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witchthewriter · 2 months
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𝕽𝖊𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖕 𝕸𝖔𝖔𝖉𝖇𝖔𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖋𝖔𝖗 @aubrobrewhaha with Ruhn Danaan.
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dylanswiftacheron · 20 days
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bryce anyone?
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harperbrynne · 9 months
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Bryce what is going on with your nails?? They did not look that sharp before… Also, are those horns coming out of her head?? She looks like she’s summoning a demon from hell with that snake coming out of the darkness like that.
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House of Flame and Shadow: Daemonaki, Reapers, Wraiths, Vampyrs, Draki, Dragons, and Necromancers…
…it is in indeed a very House of Flame and Shadow look.
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manonblaqkbeak · 9 months
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ToG mutuals (or non-mutuals), how do we feel about the possibility of Aelin showing up in CC3?? Because I'm still conflicted.
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teddyhoneybear · 1 month
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These SJM books are such a ride lol.
I started with Acotar, which is so magical and all pretty, and so easy to love. Then ToG hit me like a brick because I find the plot heavier, and sad.
Then Crescent City... Oh boy. 🤣 It's like a cultural shock idk. Clubs? Mini skirts? When all I've read about these past months were these regal parties and long dresses. And the language?! I feel like a poor caveman who used a time machine by mistake. And guns! It's so funny to me.
I love it tho. Seems way lighter than ToG (but I'm only at the beginning of book one, so...) and it's fun to read. And it reminds me of Shadowhunters, so it's kind of nostalgic, too. It also gives me Cyberpunk vibes???, but maybe I'm the only one picturing it that way.
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acourtofthought · 7 months
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what do you think about the asteri being valg?
I'm almost certain the Daglan / Asteri are the same considering Midgard / Prythian's histories seem to merge and the Asteri call the creatures who were overthrown their brothers and sisters.
Are the Daglan / Asteri also Valg? I don't completely rule it out.
The Valg "devoured life" and "target magic-wielders, feeding off the power in their blood." Which is a lot like what the Daglan and Asteri do, feeding off the magic of a land and it's people.
There are differences but.......
The lesser Valg can seize a mortal's body through black rings but "their civilization - a whole damn civilization is split into hierarchies like our own."
"There are many different races of Valg" They are ruled by the princes, who themselves are made of shadow and despair and hatred and and have no bodies to occupy save those that they infiltrate. There aren't many princes"
To me the above line would account for any differences across the series as there are many different races of Valg.
Also, "And their princes want to come to our world very badly. So the king uses collars. Black Wyrdstone collars."
In TOG, we know the Valg use Black Collars / Rings in order to control those they wish to inhabit.
In ACOTAR, we know that Enalius died defending one of the paths that led to the Illyrian's sacred stone (if I'm reading this correctly), the monolith at the top of Ramiel which is made of black stone.
Maybe that monolith is a portal to other worlds and that's why they were trying to prevent the enemy (Daglan) from reaching it. Or maybe they had realized that from black stone, the Daglan could create things that could control the fae or use it control the fae.
We do know that the Valg bled black and were afraid of flame and a healers light.
We're also told:
"With the way the Adarlanian king compels them, cutting off their heads to sever the collar might do the trick"
In SF, Lanthys was supposed to be deathless, that nothing can kill him. But Nesta beheads him ("cutting off their heads might do the trick") and he bleeds black.
Nesta notes how he was forced to give up his mist after Cassian's dagger struck him (remember that above we're told Valg are shadows and despair and hatred).
Also, we're told that Lanthy's wants to rebuild what "we" were before the golden legions of the fae cast off "their chains" (is this referencing chains / collars / rings of black stone?) and overthrew "us".
So I do think Lanthy's was a Daglan and I think because of the black blood, being nearly unkillable and references to his mist, it's possible that Daglan are a race of Valg.
The Asteri fear a thunderbirds power which is electricity that manifests as a "white light", the Valg fear fire a healers light "the blinding white light that erupted from her, searing into Erawan".
They're not exactly the same but again, different races are a possibility and different powers in different worlds and we know that there were still other Valg lurking around in the cosmos at the end of TOG, Aelin and Co. only managed to rid themselves of the ones in their world. They did make for a good "villain" so it wouldn't be a bad thing if SJM continued the storyline in her other two series, realizing that they still are the most massive threat plaguing all the universe.
