#cress and throne

[freddycartr]

reminder that the rampion crew all think that they are hot as hell:

• thorne whistled and said “hello scarlet” when he see pictures of her at her house

• cinder says this about scarlet “she was pretty with pronounced curves, and fiery red curls.”

• kai and scarlet both called jacin “handsome” upon seeing him for the first time

• cinder called wolf “handsome” while he was hugging his maha kelsey

• kai hated thorne immediately because of his looks

• both kai and scarlet blushed when meeting winter

• thorne remarks on jacin being smug as fuck when they first meet

• iko told winter she was beautiful and scarlet remarks that throne does not trust anyone who is prettier than him

• iko had a massive crush on kai

• throne says “i really do know how to pick them” talking about iko

• thorne calls kai dreamy and “—thorne fanned himself, swooning - his heavenly, chocolate-brown eyes, and perfectly tousled hair, and—“ before cinder shoves him into a wall

• wolf didn’t even pay attention to winter because scarlet was there whereas thorne thought she had a glamour

• scarlet admits she had a picture of kai on her wall from a cereal box

• cinder says jacin looks like a prince when he’s with winter when the rampion throw a celebration for cinder before her coronation

• cress says kai looks "dapper" in his clothes after she hugs him in winter

• and all of the couples think that their partner are hot as hell so it’s a win for the rampion crew to have such hot friends

[writergracethepanda]

Cress in Winter: I've got a weapon, and I'm... admittedly VERY afraid to use it!

[shayesinterlude]

I need like a getaway/chase montage scene of the Rampion crew to Chappel Roan’s Good Luck Babe

[pinkwhite]

why did robb gag catelyn omg

[lilyrosedeppsforehead]

The Ultimate Lunar Chronicles Fanfic Rec List

Because this fandom is dead and those of us still standing deserve to read the gems.

(art by: @vvivaa)

All Time Fav:

1-800-CAPTAIN (by lovelunarchron) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5347382/chapters/12347996

Desperate to not be alone again for the holidays, Cress hires a man to pose as her boyfriend for her family’s annual Christmas celebration.

Cinder/Kai:

like real people do (by songandsilence) https://archiveofourown.org/works/1472797

The dreams start as soon as she escapes from prison. He doesn’t think much of it at first - she is the most wanted fugitive on earth at the moment, and at least 75% of hisi day is spent in conversation about her, whether it be her motive, her origins (Luna, he has to remind himself), her plans. Her picture follows him everywhere. It is on every screen, every newscast. Just as Torin is his shadow, she is as well.

(Missing moments - mostly during ‘Scarlet’)

against the clock (by nicole_writes) https://archiveofourown.org/works/10547732

Soulmate timers have been helping connect people who belong together for all time and still, Cinder gets the guy who can’t even figure out it’s her. 

Lilac and Gold and You (by au_moins_jessaie) https://archiveofourown.org/works/64832608

Cress thinks she’s pregnant and is freaking out. When she tells Cinder, Cincer offers to take a pregnancy test alongside her. But just for moral support, right?

deja vu (by crescentchat) https://archiveofourown.org/works/39846189

Kai and Princess Winter are set to be married, with the fate of Earth resting in their communion. With newfound access to TVs and devices, which are not available in Luna, she quickly recognizes her long lost cousin. What is an 18 year old Emperor to do?

Cress/Thorne:

Protected (by MadeOfStardustAndOreos) https://archiveofourown.org/works/25658644

Newly reunited with her friends, Cress and the gang finally get the chance to sleep in actual beds - even if they belong to the Lunar Aristocrats whose house they’ve just broken into. Safe once more, Cress can‘t help feeling helpless over always needing rescue from her friends.

Luckily, Captain Carswell Thorne is there to eliminate any fears - including his own. After all, he really can’t be sure of Cress’s safety unless he’s by her side 100% of the time...

A missing moment from Winter.

Someday Soon (by Mistakesweremade/PastyPirate) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18237812

“Are you just going to stare at me all day?” She asked, nerves curling in her stomach as they often did when she flirted with the line they’d set. The sight of him in navy blue boxers didn’t help.

“I figure I should try to desensitize myself so I can protect you better,” he tilted his head as he spoke, warmth curled next to the nerves, “I don’t think it’s working.”

“Come on Captain,” she gestured towards the water, “the longer you stand there ogling at me the more likely someone will come by and ogle the both of us.”

“And it’ll be the best day of their lives.” He announced haughtily, swaggering towards her and taking the hand she stretched out to him.

In which: Cress realizes something during a later afternoon swim.

