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[rubyeyeshitposter]

Sylphiel intro scene J-Novel

She just is very cool, also think I've settled on a look for her adventuring gear. Still emphasizing dragon shapes and some religious symbols with the 5 crystals on the broach. Also Lina is pretty bi in the novels.

[magiclamd]

Ok but like ... did they have to go so hard with him on the cover because

[sarahreesbrennan]

with many thanks to @vetyr for going so hard, and patiently bearing with me as I sent on a series of gentlemen’s pictures titled HotMurderer1, 2, 3…

[magiclamd]

A) this has now been classified by tumblr as potential adult content, which made me cackle, and

B) show us the hot gentlemen please @sarahreesbrennan bc how could you just say that. How.

[sarahreesbrennan]

WHAT!

But he is fully clothed down to the clawed gauntlets and cape!

[wrenoftherain-art]

I command the storm

And you command me

[thedarkenedelf]

I clipped through the floor and made two costumes, shot, and edited them in less than a month in a wild "I should have something ready for @sarahreesbrennan 's All Hail Choas drop"

I love these stupid little gremlins so goddamn much???

I can't wait to drag more friends into this beautiful hell with me

I have no idea if most of these friends have tumblrs (since I almost never post here anymore 🫣), but the @ s will be similar across most social media, and are properly tagged on my bluesky and ig

Rae and Key: me

Lia: SilenceDrowns

Emer: BizriaCosplay

Photographers:

DigitalDrifter

FabricKind

Assistance:

StarConfessorCosplay (bluesky)/StarrySky_Magpie

[sarahreesbrennan]

I am eagerly awaiting the moment All Hail Chaos lands in my ereader. (I also plan to buy the physical, gotta have both). *runs in excited circle* I was doing a reread of Long Live Evil recently and realized that Lia, who has the reputation of a pure maiden, actually has the most game and sex out of everyone involved? Okay, maybe Eric has more sex, idk how truly prolific he is, but Lia is like that horse nobody was betting on who suddenly emerges victourious at the end of the race, with a girl on her hand and you gotta respect that. I CERTAINLY do. Also, I hope Google maps bites at least one person in All Hail Chaos and if it doesnt, I humbly submit it as my request for the third book! Thanks for writing this amazing book series, they really made my days brighter :)

Competition for Top Harlot of Eyam is pretty fierce! The Harlot of the Tower is not winning this one, given that her number in LLE is 1 or 0 depending on how you count it. The Golden Cobra, given the threesomes, may well be coming out ahead. Octavian, could be pretty high but unlikely to add to the number. Key of the Cauldron, immoral people pleaser who offered to go down on his boss pretty quickly after meeting her, should be considered in this race also…

But yes indeed Lia is a sexy dark horse, and the fact she ends book 1 with a bird in the hand, as it were, as opposed to everyone else losing their heads or involved in messy betrothals, should give her extra points. The perception of Lia as a pure maiden clashing with the reality of her as actively sexual is something I wanted to explore in Long Live Evil, and go deeper with in All Hail Chaos. Because when you’re sexually active, you have a sexual past…

Which also lets me explore the queer subculture of Themesvar, both regarding the discreet indiscretions of the king’s court, and the Cauldron. The Cauldron is specifically not just a low-income part of the city but a hotbed of criminals because it is a liberty, an area of the city which is not policed and where laws are not enforced. Liberties were real things. I live in an area called ‘the Liberties’ in Dublin city. (The laws have changed and I will be arrested for pick-pocketing someone, but first they must catch me!)

Consider pirates, who had a form of gay marriage - when you go against society in one way, it’s easier to break with social mores in a variety of ways. It’s no accident that there’s a bar in the Cauldron where not only is Marius propositioned by a sex worker but Marius is presumed to be a sex worker in a specific kinky costume and him being on the hunt for a wealthy male libertine is received with an attitude of ‘I’m sure, good luck with that!’ Key’s father also forbids Key to go to that same tavern - and Key is a child assassin who grew up in the Cauldron. Life is a rich tapestry, etc. (Possibly Key’s dad lived in daily fear Key would get bright ideas along those lines. Pour one out for Key’s frazzled papa.)

More under the cut musing about the sexual mores of Eyam, though not about Google Maps even a little bit… sorry to Google Maps and you all, I got carried away… this is how I deal with book release nerves I guess, thank you for your kindness and excitement!

There are a lot of different experiences to explore with the different characters and I hope they illuminate the world. I don’t use the words as Eyam doesn’t have the words but they do have the people, as has always been the case. Fabianus is bi and everyone thought he was gay given his preferred presentation and interests, but also because he wished to avoid the typical arranged marriage between nobles and chose not to correct his father’s misapprehension. This did rely on Fabianus’s confidence in his father’s affection, and yet Fabianus wasn’t confident enough to come out until his father both explicitly discussed the matter for the first time and Fabianus had found someone he loved enough to commit to.

The Cobra is bi and people sort-of know, though in a very ‘he’s Othered and no doubt up for anything’ manner. (There are dark-skinned nobles in Eyam but they are a minority, while racial politics are not the same as in our world it is a factor, and the Cobra also being a stranger in town of dubious origins and morals, well, perception becomes fact swiftly to many.)

Emer is a lesbian and is extremely closeted and repressed to the point where she regards her sexual encounters as almost unreal, something she believes cannot and will not be spoken of and which nobody else could ever know or would ever guess. She feels the isolation of not only not having a community, but not dreaming one exists. She only takes her first step out of this at the end of Long Live Evil when she kisses Lia out of doors but as we all know… it’s a journey.

