#( warren. knight of the dawn ! )

[zzyzxtourguide]

Unironically I think it’d be very easy to hijack the Knights of Dawn

[chameleon8]

If fablehaven was mermaids this is what I think their mermaid tales would look like: Kendra: Its color changes depending on the temperature of the water, colder is more sapphire blue, lukewarm emerald green, warm gold, and hot is ruby red (I say this because kendra’s favorite colors changes, as we see with the wizenstone, so her tail kinda reflects that). When she becomes fairykind, her scales are laced with some kind of ultraviolet bioluminescent color that only some fish can see Seth: he’d be like a ghost pipefish. They can camouflage very well into their environment and are very hard to spot in the wild. I think he’d blend in with the seagrass very often when he and kendra are playing hide and seek. When he becomes a shadow charmer, he is able to survive in colder water temperatures (ghost pipefish usually live in about 22.1-29 degrees C but don’t quote me on that) Lena: I think she would be a dolphin because they are very playful in nature, and I think that’s what naiads intend to be (though they think drowning people is their idea of fun) plus she goes to the surface a lot as a dolphin Stan: flatfish because he can’t stop making pancakes for breakfast 😭 Ruth: i think she would have a crimson-colored tail, and this is a dumb reason but it’s because I feel like the color red fits her character well. Like it matches her personality (or what I remember of it) Dale: Green like the color of kelp, as he tends to the farm all day Warren: a great white Shark. Probably has some scars because he’s literally a knight of the dawn. Idk what else to say Tanu: some color of koi because they remind me of splashes which reminds me of potions Vanessa: Multicolored betta fish, but her tail color could change depending on who she’s possessing Bracken: Pearlescent, icy blue, or some combination of the two Ronodin: Inky black with flecks of gold and/or maroon Calvin: some species of minnow. I can’t decide what because I don’t get a specific color vibe from him Eve: Midnight blue. She is literally the [Eve]ning Lemme know if I should add any other characters or if you have a different idea for what their mermaid tails would look like!

[candlemouse]

Bah Humbug!

Vanessa and Warren had been sent to rural Poland on a quick mission. But, when a freak snow storm buries their hotel (which, coincidentally, had only one bed available), they’re trapped over the Christmas holiday. With so much downtime, the two end up becoming a lot more than just mission partners.

“You're taking the floor.”

“It's freezing in here,” Warren said as he fell onto the other side of the bed. “Absolutely not.”

Vanessa sighed. “If only my mission partner was a gentleman.”

“I believe in equality, and a person’s inalienable right to blankets, pillows, and a mattress.”

***

Ever since running away from her very Italian, (and consequently very Catholic) home as a teenager, Vanessa Santoro had neglected to celebrate Christmas. It simply had not been on her mind. From Society missions to her double agent status with the Knights of the Dawn, she stayed booked and busy. And, even if she had time and remembered the holidays, who would she celebrate with? Just herself in her home alone?

That would make the holidays even more depressing than usual.

For all these reasons, she barely realized it was December 22nd until she looked up from her uncomfortable airport seat to spot Warren towing his luggage complete with felt antlers and the ugliest Christmas sweater she had ever seen.

“Oh my god.” Vanessa took off her sunglasses and looked him up and down. “Santa has lost one of his elves.”

Warren sat down in the seat across from her. “Now, why aren’t you dressed up?”

“I’m not quite sure that was a requirement in the mission file.”

“You’re a scrooge.” He flicked a hidden switch on his sleeve, and the lights on his sweater turned on. Acclaimed pop hit Santa Baby began to play, presumably from some speaker on the accursed sweater.

Vanessa shot to her feet immediately. “I cannot be seen with you.”

Warren accompanied her on her brisk walk. “Why not?”

She sent him a look that hopefully conveyed the irrationality of such a statement. “There should be a car waiting at Terminal C to take us to the hotel. Let's go so you can change out of this as soon as possible.”

Warren laughed and slung an arm over her shoulder. Heat burned where their skin met.

If Vanessa knew anything, it was that Warren Burgess was not a name she would be forgetting any time soon. This was their fifth mission together ever since she had joined the Knights as an undercover agent six months ago.

They were slowly becoming permanent mission partners as their missions ended up significantly more successful than any other combination of Knights.

Together, Vanessa and Warren were even faster, more efficient, and smarter than they were on their own. And that was saying something considering how highly rated the agents were as individuals.

Simply, they were a dream team.

As Vanessa plucked his blinking, musical arm off her shoulder, she tried to ignore the voice that said there was something more than just efficiency going on.

Read the rest here!

[darkpeacemusic]

ℂ𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕪𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕤: 𝔽𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤

Jeff the Killer - Jeffrey "Jeff" Alan Dan Woods

Homicidal Liu - Liuis "Liu" Victoria Woods

Sully - Sullivan "Sully" Akira Woods

Randy - Randall "Randy" Allen Warren

Keith - Keith Harvey Davis-Green

Troy - Troy John Green

Ben Drowned - Benjamin "Ben" Scott Lawman

Jane - Jane Todd Richardson-Vaughn

Mary - Mary Annabelle Vaughn

Ticci Toby - Tobias "Toby" Erin Rogers

Masky - Timothy "Tim" Buck Wright

Hoodie - Brian Hunter Thomas

Skully - Jay Gabriel Merrick

Kate the Chaser - Kate Eleanor Milens-Hayes

Charlie - Charles Matheson Jr.

Laughing Jack - Laughing Jack in a Box

Eyeless Jack - Jackson "Jack" Nicky Nyras

Slenderman - Simon (middle and last name unknown) (Human name prior to his experimentation/death)

Splendorman - Jim (Human name prior to his experimentation/death)

Trenderman - Beau (Human name prior to his experimentation/death)

Tenderman - Cedric (Human name prior to his experimentation/death)

Sally - Sally Maryam Dawn (formerly Williams)

Dr Smiley - Azerael Jesse Smiley

Nurse Ann - Annie "Ann" Lusen Mia

Nina - Nina Selene Hopkins

Candy Pop - Unknown

Candy Cane - Unknown

April Fools - Unknown

Jason the Toymaker - Jason Caleb Meyer

The Puppeteer - Jonathan Cole Blake

Clockwork - Natalie Priscilla Ouellette

Rouge - Heather Bridget Marshall

Wilson - Wilson Liam Marshall (neé Jones)

Zalgo - Z͠a̛'l͘ga̶t҉ot̡h

Lazari - Lazari Natalie Swann

Stripes - Eloise Sarah Bellarose (name prior to her death)

