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Okay, who let me write my Riyria/Squire's Tales crossover fanfiction before I read the Ashmoore Affair short story and learned that Hadrian beats someone to death with a stewpot. Like excuse you??? One of those only two nickles but it's weird that it happened twice situations.
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the crown tower memes part 2
more crown tower memes as promised :) should i make some for other riyria books as well?
the rose and the thorn memes
All the memes in one post this time. There's not enough about Rose, but her story is so sad it was hard to meme. My girl deserved so much better 🥺
Trying to figure out how I like Arsita to look at various levels of detail
My Illustration for the Deluxe Edition of Crown Tower- Royce and Hardian Meet. The version in the book was so dark that you couldn't really see most of the room's details, and due to the time crunch, we really couldn't get new proof before printing, which is a shame because I spent so much time.
There really really ought to be a book about how the staple crops of different civilizations shape and influence those civilizations, and I really want to read it.
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky and A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (three are alcohol, three have caffeine) are not quite that, but may still be of interest?
I read Salt back in the day and it's so so good, second the rec. I have heard of 6 Glasses and not read it but I am sure I would probably love it. Gotta see if the library has it. Thank you!
Gonna throw Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert in the ring here! You'll never see the modern world the same way again.
A Short History Of The World According To Sheep by Sally Coulthard blew my mind. So many things are tied to wool and sheep and weaving and so many words and phrases are tied to wool, people have no idea.
Example words which come from textiles/weaving, if not specifically wool (go look them up!): subtle, shoddy, tabby, Brazil, rocket, twit, warped, going batty, on tenterhooks, text...
I'll throw in a rec for Pickled, Potted, and Canned by Sue Shephard - a very interesting look at food preservation and how the availability of different types of food preservation shaped cultures and cuisines.
Sweetness and Power is this but for the topic of sugar
The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past might also be up your alley. It's about "forgotten" foods and staples. They talk about different types of wheat, sauces, veggies, etc and a little about the cultures from whence they come
Also: Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser. One of my favourite books.
DO I HAVE A SERIES FOR YOU. University of California Press has a gift for you and it is a 80+ book series on food studies. There are even some that are open access (legally free), but the rest are in libraries.
I also highly recommend Frostbite by Nicola Twilley. It’s about the impact refrigeration has had/is having on food preservation and culture, globally. It was one of my favorite books of this last year.
Also, The Rice Theory of Culture https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=orpc By Thomas Talhelm
the crown tower memes part 1
i'm rereading the crown tower and couldn't stop myself from making some memes. more to come when i finish the book
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Riyria Revelations - Michael J. Sullivan Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hadrian Blackwater & Royce Melborn & Arista Essendon, Arista Essendon & Royce Melborn, background Hadrista Characters: Arista Essendon, Royce Melborn, Hadrian Blackwater Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, gwen may not show up but you better believe she’s alive, Banter, Minor Injuries, Magic Mishaps, people who are bad at talking about feelings talking about feelings, arista & royce friendship, human disaster arista essendon, no beta we die like royce’s victims, Fandom Trumps Hate 2025 Summary:
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: an ex-princess sorceress and an ex-assassin ruler of the realm fall into a hole…
In which Royce threatens dismemberment, Arista tests the limits of her magic, and Hadrian is reliable in a crisis.
Just like old times, for these three. Now, if only they could get out of this hole…
Does it make anyone else insane that when Percy's relationship with his wife is strained, he kisses the ground where she walked, but when they finally reunite and are restored to one another he actually kisses her feet? He has been longing to show her his devotion for so long and at the end he finally gets to and honestly? Good for him. The symbolism came full circle and he won.
There is something to be said about a God who wanted to make it so clear that He wanted a personal relationship with us that He gave Himself to us as one of us.
We like to talk about the ordeal of being known on this site, but have we taken the time to consider that God went through that ordeal so He could be known?
He did not even come down as some great and all powerful being. He stepped down to earth in the form of a baby, reliant on Mary to care for Him as a mother. He was reliant on Joseph and Mary to raise Him. These two people especially . . . . they got to know Him as parents.
I'm no parent; I can only extrapolate from what I've heard parents say. So I can only imagine what Mary saw through that lens. Yes, she knew this was the Son of God. She knew who He was. But this was also her son. Her baby boy. She held memories of Him kicking inside her. Memories of Him going from baby to toddler, and Him learning how to function like all babies. Memories of Him going from toddler to young child, to teenager, to adult; all the while being her baby boy. Joseph in respects likely had the same.
