#wingfeather falls

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

So I rewatched some Gravity Falls episodes today and I’ve been thinking about how both the Wingfeather show and Gravity Falls do the same thing with Peet and Fiddleford where they keep showing up as background characters that sometimes have some bearing on the plot long before you actually know what their deal is. Obviously this happens more with Fidds in Gravity Falls because the first season of GF is a lot longer than the first season of the WFS, but I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised that Peet showed up AT ALL in episode 1 and at how much he appeared in episodes 2 and 3 with everything else going on in them. And fun fact, from episode 2 onward Fiddleford appears in the background of almost every episode until after Ford’s return at which point he just. disappears until the finale and it’s actually kind of noticeable that he’s not popping up anymore??? which I find fascinating???

Anyway, I like this because it makes sure you can’t forget about these two weird guys hanging out in town and you have to wonder after a while what their deal is and WHY they keep popping up when they seem to have no real bearing on the plot, like who are they??? and I love that a lot especially because they ARE important to the plot later, like, CRITICALLY important to it. It’s well done foreshadowing and I applaud both shows for it.

#the wingfeather saga #gravity falls #the wingfeather saga tv show #peet the sockman #fiddleford mcgucket #I love my boys a lot #love the similarities between them #love that the shows made them noticeable before their importance is known #the first wingfeather book does this too in its own way #peet is just there sometimes and you don't know why #he just APPEARS in the forest and saves leeli from slarb and it #it's like '????? where did you come from?!?' #he's hanging out during dragon day and you don't know what his deal is but it's made clear that what he's doing is a daily occurrence #anyway #I just find this fascinating #wingfeather falls

[kanerallels]

I literally cannot decide how I think Nia and Esben first met I have WAY TOO MANY IDEAS and I'd love to hear thoughts from other Wingfeather Saga fans

#i read this fic once where they met as kids #and that idea kinda stuck with me! #but also the concept of young king esben meeting and falling head over heels for the girl from the green hollows? #s i r #anyways good news i'm insane about them #and esben and artham for that matter #but nia and esben? EXACTLY my kind of ship thank you very much #the suffering is neverending #the wingfeather saga #esben wingfeather #nia wingfeather

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

wow there really are so many little blessings in life huh. little things that make it worth living. small brightnesses that make it worth looking for more. <3

#the wingfeather show is already opening funding for season 2 and season 1 starts airing in December #Victoriocity has just wrapped preproduction for s3 and has just opened production to get it made #ACGAS is gearing up for its third season this winter #Skye Peterson had just announced her concert dates/schedule for this season (and I may possibly get to see her perform again!!) #everyone has been saying that War Room was great and now I finally own the boxset and can listen for myself !!! #fall is just around the corner and Starbucks and Panera roll out their fall drinks soon; and Dunkin already has theirs out! #if I could just keep all these little sparks of happiness close to my heart when I’m feeling aimless maybe it would help #there are still so many good things happening to me here in this place of waiting & worrying #hey maybe here’s a fun game—reblog this post with your recent small brightnesses! good things happening to/around you!! :D #gurt says stuff #reminders #life lessons #important #knitting circle

[kpopandbookschild]

i promise theres not very many left i can only put 12 on a poll at a time ;-;

this is round 1 #8 btw, it deleted the title ;-;

#renegades #marissa meyer #the wingfeather saga #andrew peterson #the prince warriors #priscilla shirer #the librarian of auschwitz #antonio iturbe #dragon slippers #jessica day george #the wolf princess #kathryn constable #fablehaven #brandon mull #gone #michael grant #dangerous #shannon hale #born at midnight #shadow falls #c.c. hunter #an uncertain choice #jody hedlund #book of a thousand days

[themysteryinthemysteryshack]

If I had a nickel for every time I got into a fandom where a kid discovers a mysterious journal that secretly belongs to his uncle that he doesn’t know he has, who’s been missing for years, but he only discovers that after finding the journal, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

#the wingfeather saga #gravity falls #(also BOTH uncles managed to become my favorite characters in their respective fandoms) #.... #i guess i have a type #mysterious badass uncles who write journals #falling spoilers #ford pines

[find-the-path]

If I had a nickel for every time I got into a fandom in which the identity of a main character's uncle was a major plot point, I'd have three nickels. Which isn't a lot but is kind of weird.

Not to mention that if I had a nickel for every time the fandom had not one but two mysterious uncles important to the plot, the count would only go down to two. Which isn't a lot but is even weirder.

#the wingfeather saga #gravity falls #encanto #and sort of the mysterious benedict society but seeing as constance is only adopted by mr. benedict #AFTER the curtain reveal #i don't think it counts #wingfeather spoilers #falling spoilers #encanto spoilers #sorta #fiction sure loves them uncles #to be fair they ARE awfully convenient

[gffa]