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goingknowherewastaken · 2 months
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I finished reading A Court of Silver Flames a few days ago and now I'm in this weird state because I want to start reading the Crescent City series (I have the first two books on hand already) but I also want to wait so I can continue to mentally process the ACOTAR series and prep my mind for a whole new cast of characters to get to know 🙃
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daniellesreadingnook · 3 months
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shipcestuous · 8 months
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I've started reading the Crescent City series by Sarah J Mass. Sadly no canon incest, but the MFC has a half-brother that struck me as shippy. She's angry at him, is avoiding him due to an insult he gave her during a fight in her teens. But they were best friends before that and it's clear he's highly protective of her. He still deeply cares for her, and she calls him "possessive and aggressive ahole" (a terms she uses for a lot of men, and is listed as one of the reasons she shouldn't date the men she finds attractive... she keeps saying she doesn't like those qualities and yet uses those terms to describe her love interests as well.) He shows up whenever she's in trouble and glares at men who show interest in her, and they usually respond as if he's a rival for her attentions/affections. Also, their dad is a massively horrible person (whom they both hate) of high status, and refuses to acknowledge she's his daughte. Then means her and Ruhn (her brother) often refer to each other as cousins and since their dad is an only child, it has been assumed that they are distant cousins who are sleeping together by at least one person. Even Ruhn's insistence that "she's family" wasn't enough to deter the notion that since he dropped everything and came running when she was in trouble, they must be together. Idk how shippy it'll remain, but I wasn't looking for any kind of ship in the series and they jumped out to me.
(In another series of the author, the MC's cousin and her are pressured to marry. Neither want to because they each have their own perspective love interests and say they see each other as siblings, but they do consider that fact that politically they might need to marry to cement her claim to her thrown.)
The half-siblings sound really shippy, especially with someone thinking they are together. I hope they reconcile!
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unlikelysaintdelele · 9 months
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I just wanna say, to this day, I still feel bamboozled by SJM.
I went into ACOTAR thinking it was just a trilogy with a cute lil novella following it. That’s it. I just wanted some fantasy romance after years of struggling through a reading slump and suddenly having a lot of free time because of the pandemic.
But then the Book of Breathings appeared in Jesiba’s library and I was sucked into Crescent City. And then there were theories that TOG was also connected (the eight point star across all series???) to Crescent City because it was already connected to ACOTAR (Aelin falling through a world that had a couple that sounded an awful lot like Rhys and Feyre???)
And now here I am, reading The Assassin’s Blade as the fourth book in the Throne of Glass series, planning to reread ACOTAR after I’m done with TOG so I can better appreciate the third installment of Crescent City, House of Flame and Shadow.
I feel so bamboozled.
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bryceandhunt · 2 years
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“My brothers”
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witchthewriter · 2 months
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𝕾𝖍𝖎𝖕 𝖋𝖔𝖗 @aubrobrewhaha.
𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒
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𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑭𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒚𝒔! You have such a soft nature; patient, gentle, I think Fenrys would melt at your feet just to feel your hand on his cheek. You two wouldn't be an unlikely couple - Fenrys definitely has a gentle side, he just hides his vulnerability with jokes. And you'd see right through it.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚/𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓
Light.
Not the same as fire, but similar to that of sunshine or a star; when your power is at full strength, you glow (can glow so bright it incinerates anyone you want around you). Your eyes can turn white when using your power, as well as defying gravity.
Your skin always looks like you're wearing glitter or some type of shimmer, but you were born that way.
𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔
When the mate bond snapped into place, he was on emissary duty. You being a princess of a royal who had came to Aelin's aid. Fenrys was sent to give personal thanks on Queen Aelin's behalf.
It happened as soon as you laid eyes on each other; Fenrys' nostrils flaring, eyes widening and eyebrows lifting. You were the first person he shook hands with, his eyes boring into your own. It felt like something had filled inside of you; a bone, or an emotion you didn't know had been in a state of dismay. Now it was ... healed. And you felt elated.
Without a doubt he would shift into his wolf form and beckon you to frolic in a goddamn field. His wolfy tongue hanging out of his mouth, bouncing up and down with his head turned to look behind you.
Fenrys' pet names for you are: "starlight" (obviously inspired by your powers but also because you're his guiding star admist the darkness), "my princess," or alternatively just "princess" and "sunshine."
Fenrys is always over the top whenever you hurt yourself/are hurt. Even if it's just a papercut, he's rushing around trying to find something to cover it. Giving it a kiss better (always gives your covered 'wound' a kiss).
His mouth was literally agape when he first saw your powers. Wide-eyed, shocked, amazed, in love. Thought (and continue to thinks) you're the most beautiful thing in the world. Too precious.
When he first introduced you to Aelin, he was he like "look it. look at my mate. perfect. just perfect. i get to keep :')"
Squeezes your cheeks, kisses your palms, scratches your scalp, hugs you from behind, wants to pick you up all the time but you bat his hands away because he's still trying to when others are around!
Takes him a long time to open up about his brother and his past. You'd might even ask Aelin about it and she would only tell you some things but ultimately it would be up to Fenrys.
Before you, when he'd have nightmares he would change into his wolf form. However, since finding you, his mate, nightmares don't happen so often. But when they do, he subconciously curls into you, letting your light seep into him like a protective bubble.
