#tgwcfs

[serakoyuyin]

Starr, the Sun and the sword

[sparklecur]

in case you werent aware already heres a reminder that piper mccloud was Nine Years Old in the first book

[cabbageandcelerymage]

[whichwoods]

who here has read the girl who could fly bc i have so many thoughts about conrad and piper mccloud’s married life together

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[transxfiles]

!! i have never seen someone reference a girl who circumnavigated fairyland in a ship of her own making and i ADORE that book. i used it in my capstone project ab portal fantasies <3 any fave portal fantasy movies?

I LOVE THE GIRL WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED FAIRYLAND!! growing up i was the sorta kid who'd just read whatever i could get my hands on, and my best friend in elementary school had a mom who was involved in publishing , so i read so so many ARCs of children's books through her hand-me-downs. i loved TGWCFiaSoHOM so much that they gave me the book as a gift, and later got me a signed copy of the third novel in the series :] i was pretentious from a very early age i think. i loved alice's adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass growing up, and TGWCF was like a natural progression from that, i think.

as for portal fantasy movies: tbh, i read more fantasy than i watch, and the stuff i read is more often high fantasy or urban fantasy than it is portal fantasy stuff. that being said i ADORED reading portal fantasy novels as a kid bc yknow. "what if i opened a door and i got lost in a magical world" has ALWAYS been appealing to weird lonely six year olds and i'm convinced it always will be.

some portal fantasy books i really liked as a kid included (in no particular order):

13 curses by michelle harrison

100 cupboards by n. d. wilson

dandelion fire by n. d. wilson

winterling by sarah prineas

the magician's nephew by c. s. lewis

this isn't what it looks like by pseudonymous bosch

alice's adventures in wonderland by lewis carroll

alice through the looking glass by lewis carroll

wildwood by colin meloy

the girl who fell beneath fairyland and led the revels there by catherynne m. valente

gregor the overlander by suzanne collins

as for movies:

like i said i don't watch very many portal fantasy films that i can think of.... the number one off the top of my head is probably "spirited away" (2001) i love that movie so much. it's kind of an obvious recommendation but it's SO good. augh!

that being said, i am now officially taking recs for portal fantasy movies i should watch :] i've seen the narnia films already but afaik that;s about it. and a bunch of barbie movies that i'm sure technically qualify.

also i'm so interested in hearing more about your capstone project bc that sounds so cool???? like!!!!!!!

[unmellowyellowfellow]

writer tag game!! <3

tagged by @at-thezenith !!! thank you i loved these questions

1. what was the first piece of writing you did where you thought "wow I'd love to be a writer"? i wrote a silly lil fanfic about my favorite bass player and had more fun doing that than any other hobby i've ever had, and then i started to read pretty avidly to help me escape my reality and that made me finally decide to write; because i wanted to help others escape their own reality.

2. how do you gather inspiration for your works? (pinterest boards, writing prompts, etc) usually either from pinterest or dialogue prompts! but sometimes the right song on the radio will also inspire something:)

3. what genre is easiest to write? what's the hardest? why? fantasy is by far the easiest to me. you can create anything you want for whatever reason you want no matter how historically accurate or downright silly. i think that romance is the hardest to write (personally) because it is really hard to be able to convey a person being in love in words; the feeling exceeds words. also my relationships in the past were all VERY toxic so i keep a lot of my stories platonic so i don't project into my writing lol (which is fine to do! i just don't want to write and relive all my relationship trauma. maybe one day)

4. what does a typical day of writing look like for you? a LOT of pinterest, lots of music, i clean my entire house because i can't write in a dirty environment; i get all stressed about cleaning. i can usually push out 3,000 words per writing session in a pretty quick fashion because i work best without preparedness and just spit whatever comes out of my brain instead.

5. free space! ramble about a character you've most enjoyed writing about. i think that emilio is my current favorite to write about and build around. he is my first diverse character to put up front, and i am loving it. i am doing as much research as i can to be as accurate as possible. i haven't done someone diverse in lots of detail before because i've always felt very uneducated and did not want to risk being offensive or inconsiderate. i do feel like i've grown in my writing enough now though:) he's super goofy and very strong willed and needs to be protected because he is precious to me.

