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freckles-and-books · 2 years

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September TBR

Bring on the gothic, dark academia, mystery, and vampires! Starting with The Cartographers 😊

#books #september tbr #the path of thorns #white is for witching #gentleman and players #the cartographers #the cherry robbers #the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires

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tanaudel · 2 years

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Wolf boys for the June calendar (and for A G Slatter’s new novel, The Path of Thorns)

(via June 2022 Calendar — wolf boys)

#fairytale #illustration #calendar #werewolves #the path of thorns #a g slatter #my art

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lilibetbombshell · 2 years

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gummi-ships · 3 months

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Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage - Forest of Thorns

#kingdom hearts 0.2 birth by sleep a fragmentary passage #kh0.2 #forest of thorns #enchanted dominion #realm of darkness #scenery #my gif #it's cool to see this world become more gnarled and dismal as you progress #vines constantly shoot out of the ground to block your path as if this forest is alive in some way #and the further you go the more darksides you encounter #you'll have to fight the ones standing in your way but there are so many more that are just lurking on the sidelines #they wont attack you even if you get close. instead they'll just stand by and watch you delve deeper into the forest #you can see their heads turn to follow your movement as you walk past them it's kind of spooky #can't help but wonder why so many are grouping up here it's really unusual #for the most part they seem peaceful but there are a few that lunge at you unexpectedly #very cool world i love wandering around here

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seafoam-taide · 5 months

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he's so "i can fix her" coded i love him

#tide of consciousness #slay the princess spoilers #IM SO EXCITED I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET THE THORN PATH YESSS #slay the princess

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scourgeblooms · 4 months

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wanted to do a physical timeline for my commander and highlight how he’s changed through the years. this is mostly for my own entertainment BUT I do enjoy seeing the same thing from other folks so I’m posting it here in the hopes that other people share my sentiment.

(I was ALSO totally inspired by @/manasurge’s hair timeline. it kicks ass. go look at it.)

elaboration/rambling below the cut!

Personal Story, LW1-2: Popped out of the pod blunt, solicitous, and already maybe a little too paranoid for someone who was born yesterday, but all those traits made him uniquely qualified for a position in military leadership. Healthy and floral, soft aspen-bark-like skin, delicate petals. black anthers produce pollen. undergoes more fashion changes than physical transformations during this time. gets a little banged up here and there (and maybe has some lasting respiratory effects from the toxic alliance era) but overall feelin a-okay.

Heart of Thorns: it’s all gone to shit. took a spectacular headdive in both a physical and mental sense with breakneck speed. never “officially” answered mordremoth’s call, but anyone who spent time around him would notice a distinct lack of self control and logical thinking. took on a more sickly pallor, stress caused leaves to shrivel, rot, and decay. lost his lil flower top notch and ability to produce pollen. pupils narrowed to take on a more animalistic look, and enamel growth resulted in sharper, larger teeth. fingers also elongated into claws. never fully physically and mentally recovered from the hell jungle.

LW3: chopped off most of his leaves to encourage fresh growth. lots of physical healing during this time, though it takes quite a while for his complexion to fully recover. takes on the role of aurene’s champion with gusto. relatively unaffected by bloodstone, but feels the effects of mordremoth’s loose/uncontrolled magic deeply. continues to hear mordremoth’s “voice” and is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

Path of Fire: still healing from HoT. continues to grow out his leaves. glow returns, as well as some of his eye color. likes the crystal desert, but finds the harsh, dry climate to be particularly challenging; he’s definitely more of a ‘temperate’ sylvari. does not handle dying well. death only adds to his paranoia and psychosis. has an increasingly hard time picking apart what is real and what is…. not.

LW4: let’s get ready to kill an undead lich!!!! absorbs even more magic after the death of joko and kralkatorrik, and it starts to show in a there-and-gone shimmery aura that takes on a similar appearance to ley lines. starts to suffer from migraine auras. flower top notch grows back, but stays closed and dormant. picks up a few nifty necromancy tricks from the elonians, and the tips of his fingers start to show signs of necrotic decay; all that death magic can’t be good for the complexion, can it?

Icebrood Saga: having another dragon in his head does not help his mental health in the slightest. braided leaves (courtesy of braham <3) to protect against frostbite. his ley “aura” gets more intense, hard to miss, and is a near constant. flower topnotch remains closed due to the cold weather conditions. after being shot by bangar, his wound is covered/healed by aurene’s brand. migraines increase in frequency, makes it difficult for him to focus. a bone deep exhaustion starts to set in, and more often than not, he catches himself thinking that a nice long nap underneath a blanket of snow doesn’t sound so terrible….

End of Dragons: back in a more agreeable climate, his topnotch finally blooms, but does not grow anthers or produce pollen. easily physically corrupted by void magic, and he feels soo-won’s pain and struggle deeply. the void corruption eventually shows up in the form of darkening leaves, and seeping out of his eyes/tearducts (it’s fine. don’t worry about it.). starts to incorporate chaos magic into his own necromancy practices. has a fucking terrible time in gyala delve. has a fucking terrible time saying goodbye to aurene.

