#traitor's blade

[felagund-fiollaigean]

#the greatcoats #kest murrowson #falcio val mond #brasti goodbow #traitor's blade

[what-life-is-really-like]

Me, reading/watching any medieval fantasy fiction: Wow, getting my period there would suck more than it already does.

#bbc merlin #game of thrones #George R.R. Martin #ranger's apprentice #john flanagan #lord of the rings #tolkein #the witcher #the crystal cave #the hollow hills #Arthurian saga #mary stewart #the chronicles of prydain #lloyd alexander #westmark #earthsea #ursula k le guin #traitor's blade #sebastien de castell #fantasy #fantasy books #fantasy movies #sir gawain and the green knight #le morte d'arthur #the quest of the holy grail #the odyssey #the iliad #the last apprentice #joseph delaney #The wardstone chronicles

[libertyreads]

February TBR--

February is going to be the month I TRY to force myself to stick to my reading goals. I failed spectacularly in January by reading 8 more books than I had on my TBR. God, this is so the opposite of a problem. But I will say that January had me reading such small books that reading never felt like a chore. So, trying to stay in that mindset, I’m also going to be reading some shorter stuff in February.

1. Make a Wish by Helena Hunting (Spark House #3)-- I’m so excited to get to the finale of this companion series. The Spark House series follows three sisters who run an event hotel in Colorado Springs. This time it’s the youngest sister’s turn at love. We follow Harley and the guy she used to nanny for when he and his daughter move back to town after 6 years away. Can they navigate this romance with so much baggage weighing them down?

2. The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris (The Magic Misfits #1)-- I got this at a library sale...last year? The year before? At some point. It ended up being 50 cents or something like that so I thought I would take a chance on it. This one is the first book in a Middle Grade series that follows a street magician named Carter who has to save the town of Mineral Wells from the clutches of Bosso and his crew of crooked carnies.

3. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith-- This is another book from the library sale. It was also super cheap so I decided to give it a shot. It’s a 2012 YA Romance so we’re going to tread lightly here and keep our expectations low. It seems like this one is set over a 24 hour period and both at an airport and in an airplane so that will be fun to watch play out.

4. The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons #1)-- Okay, so maybe this isn’t a shorter book, but I’ve heard too much hype. I have to read it. We follow Kihrin who is a bastard orphan who grew up loving stories about dragons, demons, gods, and heroes who always save the day. But when he’s claimed by a treasonous prince as his long-lost son, he learns the stories aren’t all true. He lives as a prisoner to his new family’s power plays and ambitions.  But let me give you my FAVORITE part of the synopsis: “Then again, maybe he’s not the hero, for Kihrin is not destined to save the empire. He’s destined to destroy it.” Let’s GOOOOOO. I’m trying not to give into the hype, but...come on. Come on.

5. Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien De Castell (Greatcoats #1)-- With this one, I’m continuing my 40 Books Before 40 TBR as well as my Kindle Clean Out Project. I didn’t know a ton about this one before I put it on the TBR. I got the recommendation from Jade/JadeyRaeReads on YouTube. This is an Adult Fantasy novel that follows the Greatcoats who were trained in the fighting arts and travel to uphold the King’s Law. Or at least they used to. Until they stood aside while the Dukes took the Kingdom and impaled their King’s head on a spike. The Greatcoats are scattered far and wide, reviled as traitors, their legendary coats in tatters. All they have left are the promises they made to King Paelis, to carry out one final mission.

6. Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu (Stars and Smoke #1)-- I have to say that I am SO lucky to have an ARC of this one. I really didn’t expect to get it when I put in the request on NetGalley. I’m trying to decide if I read it as soon as possible or if I wait and savor it at the end of the month. I’m going to keep the synopsis SO BRIEF to go into this knowing as little as I can. This one follows a superstar who has been tapped to become a secret agent and the reluctant young spy assigned to be his partner. I’m literally squealing over here. Shut your whole face. I don’t know exact what genre this story is going to lean into since GoodReads has it marked as a YA Romance/Contemporary/Mystery/Fantasy, but I’m here for it.

7. Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia-- Another NetGalley ARC for this month. I’m also excited to get to this one. It’s slated as a suspenseful and inventive murder-mystery inspired by lesser-known Grimm fairytales. As someone who has read the whole of the Brother’s Grimm’s fairytales, I’m beyond psyched for this one. I’ll give you the brief synopsis from the top of the Goodreads page for this book: “The People of Greyfair Known that the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and that they should never set foot off the road. But when a young tailor discovers a body on the road, her search for the culprit reveals even more strange and dark happenings around her town.” Is this the right time of year for this sort of book? Depends on who you ask. Me? I’m always down for something good and dark.