6. if you could pick the brains of one author, who would you pick and why? CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE. her writing is my BIGGEST inspiration. i love her details and her characters (Saturday from tgwcf is my BABY). i was just telling my fiancé last night that i would sell my kidneys to go to a writing class if she offered one. that woman is a god

7. what's one writing tip that has stuck in your head? my answer is pretty vague but LEARN TO WRITE LIKE YOU. writing rules are cool and all but they are made to be broken. there are books out there, BESTSELLERS, with run on sentences that go on for pages. people publish with millions of commas or semicolons. do not let the writing "rules" hold you back. your story deserves to be told the way you want to tell it!!

this is SUPERRR OPEN TAG!! but (no pressure) i'd love to tag @avi-why @anonymousfoz @leisoree @moonlitinks and @daisywords !!!!

here are your questions!!

1. spill. who is your favorite author, and why? and what book is your favorite of theirs?

2. which book have you read that you dislike the most? why?

3. which wip (current or past) is your absolute favorite that you've written/are writing?

4. have you written a series? if no, would you ever consider it?

5. what do you hope your readers will take away from your wips?

6. would you allow a movie adaption of your wip?

7. brag about your current wip!! :) (if no current, brag about your favorite one you've ever done! or both hehe)

[nizynskis]

I LOVEDDDDD TGWCF and in my own personal opinion i did reread the entire series a few years ago and i think it holds up

YAYY I remember loving the first, liking the second, and being skeptical of the third. September will always be special to me

[whatsitzface]

Soulmates aren't just lovers, you know?

Piper and Conrad drawing!! THIS TOOK ME FOURTEEN HOURS TO DRAW :,)) it was worth it though, I love how it turned out and hopefully the tgwcf fandom does too

Special shoutout to @erin-wants-a-tuck-revival since I used your design for the water purification wand thingy

[flawnle-arts]

The Girl Who Could Fly animation thing based purely off of memories and a summary on the book. This book partly formed my personality. Also no, I have not read the other two books. I did not know about them until a month ago and haven’t gotten around to read them yet.

[thegirlwhocouldflywiki]

(temporary) Pinned Post

since the wiki keeps getting vandalized to hell and back, I’ve decided to make this blog as a more proper wiki for The Girl Who Could Fly series. 

Hi there, my name is Fynn! I use he/him/his pronouns and I love The Girl Who Could Fly series so much. I was the original editor of the wiki, and maintained it pretty well until the pandemic in 2020 when I got a full time job and around 3-4 people decided to vandalize the wiki. Every time I tried to fix it, around an hour or so later it would be vandalized again. 

I’m hoping to get this ‘wiki’ up and running quickly, and I plan to make sure everything is organized and proper looking so that it’s easier to access than the Fandom wiki. (Because honestly, that sight in general is a mess of ads and the layout gives me a headache on mobile.) 

Obviously this isn’t my main blog, but if you have any questions/requests I am more than willing to answer! 

[serakoyuyin]

💐

[sparklecur]

thinking about tgwcf (specifically the boy who knew everything) and man i have Thoughts

[cabbageandcelerymage]

HELLO

my English is bad.Sorry:(

[whichwoods]

exactly two people asked for these so here we are <3 into the married life of piper and conrad mccloud

conrad DEFINITELY takes the mccloud name when they're married (if he hasn't already). he's felt more like a mccloud than anything else for a long time; betty and joe are over the moon

i think it takes them a long time to officially get together considering how long they've known each other and how obsessed with each other they are before that, maybe when they're in their late teens or early 20s? but once they are together, they both know it's it 💕

remember how piper would sometimes float in her sleep? she still does that. conrad mostly thinks it's cute and has gotten used to it, but he's woken up in the middle of the night before wondering where his wife is, only to nearly have a heart attack at the shadowy figure looming over him

there was also that time when, half-asleep, he unthinkingly pulled her back down to the bed and she fell, knocking their heads together :///

i think about tbwke when piper asked conrad "where have you been!?" only to get an enraged "where have YOU been!?" back about once a week 😭💕 yeah the mutual separation anxiety is still strong with these two. conrad won't go anywhere he can't bring his wife 🥲

when they're working together (i'm sure whatever is going on with xanthia and people with powers in general at the end of tgwffts will keep them plenty busy, thanks vicky 🫠) conrad always drinks ALL the water from piper's water bottle and NEVER refills it >:(

i definitely see them becoming parents, in one way or another! i think they'd have around two or three kids :)

i think they let jane take over the mccloud farm bc i genuinely believe piper wants OUT of her hometown 🥲 but they visit her, betty, and joe all the time 💕

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