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈
Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream
Do It by Chloe x Halle (this song is the one where you & fenrys would absolutely lose it to, like both of you just dancing like no one is watching - when in fact everyone is watching...)
Work Song by Hozier
𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔
Madly In Love (Fenrys) x Ridiculously Oblivious (You)
Constantly Trying To Make You Blush In Public (Fenrys) x Worked At First But Now You're Used To It (You)
Malewife x Girlboss
𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆
Intertwined Destinies
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖
Fenrys loves that you know how to calm people down, you make people feel at ease, you're a soothing presence. Fenrys adores how much empathy you have for others, it shows how strong you are; your willingness to open your heart.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅
Okay so everyone would absolutely adore you, but Yrene would connect with you wholeheartedly. You both have very similar personalities, would be on the same page/wavelength and just understand each other more than anyone else would (besides your mates).
𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆
A mix of Yrene, Elide and Gavriel. Selfless, intelligent, kind, wise, gentle, slow to anger, yet passionate and don't take shit from anyone.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕
There's a tradition in your royal fae family, of finding your familiar when you come of age. They're to help you with the responsibility of making decisions and thinking of your actions vs consequences.
Your familiar came in the animal of an owl; smaller than the usual but no less wise. Although, she is much more playful. Usually she sits on your shoulder, flies around your head or goes back home to rest.
When you need her, all you need to do is pull on that invisible tether inside yourself and she's there in an instant.
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𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐑
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𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝑽𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂! Like the other fae I've shipped you with, Luc teeters on the edge of witty banter and sarcasm that's used as a mask to hide his trauma/pain. With you he can be as serious or unserious as he wants, knowing you won't judge him.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚/𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓
Growth/Healing.
Whether it's closing wounds or regrowing dying flowers, the love and compassion from your heart made the cauldron decide easily on your ability. Some see you as a medic, as you're able to find the source of the pain if someone is ill. It's a big responsibility and you're constantly needed.
𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔
Kept his sarcastic wall up with you even after he found out you were mates. It wasn't until a month later, when you held your hand so gently to his face that he crumbled under your touch. You told him he did not need to keep up the charade with you.
Not only do your powers heal, but you know a lot about herbs and ointments as well. Your family (who have lived in the Dawn Court for generations) are well-known for their healing. Even Thesan, the High Lord, bestowed a title to your family.
This title meant your family held influence. Not a lot, but enough that respect was given wherever you went. And that's how you met Lucien - Rhysand had asked if one of your family members (which ended up being you) would come and teach Feyre how to heal.
Since Lucien often visited the Night Court, it was no coincidence that you bumped into each other. Literally. Which is ironic since you both possess fae abilities - but your minds were so focused on what lay ahead in the Night Court.
Helping you up, it wasn't until your hands touched, then eyes met that the mating bond snapped into place. Like a tight tether around your very soul, it became hard to breathe when he let go of your hand.
Lucien told Feyre (his main reason in being there) and she gave him pretend orders so that he had to stay.
Lucien is constantly scared that something is going to happen to you. The trauma from his father and what he did to his former lover still hangs over his head like an axe waiting to fall.
Not a lot of people know this, but Lucien has a lot of anxiety. He keeps it hidden but because of the bond (and the fact that you both accepted the bond) you can feel what he feels. And one of your best traits is being able to calm unnerved beings.
Many, many forehead touches. Even though Lucien is quite taller than you, he leans down so he can kiss your nose and touch your forehead with his.
Would definitely move to the Dawn Court to be with you and your family if that's what you wished.
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈
Into My Arms by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nad Dunaem by DakhaBrakha
The Less I Know The Better by the Midnite String Quartet
𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔
"Hey can I have a…" (You) x "Yes. Whatever it is. Yes." (Lucien)
“I care about you!” (You) x “You shouldn’t!” (Lucien)
Sweetest Person On Earth (You) x Their Protector (Lucien)
𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆
Timeless Love
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖
Your very being. You helped Lucien re-discover his self worth, his confidence (which he didn't have to fake anymore) and brought him out of the darkness. He no longer felt lost.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅
The High Lady herself, Feyre! While teaching her, you two grew a close bond. And although she loved her Inner Circle, it was nice to talk to someone different, someone who she had to learn to trust.
𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆
A mix of all three Archeron sisters. Hear me out; Nesta's take no shit attitude and fierceness, Elain's gentle nature and love for the natural world and Feyre, who can shoulder responsibility and wants to help others.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕
Found hurt with a broken leg, you couldn't let the poor thing suffer. It wasn't in your nature, even if you didn't have healing as your gift. Once the cat was fully healed, his eyes turned to you and he grinned.
"Thank you," he said. Turning from a cat into a large pantheresque looking creature. Horns protruding from his head, teeth sharpening and claws growing.
