#fire reading guide

[jlquarterly]

Seeing as Dawn of DC will include FIRE & ICE: WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE, a limited series focusing on them, I thought now would be a good time to share Fire & Ice reading orders.

Read all about Beatriz da Costa and Tora Olafsdotter and get ready for them to get the spotlight this fall. FIRE & ICE: WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE #1 comes out on September 5th, and preorders for issue #2 are still open!

You can find a more detailed list of their appearances here.

[sinusoidaldisfunction]

Prince Sawgrass. The author.

[shiftywing]

girl calm down

[sleepyminty]

Dante and Vergilius ( Vergil) in original work

Vs Dante and Vergilius (Vergil) in other literations

[front-facing-pokemon]

[endy-boi]

Guide to the Dragon World Spoilers

got my hand on the guide from my local library!!!

this was not good for my sleep schedule lol, but i got some stuff anyways

if you don't have access to it, feel free to dm me for an mp4 of me scrolling through it or hopefully an epub whenever i get around to making one.

VV spoilers under the cut VV

here are my notes (disorganized but technically in order):

the scorching bit left some to be desired, which is helpful for me lol cause i wanna write in something for that.

up to date maps!!!! in color!!!! with all the towns!!!! FINALLY!! i had to search for some to save and COULD NOT find up to date ones, so this is GREAT.

the art of all the queens is GREAT love that. i will admit it took me a while to figure out who moorhen was, cause apparently all the mudwings look the same?????????? might just be me, but my first thought was that clay was wearing some flowers which i loved. anyways ignoring that in favour of hc. :3

more info on the mudwing troops was ver nice, glad that's there will def integrate those roles into my stuff.

they somehow managed to make coral seem EVEN MORE empty lol. like she has only gotten worse from the books.

the aquatic section was..... a lot less detailed than i might have guessed. this could turn out to be a good thing tho, cause it's easier to have a lotta different glowy patterns and also plenty of room for HCs on the language.

lil bit upset at how FEW annotations there were from glory in the rainwing section. coulda gotten away with a LOT more detail too

SO GLAD there is a rainwing color guide that i don't have to pull off the wiki. now i can ignore it accurately!!

i guess. tui. tried????? with the rainwing history section???? like she just kinda canonized the instant flip in society with one queen after one really bad war. i could go on about how long it would take to flip a society upside down like that, but i'll leave that to someone else i guess.

apparently nightwings are all the same color, soooo uhhhhh, fuck that one.

still no mention of seers having any unique visual features, so still runnin on HC for that one.

mastermind exchange was meh. very underwhelming for a confrontation with the dragon that did all that. having "glory would not" moments rn.

thorn is bigger than that

sandwings deserve more detail, so imma just ignore that desc.

once again, icewings should be more colors. (it's happening to every tribe like cmon!)

minks sculpture :3!!!

i guess the fragment of the rankings wall gives us some more examples of written draconic?

with how the animus vault of the icewings was described i was kinda hoping for a bit more in that section. the descriptions for the items are pretty much just the notes underneath them, along with a bit of stuff already in the books.

glad to hear more from the icewings that are allowed to have friends!! (socialist icewings >:3)

i liked hearing abt scarlets history a bit more.

silkwings can be any color????? cmon now all the others are so limited. and not black? nahhh. silkwings are butterflies/moths. more to ignore!

mention of flamesilk in the "legend of the hive" bit leads me to believe that beetlewings also had flamesilk, which i dunno was already mentioned.

the instant flip to belladonna was. uh. interesting. i'm beginning to wonder how much time passed between those letters and how old belladonna was... she reminds me a lot of fierceteeth tbh.

and that's it! i was really hoping for some more general notes at the end after all the tribes were discussed, but there weren't any. still, bit more info here so i'll run with some and ignore more!

[delusionalisted]

Channeled messages. Take what resonates, leave the rest.

Fire signs (sun, rising, moon):

It’s time to change tactics. You’re learning from your mistakes but the next challenge won’t be an easy one. Check who you give your trust to, not every person who comes into your life has your best interest in mind. Think for yourself, and do what’s best for you at this time.

Air signs (sun, rising, moon):

Your mind is devouring you. You’re feeling lazy and that’s not the best course of action for you at this moment. Look for that opportunity you were hoping for, it’s there. Avoid acting on your impulses, especially in your love life, September is going to be more favorable.

Earth signs (sun, rising, moon):

Being virtuous and righteous all the time is tiring. Start taking your friends’ advices and their invites out, you’re not going to regret their offers. July and August are going to be more relaxing than winter’s months, use this time of the year to take care of yourself, mentally, spiritually and physically.

