Naomi Novik: This is my main protagonist. She’s a short, no-nonsense brunette who is intelligent, stubborn, and deeply caring under a veneer of toughness and grief.

Naomi Novik: This is my secondary protagonist. She’s blonde and she’s FUCKING YOKED. She’s SHREDDED. She can CRUSH A WATERMELON WITH HER BARE HANDS WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT OR BLINKING.

Kamzík horský (by Pavel Hajer)

Hilda by Duane Bryers

Владимир Рябков

Can you imagine how much love Owen must have for Luke? Owen doesn't show it. Not now and not even in A New Hope. He's stern and doesn't appear to where his heart on his sleeve. And its possible that Beru is the reason people believe that Luke turned out to be the sweetheart he is. But there are so many moments which prove just how loved Luke must feel by his uncle. That moment when the ten-year-old is not afraid that he messed up but is smiling back at his uncle as brightly as possible. When Owen is repeatedly forced to remind others that Luke is his, if not in name. When he and Beru put themselves between Luke and the Inquisitor ready to die. When Reva first pulled up her lightsaber and he just stood there, unmoved, despite witnessing the horror possible through the red blade just moments ago. And that Owen proves it again and again is so beautiful I am crying

i never want to see another “owen was abusive” take in my entire life. delete them all, i won’t stand for them. “he is my own” ??? owen and beru ready to absolutely throw hands for their boy, even if there was no way out for the two of them ?????? owen keeping obi wan away for so long because he knew luke needed a normal childhood ???????? this man is an a+++++++ quality father and anyone who says hurdeedur he made luke work all day instead of going to the academy has obviously never met a farming family and doesn’t understand the amount of work that goes into it and how kids just naturally help out with everything, right up until they leave the house, which ALSO. owen knew it was way wayyyy too dangerous to send luke to the literal actual imperial academy but he didn’t want to hurt luke so he just put it off and put it off.

anyways this family is happy and cohesive and healthy and owen and beru are essentially the main reason why luke turned out the way he did, with all the tools he needed to become the greatest jedi alive, because he had a stable foundation for nineteen years, maybe ignorant about the rest of the galaxy but able to learn and grow and love because he had parents who loved him more than anything else.

“ask yourself if there is any explanation of the mystery of your own life and death.”

“One man’s cringe is another man’s epic” and “a flawed story is still a thousand times better than a story never told” are two pieces of advice that a lot of people aspiring to be writers really need to take to heart. Stop tearing yourself up over getting every little insignificant thing right.

by Adrian Vazque Fernandez

Happy Summer Equinox!

Prompt #2091

“[Villain] isn’t here to save you now.”

The hero only laughed. “When were they ever? You misunderstand who holds the power in this city. The only reason why I am alive, why any of us are alive, is me.”

The Spectrum by Bryan Swan

Person A: “Is it just me, or are these people acting kinda off?”

Person B: “I’m surprised it took you this long to notice.”

Frank

Wisteria and Sakura.

Rokunomiya in Kyoto, Japan.

Alpine chickweed 1-5/? - Alpine Haute Route, June 2021

photo by: nature-hiking