#delilah bard

[shrews-art]

I really love how separately Lila, Kell and Holland are literally the most powerful people between all worlds and also smart and resourceful and skilled but. You leave them together in a room for TEN MINUTES and disaster follows

[antaripirate]

Kell and Lila, to Holland, at any given moment:

disaster trio disaster trio disaster trio

[clockworkbee]

Fuck all romances except whatever that guy with the peculiar coat and that girl who could find whichever side of it she wanted had going on <3

[purplebass]

I can't stop thinking about Lila saying "There is nowhere you go, that I cannot follow" in TFTOP because it was her subtle declaration of love and devotion to Kell. The way the words sounded like a promise and a threat, which is so her. She didn't want to lose him. If he didn't make it, she would make sure to bring him back from wherever he went, even from another world. She whispered the words because they were for his ears only. They were a piece of her soul she was willing to share with him, just like the thread of her magic which ended up saving his life. She told him because she thought he was unconscious, so him revealing that he remembered everything made me go insane and I want to know whether he'll tell her

[happygirl2oo2]

And ofc I had to make one for the Threads crew as well x

[inspo]

[untolduttering]

Peak character is someone with an attitude problem, an absolute bitch, but is also so unbelievably kind.

[spacecimen]

“Walking away had been easy. Not looking back was harder.”

[hoplessartist]

i call upon the fans of A Darker Shade of Magic

From left to right:

Alucard Emery , Rhy Maresh, Holland, Delilah "Lila" Bard, Kell

[astrolauu]

she loves her new knife

[caroll-in]

I have many complicated feelings about shades of magic trilogy and what better way to cope than to draw self-indulgent fanart 😌

all my issues aside: I'm obsessed with its aesthetics and the whole antari concept and, especially, with my babygirl holland—so his touchstarved ass gets some love for a change 🥺🥺

(used that one anne hathaway pic as my inspo here, it was such a perfect ref for them!!)

[ninelivesart]

Part 2 of Drawing My Reads 2024 was A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab

[burningblake]

asdfg I can't, they're so sweet and perfect for each other. kell staying awake whenever lila is out, lila still trying to find a cure for him, him giving her a ring not to signify devotion, but for protection, and her secretly keeping it around her neck despite arguing that she didn't want it, lila teaching kell to fight now that he can't use his magic, lila abandoning the thrill of battle just at hearing him scream—they've been together for nearly a decade and I'm still hanging onto their moments like it's a first kiss. what a beautifully written relationship, what a wholesome romance, I'm absolutely in love with them and I could read 300 pages of them just being domestic

[antaripirate]

delilah bard:

[clockworkbee]

Something about fictional couples who part ways, not having seen eachother or heard from one another in months or years, not even sure whether they'll see the other person again or when, simply hits different for me. You can see both of them thinking about each other every day, missing the other or being reminded of their time together by small things, and—

[purplebass]

X fell first, Y fell harder but with Lila and Kell. He fell first, gracefully. He dealt with his feelings as the story moved along and he fell harder and was already a simp by the end of adsom. Her unpredictability made him go insane but he was sure he didn't want to let her go. The magic set he gave her was his subtle confession: "I hope you think of me every time you see this. I hope you don't forget about me. I won't forget about you." Lila fell harder but the realization of how much she liked Kell was more like an epiphany. As if someone had thrown a bucket of ice water on her face unexpectedly and she had to run away before she would freeze, leaving Kell behind along with whatever connection she had felt with him. She stabbed a man after saying goodbye to Kell, lmao. Way to divert her attention somewhere else.

[cweercrippledcrafter]

Reading Shades of Magic for the first time, and the main characters meeting is so fucking funny.

She's moved back in with her dad after burning her last house down and stabbing her landlord. He's running from unknown Bad People. She's running from teenagers dressed as a man. He's dying in an alleyway after teleporting. She gives him a hanky and steaks his magic rock. He teleports into her bedroom, demands his special rock back, and passes out. She ties him to the bed that has only been hers again for about an hour. He dramatically uses the tiny bit of magic he has left to set the rope on fire. She learns magic is real and immediately uses the extra special pebble to make a sword, and then a clone of the guy she's just robbed and kidnapped. He gets very upset, and she thinks it's because the clone is putting on a striptease, but it's actually because if the clone is allowed to stand there stripping too long it'll turn evil. He saves her from evil him, then ties her to the wall using the wall, and jumps out of the window. She still thinks she's the one who's been fucked over in this situation.

He's a super magic prince. She's a notorious thief who could have a nice life working at her dad's pub but won't because AdventureTM. They both think they're tough as nails but actually are big dumb bleeding hearts.

They're kinky. They've just met. They're made for eachother.