Lia is a lesbian and is closeted, but not repressed. In a world where women’s chastity is guarded but sapphic desire not acknowledged, a male guard standing before your door while your maid is shut up in your bedroom with you to… preserve your chastity… presents opportunities. People will criticise her for indiscretions with men, and praise her for not exhibiting any inclinations to same. Lonely and guarded since childhood, accustomed to wearing a pearl and gold mask of feminity, Lia knows how to make her position work for her. Knowing how to work the oppressive system doesn’t make it not oppressive.

Everyone else as of Long Live Evil is sexuality non-confirmed (Rae, Marius, Key, Vasilisa, the Nemeths, Forge, Pio, Octavian, the gods, Zenobia, Sinad, Alice, though there are some fairly major indications of sexual or romantic interest in several cases that might point certain ways) but their sexual mores are oft called into question also.

The sexual mores of Eyam aren’t modern western sexual mores, which causes plenty of conflict, e.g. Rae and Eric hugging in Long Live Evil to the shock of onlookers. Rae is much more likely to get splashback from this than Eric, as only Emer is wholly and keenly aware.

(I have a headcanon, not present in either book but might make it to book 3 who knows, that at an earlier point in his life in Eyam Eric got a girlfriend - a lady of the lower classes working in the palace - something entirely normal to us and him, but everyone was simply scandalised that he didn’t make her his mistress and set her up away from society so they didn’t have to perceive the lurid affair. It contributed hugely to Eric’s reputation as a playboy scoundrel.

Thank the gods, for the sake of public decency, the peerlessly virtuous Lord Marius made sure honour prevailed and had the hussy packed off to serve far away. (The Cobra: oh man honey, we’re splitting up because you got a promotion in another city? Sad times. The Court: Once more your low morals shock us, Lord Popenjoy!) )

Vasilisa is from another country with different (and in fact, deeply divided) sexual morals - Vasilisa swiftly calls out Octavian’s having a Towet of Maidens that he has sexual access to, disguised under Eyam’s courtly discretions, and describes it as insulting to women. Vasilisa both clearly already knows her betrothed is bisexual and is unruffled by public announcement of same, which would be very unlikely to be the case for a well brought up noblewoman of Eyam, let alone a princess. (Private lavender marriages would be an entirely different matter.) This does not mean Tagar’s court is a utopia. They have a raider army. They also have sexual mores different to modern western ones, and different to Eyam’s.

All this is to examine the human heart in conflict with outside pressures, and think over what we might accept without thought.

[myfandomincolor]

has this been done

[fabrickind]

🐬Curse you, Lina Inverse...🐬

Ah, me and my love of weird artsy shots and obscure characters have combined. Still wondering how my first Slayers cosplay ended up being Deep Sea Dolphin! More like Deep Cut Dolphin, amirite?

📸 @silencedrowns and @justcoscosplay

[sherrasama]

Noonsa Brew by sherrasama

Nurturing the fish-man spirit - one fish, one cup, and one unlikely band of morons at a time! Noonsa Brew is the coffee for you!

Noonsa Brew is the coffee for you! Limited sale price for a new design, and available in mugs!

Special thanks to @ adequatelyinept.bsky.social for letting me use the design they made. All proceeds go to him!

[sherrasama]

Y'all...I was in a thing.

All credit to TheDarkenedElf as this was her dream project and she coordinated the massive, massive effort this took. I bow down before thee! (Just don't Ragna Blade me--whoops, too late.)

I kinda teared up, ngl 😭

[thedarkenedelf]

😌💖 I made a thing

[justcoscosplay]

Kicking off my cosplay year with a brand new Lina cosplay for Slayers's 35 anniversary! I hope we get lots of cool announcements 🙏

[justcoscosplay]

[thedarkenedelf]

Have i mentioned i love PokeMas? Because I friggin love PokeMas

[justcoscosplay]

I realize I haven't posted in forever 😅 I do still exist on ig!

[pikapika-2000-deactivated202405]

Pokémon Masters EX MMD Pack Update - 2.40

Hey, everyone! Camilla here!

The pack has been updated! Tried to do it as fast as I could

Download it here: Pokémon Masters EX MMD Pack

Among the models are:

07 Acerola EX 28 Clair (New Year) 28 Clair (New Year) EX 127 Wallace (New Year) 127 Wallace (New Year) EX 294 Grusha 294 Grusha EX 296 Iono 296 Iono EX 659 Katherine (Furisode Girl)

[thedarkenedelf]

Truly, bless you for this ma'am. Making the cosplay easier by a mile! Also shows me I need to adjust a bit on the back (oops)

[aforlorngazeintoyesterday-deact]

hey I wanted to wish a very special disability pride month to every disabled person who’s getting worse. to people who are losing the ability to do things they used to do. people whose symptoms are increasing in severity. people who are developing new symptoms. people with degenerative and terminal disorders. people who are dealing with new disorders on top of preexisting ones. happy disability pride month to everyone who knows they’re not getting better. there’s nothing wrong with that, and you deserve to take pride as much as anyone else.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[reallyndacarter]

This is why I always recommend having an emergency cheese. Mine is parmesan.

[idontknowwhatsgoingonhere]

wonder woman out here still saving lives

[villalunae]

[empty-movement]

Y'all come check it out, it's this Twitter user's first time watching utena 👀👀👀

[thedarkenedelf]

Genuinely im laughing so hard, they briefly thought they could possibly be "reading into [a thing] too much" 😭😭😭