#shadesofmagic

[velveteencryptid]

"Imagine being one of the 2 people involved in the staring, but the other person has crazy eyes and a knife in [their] pocket. And then Imagine you're very fond of both of those qualities."

Am I talking about Dean and Cas, Parker and Hardison, Crowley and Aziraphale, or Lila and Kell?

Ope, looks like we figured out my favorite type of ship 😅😆

(Quote from ff Talk Some Sense Into Me)

[goth-bang]

Lila e Alucard livro 2

[libraryinthecountry]

★ Are there any characters from Greek mythology you’d like to see a novel written about? I’m a big fan @madelinemiller’s Circe (I love The Song of Achilles too!) and don’t think I’ll ever be sick of reading similar stories inspired by Greek myth. I’m also a big fan of @illumicrate’s series Greek mythology inspired teacups and saucers, each with art by @niallcgrant! The most recent came in the May box, and features the Goddess of Night, Nyx. Athena (bottom), the Goddess of Wisdom, was included in the August 2021 box and Nemesis (top), Godess of Retribution, was included in the November 2021 box! I spy some other Illumicrate goodies in the background, too. 👀 Remember, you can use code LIBRARY5 to save on 3&6 month Illumicrate subscriptions! ★ HASHTAGS //    #bookstagram #bookphotography #instareads #bookobsessed #booksbooksbooks #beautifulbooks #prettybooks #goodreads #bookhoarder #bookstack #bookhoarder #bibliophile #illumicrate #illumicratemay2022 #GreekMythology #booksandtea #adsom #thewinnerscurse #shadesofmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/CfiDY4ArROU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[guysgirl-boymom]

Look at this AH-MAZ-ING set from @no0nedesigns !!! This lot was inspired by The Shades of Magic series written by @veschwab I'll admit... I've never in read those books but I LOVED these pins so much I just couldn't resist! I also had to get them to match the metal books ALSO inspired by The Shades of Magic... that's what the lovely pins are resting on. I'll post those later. Check out more of @no0nedesigns !!!! #no0nedesigns #enamelpins #shadesofmagicseries #shadesofmagic #adarkershadeofmagic #agatheringofshadows #aconjuringoflight #veschwab #chess #rook #bishop #knight #queen https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_eBHev6OX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[taylor-reads-books]

“Word of mouth was its own kind of magic.” —Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade •———————————————————————————• I just love my ADSoM pins 🥰 @owlcrate’s January literary luggage pin goes so well with the other two! I’m very partial to red, black and white. They were my high school colors ❤️🖤🤍 •———————————————————————————• #adarkershadeofmagic #shadesofmagic #veschwab #fantasybooks #fantasy #beautifulbooks #booksbooksbooks #bookspines #bookish #bookishpins #pins #pinsofinstagram #pinstagram #bookmerch #booktography #reader #readersofig #readerlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CcoFVj7rR67/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[supersteviegeekout]

We don't choose what we are, but we choose what we do. - A Conjuring of Light by @veschwab ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ ☆What was your most recent read?☆ I just finished a reread of the Darker Shades of Magic trilogy. It's been a few years, and it's amazing how many details I can forget. I remember loving Lila, and that Kell thinks he's all tough, but is actually a cinnamon roll. The magic stone, the one that's one of the driving plot points of book one? I managed to completely forget that 🤦‍♀️ Vibes apparently drove me the first time! ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ #readersofinstagram #bookstagram #bookswelove #bookaholic #booklover #booklife #bookaddict #recentread #conjuringoflight #veschwab #shadesofmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/Cos3wAjAx_f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[addieisreading]

❝ The world was hers. The worlds were hers. And she was going to take them all.❞

— V. E. Schwab in A Darker Shade of Magic, pages 397-398

[booknotesbyathina]

Hello everyone!! What are some of your all-time favourite books? I have many but if I had to choose, I would choose these five (in no particular order): 1. Caraval series by Stephanie Garber 2. Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab 3. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 4. The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 5. The Assassin's Creed novels, especially The Ezio Collection by Oliver Bowden *** #alltimefavourites #favouritebooks #caraval #shadesofmagic #IrememberAddie #Shadowofthewind #assassinscreed Challenges: #allthebooksjan23 #tbrsandcoffee23 #fantasyreader #fantasybook #bookaddict #bookcommunity #readingismagic #bookblogger #bookreviewer #greekbookstagram #instavivlio #vivlio #diavazo #eucitesc #mybookfeatures #over30sbookstagram #bookstamums #booknotes_athina (at Bucharest, Romania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnH1BJqrGzV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tntmtheshow]

#talknerdytome @titancomics #ShadesofMagicNightofKnives @veschwab @budisetiawan @erenangiolini @robsteen #BUY #comic #nerds https://www.tntmtheshow.com/2019/12/comicast-400-teenage-batman-powers-of.html #TNTM #titancomics #ShadesofMagic8 #NightofKnives #comicbook #nerd #ShadesofMagic #comics #nerdy https://www.instagram.com/p/CcvUsZSLyjx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[byooregard]

shoutout to all the girls who have been dead the whole time

[velveteencryptid]

"Hey there Delilah" came on the radio at work tonight.

My very Schwab-saturated brain thought of Lila Bard.

