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INDIGO WARS, CHARACTER (RE)INTRODUCTION → MAISY WINTHROPE, the rightful queen

age → 25

nationality → draiobian

magic →  none

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“This would all be a lot easier if you hadn’t gone and died, you know,” she said, getting up and moving to stand under the portrait of her father. She ran her thumb along the engraved plaque at the bottom of the frame. King Elias Winthrope of Draiobia. He’d died seven months before she’d been born. “Everything would have been easier.”

She lowered her head and pressed it against the stone mantelpiece, closing her eyes and swallowing the sudden lump in her throat. He’d been king for a handful of years and had been adored by the people. It was another legacy resting on her shoulders, another name waiting for her to bring it back to its former glory, another weight on her mind.

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Seven months after the death of her father, Maisy was born in Bratisva, the Draiobian capital, and promised the throne when she came of age. She and her mother moved to Siebal, her mother’s childhood home, just days later to escape from the political unrest her birth caused—and the danger posed by their power-hungry relatives. She was raised there with more freedom than she would have been allowed in Bratisva, but she was also isolated from the rest of the nobility and kept sheltered from the realities of what her uncle was doing as King.

She received a top-tier education, in traditional academic subjects and in military matters, and was trained to rule. When she was thirteen, her uncle declared war on Edristan in an attempt to extend the kingdom’s territories. At seventeen, when she came of age, the war was still being waged and her uncle used it as an excuse to delay handing over the throne. 

Eventually, Maisy came to peace with the fact her uncle had no intention of giving her the throne as he prepared his eldest child to be his heir. She continued her education and used it to help those in Siebal, and was happy to do so for the rest of her life. 

Her mother, however, has other plans, and as Maisy’s eyes are opened to the full extent of what her uncle has done as King, she’ll have to decide how much she owes the people of her kingdom.

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I laughed way too hard at this

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INDIGO WARS, CHARACTER (RE)INTRODUCTION → VIOLET COLBY, the messiah

age → 19

nationality → edristani

magic →  vario, is able to see through other people’s eyes and occasionally read thoughts and emotions

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She hated her magic. She was afraid of her magic. She had seen people with similar abilities driven mad by what they’d seen and didn’t want that to be her. Strapped into a bed, raving about the end of days and the wickedness of humans. Or maybe worse, staring catatonic at the ceiling for days on end, refusing to eat or drink, wasting away until the body gave out without a mind to care for it.

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Violet was raised in the fertile farmlands of the border region for the first several years of her life alongside her brother and two sisters. At the age of seven, a year after the squabbles along the border had escalated into proper war, she and her sisters were sent north to the kingdom’s capital under the care of the Order of the Vario.

For the next twelve years, she lived at Osbrick Estate among other Vario. She learned how to contain her magic and became determined to keep it locked up tight within herself. She received an education in the arts, sciences, languages, and maths, though she was a mediocre student at best due to her inability to sit still. She also trained in combat and weapons as an outlet for her anger and as a way to quiet her mind.

At nineteen, she was selected as one of five Vario who would move into the Royal Keep in the city of Khimont. Officially, they were to use their magic to help with the war effort, but unofficially they were part of a larger effort to quell the rising civil tensions between the Vario and the Invaria that threatened to boil over into a civil war.

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Stați..... există o comunitate de scriitori români pe Tumblr?? UNDE AȚI FOST TOATĂ VIAȚA MEA?!

Romanian Beta Reader wanted

Foaie verde mărăcine, Iau de beta pe oricine 

Titlu: Zburătorii și Fasolele (primul volum dintr-o serie)

Număr de cuvinte: 87,717

Audiență: 12+

Gen: YA, fantezie cu sistem magic rigid, aventură, acțiune, mister, coming-of-age

Locație: România, Transilvania, în orășelul ficțional Zbor

Perioadă: Iulie 1939 - Ianuarie 1940 (NU e istoric, NU se concentrează pe wwii, e doar o scuză pentru scenariu și lipsa de telefoane mobile și internet)

Narațiune: Persoana a treia, perfect simplu (aia cu „merse”), în afară de fiecare al zecelea capitol când e persoana întâi prezent (aia cu „mă întreb de ce a ales autorul să se complice”)

Estetică: străzi pavate, căruțe, lămpi cu gaz, piață săptămânală, vreo două mașini, lumâmări, călărit, găini în curte, mămăligă și o grămadă de pădure noaptea

Contend warnings: violență minoră, sânge, mențiune de sex și sexualitate, descriere ne-grafică de menstruație și vomitat

Rezumat: Wendy (13-14 ani) trebuie să se mute dintr-o parte a Europei în alta, ca să locuiască cu bunicul de pe partea mamei, în orășelul de munte Zbor. Poveștile care ��i fuseseră spuse se adeveresc: acolo, tinerii au super-puteri în funcție de semnul zodiacal. Wendy își primește zborul (i.e. magia) și devine scânteie - se poate teleporta. Cât timp învață despre moștenirea ei și își face prieteni, e încâlcită într-un mister local: familia conducătoare di Dacia are un plan dubios care necesită un anumit obiect, dar nu sunt singurii care vânează obiectul respectiv.

