#lost-in-the-wildthorns

[fun-fettii]

commission for chillzy! character belongs to @lost-in-the-wildthorns !

[teem-boo]

first oclo went well! (for me at least) (ft. @lost-in-the-wildthorns traumatized ass)

[kanos]

Forge of the Heart

pairing: Dammon/Tav (Ká:nen Wildthorn) summary: Who doesn't want to spend some time with the most handsome blacksmith in Faerûn, talking about romance novels? are they the romance novel? whoa plot twist

this is for my beloved @bigbywlf and their beautiful tav Ká:nen!

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The fire from the forge is hot, sweat trailing down the tieflings skin as he hammers metal to perfection. The blaze of the sun only adds more heat to the air and the only reprieve is the occasional breeze. Baldur’s Gate keeps moving below, creatures chatting and roaming, their sights set elsewhere than the clashing of steel and stone. 

Her sights, however, were only on the blacksmith as he works, blissfully indifferent to the sweltering humidity. Ká:nen Wildthorn has been seated in the corner of the forge for some time now, patient as ever while the man continues about his day. She’s borrowed a book from his room, but the text has no meaning when her attention drifts from the story of lust and wonder to her own imagination- involving herself and a very strong and sweaty tiefling. 

It wasn't as if he hadn't noticed her appearance. He's checked on her repeatedly and at times she'd be lost in the book and at others, she was lost in him, his work, or possibly just lost in thought. When their eyes meet, she smiles widely as if she's happy he's paying her attention. Despite her sudden visit, she doesn't disturb his work or try to interfere.

Dammon stands as he admires the half finished project, wiping the sweat from his brow. He turns to the wood elf curiously. “You must be bored. There’s no need to wait around for me, you know.” 

She smiles carelessly, setting the book down on the table. “Not at all. I’ve been thoroughly entertained this whole time.”

His grin could power the whole city and her heart feels a kick start of its own. “Well, I think this is a good time for a break. We can go inside, where it’s cooler.” 

Ká:nen nods as she follows behind him, holding the book against her chest. She’ll have to return it to him before she heads back to camp, but she is interested in finding out how it ends. With a kick of her boot, the door closes shut and noise of the city stops, leaving only the two of them in a comforting silence.

“What do you think? The book, I mean.” Dammon gestures to her hands. “I don’t have many, but I thought it might be to your liking.” 

Fingers tap the cover nervously at the second skip of her heart today. He thought a story of lovers having tender, intimate, private moments together was to her liking? “It’s delightful. I must admit I’m surprised though. I didn’t think this would be a tale that would interest you.”  

There’s only confidence where one might assume to see embarrassment or bashfulness. Dammon is not shy in the slightest about his interests - or perhaps, better yet - he’s comfortable in her presence to not feel the need to hide who he is. “Who doesn’t enjoy romance? I like to believe at least once everyone desires a love like that. Don’t you?” 

She’d choke if she tried to answer too quickly. It was encouraging to know that even in the midst of the realms' perils and surrounded by ambitions of godhood, someone still held on to simple pleasures such as love and mortality. 

“I do. Recently got someone that comes to mind when I think about it.” Ká:nen sends him a teasing smirk and for a moment, she thinks he looks briefly startled. 

Dammon chuckles as he rubs the back of his neck, avoiding her gaze. “Lately, I have as well.” He clears his throat and changes the subject quickly, eyeing the weapons littered around the room. “The bow you wanted me to fix- I should have it ready in the next couple of days.”

“There’s no rush. I appreciate you fixing it for me.” She sets the book down and walks towards him slowly. As she stands in front of him, every step he takes backwards, she takes forward until he's caught by a table and the gap between them nearly closes. "Enough of that. I want to hear more about this person you think of. Is she pretty?"

