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Nicci, 24. Photographer, dog lover & blogger. Writer & ponderer.

[phantomoftheorpheum]

when your friends are finally watching a show you love, but your favorite character hasn't gone through their redemption arc yet, so your friends all hate them rn.

[cludiaa]

“She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one”

[jaydedbee]

I would rather lose this entire war than live without you, and if that means I have to prove myself over and over, then I'll do it. You gave me your heart, and I'm keeping it.”  Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

[fawkesthephoenix]

So you're telling me I have to wait till January for House of Flame and Shadow and now till November for Iron Flame?

Fuck.

[karinagiada]

"The Fated Scribe"

Following along my favorite theme (wings), illustrating a piece for the much talked about book, Fourth Wing, I suppose was just meant to be. 🪽

[medievalthymes]

this man killed half of salt lake city

[consultingfujoshi]

mfw this man who is capable of unimaginable violence and anger and destruction fulfils his life's purpose as some teenage girl's lame dad

[rise-deepseamonster]

Aelin, on the phone: Hey Rowan, can Fenrys and I borrow 2500 bucks?

Rowan: Why do you need 2500 bucks?

Aelin: …For… an escape room.

Rowan: What kind of escape room costs 2500 bucks?

Fenrys, lying on the floor from the background: JAIL.

[stevenrogered]

In a way, Joel saves her, but emotionally. She’s just so broken that she doesn’t know what to say and she’s covered in blood. And then she just looks him right in the eye and she leans forward and hugs him. And all he can say is this thing that he hasn’t said in 20 years, which is “baby girl.” Which is what he called his daughter. - The Last of Us | Inside Episode 8

The same person that obliterated a man’s face with a cleaver is now a little girl who is clinging to her father, who is calling her “baby girl”, and putting his coat around her, and leading her off to safety. - The Last of Us Podcast

[trashcora]

THE LAST OF US (2023) — 1.08 “When We Are In Need”

[storygirl000]

we all have that cringey young adult series we absorbed in middle/high school, and i for one am glad that the one i chose was the one about genetically engineered mutant bird kids fighting werewolves instead of twilight or one of its imitators

[half3aten]

Aelin "never let them know your next move" Galanthynius and her husband, Rowan "PLEASE tell me your next move" Whitethorn

[yazthebookish]

Disclaimer: this post contains major spoilers from House of Sky and Breath

This was so much fun to make, it'll make everyone's lives easier including myself haha so happy reading everyone! I tried my best to include accurate info🤍

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[wordsnstuff]

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I’m new to the acotar fandom sooo… I just pulled an all-nighter to binge all of your fics and OMG I NEED MORE!!! I love these characters sm and your writing is amazzzinnnggg 😩 do you have any recommendations? I love these books sm and I can’t get enough of feysand

Hey nonny! Welcome to the fandom 🥳🥳 I hope this ends up being a great experience for you 💜

And thank you so much for reading! I'm so glad my fics were enjoyable for you!!

Okay, so here are some blogs and writers to follow.. these are the ones I interact with most. It is certainly not an extensive list. I haven't been reading as much acotar recently, I am terrible, we know this. But this is a great starting line up. Please reblog or comment other recs, or shoot me a message and I will add/reblog with other writers or fics.

@elentiyawhitethorn -- queen. We love abby and how she writes feysand

@live-the-fangirl-life -- fluff extraordinaire, glorious human, multiships, but plenty of feysand

@the-lonelybarricade --canon divergence and Canon compliant. A delight to follow.

@moononastring -- elucien needs can be met here and some fluffy feysand too!

@thegloweringcastle -- has some great fics, plus a western feysand au, need I say more?

@cloudywriter -- has some angst fics to enjoy

@hlizr50 -- mostly writes gwynriel and we love it!

@houseofhurricane -- canon fics, multiships

@c-e-d-dreamer mostly writes nessian with some gwynriel. But the nessian is awesome! I love her fics.

@darling-archeron --lots of fics with modern and conon fics, a delight as always

@talkfantasytome --extensive masterlist, mostly Nessian. and just an awesome person

@tealnymph24 --gwynriel Stan whom we love immensely and will die fighting for

@alifletcher2012 -- so many wonderful fics. Feysand mostly modern aus

@julemmaes -- extensive masterlist, wonderful human, wonderful writing

@perseusannabeth -- mostly Nessian ❤️

@dawninlatin --"how did we get here" will destroy you and you'll be grateful

@illyrianbeauty lots of feysand and is always great to follow because they reblog lots of fics too

@iambutmortal has some great elucien that I love

[whiskeycherrypie]

I love you so much.

[whattarush]

You know, with Chuck not writing our story anymore, we get to write our own. You know, just you and me going wherever the story takes us. Just us.

Finally free.