Nathan - Nathan Maxwell Lux

Bloody Painter - Helen Delilah Otis

Kagekao - Unknown

Laughing Jill - Laughing Jill in a Box

Sadie - Sadie Marie Bennett

Hobo Heart - Unknown

Cat Hunter - Rodrigo Milo Ortiz

Chris the Revenant - Christine "Chris" Wendy Meyers

X-Virus - Cody Larkin Drake

Dollmaker - Vaughn "Vine" Pavel Voiikov

Frankie the Undead - Frankie Hades Asher (his real name prior to his death)

Judge Angels - Dina Angela Clark

Lifeless Lucy - Lucy Ava Jones

Lost Silver - Ethan Kin Fuji (his real name before his death)

Glitchy Red - Red (his real name remains a mystery)

Strangled Red - Steven Garrett Stoughton

Dr. Locklear - Evander Agnar Locklear

Lulu - Lucille "Lulu" Tiffany Greatfeil

Killing Kate - Katherine "Kate" Evelyn Knight

Will Grossman - William "Will" Gordon Grossman

Lulling Lauren - Lauren Robyn Ross (neé Evans)

CR - Carl Morton Ross

Emra - Emra Amelia Blake (neé Albridge)

Zero - Alice Marie Jackson

Slendrina - Charlotte (first name prior to death/experimentation)

Lily - Lily May Kennett

Nightmare Ally - Adeline "Ally" Ashley Abendroth

Zachary the Proxy - Zachary Julius Gibson

Oliver - Oliver Gorgon Henderson

Alex Kralie - Alexander "Alex" Joseph Kralie

Amy - Amy Callie Walters

Jessica - Jessica Ellie Locke

Seth - Seth Apollo Reid-Wilson (neé Wilson)

Sarah - Sarah Cassie Reid-Wilson (neé Ried)

Ellie - Eleanor "Ellie" Mae Andersen

Victor - Victor Hugo Becker

The Sight - Unknown

Clowny - Unknown

Vince Wilson - Vincent "Vince" Ares Wilson

Third Base - Richard "Doby" Vincent Doggers

Vailly - Vailly Suki Evans

Stan Fredrick - Evan Cameron Frederick

KindVonDerRitter - Marcus James McComber

Michael Andersen - Michael Stuart Andersen

Screaming Dawn (oc) - Dawn Evelyn Woods

Queen Blackheart (oc) - Elizabeth Cindy Phillips (name prior to her death)

Smiles (oc) - Morgan Ari Rivers (name prior to their death)

The Tod Killer (oc) - Corey Kiran Kelly

Night Stalker (oc) - Casey Lara Hall

[spacebunniesmha]

(Fablehaven spoilers)

“If he's everything dougan claims, maybe. His father was the most renowned dragon expert in the world. Even among caretakers and Knights of the Dawn, dragons remain the stuff of legends. I've never seen a live one. Almost none of us have. But chuck rose lived among them for months at a time, studying their habits. He even photographed one.”

“How did he die?”

Warren sighed. “A dragon ate him.”

(This part of the book was so funny to me. Also, please don't spoil anything beyond page 144 of book three!! I'm not finished with the book yet. Thank you.)

[teenageread]

Review: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

Synopsis:

Brace yourself for a shocking secret.

Two hidden artifacts have been found. Three more remain unrecovered. More preserves face destruction as the Society of the Evening Star relentlessly pursues new talismans. Reading in Patton’s Journal of Secrets, Kendra learns the location of the key to a vault housing one of the artifacts. In order to retrieve it, the Knights of the Dawn must enter a death trap — a dragon sanctuary called Wyrmroost. The mission cannot proceed without stealing a sacred object zealously guarded by the centaurs. Has anyone seen Seth?

The race is on to acquire all five of the artifact keys to the great demon prison. Will the Knights of the Dawn conquer Wyrmroost? Who can stop the Sphinx? Can Vanessa be trusted to help? What artifact will be found next?

Plot:

It was Kendra’s first winter break as a high schooler, and although she loved school, she was also excited to spend the holidays with her family. Not that she and Seth were talking much. Despite growing close at Fablehaven, Seth is bitter that Kendra is keeping parts of Patton’s journal away from him, but what he does not understand is that she is trying to keep him safe. With the threat of the Society of the Evening Star growing closer, Kendra knows they are safe because they have Warren as well as other Knights watching out for them. Thus, Kendra thought nothing was wrong as she stopped at the daycare where she worked, until her boss, Rex, kidnapped her. Except it was not Rex, but a clone, ordered by the society to take Kendra and leave a Kendra clone to fool her family. Which would have worked, if Seth had not figured it out. Exposing the Kendra clone, whose body they buried in a graveyard for Kendra, Seth spends his mourning period in Fablehaven, desperately hoping the real Kendra is alive. Kendra meanwhile is a guest of Torina, who is keeping Kendra captive for the Sphinx who wants to use her to find the remaining hidden artifacts. Planning her escape, Kendra knows the location of a key that will help them get an artifact. The only problem is that the artifact leads them to Wyrmroost, a dragon sanctuary where no one escapes alive. Gathering the best team of knights they can, our heroes find themselves entering the dragon’s lair with the rare hope of coming out alive. 

Thoughts: 

Brandon Mull is really picking up with this series as this novel gave us death, danger, and dragons. Still taken from the point of view of following Kendra and Seth around, this time exploring a multitude of locations as our sibling pair spend the novel both separated and together. Seth is finally learning, understanding where he made mistakes in the past, he is still ready to take risks but in a more calculated way. Gaining clarity on some of the new power he possesses, Seth really becomes someone to root for, and dare I say it, a hero that can rival other Knights of Dawn like Warren and Gavin. Kendra on the other hand still got her stuff together and is a top-notch character who is also excelling in her bravery (now that she keeps it) and her kindness. Mull, despite the rocky start with our siblings, really begins forming their bond as a pair much more than they have in the previous novel. Almost painting Seth and Kendra as two sides of the same coin, one light and one dark, or one blessed and one cursed; Mull made them depend on each other and fight with each other, instead of them going off to separate battles. Mull also pulled at the heartstrings with this one with the death of Kendra. Well, the Kendra clone, not that her parents know that. With a casual mention here and there of how the world sees Kendra as dead, it makes Fablehaven seem more real somehow and brings in the true danger of the Society of the Evening Star as we near the final novel. With a fast pace and exciting adventures, this novel really flies through your hand as MUll add not only fantastic battle scenes, but character development, giving away some shocking secrets and making some final move plays that really make you want to read the next novel and figure out the concussion to this fantastical series.

