#sp bedlam

[bishops-severed-torso]

Me during the drug trip chapter of Bedlam

[icingsugarcloud]

Just finished Bedlam and very amused by the fact that apparently the two major villains of the trilogy are:

valkyrie’s mental health

trump

My mental health and trump are also the two major villains of MY life so

[davinamarr]

I've just finished Bedlam and I have, thoughts Or more accurately, a complete lack of them. A whole lot happened, but actually very little did. And what did happen was short and sudden and made no sense. It was like a whole book of filler, plot movement, and exposition It was very meh. Like, that's the only way I can describe it. Also it makes so much of previous books irrelevant and so little makes sense?? I can't remember a lot of it either already Wow

T H I S.

I cannot for the life of me remember what happens in Bedlam. Caisson isn’t the son??? People in a basement??? A sudden daughter that belongs to China??? Scooter??

That’s it. That’s all I have.

[fleeting-ghosts-art]

Bedlam’s almost out and I had to draw the holy trinity!

*Commissions reopen 22.5. and 1.6.2019, 5 slots each*

[kaladin-sadblessed]

TW eating disorders

I have so many feelings about Valkyrie Cain and this book is just highlighting them so well. Like, I don’t know how much of a metaphor for mental illness Darquess was meant to be, but holy shit the language that’s used to describe how easy it would be to let her takeover in spite of the consequences... too real. I reread the series last year when I was in hospital and Valkyrie’s relationship with Darquess is identical to my relationship with my eating disorder. The need to keep it a complete secret, the gradual loss of control, the vicious cycle of guilt about Darquess leading to Darquess becoming stronger, like it’s so fucking relatable to having any kind of self destructive urges

But in the new series, when we’re actually addressing Valkyrie’s mental state it’s just so raw and real. I’ve been projecting onto Valkyrie since I was like 13/14 so I have a deep emotional attachment to the character and their are some scenes just written so well that it’s almost triggering. The argument with Skulduggery about how she doesn’t deserve to get better... I’ve had that argument with my best friends too. Like screaming, crying, storming out arguments that have probably had the emotional equivalent effect of being blasted back by pure magic on them. And the scene where she asks him for a hug, like I actually sobbed on the train home. It was like a sense memory of when I thought I was beyond help and no words could convince me that the people I loved could still love me back. Please, can you just hug me so I have physical proof you don’t despise me.

Anyway this book is incredible and painful and I needed to put this into words before I can continue reading

[magerightsyeah]

Me: I eat Cheerios because they’re heart healthy

Me: And my heart has been severely damaged

Me: So Derek Landy, if you’re out there-

[satan-cans-his-vegetables]

listen all i’m saying is it’s a shady move to name a character after the ethiopian empire and then have her drawn as a white lady on the cover like pretty much everyone else in the series

[achameleonsfantasy]

I really don't know what to feel about Valitsa (probably) becoming canon. While I don't want Militsa to die and cause Val any more pain than she is already going through. Plus she's a necromancer and I find that interesting. But I don't want her around either. She is such a fangirl over Val (which is just annoying tbh) and I really don't see any chemistry there.