#have 30 ravens

[effen-draws]

This BEAST of a poster is finally finished and I can finally rest

I'll reblog this later to talk about the process and some thoughts because I am not about to let an opportunity to talk about poster design pass me by (edit: reblog ramble made)

Meanwhile though:-] You can have some close ups and such under the cut:

#this was a real labour of love #so I'd really appreciate a reblog mayhaps #that aside this is something I thought about months ago and planned for #the poster alone took me around 30 to 40 hours #that's the cost of ten portraits #anyways watch Ravenous (1999) #ravenous #ravenous 1999 #ravenous 1999 fanart #poster art #poster design #tw blood #tw knife #robert carlyle #guy pearce #antonia bird #john boyd #colonel ives #and all the other ravenous characters that I don't think have personal tags #effen's art

[rileyclaw]

Oh if your okay with requests and all...Lilith with her palisman perhaps

I think about how Lilith got to keep her palisman despite being in the Emporer's Coven a lot- what compelled Belos to let her keep it when he snacked on every other palisman from EC members?? does he have some opinion of the Clawthorne Clan hmm??? perhaps related to a certain brother's love intere-- gets suplexed

#the requests were just for today!! i have like... 30 rn omg. not that im complaining these are super fun . but i def cant do them all #lilith clawthorne #toh #the owl house #fanart #my art #idk what to tag her palisman as. #mike socks #is the most 'official' name we have for her raven. and i think thats beautiful

[unknowablecore]

no edm no hospital

#this is all i have to offer #2 am shitty ronan doodling #trc #the raven cycle #the raven boys #the dreamer trilogy #ronan lynch #trc art #doodle #my art #ngl i traced the car heavily so this only look like 30 minutes tops

[temperamentalaquarius]

Dick apologizing to Bruce has he faces certain death lives in my head rent free

#dick grayson #nightwing #bruce wayne #rachel roth #raven #bitch i might wing #smash cut to 40 yrs later when Bruce blames Dick for dying #or 30 I guess Grayson was like 2012 or sm shit #I could write a 45 pg essay on Dick and Bruce's relationship and still have more to say

[anxiously-sidequesting]

This blog is my house so I can say basically whatever I want but I know I have some esteemed guests and friends who come over a lot and some lurkers who peer into the windows so all my wildest ass wizard shit stays in the locked basement where it belongs because it's common courtesy 💖

#everytime im tempted to post something that REAAAALLLYYY shouldnt see the light of day in the wizard fandom- #i snap out of it and beat them back with a stick and herd them back into the basement where they belong #the basement is my personal discord HSKALSHRIEHE #some of this shit will NEVER see the sun. even my malistaire post was dancing VEERRRRYYY close to that line #gm raven would lock up my darkest wizard thoughts like she locked up her ex husband's heart #EVEN THOUGH BASICALLY ALMOST THIS ENTIRE FANDOM ARE IN THEIR 20'S AND 30'S #this is actually funny because wizard101 in of itself is super fucking dark but tumblr posts? hmmmmnnnnn #in the meantime ill just work on my gay wizard ocs thats super fun #OH FUCKING WAIT THE SHADOW MAGIC POST I WAS TALKING ABOUT IM.... #im really just that. autistic i cannot focus on ONE SINGLE THING #anyways congratulations qnd my condolences if you read this far into the tags LMFAO #this isnt really a serious post this is just A Thought that needed to be let out of the house like a dog who needs to pee #as you can tell by my tag ramblings. im in Mental Mode where i have to talk about everything and nothing for 4 days #wizard101 #wiz101 #w101 #text posts #next time this happens imma make a new tag for my rambling vs. regular text pists to spare yall LMFAO

[noivern]

nesty season!! excited for them to bring me this years noisy idiot muppet thing

#raven #ive seen two bebs first year loved shredding moss last year had a touch of piebaldy pigment loss on like.5℅ of them #the local system seems to involve a larger group of like 30? ravens that can be seen clouding and yelling rarely or meeting up in a big gum #and then pairs within that that have subsections of territory w that years nestie

[ravensilversea]

🧑🏼‍⚖️You're on trial for murder. Which character would you want as your lawyer?