Safe (by MadeOfStardustAndOreos) https://archiveofourown.org/works/23826835

For their first night after leaving Luna, Cress and Thorne are left to themselves on the Rampion. Struggling to fall asleep, Cress is finding fewer and fewer reasons for why she isn’t sharing a bed with her Captain.

ft. Wolf with tomatoes and Throne returning to his beloved, a.k.a. the Rampion

do it, i dare you (by cresswell) https://archiveofourown.org/works/7225465

“This is a very bad idea,” Cress said.

“No this is a very good idea,” Thorne replied, his voice muffled by Cress’s thigh. “I am just a very bad influence.”

Til Death Dop Us Part (by lovelunarchron https://archiveofourown.org/works/13257282/chapters/30328461

After getting dragged to LAs Vegas by her friends, Cress Darnel wakes up the next morning to find she accidentally married an ex-conman named Carswell Thorne. When their attempt to annul their drunken nuptials takes a turn for the worst, the newlyweds must learn to live with each other... for better or for worse.

pacific ocean eyes (by crescentchat) https://archiveofourown.org/works/61105936/chapters/156126943

A trilogy of unconnected Cresswel oneshots for the 2024 Lunar Chronicles Ship Weeks!

Scarlet/Wolf:

staring (by crescentchat) https://archiveofourown.org/works/62210548

Wolf is staring at another woman. Before Scarlet considers that this is highly unlike him, she does something very much like her, and flies off the handle.

Reaffirming of trust ensues (featuring your friendly neighborhood Cress and Thorne).

his favorite time (by BadOldWest) https://archiveofourown.org/works/1119437

This lazy, sun-tired, sore-muscled time of day was his favorite. When everything was quiet and soft. After work, after dinner, after a nice long bath, where he was warm and fed and clean. 

Questioning Ran (by idon’tnap) https://archiveofourown.org/works/40540767

When Scarlet and Wolf encounter Ran in the woods in the book Scarlet, Wolf says that Scarlet wouldn’t be able to get any answers out of Ran because he was taught to withstand torture.

So Scarlet tries another method of questioning.

Lupus Domesticus (by tonkzart) https://archiveofourown.org/works/20972819/chapters/49869107

Scarlet and Wolf arrive home after months on the Rampion distributing antidotes, ready to settle into their new life together. They haven’t slept together yet. 

Winter/Jacin:

Girl of Seasons (by peanutbutterapple) https://archiveofourown.org/works/11164551

“I know,” Winter said, turning her eyes back to the air, the side of her face still pressed into this shirt. She thought she meant it, I love you.

“Good,” Jacin said. He leaned his head against the top of hers, and Winter thought he meant, I love you too.

touch of snow (by crescentchat) https://archiveofourown.org/works/60908206/chapters/155585212#workskin

A trilogy of unconnected Jacinter oneshots for the 2024 Lunar Chronicles Ship Weeks!

landscape (by shireith) https://archiveofourown.org/works/56645314

‘It’s a curious thing how getting to know someone-or remembering someone, in Winter’s case-doesn’t always turn them into any less of a stranger. Winter would look at Jacin in search of something, and he would look back, but only for an instant, before his whole figure recoiled in itself and the secret moment they’d shared shimmered away like a mirage.’

Glimpse of Winter and Jacin as they readjust to each other.

Set somewhere after the epilogue in Winter.

Iko/Kinney:

To the End of Their Days (by orphan_account) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5256503/chapters/12128636

A collection of one shots set post-Winter, focusing on the four main couples, as well as Iko and Kinney, and the return to normal life after a revolution for some, the adjustment to a brand new life for others, and a bright future for all.

Arguing in Defense of My Humanity (by breadmakesyoufat) https://archiveofourown.org/works/27170632/chapters/66359734

“I love it when you’re confrontational” he whispers softly, and her eyes flutter slightly as she laughs softly in response.

Lava (by MagicAndConstellations) https://archiveofourown.org/works/14086842

Cinder and Kai are in Luna for a diplomatic meeting. While their parents are at meetings, the Imperial prince and princess are babysat by Iko. Kinney receives a comm from Ciner asking to check on the trio as Iko hasn’t been answering her. 

Idiotic Tendencies (by FloraIrmaTylee) https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11993100/1/Idiotic-Tendencies

Iko thinks that Kinney’s only redeeming quality is his attractiveness. Somehow, because she decides to hate him, the universe pushes them together. 

An Android Goes to the Ball (by andypolymetis) https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11983788/1/An-Android-Goes-to-the-Ball

Iko wants to fo to the party, but it comes with a catch.

