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[sweetwickednemesis]

Cardan writing letters begging Jude to return. Cardan fighting and killing half of Madoc’s men to try to keep Jude once she finally does. Cardan showing up in the camp himself to save Jude in the dark of night.

Cardan trying to appeal to Jude’s ambition just to have her close. Just to see her everyday, to ensure she is safe and fed and full of life. How he would rather she be near and have his heart shattered than to have her gone with his heart shattered.

The devotion, the desperation. The sacrifice.

My heart.

[mylo-space]

the scene where Rocky runs off to get a clock, and Grace kinda just stands there waiting and apologizing for talking so much while Rocky bops back into the screen, just chirping away--and we know those aren't idle sounds. it's language. it's Rocky talking, just as much as Grace is talking. Rocky has been so, so alone for so, so long and meets this creature who makes so much noise all the time, and even though they're sort of talking over each other it must be such a comfort to just have something to talk at, to have something talk at him. imagine if Rocky had known that Grace was apologizing for being the sole beacon of sound and life Rocky has come into contact with in five decades.

[verenakauer]

I know there's a popular headcanon that Grace's crew died because of feeding tubes malfunction (based on the paperwork Grace was doing right before the explosion), but — in the book he specifically says that even after the accident he kept dealing with that same paperwork on minor Hail Mary issues, so I doubt that feeding tube problem was left unaddressed. May I offer instead:

Grace was put into coma by the people who cared about him. They (especially Yáo being Yáo) probably double-triple-quadruple checked everything. They watched him sleep for those first few days — I doubt they went into coma immediately after leaving Earth's orbit. They probably talked to him, assuring him that he'll be okay.

Ilyukhina's coma procedure was probably supervised by Yáo. He made sure that everything was in order, but — he is just one man and he is not a doctor. There was much more room for mistakes.

When Yáo went to sleep, he was alone. He had to rely on the technology completely.

We know that he died first.

[hedgiihog]

i like when mary and armando act silly too

[copepods]

by the time rocky and grace arrive on erid they’ve spent 4 years constructing the worlds most unintuitive english-eridian creole language and no one can understand a word of what rocky is saying

[rosiethorns88]

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish voted on by my lovely Patreon members for January (yes, I'm drastically behind, but feverishly catching up!)

Featuring Jude and Cardan from The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black! Another scene requested where I took a slight detour to showcase what we didn't see on page (when Jude was unconscious) but was hinted at in the aftermath (Cardan's bloody jacket). Does anyone else's cat shed fur when they're startled or agitated? Mine leaves behind clumps, which for a Devon Rex is dire. I channeled that energy with Cardan's agitated whipping tail and shedding leaves.

Pomegranate have been my go-to fruit to add to my morning oats for over a year now, so it was a fun time to sprinkle them all over this.

[anu-ca]

Another comic adaptation! Now is chapter 25: Jude kidnaps Cardan andd stuff happens...

Hope you like 😊

[hailed-marys]

not everything feels like something else

[hailed-marys]

not everything feels like something else

[melandrops]

the aroace read of ryland grace is so personal and haunting. "you don't even have a dog." was it not enough to love the world for the sake of living in it. was it not enough to live for the thrill of discovery. was it not enough to smile at your students. was it not enough to be afraid.

[loving-jack-kelly]

your name is ryland grace and you are a coward. you know it because it's written everywhere in your story: you are a coward and a quitter and the first one out the door when things get hard. you are good with kids because kids don't expect you to be braver than you are, and because kids respond well to distraction when you run away from a problem in front of them, and because kids are curious and open-minded and ask questions expecting surprising answers.

your name is ryland grace and you are a teacher. you are good at laying out the facts, at disgusing useful information in your quips. you are good at meeting people where they're at and getting them to understand the things that click into place in your brain so easily. you are smart but you love to learn new things and you love to help others love it, too. you used to think you were only good at teaching children. you were wrong.

your name is ryland grace and you wake up alone and with no memory of anything and it comes back to you in fits and starts: the earth is dying. you know how to save it. you used to stand in front of a classroom and help kids understand. there was a woman who believed in you. your friends needed you. your planet needed you. you do not remember being a coward because it is not important when the world is dying and you, ryland grace, are the only one who has a chance to save it.

your name is ryland grace and you remember being a coward but it feels like a different ryland grace. it feels like the ryland grace you are now, who leaps into space to collect a sample and does everything in his power to complete his mission, this ryland grace is not a coward. but you know that your name is ryland grace, and you are a coward. what do you do with that?

your name is ryland grace and you're faced with a choice: accept the fate you were so close to avoiding. go home. be a hero and be welcomed back with open arms. prove to the world you left behind that you could do it, that their faith in you was worth it, even though you are a coward.

or turn back and save the friend who is the only reason you were able to do any of it in the first place. save the friend who saved you. save the friend who can't save himself, and whose planet and people will die without him. and in doing so, make the choice you never made in the first place. make the choice to turn around and leave the earth and your people behind, never set foot on a beach again, never breath the fresh air again, never feel the light of your sun again.

your name is ryland grace and the choice is not hard. rocky would do the same for you. rocky did the same for you. rocky almost died for you. rocky gave up years of his life to make sure you could go home, and that sacrifice is the only reason saving him is even option. your name is ryland grace and you know, now, that it doesn't matter that you were a coward, once. there's more important things to worry about.

your name is ryland grace, and you get to have a hand in saving two worlds.