Viper. Viper hands down. They know exactly how to twist the circumstances and the law and shred them to bits. Like, you can't tell me every loan they give out, isn't covered in the most bullshit legalese that ends up with you having to pay them 4 times the amount back.

I will be in debt to the end of my days, but I won't be in jail

#raven answers #steamworksfairy #khr ask game #also like halfway decent odds they actually have a law degree considering reborn got a math doctorate post-curse #solid ~30 years of cursed existence to kill why not go to law school kinda energy

[bookstoresmp3]

ronan and blue are black kids btw

#blue is so west african coded #what white girl has 30 aunties living with her in her house can yall be fr #everything down to their family dynamics is west african PLS #i just see ronan as black cuz i hesitate to believe that a white boy can pull off a buzzcut #i can suspend my disbelief for dead welsh kings but even i have my limits #simi speaks #trc #the raven cycle #the raven boys #blue sargent #ronan lynch

[catgirlkirigiri]

I love making au refs in a normal order. Strq wc refs coming probably at like 1:30 est

#me when I’m in est 🩵 #I have to go to work until 12:30 in half an hour so I will not have time to finish the last ref before leaving. sad! and I’m not just gonna #post 3/4 thatd be weird. and mean to Qrow for his simple crime of being the last letter of the team name #I’m very excited to post them tho! I’m not too sure how happy I am with summers design but she is exactly as I planned. tai looks great but #I’m a little uncertain on his name. and Raven is perfect there is nothing I would change about her #can’t speak for how Qrow comes out considering. he isn’t done. but assuming I execute the vision perfectly it’s gonna be great #also if anyone’s reading all this strq is coming first cause I’m still not sure how I’m doing Faunus so I can’t design Blake for rwby yet #zoracontent

[cruulsummer]

DID SOMEONE SAY PINTEREST TEEN TITANS FACE CLAIMS?

oh you didn’t- TOO BAD IM SHOWING YOU ANYWAYS

Nightwing

Starfire

Cyborg

Raven

Beast Boy

I’M NOSEY YA’LL SHOW ME YOUR FACE CLAIMS I WANT TO SEE!!!

#bbrae #robstar #teen titans #beast boy #I tried to keep them looking teenager-ish #and I don’t want to hear about how old cybor looks because #when I was in high school there were 18 year olds that looked like they were 30 so #and cyborg looks older in the animated series anyways #it’s basically canon #this is basically just one universe though because #tbh their faces change for me daily #except star #she just looks like that to me constantly #starfire is just constantly full glam #she’s not even trying #alien superstar bish #and raven is doing her side eye #to pick Beast Boy and Raven I just put two people next to eachother and say #can I see them being annoyed with one another but then also kissing #“can I see these two people having lowkey romantic tension for 3-4 years and then slowly realizing that they’ve fallen for the other #IF NOT I DONT WANT IT #titans #dc #starfire #nightwing #Robin #cyborg #raven #mutuals?😏 #come on it would be so sexy if we became mutuals

[girlypsyop]

BROWN RICE COOKS FOR 45 FUCKING MINUTES???????

#WHY!!!!! #i come home #ravenous #expecting a meal on my plate within 30 minutes #now i have to WAIT FOR FOUR TEE FIVE !!!! MINUTES

[westywrites]

Essence of Stars (book one) - Prologue

I've been debating posting an updated version of the prologue for a while now. So here it is in all its poetic prose glory!

In the dim light of the nearing dawn, blue-tinged shadows cast solemn hope between the graves. A raven settles on the thatched roof of the preacher’s house. Behind it, the sky is the colour of a bruise that might never heal. Silence lies heavy. The church bell is still hours from ringing its joyous call to wake the village. A town dying along with their rotten crops.

The raven watches.

