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Fool's Fate, Robin Hobb

The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

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amber and fitz on paragon:

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I HAD to draw them having a bath together or I was going to die IMMEDIATELY

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my god how proud Im of Bee and her deadly bites

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«Beloved was as much Destroyer as I had ever been»

😭definitely

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David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson behind the scenes of The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)

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@tragediegh realder and fitz...

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i’m not really into modern aus in general as a rule and rote and fitzloved in particular are such context reliant characters that the idea of low stakes modern au is kind of Nothing to me like what even is that except. there is a major exception here. which is that amber specifically amber more than any other belovedsonas is a real person i know like that is a real woman you can find in any mid sized american city with a real art scene. tall blonde whimsical-yet-goal-oriented transfem politically involved artisan who has a little booth she sets up at every single local art fair all summer and you have no idea how old she is or where she came from but you think she mentioned one time that she went to clown college. and she has a mournful little boyfriend with an ugly fucking wolf tattoo and he sits by her feet instead of next to her in a chair like a normal person. she used to make zines about her dreams and she wears tevas she goes to like pickle workshop events and craft group and her friends softball games and hosts pay what you can woodworking classes and everyone’s like i wonder what’s up with amber and her sad little dog man but none of you know for sure. like this is a woman you see at various events. she’s real i know her i saw her at the fourth annual gay rodeo selling horse figurines. paragon is a honda civic in this scenario i guess.

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Suffer rosa, Maxi Magnano

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“Self-love cannot flourish in isolation. It is no easy task to be self-loving. Simple axioms that make self-love sound easy only make matters worse. It leaves many people wondering why, if it is so easy, they continue to be trapped by feelings of low self-esteem or self-hatred. Using a working definition of love that tells us it is the action we take on behalf of our own or another’s spiritual growth provides us with a beginning blueprint for working on the issue of self-love. When we see love as a combination of trust, commitment, care, respect, knowledge, and responsibility, we can work on developing these qualities or, if they are already a part of who we are, we can learn to extend them to ourselves.”

-bell hooks, All About Love- New Visions (2001)

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the biggest lesson im learning is that nothing is as extreme or as permanent as our emotions convince us they are. nothing is certain and things are always fluctuating and there are always exceptions and there are always mistakes. there is always pain and there is always love. everything is a delicate touch away from changing

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i could be your bitch wife. ever think about that

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My girl Molly

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Omake

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ass quest.....

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the one where the gang goes to the mountains

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Your ROTE art is always so top tier and I am such a fan of it! Idk if you’re still doing requests but I’d love to see your take on Riddle

i will never forgive fitz for being like ugh i still have no idea which one of these people is a chade's spy... surely not my buddy named RIDDLE... completely unrelated but i hope Killblood MurderFanatic (maiden name SlaughterViolence) will never do anything bad they seem like a good enough person