Comic Sans Powerpoint Presentaion: este

Inspiration: aci

Contact: DM @zburatorii sau @redotter

Sorry for spamming you, but I’d appreciate if you could help me find my beta soul mates: @rainy-rose​ @mvcreates​ @crypticsx​ @contes-de-rheio​ @petruparcatoru​ @rcris123​ @dove-actually​ @thel3tterm​ @madmoonink​ @cherritails​ @purpleshadows1989​ @letswritefuriously​ @oneleggedflamingo​ @wlwwrites​ @waterfallofinkandpages​ @quilloftheclouds​ @owl-write​ @mercurystudying​

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This is an amazing artwork, not only because of the flawless execution, but because I was scrolling past this and I saw the painting, stopped and felt so... refreshed? I felt how it is to emerge from the pain, without any context. This artist needs more recognition, not only on Tumblr.

Do any of you know about that one painting with Aphrodite being born out of lava with a black swan by her side or did i completely hallucinate that? Been searching for a while but i can’t find it for shit.

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Moss Graffiti: A How To Guide

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hi uh this is just a psa

IM ANTI-PEDOPHILE IM ANTI-MAP IM ANTI-KINDERGENDER OR WHATEVER THE FUCK IT IS

PUT ME ON THE ANTI MASTERLISTS!!!!

IF YOURE A PEDOPHILE BLOCK ME!!!! IF YOU’RE A PEDOPHILE APOLOGIST BLOCK ME!!! IF YOU BELIEVE PEDOPHILES BELONG ANYWHERE NEAR THE LBGT+ COMMUNITY BLOCK ME!!!!! IF YOU’RE A MINOR ATTRACTED PERSON OR WHATEVER BLOCK ME!!!!

BASICALLY IF YOU’RE AN ADULT WHO IS ATTRACTED TO MINORS AND/OR BELIEVE YOU BELONG ANYWHERE NEAR THE LBGT+ COMMUNITY SMACK THAT BLOCK BUTTON!!!! I DONT WANT YOU INTERACTING WITH ME OR MY POSTS!!!!!! BYE!!!!

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Some more fan art!

Maisy Winthrope

@zmlorenz - entirely her character.

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My phone battery is 6% let's write this ajskfhsb

This was done on my phone, in two consecutive nights at 2 am, so sorry for the poor quality, but I fell in love with Maisy (this doesn't really look like her..).

Hope you like it, friend!!

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2018 mood board

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Writing a novel when you imagine all you stories in film format is hard because there’s really no written equivalent of “lens flare” or “slow motion montage backed by Gregorian choir”

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TLDR: Taal Volcano (located in the Philippines) is active right now and could have a massive eruption at any moment. ~560,000 people are in immediate danger and millions more could be affected by it.

(this is barely being reported on by western news btw. why talk about natural disasters when we could talk about british royal family drama)

What’s happened as of January 14th:

“The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has since raised the alert for Taal to level 4 which means a ‘hazardous eruption’ is possible within days or hours.”

On January 13th, Taal shot lava into the air for an hour and a half, reaching hights of half a mile, along with static lighting and giant clouds of ash

Taal has had 50 volcanic earthquakes within a period of 8 hours

Buildings close to Taal have collapsed under the weight of ash

The “calamity zone” is everywhere within a 9 mile radius of the volcano. 560,000 people live in this zone and only 30,000 have evacuated.

It’s in the middle of a huge lake (as you can see in the pictures), and an eruption could trigger a tsunami

The CNN Philippines website has a list of groups accepting donations to help evacuees

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Experiment with political systems

Sure, having a king/queen is simple, but have you ever tried:

Democracy

Multiple nobles and they all have the same amount of power (lot of conflict potential)

You can become ruler by defeating the current ruler in a fight

The merchants run everything

A noble and a parliament rule

The most intelligent people rule

…

There are thousands of possibilities, be creative!

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things you can use in place of cultural monsters

Can't use golems in your fantasy world because they're beings that belong to Judaism and you aren't Jewish? Try using elementals!

Can't use w*nd*goag in your story because they're monsters from Native beliefs and you aren't Native? Try wraiths or forest spirits!

Can't use Skinwalkers, either? How about changelings, The Thing-type aliens or faeries?

Don't want to use Christian biblical angels? Try eldritch monstrosities from another world.

Don't want to namedrop La Llorona, Hachisukisama or the Cupecabrah? How about old-fashioned undead, zombies or ghosts?

Just because certain supernatural beings are only for certain groups, doesn't mean you have to limit your monsters! There's plenty of demographic-neutral alternatives to famous creatures that you can use without culturally appropriating or disrespecting people's beliefs.

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→ “This was always going to be a tragedy.”

Nadiya peered at her, the girl’s luminous blue eyes fixed on her face even as she pointedly ignored the seer. When she spoke, there was no question in her voice. “You love him.”

“What do you mean?” Radka snapped.

“Damir Svoboda. You love him.”

Her jaw clicked shut and she turned away, busying her hands with some inane task. “Why do you care?”

“Because I know how this is going to end.”

“Tell me.”

She hesitated. “I’d rather not.”

“Tell me, Nadiya. I deserve to know.”

“You already know what kind of a story this is.”

Radka closed her eyes. Of course she knew. Fate had traced her life’s path before she’d been born and she’d been running from it ever since. “Tell me anyways.”

“This was always going to be a tragedy,” Nadiya said. “You love him but it’s not enough. You can’t save him.”

- Remnants, Act Two

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Here lies Mia. She was a very nice person.

That's... that's the best I could do? Mm