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[the--starless--sea]

Her love was a screaming torrent. The deep, gut wrenching wail of an avalanche. The near-silent cry of sprinkling rain.

When the Moon Hatched || Sarah A. Parker

[tawneybel]

When the Moon Hatched Monsters

Just finished my latest buddy read, When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker. Like most romantasy, I ended up liking the fantasy more than the romance lol. But not so much the dragons. They’re everywhere in fantasy and it’s hard to make them stand out. Like, most of the time I prefer “girly” dragons (as discussed here) from children’s media. Because they’re almost always more interesting than standard fantasy dragons. 

But it had some great original (takes on) creatures! Parchment larks are basically sentient paper airplanes. Ticks can carry and infect dragons with rabies. It’s as sad and as scary as it sounds. One dragon gets euthanized. 

There’s a monster called a trogg who’s humanoid and she eat objects like chairs and jewelry. 

Orifices in her palms secrete bioluminescent mucus. Strands of it decorate her lair’s ceiling. The mucus is made of memories. 

My favorite is the octimar! As you can guess, it’s a cephalopod. An octimar can “blend almost entirely with [its] surroundings” (pg. 548). It’s eyeless, translucent, and has a brain in its head, instead of in its tentacles. Raeve describes teeth and not radula, so I like to think it’s also intentionally more humanoid. “Octimars can weave promises upon flesh, bind them to blood, body, and soul.” The one she encounters was used in gambling (i.e., guarding gold coins). 

[blanktrouser]

“The Hands of Time has it’s grips on you, dearest contender”

Inspiration pose below!

[monster-high-described-archive]

(Image ID in plain text)

[image ID: a digital sketch page of dracula from monster high: adventures of the ghoul squad, a middle-aged vampire with light purple skin, grey-streaked hair, and square glasses dressed in a collared shirt, a vest, and a cravate. he is shown 1) happily giving a side hug to his daughter draculaura; 2) smiling while holding a book; and 3) adjusting his glasses with a concerned look and saying, “ghouls, please pay attention.” end ID]

[chiyoumen]

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ROUND 2: POLL 1

Title Theme

Dormont (Welcome To My Home, Stranger)

[thedeviltohisangel]

🎄🎄🎄🎄

The elves told me that you have been extra good this year and have decided to send you both a fanfic and an associated moodboard! To create both, just a few more questions ~

1. Holiday themed, or something else?

2. Nessian family fluff, or something else?

3. Are there any tropes/themes you would not want to see/read about, or any triggers that you need to avoid?

4. What is your favorite Nessian fanart? Your favorite fanfic? Your favorite moodboard/aesthetic? Or something else?

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WTMH is ‘When the Moon Hatched’ by Sarah A. Parker! If you haven’t read it already, I would highly suggest it! The main couple is giving Nessian.

Can’t wait to talk to you again soon 🎅

BUT WHAT IF THE ELVES ARE LYING!!

But thank you to the elves for believing in me xoxo

So tough! I feel like I want to leave this up to the elves? Could be fun to have it holiday themed to keep the vibes up for the season but don't let this stress the elves out if it is not flowing

I am not opposed to family fluff but I know so many people have a specific vision of their family (found, real, future, etc.) so maybe just Nessian focused for this instance?

I can't think of anything off the top of my head except for like gore or things of that nature. If something specific comes to mind and you think you might need to run it by my then that is fine but in my general life there is nothing I actively avoid or am triggered by.

I have not read a crazy amount of Nessian fanfic (admittedly) however all the art of them that I have reblogged is under my 'acotar' tag on my blog! I have a high standard (lol but do I?) for reblogging fanart so anything under there is completely my favorite and I am obsessed with!

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I have not read "When the Moon Hatched" but it is most certainly on my TBR!! I have heard nothing but phenomenal things about it and every opinion of the people I truly trust say it is really good so I am dying to read it. I also really love a chonky book and know that fits the bill.

Love you Santa!

[monster-high-described-archive]

[ID: Nine icons of Monster High ghouls, framed from the waist up on the five stripe lesbian pride flag. In order they are Welcome to Monster High/Reboot Clawdeen Wolf, Welcome to Monster High/Reboot Frankie Stein with a pink/yellow outfit recolor, Scaris Draculaura, Welcome to Monster High/Reboot Lagoona Blue, Cleo De Nile in her usual style, Ghoulia Yelps in her usual style but with her hair in a ponytail, Abbey Bominable in her usual style. The next is Venus McFlytrap with her hair pulled back into a ponytail. She is smiling with her arms open at her sides. She is wearing blue jean overalls over a short sleeved red and gray cropped flannel. The last icon is Dot Dead Gorgeous Operetta.

A dark pink dni banner below the icons says: “Dni if you are exclusionist, terf, transmed, anti mogai” in black uppercase font. Pink uppercase text below it with small black bats hanging from the bottoms of the letters says: “dd/lg, map/nomap, proship, or racist”. In the right corner is an image of Black Carpet style Draculaura smiling, resting her chin in the palms of her hands. End ID]

♡ ♡ Miscellaneous Lesbian Monster High icons (please reblog if you save)! ♡ ♡

(Renders provided by @rodri-mh 💞)

[revolytion]

Wtmh

Часом щось дуже резонує. Як оце ось. Сподобався опис пісні…”This next song that we’re gonna play for you is called “Welcome to my house”. And when i say “my house” i mean me. Welcome to a part of me and a little bit of how my brain works and how i like to think of myself and not in the nicest ways most of the time which i imagine everyone feels like, but there’s a part in the middle, where i’m…

[whatsajulian]

Okay i watched it!

