Helena

Frequently Skulduggery Pleasant | Talk to me about Anton Shudder | 24-She/Her

[sp-minion]

Wait what's that bit about Tanith not acknowledging Ghastly I'm going to vomit 😭😭 please tell me they have some nice scenes

Aw basically without giving too much away her and Skulduggery just found Ghastly had been keeping something important from them but he had his reasons and they do have plenty of good moments together as well

[sp-minion]

Spoilers for A soul full of shadows below the cut!

I didnt want it to be in these circumstances but im so glad to see them! 😭😌

[leonardbirdstein]

this fanfiction shit is easy

[idekkkkk-newaccount]

I just read the first chapter of the new book and I am BEYOND excited to read the rest. It was such a strong opener and kinda gave me Doctor Who intro vibes. 10/10

[sp-minion]

Yess the fact that it ended the way it did is genuinely making me excited to get the book

[crowliphale]

Something about freebird

[sp-minion]

!Major spoilers for A Heart Full of Hatred!

MY SHAYLAAAA 😩😭

I knew it was coming but I miss him already 😔

[sp-minion]

My lil guys 😖

[nicstylus]

Billy-Ray sanguine had taken her smile with one vicious punch.

'Let me see. Open your mouth.'

'The moment we're out of here, we'll have Professor Grouse fix up your tooth, OK? You've got nothing to worry about.'

'Oh, my dear,'

'There's no need to cry, there's no need. What's happened to you, eh? Let me have a look. A broken tooth? Is that all?'

'That's nothing, Valkyrie. That's a half-hour's work at the very most. You've nothing to worry about. We'll get that smile working again, don't you worry.'

'You can wait elsewhere, Detective Pleasant. I'll have her back to you soon enough.'

[idekkkkkkkkk1]

I never really bothered to learn how to pronounce “Leibniz”, so when I read the books, I used to just say “lesbian dimension”. It’s become such a habit that I am now unable to stop.

[silverior968]

I haven't posted Skulduggery Pleasant art in a bit, so here's a wip of a bigger piece I'm working on!

[Image ID: A digital drawing of two stained glass windows. The first is orange in color, with rowan branches and daisies. Larrikin, a black person with freckles, hazel eyes and curly ginger-and-brown hair, is pictured standing in the middle of it with one leg bent, and their arms lifted in a sort of jazz hands motion, with small halos around them. They are wearing a 3-piece suit with red trousers, brown shoes, a red tailcoat with gold details, a red and green striped waistcoat, a white shirt and a green cravat. They are smiling and they have a halo that looks like the sun. The other stained glass window is blue, with Anton, a muscular irish-eastern asian man with long, black hair and violet eyes, pictured standing in the middle of it. His feet are submerged in lashing waves, and the background is a starry sky with rhododendrons. He has his arms crossed over his chest, one hand placed on his opposite shoulder. The gist's arms protrude from the waves, trying to drag him down. His outfit consists of a long black coat, black trousers, a gray waistcoat, a white shirt and a blue bow. He has a halo that looks like the moon.

[silverior968]

Everyone's favorite building! (Based on complete floorplans I made)

[Image ID: A digital painting of the Midnight Hotel, a light-colored gothic-style building with dark roof tiling, placed in a snowy forest clearing during blue hour. The moon shines in the sky, and the windows glow golden, except for a few stained glass windows featuring different celestial bodies in shades of blue and purple. /End ID]

[skullandsorrows]

Skulduggery Pleasant News

We’re officially getting Phase 3!!

The summary according to Waterstones:

“A bone-shaking new trilogy begins – the latest adventure in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series.

A murder. A mystery. Two murders, actually. Well, three, if you’re counting. Oh, look, here comes a fourth...

So much murder that skeleton detective Skulduggery Pleasant must annoy Valkyrie Cain, the infamous Destroyer of Worlds, with his incredible deduction abilities at every available opportunity. As Valkyrie’s irritation grows, the detectives sink deeper into a hidden world of dark motivations, festering hatred and unimaginable pain.

And a teensy bit more murder.”

[silverior968]

In case you were wondering why I haven't been posting much art lately, this is why! This is the big thing I've been talking about. Words cannot explain how happy I am that it is finally done

[silverior968]

Anton in 🔥 :)

To preface this, I think Anton started out just wearing the same clothes he usually does on hot days. After like the 3rd time of him getting heatstroke, his friends make him wear less warm clothes. This outfit would not have been chosen by him, but at this point he just goes with it.

[Image ID: A drawing of Anton Shudder, a muscular irish-eastern asian man with long black hair with gray streaks. He is flipping his hair. He is dressed in a black to blue gradient croptop, shorts, blue shoes and a blue semi-translucent robe with golden stars on it. On his left wrist he has a metal band with a key tag with the number 24 on it. He has extensive scarring on his legs, arms and torso. / End ID]

[nicstylus]

on my knees for the hug between skug and ghastly when ghastly is done being a statue

Its a guy thing

[morwenna-crows]

Some old art I made ages ago, overpainted from the gorgeous original design that @venividivictorious​ created for Nefarian Serpine’s crest.

It was intended to look like a page of vellum, taken from a larger book of medieval sorcerer heraldry and aristocratic families.

His motto, in Irish, reads is treise gliocas ná neart, or cunning is superior to strength.

[sp-minion]

My thoughts on Hell Breaks Loose spoilers below the cut

I know its early, but I wanted to write down my thoughts before I forget them. So, not really what I was expecting, if you're hoping for a simple retelling of a war story like I was expect to be disappointed. I was actually quite enjoying it until Valkyrie showed up and not really because I dislike her I just wanted this to be about the dead men and Mevolent but it gets so bogged down with the time travel stuff.

It almost feels mean towards the end? Like reading about all the dead men dying wasn't really what I had in mind I was just expecting something else and I think Landy wanted to add some shock factor but after already having gone through the heartbreak of reading about most of these characters dying once it felt unnecessary. You read about all this violence and death, and you expect at the very least it might be worth it since it will have changed the timeline in some significant way and maybe they could've lived but you dont even get that.

I think I would've found it more interesting to see Valkyrie struggle with the desire to warn Ghastly and Anton about the future but also not wanting to disrupt the timeline. Like sure, she scowls at Ravel, but i think if i knew my friend died horribly, I might be more inclined to try and save him.

If you're in this for Mevolent, Baron and Serpine prepare to be disappointed since they barely make an appearance and whilst I'm glad we met Hopeless I still feel like you dont really get a sense for his personality other than hes a good assassin.

Overall, I'd say I enjoyed the first half but felt like the rest just got complicated with all the talk about timelines and time travel rather than just being the simple war story focusing on Mevolents generals and the Dead Men that it could've been instead of another book essentially about Valkyrie.