And yet, you weren't scared. He knew you weren't.
"I owe you a life debt," he uttered, head bowing.
"Oh no you really don't!" You insisted, waving your hands in a 'no' motion.
But after a few minutes of silence, he replied, "well, after you. Now where you go, I go. And if you prefer my other form... I can do that as well."
(Lucien nearly died from a heart attack when he first met the creature.)
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𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘
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𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑹𝒖𝒉𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒏! Handsome, funny and sarcastic; he would protect you with his life - he would kill and die for you. Well ... there's nothing he wouldn't do for you.
With a mix of humour yet overwhelming care tucked behind his mask of intimdation; it was a surprise when you two found out you were mates.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚/𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓
Elemental ability: Water.
As a half Mer, with your other half being Fae, you have an afinity for water magic. Although you cannot turn into a Mer, you can hold your breath under water for a long, long time. It isn't just ocean, lake or river water you can control, but most liquids. However, your magic is strongest when the liquid is pure water.
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𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔
Thought you were a goddess the first time he saw you; the way the sun shone down upon your face as you stood on the beach. Water drifting up your legs, swirling around your body; like a blue snake winding around you.
You didn't care that your dress was soaking, or that people were watching. You just needed to feel the water on your skin. It was like re-energising yourself whenever you touched water. Especially when it was the ocean. The place that your mother was from, the place that you had been birthed.
Visiting the water was a common occurance for you. It helped calm you, bring you back to reality when your mind was playing tricks.
Your first kiss with Ruhn was at night, in the water. Droplets ran down his tanned face, his hair pushed back, lips wet. You hadn't thought you would ever find your mate. Let alone a Prince. A rebel prince who was covered in tattoos, looked scary but had a goddamn heart of gold.
Physical affection is a big factor in your relationship. Ruhn yearns for it. For many years he was touch-starved. Aching for a kind hand, a soft hug; someone he knew would never hurt him.
And having you now, he would endure everything all over again. Knowing he would have you.
He's very good at braiding hair; used to braid Bryce's when she was a little girl. He let her paint his nails and colour in his tattoos. He loved being a big brother.
Loves snuggling up with you on the couch; well, it's actually him laying on top of you, his head on your chest as you watch a reality show.
You don't have a lot of arguements. But when you do, it's mostly about your safety or his. You want to help him but he wants you to be safe, to never get hurt. Because if he lost you, he would be lost too.
WOULD 100% TATTOO YOUR NAME ON HIS HEART AND HAVE A TATTOO BAND ON HIS RING FINGER.
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈
Eat Your Young by Hozier
Fire In The Water by Feist
R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
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Looks Like A Jerk But Has A Heart Of Gold (Ruhn) x Looks Like A Cinnamon Roll But Is Also A Badass (You)
Sun (You) x Moon (Ruhn)
Always Hold Grudges (Ruhn) x Forgives Too Easily (You)
𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆
Found Family
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖
Your passion. With your Virgo Sun (ambition, determination, hard-working nature, practicality) and your Aries Moon (fierceness, independence, relentlessness) AND your Leo Rising! (warmness, friendliness, compassion, enthusiasm) you are a leader of change and possibilities.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅
Bryce would would probably fall in love with you a little. I will not lie. Maybe it's because you have similar placements, or she loves how compassionate and fierce you are, she cannot deny that you just might be her platonic soulmate (which hurts her a little because that's how she thought of Danika).
𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆
A mix (I'm sorry it's always a mix!) of Juniper, Bryce, and Danika. Almost like a softer version of Bryce? You have such a healing energy, like you could calm absolutely anyone down. Defuse a fight, relieve stress but also be a leader of an army?
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕
A beautiful sea creature called a Hippocampus. She resembles a horse mixed with a fish and is absolutely obsessed with you.
Well, as are you, since you grew up together. It was a rare coincidence for a mer-child to be born at the exact moment as another sea creature ...
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joellesolo · 10 months
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I finished my third reread of ACOSF last night.
I also read ToG twice, and CC twice. I have read thirty five SJM books in the last two months 😂
That ends today! Libby finally gave me From Blood And Ash, so, we’ll see how that series is! But let’s be honest... gonna miss the Maas-niverse so much 😭 next January can’t come soon enough!
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harperbrynne · 7 months
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Bryce and the Autumn Court
Something I’m most excited for is for Bryce to interact with the Autumn Court.
Will she feel disgust towards the High Lord of the Autumn Court because she sees the Autumn King in him? Will she see more to Eris than most people do because she understands his situation? The necessity for secret keeping and doing everything to protect your loved ones from that tyrannical being who’s also considered family?
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bi-carli · 2 years
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Hunt x Bryce
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pollyaunt · 1 year
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HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW COMING OUT JAN 2024 AND IM TOTALLY NOT SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP YALL
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