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ladymidnight-goesforth · 2 months

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Lucien "We're not going to bite" Vanserra and Tamlin "Your hair is... clean" High Lord of Spring, everybody.

Bonus:

Feyre "Was that a compliment?" Archeron

From "A Court of Thorns and Roses" chapter 7

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#i miss the original trio #acotar book 1 fanart #my fanart #my art #my drawings #my sketches #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #tamlin #lucien vanserra #human feyre #i wanted to play with expressions #and this was the result #i couldn't NOT give them sharp teeth #so if they look a little like vampires #that's okay with me #lady midnight makes

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mooncheese3 · 1 year

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#qijiu #original shen qingqiu #shen jiu #yue qingyuan #fanart #merman #this happens aftfer they sort through that big misunderstanding they have #had*#:33 #good for them #also would it not be cool if sqq runs this #business thing. like how women used to sell poison to wives to get rid of their husbands?#that sort of thing #but instead he lures the men into the waters #for a midnight swim :) definitely just a swim and not a whole lot of asphyxiation or smth #yqy makes sure sqq and the women dont get caught #women also includes the wrp ladies #svsss #mxtx

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onaperduamedee · 2 months

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"And took whatever price they wanted."

#the wheel of time #moiraine damodred #wot book spoilers #wot fanart #towers of midnight #thinking about Moiraine undead again #about the price paid in flesh and memories and probably sanity #about the fact she's not completely human anymore #about the fact she walked out a place that killed Lanfear #about people not recognising her #because if a life can change you several lifetimes will make you unrecognisable #in my head her return is less Gandalf the white and more Lady Stoneheart #also she can have sharper teeth and more golden eyes #fanart #book: wheel of time #character: moiraine damodred

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kitty-gray · 2 months

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No, you don't understand. "Love means you see someone, that's all" is such an important quote. For both, Dru and Ty.

Like, throughout TDA Dru felt invisible. Too young to fight but old enough to feel left aside. She's resolved to put herself in danger on her own if that means she can help in any way that matters. Even in TWP she hides her panic attacks, and probably so many other ways her trauma affected her.

And Ty, he dreams of being a detective and solving mysteries. He's always been the one trying to understand the world, but the only people who ever tried to understand him were his family.

They both see. They both are comfortable and used to it. But to be seen? I bet it's gonna be pretty epic.

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layla-carstairs · 2 months

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just realised Julian and Tessa are described (appearance wise) like. word to word the same in Lady Midnight. nobody talk to me.

#idk if words can describe the emotions I'm feeling #the modern day Blackthorns are descendants of Lucie because I said so <3 #also like. the way nobody makes a parallel in canon is kinda crazy #he gets compared to will but not Lucie??? Julian Blackthorn the artist the dreamer?????????#ignore if something is said in sobh I haven't read it yet lol #bella talks #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #tda #lady midnight #julian blackthorn #tessa gray

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camthecatchameleon · 8 days

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So i realized. Something about the Edge of Midnight and Once Upon a Witchlight color schemes and it's been plaguing my mind for a bit.

Once Upon a Witchlight has lots of bright, saturated colors. It's generally a more lighthearted campaign that has some not-so-lighthearted undertones that get progressively more prevalent as plot progresses. Kind of like a brightly colored animal or plant being poisonous. You (hypothetically) consume the creature (the media) and reap the consequences. (Though in this case the consequences are pretty cool.)

Edge of Midnight has lots of colors as well, but they're all heavily desaturated. The campaign is a horror story upfront and The Horrors tm progressively get worse. Like a fading painting, or a diseased plant. All of the comedic moments are there to break up the devastation. This land has already been reaped, and we're watching the aftermath, the rebirth, one might say (EVIL SMILE).

IS THIS????? IS THIS ON PURPOSE I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT BE CRAZY

#legends of avantris #once upon a witchlight #edge of midnight #i love color theory #it makes me insane #i cant say much about the other campaigns because unfortunately i have not been able to watch much of them yet #plus i mean. uprooted bright colors and fall foliage its a fun silly campaign in the woods.#strahdanya dull greys and reds its a horror campaign about fighting a vampire lady i think.#etc #idk man they call me the Noticer but they do not call me the Understander nor the Knower #also i havent caught up with EoM yet AUGH im getting there i promise im making good progress

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doctorwhoisadhd · 2 months

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okay im thinking about midnight burger <--> doctor who now.

