#kings queens and in betweens

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Quick Review: Kings, Queens and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju Rating: 5/5

This is so queer and unique and fun and I don't know why more people haven't read it??? If you've ever wanted to read a book about a baby drag king, find yourself a copy of this!

There's a disaster lesbian, a questioning trans girl, the fiercest and friendliest of drag queens and great things to hear about the complexities of friendship, family and forgiveness. And a really cute dog.

#kings queens and in betweens #tanya boteju #booklr #bookblr #book review #reviews #5 star reads #trcc original #portraits #lgbt books #wlw reads #authors of colour #trans #lesbian #my only qualm is that a few times people describe Nima as butch #but there's never a moment where she's like ~i should look into this~ #why are YA writers so afraid to let their butch-coded characters be butch #grow up and give me some fucking representation already

[slaughter-books]

Day 17: JOMPBPC: Female Author

Tanya Boteju 💗

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #female author #tanya boteju #kings queens and in betweens #beautiful book #beautiful cover #amazing author #lgbt+ #pretty flowers #eucalyptus #i love books

[azulolivart]

An unequal marriage in Westeros.

#asoif/got #fanart #fan art #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #game of thrones #game of thrones fanart #got #sansa stark #joffrey baratheon #sandor the hound clegane #sandor clegane #the hound #cersei #cersei lannister #queen cersei #petyr baelish #little finger #varys #asoiaf fanart #sandor x sansa #sansa stark x sandor clegane #sansan #you’ll be glad of the hateful things i do someday when you are queen and i’m all that stands between you and your beloved king

[beetlewine-art]

Sometimes i forget that HB and HH share the same universe... can you imagine how the Hazbin hotels season 1 finale looked like from the perspective of the characters of Helluva Boss? Are you really telling me that while those funky little red demons were dealing with their drama and angst there was a damn battle between Heaven and Hell? AND NONE OF THE OTHER SEVEN DEADLY SINS SHOWED UP TO FIGHT? Like, okay i get why they didn't, but seen Ozzie and Bee kill some angels could have been really cool.

(half of me in tempted to believe that The Sins have never seen Lucifer, their sweet dork of a boss, get angry or lose his cool and watching him beat up Adam terrified them. But the other half of me also believes that he has beaten the shit out of Mammon at least once, while Satan and Ozzie cheered for him).

I NEED to see Blitzo's reacion to all this mess, i bet it was hilarious.

#ozzie and lucifer are best friends in my head okay? #i really want to see the dynamic between the king of hell and seven sins #helluva boss #hazbin hotel #memes #hazbin hotel season 1 #helluva boss season 2 #hazbin hotel adam #hazbin hotel lucifer #helluva boss asmodeus #helluba boss queen beelzebub #beetlewine #beetlepost

[trepppy]

Candy queen with Marcy thingy I drew. Think the art could have come out a bit better but not sure how to improve it

#fionna and cake #adventure time #fanart #candy queen #marceline #princess bubblegum #pb #winter king #simon petrikov #bubbline #I'm not shipping them here juat thought an interaction between them would be cute

[wakkass]

So, I continue the theme of adult heroes, and this time the matter affected... adults. It’s one thing to give children mature traits, and another to age characters that are already sufficiently formed in appearance.

Suddenly, it felt quite sad. First, I drew the shapes of the adults' faces from the original, so that later I could literally recreate the aging process, which made me feel like they could never get back. This immersion in the irrevocable decline of youth helped me understand why I like to draw the characters of STF in their distant future.

I like the age range at which the characters are. While Sofia's generation flourishes, the generation of her parents fades. The peak of this contrast is right here, and I feel a bitter taste of joy from such sensations. I feel sad, but at the same time warm from the realization that they're all still nearby and terrible losses are still far ahead…

Wow, I wrote so much about flying heads. But enough about the sad stuff, because I also drew an adult Calista. I imagine her learning magic and practicing with the best sorcerer she knows. I like to think that because of this practice, she and Sofia often run into each other, and they and her uncle have fun after work. I love imagining the little things in life, there’s something relaxing about it.

I also have something to say about Cedric. I see him with a mustache and beard, firstly, because all great sorcerers have mustaches and beards. And, secondly, because it seems wildly funny to me to consider the episode “Substitude Cedric” prophetic

#Imho this spider-man meme perfectly illustrates the relationship between Cedric and Calista #I couldn't help but draw it #sofia the first #sofia the fandom #sofia the first fanart #stf #queen miranda #king roland #cedric the sorcerer #cedric the great #calista sofia the first #princess sofia

[sleepyminty]

No wonder Marshall Lee and Fionna is so close like family, had Marceline and Fionna met they would definitely sister

#adventure time #adventure time:fionna and cake #fionna and cake #ep 8 had me weak #simon tell his love story to comfort fionna remind me when i was little where dad told me his corny love stories to me so it resonates me #this is such a father-daughter dynamic between simon and fionna #since technically he is #simon petrikov #fionna campbell #marceline #marceline the vampire queen #betty you lucky dog #marshall lee and fionna relationship is the closest thing to simon daughter interaction #adventure time spoilers #ice king #simon petrikov the single mom #episode 8: jerry #also it maybe corny love stories but i have shit taste in love stories when i was little ok #or maybe fionna and marshal lee bond over their terrible mother just a thought #pls let them meet

[zoroshark]

A doodle of dragon Rauru and Sonia I didn't share yet. This was done before the game came out when I did my other doodles of Dragon Rauru.

