#house of devils

[feyrescourt]

I just want to say, something that bugs me as a reader, especially a reader who’s heavily into the online fandoms of the series I read, it genuinely bothers me when the MMCs/Male love interests get talked about more than the actual female MAIN characters. Like with Violet for example. I love Xaden down, don’t get me wrong, but I swear to god the majority of the conversations revolve around him, fans shitting on Vi for her decisions to hold out on him in IF, etc etc. This also happens with the House of Devils series (a new love of mine), and the FMC Loren is literally never talked about by the online fandom, just her bf Darien. And like I get it, these fandoms are predominantly straight women and these MMCs are literally perfect (Rhys, Darien, and Xaden are my top three so believe me I know) but idk it just bugs the shit out of me that the FMCs seem to be sidelined in their own stories bc the readers wanna fuck their men lol.

[artificial-radiance]

headcanon art for eramis w/o her helmet on

i think a key detail i like is the way her mandibles curve out at an angle at the front-most teeth, and how her furthest mandible teeth are longer/sharper than the ones before them.

i also just think she would have a thick mane of hairs. a mix of being devil born [i like to thing they're hairier than other houses], being on europa [causing a 'winter coat' to grow], and being a warrior [eliksni warriors seem to keep their hair longer while civilians have it shorter]

the odd plating pattern on the back of her neck and leading to her throat is also a devils trait [more headcanons, of course]. spider and eido both have similar spots of shell, though eido's are smaller.

[talk-danmei-to-me]

Get yourself a man who brings your dog back from the dead.

[makoredeyes]

Pick(axe) Your Battles >.>

Ya'll this started from a joke. Starting to see that Warlock chest piece from the Warlord's Ruin dungeon getting to be kind of popular as a reference item for Felwinter (which is correct and good the man deserves to be draped in furs) but you always see that kind of goofy climbing or ice pick that comes attached vanish. But no, I say let the man keep it he'd use it, but maybe not always for it's intended use HEH.

I definitely see Felwinter as the resourceful type that will have his standard kit that he keeps with him, sure, but will 10000% pick up a crow bar (or an ice pick, or an old steering wheel, or a fucking brick...) and fight with it if that's what's hand, and he'll freaking win with it, too.

The Nova Bomb is just insult to injury :3

[nancyriorson]

my TBR is not a list. it’s a crime scene.

like if someone ever investigates my phone they’ll be like:

“this person was not trying to be okay.”

first of all—let’s talk about Runaway by Bazookah on Wattpad.

because yes, i started it and yes, i am already emotionally attached and no, i will not be stopping.

BUT the way this trilogy treated me???

book one: Hideaway

i DNF’ed it. not even dramatically. i just quietly closed the app and whispered, “i cannot stand this man.”

and let me tell you—i have NEVER hated a male lead or female lead like that in my life. like that takes TALENT.

the ml? tested my patience.

the fl? also tested my patience.

together? they tested my will to live.

so i skipped to Getaway like a rebel.

and Getaway???

ATE.

DEVOURED.

LEFT NO CRUMBS.

Adrik and Celena had me feeling things. like suddenly i was smiling at my phone like a loser.

i was like “oh so THIS is what love in this universe is supposed to feel like.”

and now Runaway??

Nico and Josie have already stolen my soul and i JUST started. like excuse me??? i just met you and you’re already my emotional support fictional couple??

so yes—Runaway is currently holding me hostage and i am not even mad about it.

NOW. let’s talk about the rest of my never-ending emotional destruction list.

because my brain said:

“what if you reread everything that ever traumatized you?”

– Zodiac Academy reread. because why not relive betrayal, heartbreak, enemies, chaos twins, and emotional damage?

– Fourth Wing reread. yes, the one with Liam. yes, THAT Liam. yes, i will cry again like it’s my first time.

– Never Keep series. because i apparently enjoy complicated fantasy and emotional suffering.

– This Woven Kingdom series. soft pain, pretty writing, emotional tension.

– Addicted/Calloway Sisters reread because i stopped at Fuel the Fire and my brain has since deleted all memory. like i remember vibes. not plot.

– Boys of Tommen reread because pain, healing, trauma, love, and me crying at ungodly hours is tradition now.

– Start Plated Prisoner series which everyone says will emotionally destroy me and honestly? i’m scared.

– Start House of Devils because people said Darien is like Xaden Riorson and i have never once been normal about Xaden.

– Northshore series because dark romance is apparently my coping mechanism.

– Loving the Tormentor because fictional men with issues are my weakness.

– And then romcoms like The Golden Summer and Left of Forever so i don’t fully lose my mind.

because my reading life is basically:

trauma

trauma

trauma

one cute book so i don’t collapse

dark romance

more trauma

me questioning my life choices

repeat.

and the worst part?

i’m doing all this knowing i’ll reread Fourth Wing, relive Liam’s death, emotionally spiral, and STILL pick up the next painful book like:

“maybe this one will heal me.”

(it will not.)

so yeah.

i don’t have a TBR.

i have a carefully curated emotional damage playlist in book form.

[yazthebookish]

[lochnessarts]

pikvos mostly hangs out by the Farm, scouting the area and setting up little camps.

he is not particularly keen on making friends, but he likes to hang out with the more open-minded light-bearers from time to time.

he enjoys hunting, cooking, and making functional art installations out of scavenged metal and other materials.

if you earn his trust, he will tell you that his former house, the Devils, used him to experiment with splicer tech, as he hatched without his left eyes and upper left arm. eventually, he escaped and made his way to the very edge of civilization.

if you stop by one of his many camps, he may trade you something interesting for some glimmer! just be sure to catch him on the right day-- he doesn't stay in the same place for long.

[screaming-skvll]

“You ever wonder who put these everywhere?”

“Santa Claws.”

“...What?”

“House Devils raider, name was Sintiks or something like that. Loved fighting with arc claw blades, left presents all over, became a semi-myth used to scare children—hence the moniker.”

“But these chests are human caches.”

“Yep. Sintiks—Santiks? Santaks? Can’t remember exactly—old Claws scored a big heist out of a Golden Age supply depot. Hid a bunch of the sealed caches in different regions throughout the system, trying to hide the extent of the loot from the Devil kell. Kell found out, punished poor Sintaks severely.”

“Demoted?”

“Demoted all the way to dead, is what I heard. But people don’t like to let go of legends, so they say Claws is still out there, trying to reclaim the hidden caches, or claw at the windows of bad children, or steal Dawning cookies, or what have you.”

“Think any of that’s true?”

“Nah, just stories. Probably.”

(Region Chest)