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elf yuri except one of them is high fantasy and the other is one of santa's
9'6" forest guardian and her 4'5" toymaker gf
sorry for hijacking your post again op but after posting the initial elves i had ideas for more doodles i wanted to do so. elf yuri (but i elaborate)
I love how Mother Artifice’s sheer existence reaffirms that Mother Trauma was just Like That. He wasn’t enigmatic and ominous because he was a ~mysterious Mother~ he woke up every day and made the active choice to be the master of bedside manner and unsettling vibes. Who did it like him
Unend looks really good you guys
Unend Departure Dinner
Celebrating the maiden voyage of the Ship
Courtesy of Chef Quino Del Belsaban (chef) and sous-chefs Voro and Mikelord
We will tonight celebrate the commencement of the journey, and it’s our pleasure this evening to treat you all to a very special and unique singular meal, compliments of the Cosmological Consortium’s Highest Light subcommittee.
We begin with ephemera of mineralflower enclosing lavenderwater-infused mirrorhawk mousse, dusted with riftgrass pollen, nestled on a sprouted microbloom tuft, crowned with edible Serapha Nebulaflorum.
And of course our signature cocktail tonight the Aurora Prismatica, exquisite Empyrean lavender and silk cordial, layered with zephyr of eldermanflower, misted with Alpinian plume of Verdure and lightly smoked with charcoal of Sequestrian hacklethorn. I personally recommend you enjoy it on the rocks – perhaps unorthodox, but just trust us on this one.
Buloga pearl caviar tartare, accompanied by shaved roast of sloe, crowned with frosted Ebonreef truffle, drizzled with 100-traversal-aged prang syrup and garnished with chinchona leaf. Enjoy.
The palate-cleansing salad is up next. My friends, a medley of crisp frisée, tender mini prunus hearts, and heirloom rubus misted with essence of blackened citrus of elderthief, sprinkled with delicious and nutritious high-altitude breadmoss and garnished with greens from the gardens of Gloria. Please enjoy.
Our main entree, my friends: sovereign spice-seared filet of Vildefeluvian lake grouper, ladled with reduction of burk buranah, brushed with crushed pistachio and golden salt, served atop a bed of rare black macrograin sourced from the marshes of Ackute. Dig in.
Miravette Reserve, an aromatic honeylight wine from the Highest Light? Quite delicate, notes of straw and almond, very well-balanced, very intriguing
And for our grand finale, exquisite bombe of blonded and blued chocolate mother-of-mica, encased in a delicate wind-woven sugar dome, decorated with self-caramelizing tufted sugar frond, rosewater foam, and edible silverleaf confetti, and finished of course with a touch of our most rare and fine melt-velvet orchid extract. It’s been our pleasure to serve you this evening everyone. Thank you so much.
Ingredients (by request)
Hors d'oeuvre (Un inspired)
Ephemera of mineralflower - phyllo pastry blossoms lightly brushed with strawberry syrup and sprinkled with gold decorator sugar “minerals”.
Lavenderwater-infused mirrorhawk mousse - salmon cream-cheese mousse (go very easy on the lemon juice) with chili flakes, and smoked paprika, partially lavender tinted
Riftgrass pollen - paprika and a hint of turmeric, edible glitter mica
Sprouted microbloom tuft - ball of sprouts, local wildflower micro blossoms
Serapha Nebulaflorum - Rosemary blossoms, saffron, cornflower petals, and marigold petals
Cocktail (Fold inspired)
Empyrean lavender and silk cordial -
lychee mogu mogu drink(as base silk cordial - can be blended smooth if needed), strong chilled butterfly pea flower tea (as lavender cordial - spoon gently over appears lavender/indigo in basic conditions)
Zephyr of eldermanflower - small amount of Plum Soju spooned gently on top (mildly acidic, turns top of butterfly tea magenta/violet) substitute a tiny amount of white peach or other clear fruit juice of your choice for a non-alcohol version
Alpinian plume of Verdure - Blossoming heather sprig)
Charcoal of Sequestrian hacklethorn - torched cinnamon (not recommended, maybe a cherry wood? smoking not essential for how sweet and floral this cocktail is)
On the rocks - giant ice cubes
Appetizer (Fold inspired)
Buloga pearl caviar tartare - chia caviar with butterfly-tea dyed tapioca pearls served on a base of crème fraîche (alternatively could try black lumpfish caviar too, if available)
Shaved roast of sloe - if sloe = slow thinly shaved oil and sea-salt roast purple potato, if sloe = the gin plum, sliced and roasted umeboshi red plum for garnish (both plum and potato used)
Frosted Ebonreef truffle - crunchy dried shiitake snack mushroom frosted with silver edible mica glitter,
100-traversal-aged prang syrup - balsamic vinegar, fresh raspberry and apricot jam reduction with a touch of soy sauce (strained)
Chinchona leaf - shiso leaf
Salad (Un inspired)
Medley of crisp frisée - a base of curly endive and pea shoots
Tender mini prunus hearts - almonds and dried apricot cut into hearts (both in prunus family),
Heirloom rubus - raspberries and blackberries
Essence of blackened citrus of elderthief - sugared and caramelized blood orange and mini clementine slices, scant raspberry balsamic vinaigrette
High-altitude breadmoss - French bread triangles brushed with olive oil and coated with dried parsley and dill (needs work to become more tasty - try garlic bread triangles and a lighter dusting of herbs)
Greens from the gardens of Gloria - parsley and “spring mix” greens.
