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I love them I love them I already love them
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Guess what I found in my drafts! It was supposed to be for Piper week, rip
I was reading Failure To Communicate when someone enlighted me to the genius that is autistic Piper, so I’m making an au.
If you haven’t read Failure To Communicate, it’s a sci-fi book about an autistic woman named Xandri Corelel who works on a spaceship that makes “first contact” with alien species. Her job is to piece together enough of the species’s body & spoken language to begin communicating with them. Seriously good book & it has a special place in my heart for my first autistic character by an autistic author.
Piper is Xandri
That’s kinda the whole premise...
Also. Would yeet self off cliff to save an entire sapient species, has Social Skills but not social skills, & is very pro animal rights
The cow incident(tm) = that mess with the baenil
Leo is Driver
Genius inventor who makes animal-themed mechs. What more can I say?
A lot more bc Leo is exactly the kind of person who should be allowed free reign to invent whatever
He can think ahead about what might be a problem
So when something happens you’ll be like “I’m so glad we have x” instead of “somebody needs to go make x”
Instead of the Gorilla it’s Buford
Why not Festus? Bc the Carapithia is Festus
Annabeth is Kiri
V v v good at her Thing
Kinda an evil genius but is usually just a genius
Tbh the biggest parallel is the Romantic Tension with Piper/ Xandri
She does lots of coding for the main ship
Reyna is Captain Chui
Cause like. Captain Chui is what Reyna could’ve been like if she was given responsibility as an adult instead of being thrust into it as a literal child
Drew is Christa
It’s all about that leadership rivalry
Thalia is a gunnery seargent I don’t make the rules
Percy is Anton
He has the big bro vibes...
I had no idea who to make Katya, but. I went with Michael Yew. Mostly bc of that fever dream of an au where he & Percy were a thing.
Jason is Marco
I’m not sorry
The backstories! Childhood trauma, then taken in by figurative or literal wolves, then spent a lot of time in a military organization...
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Azshara’s Court - Satyr
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Like the naga, most satyr were once elven Highborne who served in Queen Azshara’s royal court before the Sundering. Xavius, their progenitor and Azshara’s high councilor, was transformed into the first satyr by Sargeras following his death at the hands of Malfurion Stormrage during the War of the Ancients. He then took it upon himself – at the behest of the titan – to convert fellow Highborne, the first of which was a skilled sorcerer named Peroth’arn, into demonic satyr like himself to serve the Burning Legion [The Demon Soul, Chapter Three, Chapter Five, Chapter Seven]. While many of the satyr were once Highborne, Xavius did extend the offer to at least one lowborn elf, Captain Varo’then [The Demon Soul, Chapter Five].
That said, their ranks have been bolstered with a number of lowborn night elves since the War of the Ancients. During the Third War especially, some night elves underwent the transformation after defecting to the Legion [Quest: If You’re Not Against Us…]. Moreover, according to the non-canon RPG, it appears that races of elven descent, such as high elves, can also become satyr, although Xavius’ personal weapon supposedly has the ability to turn anyone, regardless of race, into one [RPG: Manual of Monsters, pg. 90, Page: Satyr].
Alshirr Banebreath
Alzzin the Wildshaper
Avrus Illwhisper
Bazzalan
Priestess Driana
Master Feardred
Garaxxas
Gathenak the Subjugator
Geltharis
Ambassador Jerrikar
Kagraxxis the Corruptor
Kalazzius the Guileful
Prince Kellen
Lorax
Lord Melenas
Mordei the Earthrender
Morphael
Peroth’arn
Perrexx
Rabxach
Prince Raze
Rethazar the Fallen
Sethir the Ancient
Sharax the Defiler
Terestian Illhoof
Thondrax
Thorngrin the Tender
Tur’xoran
Lord Vyletongue
Xalan the Feared
Xandivious
Xandris the Dishonored
Xaravan
Prince Xavalis
Xavaric
Xavinox
Xavathras
Xavius
Xorvasc
Zandras
Zenn Foulhoof
Zevrax
Zevrim Thornhoof
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Priestess Driana
Convinced that siding with Queen Azshara was the only way to survive the Burning Legion’s onslaught, Driana regretfully forsook her lover, Enchantress Ilanya, and left the Court of Farondis to join the Highborne in Zin-Azshari where she was transformed into a satyr [Item: Desiccated Journal, Quest: Turnabout Betrayal].