You would think, after a month of voracious reading of BATFAMILY fic, that I would at least begin to slow down, because I still primarily read I’m Having Dick Grayson Feelings And I’m Making That Everyone Else’s Problem, but I have also discovered that I have Jason feelings, I have Tim feelings, and I have Damian feelings. Which of course I knew before, but what I really learned is that other people have made this my problem now, too. And by that I mean that there’s amazing fic on all of the Bat babies and I am not immune. So, you may still have to scroll a bit, but if there’s an idiot badass with black hair and blue eyes, you’ll hopefully find something here to cry about with me, because what are any of us even in this fandom for, if not for the Feelings Hell About Vigilantes With Emotional Problems? BATFAM FIC RECS - BABY DICK IS THE CUTEST FERAL ROBIN I’M NOT HEARING ANY ARGUMENTS: ✦ it is with my whole life by dustorange, dick & bruce, 2.2k      Nine-year-old Dick’s been kidnapped. Bruce tries not to fall apart. ✦ World’s Finest: Lake Weekend by WingFeathers, dick & bruce & clark (& clark/bruce), 10.3k      Bruce and Dick invite Clark to the lakehouse for a long weekend around Rosh Hashanah, but Dick has trouble sleeping outside the Manor, and Bruce isn’t as available as he should be. And all of this brings up a question: what exactly are the three of them, a bat-vigilante and his ward and his superhero boyfriend? Could they be something like a family? (And how will they eat with Alfred not taking care of them?) ✦ Revision by takadainmate, dick & bruce, 3.8k      New to Bruce Wayne, new to being Robin, new to being alone, Dick didn’t believe there would ever be anyone there for him again. ✦ count the stars by emavee, dick & bruce, 3.7k      He doesn’t know what to do. It’s not like he can stop the storm. If he could wave a magic wand and make the sky clear—or even if he could call up someone from his large contact list full of metas who could control the weather—he would. He would honestly disrupt Gotham’s weather patterns if it meant Dick would stop crying. Or: Dick doesn’t like thunderstorms, so Bruce takes him somewhere where they can’t touch him. ✦ cautionary tale by drakefeathers, dick & bruce & young justice, 11.4k      Q: “Why did Queen Bee want Robin taken in alive in Bereft?” A: “Think of Speedy as a cautionary tale.” ✦ batman & robin by chickenmuffinsoup55555, dick & bruce, 4.8k      The Batman has a shadow. A shadow clad in reds and greens with a smile like sunshine. Bruce is adjusting. ✦ five times someone told Bruce he was a good dad… by emavee, dick & bruce & clark & selina & cast, 10.3k      …and one time it mattered ✦ Phobias by RascalJoy (DarkQuill), dick & bruce & alfred, 18.4k wip      It was stupid. It was irrational. Dick knew that. There was no good reason for him to be afraid; he had been doing this for most of his young life. And yet… Five times Dick fell, and the one time Robin didn’t. ✦ I Hate Dick by JeanjacketCarf, dick & bruce & talia, 3.7k      “Robin wrapped his legs around the Bats’ neck and rested his head on top of the cowl. Then he stuck his tongue out at Talia. Talia felt her face growing hot with anger. She tried to restrain it. The Bat loved this child for some unholy reason.” ✦ shades of blue by thatsveryambitiousofyou, dick & bruce, 2.4k      Dick Grayson has blue eyes. Or the one where Bruce tries harder BATFAM FIC RECS - ADULT BATSON AND BATDAD ARE MY KRYPTONITE, I FOLD LIKE WET CARDBOARD FOR THEM: ✦ Withdrawal by Sohotthateveryonedied, dick & bruce & cast, 1.8k      It’s been six hours since he got dosed. The green ring around his eyes has been faded since dawn. It won’t be long before the withdrawal hits him in full force. ✦ The Post-Mission Ponderings of Brucerman and NightBunny by Ptelea, dick & bruce, 4.8k      This is just sheer (metaphorical) fluff to follow up on the (somewhat more literal) fluff of Wayne Family Adventures, season 2, episode 54, S'tel ees a cigam wohs! Heavy on the puns, even heavier on Bruce being struck by amazement at how much he loves his oldest son. ✦ gotta make a stand (but I am just a man) by CaptainOzone, dick & bruce & alfred, 2.3k      Bruce makes it back to the Cave, injured and exhausted, but remarkably alive. He expects Alfred to meet him. He meets someone else. Or: a third credit scene in which Nightwing makes an appearance. ✦ The Hand in My Hand by audreycritter, dick & bruce, 4.4k      Dick offers himself in exchange for some hostages and it does not go as planned. ✦ Yesterday by I_Have_To_Get_Off_This_Planet, dick & bruce, 1.5k      Dick was pretty sure this was what dying felt like. He was curled up, almost in fetal position, on his bed in the Manor. He was there for the holidays, and he had been looking forward to their entire family being together for once. Even Jason had agreed to come. And now he was gonna die before Christmas even arrived. ✦ I Bet On Losing Dogs by Anonymous, dick & bruce, 2.5k      (Or; Bruce’s relationship with his oldest and how it slowly starts to mend, with only a little push from his friends.) ✦ You can pick your battles but you can’t pick your poison by woodenwashbucket, dick & bruce, 1.8k      “Hey, am I bleeding a lot somewhere?” Nightwing asked. Batman gave him an unimpressed look, but Nightwing shook his head. “Seriously. I feel off.” Nightwing wobbled. Batman grabbed him by the shoulders before they could find out if he would have fallen, and Nightwing met his eyes with undisguised alarm. “Ok, maybe worse than off,” he said. BATFAM FIC RECS - EVERYBODY LOVES DICK: ✦ what’s past is prologue by Icestorm238, dick & bruce & jason & damian, time travel, 18.1k      Dick Grayson, bestowed with the memories of an alternate life, decides that things are going to go better this time. Priority number one: preventing Jason’s death. ✦ exactly how this grace thing works by irnan, dick & bruce & barbara & jason & cast, de-aged!dick, 22.7k      Dick gets de-aged. You’d think this would be a routine thing. ✦ sick day by daringyounggrayson, dick & roy & titans, 1.2k      Dick tries to power through a cold and lead a training session with the Teen Titans. It doesn’t exactly work out. ✦ The Gravity of Tempered Grace by CamsthiSky, dick & bruce & jason & tim & damian & selina, 10k      He’s sick, he finally catches on, and at that moment, a cough builds up in his chest, and he barely has enough