Just A Bloom Blood

tumblr dedicated to The Cursed Melodies by Connie Glynn Aka: @RosewoodConch

[justabloomblood]

Hey guys, yall might know me as @rosewoodconch from the rwch fandom, but with Connies new book out I thought I'd make a new blog to post stuff!

I was the first RWCH tumblr, and it only felt fitting to be the first Cursed Melodies one too!

Please note that I'll be tagging everything as #The Cursed Melodies #TCM #The Cursed Melodies Spoilers, so if you wanna avoid spoilers until you've read it block those tags!

I love yall, and enjoy tcm!

[jackboyjack]

‼️ Spoilers‼️

Finished the cursed melodies last night, and I have thoughts...

So first of all, ASTRID AND GWEN AAAAAAAAAAA THEY'RE SO CUTE.

The main trio are so cute together and I love their dynamic, especially Jonas being so begrudging about their bond with Gwen, actually hilarious.

I enjoyed most of the side characters tbh and Jan and Thomas are so cool, they could definitely have their own spin off show where they just chill and study tree spirits.

Now, onto the apples of my eyes *sigh* Magnus and Elijah~ these fuckers are gonna be all I think about for the next 6-9 months, I am obsessed and simultaneous wish we could have had more from them. Especially Elijah, I need to know he's not just a silly goofy baker so I can write mountains of fanfic about the two of them, I will not elaborate.

Magnus my beloved, protector of prodigy children pop offfffffff

Lorelei is soon cool too! But I want more of her too! I could read a whole book about the adults in this, especially a prequel about the rapscallions oh my lord-

I did not see the twist coming at all lol, right up till the last moment lol, I was on the edge of my seat as always thanks to Connie.

I'm low key very upset they didn't kill the dragon and it just flew away? 😭 Like seriously, I get that there needs to be a villain in book two but I wish it could just be something different, or leftover traitors etc.

I think that's all my thoughts for now, but I'll be back lmao 😂

[jackboyjack]

I never knew how good we had it with rosewood cause posting about the cursed melodies really is like shouting into the void lmao.

But it's such a lovely void😆

[justabloomblood]

Not for long!

[justabloomblood]

Okay heres the thing, if we're going to theorise we need to all come together for this like we did with rwch, so please reblog with your best, worst, and most unhinged theories and we can spiral from there 💚

Remember to tag reblogs with the cursed melodies tags too so people arent spoiled tho

[binahfaes]

TCM COVENT GARDEN BOOK EVENT

(notes i jotted down after the fact, so take it all w a pinch of salt — this isn't Everything either, just things i remembered! may edit/add onto this later)

- central themes of TCM - knowledge, evil, obsession and possession — the twins are both obsessed w gwen, astrid straightforwardly and openly, and jonas more pragmatic/annoyed about it; the twins are also very enmeshed (?) and obsessed with each other (they only have one another, scared to be separated), the older characters (names escape me) are obsessed with knowledge

- world building wise connie went from/considered a more typical horrific monsters approach/idea to observing and learning about things we don't quite understand, (gothic) pursuit of knowledge

- (on what motivates connie to keep writing) what keeps connie going is the feeling in the third act when all the pieces begin to come together and things start to click in place in that wonderful way they do

- WANTS TO WRITE AN ADULT VAMPIRE ROMANCE NEXT (potentially)

- lola/mickey-astrid/jonas have been characters connie has had in their head since they were about 12, will probably appear in everything they write in some form

- og name for faymor manor was rotting manor, but it didn't translate well to other languages

- jonas is in parasocial gay love with prince teddy the way one would be with a kpop idol (he doesn't want anyone to know that)

- connie enjoys varying settings partially for the novelty/gets bored setting things in one place for too long; wants the manor to feel alive/like a home

- ALL THE MYSTERIES/SECRETS will be revealed in book 2 (including who the twins' parents are), so start theory crafting Now — book 2 will be incredibly traumatic, no one is safe - connie cried while writing bk2, something that didn't happen often while connie wrote rwch

- listened to 'Celtic woman' among other songs while writing, but when in the flow can listen to anything really; often writes on the sofa with gilmore girls on

- intergenerational queer dynamics + more focus on the adults of the cast and their mysteries also

- the musical aspect of the magic system didn't 'happen' until Connie was 40k words into the first draft and a character hummed something to summon a power and they were like fuckkkkkk so That's it

- connie said originally TCM was a Victorian era period piece,, penguin said maybeee you should do contemporary? (she agrees is was a better choice)

- there May be a maradova mention in book 3 — perhaps the maravish royal family really are descended from wolves, who knows?

- relates most to jonas, who is a bit of a little bitch and a gremlin (affectionate)

[justabloomblood]

Hello im done and oh my god when is book two out

[justabloomblood]

Okay im at ch 11 and i love love love how latin is used because now i can actually use my latin classes for something!!!

Sanguis noster, officium nostrum is Our Blood, Our Duty!

[justabloomblood]

Well now that its been explained in the book i feel silly bit please know i did know this! And felt very smart 😭

[justabloomblood]

Stratus mentioned!

[justabloomblood]

Okay im at ch 11 and i love love love how latin is used because now i can actually use my latin classes for something!!!

Sanguis noster, officium nostrum is Our Blood, Our Duty!

[acursedworm]

helloooooo i’m a longtime fan of rwch which means i am also gonna be big on the cursed melodies

for now this account is just gonna be out of context spoilers and screaming while i read, but at some point i shall be posting spoilers

i’m @lottiepumpkinofficial btw