#February tbr #monthly tbr #tbr #to be read pile #reading plans #books to be read #make a wish #helena hunting #the magic misfits #neil patrick harris #the statistical probability of love at first sight #Jennifer E. Smith #The Ruin of Kings #Jenn Lyons #traitor's blade #Sebastien de castell #stars and smoke #marie lu #greymist fair #Francesca zappia

[matadede-good]

I found this trend searching Dark Matter images with its japanese name and, well, I did it! Hey. Who's ur favorite Kirby boss? :0

I have too much fun doing this but were 17 long hours (obviously I didn't it in one day, I was four days in this drawing)

The original template was in Japanese but I couldn't found the original author of the template, I just translate it to english:

If someone want to do this one too! I might make a version with the missing bosses, but Idk

#fanart #digital art #my own stuff #kirby #kirby fanart #king dedede #nightmare kirby #dark matter swordsman #dark matter blade #dark matter kirby #marx kirby #gryll kirby #zero kirby #zero two kirby #dark mind kirby #drawcia #dark nebula #yin yarn #necrodeus #traitor magolor #magolor #marx soul #drawcia soul #magolor soul #masked dedede #galacta knight #aeon hero #art trend #kirby art #tw: mild gore

[livelaughlovecassie]

I need y’all to promise you can be normal about a female villain because I for one am welcoming Valax with open arms and inviting her to stab me

#blades of light and shadow #blades of light and shadow 2 #playchoices #this reads as a joke #which it partly is. but if Aerin can be forgiven then I don’t want to hear it if she ends up a traitor/villainous

[spuder441]

#slay the princess #stp princess #stp #the wild #princess #blades #traitor

[zhoras-bitch]

I cannot in good conscience recommend the League of Dreamers app here because the English translation is pretty awful (from what I've seen), but I need at least one person in the world to understand what Kaef'l from Tablet of Isis is doing to me as an Aerin stan.

#the parallels between these two are driving me insane #climbing up the walls chewing on concrete #what is it with me an traitorous second princes #league of dreamers #tablet of isis #aerin valleros #blades of light and shadow #bitch speaks

[randomaccessmike]

Wise words from King Paelis...

#traitors blade #falcio val mond #books i read #books #quotes #book qoute #book quotes

[jaronxlordashcombe]

YAY

I have finally gottening an Ao3 account cant wait to start posting!

#the ascendance series #jaron artolius eckbert iii #the false prince #the runaway king #the shadow throne #the captive kingdom #the shattered castle #roden harlowe #imogen #percy jackson and the olympians #the lightning theif #the sea of monsters #the titans curse #the battle of the labyrinth #the last olympian #the heros of olympus #the lost hero #the son of neptune #the mark of athena #the house of hades #the blood of olympus #TRIALS OF APOLLO! #the blackthorn key #the mark of the plague #the assassins curse #the call of the wraith #the traitors blade #the revenge of the raven #Ao3

[ravens-shadow-series]

#anthony ryan #Raven's Shadow #Ravens Shadow #Raven’s Blade duology #Raven’s Blade #Ravens Blade #The Draconis Memoria #Covenant of Steel #Blood Song #Tower Lord #Queen of Fire #The Pariah #The Martyr #The Traitor #The Waking Fire #The Legion of Flame #The Empire of Ashes #The Wolf's Call #The Wolfs Call #The Black Song #The Lady of Crows #Many Are the Dead #The Lord Collector #A Duel of Evils #Songs of the Dark #Fantasy #Book #readblr

[felagund-fiollaigean]

Hi there!

Having read you awesome Whumptober fic about her, I was wondering if you had any headcanons about Valiana? I love her to pieces, and I'd love to read your thoughts on her.

Have a wonderful day!

Oh shit yeah! hold on let me see if I can put some of these thoughts to words

After Saint's Blood she makes a point to have Kest teach her the Grandanza. (or whatever that dance is called. you know what I mean, right? cool. moving on).

actually no I'm not moving on. you know what? Valiana was/is a professional noblewoman and Kest is Kest, they're both trained in formal ballroom dance and they do make a point to dance together at least once. I like to dance, and that's fun to think about. I've mentioned my thoughts about her and kest before but I think they're buds. good pals. they have offscreen bonding moments and they're all great.

oh no, bad thought. at one point, she does ask him to kill her if the adorasia takes over again and she can't fight it anymore.

her handwriting is immaculate

She has to unlearn so much toxic shit she picked up from Patriana (who, I think we can all surmise, was absolutely not a good parent). I think body image issues were definitely part of that, Patirana would constantly nitpick at her appearance and that shit sticks with you.

again, i project, but there are so many practical skills she never had to learn in Princess Mode that suddenly are necessary as a Greatcoat. How to repair horse tack. How to build a shelter when sleeping out in the open. How to tie a clove hitch. Other basic combat/survival/travel skills. One of the other main greatcoats will say something like, "your sword's getting dull, make sure you sharpen it" and she's faced with the realization that no one ever taught her to do this thing which she never needed to know but is now the most basic skill for her new line of work. She tries to figure it out on her own and usually doesn't get it right, and one of the others has to come along and help her fix it and teach her how to do it correctly. It's an utterly humiliating and exhausting learning curve to have to go through and she hates every minute but takes it like a champ.