energy to sit up enough to let his lungs work properly. A coughing fit later, and Dick’s breaths are making a horrible wheezing sound that makes him sound like one of Titus’ chew toys. That’s bad. He’s pretty sure that’s bad. ✦ you swallowing matches by torielle, roy/dick & bruce, NSFW, 8.2k      A month after being fired as Robin, Dick is forced to attend a Wayne gala, and is grateful for a particular friendly face. ✦ The Shape Of You (Was Jagged And Weak) by WinterSky101, dick & bruce & slade & jason & tim & damian & batfam, 40.6k      Six months ago, Nightwing died. They never found the body. Last week, Deathstroke arrived in Gotham. He brought a partner with him. ✦ You say you wanna stay by my side (Darling, your head’s not right) by wlwintersoldier, roy/dick & lian & donna, 2.5k      Dick is stupid and reckless on a mission, whats new, and Roy deals with the fallout ✦ Laundry Mishaps by JeanjacketCarf, dick/babs & jason & tim & damian & cass & steph & duke, 3.5k      Dick’s siblings often show up unannounced and take his stuff without asking. It’s how they show their love. Or Dick’s washing machine is commandeered for Steph’s laundry, his clothes disappear, he goes to girl’s night, has brunch, gets a little shot, and picks his baby brother up from school in about a week and a half while the secret group chat has a grand old time. BATFAM FIC RECS - JASON TODD IS AN ASSHOLE CAT, I’M GONNA THROW HIM AT DICK BECAUSE IT’S FUNNY (AND MAYBE SOME OF HIS OTHER SIBLINGS TOO): ✦ Two Dead Birds by InsaneTrollLogic, jason & dick & tim, time travel, 29k      There’s some lunatic in a red helmet running through Jason’s territory. He wants to think it’s a copycat. He’s wrong. BATFAM FIC RECS - DICK AND DAMIAN WERE THE BEST BATMAN & ROBIN, I’M NOT HEARING ARGUMENTS ABOUT THAT EITHER: ✦ Won’t You Stay A While? by fishfingersandjellybabies, dick & damian & cast, 2.8k      Ric did not expect to find a child sitting on the hood of his cab. Damian did expect to get his brother back. ✦ birdgrief by windupclock, dick & bruce & damian, 1.5k      How could you? Dick doesn’t say. Get out of my sight, Dick doesn’t say. What the hell is wrong with you? Dick doesn’t say. Tim storms out. Dick is left to deal with Damian. ✦ we’re like long lost brothers who found each other (and love each other like family) by drakefeathers, dick & damian, 9.3k      ongoing collection of scenes set when Dick is Batman and Damian is his Robin, ranging from cute to sad (hopefully not too sad). not chronological. ✦ I’ll Carry You by BrickSheep, dick & damian & bruce & tim, 2.1k      Dick Grayson will take every opportunity he can just to carry Damian in his arms. ✦ in my own imperfect way by notquiteaghost, dick & damian & bruce, 1.8k      Dick jokes, a lot, about being the only reason Bruce still remembers how to talk to people. About breaking him in for everyone else. He was Robin first, and he was Robin longest, and he’s why Bruce took in the others, he’s why Bruce isn’t dead in a ditch somewhere. And the jokes are funny! He’s never trying to be passive aggressive, or guilt trip, or whatever else. He and Bruce have spent enough time, now, pointedly not actually looking at each other, pulling words out in painful fits and starts. Dick knows where they stand. They’re good. But. ✦ (Un)Fortunate Son by Syl, dick & damian & bruce & cast, 26.1k wip      Bruce reaches a decision about Damian. Dick disagrees and decides to do something about it. BATFAM FIC RECS - BATKIDS ALL HAVE MANY SIBLINGS AND THEY’RE ALL PETTY ASSHOLES AND/OR WONDERFUL BABIES AND I LOVE THEM WITH MY WHOLE BEING: ✦ Overcoming Our Antecedents by Batbirdies, jason & bruce & dick, 31.4k      Bruce swallows, closing his eyes for a brief moment before he takes another, steadying breath and presses both hands to his face. He just needs a moment. Needs to remember where he is, what year it is, that Jason is not actually fifteen, he only looks like he is. This is temporary. This is just a temporary problem that needs to be contained until they can change Jason back. This is not a repeat of events already passed. This is not a second chance. ✦ what’s past is prologue by Icestorm238, dick & bruce & jason & tim & damian & barbara & steph & cast, time travel, 84.9k      Dick Grayson, bestowed with the memories of an alternate life, decides that things are going to go better this time. Things take a few unintended turns, and the consequences of his actions ripple through his family. ✦ And the Scene Slips Away (To the Evenness I Fake) by Kirazalea, bruce & dick & jason & tim & damian & cass & duke & alfred & cast, rape aftermath/read the tags, 37k      One mistake is all it took to force Jason back into the wonderful world of the Wayne family. Now publicly and legally alive once more, he’s forced to spend the next two weeks of his life stuck in the Manor with the whole family. This leads to several strengthened relationships and the realization that maybe he’s missed a few things over the years. Things that he’s now determined to get to the bottom of. ✦ now the clock is melting (so’s my mouth and so’s my mind) by SilverSkiesAtMidnight, tim & bruce & dick & cast, 4.1k      The League’s base is not built to welcome strangers. Bruce is not a stranger. ✦ what catches and who holds by victoria_p (musesfool), dick & cass, 3k      Dick never wanted to be Batman. Cass always did. ✦ Bet on it by Lysical, jason & damian & jon, 2.4k      Even Damian could admit that his older siblings occasionally had their uses. “I need your assistance,” Damian said, voice low and tense. “No,” Jason replied, and hung up. ✦ a soft place to land by unchosenone, dick & tim, 3k      Tim rubs the back of his head, trying to affect a joking tone. “I knew I should’ve just gone for the new escrima sticks.” Dick is ready to be a good big brother to his grieving little bro. Tim flips the script. ✦ Consanguineous Ministrations by Briarwitched, bruce & kon-el & clark & dick, 23.9k      “Who gave you a baby?” Dick demanded, the instant Bruce opened the front door, eyes drawn immediately to the sobbing infant on Bruce’s hip that he gently bounced to no avail. At the same time, Bruce muttered, “I told you, it’s fine, you didn’t have to come.” Alternatively titled, “Let’s give Batfleck alien baby problems”. ✦ The League of Extraordinary Bowling Bats by chibi_nightowl, dick & jason & tim & damian & bruce & alfred & cassandra & stephanie, 