#The Lake of Souls

[lostsoulsparadise]

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#lost souls paradise #exploring #get lost #nature #paradise #mountain #landscape #lost souls #explore #adventure #snow #mountain range #lake #reflection

[reviewsthatburn]

THE LAKE OF SOULS follows Harkat and Darren in a very weird place on Mr. Tiny's direction, doing cryptic steps in order so that Harkat can find out who he was before he was a Little Person (a stitched-together creature made by Mr. Tiny from a soul that wanted a second chance). Once they reach the Lake of Souls, Harkat must retrieve his old soul and find out who he was before he died. Partway through they meet a very strange ex-pirate named Spits who (the book won't let you forget) really wants to drink alcohol. I wasn't enjoying how much he took over the narrative, but it has a great payoff so it works out overall.

Full review at link.

#BookReviews #Fantasy #Horror #Recommended #the lake of souls #cirque du freak

[wedarkacademia]

But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you're alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you.

― Louis Sachar, Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake

#Louis Sachar #Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake #books #inner self #soul #survival #true self #dark academia aesthetic #academia aesthetic #chaotic academia #classic academia #light academia aesthetic #dark academia #soft academia #romantic academia #study motivation #studyspo #studyinspo #studying #study aesthetic #study notes #study space #studygram #study blog #light academia #classic literature #poetry #art academia #art #libraries

[ashinaisshin]

Arriving at Anor Londo

#dark souls #dark souls remastered #gamingedit #dailygaming #dsedit #ds1edit #edit:all #edit:gif #damn what a glorious payoff after curse sewers and poison swamps #tho i still think its a bad idea to put the extremely cursed status effect areas in early(ish) game and i’ll die on that hill #imagine having to go through subterranean shunning grounds and lake of rot in order to access leyndell in er #it works well with ds' narrative but oh god 💀💀

[annleckie]

Hey, you all know that Lake of Souls, which is a collection of, well, not all but much of my short fiction, is coming out April 2?

And you all know that Adjoa Andoh is reading the audiobook.

But did you know that you can listen to a sample of that audiobook????

#lake of souls #SoundCloud

[selenevassos]

sonic doodles lately...

#soothes my soul #amy rose #knuckles the echidna #cream the rabbit #sam lake #in the corner #yows #sonic #sth

[mishidefresa]

Can I ask for 5C and 8C with Jesse and Lake from infinity train? 🥺 💕

#sure thing #darling #anyway im cold #it's been really cold were i live lately #so let's draw something warm for the soul #infinity train #infinity train fanart #infinity train book 2 #jesslake #jesse cosay #jesse cosay fanart #jesse cosay Infinity Train #lake fanart #lake infinity train #jesslake fanart

[tramweye]

im afraid i will do something horrible

hello i've been re-playing cube escape have a laura :P

#rusty lake #laura vanderboom #art #digital art #tramweye art #artists on tumblr #digital artist #cube escape #underground blossom #rusty lake fanart #yuri wins #cube escape seasons #cube escape paradox #corrupted soul #fanart

[ilikereadingactually]

Lake of Souls

Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie

what can i even say about this?? i have already established my deep love for Ann Leckie's work, and this collection lives up to all possible expectations. it's spectacular. every single story is an absolute BANGER.

the first section, standalone stories unrelated to her novels, is brimming with surprises and delights. each new premise and scenario presented me with characters i understood and loved immediately, and took me on a journey of unexpected turns. fabulous for any speculative reader honestly, but so particularly wonderful to me and my adhd brain! the imagination and unpredictability of each story kept me absolutely glued, and opened doors into worlds that felt fully realized. i could easily read a novel in every single world Leckie created here, but the stories are also satisfying--i don't NEED a novel in any of them, they are perfectly satiating morsels of lembas bread.

and in the second section we get stories in the Imperial Radch universe, two of which i had actually read before during the deepest dives of my Radch obsession, but which were fantastic to revisit. again, the worldbuilding and character development both stand out as Leckie's greatest strengths, giving insight into times and places outside the scope of her novels with tantalizing bits of in-universe history and folklore. i spent some time yelling out loud about them.

the third section, i now have to confess, i haven't read yet--because they're stories set in the universe of The Raven Tower, which i also have not had time to read yet in between galleys and library books with due dates, and i'd prefer to go into the novel not knowing anything about the world. but i can't imagine, at this point, that any story in this section is going to somehow alter my love for this collection, which is already deep and abiding. looking forward to sneaking in a read of The Raven Tower and then coming back to this!!

the deets

how i read it: an e-galley from NetGalley, which i wanted to read immediately but had to prioritize other deadlines first, so it was sitting approved on my shelf for months calling to me T^T

try this if you: love SFF at its most speculative and imaginative, are compelled by well-developed characters, dig themes of language and translation and the meeting/clashing of cultural norms, or are into Leckie's other work (obv)!

some bits i really liked: it was super hard to choose, so here's connected bits that made me laugh and one that made me holler "BREQ PLEASE" out loud in my empty apartment

"And you left me behind," continued Great Among Millions. "Alone. They asked and asked me where you were and I did not know, though I wished to." It made a tiny, barely perceptible stomp. "They put me in a storeroom. In a box." ... "Eye of Merur," said the first of the Thirty-Six. "We're glad you're back." "They're glad you're back," whispered Great Among Millions, just behind Het's right shoulder. "They didn't spend the time in a box."

