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I choose to believe that TLoVM art is literal meaning that Scanlan has exactly 12 very prominent chest hairs.

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I feel like we’re seeing deep into Anthony’s self-loathing soul with this one. Lark vs Normal’s response reminded me of when someone has gone so far into self-loathing that they condemn others for traits that are similar to theirs - that point where empathy goes from “I share your pain, I’ve felt that way too” to “I believe you deserve to suffer because I deserve it”.

Everyone gets that Lark saw himself in the Doodler, and yes, he did. But Normal did too.

Normal, who has been trying so hard to be friends with everyone, and never seems to get the result he wants. Scary is rude to him, Link keeps calling other people his best friend, and he never seems to respond the right way to Hermie. Normal, who doesn't understand why his dad doesn't seem to love him, even when Normal still loves Sparrow while still being mad at him. Normal, who tries to cheer everybody up as Teeny the Teen and is met with disdain and ridicule, but sees that when Link or Taylor represent Teeny everyone loves them. He just always seems to get it wrong.

Normal sees the Doodler try so hard to love people, only to hurt them. It tries to save a boy in danger, only to end up saving the attempted killer instead. It just always seems to get it wrong.

Normal saw himself in the Doodler and decided to help it

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i think by far my favorite thing about the fantasy high prom finale is that the bad kids put in a fair amount of effort into setting their parents up with specific people throughout the season and brennan INSTANTLY retcons that and just writes in his favorite ships among the parents during the epilogue

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Aabria Iyengar Presents:

@quiddie thank u for my whole heart

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Underrated ACOFAF moment: Brennan saying that Hob immediately let go when Rue tried to slap his hand away, rather than doing what the genre would have him do and grab them with the “justification” that there had been romantic tension and miscommunication.

What could be hotter than manhandling someone who might be into you but has just made it clear they don’t want that to happen? Letting it go without trying to persuade them to do the thing and making that extra plain by physically leaving the location you were trying to pull them into to show you won’t be doing that.

Which is obviously a very low bar, and yet we all know the scene we half expected when Hob outrolled Rue’s swat, and how easily a hundred other romantic shows have done just that and told the audience it was romantic to break someone else’s boundaries to get to them.

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Omar Najam (who played Andhera on ACOFAF!) has been added to the cast list for this!!

There’s only one day left to back the Kickstarter.

"Desi (/ˈdāsē/) noun: a word used to describe the people, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent and their diaspora, derived from Sanskrit देश (deśá), meaning "land, country".

"DesiQuest (/ˈdāsē kwest/) noun: an epic, culturally authentic Dungeons & Dragons actual-play show with an all Desi cast, game mastered by Jasmine Bhullar, that’ll Fire Bolt your brain and Thunderclap your heart.

"It's incredibly rare out here in the US, to create a production that has all Desi cast. We're usually competing with each other for the one guest spot on shows with a similar format. So, whether you are Desi yourself or not, whether you're an experienced player or new to D&D, if you want to see more highly skilled and highly engaging BROWN faces on screen, weaving epic tales inspired by mythology and lore from the Indian sub-continent, then we need YOUR support to make it happen." ~ Kickstarter Description

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[start i.d.: a drawing of rue and hob from a court of fey and flowers as the painting la belle dame sans merci. rue sits side-saddle on a horse in a flowy pink dress, leaning down to hob, who is awe-stricken at their side. end i.d.]

the shrek of it all

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Does Jeremy Renner know about this?

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so glad all of my favorite couples found happiness in the acofaf finale. rue and hob... binx and andhera..... lord squak airavis and Real Life Actor Jeremy Renner........

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Cannot wait The Green Hunter 2 which involves a very detailed butt massaging scene between Dr. Green Hunter and a reclusive writer reminiscent of a bird

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So now we’re just supposed to go on with our lives knowing there’s no more episodes of ACOFAF?!!

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Oh Wuvvy :(

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[ID: the Duolingo logo, a green cartoon owl named Duo stands above the word Duolingo, also in green. /ID]

Behold

Delloso de la Rue

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Hey hey hey. I wanna talk about Rue-Binx parallels for a sec here.

They both come from positions of caretaking and service in their courts. They both consider themselves responsible for the love and happiness of those around them. They consider themselves, to an extent, duty-bound arbiters of that love, Binx as Weaver of Fate and Rue as master of ceremonies/someone with the ear of the Chorus.

The difference is, the Court of Craft was a family, and Binx presumably knew many kinds of love there. Rue has really only ever known love expressed as complete devotion, and even that always tangled up in notions of value/usefulness. It’s no wonder they view the ideal of marital or romantic love as an ultimate idea worth sacrificing everything for. It’s everything they couldn’t ever have.

We see with their own fallings in love and those around them. Rue demands that Hob must love them more than anything in the world in order for that love to be worth pursuit. Because otherwise is it even love? We haven’t seen what Binx will do with their feelings for Andhera, but their conversation with Hob seems to indicate that they want to explore the possibility with an open mind. She understands from her family that love is a thing that endures complication and hardship, and that is not immutable no matter how much we wish it. But this also makes her more cautious about exploring her own feelings.

Binx when dealing with Rue and Hob’s secrets, decides breaching their confidence is a worthy trade for making sure they have all the information to make their own choices. Whereas Rue independently decides that Apollo and Grabalba shouldn’t marry without speaking to either of them. And yes Apollo is a dick! But the key here is autonomy - which Rue again has such a fraught relationship with.

And speaking of that autonomy, their relationships with the Court system, which is maybe the root of all the rest. Rue very understandably has a terribly fraught relationship w their court, and again gone for a black and white position: the courts betrayed them, time to burn it all down. “What is the point of these court hierarchies anyway?” Rue demands. But the answer is right in front of them.

Binx’s court was non-hierarchical. It was a family. And it left them vulnerable to exploitation.

Idk where I’m even going with all this I just *makes these two circle each other in my mind* THEY

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If Hob dies alone in the woods, who’s gonna tell the fucking horse

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Are you going to look me in my goddamn peepers and tell me that Ruehob shouldn't have been called HootGrowl.

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Whoever was responsible for the sound effects and music and mixing on A Court of Fey and Flowers has absolutely knocked it out of the park. It’s so immersive and mood setting and pleasant to listen to.