#itch's books

[medievalatkinson]

agent a and agent p, where are your suitcases?

[ominous-horse-noises]

anyway i want to reiterate that i hope the rat grinders are tpk'd, revived and uncorrupted solely bc i want them to have to spend senior year together. 'redeemed' doesnt necessarily mean friendly with the bad kids and honestly? its so much funnier if they continue being bitchy to each other but without the trying to end the world stuff. they've built plenty of positive relationships w/ former villains now it's time for the next stage: uneasy alliance buzzing with the tension of both sides trying to hold back the urge to clown on each other

introducing, fantasy high senior year: the group project

[umbrvx]

a villain’s journey

[themosskid]

post resurrection cuddles?

couldn’t decide on the colours lol

[onlymagpie]

A little Milva animation for a school assignment!!

I had to crunch this in like 2 days (would not recommend) and it's a bit jankier than I'd like but I'm too tired to tweak it so enjoy lol

[ofswordsandpens]

"the Gabe and Sally dynamic in the show is abusive" and "the way they've portrayed Gabe in the show is distinctly different from his book counterpart and fans can criticize that" are two discussions that can coexist

[prince-peachie]

so… how are all the aftg fans doing right now?

[ricky-mortis]

Howdy hello- guess who made a wings au :)

More to come with this eventually- I’m working on my designs for other characters at the moment, but for now we’ve got Red-Tailed Hawk for Curt and Eagle Owl for Owen.

For DMA I had Barn Owl wings because a) Barn Owls are beautiful and I wanted to draw the wings for them, and more importantly, b) Owen would probably want to disguise his wings, and it would make sense if it was as a different type of owl. I just assume he’d dye his feathers in some way or another. Look- just don’t think about it too much.

[souldagger]

have you read the jasmine throne by tasha suri. will you read the jasmine throne by tasha suri. when will you read the jasmine throne by tasha suri

[focsle]

I hate and love that my comic scratches the ultimate itch of the sort of narrative I want to consume because on the one hand, I love working on it and it is fully my Essence. But on the other hand, when I want to unwind and am craving a particular Type Of Story only to remember that it doesn't exist I'm just like......do I gotta do everything myself?

[christophernolan]

Fantasy books by female authors that deserve more praise and recognition and are so SO MUCH better than whatever SJM writes.

The Sun Sword series | Michelle West

A hundred thousand kingdoms | NK Jemisin

The killing Moon | NK Jemisin

An ember in the Ashes | Sabaa Tahir

Shatter Me | Taherah Mafi

Furyborn | Claire Legrand

The bone season | Samantha Shannon

Darker shade of Magic | VE Schwab

The invisible life of Addie LaRue | VE Schwab

Realm of the Elderlings | Robin Hobbs

Sands of Arawiya | Hafsah Faizal

The Daevabad Trilogy | SA Chakraborty

Year of the Reaper | Makiia Lucier

The bear and the Nightingale | Katherine Arden

The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern

Descendent of the Crane | Joan He

The bridge Kingdom | Danielle Jensen

Dark Shores | Danielle Jensen

Falling Kingdoms | Morgan Rhodes

Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear

Children of blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi

The Wrath and the Dawn | Renee Ahdieh

Lumatere Chronicles | Melina Marchetta

The Alchemists of Loom | Elise Kova

[beaft]

my preferred magic systems tend to be vibes-based (i love magical realism and folkloric fantasy). i get irritated by pedantic, cinema-sins style worldbuilding where all potential plot holes are filled in and all ambiguities answered. but someday i'd like to read or write a book in which supernatural rules and limitations are meticulously researched using the most pedantic scientific methods imaginable.

like... do werewolves transform only when the light of the full moon is directly on them? is the change triggered by a quality particular to moonlight (which is, after all, simply sunlight reflected off the surface of an orbital body)? can they still eat chocolate in human form or is it poisonous to them the way it is to canines?

what about vampires? what happens to the blood they drink? how do they process it? do they need to pee? can they blush? they don't show up in mirrors. would their clothes be visible? an empty suit, just hanging there? what about piercings, dentures, glasses, fake nails? if a vampire put on a ring, would it be invisible while it's being worn and visible once it's removed? do they cast a shadow? can they stand in moonlight (which is, as mentioned, just sunlight with extra steps)?