#my art #artists on tumblr #doodles #fan art #tears of the kingdom #totk #legend of zelda #loz #tloz #the legend of zelda #totk rauru #totk sonia #king rauru #queen sonia #I do know about the dragon stuff that happens in the game #its given me ideas for aus thats for sure #i'll work on it whenever i have the time #for now have a wholesome moment #the proportions are off between the two but oh well

[canisalbus]

Almost forgot to look at the tags in that Giordano post, I'm glad that Cardinals being higher than Archbishops was something you mentioned, and that I was remem that fact correctly :). And I love that Machete surpasses someone who thought him to be a "good for nothing". Go white boy go!

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#that sure pissed off that old man Giordano #didn't see that one coming #becoming a bishop is a very big deal #archbishop is an extra prestigious bishop that leads a particularly important diocese #and above both are cardinals #you usually have to be a bishop first to become one but it hasn't always been strictly mandatory there's lots of rules and exceptions #I think Machete is a bishop but largely in name only #in practice he kind of shortcutted from being a priest to a cardinal with very little bishophood in between #Vatican was kind of a wild west back then and in the end it's within Pope's power to grant these titles however he sees fit #and Machete was Pope's trusted personal assistant for years #moreover if you compare church ranks to secular royalty/nobility cardinals are equal to princes #so when you look at the power dynamics they're only second to pope as well as actual kings and queens #at least that's the case in Machete and Vasco's times I'm not sure about the present day #Vasco is a count so he's actually significantly lower in the hierarchy despite being blue-blooded #but neither of them have really internalized that #when they met Vasco came from a rich family and Machete was a no-name social climber #answered #anonymous

[dimitrscu]

#just a family of blad mf #this should be named who has the most fucked up wig in the lands between #queen marika the eternal #malenia blade of miquella #rennala queen of the full moon #starscourge radahn #rykard lord of blasphemy #godfrey the first elden lord #patches #mohg lord of blood #morgott the omen king #elden ring

[chaossmith2]

Also crazy theory but I could feel there was a bit of story troubles with WISH as I was watching-- and on relisten, I think At All Costs was originally meant to be between Magnifico and the queen?? Before it was changed to be Magnifico and Asha (either because they didn't want to cut it because they genuinely enjoyed the song, or didn't want to rewrite a whole new song, both are feasible).

Cos the whole thing just SCREAMS love ballad, and declaring devotion to one another (even in context)-- and I feel like maybe there was a version of the script where we were supposed to go more into Magnifico and Amaya’s relationship/history

#like just listen to the lyrics #cos even during the movie i was like: #'this is a weirdly intimate song between two people who JUST met' lol #wish spoilers #king magnifico #queen amaya #chaos chats

[sesamenom]

Ar-Pharazon from the Reverse Gondolin AU and as Witch-King of Numenor - thanks to @who-needs-words for helping develop this idea!

#silm #silmarillion #second age #ar pharazon #reverse gondolin au #(well more like the aftermath of gondolin reversal) #this au has consumed my life #on the plus side inspiration for feanor is finally reemerging from under the metaphorical couch so i might get something finwion-y done soo #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa so much to draw so little time #seriously though golden nazgul is such a cool idea #whatever the mordor equivalent for the angband trio is (sauron pharazon and shelob maybe?) is going to look so cool in black and gold #black/gold black hole shelob!! #and prince elrond is super finwiony looking #also he has his wings & glowiness out a lot more so that'll be fun #but yeah basically in the au Prince Elrond realized via foresight what was happening/going to happen in numenor #so he went there and disowned ar pharazon (by extension removing him from the throne) and crowned tar miriel rightful Ruling Queen #then later when sauron showed up he came back kicked sauron out and outlawed the death cult #but between that time sauron secretly recruited ar pharazon by promising him kingship in exchange for his support #and anyways ar pharazon survived all the way to the TA as the Witch King #(mr. angmar here gets to be second in command of the nazgul sorry) #-imagine this guy showing up to be all 'bagginssss' though #the witch king of numenor is somehow even more dramatic #also the whole 'no living man can kill me' is. a bit different coming from a guy who has many enemies in the form of #a) his cousin the Ruling Queen of Numenor #b) his uncle the choice-of-elves-peredhel #c) a bunch of Faithful in the Halls #the dead guys aren't too much of a problem #but i wonder if he heard that prophecy and worried a whole lot more about the Ruling Queens #or Prince Elrond who in the au has very definitely embraced his maia-ness #and then imagine his surprise hearing 'but no living man am i' and it coming from. a random human lady.