Multi-ship:

More than the moon (by Kass) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5358704

I wish, more than anything. Four happily ever afters.

Colors of The Heart (by regolithheart) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5589640/chapters/12880513

A collection of post-Winter one-shorts focusing on each of our favorite ships // Blue: Kiko / Yellow: Cresswell / Red: Wolflet / Green: Kaider

Platonic:

Carswell’s Guide to Being Vulnerable (by lionofsounis) https://archiveofourown.org/works/11545311

“What are you doing?”

“I’m giving you a hug, you idiot.”

“Cinder--”

“Shut up, Thorne.”

Thorne visits Cinder in the hospital for a slumber party chat about their crushes. Toenail painting not included. Some H/C, mostly banter. Both of them being sappy idiots and best friends.

Grounds for War (by suchastart) https://archiveofourown.org/works/7632229

“Can’t believe they lost my reservation,” Thorne says, dropping his duffel on the ground and looking around at the room, hands on his lips. ”Wow. Look at this!”

Cinder is looking. She is looking especially closely at the bed sitting in the middle of the room. The problem is not with the bed, but that there’s only one of them, and that it seems like Thorne will be sharing the room with her and Kai, too.

thawing (by moonlitserenades) https://archiveofourown.org/works/6190228

Jacin visits Cress in the hospital. 

How to Freak the Hell out of Carswell Thorne (by midnightsnapdragon) https://archiveofourown.org/works/31304240

Jacin’s acting scarier than usual, and for the life of him, Thorne can’t figure out why.

Throne’s Pyramid (by mxtaryii) https://archiveofourown.org/works/64205821

@captainthorne ranking everyone in the rampion crew from least to most favorite

Or a short social media au where Thorne uses his twitter irresponsibly. 

[fandomsandflyingstingrays]

Underrated moments in Winter we don’t talk about enough:

Kai and Thorne’s girl talk on the way back to the palace

Scarlet, from inside a cage, giving a lunar aristocrat a bloody nose with his girlfriend’s parasol

Jacin promising to protect Cress with his life

Scarlet hugging Cinder from behind and Thorne holding her hand during the raid on RM-9

Thorne punching Jacin in the jaw and then hugging him immediately afterwards

Winter and Scarlet’s talk outside the wolf soldiers’ barracks

Jacin driving a speeder up a stairwell in order to get to Winter faster and almost sending Cinder into cardiac arrest

Thorne just… chilling alone with Levana for the minutes/hours it took Cinder to reach the throne room

[hazellevessque]

ALRIGHT I FINISHED CRESS

I feel like I should start with this post I made because. Wow. Guys that was my crack theory I was joking 😭

While we’re on this topic DR. ERLAND??? WHAT THE FUCK??? DUDE I LIKED THAT GUY CAN WE KEEP HIM AROUND A LITTLE LONGER???

Ok back to my actual thoughts I think this book is my favorite so far. I can see why everyone said they loved it

Honestly I really really like Cress she’s so relatable and I love her imagination

Also <333 Cress and Throne <333 I love them <333

But their age difference does make me feel a little weird!!

We had so many deaths this book what. Sybil, Erland, like damn people were dropping dead left and right

Cinder is still my favorite character, I don’t think anyone could make me hate her honestly. I really loved the scene where she went back to the apartment and glamoured Adri and then after she was like “that was something Levana would have done.” I got chills

INDIAN LUNAR CHRONICLES CHARACTER LETS GO EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR MY GIRL TASHMI

I was also not expecting the wedding to be in THIS book. I thought it would be the series finally but hey I’m not mad

KAI AND CINDER. THE TENSION BETWEEN THEM OMG. MY SISTER WAS ABLE TO TELL WHEN I WAS READING A SCENE WITH THEM BECAUSE I WAS GASPING SO MUCH

They stress me out but I love them

And every review (these are not formal enough to be reviews) I need to talk about Iko because she’s SO fun. I love that she got a new body and the way she mad Kai look away towards the end

Based on the one (1) chapter we got with Winter I already love her and I’m so excited for her to be a main character! Also I’m starting to see what y’all are talking about with her and Scarlet…

Anyways I’m gonna probably start the last book tonight…oh wow I can’t believe I’m already at the last book. At least I have Stars Above and Fairest after this

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[natysmalls]

The rampion crew asking their s.o if they would still love them if they were a worm:

Kaider

kai: if i was...idk...a worm. would you still love me?

cinder: why would i do that?

kai: CINDER

cinder: would i know you? would you be able to speak? because i wouldn't love a worm that makes snarky remarks all the time, the only thing keeping this relationship alive is this beautiful face of yours!

kai: *stares at her*

cinder: i'm kidding.