The tiefling takes a breath as he gazes down at her, speechless. As his eyes search hers, he slowly relaxes and laughs. "She is, in fact. She has beautiful eyes, lots of freckles, and a dashing scar on her cheek." His hand is cool against her skin as he brushes his fingers over the curved reminder of mistakes she won't make again. "Not only that, she's brave and kind- kind enough to help me not only once, but multiple times without asking for anything in return."

Ká:nen hums soft and low, leaning into his touch. "She sounds wonderful. I bet you'd really like to kiss her right now."

"I really would." He whispers, watching her lips. She set up the perfect chance. It would be a waste for him to miss it now.

He kisses her slow, hesitant. As if the moment they parted ways she would be leaving again. She smiles against his lips, tugging him closer by his apron. A sign that she wouldn't be leaving. Ká:nen encourages him as she deepens the kiss, moving her hands over his chest and then around his neck.

"I've always wanted to do that." She breaths out after she breaks the kiss.

Dammon smiles and presses his forehead against hers. "I'm nothing special, you know."

Ká:nen holds his face in her hands, staring up at him. "You are to me."

[monicracar]

Seriously thank you guys for liking my narrator design?!? I am so grateful!

Since I finished all endings, I decided to draw some narrator designs from my friends as a thank you gift for getting me into the game. I never regret a single moment!

Design belongs to: @lost-in-the-wildthorns @zedleaked @superbellsubways

[notsograndpiano]

Happy pride month everyone! For Toontown Pride’s Secret Santa, I drew @lost-in-the-wildthorns ‘s Deimos!!

[shadowbrook]

icon commissions for @lost-in-the-wildthorns and their friend!! ♥

[somewhatidealname]

been going apeshit this week

art for the buddies!!!!!

@/lost-in-the-wildthorns

@/transacronix

@/cellydawn

@/gothicboyfriend

@/enbyhoneyfluff

[meister-draws]

A finished commission for my friend @lost-in-the-wildthorns of their NSR oc Mina!

[cooky-pride-flags]

Bisexual Licorice Cookie flag for @lost-in-the-wildthorns!

Love me a good dark bi flag :)

[a-broken-bough]

◥█̆̈◤ Six of Cups - describe your character’s childhood in as little or great detail as you prefer.

Mistra was a gentle child. She loved the sunset, and her home, and playing hide-and-seek with her sisters. She was afraid of nothing... except for heights, and of embarrassing herself in front of pretty girls. She was born in an era where a young person could be carefree -- or at least the world itself wouldn't try to keep her from it.

Her mother had been a soldier in the War of Shifting Sands. She'd lost an arm -- heroically sacrificed in the defense of her commanding officer -- and had never quite known how to leave being a soldier behind.

Slowly, Mistra's sisters followed in her mother's footsteps. Feralas. Darkshore. One by one they moved off to various deployments until only Mistra remained.

Her mother pressured her to do the same. She was surely destined for greatness -- or so the superstitions told -- and Mistra was sent to train with one of the greatest of her mother's old companions. To carry on in her mother's stead. To train under the weaponmaster E'dris Evensong, who had been training Sentinels for hundreds of years.

It was brutal work, and Mistra hated every second of it. She would leave the training grounds every night with swolen, bruised ankles and blistered palms. When she was not fast enough, she would be struck. When she could not strike, she would be chastised. So Miatra got comfortable with embarrassing herself, discovered that she had fears far worse than heights, and learned that a fight was no place for a gentle child.

... and eventually, Mistra Wildthorn became a serviceable sentinel. Hell, more than. She was a model soldier. Peerless with a bow and glaive, and nigh impossible to catch, let alone touch.

Barely an adult, she was shipped off to Ashenvale where she would stand vigil over the ancient forest.

(Thank you for the ask, Nzoth the Corruptor. You don't seem all that bad for an eldritch horror monster. <3)

[lgbtqreads]

hi! do you happen to have any recommendations about queer people in history, kind of like and i darken by kiersten white or the all out anthology? historical fantasy or retellings are good too; i'd just really like to read more about queer people in history, whether out and proud, or hidden and proud in their own way.

