#tfof

[d-u-s-t-9379]

Hey, guess who spent way too much time designing a fake cover for her fanfic instead of actually writing it???

[anne-wild]

(Not entirely happy with the result, but I think this is it.)  The comic is from Lena's The Fountain of Forgetfulness. 

Happy New Year everyone! ^^ See you next year!

[cosmiccartooonjunkie]

Lorien Legacies: The Fall of Nine

When I was in the 8th grade, I accidentally stumbled upon a book that a student left behind in the gym. I took it home and that book changed my life. It was Eragon by Christopher Paolini, and to this day, it is my favorite book series of all time. From that series I went through 

After that initial book addiction, I didn’t get invested into another book series for quite some time. I was stubborn and picky and truly believed that no other book series could possibly make me feel anything close to what Eragon did. I had to reason hard within myself that that was okay, and if something caught my eye, I should take a chance and try something new. So, I decided to try my luck and pick up a book I had eyed a few times in the bookstore. It was I Am Number Four, and was the first of seven in a long series.  

I read all seven books in around three months. And, more than a year later, I don’t regret my decision on spending around 80 dollars to buy all seven books. However, it is important to note that there was an obvious point in the series when the books took a turn for the worse, especially regarding my favorite character. 

Lorien Legacies is a story about a group of aliens on the run from an enemy group of aliens, leading them to hide on Earth. This journey turns into defending earth from those aliens, and along the way, learn about the importance of humanity and what makes Earth a  suitable home. There are a total of nine fugitive aliens, three of which are dead upon the opening of the series. My personal favorite is Nine, the biggest and physically strongest of the fugitives. 

From his very introduction, this character grabbed attention. He was wild, killing enemies and genuinely enjoying himself while doing so. At the point of his entrance in the series, no one else is as vulgar, shameless, aggressive, or intense. He’s a wonderful contrast to John, the main protagonist, who’s kind and sensitive to those around him. Not only does this make excellent character interactions of tension and arguments but it leads up to my favorite chapter in the series, where they finally face off against one another. 

This chapter in the third book puts Nine in his best light. Although he may appear rash and hot headed, when in battle, he is almost a different person entirely. The entire time, he has John on his toes, using his special staff and the city around them to his advantage. When fighting, he's perceptive and watchful, keeping track of everyone’s movements and surroundings. He wins the fight almost effortlessly, and that chapter alone proved that he was a lot smarter than he let on. 

His entertaining fight was not his only shining moment as a character. Towards the end of the third book, Nine and John have to stop at a gas station and stumble upon a group of innocent hitchhikers. While John wants to defuse this situation and move on, Nine willingly puts himself in a position to defend the youthful hitchhikers (page 286). Of course, when Nine wants to fight these people, it shows his recklessness and temper, but also puts his protectiveness on full display. He doesn’t know these people, but still wants to protect them from oppressors. Its a wonderful addition to his personality and proves that he’s more than just a crazed brute who likes to fight. Unfortunately, his character takes a complete turn around in the very next book of the series, and it’s not for the better.

In The Fall of Five, the next book in the series, there’s a new character added to the group. Five is also one of the alien fugitives, and is rescued by a smaller group in Arkansas. Immediately upon arrival, the entire group gets a strange feeling from him, what with him having never seen an enemy and defending the enemy aliens when asked about his background. 

Although Five’s character could use a good deconstruction, he is not the focus of my point. What I want to prioritize is how Nine treats him for the entirety of the book, and how it is detrimental to not only his own character, but another one entirely. Throughout the fourth book of the series, Nine harasses Five and treats him horribly. He pushes Five out of a chair, calls him names, and actively tries not to include him in group activities. 

From the example I used from the last book, a reader (like me) would believe that these traits were completely out of left field. While it can be argued that Nine was rather aggressive to John, he was never mean. There was not a single time when Nine called John a name, and when he did, it was for light teasing, and after they had spent some time together. Now in the next book, when Nine calls Five a hobbit (The Fall of Five, page 147), it’s mean spirited for no reason. This is a prime example of an inconsistency of his character, and it only gets worse. 

At the end of the book, the climax is at its peak and it’s revealed that Five is a spy for the enemy. This was heavily alluded to and a little predictable, but again, Five is not the issue (for now). The problem is Nine’s reaction to the situation and how it causes a prominent character to lose their lives for it. When Five is attempting to explain his reasoning, Nine only further pushes him over the edge, and eventually, tempers flare, and Eight, one of their comrades, dies (page 330). Now, Five didn’t simply try to kill everyone; he spared Eight at first because Eight was kind to him. Nine, however, was a bully toward Five the entire time they’ve known each other, all the way up until Eight was accidentally impaled. 

Where did my Nine go? The Nine from the third book and the Nine from the fourth book might as well be two different people. One is an arrogant and aggressive teenager with his heart in the right place. The Nine from the Fall of Five is nothing more than a bully, and without his antagonizing, an entire character could have been spared. This was an intentional choice by the writers, who manipulated a character’s personality in order to advance a plot point. It is a shame, Nine had potential to be an amazing character that could have had potential, but if there is no consistency in that character, then there can never be progression into greatness.

Sources: 

Lore, P. (2012). The Rise of Nine. Harper. 

Lore, P. (2014). The Fall of Five. Harper.

[nrtrnwnd]

im back (yearly) asking the same question, where have the fountain of forgetfulness disappeared to again? it’s not on the website. have the author decided to delete the work for good this time? :(((

EDIT: for anyone interested, here’s a link to a copied version i had saved

[we-live-among-you]

So, after the power of six and the rise of nine comes as we all know, the fall of five

That starts with Sam in prison

And that results in my, audibly going "OMG SAM"

just

like

the

first

time.

I guess you can say I have a thing for him, even 10 years later.

I have a type and it's Sam Goode.

[roarrzilla]

A very not pleased Nerevar in progress. I hope I will finish this one once, for this should be the last panel of a comic and from which I did not even started the previous panels, so yeah... Should be from TFoF. Can you guess the scene? :P

[lorienlegaciesheadcanons4567910]

Eight: I have a plan.

Marina: It can’t involve self-sacrifice.

Eight: I no longer have a plan.

[waitingondaisies]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hermione Granger & Harry Potter & Ron Weasley, Harry Potter & Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger & Harry Potter, Hermione Granger & Ron Weasley Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley Additional Tags: Families of Choice, Friendship, Fluff, Developing Friendships, Children, Sweet, Childhood Friends, Canon Compliant, Comfort, Healing, Harry Potter Needs a Hug, harry gets babied by babies, they're all soft children Summary:

Ron and Hermione spend a lot of time alone together while Harry is off at Quidditch practice. On one such occasion, Hermione finds herself revisiting her childhood dream of playing house with her friends.