#Queen Bitterblue
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“Truths are dangerous.”
“Then why are you writing them in a book?”
“To catch them between the pages.”
artwork by miaiminnis (insta) (tumblr)
#STUNNING ARTWORK#absolutely brilliant#bitterblue#queen bitterblue#graceling realm#fanart#lady fire#miaiminnis
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Quick painting practice with Queen Bitterblue 💙
Might work more on it later but I wanted to share regardless
#Queen Bitterblue#graceling realm#graceling series#kristin cashore#graceling#graceling fanart#bitterblue#winterkeep#digital art#artists on tumblr#art#artwork#digital painting#my art#royalberryarts
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“Queen Bitterblue wielded the letter opener in one hand like a sword, a calm, ferocious expression on her face.”
#my art#graceling#graceling realm#seven kingdoms trilogy#bitterblue#queen bitterblue#winterkeep#lovisa#lovisa cavenda#kristin cashore#love me
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gold rush by taylor swift as in gold rush about prince po of leinid thank you all for coming, in this ted talk I'l---
#prince po graceling#graceling#prince po#graceling realm#kristin cashore#bitterblue#queen bitterblue#katsa
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Wtf is Patricide Jealousy??
LOL.
This contains spoilers for Bitterblue, Graceling's sequel, which I don't think you have read yet? They're not plot related but they ARE important. I'll put it under a cut so you can choose whether you want to read them.
Basically: Fire appears in Bitterblue! She's a middle-aged women by then (~50 IIRC), and I LOVED seeing her again.
But. Given Bitterblue's own relationship with her father, king Leck, its significance on the book, his looming presence in the story, her loathing for him and how if I'm not mistaken she expresses desire to/fantasizes with killing him...
I kept expecting the book to mention Fire murdered her own evil father! And then it didn't lmao. I keep thinking it doesn't make sense and I must've missed it in some throwaway line but???
It was just this one tiny thing that bothered me and I kept thinking of a conversation between the two women about it, and how Bitterblue would react to those news.
This is a very old idea and I don't remember if I wrote notes about it somewhere, so that's all I have for now LOL.
#missbrunettebarbie#replies#talking to the void#seven kingdoms series#graceling realm#bitterblue#fire#queen bitterblue#lady fire#favourites: parents have to die. it's the only way children come into their own
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Bitterblue has a statue of her mother, the late Queen Ashen, in the palace gardens. It replaced a statue of her father that he had commissioned and placed there when he was alive. The statue was one of the first that Bitterblue had torn down after being crowned queen and the statue of her mother was the first commissioned during her reign-- she had it commissioned almost immediately after being crowned and it was unveiled in a memorial service for her mother.
Queen Ashen did everything in her power to protect her daughter from Leck’s abuse, going so far as to lock Bitterblue in her room with her after her father’s (Bitterblue’s grandfather’s) disappearance (which was orchestrated by Leck) and planning an escape to her family’s kingdom. When they were being chased through the woods by Leck and his guards, Ashen told her daughter to run and sacrificed herself to save her.
Bitterblue hopes to be as great of a queen as her mother was.
#A Young but incredibly Wise Queen (Bitterblue)#bitterblue headcanon#tw: abuse mention#tw: death mention
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the truth is like blood underneath your fingernails, a mix for queen bitterblue of monsea
they have little reason to exist, except as a monument to the truth of all that's happened, and because they're beautiful. i suppose those are reasons to exist.
#bitterblue#graceling#graceling series#kristin cashore#fanmix#mine#HELLOOOO I FORGOT TO POST THIS.#i loved the bitterblue book when i was 17 and i love it now. this is mostly focused on her arc in that book (also loved winterkeep tho)#she is so much to me.
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A consideration of names;
I got asked a question recently-
That is "why did you change your name?" (paraphrasing)
And it sort of caught me off guard. I do not go by my given name, and I do not really introduce myself with it either. But it's not a deadname. It's just another name. It's what I'm called at home, and by a few teachers, and by my grandparents and cousins.
It's a name. It is my name, I suppose. But it's not the one I go by.
And then someone asked me why.
I'd never thought about it. The name I go by is a 'girl' name- so it shouldn't concern those who think that changing your name means your trans.
I go by Lizzy in day to day life- its connected to my middle name, but also just something I like. I think I may have begun to like it when I grew up watching LDShadowlady. Then I tried having people call me it... and I liked it.