Secrets of the Obscure: nothing feels entirely real to him anymore. still willing to help, to fight, but it’s done on autopilot at this point. this magical, floating palace in the sky looks and feels like a dream, with the kryptis acting as the encroaching, inevitable turn to a real, living nightmare. still uses a bit of leftover void in his magical practices, but most of the corruption has left his system. that respiratory illness he picked up back in kessex hills comes back to bite him in nayos. finally grows back his anthers, but instead of producing pollen, it's an outlet for void/magic energy.

#gw2 #guild wars 2 #sylvari #mine #scourgescribbles #hey tumblr compression please. please tumblr compression go easy on me. tumblr compression ple-#anyway enjoy my special son I think about a normal amount #art #also just know that I'm going to edit this at least 47 times before I'm one hundred percent happy with it #gw2 spoilers #gw2 soto spoilers #gw2 icebrood saga spoilers #gw2 heart of thorns spoilers #gw2 path of fire spoilers #gw2 end of dragons spoilers #gw2 eod spoilers #azilab

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trainingdummyrabbit · 29 days

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theres something about the temporary nature of death and general impermanence in the pmoonverse thats driving me fucking crazy but i dont know if i have the mind to dissect it

like... in lobcorp, death just happens. its background noise. its sad, sure, but you get used to it. you dont really get anything from caring about it other than being a little sadder than usual. if your favorite guy dies, you can just try the day again. and repeat, over and over, until you get what you want this time. its easy to fuck up, but its easy to fix, if you have the mind for it. textually, nobody Really dies there, though; given the records team's deal. everyone is always recorded, retrieved, removed at a whims notice. if you miss someone, you can put them back. or not. it doesnt really matter. its a face to a function, mostly.

and similar goes for ruina-- though theres less of an ability to truly "lose" someone. the library holds tight to those in its wings, as anyone can simply be put back together if something were to happen to them. and if things dont go right, you can simply try again. and again, and again, and again; you have all the time in the world, really, and the patience to wait for them to inevitably come back. decay doesnt really exist in a place like that, does it? even those that became books were simply put back somewhere-- Somewhere, but as they were. the library appears and then disappears just as quickly; leaving a mark intangible, not unlike a dream, but a mark nonetheless.

and with limbus, turning back the clock is the entire name of the game. you can fuck up however you want to, react however you want to, and well. if you die, dante will just put you back. easy peasy. theres caveats this time, but more or less, death is pretty much just a smack on the wrist at this point. a little more than that for dante, but well, theyre fine, so. whatever, right? of course. i cant speak for them as much as i can the others, but its very much there. look at it, its on the ceiling, and all.

and like, its. well its obvious from a gameplay standpoint, it makes the whole thing Work. but due to the diegetic nature of the whole thing, it weaves a strange sort of sensation. doesnt matter what happened, doesnt matter what mark it leaves-- youre fine. get up. again. especially with the framing character-- dante is the only one who kinda has to deal with the direct fallout of these actions (though, the narrative seems to stop looking at it after a point, which is understandable, but also still paints a picture.) x and angela mostly tend to overlook the whole process, directing rather than personally experiencing the whole thing.

idunno. these concies sure dont quence, or something

#its been on my mind for a Long while but im not sure if i can pull a conclusion from it.#somethings there though and it keeps prodding at th back of my mind over and over again.#piktalk #projmoon #i guess this too lies hand in hand with inevitability. nothing will free you of what you must do-- it simply will be.#you cant run from what youve done / what has been done / what must be done. it can; will; and Must be.#a path laden with thorns is still a path; and all. it must be walked-- and theres nobody else who can do it for you.#its something. it means Something. i dont know if intentionally by writing; but it means Something; ithink.#also obligatory disclaimer istill haven t watched all of limbus. im gonna just straight up b wrong abt things. ok 👍

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salty-an-disco · 20 days

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oh yeah, here’s Thorn and Witch I doodled in the weekend when I still had drawing energy lol

#they’re both in my AU. so just kinda wanted to figure out their Vibes and how they difer from each other #while still being connected #imagine the existential crises that the knowledge that a past version of yourself is somewhere out there in the world #still carrying that hurt and betrayal that you *know* first hand. how much weighed on you #and seeing the path they took and knowing. with certainty. that that COULD be you #and IT IS you. because no matter how far you walk from your past. it’ll always be just behind you #anyway. just a fun thought experiment. definitely not smth I plan on exploring in detail :)#Heathens AU #slay the princess #the thorn #the witch #stp princess #sal draws #sketches

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ascalonianpicnic · 10 months

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actually I'm really curious about this after a conversation I had earlier

favorite as in which you like best overall for story, maps, and metas, not including the living seasons or the gyala content

if you struggle with abbreviations: HoT is Heart of Thorns, PoF is Path of Fire, and EoD is End of Dragons

#guild wars 2 #gw2 #heart of thorns #path of fire #end of dragons #i want to know if theres any correlation #and theres just enough poll options for the three currently released expansions

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hel-phoenyx · 6 months

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There is something really satisfying about finally 100% Slay The Princess

Finishing on the Thorn kissing you

And having the last ending you missed, where you and the Princess get out of that vicious cycle

This is the best end to a eternity-long love story

After all, love always prevails, right ?