#listening to doom coalition and ive only just started the red lady but COME ON THAT IS CLEMENTINE RIGHT THERE #and it would make sense for the creator of midnight burger to have listened to this since theyre both. you know. audio fiction #ari opinion hour #fav midnight burger characters btw are probably terric and caspar. and effie and zebulon tbh #its funny usually if theres an insane woman with a love interest whos just like Some Guy i am FAR more interested in the woman #(source: gwen cooper‚ jordan from scrubs‚ annika strandhed)#but its actually the exact OPPOSITE way here #although me being a terric enjoyer is... highly unsurprising.#as for caspar though. what can i say except he said he likes birds that one time #really though there isnt really one midnight burger character im that obsessed with i think theyre all fascinating but theres none that #stand out to me as Blorbos™

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ofstarsandmoonlightt · 1 year

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Tiberius Nero Blackthorn ”glass, twin, apple, whisper, stars, crystal, shadows, lilt”

#ok so ik i suck at making mood boards #but i saw a bunch of pictures and thought: that’s ty blackthorn #so here you go #starsmoodboards #the dark artifacts #ty blackthorn #lady midnight #lord of shadows #queen of air and darkness #the wicked powers #tda #tsc #cassandra clare #shadowhunters #the shadowhuter chronicles #ya literature #ya books #ya lit #ya fiction

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marrr444 · 6 days

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What about Emma's gorgeous gorgeous hair?

I'd say wavy mostly because of all the fan art and Cassandra Jean's art but also because I just refuse to believe that she has waist-long straight hair. What do you say? I might be in for disappointment on this one. Not that your opinion or knowledge will change any of my beliefs

#I am totally making asking about tsc character's hair my thing #The Clary one is not even over yet but... whatever #Emma carstairs #tda #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #the mortal instruments #tmi #lady midnight #queen of air and darkness #lord of shadows

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stellarspecter · 21 days

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ok heads up everyone i'm also going by tess now! or tessa lol. tabi is still fine i just want to try something new and i've been thinking abt names a lot

#*speaks #that's the new personal tag btw #do u ever randomly just wake up and a name is in ur head and ur like well thats it?#happened to me with sabrina in august and skye last night #so ofc i'm going with neither of those sdklfjs #my friend used to call me tess as a nickname bc of the character from the infernal devices and i always liked it #i just don't love the phonetics of tabi. like the way the b makes it bouncy? eurgh #but i still wanted a t name. so tess it is #altho if u guys think i could pull off skye maybe i'll try that too. kinda just makes me think of the lady from the dw s4 episode midnight #absolutely crazy first association i know. welcome to my twisted mind sldfjks

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ladymidnight-goesforth · 2 months

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Tamlin Week Coloring Pages 2024, originals found here.

Art by @copypastus, Coloring by me

@tamlinweek

Materials used: Copic markers, Prismacolor colored pencils, Sakura brush pen, POSCA paint pen

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#the rainbow just felt right #i will not say how long it took me to blend #because i lost track #:`)#copypastus #thanks for drawing this #i had a blast #tamlin coloring pages #my coloring #tamlin fanart #tamlin #acotar fanart #tamlin week #lady midnight makes

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emmcarstairs · 11 months

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I can’t help but think about the way Julian was not only keeping his siblings together physically, in terms of location. He was also trying to give them a life beyond that of a Shadowhunter. Shadowhunters are soldiers and they’re discouraged from having hobbies, interests, lives beyond fighting demons and dying in the process. We are dust and shadows. And yet, he bought Livvy a computer, he watches movies with Dru. Their rooms in the Institute are marked by their personalities, each one resembles their owner. They really are a family, and the Institute is their home. In a way, that’s just another way in which Julian defies the Clave – the government which failed them.