Online I go by Sparks/Spark (or Lizzy). I think I started liking the name due to a book I read- one that is called Bitterblue (by Kristin Cashore). So sum it up- the main character is a princess-turned-queen at a young age. To escape the castle, at night she starts venturing out into the town under the name "Spark". And She's so much happier there.
Finally.. I think overall, Me changing my name is a marker of me growing up. I do not like the experiences I had when I went by my given name. So I changed it.
I am both my given name and my new one. They are both me. all my pseudonyms are me. I am the compilation of them all, each representing a part of me. And I'm not afraid of that. I like it.
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muse update.
hava - the graceling realm. is a graceling. has the powers of disguise and can shift into pretty much anything. younger half sister of queen bitterblue. she is a spymaster and council member for bitterblue's court.
alex claremont-diaz - ( added back ). rwrb. the fi.rst son. son of pre.s ellen claremont, stepfather leo and sen.ator oscar diaz. younger brother to june and best friend of vi.ce pre.s granddaughter nora holleran. it's 2024 and no one knows he's engaged to henry fox, the prince of wa.les.
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Bitterblue muse has hit me like a god damn truck pls like this for plots or a lil starter, I can and will find a way to put her in any situation tho pls know she is a fantasy chara & a princess/queen
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Discord Server is having a blast making picrews of our ladies <3
From Top Left: Bitterblue v1, Bitterblue v2, Fire, Hava, Katsa, Lovisa
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Strolling in the Forest, a playlist for @lady-ofmischief
I got so carried away with this one... It was easier for me to bulk this one up bc these are all songs I frequently use on my walks! I will say though, my route is a circle and has a big!!! hill in the middle so there are a few more-upbeat ones just bc I gotta keep going up a big hill! I'll put a little star beside some of the really powerful ones just in case you want to take them out :)
Otherwise, the vibes are intended to be peaceful, airy, reflective, tender, and chill. I hope you can enjoy some time with the ol' mother nature listening to this playlist 💛
I am sorry there's so much Cat Stevens/Yusuf but his 1970s albums are nature distilled <3
I split it into two parts (part I: vocals and part II: instrumental)
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Part I
The Wind [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Miles from Nowhere [Cat Stevens/ Yusuf]
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp [Led Zeppelin]
Rubylove [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Tuesday’s Dead [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Moonshadow [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Peace Train [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Morning has Broken [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Funny How Love Is [Queen]
I Want Some Sun [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Somebody to Love [Queen}
Silent Sunlight [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
I Can’t Keep It In [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Doing Alright [Queen]
The Night Comes Down [Queen]
‘39 [Queen]
Bitterblue [Cat Stevens/Yusuf]
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Live from Live Aid) - [Elton John, George Michael]
Nevermore [Queen]
White Queen (As It Began) [Queen]
Skyline Pigeon - Piano Version [Elton John]
La Japonaise [Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballe]
Guide Me Home [Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballe]
Seven Seas of Rhye [Queen]*
Heal the Pain [George Michael]
Dreams [Fleetwood Mac]
Peaceful Easy Feeling [The Eagles]
Mr. Blue Sky [ELO]*
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) [Edison Lighthouse]
Rotten Peaches [Elton John]
Some Days Are Diamonds, Some Days Are Stone [John Denver]
VENT’ANNI [Maneskin]
Amoreena [Elton John]*
The Game of Cards [Maddy Prior, June Tabor]
Country Life [The Watersons]
Part II
Don’t Stop Me Now (Instrumental) [Queen, Simon Mulligan]
The Merry Go Round of Life [Joe Hisaishi/London Symphony Orchestra]
Emma Suite [Isobel Waller-Bridge]
The Adventure Begins [Howard Shore]
Dawn [Jean-Yves Thibaudet]
My Neighbour Totoro [Joe Hisaishi/London Symphony Orchestra]
Kiki’s Delivery Service [ Joe Hisaishi/London Symphony Orchestra]
The Shire [Howard Shore]
Very Old Friends [Howard Shore]
A Very Respectable Hobbit [Howard Shore]
Many Meetings [Howard Shore]
Silver Leaves [James Newton Howard]
Galadriel [Bear McCreary]
Elendil and Ilsildur [Bear McCreary]
Elrond Half-Elven [Bear McCreary]
Lighting the Beacons [Howard Shore]****
Merida’s Home [Patrick Doyle]
In Her Heart [Patrick Doyle]
Samwise the Brave [Howard Shore]
The Fellowship [Howard Shore/The London Symphony Orchestra]
Concerning Hobbits [Howard Shore]
May Nights [Tchaikovsky]
Halloran’s Jig [Scythian]
Piano Concerto no. 2 - andante [Shostakovich]
Spotify Link to the entire playlist here 💛
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return of the king ecle-c-tic celebration 🎉
hehe you’re being tagged bc of this post:
@lady-ofmischief @whatmarisays @thislookinyoureyes @killerqueen-ofwillowgreen @trinikins
MARI!!! Your playlist is on it's way but I think you'd enjoy this one as well :)
#J <3#whitequeen ofwillowgreen#lady ofmischief#my mutuals <3#playlists#rao's playlists#rote celebration#rao's celebration#I hope you enjoy it <3
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read my full review of seasparrow by kristin cashore here.
