#navaniel

[chronicpainstevetruther]

People think Kalmoash shippers are expecting the impossible but I literally believe that Raboniel will rise from the dead to kiss Navani. They have nothing on me.

[teliimus]

Sanderson’s ability to write unintentionally gay characters is unparalleled. What do you mean Shallan accidentally discovers bisexuality after she goes to the club (Kharbranth) for the first time and Navani and Raboniel were out there achieving world peace thru the power of single minded girlkissing while an agender House (Sibling) prayed for their downfall. What do u mean Moash figured out homosexuality (Big Desire to kiss his boss) and immediately decided to kill himself about it (join Odium). I think a Pride Parade and a few seasons of RuPaul would have solved all of Roshar’s problems.

[lamaery]

Looking for a stormy or colorful summer beach read? @priscellie and Ihad way too much fun creating some romance novel versions of Rhythm of War and Warbreaker. I made the illustrations and Priscillie made them look like actual books – beautifully ridiculous, curly typography, mock-up and all. I hope that there will be more :D

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Image description: (by Priscillie) Photomanipulation of two battered paperback pulp romance novels that look straight out of a thrift store bargain bin in the 1980s. The books are RHYTHM OF WAR and WARBREAKER by Sandra Branderson. RHYTHM OF WAR features an illustration of Navani and Raboniel experimenting with light, Raboniel looming behind Navani and leaning in, their faces almost touching. Raboniel streams voidlight from her image-left hand, which travels like lightning through Navani's tuning fork and into the sphere in Navani's gloved safehand. It's the primary source of light in the scene, and the background is nothing but murky darkness. Raboniel focuses intently, her red eyes alien and unknowable, as she focuses on her work. One of Navani's unkempt locks of hair just brushes the corner of Raboniel's mouth, and I'm not normal about it. Navani looks like she's gone three days without changing clothes and that she's slept in her hairstyle a similar number of nights. The collar of her havah is open, revealing her collarbones. Her expression is a mix of amazement, fear, and exhaustion, her mouth slightly open and her head tilted back slightly. Her face is lit from below by their experiment. The title and author's name are angled at a sharp diagonal, with strong capital letters and the occasional flourish. At the top is the tagline "In the Heart of War... Passion and Honor are Fused!" In one corner is some publication information, with a little logo of a seal and the words "A 'Sealed With a Kiss' Paperback," the fake ISBN 17S-631-1123-1210 (the last two sets of numbers being our birthdays), and prices in America and Canada. The other book is Warbreaker, also by Sandra Branderson. The illustration depicts Susebron and Siri in a ridiculously overblown, windswept Fabio-style cover, with a shirtless Susebron holding Siri so she's half sitting on his chest, one knee up with her thigh along his chest, her legs off to one side, and with her body twisted so she's facing him with her upper body, leaning down to him, a breath away from kissing him. She's wearing a teal dress with a Mesoamerican vibe that reveals her midriff and leaves her shoulders bare, but with a long train that blows off to the side. Her arms are painted in looping gold shapes. Her hair is blonde for most of its length, but it's beginning to change to a vivid red at the scalp. It's wrapped in teal ribbon to match her dress. Susebron has long, sleek black hair caught by the wind, chunky gold earrings and a slim gold cuff at his upper arm, and is wrapped in long white strips of awakened cloth that snake through the image in an energetic explosion of fabric. He gazes at her in handsome adoration and abandon, and she gazes back in love tempered by concern. The title has the same diagonal and italicized design with the same typeface and flourishes, but the title is jazzed up with shimmery, iridescent type. At the top is the tagling "She was forced to marry a god... Then she took his breath away!"

[mealymeals]

women in stem!!!

