reasons why the inklings don’t have movie nights

show a little faith there’s magic in the night ♠

[iridescentoracle]

bad wizards and shimmering rainbow-white robes

Someone else has probably already made this point—I'm late to the Locked Tomb party, I know—but I've been reading a whole lot of Locked Tomb posts (in between re-reading bits of the Locked Tomb books and thinking about The Lord of the Rings) recently, and if anyone else has made this point I haven't seen it yet, so, spoilers through Nona the Ninth:

Your gazes met. The other nascent Lyctor—the Third House saint, the Emperor’s bones and the Emperor’s joints, the Emperor’s fists and gestures—was clothed in a beautiful nacreous robe that glimmered all the colours of the rainbow: gauzy, iridescent white stuff that changed violently in the light.

(Chapter 4, Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir)

A mass of fabric whispered past you—you could not feel it on your body, but you felt the air upon your cheek—and then a person knelt in front of your chair. A shining, shimmering billow of pale fabric came into your field of vision, a rainbow-hued whiteness that ran through shades beneath the hot tungsten light, like the reflection of coloured glass on ice, the same stuff that now was draped around you. Then, awfully, your vision was lifted. Someone had pressed a finger lightly beneath your chin, and they were tilting it up so that you could see their face. You looked at the Lyctor. The Lyctor looked at you.

(Chapter 6, Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir)

‘“Radagast the Brown!” laughed Saruman, and he no longer concealed his scorn. “Radagast the Bird-tamer! Radagast the Simple! Radagast the Fool! Yet he had just the wit to play the part that I set him. For you have come, and that was all the purpose of my message. And here you will stay, Gandalf the Grey, and rest from journeys. For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!” ‘I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered.

(“The Council of Elrond,” The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien)

I told them, This is it. We were put here to save the planet. We’re going to save the planet. We’re not going to let them run away. We’re going to fix this. And they were all, Yeah, John, because they were my friends and they loved me. But because they were also dicks and most of them had multiple tertiary degrees, they were also like, How though. We know you can do X and Y and Z. That’s still not A or B or C. We love the bone magic, but how are you going to pull this off? And it was P— of all people who said, First things first. If they’re going to let us fix the world, you’ve got to make them take us seriously. Get some leverage. If they want to make you into a bad wizard, be a bad wizard. We can write the history books to say you were a good wizard. Or at least an okay wizard. They’re not going to listen because we talk nicely, they’re going to listen because we scare the shit out of them.

(“John 5:1,” Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir)

Ironically, of course, John himself doesn’t wear the shimmering rainbow-hued robes of the Lyctors—but his crown of infant fingerbones is first described as “a wreath of ribbon and pearlescent leaves in his dark hair, rustling prismatically in the windless docking bay" (Chapter 6, Harrow the Ninth), and frankly I think rainbow pearlescent leaves each “intertwined with a match-sized infant fingerbone” sounds significantly more evil than Saruman bothered looking, so eat your heart out Curunír I guess.

Of course, there's lots of irony about John adopting the trappings of that particular evil wizard, but I think the most ironic part might be the extent to which he really should've taken notes on the rest of the passage in question:

‘“I liked white better,” I said. ‘“White!” he sneered. “It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.” ‘“In which case it is no longer white,” said I. “And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”

[casscainmainly]

Also have been reading so much Daredevil lately so I'm envisioning a Born Again arc for Cass but it's like some villain finds out Batgirl is Cass Cain and tries to destroy her life. So villain tries to find Cass' job to get her fired but oh she's unemployed so dead end there. Then villain drains Bruce's finances but like that has happened 1 bajillion times so neither Bruce nor Cass really care. Then the villain's like 'let me kill some of Batgirl's siblings' and goes after Dick (gets severely beaten up) then Jason (gets severely beaten up) and is like 'uh I'm just gonna skip to the youngest' and goes after Damian (gets severely beaten up). At this point the villain switches to Cass' civilian friends and through an intensive search comes up with: Brenda (deceased), Zero (deceased), Bà Bao (deceased), Liam (deceased), Tony (deceased). Villain's like 'whoa this girl's life is kinda tragic' but still goes after the first living guy on the list, Sal. The villain has a gun pointed to Sal's forehead and is like 'nothing personal it's just that you're Cassandra Cain's friend' and Sal is like 'who' and the villain is like 'this girl' and pulls up a picture and Sal is like 'oh her? we don't really know each other like that' so villain gives up and goes to blow up Wayne Manor only to find it's ALREADY been blown up. And while all of this is going on Steph & Cass are making out on a rooftop somewhere

