"Glad that's over," said Ripred. "Always some big scene with your family. You're miserable to have dinner with."
1. Suzanne Collins, The Curse of the Warmbloods / 2. Mada Hayyas, Parts of Me Never Left That House / 3. Sam Gordon, A Mother's Hate / 4. Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers, Questions About the Father / 5. José Olivarez, Promises of Gold / 6. m.a.w AKA dvoyd, thoughts of a stray iii / 7. Unknown / 8. Unknown
I literally haven't figured out how tumblr works so eeeh baby's first and very anxious post will be in honor of that fantastic book series!
Take this humble thing as a gift on this happy day (Solovet and Vikus from the underland chronicles..)
probably won't finish this so better post it now than never?
pls be nice i'm fighting throught art block rn and barely mananged to render the skin before the lack of motivation forced me to leave the rest ugly flat and just smash some scribbles on top of it (hoping that the texture makes a nice effect,,, like on those old half-restored oil paintings..for authenticity etc) -> EDIT the colors are crap now. will post better pic later if motivated enough :p
Vikus: so you clearly trust these kids a lot
Ripred: I trust them about as far as I can throw them
Solovet: I’m glad to hear it
Ripred: don’t be. I can throw them very far.
I decided to re-read Gregor the Overlander for it's 20 year anniversary (ended up getting halfway through the third book before I decided to stop for the day, it's that good!) And while I was reading, I realized one of the main reasons why the series has stuck with me. It's the extra kindness the characters show.
There's a post on here talking about Lord of the Rings and Gibli films, and how they are all about showing kindness for no other reason than the kindness, and I feel The Underland Chronicles fit that perfectly. Mrs. Cormaci going out of her way to help Gregor and his family, Ripred staying up to comfort Lizzie, Vikus gathering all the money in the meuseum to help Gregor. This series is built off the backs of the small kindness people give to each other.
blah blah blah the intricacies of vikus and solovet's marriage and the blatant yet beautiful allegory for peace and war as two contrasting, complementing, inextricable forces blah blah blah we all know this. i just think they might've had an easier time if someone in the underland had invented divorce
"The beauty of some things is beyond our understanding... it's the same with people..." - Vikus Kota to Ziaila.
Vikus Kota (on the right), later known as Darth Fortus is a character from my old Star Wars fanfiction. I went back to that story and started fixing it, so expect to see more lol. ✨
This drawing is also related to the fact that last weekend I saw the northern lights for the first time in my life! Right above my house! And it was so wonderful! I still can't stop thinking about it. 🤗
Gregor: i just realized the five stages of grief- Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance spel out DABDA and feel like this is important information
Ripred:
Gregor: sometimes you just gotta DAB DA grief away
Ripred: never fucking speak to me again
~later~
Ripred: hey, hey vikus. I know how sad you are about Solovet but… you oughta DAB DA grief away
Vikus: