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Oathbound spoiler ish art below!

"So Drown." 🫧

Thank you to the amazing artist @/jpeg.andie on ig

They're not actually underwater during this scene but I couldn't resist getting it done like this and it turned out so beautiful 😭🤲🏿

Characters belong to Tracy Deonn

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Does she know the moon lives in you, too?” “She does. Just like she knows the sun lives within you.”

in case anyone was wondering, i'm still unwell about oathbound

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i support being a hater unless youre hating on something i enjoy and love and then you need to lighten up buddy wheres your sense of whimsy

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hello!! if you’re able, please help me by sharing this gofundme for my girlfriend’s sister’s little pug. she’s only 1 and a half and is very ill :( thank you so much

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Hi, my name is Mosab , I’m from Gaza, and like many here, I’ve lost more than I ever thought I could bear — my family, my home, my sense of safety, and the simple moments that once gave life meaning. 💔

I’m not writing this to ask too much of anyone. I’m sharing a piece of my story — not because I want sympathy, but because I still believe someone, somewhere, might care enough to listen.

If this message finds you at the wrong time, I understand.

I’m truly sorry if it feels like an interruption.

➡️ Please feel free to DM me if you'd rather not receive asks from me — I'll make sure not to contact you again. 🤍

✨ If you do feel moved to help — even by sharing — it means more than words can say.

Every repost, every bit of care, helps keep hope alive in a place that has seen too much darkness.

🙏 Thank you for taking the time to read.

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Wishing you peace, healing, and comfort — wherever you are.

With deep appreciation

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My name is Abed.

I’m a survivor from Gaza, holding on to hope in a world that has fallen apart around me. 💔

The life I once knew — my home, my family, my sense of safety — has been shattered by war. Today, I live among the ruins, trying to find a path forward through the rubble and heartbreak. 🏚

Every moment is a battle against fear and uncertainty. What was once ordinary — a safe place to sleep, a future to dream of — now feels like a distant memory. 🕊️

I share my story not to seek pity, but to keep hope alive — to believe that even in the darkest places, kindness can still find a way. 🤍

If my story touches your heart, please consider sharing it or offering support. Every voice, every act of care, brings me one step closer to safety. ✨

Thank you for taking the time to listen. 🙏

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Hi there 🌱 I hope you are doing well. My name is Naser, and I’m from Gaza. I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, but I wanted to share a piece of my story — because right now, it’s the only way I know to try and survive.

This war has changed everything. I lost my mother and my sister. Our home is gone. What used to be a normal life — school, family meals, laughter — has been replaced by fear, rubble, and silence.

Now, I’m displaced with my three younger brothers. I’ve become their protector, their parent, their hope. We sleep side by side and I try to make them feel safe, even when I’m scared too.

We are trying to raise funds to rebuild our lives — to find a safe place, to go back to school, to have something to believe in again. I dream of going to university. My brothers have their own dreams too — of being a doctor, an engineer, just being kids again.

If you’re able to support us by donating 💌 or even just sharing our campaign 🔁, it would truly mean the world. Every small act of kindness brings us a little closer to hope.

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Thank you for taking the time to read this 🙏 And if you'd rather not receive messages like this, please just let me know and I won’t reach out again.

With love and resilience

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Hello, my name is Saja. I’m a mother to a beautiful 8-month-old baby girl, writing this from a place I never imagined I’d be — surrounded by destruction, holding on to my daughter while the world around us falls apart. 💔

We used to have a home. 🏚 A simple place, but it was filled with love. Now it’s gone. What remains are memories, silence, and an overwhelming fear of what tomorrow may bring.

Each day, I wake up not knowing if we will make it through the next. My daughter should be learning to walk, to smile at strangers, to feel safe in her world — but instead, she’s learning to live in the middle of a war zone. 🕊️

I’m not writing this to ask for pity. I’m sharing our truth because silence won’t protect us. Maybe, through this message, someone will hear us — and care. 🤍

If you feel moved to share our story or offer support, it would mean more than words can say. Every kind act ripples outward. ✨

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Thank you for taking a moment to listen. 🙏

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There’s no such thing as work-life balance for neurodivergent & chronically ill people.

This is because everything in my life requires work:

maintaining friendships

keeping up with my hygiene

managing bills

making money

remembering my basic needs

sleeping regularly

outputting creatively

All requires some aspect of work for me.

And when everything in your life requires work, your balance goes out the window.

If you're neurodivergent and overwhelmed — I see you.

If you're chronically ill and overwhelmed — I see you.

You're not dysfunctional.

You're not incapable.

You're doing your best.

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I headcannon Selwyn is actually great with kids. Especially merlin ones. Like yeah they're all scared of him but he never actually does anything and eventually they see him for like...the big cat he is. He lets them color in his tattoos, do amazing (horrible) things to his hair and makeup. He's gotten in trouble multiple times for going too soft on them during training, even if he is strict enough on a human level. They all think he's super cool and scary when instructors use Selwyn as an example for training, but Selwyn can't actually bring himself to be mean to the kids themselves. He once was told to help this merlin kid, and the kid burst into tears when Selwyn approached. Selwyn just awkwardly let them cry and patted them on the back and waited for them to calm down. The other older merlins watch in awe and confusion as Selwyn, the rude, arrogant, obnoxious asshole successfully gentle parents a kid into learning. One time he was there during an argument between a merlin and human kid and he somehow got them to admit their wrongdoings while also apolozing. He sees himself in every merlin kid, and he sees Nick in every human one. He can't possibly be mean to them. It's very out of character for everyone except Nick, William and later Bree, who know why Selwyn is the way he is. Selwyn learned to be mean out of self defense, biting first means his enemy is wounded out the gate. But kids are never enemies. They are used and molded and taught to be enemies, but at the stage they're at, Selwyn doesn't have it in him to be a threat. He knows how fast kids must grow up in the order. He knows he doesn't not have to beat the lessons into him as other inductors do.

Can you tell the sickness going around is getting to me this was meant to be like a 3 sentence post.

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I present: some of my favorite quotes from Oathbound

+ my thoughts ! (not serious ones just what my mind was doing when they happened lol)

(spoilers ahead obviously!)

1.

“‘He doomed himself,’ Erebus says. ‘He knew what would follow.’

‘What’s more human than sacrifice?’ I snap.

Erebus’s eyes narrow.

‘What’s more human than risking what you have and what you are for someone else?’” - pg. 38

YESSSS I love this little selbree moment <3 Bree defending her loved ones will always be my favorite thing :D

2.

��‘You dance with treason today, Scion Davis.’

‘If treason is truth, then perhaps I do. Or perhaps I merely tire of your version of loyalty.’”- pg. 128

I’m sorry Nick I was unfamiliar with your game?? This entire scene was iconic for him I am obsessed with his character development

3.

“He can't see me, but I can just make out the glow of his eyes. His irises are green with fury, and I imagine what I would look like to him if he could see me.

A young brown-skinned girl in a long formal gown, striding toward him with her palms out wide. A girl with deep purple magic flowing from her hands to feed the structure encasing him. A girl raising that sphere into the air, levitating him from the ground. A girl trained by the deepest Shadow himself, her teeth bared in an electric grin.” - pg. 338

THATS MY GIRL <3333 I love this scene so much I LOVE BADASS BREE !!!!

4.

“‘Are you really going for that dagger strapped to your thigh, right out here in the open?’

My left fingers have already grasped the hilt. How long had he known the dagger was there? When did he notice? In the darkened basement? when we were pressed together in the elevator, torso to torso and legs to legs? ‘No.’

‘You are.’ Wonder fills his expression. ‘Look at you. Incredible. You’re a gorgeous, powerful, violent little enigma who would stab me in front of all these people just to make a point.’”- pg. 387

RAHHHHH Nick is literally the biggest yearner ever, wdym you have a wonder-filled expression when your gf(?) is about to stab you lmao I love them

5.

“‘The first time we kissed—actually, every time we kissed there was an ache, a burn, a. . .’ He shakes his head, shrugging helplessly. ‘I don’t know. Kissing you feels like a reminder that. . .’

‘That you’re still alive.’ The words leave me before I know them.