Lots! Judging by the titles you mentioned, you’re looking for YA, so here are the Historical lists from the YA page (* means it’s upcoming), which you can also find here: https://lgbtqreads.com/young-adult/

Male protags

Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon

We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar

Seidman by James Erich (Fantasy)

*The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath – A (Fantasy)

*Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee – B

The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke – D (Fantasy)

*This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke – B, Polyam (Fabulism)

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

*The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros (Fantasy)

*When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw

And I Darken by Kiersten White~ (AU)

Female protags

*Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell

Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn (fantasy)

Wildthorn by Jane Eagland

Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin

The War Outside by Monica Hesse

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee – A (fantasy)

*Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke – B (fantasy)

*This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke – P, Polyam (Fabulism)

The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara – B

An Impossible Distance to Fall by Miriam McNamara

We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Music From Another World by Robin Talley

Pulp by Robin Talley

*Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor – DR (fantasy)

The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein

And if you’re interested in Adult, you can scroll down for Historical here: https://lgbtqreads.com/general-fiction/ or find it organized by era here: https://lgbtqreads.com/general-fiction/realistic-historical-by-era/

And Historical Romance by Era is a search option too! https://lgbtqreads.com/romanceadult/historical-romance-by-era/

[a-wlw-reads]

Do the wlw end up together : YES!

I don’t review every book that ends up on this site, so here is a big long list of books where the characters do in fact end up in a relationship (that’s not to say that the book is without drama or violence, simply that the characters’ relationship withstands it).

Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (YA)

Soft on Soft by Em Ali

Jam Jars by Yonnette Anderson (tw: H)

The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery

Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett (tw: R, SV)

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (YA)

The Prince and Her Dreamer by Kayla Bashe

Don’t Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista (tw: H)

Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear (YA) (tw: R, SV)

The Normal State of Mind by Susmita Bhattacharya (tw: H)

Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (MG)

A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe (tw: H, R)

Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock (YA) (tw: H)

Clean Slate by Andrea Bramhall (tw: H)

Waiting in the Wings by Melissa Brayden

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (YA)

Far From Home by Lorelie Brown

Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron

Marriage of Unconvenience by Chelsea M. Cameron

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron (YA)

Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova (YA)

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (YA)

Dreadnought and Sovereign by April Daniels (YA) (tw: T)

The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer (tw: SV)

The Witch Sea by Sarah Diemer

Landing by Emma Donoghue

The Dirt Chronicles by Kristyn Dunnion (tw: H, R, SV)

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis (YA)

Wildthorn by Jane Eagland (YA) (tw: H)

Moonstruck by Grace Ellis (graphic novel, MG)

Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember (YA)

Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge

Motor Crush by Brendan Fletcher (comic)

Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin (YA) (tw: H)

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin (graphic novel)

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (YA) (tw: H)

Good Moon Rising by Nancy Garden (YA) (tw: H)

Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard (YA)

Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor by Shira Glassman 

The Second Mango by Shira Glassman

Being Emily by Rachel Gold (tw: T)

Love & Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves

Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

Challah and Callaloo by La Toya Hankins

Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann (YA)

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (tw: H)

The Weaver by Emmi Itäranta

Paper Love by Jae

Robins in the Night by Dajo Jago (tw: T)

Hocus Pocus & The All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha (YA)

The Afterward by E.K. Johnston (YA)

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston (YA)

The Dime by Kathleen Kent (tw: H, R, SV, T)

Run by Kody Keplinger (YA)

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan (tw: H, R, SV)

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King (YA)

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

The Paths of Marriage by Mala Kumar (tw: H)

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour (YA)

You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee (YA)

Adaptation and Inheritance by Malinda Lo (YA)

Ash by Malinda Lo (YA)

Huntress by Malinda Lo (YA)

Ship It by Britta Lundin (YA)

37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon (YA)

Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley (YA)

The Ada Decades by Paula Martinac

In the Silence by Jaimie Leigh McGovern

Heart of Brass by Morven Moeller

Sappho’s Bar and Grill by Bonnie J. Morris

Falling Into Place by Sheryn Munir

Gretel: A Fairytale Retold by Niamh Murphy

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (tw: SV)

Roller Girl by Vanessa North

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta (tw: H)

Idaho Code by Joan Opyr

The Year of the Knife by G.D. Penman

When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri

P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy (MG)

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (tw: H)

Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen (YA) (tw: H)

Scars by Cheryl Rainfield (YA) (tw: SV)

Final Draft by Riley Redgate (YA)

Empress of the World by Sara Ryan (YA)

I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif (tw: H)

The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif (tw: R)

She Is Me by Cathleen Schine

Tell it to the Bees by Fiona Shaw (tw: H)

Everfair by Nisi Shawl (tw: R)

Loving Her by Ann Allen Shockley (tw: H, R, SV)

The Abyss Surrounds Us and The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie (YA)

The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding

Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler (tw: H)

Thaw by Elyse Springer

The Princess Deception by Nell Stark

Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley (YA) (tw: R)

Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley (YA) (tw: H)

Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin (comic, YA)

Beauty and the Boss by Ali Vali

The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi (H, SV)

The Color Purple by Alice Walker (tw: H, R, SV) 

24/7 by Yolanda Wallace

Tailor-Made by Yolanda Wallace

Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward (YA)

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (tw: H)

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (tw: H)

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (YA)

Trigger warning key:

H - homophobia

R - racism

SV - sexual violence

T - transphobia

[teem-boo]

April Toons tradition: this year the besties swapped species

Nyan Meh Binary belongs to @lost-in-the-wildthorns

[rainbowserenity]

Fahrenheit 451 & 1984

Fahrenheit 451 - What’s your favorite book?

this changes a lot depending on my mood, but something I always go back to is the Lost Voices trilogy. I took a lot of inspiration from it for the mermaid fic~ there’s parts in the third book that are kinda weak for me, but I love it overall

I also really love Wildthorn, because it combines a bunch of things I love: Victorian era setting, LGBT characters, mental health issues….I actually really recommend this one, I bring it with me every time I travel anywhere lol

1984 - Spill a secret about yourself.

when I was little, I wrote (or started lmao) a bunch of stories about a girl named Melanie who lived in a lighthouse. I discovered a bunch of them in my desk drawer recently, which goes to show how often I clean…..anyway, I guess 7-year old me assumed that lighthouses were cut off from society or something, because Melanie’s biggest problem was apparently getting enough books to read??

I think i confused this with a book I really loved as a kid (and still occasionally reread) called The Islander, because in it they mention the main character getting sent books by boat….maybe I just assumed everyone who lived on the ocean had no access to anything and everything was brought to them by boat?? kids can be really dumb lmao

[televinita]

The Best Books of 2009

It's Goodreads Choice Awards season! Better known as the season of Voting For Books That Sound Good In Hopes Of Blocking Books I Know I Would Hate. I still get invested, even though these awards are largely silly and meaningless to me because there is no way I could ever consume enough content from the current year to determine what is best, or even "decently good." (current 2019-reads count: 5) It takes time for the good ones, the ones without a massive publishing campaign behind them, to reach you.

In the spirit of that thought, you know what I DO feel I have a decent handle on at this point? The publishing world's offerings from a decade ago. And so I present -- in no particular order -- my top picks in select categories that I have personally vetted and deemed to be Quality Reads. Capped at 20 where necessary, to align with the real awards (though I am ignoring the part where the awards would actually have considered books published from mid-November ‘08 until mid-November ‘09, for simplicity’s sake).