Wolflet

wolf: would you still love me if i was a worm?

scarlet: yeah, why?

wolf: just asking

Cresswell

cress: you would love me even if i was a worm, right?

throne: i mean, it depends...? someone turned you into one, or were you always a worm?

cress: *offended* it shouldn't matter!

thorne: this doesn't make sense to me

Jacinter

winter: would you still love me if i was a worm?

jacin: would i be a worm too?

winter: only if you wanted to

jacin: i would like to be a worm with you

winter: *smiles*

[freddycartr]

looks like a cinnamon roll and is actually a cinnamon roll: kai, winter, and cress

looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you: iko, thorne

looks like they could kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll: wolf

looks like they could kill you and could actually kill you: scarlet, jacin, and cinder

[writergracethepanda]

Cress: Throne's refusing to wear his glasses!  Throne: Cress, look, I wore the glasses for a day. My eyes are much better now. Watch.  Thorne: *points to Iko* Wolf.  Thorne: *points to Scarlet* Kai.  Thorne: *points to Jacin* Sasquatch.

[creampuffqueen]

List of Five

tagged by @azuzula (thanks sm!!!)

make a poll of five of your favorite characters and have your followers vote on their favorite, then tag five people

this was seriously so hard omg. i would have included yangchen but i felt that having three characters from the atlaverse was a bit of overkill haha

no pressure tags <3 @winterrhayle @nova-leaf @talonpaw @flerkenkiddingme @savior-of-meridian

[impossiblesuitcase]

hey i think at the end of winter,thorne says “Tell Cress i meant it” but what i cant remember what he was refering n since i cant find my book can you please explain

In Winter, he and Cress go undercover in Artemisia Palace so they can get to the command centre to play the video exposing Levana's true appearance. While walking there, Thorne is manipulated by a Lunar who glamours her appearance to look like Cress. This girl kisses Thorne and he tells her "I think I'm in love with you," believing he is speaking to Cress. Cress--who, as a shell, cannot see the glamour--is jealous over Thorne's declaration. After an argument, the two kiss and Thorne confesses that he kissed the Lunar girl back because he thought she was Cress.

Then Cress says, "but you said you were in love with her." At the time, she thought he was just saying it carelessly, but if he thought he was saying to her, she wonders if this means that he actually loves her.

They are separated before Thorne can respond, so when Thorne tells Cinder in the throne room, "tell Cress I meant it," he is saying that if he dies, he wants Cinder to pass on the message that he was truthful and actually does love Cress.

[lyngracetalksnwritesnstuff]

Yet Another MDZS AU (Lunar Chronicles AU)

Ok, ok, ok, first: I promise I'm almost done with Chapter Three of my Yilling Wei Sect AU, it'll come either today or tomorrow before three, okay?

Anyways, I was relistening to Cinder by Marissa Meyer, the first book in the Lunar Chronicles, and I had an idea, so this is for all the other Lunar Chronicles/MDZS fans out there!

For those who have no idea what the fuck I'm talking about, the Lunar Chronicles is a fururistic retelling of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White, with hints of Sleeping Beauty littered throughout the story. All of these stories are intertwined by an Evil Queen, a Lunar (a person who lives on the moon who has adapted to manipulate bioelectricity to make people hallucinate what they want them to, basically), who has usurped the throne from her sister and niece, whom she supposedly had killed. This probably wasn't the best explanation. Look it up and read the book before going on with this, because it contains MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE LUNAR CHRONICLE. I REPEAT, DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU HAVE PLANS OF READING THIS SERIES SPOILER-FREE.

Ok, now, there are two ways I could do this. Also, disclaimer, I'm not going to write this for a while if I ever do at all. Please feel free to use this idea, or any of the ones I've posted, even if I do end up writing them. Inspiration is inspiration, and I never want to stifle creativity.

So, the first way, is I could make this Wangxian centric, with Wei Wuxian as Cinder and Lan Wangji as Prince Kai, but there are some holes there, the first being, who tf is going to be Thorne? Wei Wuxian is perfect for that, but LWJ, is not a good fit for Cress, though I guess I could make it work if I go with route two.

Route two, Wen Qing as Cinder and either Luo Qingyang or Qin Su as Prince Kai, because Wen Qing is our Lesbian Queen on this blog (this is my personal headcannon, you can have your own opinions, idc). That way, Wei Wuxian could be Thorne, and Lan Wangji could be Cress. Now that I'm thinking about it, I feel like I could make it work. Sometimes when I do these AUs, I try too hard to fit a character into the mold of another character and don't realize that I HAVE CREATIVE FREEDOM AND CAN DO WHAT I WANT.