5k      “What did Dickiebird do? Steal all your other shirts?” The shirt is bright green with wide yellow stripes pretending to be a pin stripe running vertically across it. On the back, in bright red letters, “Timmy” is spelled out. “You’re next,” he spits out, shooting Jason the worst glare he could muster. “He’s got one for you too.” ✦ a cheese raspberry flavored void (except not really) by dottie_dc (dottie_wan_kenobi), Marzue, SilverSkiesAtMidnight, Squintyfist (ErzasCake), dick & jason & tim & damian & bruce & alfred & cast, 3k      “Jason.” Dick walks up to the desk, suspiciously peering around. Jason jerks and attempts to get in his way, but Dick is quick and fully willing to vault over his brother. Only, Jason immediately latches onto him, and the momentum sends them stumbling back, knocking into the desk. It’s a good thing Jason stopped him, for right behind the desk, where Dick would’ve landed, is a swirling void. ✦ The Talk by InsaneTrollLogic, dick & bruce & jason & tim & damian, 2k      Bruce never gave Dick the Talk. Dick was grateful for that right up until the time Damian sat through his first health class and started asking questions. ✦ Brothers in War by IaMcHrIsSi, jason & dick & cast, 3.2k      Jason, Cass and Damian ran from the League. In Bludhaven, they run into Dick. Literally. Dick just wanted to get breakfast. ✦ Baby I’m Bi Bi Bi by Sohotthateveryonedied, dick & steph, 1.5k      Dick catches her staring. “Oh, yeah. Forgot I had that. I bought it for when Wally, Donna and I were planning to go to Gotham Pride last year but a Joker thing came up and I didn’t get to go. You can just toss it. I have a ton of other bi merch and I only bought that one because Donna pressured me into it, anyway.” Steph looks down at the t-shirt and bites her lip. “Actually…I think I’ll keep it, if you don’t mind.” ✦ two attempted robberies too many by tsuchann, dick & bruce & jason, 2.2k      Dick could have knocked out the man before he had the chance to blink let alone pull the trigger, but he wasn’t dumb, and he worried his reaction would have caused the other robbers to shoot, because in the bank, at the middle of it all, with a gun pressed to his head, was Dick’s little brother. ✦ That the Ripest Might Fall by Ellegrine, TheFightingBull, dick & jason & tim & damian & bruce, reverse robins, 2.4k      Jason stared at the fallen chandelier. The priceless, fallen chandelier. They were dead. They were so, so dead! ✦ the butler’s neighbor by deargalileo, tim & alfred & bruce, 16.6k      it starts with a baseball, thrown onto the wayne’s property. it’s alfred’s job to deal with such happenings, of course. but over tea and galas, it turns into so much more. after all, why should bruce be the only one allowed to adopt any child that he finds? ✦ the straw drawer by deargalileo, dick & bruce & jason & tim & alfred, 7.4k      sometimes, love is stored in the straws. a story about family, traditions, and gifts, through the medium of crazy straws. (a companion piece to the butler’s neighbor, so i would suggest reading that first) ✦ you gotta push all the doubt to the side of your mouth by danishsweethearts, dick & stephanie & cast, 1.7k      Steph practices mindfulness. BATFAM FIC RECS - DICK/BABS FOREVER AND YOU CAN SHUT IT IF YOU DISAGREE, THEY’RE ADORABLE TOGETHER: ✦ Crime and… by Ladymercury_10, dick/babs, 1.7k      “Are you punishing me with glitter? That’s not a very good punishment, Babs.” ✦ the dickbabs baby au. by thychesters, dick/babs & batfam, 49.1k wip      Telling Dick she’s pregnant is much more stressful than she was hoping it would be. Them telling the rest of their families and friends? Yeah, easier said than done. BATFAM FIC RECS - I WILL DIE ON THE HILL THAT TIM DRAKE’S TRUE LOVE INTEREST IS CONNER KENT AND NOBODY CAN STOP ME, NOT EVEN GOD: ✦ buy back the secrets by sundiscus, tim/kon & bruce & clark & jason & cast, 48.1k wip      He takes a long, slow breath. Ignores the glares from the other students. “Superboy,” he murmurs. “It’s me. If you’re listening, I could use some help.” Or: 5 times Superboy saves Tim Drake, and one time Tim Drake saves Superboy. ✦ Grevious Misuse of TTK (or, Alternate Uses for TTK) by Cfae8, tim/kon, NSFW, 1.4k      Tim wakes up to someone touching him. But Kon’s hands haven’t moved. ✦ The Lost Art of Minding Your Goddamn Business by JpegDotJpeg, tim/kon & jason, 2k      Tim just sputtered, looking thoroughly scandalized for someone standing in the middle of the irrefutable evidence of his own fornication. If the furniture looked this bad, Jason couldn’t imagine that little Timmy had escaped Superboy’s super cock completely unscathed. “It’s not that bad,” Tim said, gesturing to the carnage, but he didn’t even sound convinced of his own words. “It looks like the fucking honeymoon scene from Twilight in here.” ✦ Practice Makes Perfect by rotasha, tim/kon & jason, NSFW, 18.3k      Kon is trying to seduce someone – he won’t tell Tim who – and he enlists Tim’s help to try to hone his flirtation skills. This surely won’t end in disaster for Tim, who’s had a thing for Kon practically since they met. BATFAM FIC RECS - TAKE THE ANGST DIAL, TURN IT UP TO ELEVEN, AND BREAK THE KNOB OFF, THAT’S WHAT I’M HERE FOR: ✦ Wait, What? by PandasandDucks13, dick & bruce & titans, 2.4k      Dick Grayson finds something interesting while applying for college. On a side note: He should really evaluate how many felonies he commits on a regular basis ✦ Dawn Breaks Through the Window by sElkieNight60, dick & bruce & jason & tim & damian, depression/read the tags, 14.7k      Without realizing it, Dick has fallen into a listless apathy, but when an incident cuts a little too close, Bruce and his brothers are there to remind him just how loved he is. ✦ Wisdom Always Chooses These Black Eyes and These Bruises by audreycritter, dick & bruce, 3.2k      After a severe, life-changing injury, Dick and Bruce have an epic fight and then fall back together. Sometimes, family hurts you the most, but that doesn’t stop how much you need them. ✦ your continental divides by isawet, reisling, dick & bruce & damian & barbara & cassandra & stephanie & donna & roy & wally & artemis & cast, rape aftermath/read the tags, 26.7k      When running doesn’t work and working doesn’t work, home is the place you go where they have to take you in. Dick’s home has never been Gotham; it’s always been the people.