[lawrenceleemagnuson]

Gianni Notariann (UK) oil on canvas 75 x 55 cm

[rainbowrowell]

Gianni Notarianni

[faeriewh0r3]

I can’t stop thinking about how when Cardan wanted to talk to Jude about the first time they got intimate and she quickly replies she just wanted to get it out of her system, Cardan asks her “Did you? Get it out of your system?”

But what he meant was “Did you get ME out of your system, because I can’t get you out of mine nor do I want to. I only fell in deeper.”

Her reply about wanting to just get it out of her system hurt him.

When he had said “This is a terrible idea.” as he was kissing her and taking of his shirt, he didnt mean terrible as in things are gonna get weird and akward between them. He meant this was going to rattle him to the bones. This was going to make him fall in deeper for her. This was a terrible idea for him because he knew she didnt reciprocate his feelings and HE was vulnerable and going to end up hurt. It was a terrible idea for HIM.

[smart-dreamy]

It’s so ironic that Jude spends the whole trilogy of TCP thinking she’s an ugly mortal among ethereal and gorgeous enchanted beings and that she’s not beautiful enough nor capable enough when not only Cardan was in love with her but ALL THE GREENBRIAR BROTHERS and ALL THE MEN IN CARDAN GANG were interested in her in a way or in another!

Dain saw in her ambition, skill and discipline and wanted her as an allied and spy, Balekin had some attraction for her and implied keeping her as a lover in TWK, Valerian had been confirmed by Holly Black to have attraction for Jude but hating it bc she was human, therefore “inferior” to him and Locke says she’s beautiful several times!

I can just imagine a pre-books Jude waltzing in a revel with Oak and the screen opening to these bunch of 5 men in a table staring to her with completely different glares.

[allergictojoy]

one thing about tfota that makes me love it so much is that I want to see more of everything. i want to see what cardan’s days were like in hollow hall, i want to see more of his dynamic with locke, valerian and nicasia. i want to see his interactions with his sisters, however brief or hurtful they might have been. i want to see more of his relationship with nicasia. i want to see eva and madoc’s love story. i want to see eva and justin’s love story. i want to see more of asha and eva’s friendship. i want to see more of vivi and heather. i want to see taryn and jude slowly re-building their relationship and taryn apologizing. i want to see madoc raising his daughters when they were little. i want to see more of van and liliver’s past. i want to see garrets’ past as well. i want to see more of orlagh and nicasia’s relationship. i want to see madoc and oriana realizing they are in love now. i want to see more of liriope. i want jude and cardan to sit down and have a talk about the shit they put one another through. i want MORE please give me more

[whostoleallthecookies]

i know the dan and phil reveal inevitably is a Tumblr Event TM and that means that the stuff that gets talked about is ironically very surface level and focused on how the Phandom (TM) feels but can we talk about the WRITING of that video??? the ART of it?????

the intro, for starters: it's INTENTIONAL. the bedsheets are ON PURPOSE. the shirts that match the bedsheets. the premise: how they were reduced to the Iconic Matching Bedsheets because that was how the fans Branded them. the intimacy of the bed setting. different but belonging together, the perfect speculated Are They Dating.

confirming it 7 seconds in to finally take control of the narrative.

then, the title card: gloved hands ripping apart the bedsheets and setting them on fire. anonymous people on the internet ruining something so incredibly private, ripping it apart and setting the dregs on fire. THAT'S the theme of the video: why they kept it a secret.. and why they're sharing it now. taking control of the narrative, shedding a light on the damage that was done.

when there are clips of old videos that were since privated i don't think it's accidental that they're taken from torrent sites with the logo intact and not the official upload. BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. it feels invasive. IT WAS INVASIVE.

it's ART. it's INTENTIONAL. yeah they're dating but they're WRITERS. this isn't just a dating announcement, it's an introspective art film. a video essay. a think piece. so many layers to this video that i think many people are missing or ignoring.

then the REBRAND. it's such a powerful conclusion to a video all about strangers controlling the narrative of one's life and career, and finally freeing oneself from that chokehold. setting boundaries. deciding for yourself what, and how, you do from now on. a metamorphosis, maybe. finally taking back the control that was ripped from them for all those years.

incredible work, lads. im so proud of you.

[2ndquarteredquell]

People justifying the Louella casting by saying “not all of D11 is Black 🥺🥺” bffr D11 is the only district Suzanne bothered to racially code, I’m going to assume there are very few white people in the district. Why does the whitewashing and bad decisions on Lionsgate and Collins’s part have to be so eagerly excused?