Read more reviews: Goodreads

Buy the book: Amazon

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Decided to go through with it and start posting my different AUs, but I'll only do a few per post to keep it short (tried to do all of them in one post but it ended up being so long that it was crazy) so maybe about 3 per post? sure, yeah, and I'll add a small excerpt for each if I've written one for that particular AU. If you don't want to see them just uhh I dunno block the rinse AUs tag or something sure there you go anyway here's to the first group

Sunset Order AU - An AU about Dale, Warren, and their parent’s backstory. This includes something I created called the Sunset Order which is a branch off of the Knights of Dawn for any kind of behind-the-scenes work that would need to be done, including getting hands dirty (which was made while the Sphinx was the head of the Knights). When Dale is forced into the magical world not exactly by choice, he has to quickly adapt and continue to care for Warren after the recent deaths of their parents alongside uncovering secrets from their past. In its entirety, this is self-indulgent and cobbled together by how little we know about their past/the past of Fablehaven. (No excerpt written)

Street Magic AU - Another short idea I had where magic is more widely known, and the preserves instead serve as schools (very, very prestigious schools). This is in a much more modern world, and magic is incredibly complicated to wield. So, it's often not used unless you pay for the education. Much of the population cannot use magic because of this. Kendra, having shown a proficiency in her understanding of magic, is able to get a full-ride scholarship to what would be Fablehaven's school. Meanwhile, Seth (who is not good at typical academics, studying, and the like) finds a typical, yet hidden, magician's shop and begins to learn magic there instead, under many people's noses (as he does). While Kendra begins to learn what secrets Fablehaven was built on, Seth learns magic in its entirety, not the typical watered-down version by society. (No excerpt written)

Viridity - This one is very near and dear to my heart, but it may not be that near and dear to some others because one of the main people it focuses on is Knox and it also has to acknowledge the end of Dragonwatch (whatever that was). This is a character study on Knox, Seth, and the relationship between them, as they're the same age but such different people in such different situations. This deals with reflections, comparisons, and interactions between them in almost one-shot form. This is partially an AU because I change bits and pieces of the end of Dragonwatch as I wish, but I also keep it as a plot in order to sow doubt after the fact. This fanfiction is about masks, late night conversations, sleep deprivation, and the inherent doubt that is included in growing up (Excerpt Incoming).

Silence worked its way around the room again, filling the gaps no longer in a comfortable way, but in a way where it sunk into their bones, sidled up next to them and breathed down their necks. A shiver rattled down Seth’s spine as an undercurrent began to flow of some emotion he couldn’t identify. Breaths were no longer easy to come by as they had been moments before. Now, suddenly, Seth stood in the kitchen with someone else when before, he had been happily existing alone. It felt… off. Wrong. As if Knox’s eyes could somehow pierce through his very being, analyze him… despite knowing Knox couldn’t—wouldn’t—do that. Kendra would, of course, but not Knox. Not… Knox didn’t have the brainpower to do that, probably. Even now, he spun and flicked the milk bottle cap on the table, looking frustrated every time it spun out and fell. Seth would usually laugh at him, say something about the stupid face he made every time he failed, but Seth couldn’t. Tonight, the tension hung heavy in the air like a smog, having followed Seth down ever since his dream—nightmare, not dream, his mind tugged at him—and it wouldn’t go. It wouldn’t leave. “I’m sorry.” The word slipped from his mouth like a whisper, a small wisp that gets caught up in the smog. He didn’t know why the words came from his mouth—whether it stood as a betrayal from his mind or sleep deprivation finally grasping him in its claws. Maybe… maybe Knox hadn’t heard him. Maybe this would blow over and mean nothing. Knox, meanwhile, stared at Seth, eyes wide and bottle cap forgotten, halfway teetering off the edge before it fell, plummeting to the ground with a sharp clatter. “…What?” Well, shit.

(If you have any questions, want to comment, send an ask, anything else, please do! I love these AUs with my whole heart, whether or not they're anywhere close to being done and I'm going to keep sharing them)

[sisiofthemultifandom]

My Massive SHIP LIST

The following is a LONG list of all the ships I enjoy from a moderate to an extreme amount and have probably looked at fanfiction for at some point. Keep in mind this doesn't include every movie and/or show I've ever watched and I may make edits to this at a later time. Godspeed you unfortunate witness.

Agents of SHIELD

Coulson X May

Daisy X Lincoln

Fitz X Simmons

Bobbi X Hunter

Mack X YoYo

Arcane

Caitlyn X Vi

Arrowverse

Oliver X Laurel

Roy X Thea

Diggle X Lyla

Barry X Patty

Wally X Jesse

Caitlin X Ronnie

Kara X Mon-El

Alex X Maggie

Brainy X Nia

Attack on Titan

Eren X Mikasa

Falco X Gabi

Bertdholt X Annie

Ymir X Krista

Levi X Hange

Avatar the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra

Katara X Zuko

Aang X Toph

Sokka X Suki

Aang X Katara

Bolin X Korra

Avengers (MCU)