Main (Fold inspired)
Sovereign spice-seared filet of Vildefeluvian lake grouper - pacific cod with salt, pepper and old bay, pan seared in vegetable oil and basted with butter
Reduction of burk buranah - supposed to be a cab-sav beurre blanc, but used a Béarnaise instead
Crushed pistachio - crushed pistachio (blanched to remove brown hulls) Golden salt - golden decorator sugar because it looked pretty, but could also try a turmeric-ginger-garlic golden salt,
Rare black macrograin sourced from the marshes of Ackute - black rice
Wine (Un inspired)
Miravette Reserve - 2020 Gérard Bertrand Orange Gold (clean and citrusy, good with fish)
Dessert (Un inspired)
Exquisite bombe of blonded and blued chocolate mother-of-mica - Mirrorhawk pearl of white chocolate strawberry Lindt rolled in blue/yellow cake sprinkles, on a split lemon madeleine shell with blue and yellow chocolate button and crème fraîche ganache
Delicate wind-woven sugar dome - blue cotton candy
Self-caramelizing tufted sugar frond - punished and caramelized marshmallows on a strawberry pocky stem with strawberry syrup and golden sugar embellishments
Rosewater foam - pink lychee gel foam
Edible silverleaf confetti - oregano leaves dusted with silver edible mica glitter
Melt-velvet orchid extract - strawberry vanilla syrup
Enjoy!
It's a good look.
I am begging everyone to listen to UNEND, it's absolutely awesome
Hello just popping on to say I’m still here just somehow a mom of 2 now so the whole parenting thing is serious now and not just hobby
i understand toddlers cuz if i was just born a couple years ago and someone tried to get me to understand and say words while i'm growing insane amounts of teeth very quickly and painfully i'd be having a temper tantrum on the floor of a department store too
at the point in my life where whenever a kid cries in public i'm like man i get it. carry on
It’s not just that the leaves will break down on their own (and enrich the soil while they’re at it!). During the winter, all sorts of insects use leaf litter for shelter, and they’re the first food available to larvae in early spring. Leaves also insulate the plants under them during the winter, which is important if you’re in an area prone to frost heaving.
One of the best thing you can do for native pollinators in your area is Leave the Leaves!
My mom stopped raking her leaves when she found out about this but her neighbor used his leaf blower to clear out her yard the first year she decided to try. So she started posting a Leave the Leaves sign in the yard each year with an explanation about why it’s good and two winters later only one house still rakes their lawn each year.
We’ve seen a dramatic increase in the biodiversity in the neighborhood since. We have birds that we haven’t seen since we moved into the city from living rurally and those birds are starting to nest in the trees and gardens in spring. The swallows and bats are back at night. The single woodpecker we would only occasionally see visits daily and even has a friend that has joined it. We have more squirrels and rabbits and shockingly fewer moles and voles. We heard an owl outside last fall.
Leave the leaves indeed.
The story both starts and ends with the exact same sentence, the last in a sad way. “She smiled at me, like any stranger would.”