His eyes snap to mine, recognition flooding them. ‘Yes. Like climbing a cliff at the ocean, both feet solid beneath you, and peering over the edge. Not to jump, just to—to—’

‘Just to see.’ My heart pounds in my throat. ‘Just to. . .’

I can’t finish, but Nick picks up where I falter. ‘Just to feel. To know what it’s like to stand right where the world begins and ends. Right at the infinite.’ His chest rises with every breath, his blue eyes sparking into something raw and unguarded. ‘Kissing you is like touching the sky, like touching the horizon. God, Bree, it’s even like touching the—’

‘The fall,’ I whisper. ‘Not just standing at the edge, but going over. All of it.’

‘Yes,’ he says quietly. ‘All of it.’”- pg. 425

I was giggling and kicking my feet during this entire interaction breenick will be the death of me 😭

nick davis i was familiar with your game but i was unaware that you had THIS much game

6.

“‘I’m drowning in you, Bree. I shouldn’t want to. I should fight it. But I can’t.’

My eyes flutter closed, then open, I inhale a ragged breath. Exhale an answer.

‘So drown.’” - pg. 484

AHHHHHHHH

7.

“‘You had to fail, Bree. You had to fall.’

‘Why?’ I exclaim.

‘Because you had to rise.’ He steps closer. ‘A true leader has to know every side of her battle: the wins, the losses, the enemies, the allies, the good, and the bad. And she has to know who has her back, without the titles and legacies.’” - pg. 585

Valec casually dropping some of the best advice ever he’s so amazing; I liked him in Bloodmarked but he’s become a new favorite bc of Oathbound I think

8.

“‘Loving other people and losing them hurts. And loving them when they’re gone? Opens up the wound again. Now, I’m no expert, but I think the only way to live with grief is to seek its antidote. For me, that’s learning how to live my life without your mom in it and figuring out how to be your dad without her beside me, while remembering how she made me feel about myself. If I don’t do that, I’m pretty sure I’ll forget how to love other people altogether, not because I can’t, but because I won’t remember how. Loving folks is a practice, baby.’”- pg. 593

Edwin Matthews once again coming in swinging with the greatest advice ever; I always tear up when it’s a scene with him 🥲

9.

“‘Even when you choose yourself, you turn hope into something tangible for the rest of us. Even when you choose not to fight, you turn the tides. If you ask me, that right there is the soul of a king.’

‘Soul of a leader,’ my father adds.

‘A hero,’ says Nick, eyes fond.

‘An icon!’ Zoe shouts, grinning.” - pg. 607

Bree’s support system >>>>

10.

“‘What would I gain from giving up my advantage? I could simply order you to give my crown to me as soon as you arrive.’

I expected that question, and so my answer is ready.

‘You could,’ I say. ‘But if you do not, and you hear me out, you’ll receive something from me that I will never offer you again.’

‘Oh?’ he says. ‘And that is?’

‘My mercy, Erebus,’ I say. ‘My mercy.’” - pg. 609

badass Bree makes another appearance and this scene is going triple platinum in my brain 😁

11.

“‘Any chance you’d stay in the car?’

‘Nope,’ I say.

‘Right.’ He nod to himself as he unlocks his door. ‘Why do I even ask?’

‘Hope is good for the spirit,’ I say brightly, and get out.” - pg. 611

this one’s just silly but I love the little lighthearted moment before everything goes to shit ! 😁

12.

“‘Nicholas Davis and Selwyn Kane.’ Sel ignores Nick’s attempt to redirect him. ‘The sun and the moon. You are the warmth and the light and I am the bitter deep cold, or do it has always appeared. But we know the truth, don’t we, Nicholas?’

. . . ‘Does she know that the moon lives in you, too?’

. . . ‘She does,’ Nick whispers. ‘Just like she knows the sun lives within you.’ - pg. 621

brickwyn/selnick crumbs yippee!! but in all seriousness the nick/sel dynamic is so interesting and I will be obsessed with it forever even if brickwyn is not endgame (though this book has made me think it might be? they’re all so connected now it kind of transcends romance idk)

13.