Steve X Natasha

Tony X Pepper

Thor X Jane

Wanda X Vision

Peter Q X Gamora

Scott X Hope

T’Challa X Nakia

Matt X Karen

Luke X Jessica

Peter P X MJ

Bucky X Sarah

Ben 10

Ben X Julie

Kevin X Gwen

Berserk

Guts X Casca

Bleach

Ichigo X Rukia

Uryu X Orihime

Tatsuki X Orihime

Gin X Rangiku

Toshiro X Momo

Boku no Hero Academia

Izuku X Occhako

Todoroki X Momo

Bakugou X Kirishima

Eraserhead X Present Mic

Castlevania

Trevor X Sypha

Alucard X Greta

Class of the Titans

Jay X Theresa

Atlanta X Archie

Critical Role

Percival X Vex’ahlia

Vax’ildan X Keyleth

Scanlan X Pike

Sylas X Delilah

Fjord X Jester

Beau X Yasha

Caleb X Essek

Imogen X Laudna

DC Comics

Clark X Lois

Bruce X Selina

Diana X Steve

Barry X Iris

Wally X Linda

Hal X Carol

Carter X Shiera

Oliver X Laurel

Arthur X Mera

Constantine X Zatanna

Dick X Barbara

Tim X Stephanie

Garfield X Rachel

Conner X Cassie

Kate X Maggie

Hank X Dawn

Garth Ranzz X Imra Arden

Nura Nal X Thom Kallor

Jo Nah X Tinya Wazzo

Val Armorr X Princess Projectra

Kara Zor-El X Querl Dox

Lar Gand X Tasmia Mallor

Demon Slayer

Tanjiro X Kanao

Zenitsu X Nezuko

Giyu X Shinobu

Digimon

Taichi X Sora

Koushiro X Mimi

Takeru X Hikari

Takato X Jeri

Rika X Ryo

Izumi X Junpei

Disney Animation

Mulan X Shang

Eric X Ariel

Simba X Nala

Tiana X Naveen

Tarzan X Jane

Rapunzel X Eugene

Hercules X Meg

Aladdin X Jasmine

Doctor Who

11 X Clara

Dota - Dragon's Blood

Davion X Mirana

Evangelion

Shinji X Kaworu

Fairy Tail

Natsu X Lucy

Erza X Jellal

Gray X Juvia

Wendy X Romeo

Final Fantasy

Zack X Aerith

Cloud X Tifa

Squall X Rinoa

Tidus X Luna

Lightning X Snow

Noel X Serah

Noctis X Luna

Fire Emblem

Byleth X Dimitri

Fullmetal Alchemist

Ed X Winry

Roy X Riza

Ling X Lan Fan

GI Joe

Snake Eyes X Scarlett

Garo

Kouga X Kaoru

Ryuga X Rian

Raiga X Mayuri

Gatchaman

Ken X Jun

Gundam

Domon X Rain

Shinn X Stella

He-Man (OG Continuity)

Adam X Teela

Adora X Sea-Hawk

Duncan X Sorceress

InuYasha

InuYasha X Kagome

Sango X Miroku

Sesshomaru X Kagura

Kohaku X Rin

Invincible

Mark X Eve

Kamen Rider

Hongo X Ruriko

Godai X Ichijo

Shoichi X Hikawa

Shinji X Miho

Takumi X Mari

Kenzaki X Hajime

Yuuto X Airi

Wataru X Mio

Tsukasa X Natsumi

Shotaro X Tokime

Ryo X Akiko

Eiji X Hina

Gentaro X Nadeshiko

Ryusei X Tomoko

Haruto X Koyomi

Kouta X Mai

Kaitou X Yoko

Shinnosuke X Kiriko

Gou X Reiko

Takeru X Akari

Alain X Kanon

Emu X Poppy

Sento X Banjo

Kazumin X Misora

Gentoku X Sawa

Sougo X Tsukuyomi

Aruto X Izu

Fuwa X Yua

Touma X Kento

Rintaro X Mei

Keiwa X Neon

Kingdom Hearts

Kairi X Sora X Riku

Aqua X Terra

Lea X Isa

Roxas X Xion

Riku X Namine

Lucifer

Lucifer X Chloe

Maze X Eve

Magic Knight Rayearth

Hikaru X Lantis

Umi X Clef

Fu X Ferio

Marvel Comics

Steve X Sharon

Tony X Pepper

Thor X Sif

Hank X Janet

Reed X Sue

Peter X MJ

Wanda X Vision

Jean X Scott

Kitty X Colossus

Rogue X Gambit

Rachel X Kurt

Black Bolt X Medusa

Clint X Bobbi

Bucky X Natasha

Matt X Elektra

Luke X Jessica

Warren X Psylocke

Miraculous Ladybug

Adrien X Marinette

Alya X Nino

Naruto

Naruto X Hinata

Sasuke X Karin

Sakura X Rock Lee

Neji X TenTen

Shikamaru X Temari

Ino X Sai

Choji X Karui

Gaara X Matsuri

Kakashi X Might Guy

Asuna X Kurenai

Tsunade X Dan

Yahiko X Konan

Ouran HighSchool Host Club

Haruhi X Tamaki

Persona

Yu X Rise

Chie X Yukiko

Kanji X Naoto

Ren X Makoto (or Kasumi if we're going with Royal canon)

Power Rangers

Tommy X Katherine

Jason X Trini

Adam X Tanya

TJ X Cassie

Andros X Ashley

Karone X Zhane

Leo X Kendrix

Carter X Dana

Wes X Jen

Cole X Alyssa

Taylor X Eric

Tori X Blake

Trent X Kira

Sky X Z

Doggie X Kat

Nick X Madison

Mack X Rose

Casey X Lily

Dillon X Summer

Ziggy X Dr. K

Kevin X Mia

Mike X Emily

Troy X Gia

Tyler X Shelby

Eddie X Vesper

Marv X Chloe

Amelia X Ollie

Ranma ½

Ranma X Akane

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Utena X Anthy

Rurouni Kenshin

Kenshin X Kaoru

RWBY

Ruby X Penny

Blake X Sun

Weiss X Marrow

Yang X Weiss

Jaune X Pyrrha

Ren X Nora

Qrow X Summer

Sailor Moon

Usagi X Mamoru

Ami X Zoisite

Rei X Jadeite

Minako X Rei

Makoto X Nephrite

Minako X Kunzite

Saint Seiya

Seiya X Shaina

Hyoga X Eri

Shiryu X Shunrei

Shun X June

Ikki X Esmeralda

Deathmask X Aphrodite

Aiolia X Lyfia

Yato X Yuzuriha

Sasha X Tenma

Koga X Yuna

Souma X Sonia

She-Ra (Netflix Version)

Adora X Glimmer

Catra X Scorpia

Star Wars

Obi-Wan X Satine

Anakin X Padme

Ahsoka X Lux

Luke X Mara Jade

Han X Leia

Finn X Rey X Poe

Din Djarin X Bo-Katan

Super Sentai

Ryu X Kaori

Sasuke X Tsuruhime

Chisato X Kouichirou

Shun X Miku

Yuri X Tatsuya

Yosuke X Ikkou

Isshu X Nanami

Mari X Ban

Sen X Umeko

Doggie X Swan

Sakura X Akashi

Masume X Natsuhi

Rio X Mele

Sosuke X Miu

Chiaki X Kotoha

Takeru X Mako

Alata X Eri

Hyde X Moune

Marvelous X Luka

Joe X Ahim

Daigo X Mikoto

Tokatti X Mio

Hikari X Kagura

Yamato X Sela

Amu X Tusk

Lucky X Hammie

Balance X Naga

Keiichiro X Tsukasa

Sakuya X Umika

Koh X Asuna

Bamba X Asuna

Shigeru X Sayo

Tarou X Sonoi

Sword Art Online

Kirito X Asuna

The Dragon Prince

Callum X Rayla

Amaya X Janai

ThunderCats

Lion-O X Cheetara

Bengali X Pumyra

Transformers

Optimus X Elita-One

Arcee X Hot Rod

Bulkhead X Wheeljack

Silverbolt X Blackarachnia

Ultraman

Ken X Mari

Voltron

Shiro X Matt

Keith X Allura

Lance X Pidge

Hunk X Shay

Winx Club

Bloom X Sky

Musa X Riven

Flora X Helia

Stella X Brandon

Tecna X Timmy

Layla X Nabu

[practically-an-x-man]

ooh I've never actually heard of Fablehaven before what's it about?

so it's this teen/young adult fantasy series that I used to LOVE when I was younger, and rereading it now it actually really holds up! like, it's clear from some of the writing style that it's written for a younger audience, but it actually explores some really mature topics and the characters are all very well-developed. Definitely worth the read, and given the reading level is preadult the books go by quickly

Basically, "Fablehaven" refers to a wildlife preserve in Connecticut, where the wildlife conservation is all for magical or mystical creatures. We're talking everything from fairies to demons to trolls and everything in between. There are other preserves spread out across the world, and some of them contain vaults that house powerful magical artifacts. There are five of these vaults, all at hidden preserves and all guarded by a gauntlet of challenges.