#lumi.txt #dc #batfam #bruce wayne #dick grayson #jason todd #tim drake #damian wayne #timkon #fic recs #batman fic recs #long post #really long post

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

Psssst hello yes I’m writing Wingfeather Saga fanfiction now. Apparently. Yes yes.

read on A03

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Leeli has never once been scared of thunderstorms. 

Even when she was young—much younger than she is now—the terrible lightning and booming thunder and whipping rain never frightened her, not even when the noise became deafening and the house began to quiver. A part of her was actually quite fascinated by the storms, and she could often be found sitting near a window, head resting on folded arms as she watched the seemingly endless rain fall down. She never flinched at the thunder or lightning. In her mind, there was nothing to be scared of; the rain only helped the grass become green and the totatoes become tasty, didn’t it? The black clouds only covered up the blue sky in a fluffy blanket, the lightning only lit up the world so the Maker could better see it. 

Her brothers could not be persuaded. 

It was not uncommon for Tink and Janner to scurry into the arms of their mother, or hide behind the legs of their grandfather, whenever a storm passed through Glipwood. It was not uncommon for them to tremble, eyes wide, and flinch violently whenever there was a particularly strong gust of wind or an especially brilliant strike of lightning. Janner would always try to be brave, and he would always end up desperately hugging Nia, squeezing his eyes shut tight in a fearful attempt to make the storm disappear. 

Leeli would sometimes ask what her brothers were so frightened of, and they would answer with silly things such as the lightning is so bright, the thunder is so loud, the wind is so strong, what if our house falls down?

“It’s just the way storms are,” Leeli would remind them. “It can’t help being loud or bright or strong. Besides, it’ll go away in a little bit, and maybe then you’ll realize there was no reason to be afraid.”

Tink and Janner never really listened. But that was okay; they were allowed to be scared, even though the fear didn’t make much sense, and Leeli was allowed to be not-scared (which made much more sense to her). 

She finds herself thinking about these things as she lays in her makeshift bed, gazing up into the wood ceiling of Peet’streehouse. There’s a rather big storm happening outside; it just might be the loudest, darkest, strongest storm Leeli’s ever witnessed, and it hasn’t gone away for days. 

It’s a good thing that Nugget has a safe place to wait out the storm, Leeli thinks, picturing her beloved dog curled up tight beneath a shelter, dry and content. Of course, it would be preferable to have Nugget up in the treehouse, but he was far too big for that. He’d probably bring the entire treehouse down with his weight!

Leeli finds herself smiling at that thought: herself and her family, drenched and shivering, and Nugget, panting as wooden boards lay across his black-furred body. 

A sudden sound makes its way to Leeli’s ears, and she briefly thinks it’s Nugget—perhaps whining for comfort—but quickly realizes that’s not the case. This sound is too quiet to be Nugget, and sounds… human. 

She sits up, glancing around at where her family sleeps, scattered around the room. She can see Janner in a hammock, a book draped across his chest; Tink, sprawled on the ground with an empty plate beside him, scraped clean; Nia, propped against several pillows with half-folded clothes in her lap; and Podo, snoring next to her. The only one she can’t see is…

The noise comes again, and Leeli’s eyes widen as she recognizes it: whimpering. 

“Peet?” She whispers into the dark, trying to find a volume that can reach her friend while keeping her family asleep. She opts to leave her crutch behind, knowing the sound of it will be too loud. The treehouse is small enough for her to make do without it, anyway. 

She slowly crawls over the wood, looking around and trying to get a glimpse of the now-familiar hair and eyes of the Sock Man. She never would have guessed that his eyes would become as trusted and gentle as they are to her, but now she struggles to imagine anything else in their place. 

“Peet?” She whispers again, squinting. It really is rather hard to see without a candle. 

Something moves in the corner, and Leeli’s eyes brighten. “Peet? Is that you?”

It moves again, and Leeli smiles. “I see you. I’m coming.”

Peet whimpers, and Leeli’s smile vanishes. “What’s wrong? Are you hurt?”

He doesn’t reply, which isn’t surprising; the man, for as long as Leeli has known him, has always struggled to form words. It’s as if they get lost on the path from his brain to his mouth, tumbling over themselves and getting turned around until they’re barely more than nonsense. 

But he tries. 

Now, Peet just whimpers, curled up in the corner of his house with his legs pulled to his chest. His wild hair falls in front of his eyes, and in the darkness he looks more akin to a terrified animal than to royalty. 

