#the edge series

[rowanmgrey-author]

synopsis | the shroud

The once prosperous frontier planet of Tilurus has been plagued by war for decades. The Iron Hand are stretched thin, fighting a losing battle against The Teeth, the eastern gangs, cannibals, mercenaries and an impossible storm known as The Shroud. Across the climate-ravaged continent, in the capital city Rival, Commander Konrad Heller of The Iron Hand, has lost track of his estranged son Niko. He hires a local bounty hunter by the name of Logan Wilder and his partner, Darren Gunn, to find him before The Teeth find him first. Akari Sun, head of Sun Industries and the leader of project CHIMERA, has a vested interest in finding Niko, her current employee. Rumor has it, she has been searching for a way to stop The Shroud from consuming Oxgate Country, and Mr. Heller might just have the answer. The bounty hunters soon team up with a wayward member of The Teeth, a veteran soldier, a scientist and her lethal experiments, a drug-addled spy and a squad of cybernetically enhanced soldiers.

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[housebaylor]

The Edge Series by Ilona Andrews

[risstormblessed]

I started reading Ilona Andrews' books and lemme say....SO FUCKING GOOD. so good. Reading slump? OVER. Depression? CURED!! Skin? well that's still meh BUT WHATEVER!!!! NEW BOOKS TO READ NEW CHARACTERS TO SHIP NEW MAGIC SYSTEMS TO EXPLORE!!!

[kizzer55555]

DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game

Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter. 

Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.

The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge. 

And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).

And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game. 

Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.

(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).

After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely). 

Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.

[hoodeenie]

“there will always be a Hiccup and Astrid, always”

[veinsfullofstars]

At least he owns up to it.

(ID: Kirby series fanart comic of Ribbon hanging out with Dark Meta Knight and offering some criticism regarding his attitude, based on this incorrect quote. Transcript below the cut. END ID.)

Anything to draw more Wave 2 shenanigans. Thanks once again to @incorrect-star-allies for the inspo (seriously, reading these silly quotes always makes my day - if chronic fatigue wasn’t a thing, I’d be making so much more fanart for the things you post, haha.)

UPDATE: Added highlights 'cause I'm a dingus and forgot to add them before I posted.

Started 05/04/24, finished 05/10/24.

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Transcript:

Panel 1

*Ribbon centered in frame from her midsection up, turned 3/4 towards our left, eyes shut and a hand held palm up as she speaks.*

R: Dark Meta Knight is not a morning person.

Panel 2

*Ribbon turns the opposite way, glancing towards our right with one brow furrowed, tapping her chin pensively with her other hand.*

R: Or a night person.

Panel 3

*Shot pans back to show Ribbon sitting on top of DMK’s head, leaning forward slightly to watch as he sits on the floor and hunches over a sharpening block, running the edge of a combat knife along the well-used stone.*

R: There’s really only about seven minutes a day that you’re fun to be around.

Panel 4

*DMK finishes his sharpening and sits up to inspect the blade, one eye shut, running a thumb along the now sparkling edge. Ribbon - not expecting the movement - starts to tumble backwards off his head, her eyes wide and pupils shrunk, arms and legs and wings spread out in surprise.*

DMK: The best part is you never know when they’re coming.

[000marie198]

The fact that the Httyd gang knows about the effect of dragon nip but they are never seen using it on any dragons throughout the franchise unless it's like a last resort or an emergency to stop extremely out of control, hostile dragons. They know that grass is like a drug for the dragons so they never use it against them even to try and train them. As if it is against their moral code to try the easiest way to tame any dragon.

Like, these kids know all these little perks about dragons that Hiccup learned in the first movie. The dragon nip, eels, moving spot of light, specific disabling scratch spots etc. And none of them uses these to befriend or train any dragons throughout the course of the franchise! Dragon nip is an emergency last resort for when they encounter a super aggressive dragon, eels are an absolute no, nobody used shiny laser light spot on any dragons post Httyd 1.

No, they befriend the dragons with trust. They'll only give a dragon scratches after asking permission that is telegraphed in their body language.

