#air logic

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Queer Fantasy Books Bracket: Round 1

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Raven Cycle series (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily Lily Blue, The Raven King) by Maggie Stiefvater

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore. Fantasy, young adult, paranormal, urban fantasy, series

The Elemental Logic series (Fire Logic, Earth Logic, Water Logic, Air Logic) by Laurie J. Marks

Submitted endorsement: A 4-book series about transforming war and prejudice into peace and fellowship. Unique, subtle magic system. Lesbian knife-wielder survives the unspeakable to save and be saved by a giant blacksmith who is hiding the fact that she is the most powerful mage in the world! Bisexual paladin gets a new lease on life when he meets a much younger seer boyfriend! Realistic found family!

Earth * Air * Water * Fire These elements have sustained the peaceful people of Shaftal for generations, with their subtle powers of healing, truth, joy, and intuition. But now, Shaftal is dying. The earth witch who ruled Shaftal is dead, leaving no heir. Shaftal's ruling house has been scattered by the invading Sainnites. The Shaftali have mobilized a guerrilla army against these marauders, but every year the cost of resistance grows, leaving Shaftal's fate in the hands of three people: Emil, scholar and reluctant warrior; Zanja, the sole survivor of a slaughtered tribe; and Karis the metalsmith, a half-blood giant whose earth powers can heal, but only when she can muster the strength to hold off her addiction to a deadly drug. Separately, all they can do is watch as Shaftal falls from prosperity into lawlessness and famine. But if they can find a way to work together, they just may change the course of history. Fantasy, adult, politics, secondary world, series

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Zanja

[ittybittyremy]

"While all this is happening, Orym has gone full shell shock mode. He's not talking anymore. He's going to go slump down onto a rock and is listening to all the debating at this point and he doesn't know what to do. He's been so sure for so long, and doesn't know what to do. Going in feels so wrong to him. But he hears the logic that it's only a matter of time before someone or something, a day from now, a year from now, six months from now. And just let's them figure it out, because he's took all his energy to make it to this point."

- Liam, C3E118

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Media: Sonic the Hedgehog (Cinematic Universe)

Song: Hellogoodbye - HOKO

I just really like when the bass kicks in on this one.

[vvitchllng]

In addition to Everything Else that happened this episode, I can’t stop thinking about the moment where Laudna asks him why Seedling isn’t enough why he wants This sword and Orym’s whole demeanor shifts and he looks Laudna dead in the eyes and says you’re right why Would you reach for a darker power.

Orym and Laudna are the characters with the most interparty conflict and they’re the same!!!!!!! At their core their strongest motivation is their drive to protect the ones they love at the cost of themselves if necessary. We see it all the time with Orym throwing himself in front of his friends over and over again, making deals with fae to try and keep them safe. And we see it all the time with Laudna and Delilah, where over and Over again she lures Laudna with the promise of being strong enough to protect her friends, to keep them safe. We saw it again tonight when Delilah manipulated her to get the sword by telling her it was a danger to Orym!!

Both of them looked at the power that caused their pain and decided to take it for their own, to use it to protect their loved ones instead, because if it was capable of such devastation against them, it was capable of delivering that same devastation to their enemies. Laudna asking why seedling isn’t enough (why he isn’t enough, the frustrated self-deprecating response “I have Push-ups!”) and Orym returning the question because Laudna Does have her own power separate from Delilah, she just doesn’t think its enough for what’s coming!!!

They both lost their families, but where Orym had the rest of his family, a purpose, a home, Laudna lost Everything and only had the voice of her murderer as comfort in the cold. So now they’re both taking on the power that destroyed their lives, but Orym can be rational and willing to have a discussion about doing so, while Laudna absolutely Cannot do the same because of how entwined she is with Delilah (with Delilah quite literally guiding her actions in addition to the years of psychological manipulation and abuse), and so they’re the same and yet so utterly different that they keep coming up against this fundamental inability to understand the other’s position because despite the same underlying motivations, their responses are so different.

Why would you reach for a darker power, why can you not understand why I’m doing this, why can you not see I’m doing this For You. Distorted reflections of each other wanting to be understood and at a loss when faced with the differences between them, what a fucking dynamic.