The fifth novel in the bestselling Graceling Realm series is told from the point of view of Hava, Queen Bitterblue’s sister and spy, and chronicles the harrowing journey back to Monsea.
Hava sails across the sea toward Monsea with her sister, the royal entourage, and the world’s only copies of the formulas for the zilfium weapon she saved at the end of Winterkeep. During the crossing, Hava makes an unexpected discovery about one of the ship’s crew, but before she can unravel the mystery, storms drive their ship off course, wrecking them in the ice far north of the Royal Continent. The survivors must endure a harrowing trek across the ice to make it back to Monsea. And while Queen Bitterblue grapples with how to carry the responsibility of a weapon that will change the world, Hava has a few more mysteries to solve — and a decision to make about who she wants to be in the new world Bitterblue will build.
my review:
I’ve been a fan of the Graceling Realm series for years, and I was so excited to hear about another book! I read someone else’s review of it a few months ago and was even more intrigued by Hava’s point-of-view. Seasparrow follows a treacherous survival journey as Hava also grapples with the changes in her life.
This review contains spoilers for book four, Winterkeep.
After the events of Winterkeep, Bitterblue, Giddon, and Hava are sailing home to Monsea with their crew, including Annet and Linny. When storms throw them farther north than anticipated, their ship wrecks on a glacier and everyone has to evacuate. From there, they have to trek through uninhabited territory to get home.
I suppose I should start by saying that I was dragging my feet a bit starting this book. I’m just not one for long books, especially fantasies, right now, and I’ll admit, I was a little hesitant about Hava’s point-of-view. However, this was quickly resolved. I flew through this book in two sittings; Hava’s voice is so compelling that I couldn’t put the book down.
read my full review here.
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Happy Thoughts Thursday!!
Is there a quote that you feel embodies your writing? Not one you wrote, but one from someone else.
For instance for @devil-in-the-details-ay, I have found this quote by Anais Nin fits so perfectly with them...
"When I saw you I thought, here is a man I could love. And I was no longer afraid of feelings."
so. funny thing. you asked me this a whole month ago and I never answered because I didn't have an answer, and I kind of still don't, so I guess we'll go hunting for some quotes for, uh, the youth story kids, how about.
and I'm going to do them out of their original order, just to be crazy. I decided to use quotes from Bitterblue, of my favorite novels. but even if it is my favorite, I can't just pull stuff from memory, so I'll look them up.
Jae: “Everybody was strange. In a fit of frustration, she scratched out strange and wrote the word CRACKPOTS in big letters.” (a very Jae move honestly)
Irina: “I hear you're supposed to be good at manipulating people. Try a little harder to make me like you, all right? I'm the queen. Your life will be nicer if I like you.” (she's not a queen but she acts like it a little)
Mark: “You’re crying.”
“I’m not.”
“Right,” he said mildly. “I suppose you got rained on.” (this is Mark, just being mild about stuff)
Savannah: “That's interesting," Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?” (Savannah is, unfortunately, mostly fearless)
Daniel: “Then she marched to the pillows and beat them mercilessly until they lay puffed out like obedient clouds.” (Daniel likes order in his house)
Bell: “It was just that she had the need to tell him something honest, something honest and unhappy, because cheerful lies tonight were too depressing and too sharp, turning in on her like pins.” (Bell hates dishonesty more than pretty much anything)
Cal: "It was nice when something in the world became clear. Especially when it was a nice thing.” (Cal likes things to make sense, you know?)