[casscainmainly]

In terms of Orphan vs. Batgirl it is vital not only that Orphan is as much a legacy name as Batgirl, but that Orphan is a legacy from her father whereas Batgirl is a legacy from her mother. It's not so much that Batgirl is gendered and Orphan isn't, but that Batgirl represents a time where Cass forges relationships with other women while Orphan is an era where these relationships have been erased. In her New 52 backstory, Cass meets Bruce before she meets Babs, and does not really form a close relationship with Babs at all. Her relationship with Steph has similarly been wiped out, and while she gets close with Harper her backstory now includes that she murdered Harper's mom (whereas in the original story she only murdered 1 person who was a man). Orphan interfering with Cass' feminine relationships is more or less explicit when looking at Cass' ballerina friend Christine Montclair. James Tynion IV (one of the creators of the Orphan name) writes a scene where, after Christine reads Cass a story written by Carolyn, Cass begins to introduce herself as Orphan but cuts herself off and says instead that she is Cassandra. By growing close to Christine - whose character also symbolises feminine legacy, who desires to pass down her love for ballet to another young girl - Cass breaks free from the Orphan name. Orphan is not and was never meant to be a sustainable name; it always symbolised Cass' isolation from other women, and in many ways represents her at her lowest. But Batgirl will always represent the family who took her in, the 'like a mother' who gifted her the suit and taught her how to wear it, the girl she loves who eventually wears the suit alongside her. When Cassandra is Batgirl, she is never alone.

[tanoraqui]

my hottest take is that I truly think every person should get emotionally invested in at least one local sports team - any team, any sport; chose based on their colors or if you like high-scoring or low-scoring games or which player you think is hottest - and go to at least one (1) live game each year; and at that game you need to cheer and/or boo at the top of your lungs with everyone else, and thus microdose on the human instincts for 'us vs them' thinking, mob mentality, and bloodlust. Because if you don't accept these things in yourself and periodically indulge them in something petty like sports, you'll accidentally put them in politics, fandom shipping, etc. instead, which I think we can all agree is Worse.

[ultravhasart]

Cassandra Cain’s Speaking Patterns

I was trying to write some fic and started saving a bunch of comic panels to analyze Cass’s speech patterns, so here’s my notes for myself and others! Most of the panels are taken from more recent stuff, like Birds of Prey (2023), Batgirls (2022) and Batgirl (2024).

I have nine points:

Only speaking when necessary

Typically monotone

Sentence Structure

On the job vs off the job

Slang

Facial Expressions and Body Language

Miscellaneous

My personal headcanons (still with some evidence)

I've also been forced to split this post up, since I can't add more than ten images per post :(

1: Only speaking when necessary

Unsurprisingly, Cass doesn’t talk much. This is especially true in group situations, since she doesn’t need to drive any conversation.

[Birds of Prey, Issue #2: Zannah and Black Canary are discussing plans, going back and forth about how to get onto Themyscira. Cass adds “or they’ll be on high alert.”]

The panel above is from a scene showing the Birds strategizing, and this is the only time Cass talks. She’s silent the rest of the time.

For one-on-one situations, she still doesn’t expand much, preferring single-word sentences.

[Batgirl (2024), Issue #2: Lady Shiva dropping some exposition, and Cass asking a question with one word.]

In tense situations, she can forget to speak ‘properly’, dropping words like ‘I’ll’ in the panel below:

[Batgirl (2024), Issue #2: Cass fights Kalden the Unseen after he hurts her friend.]

Also, she’ll talk more casually with people she’s comfortable with, like Steph!

[Batgirls, Issue #4: Cass and Steph banter a bit before being interrupted by Barbara.]

2: Typically monotone

Cass sounds very monotone, a lot of the time. She barely ends her sentences with exclamation marks or asks rhetorical questions. It’s fun to see her contrast her with characters who are more excitable/long-winded!

[Birds of Prey, Issue #7: Cass and Bertha go back and forth after being beaten in a fight.]

Cass also keeps up her usual tone in most fights. Here she is, battling a giant squid creature, focused as ever.

[Spirit World, Issue #3: Cass chides her teammates for bickering at each other rather than focusing on the fight.]

When in more alarming situations, she’ll raise her voice like everyone else. It’s uncommon, but only because it’s uncommon for her to be overwhelmed.