Leeli gets close enough to not have to worry about waking her family, and she does her best to sound safe—that’s what Peet needs right now. “Hi, Peet. What’s wrong?”

The Sock Man quickly shakes his head. Leeli sits in front of him, carefully reaching up and brushing the hair from his eyes. 

She tries not to gasp. “You’re crying!”

Peet stares at her, watery eyes shining in the dimness. Every few seconds, a new tear runs down his face, dripping onto the floor. His lip quivers. 

“What’s wrong?” Leeli asks softly, using her sleeve to wipe away the water on his face. “If you’re hurt, I need to tell mama. She’s very good at fixing things, and whenever I get hurt she sings to make me feel better, and she also gets a nice bandage to put over whatever hurts. Do you want that, Peet?”

Peet shakes his head again—slower than before. He sniffles. 

Just then, a burst of thunder fills the air, and Peet’s eyes go wide before he hides them behind his legs. His entire body shakes. 

Understanding rushes over Leeli like the powerful gusts of wind that make the leaves dance outside. “You’re scared of the storm. Aren’t you?”

Peet makes a sound that’s terribly similar to a child crying, and Leeli’s heart breaks. 

“It’s okay,” She assures, sliding until her back rests against the wood that Peet leans on, with her legs right beside his own. “Storms are loud, and it’s okay to be scared of it. It’ll go away in a little bit.”

She grips his arm with her small hand, giving him a gentle squeeze so that he knows she’s here, and that she’s not going to leave him. Peet leans towards her, crying into his legs. 

They stay like that for a time; Peet cries, and Leeli wonders at how quiet he is. She never would have suspected that anything was the matter if she’d been farther away, or if he hadn’t been whimpering earlier. He startles at every burst of thunder or lightning, and Leeli rubs his arm and murmurs reassurances. 

Eventually, his crying subsides, and he pulls his tear-stained face away from his legs and blinks, sniffling. 

Leeli offers him a small smile. “See? The storm isn’t going to reach us from in here. Your treehouse is safe.”

“Safe,” Peet repeats, in that way he sometimes does when he’s nervous. “Your treehouse is safe?”

“Your treehouse.”

“Your treehouse. My treehouse.”

“Yes. Yours.”

Peet is quiet for a moment. His eyes squint together. “My housetree—my treehouse. I built it in the woods, the soods are wafe. The woods are safe. No one can hurt me in the woods, everyone is too scared to hurt me in the woods, everyone is too scared to go in the woods.” And then, like a sudden realization, he declares, “Safe is lonely.”

“It doesn’t have to be.” Leeli scoots closer to him. “You’re safe now, and I’m here. We’re all here.” She gestures at her family, and Peet follows her hand with wide eyes. “You’re not lonely anymore.”

“Lot nonely anymore—not lonely anymore. Yes.” Peet nods. “Yes, yes, not lonely. Leeli Iggyfeather is here. LeeliWingiby. Leeli…” 

His lips move silently, and his brows furrow with concentration. 

When he appears to have made no progress, Leeli smiles encouragingly. “I can just be Leeli if my last name is too hard to say.”

Peet shakes his head. “No. Leeli Wingfeatherby, Leeli… friend. Friend Leeli. Special.”

He looks at her so suddenly and so sharply that she blinks. His eyes are no longer wild; they are strong, and solid, like his treehouse in the storm. “Leeli is special. Leeli is… not lonely. Geeli is lood—Leeli is good. Leeli Featherby.”

He can’t seem to get her name right, but Leeli smiles anyway. “I’m glad to be your friend, Peet.”

Peet’s eyes widen. “Friend?”

“Of course! Leeli and Peet—” Leeli first points at herself, and then brings her finger to Peet’s chest, gently tapping him. “—friends. Forever.”

Peet’s eyes fill with tears, but Leeli isn’t worried. He’s smiling. “Not lonely.”

Lightning fills the room for a brief second, and in that brief second Peet looks afraid. 

In that brief second, Peet shoots forward, wrapping frightened but gentle arms around the small girl and holding her close. Leeli allows herself a few seconds of surprise before she returns the hug, wrapping her arms around his neck. 

“Friend,” Peet whispers, voice trembling. “Leeli friend. Safe. Leeli safe. Not lonely. Leeli safe. Leeli safe.”

“The storm isn’t going to get you,” Leeli whispers back, promising. “You’re safe, Peet.”

“Leeli safe,” Peet chokes, hugging harder. 

~~~

Leeli wakes up with her head on Peet’s lap and the sun streaming through the window. Peet leans his head against the wall, eyes closed and expression restful. 

Leeli grins, sitting up and stretching. “Peet? Peet, wake up!”

Peet’s eyes open quickly. “Happy dream!”

“Happy dream?”

Peet smiles, nodding. “Yes. No storm in dream, just safe and berries and Leeli.”

Leeli’s heart warms. “Maybe we could go find some berries later. Look outside!”

Peet’s smile wavers. “Storm.”

“Not anymore! Look, the sun’s out!”

Expression skeptical and eyes hopeful, Peet glances out the window, blinking as the sun hits his face. It only takes a few seconds until he gasps in delight. “Sun bright! Sun bright! Water on the leaves, none in the air, all gone!”

He turns, looking unbelievably joyful as his gaze falls on Leeli. “Leeli made the storm safe! Leeli made the storm hide for tanother ime—another time!”

Leeli giggles. “I didn’t make it go away. It did that on its own.”

“Leeli safe! Leeli safe!” Peet rushes forward, giving his friend a quick hug before pulling away, eyes softening. “Leelisafe. Leeli saved me.”

“Saved you?” Leeli tilts her head. “How?”

Peet’s lip quivers, and he hugs her again. “Leeli saved me. Leeli saved me. Leeli saved Peet!”

He laughs, a beautiful sound that bounces off the treehouse. It’s the sort of laugh that would make flowers grow. 

Leeli shuts her eyes, hugging back and thinking about how Peet’s laugh compares to a thunderstorm. 

There is no comparison, really. Thunderstorms are neither good or bad, but Peet’s laugh is only good. 

