#dashti and tegus

[mozzygan]

"If I could take you out of here, I'd hold a feast and a dance, and see you bedecked in a silver deel, laughing and bounding about." "Why silver?" "Because in the dark, your voice sounds like silver."

—Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

#digital illustration #character illustration #dashti and tegus #book of a thousand days #mozzy art #my art #my fanart #i know there isn't a fandom for this book really #but there SHOULD be!!! #it's sooooo good #my all time fave book aaaaaa #i read it every year #it's so important to me!! #first post of the new blog wooooo

[sxrrandomfanfics]

This is in reference to the OTP Asks you reblogged a while ago- Which ship do you feel would where each other's clothes?

That's not really how its supposed to be played (you usually give a ship and a number) But let's see here...

Nothing really jumps out for ships actively wearing one another's clothes.

Like I could see maybe one character trying to put the other character's clothes on, but the other character, you'd have to convince.

Fandoms: 3 Ships: 6

With (T.)K.endy (OK K.O.) I could see Dendy wearing K.O.'s clothes, but (T.)K.O. may not like the full body jumpsuit considering his usual clothes don't cover a lot of skin.

With Disu/Tricks 'n Flips (Psychonauts) that's a bit more trade off? At the very least Gisu would chuckle at the idea of trying to wear Dion's uniform, but she may be able to wear the jacket and Dion would take her hood/cape as revenge.

Maybe with AdDion/Learning 'bout Psychics (Psychonauts) they'd do a full trade? Adam wears a dress, but idk if Dion's clothes can fit onto Adam's body.

With Sashilla/Science Party (Psychonauts) they have semi-similar height but Milla has more curves. While they are perfect for one another, I don't think they would want to wear the other's clothes. Maybe they share pajamas, idk. I could see them both wearing Scrooge-esque nightgowns for winding down for the night.

With RazLili/True Psychic Geeks (Psychonauts) there are plenty of pictures of them swapping clothes, but if I'm being honest, with how much Lili loves her dresses and being ready for warmth, while Raz always wears full covering outfits to prepare for the cold, I actually think they wouldn't like trading clothes.

With Dashti X Khan Tegus (Book of A Thousand Days) I doubt Dashti would be so willing to do so. She loves her own mucker clothes, even if she is with gentry. Much too proud with her heritage and has much respect for it. Tegus may wear the clothes though, which I think would get a laugh out of Dashti.

[maddie-grove]

Little Book Review: Book of a Thousand Days

Author: Shannon Hale.

Publication Date: 2007.

Genre: YA fantasy (fairy tale retelling).

Premise: Dashti, an orphaned nomad from the steppes, is pleased to be hired as the maid of Lady Saren, youngest daughter of the kingdom's ruler. Even when she learns that Lady Saren is getting locked in a remote tower for seven years after refusing to marry a powerful neighboring ruler, Dashti is jazzed about seven years of guaranteed food and shelter. Life in captivity with her withdrawn mistress turns out to be much more fraught than Dashti expected, though. Can these two young women survive Lady Saren's evil would-be husband, a Cyrano de Bergerac situation, a complicated cross-class friendship, cabin fever, and a whole lot of rats?

Thoughts: Book of a Thousand Days is based on the German fairy tale "Maid Maleen," which frankly isn't one of the better stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. It starts out strong, with a princess and her maid being locked in a desolate tower, but the second act devolves into a more convoluted, mean-spirited version of "The Goose Girl." Hale's chief innovations are to make the maid the heroine, and to focus on the mistress/servant relationship (instead of the original's lopsided rivalry between the princess and her lost love's wildly insecure fiancée). Both changes are welcome. A servant heroine with no claims to nobility is refreshing in an often-elitist genre, and it's interesting to see the gradual erosion of Dashti's placid acceptance of her inferior role in society.

Centering Dashti and Lady Saren's ever-changing, frankly uncomfortable relationship is an even better choice. Dashti starts her job with the assumption that Lady Saren will be a typical mistress, ordering Dashti around and maintaining the emotional distance that their hierarchical society dictates. However, Lady Saren is completely unable to cope with her situation, and only partly in the expected spoiled-lady way; rather, she comes across like she has some kind of cognitive disability, worsened by parental neglect and trauma at the hands of Lord Khasar (her evil would-be husband). Dashti has to take the lead to keep them both alive, and Lady Saren is too consumed with fear to care if their relationship is "proper." She's also too blinded by privilege to understand how she puts Dashti in an impossible position with her more unusual demands (i.e., making Dashti impersonate her during visits from Khan Tegus, Lady Saren's secret fiancé whom she doesn't love but tried to use as a life raft to get away from Lord Khasar). The power dynamic is always shifting between them; Dashti is far more capable and confident, but Lady Saren's rank still holds power, even in an isolated place. To complicate matters further, Dashti likes some aspects of their unorthodox arrangement. She gets something out of taking care of Lady Saren the way her own beloved late mother took care of her, plus she enjoys the company of Khan Tegus. This push and pull, both between the characters and inside of Dashti, is fascinating to watch.