then you've got demons. real can o'worms, demons. even ignoring the christian-centric nature of your typical demon, as well as the universe-shattering theological implications of a creature whose mere existence proves the existence of an omnipotent deity, there's so much to consider. if a demon can't walk on holy ground, could it skateboard? if crucifixes harm them, are they also vulnerable to any cross-shaped symbol, even if it isn't holy? could you scare a demon by bringing it to a death metal concert? how much holy water would it take to kill them? a thimbleful? a molecule? less?

can ghosts think? how, when their neural pathways are static? what is the chemical composition of ectoplasm? if they can attain corporeality enough to do things like move furniture around and slam doors, why don't they make themselves corporeal 24/7? and most importantly, if a ghost attained corporeality and sucked you off, would it look like your dick was getting wet on its own, or would you see it appearing and disappearing into the ghost's invisible mouth?

[jils-things]

♡ jaide, it's me! ♡

finally did that meme that was going around awhile back <3 i had to draw all of his cool costumes at some point and this was the perfect theme to do this hehehehe <3

source of their outfits + original image under the cut c:

credits to @/cafekitsune for dividers

[bonefall]

whats your take on the “palebird not caring about talltail leaving” scene? i always thought it was WEIRD, like yes she was a little distant because she was blatantly depressed, but not to the point where she would straight up not care about her first son leaving potentially forever?? it feels like one of those scenes the writers put in to make the The Woman look bad so the Bad Dad isnt aaaasssss bad.

I feel like many of my problems with it come from the end of TR being a mess. It sets up a ton of plot threads and either goes somewhere strange with them or drops them completely.

Palebird's is one of the ones that just gets dropped.

On one hand, I'm glad that Palebird isn't demonized, but they don't seem to know what to do with her. She's cold towards Tallkit and increasingly short and snippy as he gets older, reacts in a way that's pointed out as aloof and uncaring when he leaves and when he comes back, and Talltail takes it like betrayal when she moves on with a new mate... and then they just don't really have a thesis for that.

In the end, Talltail never stops and teases out his feelings on her, they never show a conversation where some characters talk about why she acts that way, Tallkit's upbringing isn't contrasted with his halfsib's upbringings... their last talk is actually about Shrewclaw and the kits his wife's going to give birth to. Talltail's BULLY.

This book that shows an abusive father and a nasty little jackass redeems both of these boys, making a sharp 180 to say they Weren't So Bad, but has barely any interest in Palebird. When she gives Tallstar one of his 9 lives, it's laughably short;

That's it. That's the resolution. She doesn't even act happy to see him return, they have a conversation about Talltail's bully, and then after she's dead he's like, "I'll never doubt she loves me ever again."

Like, ok? All right?? Did we just miss the falling action or did Ms. Hunter not feel like it that day?

In general I have so many feelings about Tallstar's Revenge... I can't say I HATE it because it is fun to read, and I like a lot of the things it lays down, but I can't LOVE it for how every step forward it feel like 2 steps back. And the differences in the narrative's sympathy towards Sandgorse (emotionally abusive and committing child endangerment because his son is disappointing him) vs his wife Palebird (completely unsupported while displaying a near textbook case of PPD) are like a tiny little microcosm of the problems in WC.

Sandgorse gets a whole journey dedicated towards finding out he was actually a hero who gave his life saving Sparrow, abuse forgotten, but Palebird... exists, and Talltail's mad she had new kids until he's suddenly not.

So in a nutshell, my take is that this soup is bland and watery. Look at all these complicated potential feelings they just cast out the window so they can talk about Shrewclaw the Bully and his Very Sad Death.

There's much better individual examples of how the narrative tends to treat their male and female characters (which is why I compare Sparkpelt and Crookedstar more than I compare Crookedstar and Palebird), but Palebird's a good place to talk about the pervasive disinterest that WC has in its girls. And how much of a waste it is.

[ihatebrainstorm]

A collection of Brainstorm images I scoured these 2 books for like any other normal person would

[omaano]

I am very excited to be working in a collab on some Mando pin designs - the interest post for which just went up over at Instagram, so if you like them head over there and check them out - all five of them, or in pairs with Din ;)

The last pic reflects what the actual pins would look like as 2-2.5 inches in size with black plating, print details as hard enamel pins