Hall of the Dark King

contains Phillip’s jacket

[fancysmudges]

false comfort

[daunart]

"He had barely known her. She'd liked ribbons, and teacups, and fine things..."

[silverbuttercups]

will purposely withholding information from the reader throughout the entire two books and we as the reader for once knew more than he did at the last chapter of dark heir is peak narration

[witchiestwitch]

"You thought you knew what a unicorn was ... But you were wrong,"

[marinevhs]

« I think what people were is less important than what they are. And what people are is less important than what they could be. »

Oh Violet 😭💜

[quelmdn]

Valentine's day wames 💐

[marinevhs]

« My whole life, all anyone's ever wanted was to possess me," said James. "The only one who ever set me free was you. »

😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

See the spoiler version on my insta 👀 marinevhs 👀

[quelmdn]

"I remember everything."

[quelmdn]

Cooking unhinged Wames while waiting Dark Rise book 3 🖤

[2greenart]

Violet Ballard 🗡️🦁

I couldn’t choose between those two colorings so just have both

[2greenart]

DARK RISE FANS RISE

I FINALLY found my people. I’m so glad this fandom is active here. The memes, the art and the theory exchanges literally make my day. So as a thank you I gift y’all with this fanart I made today.

[tackletofset]

“I didn’t see myself represented and it’s interesting that many monsters, like vampires, don’t have reflections. When nothing in culture is reflecting you, it can make you feel monstrous. So, there’s a revenge aspect to my writing. I was constantly being asked to identify with heroes who are not like me, so I wanted to force the reader to identify with a villain who is like me.”

—C.S. Pacat, Sydney Writers Festival 2022

[bora-panda]

Will Kempen ⚔️👑

I'm so happy with how this turned out I might make a matching one of James...we'll see 👀

[picturebird]

I think one of Will’s weaknesses is he’s loyal to a fault. If he cares for you, he will do anything for you. Even when it’s morally gray.

His mother abused him his whole life. But when she died he swore vengeance on her killers not her. Which is the opposite of James and how he responded to his family betraying him.

It doesn’t actually take much to earn his loyalty. A meat pie for instance. A trace of acceptance.

We know he’s still going to be loyal to Violet and his friends despite the fact from his perspective they all tried to kill him.

I can see this coming back to haunt him later. Not everyone deserves his unfailing devotion.

[mr-timekeeper]

James being super protective of Will when he thinks Will was being hurt by Howell and James being terrified of Will getting hurt and still seeing him as an innocent who’s naïve and not thoughtful about things and wants to protect that, wants to protect Will

Meanwhile Will keeps thinking he’s actually terrible, that if anyone found out about him they’d turn on him, that even James would leave him, that James has every right to for the deceit, and feeling like he’s terrible for feeling the way he does towards James due to the actions of Sacrean

Ahhhhhh

I’m so fine about this guys I promise

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

How can Will move forward if he's just ignoring his past and listening to people who call him evil– internalizing all that self hatred?

How can James find his voice and master his needs if he actually has no autonomy– if he keeps letting people tell him he has no autonomy?

The battlefield in Dark Heir is really about who controls the narrative. Right now the Light controls the narrative and James and Will are losing because of it. They have to take the control back. They can't do that if they continue to buy into the propaganda against them, their past selves, their relationship, and the desires they harbour.

They need to start facing themselves as they are, who they once were, and start fighting back against the Light's narrative to be free of it.

[fokmoss]