The series follows 13-year-old Kendra and her 11-year-old brother Seth, with the first book showing their first introduction to the preserve. Subsequent books take place during the following summers as they get involved with higher-stakes adventures and become more woven into the magical world. There are two rival groups as well: the Society of the Evening Star, who are the primary protagonists and want to set powerful demons loose on the world; and the Knights of the Dawn, who intend to stop this and protect the world

Now, my personal favorite character is named Warren Burgess. He's a Knight of the Dawn and basically serves as the default trauma sponge (since the author needs to raise the stakes without putting the literal kid main characters through too much trauma). But he's funny, he's resourceful, he's resilient, and just a really awesome character.

There's a sequel series called Dragonwatch as well, but I haven't read that one yet. I've heard the last few books kinda undermine some of the characters' character arcs though bc the author hit some sort of religious kick, so idk what to think

TL;DR: teen book series about magical wildlife preserves, lots of mythology. lower reading level but worth it for the great plot and characterization. highly recommend

[justmoreocs-edits]

Masterlist

Just some quick links to my story introductions.

STORY [FANDOM] (PERSPECTIVE CHARACTERS)

A Few More Hours [Until Dawn] (Lucy Hartley)

A Knife's Edge & Music and Lyrics [Stranger Things] (Belle Barrow, Robin Buckley, Mia Moreno and Eddie Munson)

A Matter of Blood [A Discovery of Witches] (Chizzy Duncan, Alina Driscoll and Monty Sanderson)

Bedtime Stories [The Librarians] (Bonnie Vasliliev)

Boldness Be My Friend [Grishaverse: Six of Crows] (Dmitry Kovalev, Annika Yahontov and Zariyah Yahontov)

Burns Knight [The Inheritance Games] (Fiona Dalton)

Crime, Friendship and Other Things [Detroit: Become Human] (Frankie Alverez)

Dearest Verona [Deadly Class] (Cassie Verona)

Elements, Brains and Fangs [Teen Wolf] (Renée Cobalt)

Family Legacy [Superman & Lois] (Mara Kent)

Flowers of Iron [Lockwood and Co.] (Violet Morello)

From Angels and Gods [The Devil in Me] (Angelica Lonnit and Castor Griffin)

Haly's Circus: All Grown Up [Titans] (Kit Cole, Viola Cole and Tae Lee)

Hunter's Delight [The Quarry] (Lacey Pearson)

Kindred [Shadowhunters] (Aoife Dawnfleur and Benji Fray)

Learn To Do It [Vampire Academy] (Cedric Nicholls and Frances Mazeika)

Listen to Your Hart [Kingsman] (Lily Robinson and Eggsy Unwin)

Misfits and Misinformation [Wednesday] (Carmine Bishop and Talia Hawkins)

No Matter What [Nowhere Boys] (Emie Thompson and Mal Thompson)

Our Legacy [Superman & Lois] (Mara Kent)

Prestige [MacGyver & The Mentalist] (Lilia Bennett-Hope)

Rising Light [Constantine {Written with @fiercefray}] (Kate Bastille)

Ships Ahoy [Wreck] (Reeve Amos and Cali Pierce)

Stories of Hope [Harry Potter] (Hope Wood)

The Butler and the Duke [Pennyworth] (Hannah Duke)

The Conman and the Investigator [Constantine] (Charlie Doyle)

The Making of a Hero [Nightwing] (A.J Kane, Teddy Kane and Dick Grayson)

The Piccola Rossa Series [Peaky Blinders] (Sylvain Alfonsi, Hal Brandon, Cece Hawthorne, Stan Shelby, Luce Turner and Wilf Turner)

The St. Claire Mysteries [Prodigal Son] (Annie St. Claire and Harry St. Claire)

Trust Your Instincts [Dexter: New Blood] (Everleigh Howard)

Truth Serum [Slow Horses] (Millie Blake)

Unexpected Partners [Alex Rider] (Eliza Moriarty)

Verstehen [The Order] (Abby Stone and Becca Warren)

[gargfansworld]

Part of the problem is that the universe they created doesn't really fit with the idea that Giles was wrong. Whether it was morally wrong or not.

For one thing, I have to say the idea of sparing Ben after killing members of the Knights of Byzantium to protect people feels a lot like a trope most modern fans don't have a lot of respect for, running through a ton of mooks with actions that either killed them or should have killed them and then sparing the big boss.

I don't know if Glory getting human feelings is supposed to be this sign it's safe to let her live. I think it might have just been to explain Ben getting worse. Buffy was immediately followed by Angel, and season 2's big plot was him going dark even with his soul and all the human emotions it brought and his big enemies were dangerous humans at Wolfram & Hart . Plus grief and anger are human emotions and Glory not getting to go home could easily trigger them. Plus don't forget Anya's newly human behavior in Dopplegangland.

The writers also would have known season 6 would be all about human evil, and although I'm sure it wouldn't have been in people heads yet, Jasmine at the end of Angel season 4 shows the danger of leaving a depowered bitter god around

Now, a further problem with the stance it's wrong. Buffy is likely one of the few Scoobies who would feel that.

Anya and Spike obviously would have no problem doing it. Giles did do it.

Xander brought it up, and it's unlikely the guy bringing it up is going to be totally against it. Also, the next year he was only against Willow killing Warren cause he thought

Willow would likely think she should be against it, but not feel it. And we do know what she'd do the next year

Dawn was captured of course, but she had the same opinion of Willow going after Warren as Xander. Also, I'm not sure that Buffy's morality is the standard for their family. Joyce brought a fire ax down on Spike's head when she thought he was just a person threatening Buffy and when Faith held her hostage she said she thought Buffy would KILL Faith.

Tara is the only one of the group who would be against it

Hell, let's expand it. Just recently left Riley was a soldier. He likely gets the idea of collateral damage

Oz? He's a question. Based on Wild at Heart's end he might accept it. Or he might not. Let's move him to the no category

And over on Angel.