[Spirit World, Issue #4: A mysterious force takes control of Cass and Constantine, Cass looks scared, shouting “Can’t control… my body!”]

Once again, she’s more expressive with Steph. She’s more comfortable with her, and matches Steph’s energy when they’re both excited.

[Batgirls (2022), Issue #2: Steph and Cass exclaim “Bondo?!” at the same time, christening the car.]

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3: Sentence Structure

Short Sentences with No Commas

As said before, Cass doesn’t talk more than she has to. Where most would use a comma, she ends each phrase with a period. She also drops a lot of ‘unnecessary’ speech.

Birds of Prey #1

[Birds of Prey, issue #1: Batgirl talks to Black Canary, where she greets her by just saying ‘Black Canary.’ without a hello.]

If she can be understood with just a word, she’ll only say that word.

[Batgirls, issue #1: Cass replies with ‘Soap. Towel. Favourite robe.’ when asked if she needs anything.]

[Batgirls, issue #1: Cass says ‘Movement. Grumpy neighbor.’ when Steph asks what’s going on.]

Ellipses

Cass uses a lot of ellipses, especially in the early days. She trails off often, and speaks slowly.

[Batgirl (2000), Issue #7: Batgirl tries to convince Batman she’s ready, stuttering.]

4: On the job vs off the job.

Cass is much more at ease and confident with her sentences as Batgirl. She trails off a lot more as a civilian.

[Batgirl (2008), Issue #2: Cass talking to a guy in her class, having an awkward conversation (likely also awkward since it’s implied to be romantic, but still).]

In the exact same issue, Cass as Batgirl speaks a lot more confidently.

[Batgirl (2008), Issue #2: Cass and Marque discuss their plans and trade information.]

5: Slang

Cass canonically picked up dialogue from watching TV, and uses some slang. Although she picked up English almost like a second language, she doesn’t speak like she was taught in a formal, classroom setting.

[Spirit world, issue #4: Cass says ‘gotcha’.] [Birds of Prey, Issue #9, Cass  says ‘sorta’ in her sentence.]

[Batgirls, issue #1: Cass says ‘...I dunno’.]

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6: Facial expressions & Body Language

If Cass can get her point across just using her face or other non-verbal gestures, that’s her go to. No point using words when your face does the trick!

The page below is one of my favourites, since it really shows Cass communicating a lot without words.

[Birds of prey, issue #7: Cass makes her opinion on potential outfits known with her facial expressions.]

She’d also rather nod or shake her head, as opposed to saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

[Batgirls #3: Cass nods her head.][Spirit World #4: Cass shakes her head.]

7: Miscellaneous

Cass can’t storytell well at all:

[Birds of Prey, Issue #1: The team tells Cass she’s really bad at telling stories.]

Cass uses a lot of emojis:

[Nightwing issue #79: Babs remarking that Cass can’t help herself when it comes to emojis.]

8: Veering into Headcanon Territory:

Cass has a very basic grasp on describing what she’s feeling. In my mind, this translates to a very basic grasp of her feelings as a whole.

In the panel below, Cass is very confused about why she’s putting in effort towards her father, and describes him as terrible. She pauses a lot, indicating she’s having a hard time putting together how she feels:

[Batgirl (2000) #65: Cass tells David Cain he ‘sucks’, very simple vocabulary for everything that’s gone down between them.]

I also think Cass has echolalia, which is the ‘meaningless repetition of words spoken by another person’. This only happens a few times but I’ll peddle it.

[Batgirls #2: Cass repeats Stephs words ‘still sucking’, without much reason.]

Conclusion:

Obviously, different writers write her differently, and I’ve tried to grab from a lot of different series to get the main points down. It’s also important to think about what point of Cass’s life you’re writing. In the current stories, Cass can express basically anything she needs to (except anything too complicated like feelings, lol), but in the early 2000s she was struggling with simple sentences. And of course, she didn’t speak at all for the majority of her life! Anyways, I hope you find this guide useful.

[kiragecko]

This is amazing! This is what I WISHED I could do when I made this analysis of how Cass uses names - you were able to get into a lot of the ambiguous information that exists in the spaces where data isn’t. It’s also really nice to see some threads follow through her whole history - I restricted things to before Flashpoint, and have only read Birds of Prey Cass since then.

Good thoughts, really appreciate them.

