#the element of fire

[emilysidhe]

I decided to reread The Element of Fire and The Death of the Necromancer before jumping in to the Fall of Il-Rien trilogy, and I still really love these books, but on second read it’s bothering me that one of the plot points in DotN is the necromancer being able to create unpredictable monsters by using the bodies of fae creatures buried under the city from the events of the first book to make undead creatures, but the EoF established that when fae are killed, their bodies dissolve into black dust.

#martha wells #the element of fire #the death of the necromancer #il rien

[green-square]

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells review:

"'I'm only the Queen of Air and Darkness by inheritance, and I don't have a degree in philosophy.'"

Suicide exploding

FAIRY BATTLES🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️⚔️⚔️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️🔫🧟‍♂️

"'...and bleeding like a slaughtered pig on good furniture.'"

"[Evil fay prince (previously blown up)]'s look of disappointment would have been comical on any creature less maimed and ruined."

6. I CAST TRANSMUTE BLOOD TO SOLID IRON!!!!!! DIE!!!!!!!!!!!🧙‍♂️

Awesome so cool new favorite book! FULL of twists and action and cool battle scenes and it made court intrigue really interesting and exciting! I’ll definitely read The Death of the Necromancer!

#bookblr #books #the element of fire #Martha wells #fanstuffs #ile rien #me

[reading-cat]

Top 5 Worst Books of 2023

The criteria for "worst" include but are not limited to: genuinely badly written, I had too many expectations and was disappointed, just not my thing, boring and "idk I just felt like it".

5. Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Great idea, bad execution. As in, the writing isn’t very good. The pacing was extremely weird, alternating between excruciatingly slow and too quick. And there’s a fae (they’re not called fae, but you know what I mean) jump-scare.

4. The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

I saw this being recommended as similar to Six of Crows. It is not. Yes, there’s a heist and some found family vibes and multiple POVs and queer characters, but that’s about it. This book just didn’t live up to my expectations. It wasn’t necessarily bad, it was just extremely average. There were too many main characters to properly develop all of them. The heist itself was a mess of illogical puzzles. I liked the fact that there’s some critique of colonialism, but it also felt very surface level. I’m just disappointed and kinda sad about it.

3. Things We Say in the Dark by Kristy Logan

This book has been sitting on my tbr since 2019, when it first came out. I finally read it for a book club and god, was I disappointed. Kristy Logan really said "Ooooh, look how vague and mysterious I can be" and then just gave us a bunch of half finished badly written stories. There were some good ideas in there and even stories that I somewhat liked. If only they had had the chance to develop a little bit more.

2. The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

As a big fan of Wells’ Murderbot Diaries, I decided to check out some of her other works. The Element of Fire is the fist of her books she’s ever published and you can feel it. This was tedious and boring. The world and the characters are very underdeveloped. And the fairies. I was not expecting the fae. I did not want to read about the fae. There is a flying castle though, so that’s nice.

1. Yoshi and the bird by Duran Sakagawa

I have a friend who really likes birds and Japanese and Korean authors. Every year, we try to do a buddy read or a reading challenge together. Yoshi and the bird was this year’s victim. Honestly, I was expecting a cute story about a boy who picks up a bird who fell out of its nest. Maybe a slightly melancholic life lesson. Maybe some veiled social commentary. Not this. What was this. How is this one of the most out of pocket violent and depressing books I have ever read. And when I say violent, I mean it. Why. There was absolutely no need for that ending.

[SPOILERS]

I’m sorry, bird suicide??? I can deal with bird religion, but suicide? And Yoshi too??? He’s, like, 12 if not less. What are you doing. What is this book doing.

#booktumblr #witchmark #the gilded wolves #things we say in the dark #the element of fire #Yoshi and the bird

[otiksimr]

Butchered [REDESIGNED] charmander.

#my art #They are little fire elemental #pokemon #pkmn #pkmn fanart #charmander #pkmn charmander #Pokémon but worse!