We've seen him go dark. We've also seen him do things for Buffy's own good without her approval. You could probably sub him in for Giles and the only difference would be no bit for the glasses.

Wes? Similar upbringing and training to Giles. He'd do it.

Gunn? He'd be against it, but as we see what he does with Fred's old professor, he'd do it if necessary.

Fred? We know what she had to do to survive in Pylea, she wanted to kill her professor and the idea she needed to be protected from that was a nail in the coffin for her and Gunn's relationship

Cordelia might be a tough one. She grew to become a very caring person. On the other hand, she actually promised Angel she would kill him if necessary. I can see her trying to reason with Ben to kill himself for the good of the world, and then when he refuses doing it.

Faith would probably be traumatized by it, but I think she'd do it in a similar way to Giles and Angel, for Buffy

Lorne probably wouldn't do it, based on the way he felt at the end of Angel

So the anti-klling Ben group would basically be Buffy, Tara, Lorne and Oz.

It's hard to sympathize with Buffy's position in that case. It feels like endangering the world for Buffy to feel good about herself, at a point where all she's doing is feeling bad about herself anyway

It would have been very easy for the writers of The Gift to frame Giles's decision to kill Ben as something other than what it is.

Ben could have tried to attack Giles first, in order to escape, forcing Giles to defend himself (we know that Buffy herself has, by this point in the show, almost certainly taken several human lives in self-defence, whether that's one of the Order of Taraka assassins in What's My Line? or Gwendolyn Post in Revelations or some of the Knights of Byzantium earlier in the season). We, the audience, know that Ben has actually made the choice to side with Glory and betray Dawn -- the writers could have had Giles find this out somehow, rather than having him kill Ben while believing Ben to be entirely blameless for anything Glory did. If nothing else, they could have had Giles kill Ben in a less sordid and realistic way: choking him to death after establishing that he can barely move while Ben struggles feebly to stay alive.

But, notably, the writers didn't do this. At every stage they made the choice to frame Ben's death as unsympathetically as they could. They make it very clear that they don't think Ben's death is something to approve of at all. Just in The Gift itself:

Xander brings up the possibility of killing Ben to stop Glory ("I know he's an innocent, but not like Dawn innocent ... we could kill a regular guy") only to immediately rule it out with a look of disgust. Why say this if not to comment on what Giles will later do?

Willow explicitly notes that the ritual to use the Key is "a one time thing": if Glory doesn't manage to kill Dawn this time, she's got no reason to try again. Why say this if you want Giles's later decision to seem justified?

The scenes with Dawn and Glory suggest that the separation between Glory and Ben is weakening, meaning that Glory herself is becoming more human and more affected by human emotions like guilt and empathy. Why include these scenes if we're meant to see Glory as an active, long-term danger?

Tara prophetically accuses Giles of being "a killer", a word we've heard before on the show (see, for example, the way Faith reacted to being called a killer by Forrest in Who Are You?, or indeed Buffy's own fears that "the Slayer is just a killer" as expressed this episode). Why use this word, or include this moment at all, if we're meant to be cheering Giles on?

Giles himself gives Ben a speech in which he admits that Buffy would never kill Ben because it's not the heroic thing to do. Like ... this isn't exactly subtle.

We are not meant to approve of Giles murdering Ben; and we are meant to see it as murder. The writers go out of their way to tell us that it's morally wrong, that none of the other Scoobies would support it, and it doesn't even work to achieve Giles's stated goal of keeping Buffy safe: she dies anyway, mere minutes after the murder. By every measure, the show tells us, this is the wrong thing to do. Giles will never bring it up again, not even when he's trying to convince Buffy that she needs him to make hard decisions on her behalf.

So it's kind of infuriating that so much of the fandom insists on reading it as an act of heroism anyway.

It isn't. It isn't at all. If anybody other than one of the protagonists was making this decision -- if it was the Knights trying to kill Dawn to save the world, or the Initiative locking up Oz and treating him like an animal because a few nights a month he turned into a dangerous monster, or the parents of Sunnydale trying to burn teenage witches at the stake to keep their town safe -- there would be no ambiguity about this in the fandom at all. And yet, because it is one of the protagonists -- specifically, because it's the character the fandom has decided to read as Buffy's Dad who only does good things because he loves her -- somehow the normal rules don't apply.

It's not an act of heroism though. The show is right about that, and the fandom is wrong. It's one of the worst things Giles does; a complete betrayal of his promise to Buffy in Season 2 to always offer her his support and respect. It has far more in common with his willingness to drug her and lie to her face about doing so in Helpless or to abandon her in her moment of greatest need in Tabula Rasa than it does with any of Giles (many) moments of actual nobility and self-sacrifice. It's a sign that, fundamentally, Giles does not accept that Buffy has right to make decisions on her own.

Giles knows that, given the choice, Buffy would choose to spare Ben's life. He doesn't believe he could ever convince her to change her mind. And so he takes the choice away from her.

Why would anyone applaud that?

[zzyzxtourguide]

It’s that time again

[wqbytop100]

WQBY

TOP100 for the week ending December 31. 2023

Dark Skies --A R I Z O N A -1 [#8 most played this week]

Other Boys --Marshmello, Dove Cameron -2 [#3 most played this week]

One On One --The Knocks, Sofi Tukker -5 [#14 most played this week]

U Miss Me --Vicetone -6 [#2 most played}

I'll Be There --Robin Schulz, Rita Ora, Tiago PZK -3 [#11 most played]

Spend The Night--BJ the Chicago Kid, Coco Jones -4 [#6]

You're Hired --NEIKED, Ayra Starr -7

<>Feels Like Us --GT_OFICE, Alwz Snny, Robie Rosen -(re-entry)

Summertime Friends --The Chainsmokers -21

Go Off ---Mike Candys -16

She's On My Mind --Romy -28

Dreamteam ---Galantis, Neon Trees -24

Kill Anyone --Two Feet, Ari Abdul -38 [#7]

See You Again--Vicetone, Anna Clendenning -10

AEIOU --PNAU, Empire of the Sun -13

Sorry Now-- A R I Z O N A -14

Stress You --Lucas Estrada, SUPER Hi -12

Good Morning ---Timmy Trumpet, Alie Farber, YOU -9

Wanna --Paul Dally -26 [#5]

Easy ---3LAU, XIRA -20 [#9]

Strangers --Kenya Grace -11

Diamond Therapy --Diplo, Walker & Royce, Channel Tres -18

You --Svidden, Seeb -23

Hangin' On --A R I Z O N A -8

Nevada --Vicetone, Cozi Zuehisdorff -19

How Do I Sa Goodbye -Adventure Club, Delaney Jane -27 [#4]

