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But the only words Raistlin could hear were those that had been spoken by Magius. He could picture both of them standing on top of the High Clerist's Tower bathed in Lunitari's blessed light, hurling flame and lightning as the dragons swooped down on them.

"To die with the magic burning in our blood..." Raistlin murmured. Dragons of Fate, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

----- Drawing these two cuddling in the sun because they have enough tragedy in their lives as it is and I cannot stop thinking about them.

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How I imagine Magius and Raistlin once they are marri- BEST FRIENDS

Magius having a death wish

Magius being a little shit (quote courtesy of Allthatisnot's fic Time of the Mages which I absolutely loved)

I haven't read any Dragonlance in ages and now I finally picked up the Destinies series. I had no idea how much I needed reading about sassy wizards being best bros.

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never forget that in dragons of winter night, tika sewed raistlin a sequined red robe and he loved that robe so fucking much that he snarled at her when she tried to pack it away

never forget raistlin goddamn majere in red sequins

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Hell, I haven’t picked up a Dragonlance book since maybe like, tenth grade of high school, but I would still lay down my life for Tasslehoff Burrfoot at a moment’s notice.

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Here are all Dragonlance "more serious" drawings so far... I hope to do a lot more in future. ❣️

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characters that are repeatedly stripped of their humanity eventually turning monstrous is such a great and compelling arc trope

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Tas: What are your thoughts on being happy, Flint?

Flint: I respect it but it ain't me 💯💯

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Dragons of Autumn Twilight highlights, part 4

-Our heroes find their way to Goldmoon and Riverwind’s village. It has been destroyed, but the authors don’t bother to describe the carnage. I guess it’s supposed to convey that the horror of it is so big that the mind can’t process it, but it just feels lazy to me.

-We get our first mention of Verminaard by name. He had some of his own soldiers executed for taking prisoners instead of pillaging Que-shu properly.

-The scene where Caramon finds a live dog among the corpses is one of the saddest things i’ve ever read.

-While hiking through a swamp, the gang gets ambushed by draconians who can use magic. They’re a different sort than the ones that turn to stone. Tas and Flint escape capture and have to rescue the others.

-There’s a dragon in the draconian camp, but it’s not real. Tasslehoff becomes the dragon.

-It takes someone with drama in their soul to impersonate a dragon to get out of this kind of danger. It’s not entirely because kender don’t feel fear, it’s also a matter of, “Well, i have found this giant papier-mâché dragon in the camp of the monsters that captured my friends, clearly the thing to do is to MAKE IT TALK and tell them to let my people go.”

-While Tas provides a diversion, Flint goes and breaks the others out. Sturm and Caramon want to fight the dragon anyway.

-Tasslehoff gets stuck in the dragon’s head, so they have to carry it out with them. So far as anyone knows, it’s the only thing ever to make Raistlin laugh. The rest of the party are a little freaked out by the concept.

-(Okay, look, everyone reacts to stress differently. One person might see a kender sticking out of a dragon head carried by a mustachioed knight and a Plainsman and let the stress out through laughter. Others might find their creepy companion laughing to be the last straw in an already difficult week.)

-Luckily Tas’s topknot survived the beheading of the wicker dragon.

-Tanis dispenses some elf wisdom, and Riverwind surprises him with a declaration of lifelong friendship. Meeting a real half-elf was enough for him to realize how misguided his people’s anti-elf prejudice was. A happy ending!

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Back when i first started interacting with the Dragonlance fandom, in 2012 or so, April 8th was marked as International Raistlin Majere Day. My question to you all is, Does anyone still celebrate it? And if not, is anyone interested in bringing it back?

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I'm rereading Soulfroge Soulforge and yeah, I know this seems to be the general fandom consensus, but I'm gonna say it out loud again:

I'm not going to say that Raistlin was a poor little meow meow who only turned out the way he did and did what he did because people were mean to him. We all know that's not true. He's the poster boy for arrogance, hubris and ambition with a penchant for catastrophically bad decisions like MAKING A DEAL WITH A LICH and DEICIDE and GETTING HIMSELF TRAPPED IN THE ABYSS and more, so by all means he's a beautiful disaster and we should all remember that.

Having said that, however...

THE FUCK IS PEOPLE'S PROBLEM WITH HIM WHEN HE'S JUST SIMPLY PLAINLY EXISTING????

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Caramon: You *steal* my sword. I *don't* have you arrested. I invite you into my home! I teach you about the joys of cooking! I'm forced to wait an hour, for bagels I didn't even *WANT*, and then I come home to find you chewing on my brother's face????

Crysania: We were kissing.

Caramon: GUILTY.

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One more reason why I wanna be isekai'd into the world of Dragonlance and schooled into a mage

"Okay, so the curse affects your eyesight but not touch or smell - you can still hold an apple and know that it's not actually decaying because you're not feeling it decay and you can't smell the rot or taste it if you bite into it. Therefore, it's something like a perpetual, elaborate illusion placed before your eyes. The hourglass pupils are purely cosmetic as well because, from a medical standpoint, such a drastic change to the shape of the pupil would've fucked with your depth perception big time. Now, since simply dispelling the curse isn't as easy as snapping one's fingers, how about we focus on ways to circumvent it? I managed to charm up a couple pairs of lenses, each with a different kind of enchantment - magic dampening, slow/freeze time, counter-illusion, the works - so we'll pop them on your nose and see if any of them have any effect on what you see. From there, we can tweak and refine until we can at least slow down the process of decay if not stop it completely. I'll figure out a more permanent solution once I finally get my hands on the curse's actual spell + runework, better sources and probably funding for what will surely turn out to be a breakthrough in the field of curse-breaking, but for now stop gawking and tell me if the world looks less yucky through lenses one... or two..."

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Oh yeah, the start of the book reminded me of something:

Mages don't HAVE to wear their little colour coded robes all the time, do they? It's a sign of status and profession but not anything obligatory if a fella like Antimodes can just choose not to wear it on the road. When doing official magey stuff, maybe, but not ALL THE TIME.

Therefore, I just think it'd be funny if there was a white/red robe out there decked out entirely in black - not because they're evil, but because they're goth.

"Who, Nuitari? Oh, no no no no no, I just think dark colours suit me bette- no, it's not a metaphor for my moral alignment, it's just easier to wash and is less difficult to accessorise! Sheesh..."

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One more reason why I wanna be isekai'd into the world of Dragonlance and schooled into a mage

"Okay, so the curse affects your eyesight but not touch or smell - you can still hold an apple and know that it's not actually decaying because you're not feeling it decay and you can't smell the rot or taste it if you bite into it. Therefore, it's something like a perpetual, elaborate illusion placed before your eyes. The hourglass pupils are purely cosmetic as well because, from a medical standpoint, such a drastic change to the shape of the pupil would've fucked with your depth perception big time. Now, since simply dispelling the curse isn't as easy as snapping one's fingers, how about we focus on ways to circumvent it? I managed to charm up a couple pairs of lenses, each with a different kind of enchantment - magic dampening, slow/freeze time, counter-illusion, the works - so we'll pop them on your nose and see if any of them have any effect on what you see. From there, we can tweak and refine until we can at least slow down the process of decay if not stop it completely. I'll figure out a more permanent solution once I finally get my hands on the curse's actual spell + runework, better sources and probably funding for what will surely turn out to be a breakthrough in the field of curse-breaking, but for now stop gawking and tell me if the world looks less yucky through lenses one... or two..."

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Silent night

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i reread "the soulforge", so... the twins in their youth :,)

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i reread "the soulforge", so... the twins in their youth :,)