TYRANT'S THRONE SPOILERS BELOW]

After Aline dies, she's afraid to let herself even think about it, because she worries that if she lets herself experience emotions too strongly it will weaken her defenses and let the Adorasia in the driver's seat again. This isn't so much a headcanon as much as "I will kidnap sdc and hold him hostage until he releases the Valiana POV chapter from when Aline is killed until the Trial cause my girl must have been Going Through It and I need to know someone was there for her please" there was a time she made Aline her entire reason for living she must have been fucking devastated when Aline died but unlike Falcio, she couldn't allow herself to go apeshit for so many reasons.

part of me says she's bi/aspec cause I'm bi/aspec and I say so. I do know she had a huge crush on dari. the nonsense with pastien (FUCK that guy) sets her back a ways in the whole "exploration of sexuality" department, as she intentionally distances herself from any kind of attraction or romantic feelings for fear of being betrayed again.

Adorasia means she's suffering from some level of mental fatigue constantly.

stimming helps. she stims cause i stim and i say so. but she can't let herself do it much in front of people cause everyone knows shes mad and is looking for the slightest excuse to declare her incompetent.

She gets lots of unflattering nicknames. Madwoman, Crazy Bitch, The Stark-Raving Duchess of Rijou.

But she's not the queen's iron for nothing and never gives them a goddamn inch.

also do you ever wonder if her title as The Queen's Iron was intentionally a contrast to the Iron Duke of DeMaris? cause I do.

I've never thought of her as a cat person before, but in knight's shadow her love language seems to be "you're in distress so i'm going to come over here and be quiet and just sit next to you" and that is very cat like.

her and darriana never stop being an absolute force of nature when they're together. They're similar enough to share a braincell in most matters but different enough in method of execution to balance each other out. sometimes they have "girls nights out" which sometimes involve getting wine drunk and complaining about everyone else and sometimes involve masked vigilante justice.

In a modern au her superpower is deciding to pick up a new hobby and proceeding to follow through actually excel at that hobby in the long term. my half-finished abandoned sewing projects hate her

so, yeah!

that's what i have darling and thank you so much for this ask, that was very fun to have an excuse to write this all out. I might think of more stuff later but honestly I have Things To Do Today and have to get going. cheers!

#the greatcoats #greatcoats series #valiana val mond #greatcoats spoilers #traitor's blade #tyrant's throne #saint's blood #knight's shadow

[sol-thorne-shitpost]

After Traitor Blade, Cursed by Twilight is now wrapped up, at 60k words. Whoooooh I'm on a roll.

#tloz #oc x canon #again if you want me to post this you'll have to bully me into doing it #twilight princess #fanfic #at least for this one I didn't make up as much lore as I did in Traitor Blade

[asktheheirofslytherin]

What exactly happened to the people that tried to cut the mark out of thier skin?? I'm curious

The handle of the blade becomes hot and fuses to the perpetrators skin so that they cannot let go no matter how excruciating it is to hold on. The blade itself will splinter, no matter the material. And the word traitor will carve itself into their skin, over and over again.

And I will be summoned, of course.

#voldemort #dark mark #torture #body horror tw #death eaters #desertion #knife #blade #traitor

[titanomancy]

Gee, Lucius, how come your Primarch lets you have two swords?

#games workshop #citadel miniatures #forge world #warhammer 40k #warhammer 30k #horus heresy #age of darkness #legiones astartes #heretic astartes #chaos space marines #traitor legions #emperor's children #lucius #the faultless blade #warhammer community

[dibator]

From Sebastien de Castell comes Crucible of Chaos, a novel of The Court of Shadows

From Sebastien de Castell, the author of the internationally acclaimed Greatcoats and Spellslinger seriesCRUCIBLE OF CHAOS: A NOVEL OF THE COURT OF SHADOWS  A mortally wounded magistrate faces his deadliest trial inside an ancient abbey where the monks are going mad and the gods themselves may be to blame!  Estevar Borros, one of the legendary sword-fighting magistrates know as the Greatcoats…

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#CreativeEdgePublicity #Court of Shadows #Crucible of Chaos #Knight&039;s Shadow #Saint&039;s Blood #Sebasitien de Castell #Tales of the Greatcoats #The Greatcoats Series #Traitor&039;s Blade #Tyrant&039;s Throne

[strawberryviscera]

society could be built on selecting random women to be put in a blender and pulverized monthly and tiktok would be like “how to SLAY the blender look! if you don’t want to get blended you’re just a pick me. getting blended is an act of rebellion in our society. how to dress more blendercore. trans women will never know what it feels like to be worried about getting selected for the blender every month (even though trans women get blended more often than cis women). trans men are traitors because they don’t get selected for the blender anymore (even though they do). actually women are more biologically suited to be blended because our soft frail bodies are easier on the blades and our brains are full of goopy feminine emotions and fluff so there is nothing of value lost when they’re crushed into a chunky red liquid. it is an act of divine femininity to be blended.”

#feminism #transphobia #transmisogyny #misogyny