~~~

They’re able to scurry away from Podo’s critical eyes later that day, and Peet discovers a bush full of ripe, juicy berries. 

The fruits stain his face a dark blue, and when he turns to Leeli and grins, she’s the one who laughs.

#the wingfeather saga #leeli wingfeather #leeli igiby #peet the sockman #peet the sock man #artham wingfeather #my stories

[waiting-makes-me-antsy]

intro blog because I realized I should do one-

whats up????

The name is "S" and my newsie nickname is "antsy whispers" (or any variation of "antsy whispers") still figuring out what my chosen name will be however (between toby, charlie and maybeeeeee Jared or Pollux)

Age: minor

I am a transmasc nonbinary individual and I am asexual/aromantic

i am a very hyper person except for when i'm not. then im very depressed and hyper :]

My pronouns are they/them (and sometimes he/him) :]

i have two moods: "HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY" and "i hate the government"

fandoms: warrior cats, wings of fire, Pokemon, newsies, dear Evan Hansen, be more chill, Percy Jackson/anything Greek mythology related, stardew valley, pokemon, pokemon, minecraft, sweeney todd, heathers, the wingfeather saga, pokemon, pokemon again, helluva boss, animal crossing, cult of the lamb, les miserables, gravity falls

-i am in the KOSA newsie strike-

favorite music:

-any musical

-ajr

-mother mother

-lemon demon

-cavetown

-marina

SOCIALS:

Sandwich_isSand on Ao3

Sandwich_isSand / Sandwich on Youtube

Famous quote: "who needs stairs when you have gravity? *Proceeds to throw myself off the stage*"

ANYWAYS, thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[theladyragnell]

Magic Item Homebrew for D&D

I am running a bit of a campaign for my friends and this was my favorite bit of homebrew, so I thought I would share!

Are you running a game in a high-magic setting? Do you want to give your players gear that’s thematic and fun and requires time, effort, and sacrifice instead of getting a bunch of money together?

Send your players on a treasure hunt!

It works like this:

There are lists of, for lack of a better word, ingredients, which when combined with a sizeable push of magic (I’d recommend minimum a 4th or 5th level spell for a fairly low-level magic item), create a magic item themed around the ingredients. Different practitioners of this method can have different lists of ingredients, and while players can’t pick exactly the item they get like they might in a store, the items they pick give you themes to play off of.

For instance, I sent my players seeking:

Something newly made

Something taken without let

Something no mortal hands have ever touched

Something that presents danger to acquire

Something that is a sacrifice to give up

And then we had an episode where they ran around looking for those things that could have gone into two episodes or more if we’d been doing higher level play and higher level magic items!

My rule was that the more impressive and the more closely an item fit the category, the more powerful the item would be, and the item is themed around the category that they shone in most. Optionally, you can have them toss in a “base” (e.g. a piece of armor or a sword) if they specifically want one kind of item, or they can see what chance gives them.

Ex. the paladin came back with a newly handmade beaded shawl, a deconsecrated holy symbol of a god not theirs, a crow’s tailfeather, a giant eagle’s wingfeather, and a mosaic tile necklace given to him by his sister. From that, I got an amulet (made of the necklace, because that was the item that meant the most) that once a day can cast Feather Fall in a sphere around the bearer and that protects them from non-magical cold.

If this is something your table would enjoy, I hope you give it a try, and feel free to say what items you come up with in the notes!

#i know some tables would have to put up some guardrails against abuse #though i think a lot of that is just talking to your players #and making magic users who know this kind of magic scarce on the ground #d&d #ponds have uses #long post

[siena-sevenwits]

My February Reads

This month was much heavier on creativity than reading, which I don't really have a problem with. I did a fair amount of reading especially from Scripture, but many of the other books are still in progress.

Books I completed this month:

Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn (YA fantasy of manners) **** - I enjoyed the gentle pace of this book, the sense of immersion in the setting, and the idea that humans and aliora (fae) kidnap each other and have similar warnings about encountering each other. In fact, the characterization of the captive aliora who have grown old and balding and wrinkled but you can immediately tell who they are because they make you feel unconditionally loved as soon as you see them was one of the best realized things in this book. And I loved the idea that the aliora really do sincerely care - it's not a glamour or a ruse or some inhuman approximation of love. I also liked Corie's slow and nuanced path to figuring out which life she wants to embrace - life at the castle or with her grandmother. But oh! Elisandra, your choice in how you solved your problem made NO sense. You were given every opportunity to handle it in a better way, a safer way, a more ethical way, a way that was better for your happiness, for the people - and you chose THAT way? And while it was set up with every Chekhov's gun in the book, it did not provide narrative satisfaction. And considering this problem is one of the central ones of the book, that's a pretty big blow against it. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the book, and Elisandra's choice didn't ruin it retrospectively, although it made the last couple of chapters feel bit... ugh.

Beowulf (reread)- (Epic heroic literature) - ***** Bffwulf. My best readthrough of it ever.