[3cosmicfrogs]

I wanted to go a bit more in-depth with this piece that I did for zukka week 2023 because i got inspired to do more insane clothing details. ID in ALT.

Ramble about the influences/inspirations below:

Design inspirations for Sokka's clothing are mainly Inuvialuit and Yup'ik, with Nenets, Tlingit, and Chukchi inspiration for the tassels, patterns, belt and beadwork. I mixed these with the ornaments canon shows us used by the Northern Water Tribe, and also in Legend of Korra. I got particularly excited about drawing from Inuvialuit sources since the tassels we see in canon look like they could be inspired by this. Going beyond canon's animation-friendly colour scheme, I drew from Nenets patterns/embroidery/sashes and Yup'ik beadwork for accent colours. I think in the future I'd like to find ways to incorporate more Tlingit-style patterns since I rarely see them in fanart (which is a shame - they're stunning), but since they tend to be very big I ultimately decided to only include them as a nod in order to keep the regalia recognisable as 'Water Tribe'. I wonder if I could start using Polynesian influences as well?

Zuko's headdress and particularly the shoulder garment and beaded embroidery draw heavily from women's clothing styles of Lê Dynasty Vietnam. The other main influence is men's royal clothing in Tang Dynasty China, and patterns worn by Mongolian Khatun. Since we have a bit more to go on in canon as to what fire nation regalia looks like, I blended that in as well. I got particularly excited about the embellishments on Lê Dynasty clothes because I could give a little nod to Zuko's dragon-fire by adding more colours to the embroidery. In the future I think I'd want to make the Mongolian influence a bit more obvious... perhaps even push the envelope by incorporating some Bashkir designs, though I'm not sure how well that will go.

#artfromthefrogs #zukka #sokka #zuko #avatar: the last airbender au #avatar: the last airbender #atla #atla fanart #avatar: the last airbender fanart #zukka fanart #zuko fanart #sokka fanart #water tribe #fire nation #older sokka #older zuko #older zukka #dilves zukkae #as i believe they are called #'i want to add more mongolian maybe even bashkir elements' <- man pushing the siberian agenda

[thespectralcottage]

Ways To Use Each Element In Spells

Fire:

Candles

Burning Herbs

Using Ashes

Bonfires to Raise Energy

Burning Petitions

Melting Things

Water:

Water Bowl Spells

Enchanting Water

Using Spiritual Waters + Colognes

Sprays

Soaking Items

River Magic

Air:

Verbal Spells

Blowing Air / Smoke

Incense

Bells

Sound Bowls

Wind Cleansing

Storm magic

Earth:

Salt Bowls

Burring Items

Plants + Herbs

Crystals

Dirt Spell Jars

Making Terrariums

Plant Wards

#witchblr #pagan witch #witchcraft #witch #the spectral cottage #spellwork #green witch #witch tips #witchythings #Elemental Magic #Fire #Air #Water #Earth #Connecting with the elements

[fallloverfic]

Rating: Mature

Warnings: None

Fandom: "The Element of Fire"/"Ile-Rein" by Martha Wells

Pairing: Roland/Gideon, Roland/Falaise, Roland & Falaise, Roland & Elaine

Tags: Angst with a happy ending, post-canon, anxiety, implied/referenced child abuse, past Denzil/Roland, referenced cousin/cousin incest, touch-starvation, past abusive relationship, polyamory, pansexual characters, Roland/Gideon endgame, mutual pining, background Falaise/Gideon, friendship, hurt/comfort, gun usage, referenced past suicide attempt, self-esteem issues, bodyguard romance, polyamory negotiations

Summary: Now that Roland is ruling Ile-Rein without Denzil's chains, he has the chance for new relationships. But even with Falaise and Elaine at his side, he feels alone. If only he had someone who truly loved him.

"A Word to the Wiser", 5,056 words, complete

#FallLover #Ile-Rein #The Element of Fire #Martha Wells #fanfiction #m/m #polyamory #bodyguard romance #Roland/Gideon #Roland/Falaise #friendship #hurt/comfort

[stil-lindigo]

ashes to ashes.

a short comic about the day Ash was born.

