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The Vain Peacock
Valdemar Series
Rated G Words: 1920 No Ships - Vanyel focused Entry to the April Foolery Crack-fest
Summary: Among the many things Vanyel misses over the years, his black hair is one of the least important, but it is one he can do something about.
I was searching the upstairs closet for a lightbulb and I came across what is basically the "lgbtqia+ Millennial who likes to read starter pack." Gotta say, I didn't realize I still had any Silver Gryphon t-shirts left. Takes me back to being a teenager =]
Round 1
Reina Mori- The Atlas Six
Muntadhir al Qahtani- The Daevabad Trilogy
Julian Blackthorn- The Shadowhunter Chronicles
Vanyel -Last Herald Mage Trilogy
‘Valdemar Universe’ Fantasy Book Series In The Works For TV From Kit Williamson, Brittany Cavallaro & Radar Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Jumanji producer Radar Pictures is adapting Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar literary universe for television.
The company, founded by Interscope Records co-founder Ted Field, who is an exec producer on Amazon’s The Wheel of Time series, has acquired the small screen rights to the books, which number 58 over more than 30 years.
Kit Williamson, who created Netflix’s LGBTQ comedy series EastSiders, is adapting with author Brittany Cavallaro, who wrote the Charlotte Holmes series of books. The pair bonded over the books in school and will now write and produce the TV adaptation.
If anyone out there know of artists familiar with Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar universe who are taking commissions---PLEASE send their info my way.
This week has truly been win after win for the magical gays, ya love to see it
First, we got the announcement for the official EN translations of not one, not two, but all three of MXTX's series. A surprise, sure, but if you think about all the traction they were getting recently, maybe we should have known it was going to happen. I've been smiling since the announcement like it's Christmas day when you're 6
Not even 24 hours after those three are in the top 10 on Amazon on several countries and in the top 3 of Barnes and Noble. At this point things start to feel really unreal. Right now, it's mostly dedicated fans supporting the author and the translators. What will happen when new people discover these wonderful beautiful emotional books? I've been in several fandoms where I felt like a defibrillator, desperately trying to inject life back into a community in the middle of a content drought. This time it's like sitting in front of a bomb and barely containing my excitement as I watch the counter go down.
And if that wasn't enough, today I learn that The Heralds of Valdemar are getting a tv series. This is a book series that started in 1987 and has over 50 books in it by now. It had LGBT representation from the very start, in the 80s, only about 30 years ago, but far enough back to make it seem impossible. And the trilogy they're going to start from is one of the most emotional, for me at least, I have ever read. I have felt for many characters over the years, but for Vanyel I felt my heart tear itself apart.
Both MXTX's novels and Mercedes Lackey's novels have meant a lot to a lot of people over the years. They have meant a lot to me. Especially in these pandemic years. And I am so happy that they will finally get the recognition they deserve, that more people will discover these beautiful books, that at least one person out there is waiting to discover them and when they do they'll feel less alone. I'm looking forward to all of the new memes, fanarts and fanfics we'll get to experience together one day.
Am I getting my hopes up? Probably. Is it more than I ever thought I'd get? Absolutely.
All of this feels like a dream, but it's real. I feel like I need to repeat it. SVSSS, MDZS and TGCF are getting official english releases. The Last Herald Mage is getting a TV series. This week has been one hell of a win for the magical gays and you love to see it.
I've been waiting all my life for an adaptation of author Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar fantasy novels. Now we may be getting Vanyel and 'The L
OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING!
Mercedes Lackey was the first fantasy author whose series I devoured as a middle schooler. I read them entirely backwards, starting with Elspeth's books, then Talia's, and only then Vanyel's. (Why backwards? Because at 12 I picked the book randomly based entirely on the cover of Winds of Fate. It looked interesting. And then Talia because I was more inclined to women protagonists than men at the time. ) I mean- check out that cover, it is cool.
So I was partially spoiled before starting The Last Herald Mage series. in that Vanyel himself keeps popping up in the Forest of Sorrows centuries after his story takes place, providing a helping hand and a pep talk so I knew how things turned out in the end. But Vanyel was the first queer protagonist I ever read. His story is very 90s, and I don't know what elements will be updated, but was the first time I had read about a queer protagonist in any books. And he was the hero, unquestionably THE hero, a man that becomes revered in the history of his country.
So I am super excited for this TV series, and I hope it does well because if they are producing the books in order it is going to take a lONG time to get to Kero and Darkwind, two of my favorites. (What can I say, of all the places in the series, I wanted to see inside the Vale. Even though they are going to have to thoughtful in the portrayal of the Tayledras- I want the magic treehouses and the hot springs damnit.).