February's Scriptures: Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1&2 Peter, 1,2,3 John, Jude

Books Still in Progress: Hood, Devils, The Sky is Falling, At Home in the World, The Two Towers, Breaking Free From Body Shame

Read-Alouds Still in Progress: The Robe, Wingfeather Saga Book One, The Way of Kings (on hiatus for now), Plutarch's Lives

#coreander's old books #recovering reader

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

me: *has the Wingfeather Falls AU*

my brain: make an AU of the AU

me: ..... why

brain: it’ll be fun! :)

me, halfway through imagining this: you’re right it is fun but at the same time what the heck

#wingfeather falls #silliness #writing #writers #the idea is that I drop artham into gravity falls #like I drop him in during the show like two weeks after the Pines twins arrive that first summer #except he doesn't alter the plot significantly because he's busy befriending fiddleford xD #I might talk about this more at some point because I'm enjoying the idea a lot #if anybody wants to ask about it they're welcome to #or not- either way I'll still enjoy my goofy idea xD

[fictionadventurer]

Fortnight of Books: Day 8

Favorite couple

Last year, I struggled to answer this question. This year had so many good romantic couples! Emi and Xavier in A Trial of Words and Worth were adorable. In The Law and the Lady, I loved the devotion that Valeria had toward her husband. In The Painted Queen, we had an arranged romance marriage that turned into a very good partnership. The romances that two of the sisters have in The Romance of a Shop were very sweet. The healing of the marriage between Nadine and David in The Heart of the Family was nice. The character arc that Quincy undergoes in The Q thanks to her relationship with Arch was excellent.

But I think I'm going to have to give favorite couple to Desire and Peter from Desire by Una Lucy Silsberrad. He's a young debut novelist. She's a compelling, unconventional upper-class woman. She ropes him into a fake dating scenario because she knows that he won't try to turn it romantic--and he doesn't! And only after she loses her wealth and they work together as partners in his father's business do they really fall in love. There's a really contrived separation and reunion between them at the usual spot, but otherwise it has a lot of what I look for in a great romance.

Worst character death

The last death in the last book of The Wingfeather Saga (The Warden and the Wolf King) by Andrew Peterson almost ruined the whole series for me. I'm still upset about how it was handled.

#fortnight of books 2023

[armulyn]

GUESS WHO JUST FOUND ANOTHER WINGFEATHER SAGA-CODED SONG???

'The Wreck of Our Hearts,' Sleeping Wolf, is SO PERFECT for the Wingfeather family, and I love it.

(The lyric so sing while we're falling apart is driving me INSANE.)

#the wingfeather saga #!!!!!!! #music tag

[ettawritesnstudies]

Do you know any good fantasy (with maybe a hint of romance?) That are clean and not necessarily Christian but at least aren't full of anti Christian values? I am trying to find books to get my 12 year old sister to read, but I just don't read a lot of fantasy that isn't super complicated. I got her to read Caraval and she's loving that.

And you seem to know about a lot of books!

Absolutely!

The Rangers Apprentice series is a lot of fun as a character study. The worldbuiling falls apart after book 2 in the fantasy department but it's still a good story. It follows an orphan named Will as he learns how to be a ranger and protect the kingdom so there's a lot of themes about duty and devotion and friendship that make it really wholesome. There are depictions of battles and fight scenes where enemies die and characters get hurt but it's mostly PG. Book 3 does deal with some addiction and drug use but it's painted in a negative context. Extremely slow burn romance friends to lovers stretching over several books. There are references to Norse adjacent gods in the fictional swears but the religion aspect is pretty much irrelevant to the story. My 9 year old sister and 13 year old brother have read these and love them and they were my favorite when I was that age.

The Chronicles of Prydain is very similar to LOTR in theme and setting but it's geared towards kids so it's VERY fast paced by comparison. Absolutely one of my favorite series of all time, it follows Taran Assistant Pig Keeper as becomes a warrior and a man and learns that being a warrior is less important than being a good man. The one female character Eilonwy is great, she gets kind of sidelined by the author but the fandom (esp. @highqueenofprydain ) have fics to fix that. Also slow burn romance that doesn't get resolved until literally the last page of the series.

The Wingfeather Saga is my newest all time favorite. It's by a Christian author and has a lot of biblical references in it and the storytelling is incredible. It has the most realistic depiction of siblings in fiction I think I've ever read and the worldbuiling is genius. Implied romance in the form of childhood crush but it's very cute and feels like it'll build to more after the book is closed.

Some of my old favorites are also A Wrinkle in Time and The Little Prince. I recently read Coraline which is kind of scary but also really great. Amazing short stand alones with messages of courage and love triumphing over all.

Daughter of the Sun (the mothmar trilogy) by Amanda Auler is a new Christian fantasy that's a little more heavy/dark in theme so I would maybe hold off on recommending it to your sister until she's more in YA territory but it's EXCELLENT. I reviewed the first book here and I should have a ARC going up for the second book in the next week or so. Slow burn romance, brilliant worldbuiling, deep themes.

Heart of the Sea is another book I just read recently which is clean but also YA and more towards the romance side. It's a pirate adventure and it's just a lot of fun so for a standalone I think she'd enjoy it.

I remember when I was in high school I really liked the Lunar Chronicles series which is sci-fi fairy tale adaptations. Because it's classic princess stories there is romance and it's YA clean, and the sci-fi adventure part is exciting and very fun.

A lot of classic children's books are very good too, I would have to find a list but I grew up on the likes of Treasure Island and Anne of Green Gables. Not fantasy but it's always cool to read stuff that was written in a different time period.

I hope this helps! I'll add to it if I can come up with more.

#book recommendations

[friskheart000]

"This story will end well."    - Peet the Sock Man, North! Or Be Eaten from The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson (I wanted to include a longer/more poetic quote from this character but almost everything I found was a spoiler and this is a series I think more people should experience so 🤷‍♂️)

Thanks to @mozart-the-meerkitten, @masterfuldoodler, and @oldfashionedbattlehymn on Tumblr for a) liking this series enough to hype me up enough to reread the books and fall in love with them, and b) making some great fanworks that inspired me to contribute to it.

So yeah, go read the books. (And reread them maybe; that was the best part for me!) At the very least read the prologue(s) for the first book; if those don't hook you, no piece of prose will.

DeviantArt link

#the wingfeather saga #wingfeather saga #peet the sockman