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"She commands me," said Seven-Brilliant-Truths. "And I obey. Sister understands." "Yes," said Sister Ultimately-Justice, not even blinking.

pub date: April 2, 2024! That's tomorrow!!!!! Go get your copy!!

#books and reading #bookblr #booklr #book recs #book reviews #lake of souls #ann leckie #sf short fiction

[entropicquilibriumofchaos]

Sam Lake, Destroyer of Coffee and Creator of Dreams

#Sam lake #Sami Jarvi #Alan wake #remedy games #remedy #remedy entertainment #Dark Souls Boss #Control #Max Payne #quantum break #alan wake 2 #alex casey #meme

[lostsoulsparadise]

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#lost souls paradise #get lost #nature #lost souls #landscape #paradise #adventure #explore #exploring #mountain #forest #lake #quite #reflection #landscape photography #wilderness #sunset #mountain range #lakeside

[soline70]

Woo drew laura + gif of her

Idk I was bored lol idk why I made her so pink in the actual photo but wtv 😭😭

#laura vanderboom #rusty lake #cube escape #corrupted soul #art

[swiftletinthecloud]

— Uk and Yeong. Light and Shadow. (insp)

@asiandramanet November creator bingo challenge: quote

"What if I do not mind dying? Then can I hold onto it and keep loving you? ... So you should do the same and stick to your confession. Keep loving me to death.” ─ Jang Uk | Alchemy of Souls (2022)

#asiandramanet #userdramas #kdrama #kdramaedit #alchemy of souls #jang uk #cho yeong #ship: my lake gyeongcheondaeho #my edit #adnbingo #adnbingo nov #lextag #userheidy #udeokmis #userhannah #userhanyi #roserayne #syaring #natahjikio #usergooseras #userkimchi #userww #i know it looks like i'm favoring part 1 over part 2 but it's just easier for me to recall scenes for gifsets #i love both parts i swear!

[tangledinink]

what happened to odette's body?

Ilma never intended the lake to be a permanent solution. She didn't even want it to be a long-term one. The magick wasn't built to shield her body from the passage of time.

#and eventually it just... gave way to it #odettes soul is still intact and protected but her body has been dead for a long time #so everyone who every theorized that the former guardian is dead at the bottom of the lake #technically #youre not wrong #ilma didnt want her child to spend the rest of her life guarding a lake #she was just desperately trying to keep her safe and buy herself enough time to try to fix things #and it just #didnt work out #swanatello asks #asks #anon

[bruhstation]

@verypsbfan019 gotta love it when two people ruin not only each other’s lives in some sort of twisted codependency but also everyone else’s

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now that I’ve caught up with the last part of the hawin lake saga, I must say that woah! despite its (minor) flaws this could be the best ttte horror fanfilm I’ve ever watched....! I’d like to give a few comments

I’ve watched the first four parts of the saga months ago so seeing this hour-long finale not only tell a story but also tie everything together - from dane and hawin’s relationship to the accidents in series 5 - is quite satisfying. part I-III built up the feeling of something amiss, part IV introduced the main antagonist, and part V revealed every single important thing the audience needs to know.

we get to see dane and hawin’s backstory when dane was still alive, the reveal that hawin isn’t as innocent as he is and that dane isn’t "purely evil”. the author did a good job giving dane and hawin depth and making certain characters in the story die not just for shock value, but also show how much of a force dane is. there’s always this feeling of unease whenever he’s around instead of making you go “oh great, not this guy again”

I also like to note that at the beginning of part V, dane was revealed to be 1020 without an exposition of some sort, but by using the camera angle to show the number on his tender just as he’s leaving his shed. it’s also worth noting that the paintwork on dane is rather more shoddy and jaded compared to that of hawin’s, putting in more weight to their conversation later on about how dane feels jaded and believed that hawin was merely there just to replace him.

also technically dane gets to talk in part IV but I like how the direction the voice acting of dane went. most villains in ttte fan films are either full on demonic sounding with gurgling sounds or edgily maniacal and full of laughter. but dane's voice is soft, tender, yet I can feel the absolute vitriol and sadness he has for hawin. dane, especially when talking to hawin, sounds so heartbroken and betrayed, so angry and vengeful. in a way, his voice humanizes him yet makes him feel more threatening. a person who is calm is harder to read compared to a person who is very open about their emotions. it also fits him very very well. he has always been a soft spoken individual when he was still alive, so it makes sense that he still talks like that even when he’s angry.

though I must say that the end scene where hawin sacrifices himself to calm dane down is a tiny bit anticlimatic and some parts like the jumpscares are questionable in terms of whether they’re really necessary.

it's been a while since I genuinely liked a ttte fanfilm villain. overall, it’s a great series, and part V, railspin splitspace, is a great end to a saga. 8.7/10

#thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #the horrors of hawin lake #ttte hawin #ttte dane #ttte 1020 #casa tidmouth #<---- gijinka tag! this story is most likely non canon in the cstm universe #senjart #ngl dane talks to hawin so bitterly yet so tenderly. I don't know how to phrase it #''you managed by some marvelous feat to elude my grasp... *bitter laughter* and since then my soul has ached'' Okay. #I also made some art of dane with the spiral eyes but I'll show it in another time. Just wanna get these concepts off the drafts #anyways. Happy pride to these two. I <3 divorce

[imagination-0011]

By Robin Isely

#robin isely #surealism #sureal #surealart #trees #lake #dark aesthetic #dark art #dark souls #my post #0031