interesting. #tda bridge trilogy allegations rise #kit herondale my beloved #kit herondale #ash morgenstern #tda rereading #the dark artifices #cassandra clare #lady midnight #queen of air and darkness

[spectrum-color]

Truths the aSoIaF fandom isn’t ready for: Jaime is just as deluded as Cersei in Feast.

The man spends his chapters patting himself on the back and talking about how he’ll be remembered as the legendary Goldenhand the Just after he goes after a few outlaws while he has spent the entire book…trying to forcibly consolidate the Riverlands under Lannister rule after his family terrorized them for years, sent brutal gangs of mercenaries to rape and burn peasants, and broke guest right (and thousands of years of Westerosi tradition with it) to murder their Lord Paramounts daughter and their king, whose corpse was mutilated and paraded around after the fact by the family his father installed in their traditional Lord Paramounts seat. All of this for a war he started because he was having an incestuous affair with his sister. Sure Jaime, you’re gonna be a beloved figure!

#a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #jaime lannister #like the lannisters managed to burn their bridges with both the lords and the smallfolk #and thoroughly piss on the ashes #he’s lucky any green eyed blonds are even able to walk around there without getting jumped #btw don’t forget the original reason tywin sent his murder gangs to the riverlands #because jaimes brother was accused of trying to kill bran stark #something tyrion didn’t do but both jaime and his son did #I will have no sympathy for anyone but tommen and myrcella when house lannister goes down #hell I didn’t have sympathy for joffrey even though I know grrm intended for it #they made their bed #and none of them have really reflected on it

[finalspaceteamsquad]

FINAL SPACE 3.09 - Hyper-Transdimensional Bridge Rising

#final space #finalspaceedit #animationedit #cartoonedit #tvedit #scifiedit #gary goodspeed #kvn #quinn ergon #avocato #little cato #kevin van newton #mooncake #sheryl goodspeed #ash graven #hyper-transdimensional bridge rising

[zeb-z]

idk it’s like. yeah Bad, you should be talking about the cursed team. yeah Tubbo, you’ve got an excellent theory crafted here, a super solid argument that your team is cursed. but it’s no surprise that red will not hear you out, because blue’s relationship with red is just in such shambles. Bad has burned bridges and destroyed any sort of love, any sort of trust, any sort of anything. Pierre has spat on the flames. The fact they managed to have a genuine talk about the enchant agreement is a miracle (and only because it was half OOC in my opinion, and because Phil is the only one on red who will extend a bit of trust because he just doesn’t want to fight), but still hasn’t done much for blue’s favor.

everything that red has suffered when they have tried to talk, everything Bad has done to them specifically with ruthlessness in the name of victory, has now shown to have consequences. so yeah, blue could so be the cursed team, and Tubbo could be right to a terrifying degree and have it all figured out - it’s not gonna stop red from fighting because they can’t hear him out. how can they trust a thing he says? why would they talk to Bad now at the final hour? why would they sit there and show mercy when so often none has been shown to them?

it’s the name of the game. to tear them all apart and see just how far they’ll go. the eye wants them to burn bridges and turn on eachother in the name of victory, and Bad played very well. it’s a shame he represents more than himself, but an entire team. it’s a shame those bridges he burned might have been the ones they needed now that red is in the lead and has a chance of winning. yeah man, blue might be cursed, but red has found evidence in their own favor - and why on gods green earth would they take blue’s word when Bad has proven time and time again he will abandon honor for victory?

#it’s like yeah man. if only they had listened. who knows if blue or red is cursed but if only they could have talked #bad has spent this entire time burning bridges for blue and Tina and Tubbo try so hard to rebuild something but it’s just ash yknow #how can they possibly trust blue now. how can they possibly listen let alone give benefit of the doubt. give trust #now at the final hour diplomacy is near impossible because they all feel there are risks they cannot take #and red has such a resentment to blue and bad specifically #bad started with the mindset of ‘the underhanded tactics I use they’ll use too’ and abused it. now red expects underhanded tactics always #blue has gotten the reputation they’ll do anything for the win. bad has proven it time and time again. now at the final hour they have a #genuine reason they feel they need to win and they’d have to convince the other team to stop trying. diplomacy and trust #which they are severely lacking. and it’s sucks it does because bad is not the entirety of blue #and if blue really is cursed and red wins. the difference could have been having been on better terms earlier. whatever happens happens #sorry Tubbo was the fallout for today kfjsjfjd #mcyt #qsmp #q!bbh #q!tubbo #qsmp purgatory #z speaks

[winterandwords]

Worldbuilding in 5

Thanks to @theprissythumbelina for the tag! Welcome to The City (it's never named in the books) from Bridge From Ashes and Name From Nowhere...

A daytime view

Huge skyscrapers with vertical green spaces in the centre of the city where most people live and work.

Photos (from left) by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash and Victor on Unsplash

Some close-up architecture

Glass lifts that run up the outside of tall buildings are common because THOSE VIEWS.

Photo by Tj Holowaychuk on Unsplash

The boundaries

The outskirts of the city where buildings are smaller and closer together. There's a mix of densely packed residential tenements and industrial spaces.

Photo by cheng feng on Unsplash

A slice of nightlife

Fuck yeah bars and clubs with cyberpunk vibes!

Photo by Aleksandr Popov on Unsplash

Tagging @revenantlore, @thegreatobsesso and @touloserlautrec if you'd like to do it, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to join in 💜

Reblogs, replies etc on my tag posts are always welcome, but if you're doing this tag yourself, please make your own post instead of using mine to start a reblog chain.