Im just gonna dump my “quick” thoughts here

The new style is growing on me. The original monster high specials had a gothic art style with a lot of wide shots and exaggerated shots. Welcome to monster high came out and completely changed the seating, opting for a style more bright and colorful( I was not a fan) when I saw this new show I initially dismissed it assuming MH wasn’t really for me anymore

But after actually giving this show an actual chance I was impressed with how creative the animation actually was. There are lots of fast visual gags and clever use of the monster abilities. This new show goes for a more cartoony style, the characters all have exaggerated proportions and there’s more of an effort to make the characters look visually distinct from each other.

The voices threw me off big time, I had no idea this show was coming with the new voice cast. Like, I had no idea draculaura was the one narrating the opening of one of the episodes. That being said, the new voices help set the tone, this is a very different interpretation of these characters.

Overall not perfect but I appreciate it for what it’s doing. The og monster high has a good run but that era is over and I think I’m okay with that now

[monsterhighheadcanons]

Headcanon#170

Moanica is half normie and half zombie: it explains why she can move faster, speak English, etc

[neriyon]

Biting the people who made some of these recipe choices in wtmh. There's a potion that gives you 1-2 extra saury if you apply it to a bait - but to make it you need Blue Potion, that, you guessed it, needs 2 saury to craft.

I've always wanted to waste resources making things so I can get 50% half of the materials back :)

[scarah-screeeaaammss]

Cleo time!! a short pt2 :)

out of all the reboot Cleos, I think thse two are my favs. The dress style, pattern, and shoes looks really good on the wtmh Cleo. I think it fits her fairly well, but is still a bit too cheery I think.

The garden ghouls cleo is a fav bc SHE HAS WINGS!! AND THEY HAVE NICE ARTICULATION!!! Literally the whole reason I got her. I think her dress is ugly and definitely not for her but i think the wings looks good.

The faces are still very blah but I like the little crystal shapes on wtmh Cleo, it just adds a little something. Also glad the garden ghouls cleo has teal hair like a lot of her ogs.

I love dolls with short hair. I've had fairly short hair for the past few years so of course I wanna see that reflected in dolls and you don't get that too often. I think Cleo super rocks this look, tho I do think maybe there's a bit too much tinsel but its whatever.

Plus their outfits are so cool and they both have that motif of bandages that fit to her theme. Neither dress matches in color but both are so very Cleo.

OKAY HERES THE ONE I FORGOT TO POST YET AGAIN.

I just love the packaging for this box and how it has a cover box that goes over it, im just in love. That's part of the reason they haven't left the box lol this is easily one of my fav Cleos. Id like to have a second one day to have out of box bc gosh shes just so beautiful. The Ghoulia is also really amazing and I love anything that puts them together :)

thanks for looking at my Cleos :) glad I finally remembered that last one haha

(second pic is like don't talk to me or my daughter even again)

this has been part two of two

[trainer-sean]

I love g2 design of Clawdeen, its simple, but just feels so complete and perfect

[chiyoumen]

What the Mirror Holds: Chapter 10

Summary:

Observant yet oblivious, Lan Di realizes that he is not the only man in Usagi's life. In a matter of seconds, distressed by the simple gaze of another, he comes to find exactly how territorial he can be. Somehow, Hanfei is not surprised by this, but that does not mean his disappointment (as well as his anxiety) dissipates in any capacity. In fact, it may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Thankfully, once Lan Di isn't there, Guizhang is quick to assist Hanfei... Though, Hanfei may not be as keen on being helped as Guizhang would like. -- [Chapter content warnings: Possessiveness, manipulation, emotional breakdown, physical violence (in the form of martial arts.)]

Preview:

Lan Di gave her one of his infamously cold smiles, topped with an extra hint of amusement, "What are you hiding from me?" There had to be... Something, right? The woman was already too good to be true as it were. Just as the question left his mouth, Usagi's attention had been caught by something across the room, or someone, rather. She inhaled sharply and sat up straight, clenching her fists in her lap, her entire body becoming rigid with apparent panic. When Guizhang's gaze settled on her, she held her breath. Noticing the tension in her body, Lan Di glanced over his shoulder, cautiously, although one of his bodyguards casually moved to obscure most of any view Guizhang could catch of Lan Di. However, in that fleeting and brisk observation, Lan Di did see that this man had locked eyes with... Usagi. His breath caught audibly, and his heart skipped a single beat. Muscles twitched in his jawline, and his eyes narrowed slightly, brow furrowing when he saw the way her cheeks became red. She hastily tried to cover them while making herself as emotionally inconspicuous as possible. She then shifted nervously, trying to fix her hair.

This girl... What association did she have with the Chen family?

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ROUND 1: POLL 2

Dormont

Dormont (Welcome to My Home, Stranger)