Kagraxxis the Corruptor
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During what may have been the War of the Ancients, the satyr Kagraxxis delighted in corrupting the lands he once called home as an elf [Quest: The Corruptor].
Prince Kellen
Kellen may be Prince Raze and Prince Xavalis’ brother, potentially making him Xavius’ son.
Prince Raze
Raze may be Prince Kellen and Prince Xavalis’ brother, potentially making him Xavius’ son.
Peroth’arn
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Peroth’arn was one of few privileged Highborne sorcerers responsible for powering the portal that was meant to bring the Burning Legion to Azeroth. He had a mate with whom he lived in a villa outside the palace, but he, along with the rest of the Highborne spellcasters maintaining the portal, was forced to take up residence in the Eternal Palace’s old guard chambers as leaving the palace was expressly forbidden during the war [The Demon Soul, Chapter Seven].
He was the first Highborne to be transformed into a satyr by Xavius [The Demon Soul, Chapter Seven].
Xandris
Next to Peroth’arn, Xandris was one of the first to accept Xavius’ offer and undergo the demonic transformation [Quest: Dishonored].
Prince Xavalis
According to rumor, Xavalis may be Xavius’ son [Quest: The Demon Prince].
It is important to point out that, despite his being a prince, it is unlikely Xavalis was Highborne royalty prior to his transformation, assuming he was not born a satyr. Seeing as Xavius was the first satyr, it is not unreasonable for his son – if the rumor is true – to take on the title of ‘prince’. However, if Xavalis is not Xavius’ son, it could very well be that he was once a Highborne prince who retained his title after becoming a demon. For Xavalis to be both Xavius’ son and former Highborne royalty is somewhat impractical given that Xavius was not strictly royalty, although Queen Azshara was free to bestow whatever rank on whomever she wished.
Xavius
Lord Xavius of Zin-Azshari, more formally known as Queen Azshara’s High Councilor and foremost advisor, was one of the kaldorei’s most powerful and enviable figures. Since some night elves, like Illidan Stormrage, were ignorant of the queen’s astounding magical capabilities, they considered Xavius to be the Highborne’s most proficient spellcaster [The Sundering, Chapter Five]. His dedication to the magical arts even went so far that he replaced his eyes with magical black crystals that gave him abilities akin to spectral sight [The Well of Eternity, Chapter Six].
Although Xavius was a prominent sorcerer, his talent lay mostly in political machinations. During Azshara’s coronation, he gifted her with one of her most prized possessions to date, Sharas’dal, Scepter of Tides, and told her that as long as she kept it close, it would bring her prosperity and great power [Sharas’dal, Scepter of Tides, Part Two]. Furthermore, it was Xavius who made first contact with the Burning Legion and persuaded Queen Azshara that the Highborne should concentrate their efforts toward powering a portal to bring the Legion to Azeroth.
Even though it was thought that Lord Xavius was above Azshara’s charms and enticing beauty, he secretly desired her just like everyone else [The Well of Eternity, Chapter Six].
Xavius lived and spent most of his time in Zin-Azshari, although he also owned a private tower in Ashenvale [NPC: Lady Benel’derath Dialogue].
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2018 FAVORITES
My favorite books of 2018, in lazy format by genre:
Comics and Graphic Novels:
Sleepless, Volume 1 by Sarah Vaughn (fantasy); in which Lady Poppy is stalked by assassins and must rely on her faithful Sleepless knight Cyrenic to figure out who wants her dead. Also, romantic tension and gorgeous artwork.