#i'm reading los and the centurions' arrival makes me so uncomfortable #julian blackthorn #dru blackthorn #ty blackthorn #livvy blackthorn #tavvy blackthorn #tda #the dark artifices #lady midnight #lord of shadows

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julianblackthornspancakes · 1 year

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had a dream last night where kit and ty were married and Kit gave Julian this card for his birthday:

thought I’d share bc I still can’t stop laughing 💛

#tsc #tmi #shadowhunters #tda #cassandra clare #shadowhunter chronicles #secrets of blackthorn hall #julian blackthorn #emma carstairs #kit herondale #kitty #ty blackthorn #sobh #tid #tlh #lady midnight #lord of shadows #queen of air and darkness #Julian blackthorn can u make me pancakes

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goforth-ladymidnight · 1 year

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My Thoughts on the Official ACOTAR Coloring Book

The official ACOTAR coloring book was my official introduction the world of ACOTAR back in 2017 (I kept the barcode sticker with the date on it and everything). However, I didn’t officially join the fandom until 2021, around the time ACOSF came out. However however, it wasn’t until recently that I realized that the coloring book was all about Feyre and Rhys. I know it seems obvious, but hear me out.

Book 1 of ACOTAR is, at its core, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast and the Ballad of Tam Lin. It is Feyre and Tamlin’s story, despite what the rest of the series became. However, you wouldn’t know that if you only read the snippets included in the coloring book.

This realization came to me when someone on Reddit requested a spoiler-free color-along guide, complete with chapter numbers. This was so they could read the books, then color along when they came across the matching chapter. Since I was procrastinating had some free time, and I have the trilogy on Kindle (it makes research for fanfiction so much easier), I typed something up for her. But in doing so, I noticed at long last that the ACOTAR portion doesn’t tell Feyre’s and Tamlin’s story.

There is exactly one image that is even romantically coded for Feylin, and it’s this one: (art by Yvonne Gilbert, coloring by me)

It’s a beautiful illustration, but... They’re not even looking at each other.

I’ve never worked as an illustrator (even though I’ve taken my fair share of art classes), but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the only image where Feyre and Tamlin have eye contact is the scene UTM right before she stabs him.

If SJM had any say in which scenes were included in this book, then that excerpt doesn’t surprise me at all. (You can see some more examples of the included pictures on the wiki page here.)

I looked through my copy of the book, and there are eight images of Feyre and Rhys together. Eight. ACOTAR’s portion ends with Rhys and Feyre talking, instead of Feyre and Tamlin walking off into the sunset, which is how the book actually ends.

At this point, you may be wondering why I’m so passionate about this, so I’ll tell you. Once upon a time, I wanted to be an illustrator. Back in 2017, I was studying real-life examples of coloring books and trying to learn from the experts. I’ve since made art more of a hobby to focus on writing, but the interesting thing about studying art and writing is this: The official coloring book doesn’t tell a comprehensive story.

Book 1 is my favorite book in the series, and I would love to see it get more love as time goes on, instead of being dismissed as a “boring prequel”. It set up what the rest of the series became [insert rant about the tonal shift between books, the discarded sequel that was eventually written into ACOMAF, and my feelings about the portrayal of Tamlin’s character in general].

It is a good book on its own... but I couldn’t tell you that if I had to sum it up from the coloring book excerpts alone. Important characters like Lucien are never given an introduction page, unlike the ACOMAF section, where each member of the Inner Circle was highlighted in addition to getting a group shot. Honestly, I wouldn’t want to take that away from them, since they are important to the series, but I would prefer to give more characters like Lucien or Tarquin a chance to shine instead of adding in a picture of the Attor or the Middengard Worm Wyrm. For those who don’t have the coloring book, if you look through the images on the wiki, yes, pictures of those ugly creatures are really in there. Mmm. Just what you want to color in a romance book about sexy hot faeries.

If I had my way, here are the scenes from ACOTAR that I would choose to tell the story properly. To make it more of a challenge, I kept it to 18 scenes, to match the number of illustrations that were chosen for ACOMAF:

Feyre aims for the deer and sees the wolf [technically it’s already in there, so it can stay, but I would change the excerpt and the illustration. I’m just not crazy about that particular artist’s comic book style here, since it doesn’t suit the fairy tale nature of the book]

Feyre speaks to the mercenary [not only does it highlight a criminally underrepresented badass character, it defines the danger of Prythian, and the overall conflict in the book]

Tamlin’s beast form in the cabin as he bargains with Feyre [which is different from the one where they’re walking away from the cabin; the excerpt that was chosen doesn’t have the same impact, imo]