So, back to route one, the casting would be:

Wei Wuxian as Linh Cinder

Jiang Cheng as Linh Pearl (he won't be as mean as her, they're still brothers, I'll just make it ✨complicated✨

Jiang Yanli as Linh Peony (I know, I hate having to kill her off, but I promise I'll give her her husband and son before she does, okay?)

Madam Yu as Linh Adri

Jiang Fengmian as Linh Garan (sorry if I misspelled that)

Lan Wangji as Prince/Emperor Kai

Lan Xichen as the supportive older brother who wasn't in the books, whom I made up for this specific purpose, who didn't inherit the crown for a reason I will have at some point.

Lan Qiren as Konn Torin

Qingheng Jun as the dead Emperor

Wen Qing as Scarlet

Luo Qingyang as Wolf (????? subject to change)

Xue Yang as Carswell Throne (sorry, not sorry)

Mo Xuanyu as Crescent Moon Erland (no XueMo (Xuanyang? What is their ship name???) sorry, they're just besties here)

Qin Su as Winter Hayle

Xiao Xingchen as Jacin Clay (again, no ship, sorry, I'm not following the confines of this story very well 😅. But I also thought they could work really well as sibling figures.)

Oh, also Wen Ning is here too. He gets kidnapped with Granny Wen during the Scarlet timeline.

Wen Rouhan as Queen Levana (okay, hear me out here. Cangse Sanren was the original queen, rightful heir of the throne and adored ruler, and then Wen Rouhan, her half-brother, kills her and her husband and attempts to kill Wei Wuxian, who is spirited away by Granny Wen and a doctor guy, and given to Jiang Fengmian. Wen Chao and Wen Xu don't exist here, obviously)

The Wens are going to be the Lunars here, okay?

That's all the characters I'm going to cast right now, cause I'm tired and need to write Chapter Three lol. If I end up doing this, I'll do a more detailed casting.

Route Two:

Wen Qing as Linh Cinder (Makes more sense cause she's a Wen)

Luo Qingyang as Prince/Emperor Kai (I still want Qin Su to be Winter, so...)

Uhhhh, suddenly realized I have literaly no other ideas for the casting in this route, though I do really like Wen Qing as Cinder.... Maybe I can still work her in as the protagonist....

I mean, I guess I could switch LWJ and WWX around so it's them as Thorne and Cress and MXY and XY as Scarlet (XY) and Wolf (MXY) (Still platonic), that could work, cause I do want Wen Qing to be Cinder kinda...

Idk, if you have any suggestions, please feel free to tell me, that's all for now, I'm tired hehe.

[thorneswife]

AND ON THE TOPIC OF THORNE AND the throne room scene:

yo and then MM must have been like, “oh no that’s too much. we can’t fuel the Cinder/Thorne moment too much” because he’s says something about Cress

like, “tell Cress I meant it”

suuurrrrreeeee Thorne

AFTER HE TRIES TO CONVINCE LEVANA TO TOSS HIM OFF the balcony to save Cinder from the choice to sacrifice him or herself

[ramblings-of-lola]

What's you're favorite book in The Lunar Chronicles AND which ship is your favorite?

Cress and my favorite ship is Cress and Throne!

They're so wonderful together and I love how protective Throne is of Cress, but also how Cress finds her own quiet strength and found family in the series.

(the only thing I don't like about them is their age gap)

[cress-meadowforge]

Beneath the uniform streets of the Capitol, deep within the catacombs of District Zero, Cress sat on her throne, surveying her kingdom. And it was magnificent to behold. The swirling, glittering array of costumes, gliding uniformly across the dance floor. A knight, moving forward to take a pawn. Laughter as wine poured freely over gilded chalices, and the distant clang of swords, crisp blades scraping against each other as opponents vied for control.

This was her fourth birthday at District Zero, but her first with a co-host. Slate, somewhere in the crowd, and wasn't that the most peculiar thing? That Cress was here, draped across her throne, and Slate was lost in the thralls of the revelry, the shadowy corners where indulgences took hold.

Cress watched the crowd with a practiced elegance, her eyes glinting with amusement and concern. A kiss blown to a passing guest. A wink to another. Some attendees were wearing masks, but Cress' must have been the best: that of perfection, of regality. But she was searching for him -- for her lover, her victor, her king.

@slate-skylar