Ladycastle by Delilah S. Dawson (fantasy, humor); in which all the men of Mancastle are eaten by a dragon, and the women left behind promptly elect the blacksmith king and begin defending their home from the curse their husbands, fathers, and brothers brought down on it.
Heartstopper, Volume 1 by Alice Oseman (contemporary); in which an openly gay over-thinker and a soft-hearted rugby player fall in love. (I read this online and you can too, but it is also going to be traditionally published later this year!)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1 by Ryan North; a wonderfully-funny feel-good superhero story following Doreen Green, who has all the powers of a squirrel and of a kind-hearted college student!
Monstress, Volume 2 by Marjorie Liu (fantasy, scary); continuing where the first volume of Monstress left off, with even more questions and beautiful illustration but a little less gore, thankfully.
Young Adult and Middle Grade:
Ruin of Stars by Linsey Miller (fantasy); picking up the ending of Mask of Shadows, Igna is torn apart by civil war and Sal finds themself caught between a thousand responsibilities to their queen, their friends, and their home.
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (fantasy); when Sophie is cursed to become an old woman, she runs away from home and takes a job cleaning for the feared wizard Howl. There, she begins to discover there is more to her than she ever allowed herself to realize.
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (contemporary); senior year of high school brings Leah prom problems, fights among her friends, college anxiety, and the renewal of her dormant crush on her friend Abby — who might just be interested in her too.
The Stone Girl’s Story by Sarah Beth Durst (fantasy); Mayka is a girl carved from stone, given life by magic, like all her friends. When that magic begins to fade, Mayka must journey from her home to find a stonemason who can save them.
A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz (fantasy); in a war-torn city, Beckan and her friends struggle to survive, caught between two different species on different sides of the war.
No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll (fantasy); an anthology of stories about trans and nonbinary heroes subverting gendered prophecies to save the day.
Adult:
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson (historical fiction, magical realism); a french soldier in love with Napoleon and a web-footed Venetian woman struggle to survive Napoleon’s wars and their own dangerous loves
Jilted by Lilah Suzanne (contemporary); when Carter’s boyfriend leaves him for his ex-girlfriend, Carter finds solace in Link — who had been about to marry the girl Carter’s boyfriend ran off with. Being jilted might just be the beginning of their love story.
Isle of Broken Years by Jane Fletcher (historical fiction, sci-fi); two women from the seventeenth century are shipwrecked on Atlantis, an island that jumps through time, and join the community already there in searching for a way to escape, even as they fall in love with each other.
Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn (fantasy); Perle, a siren, has been a captive for years when they are rescued by a pirate. Dejean wants to help Perle, but can they trust a human after what has been done to them?
Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson (fantasy); when the Chosen One dies, a ragtag group of questers set out on a perilous and hilarious journey to set things right.
Peter Darling by Austin Chant (fantasy); since leaving Neverland, Peter has tried to live as Wendy Darling. But growing up has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is. Returning to Neverland to be himself, he finds that everything he remembers form his childhood has changed — except for his old rival, Captain Hook.
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (fantasy); a young woman from a colonized island schemes to rise up the ranks of the empire who destroyed her home, in order to tear it down. But proving her worth to an empire that destroys everything good might mean destroying everything good left inside her.
Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sønderby (sci-fi); Xandri specializes in making first contact with newly-discovered alien species, but her newest assignment is much harder: helping to negotiate peace with a species that is far too human.
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Review: Testing Pandora - Kaia Sønderby
Review: Testing Pandora – Kaia Sønderby
Xandri Corelel has spent her life struggling and fighting just to survive on the streets of Wraith. Neurodivergences were (almost completely) wiped out of existence by genetic manipulation centuries ago, and autistic Xandri has been made to feel like she didn’t belong anywhere until she meets Captain Chui.
The prequel to ‘Failure to Communicate’ gives readers the origin of Xandri’s life on the…
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