[tobermoriansass]

the thing is, the doom of mandos is at its most compelling for ME when its a self-fulfilling prophecy because you can see the exact points in the journey of the noldor, where they could make different decisions and then they don't. and part of it is because they're resisting the doom (building their own havens, building their militaries, going to war) and part of it is because they're on edge suspecting each other of treason, because in treason they began and namo mandos named it specifically and its there in the back of their minds, always lurking and always compelling them to triangulate not against morgoth, but against each other first and foremost.

[ohevoyev]

joan of arc in art antonin mercié (1848-1900) / kay nielsen (c. 1914) / jules bastien-lepage (1879) / unknown artist (1837) / christopher whall (1922) / zoé-laure de chatillon (1869)

[modmad]

damnit AA you had to go and make me have to make yet another game ending fixer comic didn’t you… anyway hope you folks enjoy! Loved the game, but I couldn’t let all those frustrating contradictions go un-objected to!

I am relying on tumblr making the previews of these too tiny to be a risk but if I need to I’ll put them under a cut!

best read by opening in new tabs.

[modmad]

aww shucks I'm almost disappointed you enjoyed AA chronicles so much bc it means we don't get a kickass alternate ending comic from you! XD

oho! ohoohohohoho

well. you see. I did not at all agree with EVERYTHING

idk if I have the beans to make a full on comic though… maybe a good old fashioned theory-rant with bullet points of all the shit that didn’t make sense and therefore how I believe part of the story was originally conceived, but honestly it was very good overall and didn’t leave the bitter-pill flavour in my mouth that AA5 did so I don’t have all that vitriol to work with :’D most of it made sense it was just one ‘case’ that they left a lot of evidence/behaviour hanging out to dry on

[modmad]

So apparently I had no better thing to do today as this cold continues to kick my ass so ahaaahaha get ready for a lot of words. To reconfirm I LOVED THIS GAME it is Very good and I enjoyed it immensely and 99% of it was great it’s just this one part where I am sure some of you will also have noticed some Gaping Holes in the sense of the game both logically and storywise… MOST of which are, happily, easily explained with basically one key adjustment.

anyway here it is: Course Correction aka. HOLD IT MR. GAA WRITER!

(under the cut because all the spoilers!!! all of them!!!!).

Keep reading

[drop-of-infinity]

I don’t think we talk enough about how the entirety of Wicked is built on the irony of No One Mourns the Wicked. The musical exists because Glinda feels the need to tell Elphaba’s story, because she is in mourning and entirely alone in that. Glinda’s love is what creates the musical because no one mourns Elphaba except her, and that is an incredibly lonely place to be. She’s just lost two of the most important people to her, and all she’s trying to do is make someone, anyone else see how important they were.

[tunemyart]

Wicked is a frame story. This often gets lost in the stuff that happens inside the frame. But it's wildly important who's doing the framing - Glinda - and why - because she's grieving.

But! It's not just grief! It's a decision. It's a character point! It's very much akin to the moment where a young Galinda stepped onto the floor of the Ozdust and started to dance opposite a young Elphaba... and just as delicate a moment.

Because what we definitely don't talk about enough is that Glinda is telling this story in a way that explicitly breaks a promise she's just made to Elphaba near the end of the story. Glinda, panicked and distraught at realizing what's about to happen and her own inability to stop it, cries, "I'll tell them, I'll tell everyone the truth!"

To which Elphaba immediately says, "No. They'll only turn against you."

"I don't care!" Glinda says.

"Well, I do!" Elphaba retorts. "Promise me you won't try to clear my name."

Overcome, Glinda promises in the face of Elphaba's fervor for her safety... and then turns around and immediately breaks that promise.

The thing I also love about this is that we don't see the reprecussions of her decision. We have no idea how it goes for her - if in fact "they" turn against Glinda. Chronologically, the last we see of Glinda in the show is her hovering on the decision to tell the story. "Yes, I was her friend. Yes, I loved her. This is how it happened, and this is what it meant."

Whether or not they turn against her is irrelevant. The fact that Glinda's telling the story at all is her final triumph over her character, her absolute culmination of self. That it's also a testament to Elphaba and their friendship - ultimately the final and most important thing to her - is beautiful. Here, whatever else comes, she's found not only strength, but peace.