#writeblr tags #worldbuilding in 5 tag #bridge from ashes #name from nowhere #writeblr #writers on tumblr

[lord-squiggletits]

I hate the existence of the Functionist Universe but if it has to happen don't make it fun for Megatron. It's not a second chance for him to do things right, it's him living like a fucking ghost feeling like he doesn't belong here. It's Megatron looking at familiar faces who look back at him as if he's a stranger-- because he is. It's Megatron accidentally forgetting himself and referencing something that happened in his universe and having to cover it up: "oh no, I must have been thinking of someone else, haha." It's Megatron knowing so much about Impactor and Orion Pax in a way that's unearned; he knows Impactor and Orion Pax in another universe, these are different people who only share an origin. These are people who have never met him but he knows almost everything about. These are people who only see Megatron's best and the knowledge chokes him when he's alone: "I am not the person you think I am." It's Megatron screaming at Terminus when he finds out what he did, saying "I didn't ask for this. I wanted to help my true home and yet you've locked me here forever to carry out a hollow recreation of a person I used to be but can't. I have done too much to be seen as a savior. This is not my home. These people don't know who I am or what I've done. This is not me. This is not me."

#squiggposting #megatron got off too easy in canon i want him to be fucking tormented #i want him to know that this second chance is underserved #and that in this universe he is a ghost adrift from a different age a different place a different version of everything #i want megatron to know he doesnt belong to know that the FU mechs dont see all of him #i want his mouth to taste like ash as he looks at orion and impactor #and he wonders if he calls them friends because of who THEY are or because of the echoes meg sees in them #if their friendship can truly be real when megatron has had a lifetime to lesrn about them #when FU orion and impactor have never known him. when he never existed to them #is this a second chance or is this a cruel reminder of every bridge that he burned #how much does it ache being the prophet from a universe that never came to pass?

[mutxnts]

[hospital scene during bridge to the turnabout]

phoenix: larry is a great artist! in fact, he’s better than me i think

larry: [draws this]

miles, thinking phoenix must be high on painkillers to say something like that: um, er…. yes dear, that’s very nice of you to say that.

#ace attorney #wrightworth #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #larry butz #bridge to the turnabout #incorrect quotes #ash posts #yeah i sent this to vyn originally but i was laughing too hard at my own joke so i had to post it here #jokes on m.e. though that drawing at the end of the game is AMAZING

[clown-bear]

a collection

#NO yelling at kids allowed #ace attorney #aa #aa1 #aa3 #aa2 #mia fey #miles edgeworth #franziska von karma #turnabout samurai #rise from the ashes #bridge to the turnabout #phoenix wright #meme #maya fey

[abybweisse]

What do you think, who will be the final villains?

Maybe Queen Victoria will be a negative character in like in the anime?

Could London burn down like in the anime?

I've answered asks like this a few times.

Basically, I still expect the big bads to be Queen Victoria and John Brown, much like the queen and Ash Landers/Angela Blanc were in s1. But I doubt it would include London burning down.

I do, however, expect/hope that Tower Bridge is discussed as part of the reason the Phantomhives were attacked. Because I think that Vincent wasn't as helpful as the queen wanted when she asked for money and workers... and after the attack, the estate was relinquished to the crown, and she moved funds and people from the estate into the bridge project. Which points back to what our earl says (ch85) about how long it's taking to build the bridge -- that humans have priorities. I think that Vincent focused on other priorities, while the queen wanted all the needed resources for the bridge right away... since the bridge was historically dedicated to her dead husband, Prince Albert. There are other clues about this, like the timeline itself for the bridge project in the manga (ch85 again, see below), as well as Vincent saying (ch132) that bridges and ditches take a lot of money and help (manpower).

Sebastian points out in ch85 that the project plans were approved around when the earl was born, so 1875. Then he says construction didn't actually start until 3 years ago. This discussion is in 1889, so construction started in 1886. Well, the twins were born in 1875, and Vincent's priorities were his pregnant wife, the expected child, and their estate's prosperity. The attack happens December 14, 1885, and the demon contract is made ~Jan 20, 1886. Then construction "magically" begins around the time that our earl is working to regain the estate under the Phantomhive name. Vincent had previously (ch132 again) warned Francis/Frances that if he didn't have an heir who could run the estate, they might have to relinquish the property to the crown. That's exactly what happens between the attack itself and our earl officially becoming Earl Phantomhive. Our earl officially gets the earl title on March 17, 1886 (ch63). In the letter the queen sends to our earl, she even confirms that the estate and title were in her hands until it could be returned to the Phantomhives (or bequeathed to another family).

Though there is probably more than one reason for the attack on the Phantomhive family, I theorize that a big part of it is essentially a money (and labor) grab by the queen.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #queen victoria #john brown #ash landers #angela blanc #anime vs manga #manga vs anime #vincent phantomhive #our earl #earl phantomhive #sebastian michaelis #tower bridge #prince albert #ch85 #ch132 #foreshadowing #clues #hints #ch63 #anon asks #i answer #answered asks #may 18 2023

[girlmikeyway]

HEY. HI. I'M NOT OFF THE MIKEYWAY APPRECIATION TRAIN YET SO CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE BASSLINE IN VOLCANO SHAKE EM UP THAT SHIT GOES HARD

#second only to perhaps the bridge riff in the sharpest lives. my god #mcr #mikey way #volcano shake em up #text #ash speaks