And God let Himself be seen that way. He let Himself be Mary's precious little baby boy, let Himself call her Mother. Maybe even Mama. Form a parent-child relationship where He, the creator of the universe, savior to the world, all powerful, all knowing, almighty, was in the position of child.
As He grew, He most likely had friends He had, who got to know Him as well. He allowed Himself to be on their level. To be known as a friend that way.
And His disciples . . .. even to them, He allowed Himself to be known. He did not simply teach them and distance Himself from them- He bonded with them. He was dear to them, as they were dear to Him.
We say that God could've just come down with trumpets blaring and fanfare, and come in the way He deserved. And He truly deserved better. He deserved all of that, and He is so far above us that He had every right to remind us of our place in accordance to Him. He could have easily made it so He was not submitted to the authority of a sinful, earthly parent. That He was not so heavily involved and attached in the lives of His friends and disciples. He would have well been within His rights.
But instead, He chose a personal connection, desiring to be close to us on every level. He found no shame in being six pounds, helpless, vulnerable, and dependent on a mother's love and care. He found no shame in getting close to the humans around Him, creating emotional bonds and showing Himself to them.
God wanted to be known. God wanted to be personal. There is a reason the metaphors used to describe God, such as Father, are the ones that are chosen. It is because He wants to be close.
He wants relationship.
I read Theft of Swords last summer and absolutely loved it (I’m very picky when it comes to fantasy books but this series is so good wth), so I wanted to try drawing Royce and Hadrian how I imagined them as I was reading, while also somewhat staying true to how they were described in the books.
“there’s no platonic explanation for this”
Well there is actually, they’re friends. They’re friends and they love each other and it doesn’t mean any less than if they were dating and they loved each other. They’re friends and that means devotion and affection and loyalty and love, and there is no point in which that love reaches a level that immediately indicates that their relationship must be romantic.
So I've written before about how Morris' Lancelot has a redemption arc second only to Zuko in ATLA. On this reread I'm thinking my love for this version of him has to do with me aging and finding accountability and being good with kids incredibly attractive. But I am also very attached to Guin and her redemption
I feel like in Morris' Original Trilogy (which is all I had for eons), there's some "not like other girls" vibes. Eileen calls Guin "heavily painted," then the way Lynet is (understandably) always contrasted with Lyonesse in a way that can easily reinforce any "super feminine= bad" attitudes the reader has. Gawain also says Guinevere isn't capable of loving anyone very deeply, that love is for her the trapping of love. So I didn't like her.
My original, teenage dislike of Guin wasn't helped by reading Mists of Avalon, but that's a different story.
Bu then we get to The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight. We actually spend some time with Guinevere. Not as much as Lancelot, but enough to see how she's grown. She's still into fashion and maybe prone to idle gossip, but the narrative doesn't judge her for either. Kai doesn't respond to the gossip, but he also doesn't dismiss her sartorial knowledge (like, maybe he's teasing her, but it doesn't seem mean-spirited. Fashion is serious business in this story). Then, later, we see that Guin is faithful to Arthur, worries about Kai, and is a great companion to Sarah. Gawain's earlier assessment seems to be of a very different lady.
I also genuinely love how she and Kai visit Gawain when Luneta first goes to Camelot-- it's nearly all Orkney family except Rhience and Eileen (Terence is secretly extended Orkney, and you could make the case for Eileen). I can just imagine her saying she wants to go to the little party so she can be bffs with Luneta, and Kai grumbling but secretly being thrilled bc he loves hanging out with Gawain.
Then at the end of the story, she becomes Sister Arthur. She and Lancelot spend the rest of their days separately dedicated to religion, mourning Arthur for the rest of their days. No one would have known or cared if they ran away together, except for them (well, and Brother Constans). They may have loved each other once, but it's nothing compared to their vast love for Arthur. It's just so heartbreaking and good
Just re-read the garden chapter of The Scarlet Pimpernel and I AM SCREAMING IT'S SO PERFECT. Percy says he won't be his wife's loyal lap dog. He says he will not forgo his honor to come when she whistles. But then he kisses the steps where she walked???? Absolutely insane behavior. I can't get over the love affair this man is having with honor and his wife where it is entirely unclear which one is the mistress. InSaNE I'm telling you.
