#cradle lindon

[atlasaurelius]

THIS SCENE IS SO CUUTEEE ABJSBHDFHGDHJ

Ziel rose from behind the couch and stuck his horns in Lindon’s face. “What are we talking about?” Yerin moved her arm away from her eyes. She and Lindon stared at Ziel from inches away. “Apologies, Ziel, but what are you doing?” “Popping out from the couch,” Ziel said, with a perfectly flat expression. “I thought it was what Eithan would do. Did it help?” Lindon couldn’t find the right words. Yerin made a thoughtful sound. “Bleed me, but it halfway did. If you’re looking for a tip, then veil yourself better next time. We could feel you coming.” “I’ll do what I can,” Ziel said gravely. “Don’t push yourself.” Ziel straightened his spine, visibly steeling himself. “No…no, I can do it. To cheer you up.” Lindon privately thought that if Ziel wanted to be more like Eithan, he would first have to learn to smile.

[tikklil]

Dream team!!

[mehmetminded]

Cradle is low-key one of my favorite series of all time, but can I just talk about Suriel for a sec?

I just can’t stop thinking about how she comes down to save this weird giant toddler-man and give him a pep-talk like, “Hey man, keep working hard and you’ll get there eventually! :D” and Lindon immediately internalizes this as “Oh! I’ll just never stop working hard ever again!”

As the greatest healer in all creation I can’t imagine that wasn’t concerning for her. Imagine telling a 5 year old that if she practices every day then eventually she’ll be able to beat up the monster under her bed. Now imagine you see her in the back yard punching trees every day for months before one day showing up with a dead Boogeyman in one hand and it’s spine (which she has made into a sword somehow) in the other.

I would be concerned.

[chumsterfire]

A Very Merry Cradle Christmas to everyone! As a gift: this very lost and confused man.

[the--grin--reaper]

On the surface, the gang is just a happy found family but

Lindon has struggled with self worth all his life, being told that if he was murdered his clan would have to apologise to his murderers, and generally being treated like he's less than dirt. He didn't even start to see himself as important or strong until book ~eight that's how deep his insecurities ran. That is 3 years away from the valley, as a guy in the top 16 of the Uncrowned Tournament. He still felt lesser. When he saw his family again it all got worse and set him back probably months on the measure of his self worth because they still saw him as a useless unsouled. It makes it worse that his underlord revelation was literally "I practice the sacred arts because I don't want to be useless anymore".

Yerin has abandonment issues. Her whole village got killed by a monster, a monster that then lived inside her. Then her master got killed and she was left alone again and in her povs you can see how deeply this affected her, especially in the early books. She was enraged that the Sandvipers attacked her and Lindon whilst he was advancing to Copper because it was cowardly, sure, but she also thought "they wanted to leave her alone again. That was unacceptable." Her Underlord revelation was about never being alone again. She always panicked when Lindon leaving was mentioned; when Cassias told him that they would send him home she froze up, worried that Lindon would leave her alone. She didn't want him to leave her behind, the mere thought of him leaving her frightened her.

Eithan has a deep set loneliness and is the antithesis of what he wants to be. He has been ahead all his life. A prodigy, a genius. But that means that he left all his friends behind. He had no equals, still doesn't, even among the most powerful beings in the universe. He was alone his whole life. When he manifested the broom icon for fun, a bunch of people killed themselves. He wanted to be a healer but he became the literal God of Death. He found a way to reverse death to manifest the Life Icon, and instead manifested the Death Icon. He was compatible with every Abidan type, except a healer. The one he wanted. He created a weapon called Penance. Penace. As penace for everything he's done. Then he had to spend millenia reaping worlds - billions, trillions of people. Regularly. A change in the system could lessen this, he wouldn't have to reap so many lives (lives that he feels the sorrow of) if they just changed the system. But they won't because this one works "so well". At the expense of the one Judge that can never stop, never leave, because he doesn't have anyone that could take his place.