“Love. Trust. Both a practice, I decide.” - pg. 625

this one is just great, I love Bree going learning from her dad but using his quote to create her own belief <3

ok thats all of them! I’ll have more after I do a reread I’m sure but for now I need to try to not go insane waiting for book 4 let this one stew in my brain for a bit !

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Oathbound spoiler: look away!

Was relistening to the part where Brees crew makes it back to the lounge and Emile helps her out the car, and Aunt Lucille comes running out so concerned, and Aunt Hazel is like somethings wrong with you, WHAT HAPPENED?! And Lu is like HAZEL SHE BEEN HURTT!! ITS A SPELL! And Hazel's like what kind of spell, who's spell was it, can we fix it Poor baby you look tired let me feed you RIGHT NOW!!

And y'all I just.

Whew. Because everytime, Bree looks up and someone's trying to do something nice or kind for her, she's like 'no don't, I don't want to put you out or anything' 'dont go to the trouble on my account' 'thank you so much for saving my life you didn't have to do that'

And I'm really sitting here crying my eyes out.

In Legendborn we learn that Bree has lost her mother her only connection to the Rootcrafter community, and to that side of her family. Her dads family is somewhere right and they love and care for her of course, but that maternal love and care and connection is gone.

In Bloodmarked Bree is introduced to Mariah's Rootcrafter community and again is like 'thank you for helping us I am so sorry for bringing this horror story to your doorstep'. The guilt she has at endangering these nice peoples lives with the Legendborn bullshit is eating her up. But they're like no, we know this horror story. We been living this horror story since forever, we know how to navigate it, we will take care of you.

And then in Oathbound. When Bree's life and the trauma of the last several months is finally held up as mirror to her face, reflected in the faces of those young Black girls, Rootcrafters like her, just learning their craft and going about their magical black business when they are caught up and kidnapped by this secret society that doesn't give a shit about them just what they can do with their root, something inherited from ancestors that were also discriminated against and pursued for having this ability...

Bree seeing herself in them- her innocence, her youth, her naivety, the way she is a victim and a survivor as well..

But this: Nora telling her she's got a good crew.. and Bee's starting to realize even if she don't remember the nuances of their relationships, they are her crew.

Valechaz telling her how they've all got her back. He has her back.

The way she has built her own Rootcrafter community. A community of rootcrafters and demons and legendborn and friends and family that SHOW UP FOR HER!! Not because she ever asked them to, but because SHE IS WORTHY. She's gonna look up and have a legion of people ready to throw hands in her honor.

A fucking King dammit.

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William my guy the world does not deserve you

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!!!OATHBOUND SPOILERS BELOW!!

What’s actually genuinely making me explode about Oathbound is how it’s made so fucking clear and explicit just how LOVED everyone is

How Natasia talks about Selwyn after thirteen years as she fights so hard to help him bc he’s her baby and she loves him

Even as he’s mocking and taunting and insulting them, all Bree and Nick do is reassure Sel that he’s not a failure or mistake bc even now even when Bree doesn’t remember him they LOVE him

When William learns about Nicks abuse and vows to be there for him and to never let him think that he isn’t believed in ever again bc he Loves him

When William neglects HIMSELF and Lark insists on going on the quest just to make sure he’s taken care of and protected bc william protects everyone but lark just wants him to be safe bc he Loves Him!!

All the years and decades of love between Valec and Mariah and Hazel and Lu bc they’re a family and have each other no matter what

And Everyone loves Bree!!!so much!!

Mariah, William, Lu and Hazel, Nick… all of them fought to get back to her because of how much they love her!!!

Sel being at the height of his demonia and still clawing and burning himself free to get back to her bc even when it’s warped under all the rage and darkness, he always loves her

Nick’s every word and act and breath being filled with love and affection and trust and call and response for Bree bc he will always find her and fight for her and always always always love her!!

Bree collapsing in her dads arms and sobbing after nearly a year without seeing

Bree fighting like absolute fucking hell to find four lost, scared black girls because that’s exactly who she is

Valec’s monologue near the end and everyone she cares about in one room talking about how beautiful Bree’s soul is because of how much SHE loves 🥺🥺

Like???? Love is the point babes, it was the whole point the entire fucking time

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