side of chaos, please

welcome to the chaos! sprinkles of Star Wars, Tamora Pierce, Broadway musicals, and everything in between. happy to take writing requests/ideas, can't promise a definite timeline but open all the same! find me on ko-fi here: https://ko-fi.com/aceoreos

[seashellronan]

being the weird girl all your life and always hiding parts of yourself to fit in and then meeting someone who actually likes you because of those weird parts rather than in spite of them is the most healing experience in the world i hope that all you little freaks in my phone can also find this someday

[audliminal]

Having short hair really is just

I get up. I walk into the bathroom. I glance in the mirror. My hair is posed in a brand new, never-before-seen array that defies the laws of physics.

[lightsaroundyourvanity]

underrated hint of kel’s commander capabilities that is threaded throughout pots: she’s like a really good and thoughtful gift giver. like consistently and idk I think it’s such a cool human touch different ways kel’s core traits of caring about people & the way they think can manifest

[minuiko]

How can you say no to that face OvO

(Snippet from the opening of Alanna: The First Adventure)

[ghirahimbo]

"Idiots," I say, referring to the characters I have spent hundreds of my real life hours contemplating.

[ace-oreos]

@dragons251

[randomalistic]

I think making character playlists is good for you and connected to analysis skills in a very fun way and low investment way. I know its seen as quite trivial but to me it operates the same way looking at a lot of art builds ur skills passively. Yummy enrichment activity

[tabris-the-seventeenth-angel]

HEARTBREAKING: friends who i should be going to the movies and playing dnd and watching anime and cosplaying and going to the mall and having sleepovers and exploring the woods with live one hundred trillion miles away

[snydog17]

they love me because I be saying shit like alas and perchance

[snydog17]

last night I said 'how fortuitous' unironically

[comickergirl]

Tired: Middling live action adaptation of your favorite YA series. Wired: Gorgeous, lovingly-crafted graphic novel adaptation of your favorite YA series.

[guiltfactory]

the "my favorite character did nothing wrong" mindset is completely unappealing to me because i love thinking about all the things my favorite characters did wrong

[qwahaxahn]

“knights in Tortall relive their Ordeal forever” factoid actually just statistical error. average squire undergoes the Ordeal once. Ordeals Kel, who puts her hand on the Chamber door every time she’s in Corus—

[butterflypeaflowertea]

ever since i was a little girl i knew i was doomed to take things too seriously and think about them forever

[lightsaroundyourvanity]

the chamber of ordeal is so funny to me because they were like oh look, we’ve discovered this thing of mysterious an unfathomable magic. could be some sort of pocket universe, could be an abstract god. naturally we will be using it for high school graduation ceremonies,

[space-sweetheart]

I love people who have specific characters that are their "no one understands this character like me. not even the writers." because they're genuinely not joking. the way they understand those specific characters is so profound that it'll change your entire veiw.

[thisistheworsttimeline]

I finished a reread of Lady Knight today, and…. Kel really doesn’t know how adored she is, does she?

she’s all chivalry and duty to the crown and practical that she doesn’t realize how her brand of justice and kindness and moral conviction is entirely rare and highly admired.

yes, she makes enemies for it, but the friends she makes stick to her like glue. The ending action in her final book, (along with rescuing Lalasa at the end of Page,) are the MOST pivotal moments in her story, and it’s so funny reading the former from her perspective.

She goes all “lone knight” (which we KNOW she isn’t, she’s a commander, her strength IS her people), because it’s treason, and she can’t put people in danger like that, and it’s her responsibility, not theirs, and her people love her so much they won’t let her do it alone.

she is loved wherever she goes, and her strength: it’s not in the hands of the Chamber, because the little seer girl gives her 50% odd chance of success. It’s not in the gods’ favor, or blessing. It’s not even in her own remarkable iron will and training , though it is instrumental.

Tamora Pierce shows us how deeply Kel’s strength is her kindness, honesty, hardworking nature, and empathy, because it gives her incredible allies. COUNTLESS examples of this throughout the books, but the ending sequence says it all; Kel runs off by herself and immediately

Raoul sends Dom and Dom’s entire squad (who all volunteer.) They go under orders into enemy territory, fine, but

Neal, Esmond, Prosper, and Merric, make plans to follow her. All fresh knights who risk their shields because this is treason. They risk treason, for her. Death or at least dishonor, for her

Tobe, a boy of all of… 10? Who is TERRIFIED of being left behind, has spent his whole life surviving, willingly goes into danger and fights for her.

Owen, who, as it’s said, betrays his duty twice over; to the crown, but also to Wyldon, the night master who (at Kel’s direct request, mind you) saved him from squiredom to a desk night (one of her own worst fears). Wyldon, whose approval means so much to Kel, and especially to Owen.

the ARMY of animals that go with her?

Fanche and Saefus of Haven, who have grown to trust her and refuse to go back to safety without following her lead there.

even the village people of fief Rauthhausek, wary at first, recognize her as being who she says she is, and follow her into battle.

she is a true commander. She takes a burden from every single on to those people, but she doesn’t realize just how much they will carry for her. But they do. Everyone who’s met her is won over, even Wyldon of fucking Cavall, who says he is honored to know her, and that she is a true knight. (His character growth is also fascinating)

I don’t know what I’m saying, but the choice to make Kel a strong leader, whose sense of practically and morality serves her so well, is… so important to me, ya know? Tamora Pierce gives us a world where justice IS a reasonable thing to ask for, and the small and weak SHOULD be protected, and just because something is “tradition” doesn’t mean it’s right.

Watching Tamora Pierce’s writing, and world, and worldview expand over the course of the first three Tortall series has been heartening, and beautiful. Kel’s was actually the first series I read by her, and still, I think, remains my favorite. Another post, but Kel as representation was everything to me.

ANYWAY, TLDR:

Kel is DEEPLY loved and respected by the people around her and that is such a vital strength, and also something she’s not always clued into.

[bewildereye]

Protector of the Small

[bark-barkley]

no i actually cant fit doing this thing that takes 5 minutes into my schedule sorry :/ i only have the entire day free i just cant