Mercy has mommy issues and was the victim of gaslighting. Throughout the series Malice treats her like a prized possession to be discarded once her worth is lessened in her eyes. Malice shamed Mercy over the fact that her friends are better, she made her feel lesser and weak. She was horribly manipulative towards Mercy and tried to hold her hostage. She lied to Mercy to keep her on her side, and only ever showed Mercy love when Mercy needed to be manipulated. Mercy feared her. Malice also publicly humiliated Mercy, in front of friends and family. Meanwhile all Mercy has ever wanted was to make her mother proud. She even physically abused Mercy, when Mercy was trying to urge her to ascend, and verbally abused her because she didn't want to see the truth.

Ziel got tortured and lost the will to live. He wasn't suicidal, but he didn't care whether he lived or died. He was forced to watch as his whole sect died, then got mutilated and crippled by a mad scientist that took pleasure in torturing him and fixing him up wrong. Then this same scientist threatened to hurt him again and he was prepared to let it happen, prepared to endure it again, because in exchange Yushi and Calling Storms would send the others to help Lindon. He was so apathetic and depressed because of what he went through, and suffered for years, his spirit causing him pain, hardly considering himself a sacred artist. And the worst part is, that he is just a genuinely nice guy. He helps Lindon in Ghostwater. He stays with Lindon after his contract to Eithan expires. He tries to cheer the group up by jumping out from behind a couch, pretending to be Eithan, because they miss him. He doesn't deserve to have suffered so much, but even then, he still finds a way to be kind. Despite his suffering, and having lived with it for so long.

[lyssq]

A family can be a guy who uses a dead god's arm as a prosthetic, a girl with six (6) swords growing out of her back, the multiversal embodiment of death and destruction, a girl who's really nice despite having the worst mommy issues, a depressed dude with a giant hammer, a small blue woman, a dragon turtle whose size ranges from tiny to mountain, and a purple cyclops ghost thing who can see the future and I think that's beautiful.

[amalgamasreal]

Cradle Series: Animated!

Sharing this every day that the Kickstarter is live. If you don't have the funds to donate I highly recommend checking out the original Cradle Series to see why this series deserves an animated adaptation.

Will and his team has worked so hard on this universe and I cannot wait to see where else he can take it.

[doodle-boy]

I've been sticking to my New years resolution to read at least one book a month it's quite nice, actually. I've been reading this book series called "Cradle" it's real good.

It's kinda like if Avitar the Last Airbender operated under Dragon Ball Z level scaling and tropes, and everyone could potentially become super sayian if they trained hard enough. Also, the author drinks his respects women juice, which is nice.

Rn i'm half way threw "Skysworn" which is the 4th book I believe outta twelve. Some people say the fourth kinda drags on and isnt good, but I kinda like the slow burn after how quick things went in the third book.

Also, this book series is fun cause at the end of each book the author literally puts bloopers in, and they are freakin hilarious.

I'd recommend it.

[jazzy-kandra]

Some goth kids and their goth boss.

Cradle sketches from the last month or so, Yerin, Lindon, and Ozriel.

[yerinarelius]

all the concept art from the cradle animation kickstarter so far!

[guyinasuit]

THE CRADLE SIZZLE REEL IS OUT!!!

Go watch it! It's amazing! It's everything I hoped for!

[atlasaurelius]

CRADLE MUTUALS CRADLE MUTUALS CRADLE MUTUALS

this fandom is so tiny lol

CRADLE MUTUALS

CRADLE MUTUALS

CRADLE MUTUALS

Okay every single cradle fan revlog this so we can all find each other NOW

[tikklil]

Farting around sketching the blorbos from jjk and cradle

[lenalee-academy]

Lindon: I have to keep training! I’m so behind, I have to catch up!

Sane people: …. Lindon please, no, you’re a literal dreadgo—

Eithan: (shoving the sane people away): Yes! How will you do it?! Want to know my suggestions?! Here let me help you!

[chumsterfire]

Day 30 Rush Yerin

[the--grin--reaper]

Villain coded characters that are actually good people but still commit bad actions/amoral acts save me. Save me villain coded characters.