[ninainthetardis]

Aaron Warner: She shoot me, but she didn't kill me... that means she loves me, right?

Cardan Greenbriar: She pointed a knife to my throat, but then she kissed me... that means she hates me, right?

[vampsb4tramps]

Imagine if instead of challenging Taryn to a duel, Jude had challenged Locke. I would have loved to have seen her slice him from the throat to the chest. She lets him live of course, but makes sure he has a scar as a daily reminder to not cross her again. Cause he was playing too much in the wicked king and Locke just getting away with screwing the twins over made no sense to me.

[justanotherignot]

[ghastigiggles]

I just played some rounds of pressure with @/yallmakemyassitch and heard Painter giggle for the first time

Anyway that computer dies tonight. Hi pressure followers I'm coming back home

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Queer Fantasy Books Bracket: Preliminary Round

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Elemental Logic series (Fire Logic, Earth Logic, Water Logic, Air Logic) by Laurie J. Marks

Submitted endorsement: A 4-book series about transforming war and prejudice into peace and fellowship. Unique, subtle magic system. Lesbian knife-wielder survives the unspeakable to save and be saved by a giant blacksmith who is hiding the fact that she is the most powerful mage in the world! Bisexual paladin gets a new lease on life when he meets a much younger seer boyfriend! Realistic found family!

Earth * Air * Water * Fire These elements have sustained the peaceful people of Shaftal for generations, with their subtle powers of healing, truth, joy, and intuition. But now, Shaftal is dying. The earth witch who ruled Shaftal is dead, leaving no heir. Shaftal's ruling house has been scattered by the invading Sainnites. The Shaftali have mobilized a guerrilla army against these marauders, but every year the cost of resistance grows, leaving Shaftal's fate in the hands of three people: Emil, scholar and reluctant warrior; Zanja, the sole survivor of a slaughtered tribe; and Karis the metalsmith, a half-blood giant whose earth powers can heal, but only when she can muster the strength to hold off her addiction to a deadly drug. Separately, all they can do is watch as Shaftal falls from prosperity into lawlessness and famine. But if they can find a way to work together, they just may change the course of history. Fantasy, adult, politics, secondary world, series

The Cursed Heart by Derin Edala (Curse Words: Spellcasting for Fun and Prophet Series)

Kayden was six months old when the doctor found the curse in his heart. From then on, his life was a struggle to manage it, to keep it locked away and dormant and above all secret, dreading the day that it would finally break free and wreak havoc. Now he's fourteen, and that day has come. Things look bad, but there's hope — the world's most prestigious magical school is willing to take him in, keep him safe, and pay his legal fees to avoid bankrupting his family. Most importantly, they can teach him to control his curse, to avoid ever hurting anyone else. It sounds far too good to be true, but what other option does he have? Kayden quickly finds himself embroiled in a large political game he doesn't understand. But he'd better learn fast. Because the secrets of his new school run deeper than he ever expected, and his actions have far more dangerous consequences than he could ever have known.

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Gonna unleash fanart for the book series I’m reading upon tumblr

[hobbitwrangler]

actually my bsg conspiracy theory is that New Caprica was laced with some sort of low-level sex pollen. that's why everyone got married and had kids and why Roslin and Adama fooled around on the sandbags instead of a perfectly decent tent and why Zarek and Roslin of all people had that weird moment. tell me it doesn't make sense, i dare you

[batboopp]

look i know this panel is serious and all but i love cass’s looney-toons-ass fall back 😭😭

[empress-things]

Nemesis is often depicted as a winged goddess. She often leaves after a confrontation by just jumping up into the air. Nemesis absolutely has wings. She just only uses them to fly and keeps them hidden away when she's on the ground because they're a hindrance.

[myloveforhergoeson]

one thing i love is a guy who can do Anything but handle the slightest smidge of emotion. like, just can’t dial it in at all. until their One Person gets put in an Emotional Situation and needs comfort….. lord

[1tsjusty0u]

man i do wish we got more love for deserts and desert-esque places in media