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you think that you're so alone in the world then you read literature from hundreds of years ago and you realize that other people have always felt this way

#you read literature or study history and realize you are connected to everyone who has come before you #and people before you probably felt the same way about people who came before them #humanity is so beautiful #just echoes of being seen and understood #no matter how far apart in time or space

Laurence really would make a terrible diplomat. He doesn’t know about the carrots and sticks.

#Hammond was right on that point #Hammond is trying to remain diplomatic and do some political manuevering and Laurence is like ANGER >:(#a man and his dragon fr #throne of jade #temeraire #naomi novik #his majesty’s dragon

the warm hands of ghosts 🤝 the scholar and the last faerie door: siblings who would do anything for each other

#also in the era of wwi #some of the best siblings relationships I’ve read #I think it says something that these books feature such strong relationships and are set in wwi #something something the world doesn’t make sense anymore but we still have each other #and we can’t lose each other even as we’re changing #the warm hands of ghosts #the scholar and the last faerie door #katherine arden #hg parry

thinking about eddie again. eddie who’s quiet and loves and understand plants like no one else does. eddie who readily accepts clover into their friend group without a care for her background because he understands she’s an outcast, too. eddie who has trouble saying no to his friends because he doesn’t want to be the scapegoat and lose their friendship. eddie and his infectious enthusiasm. eddie who gets overwhelmed being in busy, loud places. eddie who just wants to escape to the cottage with his boyfriend. eddie who is afraid of alden and hates him a little for it (but also still loves him). eddie who struggles with his mental health. eddie who develops one of the most powerful magic in the group because he saw something in a field no one else cared about. eddie eddie eddie

#also his and clover’s friendship ahhh #hg parry #the scholar and the last faerie door #eddie gaskell

itslaeka

"My answer is yes" 🌱

#ahhhhh #this scene #emily wilde’s encyclopedia of faeries #emily wilde’s map of the otherlands #fanart #art #emily wilde #wendell bambleby

yellbug

one really really really funny thing you realize when you are studying history is that people pretty much always desperately wanted to post online and would have been soooooo fucking crazy on here. i wish hildegard of bingen was oomf

yellbug

everyone you are doing such a great job in the tags of this post

#HILDEGARD OF BINGEN MENTION #ottokar ii and rudolf i would be FEUDING #imagine just the holy roman empire in general

atalienart

Emily and Wendell from Emily Wilde series :)

#emily wilde #emily wilde’s map of the otherlands #art #i love this scene

kabsey

Reminder to self: A file folder of outlines and character notes and half-written scenes is the equivalent of an artist’s sketchbook and holds just as much value to the creative process.

If a framed canvas isn’t the only worthwhile expression of visual art, then a fully edited and polished piece of significant length is not the only worthwhile expression of writing.

#writing

Just now realizing the significance of Wendell, upon first arriving in his kingdom, asking after the rhododendron fields before anything else. He is THE lover boy.

#this is why I need to reread the entire trilogy (upon many other reasons)#no one’s doing it like him #also shows how much he cares!!! (at least when it comes to em and anyone connected to her lol)#one of the best characters of all time #wendell bambleby #emily wilde #emily wilde’s encyclopedia of faeries #emily wilde’s compendium of lost tales

finishing “a far better thing” by hg parry moodboard:

#in that order actually #screaming crying throwing up #this book literally almost brought me to tears #SYDNEY #the power of him finally getting to make his own choice and have agency over his life #but also in the most heartbreaking way #I also love the parallels between fairy and the terror #very fascinating #anyway everyone go read this book it will have you sobbing #hg parry #a far better thing #sydney carton

H.G. Parry is such a brilliant storyteller and I am distraught to learn the fandoms are practically nonexistent for her books….wdym no one else is going insane over sydney carton (“a far better thing”)….wdym “the scholar and the last faerie door” isn’t the next big dark academia book…WHAT DO YOU MEANNNNNN

#everyone go read her books NOW #(please)#she writes some of the best historical fantasy I’ve read #a far better thing #the scholar and the last faerie door #hg parry #fantasy #dark academia

I really love Sydney’s persistence throughout the book to name a fairy “Bartholomew.” I love his silly little endearing moments.

#he’s like if shadow won’t let me I’ll find another fairy #I love him your honor #hg parry #a far better thing #sydney carton

Sydney: think of me as a dissolute dog, a useless piece of furniture that sits in the shadows in the corner, seen but never known, forgotten and distantly loved—

Charles: why of course Sydney you can come and go whenever you please, we are always delighted to have you, you haven’t needn’t even ask! :^]

#oh sydney #it’s fascinating to see how he sees himself vs how others see him #but also heartbreaking #this dialogue did make me chuckle a little though because hg parry is so good at voice and I could hear how sardonic he was being #a far better thing #hg parry #sydney carton #charles darnay

I think one of my favorite things about Heather Fawcett’s adult novels is how her FMCs are always intelligent. Both Emily and Agnes are so clever and can think their way out of any situation, which I love to see!!

#I also love how real they seem #everyone say thank you heather fawcett #emily wilde’s encyclopedia of faeries #emily wilde #agnes aubert's mystical cat shelter #agnes aubert #heather fawcett

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