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[sisterofthesouth]

ranesh is so crazy i have to respect the gumption. he was out here flirting heavy with the girl everyone said was supposed to marry the king while the king was missing in whereabouts unknown and when josef saw it happening ranesh just laughed it off like 'yeah, i am. tf you gonna do about it'

[sisterofthesouth]

marilen's life is wild LOL imagine being a normal teen in tora and never feeling a single negative emotion then BOOM your leaders' stupid decision betrays the king and forces your whole people to live as ghosts for sixteen years and you probably have no idea what is going on in the entirety of the country during that time then some kid frees all of you and saves the whole country and then he (the king????) shows up at your house later like hey you're actually next in line for the throne and i need you to leave your home that you just returned to. so you agree, and you get exposed to the full range of human emotions when you leave, and your cousin the king just dumps the belt on you and LEAVES within your first day in del and you have to pretend you don't exist and suffer rumors and gossip about your reasons for being here and survive attempts on your life. and the entire time the hot young librarian's assistant won't stop flirting with you

[mynamesdrstuff]

Normal Media 👍

middle also includes 'music will save you' 'acts of resistance against the state are important regardless of how small they are' 'you have to try however bleak the outlook is'

[sisterofthesouth]

[deltoravivisection]

btw Obsessed with how Doom is so extremely anti-monarchy but then in series 2 and 3 his official job is just "sinister guy who whispers vaguely immoral ideas into the king's ear"

[zahroreadsthings]

re yesterday's post maybe lief was worried abt jasmines feelings for ranesh bc he met ranesh 'objective ten with a tragic backstory' of where waters meet and his bi ass was like aah shit

[zahroreadsthings]

lief was worried because he thot ranesh was hot and he and jasmine have the same taste in men send tweet

[sisterofthesouth]

lief is so off his gourd in the sands it’s almost comical like yea the hive is in his head because it wants that belt BAD but it’s so funny the way he’s dazed and speaking in riddles and jasmine is like ????? are you good?? are you sick?? do you smoke crack??? barda what is wrong with him??

[sisterofthesouth]

that ‘awkwardly’ is doing so much heavy lifting. i just adore the mental image of lief crying into his hands and jasmine like 😬🫱

[withickmire]

[bogosortbeat]

It's also very funny how all three of the main party in Deltora Quest are total cunts. You look at Barda like "he's the nice one cause he's like their defacto guardian" and then realize he's a catty, distrustful, dramatic mf. Then you think "oh then Lief must be the nice one. He's the hero after all" and then the narration is like "Lief wanted to kill this guy so bad but he knew he couldn't so he just seethed and malded for twelve minutes." And then Jasmine is just a complete asshole all the time. There are like two genuinely lawful-good side characters (Prin and Manus) and one of them is an actual child. Doom is a bastard. Glock is a bastard. Neridah is a bastard. Tom is a bastard. Ava is a bastard. Hell, even Steven Oftheplains is presented as really nice and you're like "finally. A normal person." Nope, he is also concerningly ok with killing people. There are no normal people on that entire dystopian continent. And it rules.

[chryseis]

I've had the emotional fragility of a cracked teacup recently, and that poll I reblogged this morning really got to me

I've never looked at my AO3 stat totals before, and, honestly, my jaw is on the floor. Thank you so much to everyone who has ever read anything I've written. This number is unfathomable, and I appreciate you all so much. I haven't written a ton of fanfic recently, because of life stuff and work I've been doing on original writing, but I do have a few different fanfic things that will be finished very soon. Anyways. Holy shit. Thanks. 🫶

[withickmire]

Reblogging this here because DQ remains my most-written-about fandom. I appreciate the hell out of the people in this community, and I swear I've got some writing incoming shortly 💕

[lindalofbroome]

28 - Queen

my headcanon is that jasmine serves the people via working at the hospital, like lief works at the forge. (i have an oc that travelled and learned medicine and specialises in surgery techniques, and came home to create/update the hospital in del but thats another story)

i think it's a natural progression of her skills and a good way to be involved with the people, to do something useful and to hear from them directly. she's at the monthly meetings and she's supporting lief through everything, but this is a more hands-on approach. they get to literally see her do good work, and it's a contact point where she can form relationships with them, building trust and loyalty.

jasmine specialises in creating remedies and ointments. she's good at seeing the attributes and effects of herbs and minerals and venoms and whatnot, and can apply them to patient health quickly.

she's keeping her mother's legacy alive in her work, and extends further through her son jarred ii who is studying to be a healer.

[artemisonahunt]

Roddacember - Day 1

Introduction - A book opening

I don't know if I have a favourite book opening, but I think leaving the City of the Rats behind is one of the most dystopian images in DQ, so there's that.

The whole history of the place is so bleak and depressing, and its people never know any peace at all. It's just miserable all around - which makes it quite concerning that I like it so much. However, to me, DQ is about fighting the unstoppable force and facing the impossible odds, and winning despite that.

I guess that this opening scene just reminds me of that whole message. Yeah, they got the gem, they defeated the guardian, a new chapter of the story is beginning - and still. Still. It's not bright and hopeful. It's the ruins burning in the background as they race against time to survive.

(If I post the prompts at this rate, I will be finished in --checks notes-- summer 2026 xD)

[sisterofthesouth]

DAWGGGG WHO LET BARDA PICK THE NAMES WE ARE NOT MAKING IT OUT OF RITHMERE

[zahroreadsthings]

Doubly hilarious that jasmine draws the line here given that:

Her name is jasmine! She is named after a flower

Lief's name is pronounced leaf! He is also (as far as she knows) named after a part of a plant

That's a whole two thirds of the party named after parts of plants. Berry and Twig should be plausible

But she still knows that ain't it!

[withickmire]

Went for a bev last night and worked on a little Sharn pov

[sisterofthesouth]

hannah was right it was actually such an insane move to make the first entire half of the forests of silence a prologue that does not become particularly relevant until book 8

[sisterofthesouth]

omfg. jasmine joins the quest by saying ‘if you will have me’ which is the same turn of phrase lief uses at the end of the shadowlands series when he semi-proposes to her

[sisterofthesouth]

each book has a little paragraph/section at the end to wrap it up, and the further we get into the series the bleaker they become. this one is so pleasant though, it’s such a cute way to end our first book. and i love what barda says. ‘and then we will go on’ sums up so much of this quest. we endure, no matter what