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ca-d · 6 months

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autumn my beloved 🧡

#what if I post all the photos I’ve been taking lately? hm #it’s the orange trees for me #though this year has been a bit off #idc tho #still b e a UTIFUL #autumn #fall #foliage #nature #mine #photographers on tumblr #photography

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 5 months

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how about that uhhhhh Fantasy Julie. she gets her sword <3 no one can take it from her <3

rambles:

SIKE you get an extra, lower quality doodle

SIKE AGAIN here's the rambles

yeah... i caved and gave her a tail... I'm Not Sorry! it's cute! i wanted to stick with her sorta flower motif - it's stronger in her princess look, since I imagine that when she was part of the royals she was very blatantly flower power based. it was her Thing!

but a Julie free of her noble shackles... she deserves her big sword. like yeah, she has flower magic, but who needs it when she has a Giant Blade??? on the royalty vein, and if we're classifying "rainbow monster" as a species, i feel like horn size/curve would be a status symbol of some kind. maybe Julie would have kept her horns filed short. but if she ran away from that life... longer horns! i like to imagine that they'll keep growing until she has a pair of Extra Weapons attached to her head! curved forward like mammoth tusks maybe!

i imagine that like Frank, she goes with minimal armor - range of movement over protection, yk? some scale mail over her front, a thick leather flower over her chest w/ scalloped leather pauldrons, wrist armor and metal knuckles! i'd think that the faux-suspenders include a back sheath for her sword... i wish i'd thought of that Before i finished the little ref! i don't feel like going back and editing!

i imagine that she was forced to cut her hair when it got caught in something (a gelatinous cube, mayhaps). it didn't look good! don't let anime and Mulan fool you! cutting your own hair with a blade will not look nice! but someone - Eddie, probably, he's good with scissors i'd assume - cleaned it up for her. and hey, it didn't look bad! plus, Julie probably liked being able to just tuck up her long strands into her hat when she's feeling a bit more like a Julius than a Julie!

it's been a fun challenge transforming their canon outfits into a similar variation with fantasy flavoring and twists! i want them to suit the setting but still maintain Themselves! Julie's was tough i gotta admit. i was messing around with the princess look and the fighter look side-by-side. it worked better when i sat back and thought "fighter Julie is Julie unrestrained. that version would be more aligned with her canon look"

i wanted her princess form to look Restrained! she has to be a ~delicate flower~, a noble woman, pristine and poised and very much a princess. soft colors, poofy clothing, bright white gloves that are not to be sullied. carefully bundled up hair! jewelry! that dress must be Heavy and hard to move in! her tail must be so cramped under there!

but Julie Unleashed? violent pinks! rose gold accents! short skirt so that she can sprint and Kick! fun boots that she can be active in and delight in watching them get dirty! her hair is free to whip in the wind and get caught in things! fun straps and Deadly Accessories! a sword that she stole from the royal armory on her way out the window! she has forearm wraps both to match Frank and to support her wrists!

#yessss this was mainly an excuse to draw jules with short hair and a tail. i do not apologize #i like to think that poppy has a bottomless bag that she's too scared to use herself #but everybody keeps things in there #julie keeps her hair-hiding-hat in there and some pants and a cape for that Julius Vibe #(yes i could have gone with julian. but julius makes me think of orange julius and. yum)#i've said in initial rambles that i think that julie has Mild plant magic #I TAKE THAT BACK SHE'S SO FUCKING POWERFUL #i think she could hold her own against wally here tbh!#she wouldn't win if home had the reins but yk! it would still be Close!#but why would she use boring magic when she can slash punch kick #she can definitely talk to all plants. like im carrying that over thats so cool #trees warning her of an ambush... trodden-on flowers pointing her in the direction of her quarry...#roots arching out of the ground to trip anyone about to beat her in a race #scribble salad #wh fantasy au #so in canon julie left The Cave #which. fuck is that supposed to be a reference to plato's cave? ok no now's not the time for speculation #so she left the cave to seek out a life of her own #so i imagine that she left the royal life for much the same reason! she didn't want to sit on a throne in a poofy dress and lead!#she wanted to Adventure! see the world! be unrestrained!#i imagine that her repeated sneaking out is how she met frank - then when she ran she went to him cause she knew he wanted to leave #and she went 'hey im ditching this joint wanna come' and Of Course the answer was yes!#adventuring duo that never regret it for a second!#also as im making refs im adding them to a Lineup. which i'll post when ive collected all the pokemon (neighbors). size refs!!!