Water signs (sun, rising, moon):

Although you guys are going through an emotional and mental turbulence, there’s a sense of fulfillment and enjoyment waiting for you in the months of Oct.-Dec. / Attract the life you wish for NOW, don’t chase what/those who don’t belong to you. Choose yourself.

Important letters: J., L., B., M., R., P., X.

[fixations-101]

Writing straight poetry in my friends DMs

[afterthelambs]

True pain is realizing you can only unlock Sumire's signature gun by maxxing out Kawakami's fuck ass social link

[floralcavern]

I’m still in the middle of reading ToA. I also have The Sun and The Star and Chalice of the gods. I also just got Radio Silence. I also want to read Dune eventually. I’m also wanting to reread The Song of Achilles. Also, I want to buy the Hookie physical novels and read them. I also still have to read through Guide to the Dragon World. I have.. so much on my plate.

[ariariarimu]

Lesbian rep

Idk, people constantly arguing about what kind of lesbian rep we need (in the context of popular media) always feels counterproductive. Cause 1. first off no one ever mentions how little rep we have that has two non white people in a relationship. 2. where are the studs? the butch femme relationships? fat lesbians? trans lesbians? why did I have to watch Q force to see two fat butches together... most arguments just often boils it down to "too much soft lesbian media" or "too much gritty/serious lesbian movies." when the real enemy is how oversaturated white fem/fem skinny lesbians are. No I don't wanna watch Carol or Portrait of A Lady on Fire.

[starkcontrasts]

the ghost of visenya targaryen yelling explicatives and trying to rip aemond from vhagar's saddle mid-air so he can fall to his tragic death: we have lost sight of the plot!! this is the wrong child, vhagar, i know you've gotten cataracts in your old age but rhaena i said rhaena damnit

[deadlysrs]

thinking before i drift into melatonin trazodone hazed sleep that i am bad at small talk because i don’t do much and the things i have done i don’t remember. my head is always so cavernous and i don’t have the luxury of visualizing my ideas or thoughts, always living in the moment or agonizing over the anxieties of the future

[familiar-bonds]

Do you have any familiars that can help with someone who gets cold easily? But preferably not something that could set my home on fire.

Alt: I really wanna know more about the jackalope and angel familiars, they are my favorites so far! <33

You appear to have summoned an Alpyre. They're near fireproof wool also retains heat for days on end. added saftey bonus, they have a habit of putting out open flames on accident via sitting on them to gain more heat.

And if you're interested in a Hailittle, I believe there are some at the rescue nearby. I even saw a rare color variants. Sneaky little guys, they're real hard to find. being as they feed off of sunlight, and are lighter then air- they spend most of their time above the clouds.

[todayisafridaynight]

I know I JUST apologized for the Yokoyamaposting, but as Anon wishes, other favorite moments:

Mineposting at 5am just like me frfr

He had a dream where he "danced wildly" with Hijikata (I believe this is in reference to Wild Dancer, but incredibly funny mental image). He says "It's terminal... (T . T)"

Apparently, one-third of the applicants to the hostess auditions were men, because the guidelines don't specify any particular gender. So a GNC man made it to the first live audition (although unfortunately wasn't a finalist), and Yokoyama said if he were a real hostess, he'd request him. He notably did not say anything like that even to the actual hostesses who auditioned

He's talked about being excited to read BL manga, and his "favorite manga character of all time" is OG Depraved Bisexual Tokai from Sanctuary (having picked it up it's really obvious which characters Tokai inspired, but the most obvious one right off the bat is that Ishioda looks exactly like him lol)

He has apparently "consulted the fujoshi(?) [question mark his] on the team" about eyebrow-raising scenes, and was met with "a barrage of surprising answers." He said it's not intentional on his part, but he figures he shouldn't try and make it intentional, since the more he tries the more he feels he's missing the mark. So he has tried...?

there's a lot to unpack here but i think my favorite bits of these is having 'honorary fujoshis' in office to ask about the Suspect scenes in your game

[bookwyrminspiration]

Yeah, the prequels for Warriors won't make sense unless you've read the first few series. Publication order is the best order. I recommend including special editions in that—they're part of the main timeline. I wouldn't bother with the field guides, though. The information in them is redundant at best, and often contradicts the material from the main books.

There are special editions??? And field guides??? Fin emotionally I am frantically taking notes as I write all this down furiously trying to keep up. I don't know what the special editions are or where they come up in publication order but I'll try my best.

Innocent ol me figuring I'll just check out the fun cat books so many people read as a kid, turns out I've got like a dozen mutuals who woke up like sleeper agents specifically trained to meows who are now all saying so many things telling me so much information. I appreciate the guidance through this overwhelming time.

Thank you kind sir. I will read the special editions, but I will avoid the field guides unless I feel like seeing how contradictory they are. Apparently this is a keeper/warrior cats blog temporarily