JFC she would HATE that song so much and Kell would sing it INCESSANTLY just to annoy her 🤣

Artists of Tumblr, I need you!! 😆😂🤣

[inacatastrophicmind]

I was already excited about finally receiving this book, but let me tell you that I started making high pitched noises and clapping my hands in both excitement and overjoy when I found out it was signed by none other than @veschwab 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

#shadesofmagic #veschwab #fragilethreadsofpower #books

[nerice]

ask meme: even numbers >:3

CATCHING UP ON ASK GAMES on this fine 1:18 am >:3

2, if you gave an in depth description of your story to someone who was not all the way paying attention, what would their takeaway be?

the takeaway is that i'd stop talking the second it seems sb is not paying attention lmao but i guess the cliffnotes is [standing in front of conspiracy board] hot evil girls (unkillable) also moons something is up with them moons

4, what would you say is the message, if there is one.

alright finally deigning this with a serious answer. there is no big msg no grand takeaway, just the mess of the struggle & trying to make it thru when life is cruel and unjust and sometimes there's light at the end of the tunnel and other times the despair wins. sometimes the despair is chosen and it's a self-righteous thing and at the end of the day it's about knowing what's best for yourself and the life you want to live, despite (all the despites) and sometimes it is about the catharsis of giving up when it's all too much ;-;

6, speaking of tv adaptations, why would yours get cancelled? (other than capitalism)

ive seen the twinks people wanna cast for holland shadesofmagic i am not letting irl casting be done so this never gets made because animation is too expensive (shoutout to hair, my ocs have a lot of it) w otherwise for all the same reasons down in #18

8, what inspired your world building, if anything?

moon emphasis is definitely a sailor moon worm + a lot of contamination from waverunners [german pirate series] eldritch ocean mare tenebrosum merged with some old recurring fever dream imagery for the invisible moon. also EXTREMELY early kyoani/key shows (air+kanon) for sponsoring how my visual imagination works & the tragedy/wings/dream thematics <3

10, if your story is titled, why did you choose that title?

ok fun anecdote time again in lieu of going thru all 2389 stories individually so. shadow revenge is the book i started out with and always had that title, and when conceptualizing the other two books for the trilogy i wanted to keep a similar naming scheme (starting with s + double noun) so originally they were

schattenrache (shadow revenge)

seelentraum (soul delusion, to grade 8 me, but lit. 'soul dream')

sanduhrmelodie (sandglass melody)

the last one is esp fun bc i was just groping in the dark for a title to fit the scheme & only from there worked out it was abt linn's melody nd all that biz lmao but u can see the influence that later made soul plot big before i switched to 'dream game' for the middle one bc i always LOATHED 'soul delusion' as a title f. (the german one fucks quite well tbh) so much of my finickiness is needing to make things work in 2 languages OTL

12, okay be honest. pick a favorite oc from this ocverse.

there is no competition like, at all. 🐇

14, whats your favorite part of this story/project?

interconnected story hell !!!!!!! i don't think i'll ever write anything else i'll never have a story that does not plug into the larger verse somehow (valiant attempts by my short story profs but vertebrae inventory / touching fire / let sleeping gods die all got folded back into side content ww) nothing gets my brain going like the layers upon layers of history and thrulines and transposing it into different settings or formats. i will never get tired of it. i was put on this earth to do exactly this and i hope i will get to do it for a long time still <(/)3

16, imagine the entire story takes place but in the meantime the characters all also have tumblr. what kind of (terrible) tumblr posts would happen?

answered! but as a bonus i am entirely sure that eliada would get the most mileage out of that setup until he gets doxxed by alissa. send tweet

18, what aspect of the story would get you #canceled on twitter?

glorifying self harm and suicide, teenagers fucking raw onscreen, every #linneacore moment. also cancelling myself over the existence of amasa i deserve it what the fuck

20, your ocverse just got a movie trilogy a la hunger games style. how have they horribly mangled your message/theme so that the movies are now a showcase of what the original was condemning?

OH FOR SURE none of the ugly parts or disk horse worthy content (see above) stay intact, sj is a romance now, gr*y actually dies and probably feels a little bad about what he has done, every suicide gets some noble circumstances attached to it esp faye who gets shafted into the typical time traveling savior role instead of coldhearted pragmatism for her own end. i am mad just thinking abt it thanks <3

22, you have been given unlimited funds to make two adaptations of some sort, however you cannot make any other adaptations of any other sort. which two formats do you choose?

(i am not handing any point of production over to anyone else but i am using the unlimited funds to devote myself to realizing these full-time) comics and animation! i am not interested in anything else

24, best scene you've written?

my writing is no doubt at its best when i'm writing soulless torture / rabbit hell but that is. premium tier locked patreon content; as far as fav scenes go my top three are probably

qs life pledges [THEY WIN !]

the original black swan masked ball piece. changed the course of history & my entire writing career

jumie/sky conversation after [redacted]s death. we cannot elaborate it's too much for my heart, agh!

[lies down both metaphorically and irl] goodnight thanks for playing!!

[lizziiedarcy]

random thought but i just know that nikolai lantsov, alucard emery and carswell thorne would be best friends if they ever met, the three of them all have the same energy!!

#nikolailantsov #alucardemery #carswellthorne #grishaverse #shadesofmagic #thelunarchronicles

[andykilldragons]

some little characters

[kellmareshscoat]

Kell: What time is it, now?

Lila: I don't know, lets find out

*rocks the ship with magic*

Alucard: WHO IS FUCKING WITH THE SHIP AT 4AM?!!!??

Lila: It's 4AM