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"Was that sarcasm, Fai Zhang?"

"Yes, Grandmother."

"Good, there may be hope for you yet"

absolutely underrated moment right there

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I just think it's funny how Rick Riordan must have done SO MUCH research about different cultures and communities, doing his best to be respectful in his representations.

Yet couldn't be bothered to pull up Google Maps to see how far away the St. Louis Arch is from the water

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growing up is realizing that rachel was exactly who percy needed in that period of his life. because she knew enough about the demigod world that percy could confide in her about the responsibilities as the prophecy kid. but was also separate enough from the demigod world that she never placed him on a pedestal or pitied him for it. she never looked at him like he was a dead man walking. or expected him to become something more than himself to get the job done. say what you want about their relationship. but no one. not sally. not paul. not poseidon. not chiron. not grover. and definitely not annabeth. could have been for percy what rachel was for him.

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ok but do you know what the best part about The Folk Of The Air is? Jude stayed human. This IS the main concept of the series and i don't see many people appreciate it enough. SO MANY books have the usual- 'main character waking up one day and finding out they have had powers all along' - i find that so over used and annoying, but that wasn't the case with jude and it has got to be the number one reason why i love her & this series. Jude conquered an entire kingdom, became The High Queen Of Elfhame & made her place in Faerie, all while she was still a human and had no magical powers. My girl worked very hard to achieve the skills she has. She wasn't born with it. I AM SO PROUD OF HER, she inspires me sm and at so many different levels. we're humans too, & i find comfort in the thought that this is what we'll always have in common with her.

I cannot thank Holly Black enough for this.

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book quotes that i will never recover from

"he is half of my soul, as the poets say. " - song of achilles

"write me a letter telling me how to live the rest of my life without you." - how to make friends with the dark

"they were my birthday presents." - shatter me

"she had realized that she had forgotten the precise blue of his eyes and the depth of his laugh." - clockwork princess

"my name is sam cortland... and i will not be afraid." - assassin's blade

"you chose me four years ago. would you choose me still?" - these violent delights

"we were all supposed to make it." - crooked kingdom

"i remember everything." - the invisible life of addie larue

"come home and shout at me. come home and fight with me. come home and break my heart, if you must. just come home." - cruel prince

"i wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows." - they both die at the end

"you hated the idea of me." - the final gambit

"bob says hello." - house of hades

"abuse can feel like love. starving people will eat anything." - nightfall

"i missed you only with an ocean between us. but if death was separating us... i would find you." - queen of shadows

"i loved him. i love him. as best i could." - we were liars

"i'm the villain, even in my own story. but you were supposed to play a different role." - finale

"i will find you again in the next world—the next life. and we will have that time. i promise." - a court of wings and ruin

"i spent half of my time loving her and the other half hiding how much i loved her." - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo

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I present to you...The Court of Shadows

Jude - The Queen

"If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse"

Garrett - The Ghost

"You're scheming"

Van - The Roach

"You came out of the sea even tougher than you went in"

Liliver - The Bomb

"Long live Jude, no thanks to me"

Artist: PhantomRin

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ok but do you know what the best part about The Folk Of The Air is? Jude stayed human. This IS the main concept of the series and i don't see many people appreciate it enough. SO MANY books have the usual- 'main character waking up one day and finding out they have had powers all along' - i find that so over used and annoying, but that wasn't the case with jude and it has got to be the number one reason why i love her & this series. Jude conquered an entire kingdom, became The High Queen Of Elfhame & made her place in Faerie, all while she was still a human and had no magical powers. My girl worked very hard to achieve the skills she has. She wasn't born with it. I AM SO PROUD OF HER, she inspires me sm and at so many different levels. we're humans too, & i find comfort in the thought that this is what we'll always have in common with her.

I cannot thank Holly Black enough for this.

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guys i know we all talk abt how sally would react to percy’s tattoo but like

what abt his scars from tartarus😟

like could you imagine the last time you see your son yk he’s got some cuts and scars but he doesn’t wear a shirt when he’s swimming maybe he wears a muscle tee on occasion maybe sometimes on hot summer days when the AC doesn’t work he doesn’t really wear a shirt at all bc he’s at home with his family and he’s a teenager who gives af

then he’s gone for like 7ish months and when he gets back suddenly everything’s different he’s always covered up never really wanting to show off and you don’t really understand until he’s sleeping on the couch and his shirts a little disheveled so you walk over to fix him up and put a blanket on him and maybe take a pic bc that’s your son and you notice smth pinky and puffy on his skin so you lift it up a little further and he has claw marks stab marks deep cuts everywhere

up until this point you leave everything up to him what he wants to tell you when he wants to tell you or even if he ever will tell you

he wakes up screaming having trouble breathing he sobs into your arms when you go to him room and even when he falls asleep at the dining room table while attempting to study he wakes up holding the closest pen to him like a sword

7 months of his life blipped away and this is how he comes back :( like that’s so sad

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oops! it seems i tripped and dropped several million free books, papers, and other resources

https://annas-archive.org

https://sci-hub.se

https://z-lib.is

https://libgen.is

https://libgen.rs

https://www.pdfdrive.com

https://library.memoryoftheworld.org

https://monoskop.org/Monoskop

https://libcom.org

https://libretexts.org

http://classics.mit.edu

https://librivox.org

https://standardebooks.org

https://www.gutenberg.org

https://core.ac.uk

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Underrated Percabeth moment. A reminder that Annabeth doesn't just tolerate Percy's humor, she loves him for it. At their most desperate, when they're close to death, when everything seems hopeless, he can still make her laugh.

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James and Remus reunite again at the eclipse ☀🌙

sticker on redbubble!

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annabeth taking the knife for percy was peak impulsiveness at that stage of their relationship. because up until this point of the series. if i'm remembering correctly. all of annabeth actions were calculated. even her stubborn actions had merit. but taking the knife? knowing he was invulnerable? but taking the knife? knowing that him watching you cry out in agony hurt him just the same if he had been stabbed? but taking the knife? and then lying on a cot in the glisten of the setting sun? vulnerable and slow? grounding him like he's the one who needed saving? like watching you bleed out is enough to kill him? and touching the small of his back brings him back to life? impulsiveness turned romantic. turned angst. turned 'all the words i didn't say but you heard them anyway'. don't talk to me.

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Jude: I want you to swear yourself into my service

Cardan: LMAO lemme get this straight, so you want me to VOLUNTARILY put MYSELF in YOUR power?

Jude: I am so serious

Cardan: Thank god ok I’m in

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I missed his dramatic self.

Also, they love each other so much it's sickening

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do u ever miss your own energy. like damn what happened to me

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I’ve got a stupid theory that Cardan is actually terrifying powerful as an high king.

I mean, Eldred was one of the most important and long lived king of Elfhame, and yet, most of his subjects were unaware of the strict bound between a king and the his reign.

At the coronation, the Folk were amazed by BUTTERFLIES.

In Cardan’s first year of kingdom, he raised an island.

He constantly manipulated plants, the earth, and even changed the castle!

In TPT, he turns the ghost into a tree with half a thought.

And yet, he now hates to be deemed scary, so “he leaves the fighting to his wife”.

I hope this isn’t invalidating for our Queen Jude’s strength, but for once, just once, I’d love to see Cardan going God mode defending/avenging her :)

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