Ash's story

Red and Wolf's story

notes:

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all my other comics

store

#we love a family with a storied history of loving women and committing mass murder #wolf is a couple years older than she was in her original comic but still just as smitten with red #i dont intend on making it a habit to connect my comics together into a shared universe #but i did make ash with the internal headcanon that she was the kid of red and wolf #if only to justify elements of her design #the gravity defying hair - the control over fire - the commitment to a black/white/red colour scheme #i wont be doing a backstory for snow btw since she's kind of just. a human being who grew up very entitled and spoiled #although maybe during her undead journey she unknowingly comes across her mothers-in-law in the mountains #(they like to live in remote snowy areas) #red would like her #thats all! #thank you for reading #sapphic art #comic art #stillindigo art #hearteaters #stillindigo comics

[melimelotus]

entertaining the idea of eeveelutions as survivors of their own type. evolving when struck by lightning or caught in a fire/explosion as a way to survive

#pokemon #jolteon #flareon #art #fanart #burning #scars #scarring #eye trauma #<- sorta? just in case #skeleton #ask to tag #i didnt have time for vaporeon but id like to go back to the idea next week when i can draw again #basically eeveelutions as caught between life and death and harnessing the power of what should have killed them #to evolve and get a resistance to it #and theyre all dual type specter. #the idea is that the lightning strike that hit jolteon still resides within. the flame that burnt flareon down still consumes its body #so theyre always fighting against it. 80% of their focus/energy is devoted to that & bc of it they have poor control over their element #so they cannot deal heavy attacks. but they CAN tank any incoming attack of their own element #basically volt absorb and flash fire abilities #many thoughts to be had here #myart

[red-pencil]

The leaves are starting to fall this #AniMonday !

Another Ember test for Elemental . I was pitching that Ember could kinda' teleport using dried leaves or paper. It was a little abstract, but that's what they were looking for at the time.

#AniMonday #Elemental #Ember #pencil test #Pixar #Disney Pixar #animation #cartoon #leaves #fire

[hotcupofdragons]

I am Keyleth, an Air Ashari, like my mother before me. I was made to pass through fire.

THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA (2022-) S02E02 | "Pass Through Fire"

#critical role #critical role tlovm #tlovm s2 #keyleth of the air ashari #marisha ray #keyleth #THAT'S MY AIR ASHARI #fire elemental #the legend of vox machina #the legend of vox machina season 2 #campaign 1

[emilysidhe]

Someone needs to read Ile-Rien with me so that when I have a post-book revelation like, “Thomas had to obey Ravenna’s last command before he could leave with Kade,” someone else will know what that means. Anyway,

Thomas had to obey Ravenna’s last command before he could leave with Kade.

My mind is blown.

#martha wells #ile rien #the element of fire

[aviehudson]

Winx x W.i.t.c.h.

#winx #winx club #witch #witch disney #winx bloom #winx stella #winx flora #winx musa #winx tecna #winx roxy #winx aisha #winx layla #witch guardian #elements #aviehudson #myart #digital art #fire #water #earth #air #energy

[reading-cat]

The Element of Fire

The upside down castle in the sky is the best part of this book.

And again, what’s up with the age gaps where the guy is twice as old as the girl?

#the element of fire #martha wells #booktumblr

[despazito]

It's crazy how cishet men can be given a tool like AI and the most ""creative"" use a good portion of them can come up with is to generate a poreless white femoidian lich with a dead expressionless face. Kind of impressive

#sometimes they're diverse for example one is a fire elemental and the other is water. this one has angel wings

[constantlyfalling]

🔥☁️💧

Brushes by Brusheezy! Photography and editing by me.

#flower aesthetic #flowercore #wild flowers #flower photography #flowers #flower #photography #my post #photoshop #digital art #i did take these pictures and then edit them #fire #air #water #elements #magic #magic flower #magic aesthetic #magic core #magical #nature