Evie: “That’s not even a thing.” (Evie. loves to point out the obvious.)
Nyks: “But that’s how memory works. Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission.” (have I mentioned recently that Nyks has anmesia?)
R: "Bacon improved things dramatically." (boy feels a lot through his stomach)
I started this ask a whole 24 hours ago and then I did something else and then I slept and then I went to work and then I came home and watched dungeons and dragons and now I'm finishing this answer.
thanks for asking, Rule!
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Originally started by @izanae.
**EDIT: Seems izanae was also tagged by someone, but didn't state who. So I'm not sure who truly originated this questionnaire...
Thanks for the tag @tree-reads
The "original" Fic Writers Ask thread (that izanae started) was getting lengthy (by nature of the game), and I was about to double its size (by nature of my writing style). But please go and check that thread out to see how other wriblrs answered. You might find a new favorite that way!
Alright, let's get to it.
1. How many works do you have on ao3?
49 (really? It feels like I have so many more...)
You can also find me over on FFN and DA still, and I do post my stories here too... just... FYI.
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
357,107*
*I feel like I should clarify that the 49 stories and 357k words is since I started publishing fanfic in 2010. I feel like this doesn't seem all that impressive now... (also... holy hecken! I've been publishing fanfic for 13 years!?)
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Mostly Miraculous Ladybug (31), but I originated in the "Hey, Arnold!" fandom (7*). I've also written for Fruits Basket (4). I have a couple of D&D fanfics - 1 each for 2 of my D&D characters, and I have written one story each for the following fandoms:
- Left 4 Dead/Jonathan Coulton's song "Re: Your Brains"
- Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (specifically, the novel Bitterblue) [Rated: Explicit]
- Ender Series by Orson Scott Card (specifically, the novel Speaker for the Dead)
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (the LoZ franchise is one of my main fandoms... I'm shocked I haven't written more for it...) [Told in 1st person]
- An all-OCs fic set in the X-Men: Evolution universe
*I have more HA fics over on FFN that I didn't port over because they aren't completed works.
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
Woven Heartstrings
Summary: Chat Noir needs a Christmas gift for Ladybug. Marinette is a very crafty and creative person, so Chat Noir asks her for some help in making a gift for his lady. While hesitant in aiding Chat Noir's attempts to woo her superhero self, Marinette reluctantly agrees. Although, after a week of working side-by-side with Marinette, Chat Noir's not so sure he wants to gift the scarf he's making to Ladybug after all.
Could Your Paradise Also Be Your Hell?
Summary: Marinette is not coping very well when she's magically transported into her older-self's body, and discovers she's now married to Adrien Agreste. [Unofficial companion piece to Remember That Time When... by @mostlovedgirl-writes ]
Peeping Tomcat
Summary: Something called to Adrien, and before he knew it, he was addicted to sitting outside Marinette's window as Chat Noir; just watching her. His voyeuristic habit needs to stop, but things have gotten far too complicated now that he realizes he's growing a crush on her. [Story told in 1st person; non-sexual voyeurism]
I Was Thinking of You
Summary: Girls' Day derails when Marinette realizes the male lead of a romance movie reminds her of someone other than Adrien. [Lukanette story]
Is it True?
Summary: Marinette instantly regrets confessing her feelings for Adrien. He decides it might be time for a confession of his own.
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Always. I may run out of spoons and miss a comment for a little while, but I make a point of going back and still replying eventually. Even if it's months later.
EDIT: I neglected to copy/paste the whole question originally. So, here's the answer to the why/why not question. I make sure to respond to all comments because people put in the effort to read my story and then tell me how they felt about it. I NEED to send the love right back to them. I need them to know that their words matter and warmed my heart. (That said, even if you don't leave a review, I do love you, Reader)
6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Despite my friends teasing that I'm "the queen of angst", I actually don't have too many stories that don't end on a hopeful note.
So, if we're going "pure angst ending" I only have two: Unsent Letter for the Fruits Basket fandom and True Husband for Speaker for the Dead (Enderverse). Both are shorter stories of people believing they are unworthy of love, pity those who do love them, and believe they have sinned and are deserving of being miserable.