[elusivemellifluence]

#god you are so right #because after all – she already lived that! she already had power & acclaim for the small price of lying #lying about the wizard. lying about her best friend. lying and lying and lying and lying and-- #'I couldn't be happier!' she chirps at the opening of act 2 and it's a desperate cry for help #she has stifled the truth and had the life she always dreamed of and it's been choking her #and elphaba doesn't know that. how can she? they don't exactly correspond #all she sees is that her friend is safe and beloved #and on the news she's always smiling #so elphie begs – demands – 'don't tell the truth about me. don't stop lying.' #what she's really asking is 'don't sacrifice your happiness for the idea of me. I'm lost anyway.' #but glinda isn't sacrificing her happiness for elphie #she's doing this for herself #maybe she couldn't be happier. maybe she can't. maybe this is as good as it gets and all other options are worse. #but if they turn on her and her life is ruined--well. at least it will be HER life #and not this paper-doll facsimile she's let herself be turned into (via aethersea)

[theoppositeofprofound]

I'll say it, I think Caranthir should have died at the hands of Ulfang and his sons at the Nirnaeth.

The same way that Celegorm and Curufin dying at Dior's hands closes the circle on their earlier actions against Lúthien, so too would Caranthir being murdered by Men loop through his subplot seeking the service of (and offending) Haleth. It would also give actual credence to his supposed ill temper! Being such a mid liege lord you get killed for it is compelling, that kind of obvious personal grudge gives the Easterlings' betrayal a little more oomph. Plus, I think the Secondborn deserve more narrative wins. They should get a Son of Feanor on a pike too.

[iridescentoracle]

#yeah this is compelling #gives caranthir more of an arc #but otoh i kind of love that 0 of the sons of fëanor died fighting morgoth’s forces #(while all the sons of fingolfin and finarfin did - and fingolfin died fighting morgoth personally) (via warrioreowynofrohan)

[whetstonefires]

i regret that the love interest beam removed 90% of bernard dowd's previously dominant traits of being weird and obnoxious not just because it smacks of everything wrong with amatonormativity, or because i like it when characters are weird and obnoxious (and still lovable anyway), although those things are true.

and not just because it weakens the benefits of making his Love Interest someone from his past he's got a preexisting dynamic with, by limiting the extent to which the romance can pick up the threads of the friendship. though it does and that's sort of a subheading of complaint 1 from paragraph prior.

but most especially because Tim likes it when people are weird and obnoxious. like, he doesn't say this, and he tends to bitch about the obnoxiousness and occasionally the weirdness also, but he reacts to it by paying more attention to a person rather than avoiding them.

bernard specifically made his first impression by being weird and pushy and annoying and mortifyingly fifteen years old, and this was the opening to a not-that-long but more than usually memorable stint as recurring supporting cast in tim's book.

tim's strongest relationships have always been the ones where his obnoxious weirdness is allowed to brush and jostle up against someone else's until they find a position where their greebling aligns and they can achieve some degree of interlocking, and hence a smooth workflow or stream of banter.

his friendships with Kon and Bart, for example, are very much founded on how bad they all pissed each other off for about the first year, and the consequent certainty that their mutual acceptance is not contingent on the absence of conflict, but will survive it.

the strength of his relationship with Batman was to a very significant degree built on his knowledge that pissing off and arguing with and even winning arguments with the man was not a deal-breaker, despite his high-handedness that might make it seem that way.

his previous romances tended to be weak specifically because he tried so hard to be a Good Boy in them. steph was his most noteworthy and strong love interest because she didn't allow that; she crossed lines that made him get stroppy and took offense at behavior he felt was called-for, and generally had too much character to lie flat and let him perform boyfriend.

this also made their relationship one that couldn't be stable unless both of them matured a very great deal, which would likely have resulted in them outgrowing one another anyway; they were never very plausible as each other's endgame. mostly because there were deep underlying gaps in their trust in one another's ability to make good choices, which also drove a lot of the surface conflict.

but it was still the strongest one he had.

so now that they're trying to position Bernard as a plausible endgame partner, who can be important enough to Tim for him to recenter his life around that relationship instead of his relationship to the Batfamily, it's increasingly frustrating that the writing around the relationship tends to look more like Tim trying so hard to date Arianna correctly than like any of his actual substantial connections to other people.

[ohlookanothercartoontofallinto]

I was thinking of a book character last night, and just how crazy his life was. So I'm going to tell you what he went through then tell you the character's name. If you figure it out I like you. 

He was the son of a leader of a clan, and as a baby his mother and half the clan were murdered by pirates while his father was off finding provision. 

His father, stricken with grief, left his son in the care of the boy's grandmother. So he could go hunt down the Captain that took the life of his wife. Leaving his sword for his son to remember him by. 

