#with dragons

[rawenky]

glitch techs monster hunter AU

[sadiekaneismysister]

Fun fact : when I was 10-12 I received Tess of the Road for my birthday. I had not read any books from that author prior to receiving it. I read it and loved it a lot back then because I loved Tess’s emotional journey and growth, but a lot of the book’s more mature content went right over my head. (I did not realise the third line in the Seraphina/Kiggs/Glisselda triangle was there until I reread the series two years ago)

I don’t even remember who gave it to me or when it was, just that it was at my 12th birthday maximum because I didn’t have a 13th birthday party and then Covid happened and during the pandemic I read the Seraphina series after having read Tess of the Road.

It’s the best book anyone has ever given me without me explicitly asking for that book (like in my Christmas list or something). Idk how my friends back then knew that I would love it. Props to them. I kinda wish I could start receiving books as gifts again just to find completely unexpected gems like these.

Anyway, I reread it at age 16 and it completely blew my mind. Like what do you mean this sixteen year old girl went through so much? I was her age when I reread Tess of the Road and it just made me so sad for her. I have never hated a book character more than I’ve hated Will (and it’s also SO ironic that their names are Tess and Will bc I’m such a big fan of the Shadowhunter Chronicles)

And yeah his punishment in the 4th book was not enough.

I’d love a third duology or a standalone about the third Dombegh sister Jeanne because I fear that a book about how conforming to society’s pressures/parental pressures and being obedient is so taxing while everyone thinks it’s easy and breaking down because of it would hit far too close to home and I want to read about her.

It’s odd because I think I’m an even mix of a little bit of all of them. Tess is this bold rogue girl who dreams of big adventures and is terribly let down by life but also looks out for underdogs because she is an underdog herself as an unconventional woman in a patriarchal society rooted in religious superstition. Seraphina always feels out of place because she can fit in neither the human world nor the dragon world (at least at the beginning of the first book) and is trying to carve out a spot for herself despite this. Jeanne seems like she’s got it easy because she was always the conventional obedient “good” “angelic” one and she found a husband easily and they’re in love. But we do see the facade slip at the end of Tess of the Road when she gets very angry at Tess for running away and making her fear the worst had happened to her twin.

Like?? I was so disappointed upon discovering online book fandom when I found out this didn’t have a big fan base. I’ll admit it’s not for everyone but it has dragons!! Medieval fantasy!! Unconventionally strong FMCs!! Complex relationships between sisters!! Interesting/compelling (at least to me) character growth!!

I feel like if you really loved the way Leigh Bardugo wrote about saints and religion in the Shadow and Bone / King of Scars series you’ll really love the way it’s explored in this series too especially in the Seraphina series. Religion/saints are really embedded in this world. Won’t say more bc of spoilers.

I would really recommend you read Seraphina and Shadow Scale, then Tess of the Road and potentially In The Serpent’s Wake (didn’t like it as much as Tess of the Road. Maybe my expectations were too high).

Idk where I was going with this, I just came on here wanting to rant about Tess of the Road, remembered not many people have read it and decided to do something about that. Hopefully I did a good job of not revealing too much while also making you interested in this series!

[slightlyleft]

So something that I haven't seen mentioned around the Dragon Age Veilguard trailer is how many times we see, what I would argue, is the same dragon.

While a dragon does appear seven times in the trailer (something I have seen pointed out), we only actually see three dragons, imo.

There's the blue one that looks unwell, the one with the VERY ornate horns, and the one with the traditional DA high dragon skull. That last one we see the most of, and it looks like its health deteriorates dramatically through the trailer until in its final appearance where I would argue that I don't believe it is actually "alive" any longer.

My theory is that we are seeing the same dragon in several states along its corruption, possibly from red lyrium based on the glow, though the blue dragon looks like its in far worse shape at least initially.

[queen-helaena]

i said it on twitter but i really think the whole team green/team black thing could’ve been a fun little rivalry if half the fandom wasn’t fucking insane

[lurafita]

Medieval/fantasy AU with dragons!! Because dragons!!! I just really like dragons okay?

Malec (and whoever else you wanna ship) Dragons, in order to thrive and grow, to even be born out of their eggs, need to bond with a rider. Not just any rider, but their rider. Riders however, only awaken upon contact with their dragon egg. The eggs naturally can't go looking for their riders, and the riders aren't aware of the eggs existence, so you have kinda the most desperate catch 22 ever. Which is why fate/mother nature/the old gods/whathaveyou built in a fail safe. A tribe was chosen to become the protector of the dragon eggs, and its people were gifted with magical abilities that would aid them in not only the protection of the eggs, but also in finding the riders. These people were called 'Warlocks'. The warlocks would bind themselves to the egg placed in their protection, this bond only ending once the egg hatched upon contact with its rider. The warlock would be immortal until that day, then a normal aging would presume, unless they bind to another egg. And so it worked for decades. Warlocks caring for the eggs and finding the riders, then either repeating the circle, or living out their lives in peace. Some even stayed with the dragon and its rider, forming the strongest of relationships. But as it always is, the promise of power breeds corruption. Other races (human, were creatures, fae folk,…) would attack the warlock tribe, try to steal the eggs, force the warlocks to make them the riders. (which, of course, the warlocks couldn't). Despite their powerful magic, the sheer volume of attacks and the overwhelming numbers pitched against them, killed many warlocks. And upon learning that being a rider couldn't be forced, the attacking parties destroyed many of the eggs. (After all, why give someone else this power if the attackers could not claim it themselves?) Over time, dragons and warlocks alike seemed more myth than truth.

Until Magnus Bane, the last warlock, having protected the last (insert number) dragon eggs for decades, finally gets a ping about their riders. (One of which, of course, is Alec.)

[skymagpie]

House of the Dragon is a medieval soap opera in these few middle episodes in season 1 and literally a non-historically based western "Magnificent Century" (google it, it was a popular TV show on the Balkans I watched with my mother) and it's very funny like that, like great writing and all, but I cannot ignore the similarities in energy

[melothesia]

Stranger things AU (Bridgerton x House of the dragon crossover? Seriously?)

Why do I have so many ideas that I don’t have the time (and the skills) to write? Anyway, an A/B/O (I’m not a fan of this but it’s useful) in a Bridgerton universe… with dragons! Lord Bauman is an alpha and the nephew of queen Charlotte and he couldn’t care less about the frivolities of life on the Ton. He has his large estate in the countryside, a dragon, he’s writing a book and, above all, he has no interest in marrying an omega…  until he meets an unusual one at a ball.

Because Alexei is pretty, intelligent, sarcastic and, oh he tamed his own dragon (only noble alphas are given dragon eggs because they are the only one strong enough to control them)… so Murray immediately proposes a marriage of convenience. Nothing romantic, of course: marry me and my aunt will finally leave me alone and you won’t have to worry about that stupid Russian alpha (Grigori) following you.