Shadowsingr

Nikki | HK | 17 | TOG | ACOTAR | YA Fantasy | I love pretty things and badass characters

[lexaarts]

I finished my Cassian Painting!!

Character by @sjmaas

Its up in my Redbubble if any of you guys id interested in purchasing some prints or other goodies. 

[uponadaydreamer]

Fan art illustration of Aelin in Empire of Storms. I can’t get that scene out of my mind!

[pablob-]

Feyre and the Attor

I was SO looking forward drawing one of my favourite scenes in the whole series, when Feyre protects the Rainbow and SLAYS THAT ATTOR OOH YEAH BABEH!! Badass High Lady I WAS SO PROUD U GUYS! This is the very first “serious” drawing I started with my iPad when I bought it, so nowadays I would have done things differently, but I’m not to sad about the final result anyways :) I hope u guys like it!

[marabarrow]

Some Feyre & her son to warm up your hearts. ;)

bonus: auntie Mor 

[strangeenemy-deactivated2020110]

Nessian: the signs of the mating bond [8/?]

“You come between a male and his mate, Nesta Archeron, and you’re going to learn about the consequences the hard way.”

The king certainly did learn.

[flame-of-terrasen]

“I hear hell is pretty nice this time of year”

Aelin/Celaena - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (via flame-of-terrasen)

[worldofsarahjmaas]

Look at this giant, beautiful KINGDOM OF ASH poster at BookExpo/BookCon in NYC!

[shadowsingr]

Wtf is that caption omg ?!?! I can’t even, the wait is killing me #rip

[death-devourer-of-worlds]

Chaol, Dorian, Yrene, Aelin and Manon

@resolution

[tog-acotar-love]

A sketch of Aelin found on Pinterest. Source would be greatly appreciated.

[tamhonksss]

Female Character: *Everybody is immediately drawn to her for no discernible reason*

Female Character: *Extremely powerful compared to all of the other characters within the story; there’s no reason as to how she became so powerful*

Female Character: *For some reason is able to quickly pick up new skills in a period of time comparable to a genius; no explanation for this too.*

Female Character:  *has virtually no weaknesses except she’s clumsy teehee :)*

Person: Isn’t this kind of a mary-sue?

Tumblr: why do misogynists like to invalidate strong female characters???????????

[edgemarquess]

If we’re going to be fair here, the reason so many people get upset when a female character is called a Mary Sue is because that label is thrown around so haphazardly and so very often handed to characters who really don’t deserve to be labeled as such. The controversy of the term comes from its overuse and misuse.

The term can be used correctly, but it is too often misused by people who see a capable strong female character and have a gut instinct to burn the witch and return to their male hero power fantasy.

[cameoamalthea]

To quote @ladyloveandjustice

“So, there’s this girl. She’s tragically orphaned and richer than anyone on the planet. Every guy she meets falls in love with her, but in between torrid romances she rejects them all because she dedicated to what is Pure and Good. She has genius level intellect, Olympic-athelete level athletic ability and incredible good looks. She is consumed by terrible angst, but this only makes guys want her more. She has no superhuman abilities, yet she is more competent than her superhuman friends and defeats superhumans with ease. She has unshakably loyal friends and allies, despite the fact she treats them pretty badly. They fear and respect her, and defer to her orders. Everyone is obsessed with her, even her enemies are attracted to her. She can plan ahead for anything and she’s generally right with any conclusion she makes. People who defy her are inevitably wrong.

God, what a Mary Sue.

I just described Batman.”

(Source: http://ladyloveandjustice.tumblr.com/post/13913540194/mary-sue-what-are-you-or-why-the-concept-of-sue/amp)

The problem isn’t that characters are unrealistic. Heroes often are unrealistic and it’s ok to criticize media.

However, female characters are criticized where male characters aren’t.

Everything in OP’s post could apply to Luke Skywalker (and definitely applies to Anakin) but those characters won’t be criticized the way Rey has been (even though everything Rey does in The Force Awakens is believable). We are more willingly to believe in a male chosen one who can just do amazing things because he’s the hero.

Boys can have wishfulment stories but girls can only have realistic stories.

[dashedwithromance]

Friendly Reminder

If Aelin dies, Rowan won’t be able to hear the piano without thinking of his precious Fireheart. Won’t be able to look at golden silk without remembering that night, that nightgown, that fire-breathing-bitch queen.

If Lysandra dies, Aedion won’t be able to see a ghost leopard without thinking of the wild woman who once occupied that skin. Won’t be able to see that shade of green without seeing that powerful sea dragon, and the promise he’d made that day, a promise left unfufilled.

If Elide dies, Lorcan won’t be able to even think of Perranth without thinking of its rightful Lady. Won’t be able to open plains without thinking of the sheer joy that once graced her face, the joy found only in freedom.

But if Yrene dies, Chaol dies too.

[woscomic]

One of my favourite scenes from QoS. I’ve read it four times and knew almost instantly that I had to illustrate it. Hope you guys’ll like it too.

Ps: I’m currently reading EoS. Loving it so far but I don’t think I ’m ready to ruin myself.

[maggiepalmiter]

“And all around us, as if the world itself were indeed falling apart, stars rained down.” 🌌 · HaHA I finally made a Starfall piece I’m relatively happy with! So much better than that last one (rip). More ACOTAR to come. Its all I do, I regret nothing. Off to cry over my finals and try and get a couple new sketches in! ❤❤

[oikawas]

THE THRONE OF GLASS SERIES BY SARAH J. MAAS (‎August 2, 2012 – October 23, 2018)

[jamesscarstairs]

Mort: What is your name?

Aelin: Celaena Sardothien

Mort:

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

Does anyone else still wonder what Azriel whispered to Eris at the high lords meeting?

[rioburton-deactivated20201204]

Nesta and Cassian sketch on the iPad in between work.