YOUNG ADULT

Tier 1

After the Moment - Garret Freymann-Weyr

Hate List - Jennifer Brown

Hold Still - Nina LaCour

How It Ends - Laura Weiss

The Indigo Notebook - Laura Resau

Lost - Jacqueline Davies

An Off Year - Claire Zulkey (look this one is just a personal fave of mine)

You Are Here - Jennifer E. Smith

[secretly I am pretty sure I'd vote for Hate List, but that is the last time I can choose a favorite in this post]

Tier 2 (not my winner picks but presented as examples of "better than most of the actual nominees of the past 5 years combined")

Breathing - Cheryl Herbsman

The Devil's Paintbox - Victoria McKernan

How to Say Goodbye in Robot - Natalie Standiford

Lady Macbeth's Daughter - Lisa M. Klein

North of Beautiful - Justina Chen

Nothing But Ghosts - Beth Kephart

Psych Major Syndrome - Alicia Thompson

Same Difference - Siobhan Vivian

Very LeFreak - Rachel Cohn (Y’ALL CAN FIGHT ME)

The Vinyl Princess - Yvonne Prinz

Wildthorn - Jane England

Willow - Julia Hoban

(YA is over-represented purely because it's the only one where I've read enough to pick a full category composed strictly of books I gave 4 or 5 stars)

MIDDLE GRADE

Lifting the Sky - Mackie D'Arge

Faith, Hope and Ivy June - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The Georges and the Jewels - Jane Smiley

ADULT FICTION

Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts - Lucy Dillon [romance]

The Lost Hours - Karen White

A Vintage Affair - Isabel Wolff

April & Oliver - Tess Callahan

One Second After - William Forstchen [sci fi]

BONUS: 2009 books on my TBR that I have a theory might qualify --

The Horse Dancer - JoJo Moyes

One True Theory of Love - Laura Fitzgerald

Daisy, Daisy!: A Novel of the Broadway Theater - Jo Coudert

NONFICTION

A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love and Faith in Stages - Kristin Chenoweth [memoir]

Homer's Odyssey: How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat - Gwen Cooper [pet memoir - would that be categorized memoir or gen. nonfiction, d'you think?]

A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog - Dean Koontz [pet memoir]

Howard’s End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home - Susan Hill

[rileypark]

30 Day Challenge: Day 19 ➥ Favorites:

Pizza topping(s): She likes vegetable pizza the most, so veggies.

Color: Crimson red.

Pastime(s): Reading, swimming, exercising, walking the dogs.

Sport to watch: N/A. 

Sport to play: Tennis.

Movie(s): The Handmaiden.

Sweet: Crepes. She’s more likely to have savory food though, but she’ll have sweets from time to time.

Book(s): Wildthorn by Jane Eagland or Orlando by Virginia Woolf.

Hero (historical, fictional or otherwise): Her father, obviously. 

Rainy day activity: Read, work, exercise, go for a walk.

Gift given to them: Her mother’s old journals.

Cuisine(s): As much as korean food is in her heart, she loves food from all over the world. She wouldn’t be able to choose.

Music genre(s): She doesn’t have one, she mostly listens to music when she needs to concentrate/exercise, then she’ll go with EDM or something without many lyrics. She knows she doesn’t like country or heavy metal though.

Snacks: Pistachios.

Quote or song lyric: She’s not a inspirational quotes kind of person, but some that have stayed with her after reading them are: “Throw me to the wolves, and I will return leading the pack” – Aryan J. “Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn’t have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don’t have what it takes.”– Clare Boothe Luce. And the poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley. 

TV shows: LOST, Person of interest, The Blacklist, ER.

Beverages: Water/Flavored water.

Ice cream flavor: Hazelnut coffee.

Hobby: Reading, swimming, puzzles, traveling, sailing, tennis, golf.

Game: Puzzles, monopoly

Job or volunteer work they have had: Her current job is her favorite. There’s no such thing as “favorite” volunteer work for her, but her father’s taken her since she was a kid to the bowery mission for thanksgiving and it’s something she holds close to her heart.