#temeraire

[gratefulturbot]

i DON'T need them to kiss i need them to come to the sobering realisation that their souls are merged and no part of them is extricable from the other anymore

[alltherestofus]

Seeing the diminishment and erasure of the legacy of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series occur in my actual lifetime is mind-boggling.

You've got people out here making youtube videos about the legacy of dragons and dragonriding in fantasy fiction without talking about the dragonriding Grand Master of SFF herself Anne McCaffrey.

This isn't some obscure thing where I'm trying to promote someone who is only kind of known because of forgotten representation. Anne McCaffrey was A HOUSEHOLD NAME when I was a kid when it comes to fantasy literature. She's the first woman to win a Hugo and to win a Nebula. In 2002 there was a TV pilot filmed for Dragonriders of Pern.

Eragon, Temeraire, Toothless, and the dragons of Fourth Wing exist because these people grew up on the blueprint set by the Pern novels. Talking about dragons and not mentioning Pern is like talking about Orcs and not mentioning Lord of the Rings.

Y'all need to read your fucking classics before you go talking like an authority on a topic. Jesus Christ.

[naominovik]

Coming soon: Temeraire: The Roleplaying Game

The officially licensed tabletop roleplaying game set in the world of the Temeraire novel series by Naomi Novik!

This is launching tomorrow! Super excited; Magpie Games are doing this and they've got a really great approach to the RPG that lets players play both people and dragons \o/ Check out if you're into TTRPG!

[booksandchainmail]

one thing about me is that I will pretty much always love a book about bonds between people and dragons

[emily-e-draws]

mid-flight ✨ (a set of commissions for @boltlightning, of the dragons from her delightful PotC + Temeraire crossover fics!!)

[glowspider]

[femamerica13]

Apparently, Zapp Brannigan and William Laurence are two steps from the same inspiration character (Hornblower). Jack Aubery and Jim Kirk (in TOS) are similiar, but Kirk has a rep.

[crownomancer]

“Where you go, you leave half the world overturned behind you. You are more dangerous than Bonaparte in your own way, you and that beast of yours.”

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Shoutout to @cozy-fish-crow for reminding me of this amazing quote.

But it’s done! A little messy, a few mistakes, but it’s done and I’m happy.