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shaythelittlefay · 10 months

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kienava · 1 year

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you’ve got to be careful reading fantasy books that are also romances because when the horny scenes arrive they’ll say shit like “i had a dream you were still a godsinger, and i was your shrine” and “i may not be your queen, but i am yours, and you will find that i can be very generous”

#samantha shannon i owe you my life. and i would also like to invite you to swordfight me in the denny's parking lot #the priory of the orange tree #a day of fallen night #a day of fallen night spoilers #anyway kuposa nikeya are you free on friday night when i am free #books

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layaart · 1 year

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tané & the nameless one from priory of the orange tree

#the priory of the orange tree #priory of the orange tree #the roots of chaos #samantha shannnon #illustration #i know its not perfectly accurate to the scene don't @ me LMAO #artists on tumblr #books #2023 fanart

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twinstxrs · 4 months

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there’s something so personal about the scene in fantasy high s1e7 where gorgug calls himself stupid & fabian, who up to that point had basically entirely been acting like the bad kids (especially gorgug) were beneath him & had also been the one calling ragh stupid two lines ago, instantly says “okay, do not put yourself down like that. don’t you dare do that to yourself.” like it was obvious he liked the bad kids at that point but the instinct to protect his friends manifesting as an immediate strong refusal of gorgug’s self-deprecating talk kills me. that boy loves his friends so bad oh my god i feel sick.

#fabian seacaster #fantasy high #gorgug thistlespring #these two specifically are so dear to me #top 5 most underrated fh dynamic the girls that get it get it #acts of service (gorgug) meets words of affirmation (fabian)#spring break i believe in you. i hand you an orange. you never hug me / shut up.#THE TENDERNESSSS #it’s about gorgug fixing the hangman & fabian having no idea how to repay him other than saying ‘i’m gonna buy you an orange.’#when fabian a year ago had an insecurity about buying other people things bc he thought they’d just use him for that.#it’s about gorgug’s tin flower that’s tattooed on his arm being both symbolic of his roots & deeply tied to his relationship with fabian #it’s about fabian being the reason gorgug was in that fateful detention in the first place.#& gorgug being the first person to see fabian again in the nightmare forest.#all the bad kids are tied by destiny but god. fabian & gorgug you are so tied by destiny.#anyways i will not lie this far into my tags i expect nothing but in another universe they would be the slow burn of all time. to me.#it is so subtle & casual but there is so much love there it makes me kinda crazy.#but either way my beloveds who i think have helped bring out the best parts of one another but who r also both soooo lame (affectionate).#also i think it’d be funny if a) gorgug was the final bad kid to join the giant family tree via dating fabian #and b) telemaine was eventually gorgug’s grandather in law. can u imagine.#thistlecaster #fabigug #whichever one it is idk idc #they r just so gentle :(#UPDATE sorry i stopped right when this happened to write this whole post & literally like 5 minutes later gorgug has that idea to look at-#zayne’s pearl & his hunch isn’t right but fabian IMMEDIATELY jumps back in with ‘it’s moments like these that prove you’re smart’ GODSDD #when the fabian & gorgug dynamic hits it truly hits. besties/bfs ever i can’t decide they r simply so great

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mythicbtch · 9 months

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just finished reading the behemoth that is otherwise known as a day of fallen night. naturally, i’ve been trying to distract myself from the nameless ache plaguing my chest. i chanced upon this little gem:

page 118 of the priory of the orange tree includes a mention of dumai and nikeya.

it made me think of this passage:

nikeya kept the vow she swore to herself. even in death, dumai’s legacy continues to live on – nikeya’s, too. when sappho said “someone, i tell you, will remember us, even in another time,” i believe she was pertaining to this.

hhhhhhh i’m not okay </3

#a day of fallen night #the priory of the orange tree #noziken pa dumai #dumai of ipyeda #kuposa pa nikeya #dumai x nikeya #leave me to wallow in peace

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hylialeia · 1 year

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the more I read and re-read other fantasy, the more impressive asoiaf becomes to me in its unabashed embrace of the darkness in its characters' POVs. and I don't mean in the "edgelord grimdark" way that so many people (wrongly) ascribe to it, or even in the "historical accuracy" way that so many people use to defend it. I mean more in the way it actually aids in the immersion of the world and story.

other fantasy series will relay the events and the world through their characters, sure, but I never realized just how censored they feel in comparison to asoiaf. things happen, characters feel a certain kind of way about them and relay that to me-the-reader. then they do things, plot happens, etc. sometimes it's quite compelling, even! but in asoiaf, I-the-reader am a brain parasite. the characters think thoughts they would never tell me. I see their worst impulses, their immediate instincts, their intrusive thoughts. a lot of it is unsavory, but it's done in such a way that it all feels deeply real and true to life.