Hope is as rare this season as a day without rain. But still, the sun pushes slowly over the horizon turning blue-black to blue-grey. Black feathers shine in this light; the raven’s call could be heard across town if anyone were listening. No one is listening. The bird peers over the edge of the roof.

It waits.

At long last, the silence is broken by a murmuring. Movement inside the house of the preacher, up with the sun. Movement on the porch from something small, a basket, a bundle of blankets. A soft cry and round blue eyes looking up at the raven. It tilts its head and the infant smiles. This time, the raven’s call is answered with an open door. The raven takes wing, its secrets flying with it, as the preacher of Cambridge township carries a new life across the cemetery. 

. . .

At the edge of a city, the sun shines golden rays that catch in thick smoke. The factories are busy on such an afternoon. They are busy every afternoon. Progress is in the air. A wagon beats broken wheels on the rutted road to the city. The horses slow at the gentle command of their owner, a command in a foreign tongue. Guards stand watch over the trading route. On their outpost, a raven cleans its feathers, idle, unworried. It lifts its head slowly as the wagon approaches.

It watches.

On the back of the wagon, among items to trade, sits a woman with a child on her lap. Age weighs the woman’s face, masking her sorrow. The child babbles, playing with items that he will never own. Items meant to be traded away. Hushing the boy, the woman smiles at the guards as they inspect her wares. The child’s small, dark eyebrows push together. The smile does not reach his grandmother’s eyes. Above them, the raven crows softly. Kindness is not common among the Queen’s guard, the Koninwacht. Least of all to those who speak in foreign tongues. 

The raven waits.

Too young to understand, too young to remember, the boy smiles as the old man at the reins points to him among the goods. A black feather floats down and the child grabs for it, thin eyes drawn up to the bird. It caws softly again and the grandmother looks, shielding the boy away from the raven with a shame-filled glare. Families must do what it takes to survive. To protect their future. 

The wagon is waved into the city. Knowledge carries the bird into the sky. Knowledge and secrets as numerous as its feathers.

. . .

Smoke-filled skies and soot-filled streets welcome a weary wanderer of the city. None of it is natural. The product of progress. Progress for a great many and misery for a great many more. The raven flies from roof to roof, searching. Narrow alleys and twisting roads block its view. Houses shrink into shacks near the foot of the factory hill. Men, women, children sleep on the cold, hard ground. Sleep where they eat, eat where they piss. Owning nothing more than the shirts on their backs and a list of diseases they pray won’t kill them. The city is not awake yet. 

The raven watches.

The raven waits.

A boy walks beside his father, tired as he has been every day of his short life. The man pockets a bag of coins, an explanation. He coughs and the boy understands. He understands more than he should for his age. The raven follows from above as the boy continues on alone. Follows as the boy starts to climb the hill. Smokestacks loom high above, blocking the rising sun. The raven caws and the boy’s step falters. He looks at the bird, fear and determination on his round face. That boy will do what he must to survive. That boy will make tragedy into triumph.

The raven knows.

The boy approaches the factory door alone. The raven keeps its secrets. 

. . . 

Silvery flakes drift downward, glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The raven soars, feathers shining obsidian. In the distance, smoke lurks above treetops, a hulking beast, an immaterial fear. The black bird settles on a branch. Thin wood quivering under its gentle weight.

It watches. 

The forest is quiet. So quiet the drifting flakes can almost be heard as they land on leaves and gnarled roots. Feathers rustle as the black bird shakes fallen stars from its back. Under the light of the moon, the raven’s eyes glint and its beak shines sharp.

It waits.

Smoke curls higher now. The stars above fade, choked out and dampened. If there were eyes to see, they would water. If there were noses to smell, they would burn. The smoke glows, reflecting orange and gold like the harvest moon above. Shifting on the branch, the raven preens.

It does not feel.

The settlement lays smouldering. Something terrible happened here. This camp, this village, this home. Tragedy on tragedy buried beneath snapped structures, smoldering skins, burnt log walls. Once home, now embers. There are no roaring flames. Not anymore. The time for ferocity is gone. The raven sits in the tree, high above the coals. Coals that once were everything to a wife, a daughter, and a baby girl. Coals that are as black as the black bird’s wing, save for the last winking red eyes of heat. Cold air bites back. The raven watches as something moves in the skeleton homes. 