She smiles at me, like any stranger would.
Which, you know, fair. Totally fair. I am a stranger to her, so it makes sense.
But to me, it feels as though I have known her my whole life.
The smile she flashes me is brief and polite. The kind of thing one does out of instinct upon making momentary eye contact with a stranger on the other side of the coffee shop before returning to your book. The smile, for her, is likely forgotten in an instant. For me, it is everything.
I watch her for a moment longer. Watch her soft brown fingers trace the lid of her coffee cup that still has steam drifting out of the opening. Watch her dark brown eyes scanning back and forth across the pages of the only book I have ever seen her read.
I have been coming to this coffee shop every morning for the last 3,642 mornings in a row. And she is always here. And so is everybody else. Everybody is exactly where I expect them to be. Because, for me, every single one of the last 7,597 mornings has been exactly the same.
I stand up, make a futile attempt to fix my hair without the aid of a mirror, and walk over to her.
She glances up at me when I sit down, but waits for me to speak first. She always does. And, after my first 81 attempts, I had finally landed on the most reliable opening line I have been able to find.
“Hi. My name is Abigail. Your name is Tessa. And I’m stuck in a time loop.”
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The author of priory and ADoFN has actually said she intended it so you could read either first! I would still recommend priory first too, but it also doesn't really matter. To paraphrase what Samantha Shannon said: either you read ADoFN and then priory and see how characters were remembered or misremembered in the future, or you read priory first and then ADoFN and learn who those legendary people really were.
I’m aware, but instead of saying “read either one first but in my opinion reading Priory first is better” I just put my recommendation
Just read an interview with Third Person where they were like "yeah so seasons 1 and 2 were made in our off-time so they're not our Best Effort but now we got Critical Role as our sugar daddy we can work on Midst full time and so season 3 is Lit AF" and I'm like
BITCH it's ALREADY like stepping off a glass cliff into the endless abyss and finding yourself walking on a liquid black void upside down WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU GOT EVEN SMUGGER SHENANIGANS AND HORRORS IN YOUR PANTS
Midst asks a lot of important questions, such as: what if the stock market was for sin and good deeds? What if nighttime was a sentient soup that will kill you (or make you float)? What if the military’s psyop for recruitment wasn’t a tiktok egirl but a handsome buff man starring in a serialized radio play version of the military’s adventures? What if a guy called Phineas turned into a broken shell of a man? What if your babysitter was the coolest woman alive but also killed your friend the retiree with an upside down mouth? All this and much more.
Booty shorts that say "No Valorous Action Under the Trust"
just finished reading the behemoth that is otherwise known as a day of fallen night. naturally, i’ve been trying to distract myself from the nameless ache plaguing my chest. i chanced upon this little gem:
page 118 of the priory of the orange tree includes a mention of dumai and nikeya.
it made me think of this passage:
nikeya kept the vow she swore to herself. even in death, dumai’s legacy continues to live on – nikeya’s, too. when sappho said “someone, i tell you, will remember us, even in another time,” i believe she was pertaining to this.
hhhhhhh i’m not okay </3
Omg I love Queen Sabran VI and King Bardholt!!
A thing I really, really love about The Roots of Chaos series is how Shannon just completely refuses to incorporate internalized homophobia into it, even though, logically, it would make perfect sense to do so.
Shannon made a world dependent on bloodlines, but instead of making heterosexuality a norm, she gracefully avoided it. In any instance when she introduces an LGBT character, she provides a simple, yet very effective explanation as to why this doesn't propose a problem to their heritage at all.
Sabran marries and gets pregnant, but ultimately ends up with Ead and their relationship works out.
Wulfert's parents are two Lords that had children through former marriages, so they have a secured heir.
And probably the most interesting take is the Priory itself, especially with Tunuva and Esbar who are both in love with each other, but have decided to have children with men in order to serve their community. Their relationship is never hindered by their need to lay with a man. There is neither jealousy nor misunderstanding.
Shannon basically doesn't offer a single opening for the reader to question why homosexuality is so normalized in her world because, in the end, it doesn't really matter. LGBT characters are a crucial part of this story and Shannon eradicates any potential opportunity to undermine their existence.
It's refreshing. It's enjoyable. And, most of all, it's satisfying.