Both --Tiesto, 21 Savage, BIA -33

***Heart Still Beating --Nathan Dawe, Bebe Rexha -(new)

***Good In Goodbye --Frank Walker, Trivecta -(new)

DJ Play A Christmas Song --CHER -31

One Last Dance --Imanbek, Ali Gattie -17

The Geatest Thing Alive --Mark Knight, Green Velvet, James Hurr -32 [#15]

Run Free (Countdown) ---Tiesto, R3HAB -34

Wanna Dance ---Alle Farber, James Carter, VARGEN -29

Save My Love--Destiny Rogers -35

You Can Have It---Kungs, Victor Flash -39 [#10]

Ando High --Tom & Collins, AMEME -36 [#20]

Running In A Dream --Nils Hoffmann, Kosbo, Vancouver Sleep Clinic -49 [#12]

Fire --Alan Walker, YUQI, JVKE, (G)I-DLE -37 [#17]

Twisted --Laura Davidson -40 [#19]

More Baby --Chris Lake, Aluna -42

Jungle ---Alok, Chainsmokers, Mae Stephens -30

Boyfriend --USHER -43

At Your Worst --Calum Scott -44

Living In A Haze --Milky Chance -15

Drums --James Hype, Kim Petras -45

Superhero --Audien -41 [#13]

Water--Tyla, Marshmello -48

The Future Is Unknown --Adriatique, Delhia De France -50

Little Bit Yours --Galantis, Hannah Boleyn -52

I Got Nothing--MEDUZA, Ferreck Dawn, Clementine Douglas -69 [#16]

Dreaming---Marshmello, Pink, Sting -56

Ohh LALA --Idris Elba, Sasha GiGi -22

Light On--Markus Schulz, Sarah de Warren -54

Blur--KREAM, Marlo Rex -55

***Losing You--Gabry Pointe, Bshp, Joe Cleere -(new) [#18]

Fight My Demons --Yung Bae, Baarney Bones, Leven Kali, Diamond Pistols -57

***Still Got It Bad --Martin Jensen, MATTN -(new)

***Tears On The Dance Floor --Icona Pop -(new)

***Daydream --Will Swinton -(new)

The Tower --Future Islands -119

***Lil Boo Thing --Paul Russell, Galantis -(new)

***Thank You (Not So Bad) --Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Tiesto, Dido -(new)

Jumpstarter --Ship Wrek, DLMT -73

One With The Wolves --Robin Schulz -46

Yard Sale --Alex Warren -66

On My Way--Kaskade -68

Body Moving --Eliza Rose, Calvin Harris -71

RIP--Apashe, Vladimir Cauchemar -64

365--Biscuits -65

Tied To You --Elderbrook -25

Strangely Sentimental --Anabel Englund -53

Subterranean --Miss Monique, AVIRA, LUNA -58

What We Know ---Lucas & Steve, Conor Byrne -47

Bite Marks --Ari Abdul -60

Graveyard -- A R I Z O N A (Shoffy remix) -72

***Bring Me Home --Snakehips, LAUREL -(new)

***I Can't Be The Only One ---SERA. YouNotUs -(new)

30 Somehow --Nicotine Dolls -74

***Young & Foolish --Loud Luxury, Charlieonafriday -(new)

Whatever Come My Way --Felly -51

***Walk It Like I Talk It --Saucy Santana -(new)

In My Room --Medium Build -67

Dress Code --Mau P -61

Waiting For U --Laidback Luke, Ralphi (Jake Silva remix)

The Little Mushroom That Got Away --Sultan+Shepard, Lane8 -62

***Right Here --Bag Raiders _(new)

***Falling Behind --Sultan+Shepard, Panana -(new)

***Rainy --Dillon Francis, REI AMI) -(new)

Jealous ---Pascal Letoublon, IZKO, Jordan Rys -80

Waiting--LP Giobbi, Redfield, DJ Rae -83

Lost & Found --Gorgon City, DRAMA -76

Get Dirty --Return Of The Jaded, Tommie Sunshine -84

***I'm Just Ken --Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson, Purple Disco Machine -(new)

A Year And Some Change --Seaforth -73

Elevator Eyes --Tove Lo -75

<>Girls Gone Wild --Mike G, G Easy, Offset -(re-entry)

<>Anything But Wet -- I_O Lights -(re-entry)

***Loved --Leslie Odom Jr - (new)

Tension --Kylie Minogue -83

Champagne Shit--Miss Monique, Latto, Quavo -112

<>You're So High (10 Years On) --Eli & Fur -(re-entry)

Feel It (Club Edit) -Jazzy -78

<>Rinse It --Devault

***Hungover --John Summit, Mathame, Camden Cox -(new)

***Pull You Closer --Sistek, Sadie Rose Van -(new)

***Front To Back --Deorro, Electric Polar Bears -(new)

<>I Love You Hoe --Odetari, 9lives-(re-entry)

***PI JANO--Box Car -(new)

Bad Tattoo --Jessica Baio -77

<>Disco En Egypte --Bon Entendaur -(re-entry)

Look At Me Dance ---ATRIP, Pote -(re-entry)

***Build A Boy---Emyln, Cloudy June -(new)

<>Carry Me Higher --The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous -(re-entry)

Heat Rising --Pete Tong, Jem Cooke, Jules Buckley -108

Moonlight ---Laidback Luke, GATTUSO, Antrex -123

***Madness---Frank Walker, Sam Feldt, Zak Able, Gabry Pointe -(new)

***Give It To Me--Lucky Luke -(new)

***If You Only Knew --Alexander Stewart -(new)

Fever --Lewis Thompkins, Punctual, Hight -79

For an extended look at 121-150 look for this date and head to WQBY on Spotify

[justmoreocs-writing]

Masterlist

Just some quick links to my story introductions.