[virtualtear00]

Back with some Navaniel content after a while

[madxmellon]

Please take my random Stormlight memes while I wait for KOWT

[meetthefatess]

rewriting row to be an enemies to lovers slowburn but actually I don’t have to change that much

[duckngk]

drawing the doomed yuri again

[billerak]

Kaladin during pts 3 and 4 of Rhythm of War

Navani and Raboniel during pts 3 and 4 of Rhythm of War

[bobomcfoe-art]

The ending they (and we) deserved

I had the pleasure of illustrating @magenta-somethings Navaniel fic, The Strengh of Weakness for the Cosmere mini bang. I cannot recommend checking it out enough, it's so so good :)

[chilliesh]

Me rn

[stew4]

Sanderson wrote an interesting and complex romantic tragedy between two women on opposite sides of a war learning to cooperate and appreciate each others talents via science and discovery, by accident

[stb14]

I know people have probably talked about this online already, but I just wanna say I feel like there was some raboniel erasure in Wind and Truth. I thought it was cool how we got to see humans and singers falling in love in the spiritual realm visions, and the rlainarin romance subplot was amazing and I loved every second of it. However, I think navani and raboniel kind of paved the way for human-singer relationships in the modern age. Navaniel walked to rlainarin could run I fear. Like even if you don't wanna read navaniel as romantic, which they kind of undeniably are at times, they are at the very least deeply respectful towards one another and engage in an amazing scholarly collaboration that I actually don't think anyone gave them enough credit for. that was actually insane, but anyway, given that so much of wind and truth kind of revolved around finding ways for humans and singers/listeners finding ways to live peacefully together, you think there would have been more navaniel mentions??? they literally were the blueprint??? idk

[lamaery]

 Rhythm of War is the only Tor hardcover version I have of the Stormlight Archive books (the others are the Orion softcovers) ... Wind and Truth now as well, but we don't have Branderson version for that one (YET). Brandon was so awesome and signed this one for me.  As with the others (WoK Part 1 and WoR Part 1) my incredibly partner in fictional romance and crime @priscellie did the text and layout and painted the pictures.

🖤❤️ text on the back of the book ❤️🖤 

“Did you like it?” Raboniel asked her. “I did,” Navani said. “The tones were a terrible cacophony when combined, but somehow beautiful at the same time.” “Like the two of us?” Raboniel asked. “Like the two of us.”

Navani Kholin, Queen of Urithiru, has been underestimated all her life. Haunted by her late husband Gavilar’s disdain, even she has begun to believe her brilliance at engineering is merely the reflected light of her team. It takes an enemy to see her true genius. While her husband Dalinar fights on a distant front, Navani’s home is invaded by an army led by the formidable Raboniel–Lady of Pains, Lady of Wishes–infamous among her contemporaries for her cunning and capacity for genocide. But this ruthless immortal wants Navani for more than her value as a hostage. She proposes a collaboration that could rewrite the rules of their war, and perhaps alter their fundamental understanding of physics itself. To save her people and the heart of the tower city, Navani joins Raboniel in a deadly dance of scholarship, manipulation, and treachery. But she was not expecting to find empathy with her captor, to bond over shared grief, or to find healing and fulfillment in their mutual respect. With the world hanging in the balance, dare Navani hope the harmony between them can be a bridge to peace? Or is it a trap she cannot escape?

(Meanwhile, Wit gives Kaladin relationship advice, and Moash haunts Kaladin’s dreams.)

“The tension is surging in this passionate page-turner. In every thrilling scene, you’ll be longing for Branderson to unite them!” JENNY O’NEILL, SISTERWISE GAMES.

🖤❤️ Praise for Sandra Branderson’s RHYTHM OF WAR❤️🖤

“A cunning and complex game of intellectual cat and mouse. Rhythm of War will steal your gemheart.” Orsinia Scarlett Card

“This sapphic Oppenheimer gives new meaning to ‘Enola Gay’.” Hoban Robb

“Ninety percent of everything is crab!” A. Sturgeon

“Branderson delivers a dark, intoxicating dance of intellect and seduction. Navani and Raboniel’s dynamic will leave you questioning the line between love and obsession. It’s deliciously twisted and impossible to put down.” Jem Baker

“That back blurb is literally just the plot of the original Rhythm of War.” Marie

“Yeah, somehow the original Rhythm of War may still be gayer.” Priscilla

“Oh, I know. I'll turn her into a flea--a harmless, little flea. And then I'll put that flea in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives, I’ll smash it with a hammer!” Martina George

“This plan is sheer elegance in its simplicity.” Patricia Rothfaux

[magenta-somethings]

the toxic doomed old woman yuri of navaniel... brandon sanderson truly is an ally

[virtualtear00]

Proper height difference between Navani and Raboniel