If you want to stick within the Miraculous fandom, I'd say I'm Not Allowed to Love You [contains s4 finale spoilers]. That was angsty enough that I had to end on a hopeful note via an epilogue that I added to the closing author's notes.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Oh goodness! As mentioned, I try to end just about all of my stories on a high note. I was able to narrow the 49 stories down to 8 with a fluffy, happy ending. Out of those 8? I think Woven Heartstrings has the most optimistic, love-filled ending? Everybody is just showing their love and appreciation for everyone else (even Adrien and Gabriel... written pre-Chat Blanc, I believe???). It's just a lovefest story.
Runners Up categories:
- Favorite LoveSquare Fluff winner: I Just Wanted to Kiss You
- Happiest Lukanette content winner: I Was Thinking of You
- Happiest Family Unit winner: Build Your Own Luck
- Happiest Platonic Love winner*: The Truest of Friends
*excluding Woven Heartstrings
- Happiest "I'm probably going to rework this as original fiction" winner: I Don't Care [a Gabriemilie story written before s5 lore drops]
8. Do you get hate on fics?
I have been so so SO lucky that I have not. My heart goes out to you writers who do. :'(
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I have written smut 3x (working on a 4th). I published 1. I am cishet, so I am vanilla and write cishet. Smut is also a rare genre of writing for me to venture into. So rare that my current "smut" story is more "plot with eventual porn" than it is "porn with(out) plot". The sex is a significant character development moment in 3 out of the 4 stories I wrote. The 4th was more of a character study for a pair of OCs.
No shade on the "porn without plot" folks. Those stories are so fun and indulgent and I appreciate them so much. My brain just won't let me pare down to that style no matter how much I try. It's like "Nope. Must have character growth. Throw emotions into this mess!"
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one?
I think I've only attempted to write a crossover once... and it was not a very successful result. It was Arnold Shortman and Helga Pataki from "Hey, Arnold!" in the world of Familiar of Zero. Helga was Louise and Arnold was her familiar Saito.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Uh... I don't think so???
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Not to my knowledge (although I'd be down if someone wanted to translate any of my works). That said, Woven Heartstrings does have the only non-English review I've received (it's in French). So.... maybe someone translated it into French without letting me know??? I just assumed the reader knew enough English to understand what I wrote or otherwise used a translating service....
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Three different times. One was partially published.
Prior to the Hey Arnold Jungle Movie officially being made, @chibisunnie and I attempted to write up a fanscript (is that how we met? I can't recall....). My friend Ronoxym and I have also attempted to write two different X-Men OC stories centered around his OC Devon. Although, in both cases, it was more he wrote the story and then I kind of unintentionally hijacked it????
The incomplete co-written fic that I actually attempted to publish* was one of the two I wrote with Rono: Please, Let Me Explain.
*not published on AO3; on FFN and DA only
14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?
That I've written for? Love Square. Specifically anything where Marinette is herself instead of Ladybug: MariChat or Adrienette. They just remind me so much of myself and my husband.
Fave in general? My OTP of OTPs is probably Gambit and Rogue from X-Men. I tend to refer to my husband as Gambit to my Rogue.
(Are you sensing a theme as per my relationship vs my shipping tendencies?)
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
My poor unintentionally abandoned "Hey, Arnold!" epic What is Truly Meant to Be. It is on FFN and DA only.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I am frequently told that I keep the characters and world so in-character/canon-accurate that my stories read like "lost episodes" of a show. I'm also fairly good at dialogue and conveying emotions.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
- Naming things. Titles. Naming a McGuffin. Coming up with superhero/villain names. etc.
- Anything with a LOT of action in it. Be that fight scenes, chase scenes, or sex scenes. I'm someone who can picture things in my head as clear as if I were watching a movie, and I try to convey what I'm seeing to the reader as if I were writing visual media such as a show/movie or comic. This usually leads me to micromanage the movement of the characters and the action ends up feeling clunky and repetitive.
- Allowing the characters to get physically hurt in a way that professional medical treatment is needed. Broken limb? Stab wound? Concussion? Injured eye? Poisoned? Nope. Can't do it. Mental block tells me "no".
- Write short, sweet, concise stories/drabbles/ficlets (can't you tell?)
