#Raven's Shadow

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[inkky-m]

Thanks 遥远岑寂(https://www.mihuashi.com/profiles/815090?role=painter) for painting this for me ^^

[restlittleplum]

"Would you do any less for your wife?"

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More scenes from Blood Song because I can't stop thinking about these characters and this story.

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[litandlifequotes]

A fool is any man who doesn’t think he’s a fool.

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

[ravens-shadow-series]

Barkus and Dentos chose the safe option of the Fourth Order whilst Nortah took evident delight in electing for the Second. “The Order of Contemplation and Enlightenment,” Sollis said tonelessly. “You want to spend a week in the Order of Contemplation and Enlightenment?” “I feel my soul would benefit from a period of meditation on the great mysteries, master,” Nortah replied, showing his perfect teeth in an earnest smile. For the first time in months Vaelin felt like laughing. “You mean you want a week of sitting on your arse,” Sollis said. “Meditation is normally conducted in a sitting position, master.” Vaelin laughed, he couldn’t help it. Three hours later, as he completed his fortieth lap of the practice ground, he was still chuckling.

Blood Song (Chapter 4)

[priorcodeheartless]

Raven's Shadow ship

My idea towards why Caenis x Vaelin is so delicious, is that Caenis was a man of Faith. He relied too much on his faith. He devoted too much to it. He thought he would be nobody without faith.

Of course he could not accept Vaelin fell in love with Sherin. Especially for her being a sister from the Fifth Order. The combination of them two is a rankling example showing betrayal to the Faith, caused by people who were supposed to serve the Realm.

Thus Caenis could only reject his love to Vaelin as a lover. His concealed identity was already a taboo. Let alone this love meant him breaking his oath. Let alone him being his brother.

All he could have were these oppressed "immoral" feelings...

I would imagine our calm, well-mannerd, highly educated Sword of the Realm lost his ways with his reliable sword and bow and arrows. He would find peace neither in books nor in battles. There was no place he could hide. Nor could he find something to fill the blank hole in his heart.

Giving time, he'd grow blame, even haterd.

Why did you love so many people. However in all the time and worlds I could not love you?

But the only words got snapped out of his mouth were just, "You betrayed Faith."

You betrayed me.

我觉得我吃一口凯涅斯x维林就是因为凯涅斯过于依赖信仰，过于投入信仰，如无信则不立。所以他不能接受维林爱上谢琳，尤其是因为谢琳是第五宗的姐妹，他俩的结合意味着两个侍奉疆国之人对信仰的联合背叛。同样他不可能接受自己以恋人的身份爱上维林。光是凯涅斯的隐秘身份就已经是禁忌，何况要他打破立下的誓言，何况维林和他同为兄弟。一想到这种不断被压抑的背德情感我就开心得不行...

我好想看冷静文雅饱读诗书的将军，看着自己的长剑弓箭，却一点办法也没有的样子。不管是躲到文字里还是躲到战斗中，永远都没办法添补自己心中缺失的一角，甚至假以时日，滋生出怨怼乃至恨意。为什么你爱那么多人，我却偏偏不可以爱你，脱口而出的却是，“你背叛了信仰。”你背叛了我。

[incorrect-soc]

Tell me...

... I'm wrong

[looceyloo]

FINGER OF DEATH

More art of Lamia, my shadow sorlock of the Raven Queen!

[raggedy-spaceman]

Oh so this is how it happened!

[kay-bee-cee]

I’m realizing that my favorite genre of media is just deeply sad young adults becoming family as they go on dangerous, epic adventures. I don’t know what this says about me.

[laoih]

Shadow and Bone | A Searing Burst of Light

[hyperfixated-homo]

RAVEN

[inkky-m]

This picture is my commission painted by 香煎鱼子墨西哥饼（https://www.mihuashi.com/profiles/176987?role=painter）

Weep for the quarry murdered by the glorious realm you've championed, and do not claim that your hands are clean of their blood. The moment you chose to walk in the wake of the man blessed by the wolf, you donned the mantle of the predator. Weep then, all you left are tears.

The deer symbolizes both Sella and Caenis.

[restlittleplum]

One of my favorite action scenes in a book, probably ever.

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[howlingday]

Raven: If you need to contact us, stop by here and ask for me. One of the employees will deliver a message to me.

Yang: Is this... a girl bar?

Raven: The tribe has many outlets disguised as legitimate covers.

Yang: ...Sure thing~!

Yang: (Thinking) I'm gonna drink on her tab~!.

Raven: (Thinking) She's clearly thinking about drinking on my tab.

[ravens-shadow-series]

I love Verniers Alishe Someren so much and feel so alone!