Codex Dominion

Dominion; they/them/theirs/themself eth/thon/thons/thonself; adult; pseudo-christian; adhd; you will get to know me later. Welcome to Alera. this blog is not perfectly trigger friendly, inc photosensitivity.

[pansyfemme]

i love headcanoning old men as ftm. like considering fandom loves to equate being transmasc to being young no one will probably agree with me but i look into his eyes and see the wisdom only a post-menopausal man could provide

[trankinstein]

Less magic schools. More magic universities. Unlearn the simplified models of your secondary education. Discover how to reference scrolls written by a wizard possessed by a different wizard. Identify bias in the voices that whisper from beyond the veil. Have your institution be accused of promoting a Merlinist agenda. Become addicted to energy potions.

[earhartsease]

start an onlyacolytes account to pay for tuition

[codex-dominion]

You should read The Name of the Wind

[bklbreaking]

just,the difference between mom n uncle

[codex-dominion]

Edema Ruh very Métis & Roma to me.

My self insert oc is a musician & cousin* of Kvothe. They figured out a tiny itty bitty amount of magic on their own, but not much. (*third or more probably, but second isn't bad)

[codex-dominion]

Half Marat half Aleran who likes gardening & is better than I am irl, & also plays music a lot!

[muirmarie]

something i find really interesting about (some) people who don't write is the way they'll elevate plot over execution? it's the way you'll sometimes see people who think they have a best-selling book idea, and they want someone to write it for them while thinking they should get the lion's share of the imaginary profits, because it's their idea. and don't get me wrong, ideas are important! plots are important!

but there are so many stories i've read over the years that could be summarized into a few sentences of bland-sounding plot, and it's the execution that matters. it's the writing. it's the writing!

a talented writer can turn a bland plot into a story you want to devour. and someone who only cares about ideas can take the most interesting idea ever conceived and make it unreadable/unwatchable.

like it does feel like there are a Lot of people in this world who don't view writing as a skill that deserves respect, and who think that really it's all about coming up with shiny ideas. and it does feel like that's uhhh infected a LOT of different things in the modern world. tbh.

[codex-dominion]

"You can't make a good book out of a bad idea."

Jim Butcher: Try me.

"Ok, here's a bad idea--"

Jim Butcher: I'll take two.

*later*

"Where's the story?"

Jim Butcher: I am not going to submit this to the challenge... because I can get this published.

[tiktoks-for-my-besties]

[codex-dominion]

Reading the dresden files to stay chaste is hilarious ngl

[this-is-my-main-i-follow-from]

Via @amillionmagpies

Btw, that idea that privilege makes you morally evil and suffering makes you morally good is deeply flawed. Hope this helps!

[fides-domini]

Everybody needs to read this because I literally started crying several times while writing it. It is a meme of the ending to The Exorcist 4 (aka Exorcist: The Beginning) with FAITH characters instead & a couple other minor changes.

It is REALLY good & I wrote it in two days which is fast for me. I am super proud of it right now, despite the fact that it's a meme, & I beg you to read it. It will hopefully rip your heart out. Maybe not tho bc I'm catholic & it takes longer to write than read so I was wallowing in it.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[codex-dominion]

Anybody want to read this? Not relevant to codex alera, but I really am proud

[nowtransparent]

"I've always wondered,” Tavi said, “how your folk deal with the leviathans...."

Gradash's battle-scarred, stumped tail swished once in mild amusement. "No great secret to it, Aleran. We chart their ranges throughout the waters near our homes. And then we respect them.”

...

"It must make for some complex sailing routes."

Gradash shrugged. "Respect is elder to convenience."

"And besides," Tavi said drily, "if you didn't respect them, they'd eat you."

"Survival is also elder to convenience," Gradash agreed

P. 130-131

[good-fwiend-in-wome]

shoutout to flags that look like landscapes fr gotta be one of my favorite genders

[jonnystrebor]

Not to forget:

[unsolids-your-snake]

Remembered I'm obsessed with Codex Alera (bc yes, another Butcher series is another big fave of mine, shock) and I'm ranting to husband about it. Spoilers for that.

THIS is how I wanna write romance. No "will they won't they, it ends on a yes, that's it" shit. I haaaate that, just don't even include romance if you do that shit tbh. The story clearly doesn't need it dhdhdjshdhdusa I have opinions

[this-is-my-main-i-follow-from]

SOKKA IS A METALCRAFTER!

Ok so Alera/Carna are on the other side of the world to ATLA. The alerans have crafting & the ATLAns have bending. They only have firecrafting, watercrafting, windcrafting, & earthcrafting though. Their metalbending is part of earthbending, but NOT EVERY EARTHBENDER CAN METALCRAFT! Plantbending? Well that could be woodcrafting instead of just bending the water in the plants.

Now just look at Sokka. ATLAns haven’t found a metalcrafting or plantcrafting animal yet. They had dragons, badgermoles, lion-turtles, etc, but nothing for metal or plants (except one rando in a swamp). But what if they don’t even realize they have crafting?

Sokka becomes a master swordsman & he had a boomerang that always comes back. He isn’t necessarily great with pain (at least at the beginning), but later on (when he hones his metalcrafting through learning swordistry) his pain tolerance improves. Metalcrafting.

Sokka is a metalcrafter/metalbender.

[eccentriceclecticthl]

““I wanted to speak with you, Tavi. It would seem that I am in your debt.” Tavi swallowed. “I was just trying to get my sheep home, sir. That’s all I meant to happen, I mean. After that, everything just sort of…” “Got complicated?” Gaius suggested. Tavi flushed and nodded “Exactly.” “That’s how these things happen. I don’t want to keep you up long, so I’ll come to the point. I owe you. Name your reward, and you’ll have it.”

— Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera: book 1) by Jim Butcher

[castle-dominion]

Are there no [hyperspecific search] fics out there???? Ugh I guess I will have to write my own.

[thedailybullshit]

Fuck it

Send asks

[i-am-a-whimsy-boy]

Y'know what, sure, I never do these but I'm bored, send asks y'all

[elicash]

what if there was a repressed blond man in love with a dark-haired maniac