It knows.

The movement draws nearer to the raven’s tree. A gentle whimper and a tilt of the black bird’s head. A miracle. The little girl kneels among the roots. Dark eyes catching dark eyes. Her eyes are a plea. The raven makes no response. A little girl, a miracle. A lost daughter abandoned in a world burnt to the ground in the dead of night. Her nightgown, once white, is streaked with soot. Silvery flakes cling to her dark hair. She is young. Round cheeks dark in the bright light of the harvest moon. She is not too young to remember. To remember the night her home died. She will remember the eyes of the black bird with feathers shining obsidian. They stare. Girl and bird.

There is nothing but silence. 

Silence and the gentle caw of the raven as it again takes wing. Disappearing beyond the fallen ash and tears. It keeps its secrets once more.

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Taglist: @undrthesummerstars @ratracechronicler @leonajasmin-writeblr @frenchy-and-the-sea @rho-nin @starlitesymphony @written-by-yours-truly

If you’d like to be tagged in (admittedly infrequent) updates about this WIP - including mood boards, excerpts, and worldbuilding - please let me know, and I’ll add you to the list!

I'm also going to tag @aninkwellofnectar and @pinespittinink because you expressed interest in the more poetic prose excerpts in a recent tag game post!

#west's words #writeblr #amwriting #creative writing #writers of tumblr #the corvine #the word of the raven #no obligation to read for those i've tagged of course #just if you're interested #the prologue leans heavily into this really poetic style #that then reappears throughout the book #i really love writing stuff like this #for a long time i thought i was eventually going to cut this prologue #but it's been sticking around draft after draft #and my alpha readers have all seemed to actually like it as a start to the story #so it makes me very happy #it's a fun way to communicate backstory for the main characters without the readers knowing what exactly it is until later on #at least i hope #also am I posting this at 10:30 pm? yes #i don't care enough to try to decide when else to schedule it for

[malkaviian]

me: so immanuel kant---

brain: lets think about whether your ocs were planned or not

#oc talk #chase i know for sure was planned. now for the others......... #cas def wasnt planned. in fact his parents probably debated whether to keep him or not. they decided to do so; with awful results #also probably a result of a teen pregnancy. poor guy. #maverick was planned; although his parents were really young. as in; 20-22. his parents dated since high school and got married young #so. got married early; got the kid early. this however led to some poor parenting choices even if they didnt meant to; but nothing too big. #zachary wasn't exactly planned? his parents wanted to have a kid; he just appeared sooner than they thought lol. same with apollo and blade #except they were like. just ~imagining~ about having a kid and then boom you get two. funny for such strict parents. #harper's mom is a single mom and she wasn't planned. his dad was an unstable thing his mom had #and he disappeared as soon as he learned about the pregnancy. her mom kept her though. she was in her 30s when she got pregnant #alex is the result of another teen pregnancy. his mom got obsessed with a guy and the last resort she saw to 'chain' him #was getting pregnant. and since his parents were extremely conservative they forced him to marry her. it wasnt good. #reason hes so embarrassed about sex; he was taught abstinence only and not given really good sex ed. another poor guy. #ironically though i think charlotte wasnt planned but raven was; they wanted to give their daughter a lil sibling. horrible choice. #and idk i have to continue with kant send post

[jazzband22]

does anyone have good book recs for adults with ya brain rot

#for girlies who have read the raven cycle about 30 times and need to grow up #gonna tag this with books i like #the raven cycle #the foxhole court #six of crows

[littlelesbianlegend]

when i said i related to gansey i didn’t mean i wanted the insomnia as well

#gansey #the raven cycle #trc #i wanna kms #i have to be up in less than six hours #i have stuff from 8 am to 18:30 pm #i went to bed at two hours ago and i hasn’t slept a wink