STORY [FANDOM] (PERSPECTIVE CHARACTERS)

A Few More Hours [Until Dawn] (Lucy Hartley)

A Knife's Edge & Music and Lyrics [Stranger Things] (Belle Barrow, Robin Buckley, Mia Moreno and Eddie Munson)

A Matter of Blood [A Discovery of Witches] (Chizzy Duncan, Alina Driscoll and Monty Sanderson)

Bedtime Stories [The Librarians] (Bonnie Vasliliev)

Boldness Be My Friend [Grishaverse: Six of Crows] (Dmitry Kovalev, Annika Yahontov and Zariyah Yahontov)

Burns Knight [The Inheritance Games] (Fiona Dalton)

Crime, Friendship and Other Things [Detroit: Become Human] (Frankie Alverez)

Dearest Verona [Deadly Class] (Cassie Verona)

Elements, Brains and Fangs [Teen Wolf] (Renée Cobalt)

Flowers of Iron [Lockwood and Co.] (Violet Morello)

From Angels and Gods [The Devil in Me] (Angelica Lonnit and Castor Griffin)

Haly's Circus: All Grown Up [Titans] (Kit Cole, Viola Cole and Tae Lee)

Hunter's Delight [The Quarry] (Lacey Pearson)

Kindred [Shadowhunters] (Aoife Dawnfleur and Benji Fray)

Learn To Do It [Vampire Academy] (Cedric Nicholls and Frances Mazeika)

Listen to Your Hart [Kingsman] (Lily Robinson and Eggsy Unwin)

Misfits and Misinformation [Wednesday] (Carmine Bishop and Talia Hawkins)

No Matter What [Nowhere Boys] (Emie Thompson and Mal Thompson)

Our Legacy [Superman & Lois] (Mara Kent)

Prestige [MacGyver & The Mentalist] (Lilia Bennett-Hope)

Rising Light [Constantine {Written with @fiercefray}] (Kate Bastille)

Ships Ahoy [Wreck] (Reeve Amos and Cali Pierce)

Stories of Hope [Harry Potter] (Hope Wood)

The Butler and the Duke [Pennyworth] (Hannah Duke)

The Conman and the Investigator [Constantine] (Charlie Doyle)

The Making of a Hero [Nightwing] (A.J Kane, Teddy Kane and Dick Grayson)

The Piccola Rossa Series [Peaky Blinders] (Sylvain Alfonsi, Hal Brandon, Cece Hawthorne, Stan Shelby, Luce Turner and Wilf Turner)

The St. Claire Mysteries [Prodigal Son] (Annie St. Claire and Harry St. Claire)

Trust Your Instincts [Dexter: New Blood] (Everleigh Howard)

Truth Serum [Slow Horses] (Millie Blake)

Unexpected Partners [Alex Rider] (Eliza Moriarty)

Verstehen [The Order] (Abby Stone and Becca Warren)

[zannolin]

#its even funnier bc he will always show up to the next mission like#dw this is going to be great i am amazing at adventuring and traps and vaults#and then gets taken out immediately#fablehaven (via @mercutiotakethewheel)

warren: oh boy i can't wait to retrieve this artifact for the knights of the dawn!

also warren: [spends years in a catatonic state before a twelve-year-old defeats the revenant that cursed him]

warren: boy i can't wait to meet dragons at wyrmroost!!

also warren: [is gored before they even get to any of the real action and misses literally everything because he's stuck in the knapsack]

warren burgess is fablehaven's punching bag tbh like he can't win. book two when we meet him? cursed by a revenant. regains his faculties only to be stabbed by a minotaur, bitten by poisonous snakes, and hosed down in acid by a two-headed panther. book three? survivor's guilt and shadowification baby!! book four? this man gets gored by a flying deer and then trapped in an extradimensional storage room playing yahtzee for months. he cannot win and i love him for that.

[teenageread]

Review: Grip of the Shadow Plague

Synopsis:

transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem in its infancy, but as the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that the preserve cannot hold out for long.

In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given sound advice–but is he a traitor? Inside the Quiet Box, Vanessa might have information that could lead to a cure–but can she be trust?

Meanwhile, Kendra and members of the Knights of the Dawn must journey to a distant preserve and retrieve another hidden artifact. Will the Society of the Evening Star recover it first? Will the plague eclipse all light at Fablehaven? Find out in Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague.

Plot:

Not learning his lesson, Seth is determined to complete the trade of gold for batteries, and along with Newel and Doren, they raid the nipsies. Oh Seth, when will you learn! Life at Fablehaven was good, until their parents showed up, wanting to take them home. When they tried to get their parents to see Fablehaven as it truly is, even after drinking the milk, the best they could do was say they were having a great summer and wanted to stay till the end. With the threat of the Sphinx, who may or may not be a traitor, Seth was in for a bigger surprise when Kendra was asked to join The Knights of the Dawn. Leaving Fablehaven with Warren, Kendra went off to join the brotherhood, leaving Seth behind. Unable to stay out of trouble, despite the lectures, all was not well at Fablehaven. It seems as if the prisoner the Sphinx saved left a plague on Fablehaven, turning the creatures of light into the dark. As it spreads fast through Fablehaven, the sanctuary is once again on the brink of collapse as those who they trusted turned evil, and the house itself becomes a death trap. Meanwhile, Kendra is part of a brotherhood, their youngest member ever, and is sent off on a mission to retrieve the second artifact. With Warren trying to find out who the Sphinx is to the Knighthood, Kendra focuses on survival as she hides that she is fairykind, and explores another sanctuary that, unbeknownst to the current caretakers, is also on the brink of collapse. 

Thoughts: 

Brandon Mull has done it again. Expanding more into the Fablehaven world, we get to meet new characters, and new threats, and get double the adventure this time. That’s right, because Mull split Seth and Kendra up, allowing us to see the mission Kendra goes on with the brotherhood, and what is happening to Fablehaven, both at the same time. Mull dives deep into history with this novel compared to others. Bringing up Kendra and Seth’s parents and how they do not believe, Patton Burgess a former Fablehaven caretaker and Lena’s husband, to our two rival groups of the Knights of the Dawn, and the Society of the Evening Star. For character, while Mull introduced us to some great ones like Gavin, they also failed again to develop the ones we got. That’s right, Kendra starts off as cowardly and then becomes brave, and Seth does something stupid and learns his lesson, and uses his bravery to try to fix a mistake. Where this pattern was less present in this novel, with Mull even giving Seth a breakdown by his grandfather on what it means when you disobey rules early on, I still wish we were past the point of even talking about this. Mull does add details into our siblings' powers, with Seth gaining some traction to catch up to Kendra being fairykind, I still feel we are scratching the surface with what Mull has in store for this series. The series plotline is becoming a bit more clear, as our gang has to stop the Sphinx and the Society of the Evening Star, but we still have a long way to go with only two books left. This novel’s plot line went quickly, mostly because we had two plots running parallel with Kendra’s mission and Seth at Fablehaven. However, I felt like Mull really has not used Kendra and Seth as a team, with previous novels having them fighting separate battles, this book only made it more apparent as they square off in two separate locations. Yet Mull does bring them together in the end, so there might be hope that our sibling pair can become the fighting duo Mull wants them to be. Of all the books in the series, so far, this is my favorite due to the amount of action and world-building it does, and the realistic threat that Fablehaven might not survive for the next novel.

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