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reading... 📖💭

[kolarpem]

Morning Doodle: “The others’ eyes were locked on the statue, but before Nikolai could yank the cuff of his glove back into place, Zoya glimpsed the dark veining at his wrist pulse black“ (Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars CH 11)

[fitz]

thinking about the juxtaposition of vis being like “i can’t love someone i can’t trust” re: emissa and then aequa was like “i will literally help you commit treason and free lanistia at the cost of my own life” and vis just goes... i expected nothing else.

or when ​he chose her as his race partner before he even asked her?? his brain already knew she was the only one he could actually trust to have his back. and then callidus’s dad basically telling him to keep her close because her loyalty is literally rare.

​and when he tells her about his new will ability and admits he feels “unburdened” because now she knows. like when he says that she knows him better than anyone aside from eidhin. not to mention when they just casually share nightmares and trauma bonding multiple times.

i am drowning in a deluge of emotional feelings by just thinking about them. i’m actually not okay.

[plantbvn]

yes i almost finished sotf

[stardustea]

Aequa 💙

[abitterberryblog]

aequa claudius + her introductory scene

[aschraart]

Robin and Ramy ~ Babel by R.F Kuang

[kolarpem]

Morning Doodle: “That squash is as wide as I am tall,” Nikolai said beneath his breath as he smiled and waved. “And twice as handsome.” “Half as handsome,” he protested. “Ah,” said Zoya, “but the squash doesn’t talk.” (Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars CH 11)

[nyancrimew]

im doomed by the narrative but the narrative is a bunch of conscious choices i've made in the past

[softie-rain]

Lenore Dove and Sejanus eating gumdrops together in the afterlife while watching Snow's downfall

that's it that's the post

[kolarpem]

Morning Doodle: “Though he and Zoya took pains to hide the urgency of their mission, they rode hard each day and never spent more than a single night in any location.”(Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars CH 11)

[sailorpluto007]

Kaz Brekker, aka the scourge of all Ketterdam, the main fixer of all problems imaginable, the character of "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo and my love 💔

watercolor, acrylic, liners, pencils 59.4 x 84.1 cm

2025

[princessamericachavez]

Good I’m obsessed with Sword Catcher but I wish more people were talking about Connor and Kel’s bond because the intensity of it is killing me. I love this dynamic in which Kel would and must die for Connor and would defend him from anything and everyone but then Connor every time Kel is in danger is ready to jump into the fray because that isn’t his bodyguard that’s his brother and Kel doesn’t realize that him dying would be a worst fate for Connor than death itself and that it would destroy him and he doesn’t see it and yet the same goes the other way around and Kel would burn himself not just to save Connor but to make him happy. And then Kel is fighting Vienne and it’s clear he’s overpowered and the fucking captain of the guard has to hold Connor back to keep the prince from intervening and saving his bodyguard, his literal Sword Catcher!!!!! I’m obsessed!!!!! Someone talk to me about it!!! Why are y’all not as obsessed as I am????

[zoyalensk]

kel is "i am the prince's shield. i am his unbreakable armor. i bleed that he might not bleed. i die that he might live forever." but then also, the ragpicker king talking to kel about "they must know that if they harmed you, the prince would hound them to the ends of the earth. he would never stop seeking revenge," and kel knew that was true.

kel dedicating himself wholly to conor's protection. and it's not just protective, it's sacrificial. it's not just out of duty to the crown but out of personal loyalty to conor as his brother, not just to conor as his prince. and then conor, he might be a prince, might be the one who needs protection but he also shows how greatly he values kel. even though kel is supposed to protect him, conor's instinct is to protect kel right back with everything he has and vengeance will become his form of defense. when you take away their roles, what remains still is a deep brotherly bond, it goes beyond duty and this bond is so important to me.

[theredcrane]

Lin Caster from the Sword Catcher Series by @cassandraclare

Had fun working on this one!

[kotwkawie]

the prince and the sword catcher

characters belong to @cassandraclare

[zoyalensk]

the ragpicker king

“I am a Prince. I can give you gold. Jewels. A fleet of ships. But you want none of those things. What I cannot do is marry you - not without smashing the alliances that are keeping Castellane whole. Not without losing the throne, and who would then take it? If there was someone I trusted, I would give it up willingly, but there is no one. I want to give them up. But I cannot. I cannot offer you what the lowest peasant in the street could offer you. Myself. Because myself does not belong to me. It belongs to Castellane.”

this whole quote is just so devastating like it captures the tragedy of conor who has almost everything but the freedom to choose love. him listing symbols of wealth and power only to realize they are meaningless in the face of love because he cannot give the one thing lin would truly want which is himself. he's not even saying he cannot marry her because he might lose everything (he wants to give them up), but because his kingdom that is already so fragile might lose everything. really heartbreaking that he loves lin enough to tell the truth that marriage with her is the thing he sacrifices to keep an almost crumbling Castellane from truly falling apart :( please give them a happy ending in the third book ms cassie clare

[doc0bill]

nonono you don’t understand.

he will always seek to make it summer for her.

​he. will. always. seek. to. make. it. summer. for. her.

HE WILL ALWAYS SEEK TO MAKE IT SUMMER FOR HER.

HE. WILL. ALWAYS. SEEK. TO. MAKE. IT. SUMMER. FOR. HER.

[iamnotdirtylaundry]

oh lenore dove, my rare and radiant girl 💔💔