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Rafael Romero Barros (1832-1895) “Still-life with Oranges” (c. 1863) Oil on canvas Located in the Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

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the heart and the head

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Just finished a re-read of the series after reading River of Silver and am feeling bereft of more Alizayd. Any other books/series with similarly loveable male leads you could recommend? I love an awkward yet competent soft boy.

omg love that for you!! The Goblin Emperor is another book that I really enjoyed, where the protagonist was awkward yet kind

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Nahri: You don’t look like a social worker

Dara: I’m a special classification

Nahri: ...Did you ever kill anyone?

Dara:

Dara: We’re getting off the subject

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hello i just finished river of silver and found your blog and im glad i did bc the amount of ppl who hate ali is....... astounding. he's just doing his best :(

Hello!! Always nice to see another Ali stan :) It's a sign of having functioning brain cells

But to be honest, the hate he receives can really be chalked up to antiblackness and Islamophobia and just general degeneracy because as a character and his character arc are sooo good like ppl have to grow out of the brooding male lead obsession to appreciate him

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I didn’t babygirl-ify him. He did that to himself

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Mishmish & Sobek Notepad

This is a notepad design I made for The Tsundoku Chronicles' River of Silver Bookish Box that's currently on sale!

I'm really happy with how it turned out. 💖

If you would like a notepad, check out TheTsundokuChronicles on Etsy, and if you want Mishmish on a sticker or something, look me up on Redbubble! 💖🦁

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Next backlog papercraft! The brass entry into the @illumicrate mug series inspired by City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty! I was super enthralled with this book when I read it to prepare for this papercraft! It has such rich and sweeping world building, and love the character development. It’s not so high fantasy, as you almost forget that there are magical elements as your reading because it’s so character driven, and the magic is just part of their norm - it was really refreshing for some reason?? I don’t know how to explain it. 😩✨🧡 *** Some minor spoilers for City of Brass below! *** I remember while reading, that Illumicrate wanted to feature the three main characters on the mug. So while I was reading, I was waiting for a heartfelt, fun, or emotional moment between the three. Like a nice picnic, or maybe some stargazing. I found out… they didn’t get along at ALL. 😱 So I put them in their timeout corners on the mug. 😑 One theme that I latched onto was what inspired the title, ‘What is Lost’. A reference to losing control of the mind, body and soul. Mind: Ali - a free thinker that is under the thumb of his father, and duty to his role as prince Body: Nahri - born with a body charged with power that she has little knowledge of its origins or little control over its autonomous healing. Likewise, she is used as a token in a marriage arrangement to unite a people she has little cultural connection to. Soul: Dara - a soul enslaved, then freed, yet still lost to wander the world without a vessel Overall I had a SUPER fun time with the fashion design in this one - especially Nahri! Her hijab was probably the most intricately layered piece of clothing I’ve designed so far for papercraft and it was really fun to watch Youtube tutorials on different ways to style hijab scarves (they’re so creative!) 😱🧡

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Indi Samarajiva

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Shedu from the Daevabad trilogy. Such an excellent series!!

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Throwback to when I was trying to be nice about this

Anyways, Dara is one of the most static characters in the whole series. How does a side-side-character priest have more development than a character that has a whole pov dedicated to them!! Too many people slobbering over this man's dusty dick and hypnotized by his Miley Cyrus meme green eyes, his "hot and broody" character archetype isn't enough to compensate for 0 character growth 🚶🏽‍♀️

I feel as though Dara didn't really undergo monumental change as a character other than realizing that mass murder is Bad™️

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This is the day i just start dumping any sketch on here no matter the quality 🤙

I’m barely half way through the first book so no spoilers,,, its really good so far

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List of things I want Ali to do:

Number 1 : sleep

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Cats in hijabs………. .

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Ali in Am Gezira doodles bc hes my fav (just started the second book )

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