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[ID: A digital illustration of Fire Lord Zuko holding a golden egg, his cheek against it. The atmosphere is dark, the egg lit up gold, along with Zuko's eyes and scar. End ID]

found a wip from a year ago ill definitely never be touching again

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to no one's surprise, faramir is a wife guy

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i see them everywhere...

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The craziest thing about Mr. Darcy's first proposal is that he goes on a passionate rant about how awful her family is and somehow he expects Elizabeth to accept him.

He spoke well; but there were feelings besides those of the heart to be detailed, and he was not more eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride. His sense of her inferiority, of its being a degradation, of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination, were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding, but was very unlikely to recommend his suit.

Which means that he either:

Didn't think she would care (clearly he hasn't learned the "I can insult my family but you cannot" rule)

Thought that she would be flattered by how her awesomeness/the strength of his love has overcome his hesitations

Was too wrapped up in his own struggles to even consider what she would think about his rant

And this all kind of goes back to how his big first line isn't that romantic, it's so much about him:

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

He has struggled, he loves, he has feelings, and they must come out, but where is consideration for Elizabeth? It sets such a contrast to the second opening line. His feelings can now be repressed, if she desires it:

“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.” (emphasis author's)

(add to this that he says that he respects her family in the line prior)

The first proposal is so much about him. The growth between the two is beautiful.

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have Kira and Dax while I'm navigating the second half of season 2. inspo under the cut

commissions info

tip jar

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Boromir dying trying to help Marry and Pippin and then Merry and Pippin turning around and helping his brother and sister-in-law live. That's so important to me.

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this single frame from the tng episode "rascals" just annihilated me

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fellas

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Abomination

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"Very good, Stil. Statistics: at a conservative estimate, I've killed sixty-one billion, sterilized ninety planets, completely demoralized five hundred others. I've wiped out the followers of forty religions which had existed since -- "

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I think people don't really understand why Baron was always supposed to be a ridiculous kind of villain and he was meant to die almost on accident, with no bang whatsoever.

There is a reason why Paul wasn't the one that killed him in the books. Baron was a shadow of a pawn and by the end of the story, Paul is so far above him, that he really couldn't care less. When he hears about his death, he doesn't give a single fuck.

He doesn't even care enough to kill Mohiam. He is beyond Guild's control, not to mention Emperor's or Jessica's.

They should all fear him. They can't do anything to stop him.

And Baron? This dude wouldn't even be able to bring down Leto, if it wasn't for Peter and him breaking an imperial conditioning for doctor Yueh.

What the movies fail greatly to present is how much the scale shifts over the story. What the message behind it all means. Because Harkonnes are the easiest kind of villains to spot, but in the end, maybe they are not the worst.

Maybe Paul himself is the worst.

Plans within plans don't exist in new Dune movies. It's as simple as that.

Even Feyd doesn't die because he's a Harkonnen. That's what Gurney thinks, that's what Fremen and even Emperor believe is happening. But Feyd dies because Feyd is almost Paul himself.

Baron is only as important as far Alia's story goes.

He was always her villain. Not Paul's.

The entire weight of her arc in Messiah shifts now, and I honestly hate it.

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Some frames from second chapter of my comics - “Jaikarn”

“Jaikarn” is a fantasy story about royal families, ancient relics and creepy creatures :)

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There exists no separation between gods and men; one blends softly casual into the other. (Proverbs of Muad'Dib. Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah)

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You know, I usually try not to touch finished drawings, but this one really asked me to fix it. I apologize for self-copying.

I feel it deep within It's just beneath the skin I must confess that I feel like a monster I hate what I've become The nightmare's just begun I must confess that I feel like a monster

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"Why didn't she believe the Bene Gesserit warnings?" Ghanima chewed her lower lip. "Alia had the same information to draw upon that we do."

"They already were calling her Abomination," Leto said.

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shuffles up to you cagily in a trench coat and a fedora pulled low over my face

have you ever drawn… helen

omg sorry for taking so long to reply but yes i have but i forgot how batshit crazy she is in dune messiah???? she really said

oh paul was fed up with that hag and i can't blame him

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He said: "I shall make a kill for you this day, my Lady. I shall make the dedication in the arena, with your permission." She returned his stare serenely, but her voice carried whiplash as she said: "You do not have my permission."