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
Huh. With the exception of proper nouns (such as Chat Noir), I'm not sure if I've used non-English words that aren't just borrowed words within English or words most English speakers would know anyway (such as enchanté, cómo estás, or dōmo arigatō). I know I italicize thoughts, so I don't know if I'd italicize a non-English word to signal that it's a foreign word??? I'd assume the readers would know that already.
I think, if I were to ever use a foreign word within dialogue it would have to depend on the circumstance. If the foreign word or phrase is important for the POV character to learn, I may include it along with a translation. Otherwise, I may just state that the characters are speaking in this other language and then write it in English so my readers have a better chance at understanding what is being said. Also, I am far from multilingual, so that would help me avoid translation errors.
19. What’s the first fandom you wrote for?
Technically, I think it would be X-Men???? I think I came up with X-Men OCs and storylines for those OCs back when I was in, like, 5th grade?????
Then I did some Batman fanfics in middle and early high school. Mostly solo roleplay/dressup in my basement because I was that nerd still playing pretend by myself when I was 16.
First fandom I published a fic for? If you don't count play-by-post RPGs*, then my first published-online fanfic fandom was "Hey, Arnold!"
*the play-by-post game was for Batman.
20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?
YOU'RE ASKING ME TO PICK MY FAVORITE CHILD!?
Unlike parenthood, I GUESS I could put effort into actually answering this....
I've got it narrowed down to 4. These are the 4 I have probably reread the most. Two of them are the stories I wrote as kind of fanfics of @mostlovedgirl-writes 's fanfics. Take what you want from that, but, basically, I guess I love living in the worlds MLG creates??? The other two finalists are my personal headcanons for Miraculous Ladybug.
Headcanon stories:
Build Your Own Luck - cute little Dupain-Cheng family bonding story about the origins of the lucky charm bracelet that Marinette gave to Adrien.
Forever in Darkness - What Plagg's life was like with his previous holders, and why he thinks Adrien is the best one he's had.
Inspired by MLG:
Could Your Paradise Also Be Your Hell? - How Marinette spent the night before heading off to NYC. Unofficial companion story for Remember That Time When...
Rolling Thunder - Adult Marinette and Adrien stumbling their way into a romantic relationship, finally! Based off of Finding Yourself in the Details
Honorable Mention to my longest story and first completed chaptered story: Peeping Tomcat
Phew! That... was a LOT! Thanks for sticking around until the end! It was fun going back through my portfolio.
All that wish to answer this, consider yourself tagged!
Official no-pressure tags for: @mostlovedgirl-writes, @captaintoomanybattles, @thetauruspixie, @livrever, and @cyhyr
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Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Rating: 2.8/5
I finished Graceling today and I have to say that I liked it a lot. I think Kristin Cashore is an amazing storyteller and writer. The reason that I rate it 2.8 is that I loved it, but also felt a bit disappointed. Despite being disappointed, Cashore's beautiful and lyrical writing was really amazing.
Kristin Cashore spends so much time on world-building and character-building that when you get to the meat of the plot, it felt like the story was going by too quickly. In the first part of the story, I was very familiar with all of the characters and the setting, but by the time the actual hero's journey came in, I felt like all of that had been whisked away.
**Spoilers Ahead**
It felt like the motivation for Katsa and Po's journey changed very quickly, as it should have. However, I felt like I was supposed to latch on to Bitterblue and love her like she was a long-standing character from the beginning, but I didn't because I had never heard of her until she was thrust into the story.
I also felt like the tone of the book changed so much after Katsa and Po admitted their love for each other. I didn’t dislike it, but it felt like a really fast switch and I didn’t think Katsa would change that quickly.
I also felt like the whole climax of Leck being in Lienid and manipulating everyone was so short. I know she had to kill him and that it was to protect Po’s grace, but it felt so short for how much build up and shock there was. I would’ve liked it if Katsa and Bitterblue had been imprisoned or forced to endure him until Katsa was somehow able to snap out of it. It just felt like in the time I had to process that Leck was in Lienid and manipulating Katsa, he was dead.
I also wish there was just a little bit more of a resolution after Bitterblue became queen. Maybe we see Katsa and Po returning to Lienid together and how all of that plays out or something.
I may add more to this review later, but for now, this is all I have to say. It was a really great book and I would probably read it again.
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