[finedinereception]

winter king fascinates me because theres so many ways to read his character. we know from concept art that he still carries some of the crowns madness in him, and it does make me wonder

he clearly transferred the obsessions the crown instilled in him to princess bubblegum, along with the crowns tendency to make a person incoherent and forgetful. but we also know that the obsession the ice king feels is simply a deeply distorted form of his love. the most obvious example is his love for betty becoming an obsession with princesses. but what about marceline?

she states that shes moved a lot because ice king keeps tracking her down and trying to hang out with her. he becomes deeply distressed when he merely pushes her. he thinks about her a lot in his personal time, expressing a love for her music. is this in itself not an obsession, born from the love, protectiveness, and pride he feels towards marceline?

ice kings obsession springs from simons love, and simons love is a core part of his very identity. its why he can hold on to the past even when hes lost his mind, when he doesnt even realize hes holding on.

so what happens when he loses that reason to think back?

the winter king was ice king longer than he was simon. hes given up the love that connected him to that identity.

hes callous, rude, dismissive, vain, and emotionally oblivious, because thats all things ice king was.

and by this point, divorced from the emotions that made him simon, winter king no longer understands any other way to act.

#adventure time fionna and cake #simon petrikov #winter king #like. hes ice king but without the bonds and affections that held him back #we see ice marcy off to the side and it makes me wonder #if winter king made her trying to reconnect to the affection he had for her. but he no longer can manage it #hes awful im obsessed with him #step aside candy queen IM gonna be the one who blends him #winter king kinda embodies the ultimate damage of drawing a line between ice king and simon #am i making sense. its 3 am for me💀

[drrav3nb]

KING CANUTE and QUEEN EMMA in VIKINGS: VALHALLA | SEASON TWO

#vikings valhalla spoilers #vikings: valhalla spoilers #i'm happy with the scenes we got #but damn only two episodes worth? #i was expecting a whole season worth of content! #why did it take canute so long to show up? #plus I'm a bit worried that emma's obession with finding out godwin is lying is gonna come between them #and i don't want that #i thought that canute brought him into his family because both him and emma were scheming together #but he was really being genuine about it #anyway #i really loved the scenes we got #hope we get more next season #canute x emma #queen emma #king canute #emma of normandy #vikings: valhalla #vikings valhalla #history vikings #vikings #king cnut #cnut the great #bradley freegard #laura berlin

[mumms-the-word]

The Twenty-First Night

A bit of 1001 Nights-inspired poetry that I wish was in The Art of the Night to make it more than just a spicy yoga manual or a spellbook. This is part of the longer scene I wrote, but I wanted to share it separately too, because I've been inspired by other BG3 poets. I'm not really a poet, but I did my best <3

~*~*~

That night, the king met his beloved once more in their chambers.

"Dearest one," said he,  "Gold I have given thee,  and jewels from my store;  chains for thy neck  and bands for thy wrists;  and still, thine eyes shine more brilliantly  than any treasure in my kingdom. 

"What gem in all the realms  can be more precious than thy gaze?  What more can I give to you,  my beloved, so that you may know  the ardent depths of my heart?  What more, when thine eyes alone  make all riches seem as dull iron?"

"Tender-hearted king," said the queen,  "I need neither gold nor gems;  my love is not so cheaply bought  nor so willingly sold.  And yet, already thou possess  that which I long for most.  Thy steady gaze, my love,  and thy faithful hand are all I ask.

"Come, take my hand,  and look beyond this simple visage. I will bare my soul to thee, this night,  and gaze boldly at thine. For more than bone and blood are we, but spirits merely housed in flesh.’"

~*~*~

#cue the astral sex #bg3 #bg3 fic #my fic #gale #gale dekarios #might delete later but idk idk #when gale picked up this book i immediately was like #tell me the romance gale #tell me the 1001 nights romance between this king and queen #what poems did they whisper to one another #what philosophies did they share #but alas the game just made it a spellbook #so yeah i wrote this #also why 21? no idea I just picked an early number

[gritsandbrits]

Literally everything yall complain about what Disney doesn't have in their movies can be found in another animation or a book.

#royal villain couple: you have the queen and king from the sea beast #cute romance between a human and a living Star: Stardust is right there #fantasy sci fi set in africa/african characters: Supa Team 4 and My Dad The Bounty Hunter #2d adult animation? Unicorn Wars #also the tons of indie animation on Youtube and social media #OR JUST READ A DAMN BOOK OR FANFIC