The riders respect dragons and there are so many little subtle things which show how they never treat these incredible amazing beings as if they are animals, they always treat them as individuals. As equals.

I love Httyd so much like you have no idea.

[your-name-is-jim]

I think about this a lot.

[thali-lemmonpie]

WHOever thought of how to dress the Playmates™ Jim Kirk: plaid shirt action figure™...

I HOPE YOU GOT A RAISE *CHEF KISS* WASN'T EXPECTING THIS.

THIS. WAS. WORTH. EVERY. SINGLE. PESO.

[purpleshadow-star]

Listen, Lin Manuel Miranda ate as Hermes. Anyone who disagrees is simply wrong. Idk what to tell you.

[jax-arts]

Only me thinking Strickler and Viggo would get along well?

[rowanmgrey-author]

Writing Share Game

Tagged by @dyrewrites even though she knows all I have to share is world building ><

Rules: Share some writing!

Tagging @mthollowell-writes @aziz-reads @stesierra @digital-chance @fire-but-ashes-too

From The Shroud, which is a WiP that barely has any writing for it, but I will share what I got! FYI this is super old, like six years ago and some things have changed:

THE SKY WAS A BRUISE. A black and blue smudge, and in the distance, electric blue flashes raged where the trees met the sky. He quickened his pace down the broken road. Raising his arm as he went, he tapped the skin of his forearm, prompting E.N.D.U.R.E to start. A crack of thunder shook him, but he didn’t look back. A small screen emerged from his flesh and a red blinking triangle showed rapid and warning. A signal of the coming Shroud. “Not long now.” He tapped his earpiece, small and innocuous in his ear, “Bron you there?” Nothing but white noise responded. It’d been a few hours since they separated to look for a working vehicle. Then the Shroud began gathering from the distance and Logan had a new objective. Find shelter or die. Wind struck his body and he struggled to stand upright. He forced his leg forward, one foot after the other, but a few paces later his boots rolled over something small and hard. A trail of spent shotgun shells littered the ground to end near a disheveled structure that might have been a house, once. Now, the roof was caved in near the back, and the front door had buckled in on itself. A rustling behind him had his fingers reaching for his hip. He slid his palm over the body of his gun, cold metal against sweaty fingers. He wavered for a moment, focusing his cybernetic hearing past the wind. A low growl erupted from the trees. Gravel crunched under his boots as he spun around, pistol out of his holster and aiming for the trees. His eyes darted back and forth along the tree line. Glinting metal and a tuft of ratty fur was all he caught sight of as something dashed through the forest. The wind was picking up every minute and dust whipped against his body. Heavy lashes of rain followed. Soon his eyes itched from not blinking, but he wouldn’t move. Wouldn’t risk turning his back. The Shroud’s first cyclone touched down in the distance. Blue bolts littered the thick rolling clouds as the funnel dropped to the ground. It danced on the horizon for a few moments before splitting into triplicates. Logan pursed his lips, eyes narrowed at the trees. “I don’t have time for this.”

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[divorce-enjoyer]

oh guys we really are gonna see ares get his ass handed to him by a twelve year old in 4k huh

[inamindfarfaraway]

I love how Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse said “Anyone can be Spider-Man”. I love how it inspired everyone to imagine their own Spider-People, saving the day in their own universes, with all kinds of cool, interesting personalities and aesthetics and mutations and life stories and relationships. We all put pieces of our soul into these homemade heroes. We had fun. We found community. And then Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse said, “Wow, great job! You’ve really taken our message to heart. Well, get ready for even more of everything you liked from the first movie and a new message to complement the first. Anyone can be Spider-Man… and anyone can be pulled into a cult.”

So now we all have to contemplate whether our lovingly crafted heroes would ever be on Team Mandatory Trauma Because Martyr Complex or not and why.

[vildo]

Imma start collecting these like pokemon

[miae-bee]

Astrid: What are the new neighbors's names again? The couple next door?

Hiccup: Bandit and Kelly

Astrid: Not the dragons, the people

Hiccup: Why would I know that?