gotta say leigh bardugo focusing on the power of amplifiers so heavily in shadow and bone and then starting six of crows with "okay now imagine you could get that kind of power by doing cocaine"... incredibly hardcore. perfect way to up the stakes. kinda insane. absolutely no notes
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2023 books - the shadow and bone trilogy by leigh bardugo
So many men had tried to make her a queen. Now she understood that she was meant for something more. The Darkling had told her he was destined to rule. He had claimed his throne, and a part of her too. He was welcome to it. For the living and the dead, she would make herself a reckoning. She would rise.
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i "did a thing" if you will
kefta's oh me oh my!!
*canonically ignorant keftas
(individuals n in-depth analysis aka rambling under cut)
darkling
i mean. what do you want. B L A C K.
the pattern (which you must zoom in to see) is a swirly deal, different from the sun summoner swirls; more like wood grain
sun summoner
sun rays! swirly swirls! yellow! idk just look at!!
squallers
more swirls! these were kinda hell but idk i like em
inferni
first big divergence: orange as opposed to red. i made sure not to have any repeat embroidery colors.....even though i changed alkemi so there is no red anymore.............anyway. i'm iffy on this one bc i suck at drawing fire but i think it turned out (it's mostly just the upper side panels cuz they look a lil too fur-ish)
tidemakers
they were teal in the show right?? idk but. this one might me my favorite, but i do fear it's a lil complicated, but then again: i can do whatever the fuck i want. and no i cannot draw water without copying the great wave. whatever it's sick
heartrenders
coporalnik were harrdddddd. heartrenders are--naturally-usually symbolized by the heart but i hate drawing real hearts so cartoon hearts it is!! kinda feel like that kinda heart wouldn't exist in this universe..... but hey look it pointy
healers
heart but upside down!! (seriously what r u supposed to do.) plus bandage imagery, as a treat. these two were really just Vibes.
durasts
also pretty hard, also mostly just Vibes. btw it is a distinctly different shade of gray (1 of 50, i've heard) from the squaller silver. u will not catch me lacking nice try bud
alkemi
the most notable sticker-outer--yea she's green. i mean cmon we have enough red and no green and everybody knows science is green. anyway this is another one of my favs. vapor clouds and bubbles what's not to love
i do love the embroidery in the show, especially how, yk, much there is of it, and how identifiable it makes it, but on the other hand the books only ever mention the cuffs and hems so i like to think i struck a nice balance
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But somehow, they found peace
(A doodle from my sketchbook that i decided to color in digital. Messy and all but fun with the colors! Im in the first part of the third book, anticipating the end and already making fanart to cope what’s coming)
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Alina to The Darkling:
I'll never walk your path.
Also Alina two minutes later:
Using Merzost to save Mal.
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