#Will Kempen

[laur-the-cat-prince]

#I asked for memes to draw… well #now we're here #I can’t look at this without giggling because I’m a really adult #Kathryn never had a chance #sorry girl #dark rise #dark heir #james st clair #will kempen #james x will #Katherine Kent #cs pacat #my art

[miles-crow]

Owed art for awesome @wolfhill213 !

I have never read any of Dark Rise books, but thanks to this lovely soul I now know all important lore and theories ha

#dark rise #cs pacat #will kempen #james st clair #fantasy books #dark heir #unicorn #booktok

[daunart]

a journey

#dark heir #dark rise #will kempen #james st clair #c.s pacat #cs pacat #fanart #my art #art #scenery art #books

[bb-8]

Damen 🤝 Neil Josten 🤝 Will Kempen

#captive prince #aftg #dark rise #dark heir #damen x laurent #damen of akielos #damianos of akielos #andreil #cs pacat #neil josten #andrew minyard #will kempen #james st clair #will x james

[quelmdn]

“He won’t kill you just for lying down next to me.”

“I think he might very well kill someone for that.”

#Dark rise #Dark heir #will kempen #james st clair #Wames #I think there was also another name for the ship but i cant remember 💦 #My art

[ninicaise]

what's so refreshing about will as a character is that he doesn't throw a denial tantrum about it at any point like most characters with Darkness Within Them do. he's not a moral paragon, his angst and secretkeeping don't get annoying at any point. and i think it's because there's no contrast between who will Really Is, which is Good and True, and the dark king as his shadow or his dark self.

will is the dark king. he behaves like the dark king. he lies and he manipulates and he's a "sneak" and he's scaringly charming and he's possessive over james and a ton of other messed up shit and he tells himself it's for a good reason, and maybe it is!! and will is clearly you know. a Good Person. while his methods are sneaky, he does not actually do anything wrong. but those are his methods still, and they are cool moments and badass and also kind of eerie.

with the way he's written, i would argue will doesn't have or even need a corruption arc, he's just like that from the get-go and he's not gonna change. and i don't mean he was born evil or whatever other bullshit i mean that he was born a full person, including the dark king and will both, and there's complexity, but no clear line separates them.

#it's fascinating truly #i'm really glad we get a more full view of his psyche in dark heir even if there's a lot of stuff he's repressing #dark rise #dark heir #dark heir spoilers #will kempen #and maybe. i won't even agree with this by the time the 3rd book comes out #and that's rlly frustrating bc i hate not having the full picture of anything before i have an opinion #but that's part of the fun of it i guess

[purplehairedwonder]

Can we talk about how, when Anharion and the Lady arrest Sarcean in Will's vision, Sarcean says to them:

And then, when James arrives in the palace and stands alongside Visander in Katherine's body, Will says:

Punch me in the throat, why don't you, Pacat.

#Dark Rise #Dark Heir #Dark Heir spoilers #Will Kempen #Sarcean #Anharion #James St. Clair #Visander

[dauns]

#ok another one #dark rise #dark heir #cs pacat #c.s pacat #sarcean #anharion #will kempen #james st clair #my art #fanart #books

[picturebird]

“James lay like a sleeping Ganymede, his enervated beauty belying the cruelty and destruction he rained down on the Stewards” —CS Pacat, Dark Heir

#cs pacat #dark heir #will kempen #violet ballard #james st. clair #dark heir spoilers #dark rise #my art #pbirdart

[andrastesknickerweasles]

My attempt at a cover image for dark rise

#dark rise #dark heir #will kempen #cs pacat #fan art #my art #procreate #fanart

[imjustheretomooch]

Violet: *unchains strange boy so he won't drown after he saved her life*

Will, who set a man on fire at 6 years old for the woman who once gave him a slice of pie: ask me to tear apart the fabric of reality and i would do it for you

#I know Will only set the dude’s belongings on fire and not the guy himself but like #Will would if she'd needed it #will kempen #violet ballard #dark rise #dark heir

[laur-the-cat-prince]

#dark heir #dark rise #cs pacat #will kempen #james st clair #these gay bitches #this scene left me emotionally destroyed #fuck this book #cs pacat is getting my therapy bill #the dark king #anharion #sarcean #dark heir spoilers

[melissentee]

"So you can take a shadow," said Will, "you can pledge yourself to darkness, but I can't be trusted with my own power, even when I want to use it to do what's right?"

Dark heir by C.S. Pacat

#currently reading #dark heir #c.s. pacat #will kempen #dark rise

[daunart]

one look into those big dark eyes

#dark heir #dark rise #cs pacat #c.s pacat #will kempen #books #art #fanart #book art #my art #redrawing will #the mistakes. i know

[domokunrainbowkinz]

2:30 am time to post another meme

#my art #dark rise #dark heir #will kempen #james st clair #st kempen #I’ve decided that’s their ship name bc it low key kinda slaps #scribbles

[darkheirwill]

@ James

#just a dumb thing I thought of lol #dark rise #dark heir #cs pacat #will kempen #sarcean #james st clair