The Spring Court manor [it’s in there, so it can stay, and besides, John Howe’s work is beautiful]

Tamlin’s High Fae reveal [Yvonne Gilbert’s illustration of Tamlin and Lucien is gorgeous, but it’s a shame that Lucien isn’t mentioned by name in the excerpt]

Lucien and Feyre on horseback as they discuss the Suriel [as interesting as it was to see the Suriel depicted by itself, we need context to know why it’s there]

The Suriel and its advice to Feyre: “Stay with the High Lord” [*cough cough* it was always about Tamlin *cough cough*]

Tamlin takes Feyre to the glen, as shown above [although this could also be traded out for the art gallery or the willow scene]

Rhysand taunting Tamlin, and Lucien protecting Feyre [this ties in better to the theme of the book, instead of his description on Fire Night as “the most beautiful man” she’d ever seen. Let’s stay on track, people, and keep it to one love interest per book, mm’kay?]

Tamlin sends Feyre home in the carriage [as much as I would love to highlight Solstice, it doesn’t have the same impact on the plot. Besides, I do love Yvonne Gilbert’s illustration of the scene; even if Feyre isn’t looking at Tamlin, it is thematically appropriate]

An illustration of Feyre’s family, not just of Elain gardening [thus showing what Feyre is giving up by choosing to return to Prythian]

Alis takes Feyre to the cave [this illustration is one that piqued my interest when I first flipped through the book, so it stays]

Amarantha’s intro [it’s perfect as-is; gotta love Charlie Bowater’s work, though I would have loved for the image to be bigger]

Feyre runs from the Worm Wyrm [much more interesting instead of just showing it by itself, because pink and brown does not make for a compelling color palette, thank you very much]

The tattoo and the bargain [it can stay, only because it does affect the plot and future books *grumble, grumble*]

Amarantha taunts Feyre about killing Tamlin [the current version was a big spoiler to me when I first saw it, but the scene needs to be included in some form]

Feyre’s transformation to High Fae, perhaps surrounded by a couple of the other High Lords [the current scene with her and Rhys talking about her human heart works, but it’s very Feysand-centric in a book that should be about Feylin. Plus, more character reveals!]

Feyre and Tamlin’s return to the Spring Court as they walk off into the sunset [ft. Tamlin without his mask!!]

Done.

Now, I know this doesn’t cover all of the scenes I would have loved to see illustrated, but it does make up for the severe lack of Feylin compared to all of the Feysand illustrations. If I feel like it later on, I might do the same excerpt review for ACOMAF and ACOWAR, because I had no idea what was happening in those books from the illustrations and excerpts alone. (And I still haven’t read ACOWAR all the way through. Way to hook me on the plot, promotional material.) We don’t even see what the villain in those two books even looks like! That’s a royal shame (pun intended).

If you’ve made it this far, thank you for reading! You don’t have to agree with my takes, but this is something that’s been on my mind for a while now, and with Tamlin Week 2023 coming up, I felt inspired to finally put my thoughts together. Maybe this will also inspire someone to make something for the event? Maybe this is a sign I should pull out my markers and paints more often... Hmm. If nothing else, this was a good exercise. And I don’t want to be the sort of person who criticizes something without offering suggestions for how it could be better.

I am glad that ACOTAR exists, because it has inspired so much creativity in myself and my fellow fanfiction authors and artists. It has also inspired a lot of people to pick up reading again, and if that leads to people reading more and making new stuff, so much the better. :)

#acotar coloring book #acotar critical #sjm critical #acotar is a better standalone novel #tamlin x feyre #feylin #lady midnight makes something #kind of #my coloring #not my art

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julescarstairs · 2 years

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Given Mother Hawthorn’s fierce protectiveness over Auraline, I wonder what this will mean when she crosses paths with Auraline’s descendant

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alastairstom · 29 days

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what don't you like about tda?

everything besides the malcolm/annabel plotline, gwynburn, and the tlh mentions (which are the only reason i kept my copy of lord of shadows when i sold lady midnight and qoaad).

there are, of course, worse books in the world, but i just love all the other tsc stories so much that it stands out as Bad. like at my core i am a massive tsc fan who views tda as like, the weak link sullying the otherwise perfect picture. the stain on the million-dollar duvet

#i will say lady midnight makes a decent standalone #though im not really invested

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