There's also some great survival horror. I would not recommend this book to the claustrophobic or, for that matter, the musophobic. Finally, Lord Khasar is a great villain with a terrifying presence.

Hot Goodreads Take: "There was one scene in this book that outraged me with very inappropriate content," one reviewer commented. I assumed she was referring to one of the many instances of Lord Khasar's cruelty, but it turns out she was scandalized by a scene where Dashti is nude. The scene isn't sexual in any way, and it doesn't describe Dashti's body at all. Yet it's apparently more disgusting than the scenes where Lord Khasar sadistically injures Dashti's arm, or laughingly terrorizes Lady Saren, or is implied to be a cat murderer (the cat is fine), or razes entire cities. That is nothing compared to acknowledging that a person can sometimes be nude. Conservative Christians are so weird.

#little book review #book of a thousand days #shannon hale #abuse cw

[thisbrilliantsky]

dashti + flowers

gaaaaasp?? thank you friend?????

dashti has always loved flowers. tbh she loves everything alive, but she has a soft spot for wildflowers; she loves the humble way they tilt their faces toward the eternal blue sky. growing up on the steppes she used to bring fistfuls to her mama whenever she saw any she particularly liked, often with the roots still clumpy with soil. her mama always accepted with a smile and a caress. steppe flowers aren’t the brightest or boldest, but they are hardy and lovely and useful (many are herbs and teas her mama taught her about) and dashti loves them.

on the long walk to song for evela, when saren couldn’t bear to raise her eyes higher than dashti’s knees, dashti distracted her with any blooms she could find. she would pry saren’s fists open and lay a few bedraggled daisies on her palms, or tuck a few little sage blossoms into the braid she’d weave around her lady’s head.

and oh goodness. when tegus finds out. he only wanted to finally grant her request for flowers from their first meeting (the pine bough was lovely, but she had asked for flowers), but when he comes back from some sort of expedition with batu, dusty and smudgy but grinning and flourishing a tiny bunch of wildflowers, the delight on her face dazzles him. so he brings her every wildflower he sees for at least a few weeks. a weed growing up between cobblestones on his walk to the stables? dashti’s. a fruit blossom that blew into batu’s face? obviously, destined for dashti. a flower that he totally knew was an herb, but it’s still pretty, stop giggling? dashti’s.

she laughs at him but she always accepts with a smile and a caress.

#IM SORRY I GOT CARRIED AWAY but im emotional about these kids ok #dashti #book of a thousand days #aforeffortenjolras #ask

[waywardwiz]

Dashti and Tegus - Book of a Thousand Days (Shannon Hale)

[thisbrilliantsky]

OK, since two of my submitted fandoms were asked by others, could I replace them with Percy Jackson and "Book of a Thousand Days"? Thank you! :) (And if AtLA gets asked by someone else, I'll send another...)

ahh, thank u!!

percy jackson -

Want as my mentor: well i mean, chiron

Bake cupcakes for: nico :\ smol child

Lend my books to: annabeth, naturally

Put thumbtacks on the chair thereof: zeus, naturally

Have a crush on: no one

Pack up and leave if they moved next door: any of the gods

Follow as captain of a ship: percy, naturally

Pick as my partner in a buddy movie: also percy. naturally.

Marry: probably also percy.

Want as my boss: none of these kids are responsible enough, no

Sue: zeus. naturally.

Want as my best friend: thalia?? and grover. naturally.

BOOK OF A THOUSAND DAYS. THANK U

Want as my mentor: dashti’s mama :(((((((

Bake cupcakes for: saren :(((((((((((((((((((((

Lend my books to: dashti!!!

Put thumbtacks on the chair thereof: khasar, ya nasteh

Have a crush on: tegus >.>

Pack up and leave if they moved next door: lady vachir

Follow as captain of a ship: batu

Pick as my partner in a buddy movie: DASHTI

Marry: tegus >.>

Want as my boss: also tegus

Sue: saren’s dad???????? also dashti’s brothers what the f rick

Want as my best friend: d AS hTI

#thank u so much :') #if u haven't read book of a thousand days yet tho..................what are u waiting for #valiantarcher #ask