in asoiaf, the characters are not telling me the story; I've invaded their internal dialogue am drinking it in through their biased yet genuine perspectives. I feel less like a reader and more like a ghost that's possessed them through the page. and I think that's the thing that the sets the series apart from others for me

#of course to sell that you also need to have compelling characters and action and worldbuilding that aids the immersion #but the deepness of that pov is unmatched to me. not even 1st person stories capture it #no one in priory of the orange tree is being honest with me they're relaying the story and sometimes revealing vulnerable truths #but asoiaf. tyrion wouldn't tell me half this shit. I'm hacked into his brain #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf meta

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assassin1513 · 2 years

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🧡⚜️Golden Fall ⚜️🧡

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ato-dato · 8 months

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Currently on a 9 hour road trip to our home town and it's getting too dark for my mum to read her book so she has started reading aziracrow fanfiction on her phone. Now over to Jeremy with the weather.

#She's reading priory of the orange tree btw.#What an ally #This was too silly for me not to post #Atospeaks #The adventure of my mum being the Nr. 1 aziracrow shipper continues

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silvervanadis · 7 months

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Marosa Vetalda, Arteloth 'Loth' Beck & Dranghien Lakseng from The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

#the priory of the orange tree #priory of the orange tree #arteloth beck #marosa vetalda #dranghien lekseng #fanart #fashionart #ace characters #lgbtqiia+#lgbt representation #digital art #book art #artists on tumblr #fantasy art #not me shipping these three #ace loth

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utilitycaster · 3 months

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"STEM is more important" "humanities are more important" actually the absolute best SF novels the ones where the author learned a bit of a science (either physical or social) and decided to go fucking wild with it

#why would they fight they're in love etc etc #in all seriousness calculus is poetry if you do it right. comparative literature is a science to me.#this is as always me telling you to read 1. the broken earth trilogy and 2. a memory called empire #and specifically to do this instead of priory of the orange tree which was written by someone who watched the history of japan youtube vide

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rebiesque · 9 months

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When Samantha Shannon writes her book about Cleonlid, Neporo AND MISS KALYBA I'll be gone for good.

I need Kalyba POV chapters, hell, even ADOFN and TPOTOT needed her pov chapters, like what is that woman THINKING??? Stealing children?? Having sex and having a kid from a stolen child?? WANTING to have sex with the stolen child's MOTHER???? Wanting to be kissed and touched by stolen kid's mother's wife's DESCENDANT??? How unhinged is this woman?? I need more of her...

#honestly if Kalyba wanted me she could have me #im sorry i went from hating her to calling her bitch witch to wanting to f her #she's still a bitch witch #but my witch bitch #i need to be put down #kalyba #a day of fallen night #adofn #the priory of the orange tree #tpotot #canthe

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ghostdrinkssoup · 2 years

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tried to type “eating people’s organs” in relation to hannibal but organs autocorrected to oranges so anyway hannibal au where everything is the exact same except hannibal can’t stop eating people’s oranges. he’s a local menace, breaking into backyards in the middle of the night and wreaking havoc because he picks all the citrus trees until there’s Nothing Left. one time he broke into someone’s kitchen and stole all their oranges AND orange marmalade. it’s fucked up and he doesn’t even care. he feeds people their own stolen oranges and they don’t even Know. he’s still a psychopath and he still gets imprisoned and in twotl will gets covered in orange juice and realises this is who he really is

#he’s called the ripper because he rips the oranges from the trees #he escaped florence and they’ve been trying to hunt him down for years… a mystery and an enigma #god I’m so sleep deprived #hannibal: tell me will did you like taking hobbs’ oranges? did it make you feel alive?#will: I am who I’ve always been #this is my worst post #hannibal #nbc hannibal #will graham #hannigram #ghost speaks

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orangelit · 6 months

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Until Samantha Shannon says otherwise I will believe Cleolind, Neporo and Kalyba were in a throuple (garden of Eden-style, the original sorcerers) and Kalyba got kicked from the polycule. Source: it came to me in a dream.

#it didn’t come to me in a dream #but Samantha if you’re seeing this and you think I’m incorrect… prove me wrong with a little teaser chapter perhaps #a day of fallen night #the priory of the orange tree

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stickypiecolordiplomat · 10 months

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Tané: The greatest trick the devil ever played was getting me banned from an all you can eat pizza buffet

Ead: Why’d you get banned?

Tané: Touched the rat

Ead: ...What rat?

Tané: Chunky cheese

#priory of the orange tree #this may not make sense #but it makes me laugh #tpotot incorrect quotes #tpotot #roots of chaos #ead x sabran #tane miduchi #sapphics #sapphic books #samantha shannon #the priory of the orange tree

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