As a child, he was playing too far away from his clan, sword in hand. When his grandmother found him it was too late. A warlord party found the both of them and kidnapped them to be slaves. The warlord stole his father's sword.  

His grandmother died as a slave. 

He spent his teen to young adult years as a slave. Until he had enough and started to push back. He ended up in a prison's pit but made some friends that allowed him to escape. Meeting a young woman who was trying to save her brother from the prisoner pit. 

They made a plan to return to the young woman's village and raise up an army to take down the warlord. On their journey to do this they made many friends who would also aid them in fighting this war. Slowly and quietly, he fell in love with the young woman. Wanting to spend his life with her. 

Many friends were lost, he was determined to get his father's sword back. 

During the final battle as the fighting raged on he watched as the warlord took the love of his life, and launched her into a wall crushing her skull, killing her. He only saw red as he leapt from the walls. Fighting the warlord and winning, retrieving his father's sword. Despite his friends' kindness and plead for him to return to the village with them he couldn't. Not without his love. 

So he became a wanderer, and he stayed a wanderer into his 30s until he stepped onto another warlord's land. He was bound and taken because he was a commoner who dared carry a weapon. The warlord's punishment was to take his father's sword and break it in half, and be thrown into a prison cell for a couple of years. And he was there for a few years.

Until he met a new friend, that helped him escape. Meeting with the old leader of the lands who was forced out and hiding. She, having a small group of allies, and more rolling in, tasked him with another journey to get more support to defeat the warlord. He willingly did it again, meeting a man that fixed his father's sword, rebuilding it with meteorite metal. 

He also happened upon a man who was once a friend of his from his original clan. He too had also been enslaved by pirates. 

After he was able to get more recruits they  journey back to their allies. 

The final battle happens and he wins but is seriously injured and goes into a coma for several weeks. When he wakes up he chooses to stay with his allies and friends this time and help them build a home for themselves in the area. 

Years go by and he's now in his 40 to 50s progress is being made to the village, our warrior traded his sword for a hammer. Wanting to create rather than destroy. 

One day a young girl comes to the village. She is kind and sings a little tune that catches his ear. A song that tells the tale of his father. He never thought to ask his friend from his clan about him. He had already passed, years of enslavement took his life early. 

So he sets out on one more quest to return to his home clan. Taking the young girl, and the friend that helped him escape with him. 

They make it to his original home, and their waiting for him was one of his father's friends. He never left hoping one day his friend’s son would return. 

He was able to tell the tale of our warrior's father. He was able to get his revenge but at the cost of his own life. 

Satisfied with this the group returns back to the village taking the older friend with him. He never tells his new home about what happened to him as a young man, but the love he lost. They wouldn't find out until generations later. 

Despite this our warriors become a hero to the village and his legacy is passed down for generation to generation. And he is still kind throughout all of it. 

And the craziest thing about this warrior's story is he's a mouse. 

This is Martin the Warrior from The Redwall series, one of my favorites of all time! 

[that-catholic-shinobi]

What book does he go back home again?

[springsgreenleaves]

"As a child, he was playing too far away from his clan, sword in hand. When his grandmother found him it was too late. A warlord party found the both of them and kidnapped them to be slaves. The warlord stole his father's sword.  

His grandmother died as a slave. " - Martin the Warrior, Legend of Luke

Was it Mossflower he went home?

Also. Timballisto. ;_;

[what-the-dickens]

Legend of Luke is where he goes home to learn about his father

Martin the Warrior is where he escapes from slavery, raises up an army, and defeats the slavers.

Mossflower is where he and the other peaceful creatures in mossflower wood come together to form what will become redwall abbey.

Legend of Luke has a split time narrative because it the parts about Martin occur after Mossflower, while the sections about Luke occur before Martin the Warrior

[anothersuperstition]

in 2022 i got to make special MCR MTG cards as a gift for gerard before swarm tour and last year i decided to redo the art as a gift for them all on LLTBP and i forgot to share the art anywhere 🤡

[flamingflyingv]

Some more of my favorite shots from Sonic Temple

Part two to come 💖

[scribefindegil]

as someone who wants to make Every Art And Craft, Ever, All The Time it's actually suuuuuuch a relief when I come across a technique that I don't vibe with aesthetically. my pile of Things To Learn is endless and ever-growing and normally every time I see a new thing it's like well. there it goes. on the infinite pile. so on the rare occasions i see something i DON'T have a fervent and immediate desire to learn I'm just oh wow I don't like this. thank fucking god.

[sosaysdean]

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