#hel is talking #slay the princess #finally finished that game #slay the princess spoilers #I went through so many routes until here #last path to completion was prisoner damsel spectre razor and thorn #I wanted the most “positive” endings I could get

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spatialapprentice · 9 months

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so like i have a complicated feeling about guild wars 2 and what make it such a good game i keep coming back to every time but ill try to describe here in a big readmore

GET TYBALT LEFTPAW'D LOL

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#gw2 #guild wars 2 #heart of thorns #path of fire #end of dragons #secrets of the obscure #tyria #guild wars #Youtube

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animeweeb115 · 4 months

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"It's not the ending I expected, but an ending long foretold."

#tears of themis #marius von hagen #video #Enduring Light Event #SSR card #Path of Thorns #intuition #evolve 2

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milkratz · 11 months

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don't get me wrong I fucking love gw2 and the newest episode made me cry cuz how happy I was but

it feels like every time there's a plotline that deserves to get a little intense, like psychologically, it's immediately kinda thrown away.

Heart of Thorns did a good job kinda keeping that up, especially if u play as a sylvari.

But like the Icebrood Saga? Easily could've made that one of the most intense and messed up things the Commander had to go through and it fell off.

(I have other criticisms of Icebrood Saga, but ill digress. For now.)

And End of Dragons was fuckin brilliant too: But maybe it's a personal thing, but I would've loved to see more angst from the Commander. It was like the fastest a person's ever been to therapy and then promptly kicked out. The whole power of friendship made me cackle. I want to see tears!!! Pain!!!! AGONY!!!!

#gw2 #guild wars 2 #path of fire #heart of thorns #the commander #icebrood saga #end of dragons #what lies beneath spoilers #what lies beneath #im going insane

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unproduciblesmackdown · 1 year

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fr is he, you know.............................................repeatedly described as being Impersonable and Lacking Charm and Pedantic and confused / bothered by things he supposedly shouldn't be while inspiring confusion / botherment in others in ways he supposedly shouldn't and like 99.9% of the grief he's given is over All That while he's just sitting or standing there rather than the like intimidatingly efficient hitman georg thing he has going on. which is in fact The Skill That Makes Him Useful Despite It All and also perhaps the least foothold in interactions because [worried he can & may kill you] affords power when otherwise just being the weird guy nobody likes(tm)

bonus mordecai balling

#lackadaisy #not exactly Necessarily intentional but like oh you don't say #something something liking patterns & order; though that overlaps w/the like fastidiousness that's just tied to backstory #but that even when picking up that particular trait he was apparently always Peculiar in the deemed Not Personable Way #like oh you don't say #can't really even truly hone in on 9000 murders/day when like. everyone's blowing people away out here. ya gotta #or certainly other people are doing it too lol. mordecai's Mostly differentiated from anyone else's hitmanning by demeanor/affect #and that demeanor/affect has everyone going sicko mode antagonizing him while he's decidedly just sitting there #like oh you don't say....epic mood re: the [how would mordecai approach being tasked with infant childcare] joke #held a baby once maybe twice and both times an exercise in simply like ah christ don't drop this thing countdown to passing it along #great minicomic lmao found in the uhh. gallery under....mini comics; penultimate one w/the baby cat jimmy carter as pictured as thumbnail #supporting his mystery contributions too....gotta be for real abt mitzi not shooting anyone but sure he may have noscoped atlas #though maybe also he did not; but we know they have some secret concerning atlas; even probably involving his death....#vaguely wondering if atlas got whatever warning about [mystery thorn in marigold's side] as asa sweet mentions over that brunch #and perhaps would have chosen to back out of the business but mitzi was not about that & would arrange a Murder to inherit lackadaisy....#but mordecai would have to have some reason to go along with that. Maybe as an out for working for atlas forever; but now he's at marigold #not exactly that different yet [themes re: The Other Paths Are Closed To You Forever for everyone out here]#while it might also be true that he left for marigold to try to figure out what's going on over there from the inside; as suggested....#and whatever he's got going on he's Very Motivated about it as per the most recent comic pages. bold moves #anyways another accidentally autistic cat out here. for april. always a classic lol fr everyone leave him alone or else shoot at him yknow #i do support the mordecai & the savoys dream team there. reiterating i think nicodeme espesh could/should be the like surprise bestie & etc

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a-birdie-on-a-rose · 2 years

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halloween thorns

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 10 months

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"Down in Misty Vale" by Richard Thorn. :: [THE OTHER SIDE OF ART]

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“Imagine what a process it was to unnumb yourself, to see it as it actually was. That’s the only reason to be an artist: to escape, to bear witness to this.”

— Philip Guston, as quoted in Crudo by Olivia Laing

[quidnunc]

#The Other Side Of Art #Richard Thorn #path #road #mountains #watercolor #beauty

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