#the invisible life of addie larue by ve schwab

[critical-quoter]

'The old gods are everywhere,' she says. 'They swim in the river, and grow in the field, and sing in the woods. They are in the sunlight on the wheat, and under saplings in the spring, and in the vines that grow up the side of that stone church. They gather at the edges of the day, at dawn, and at dusk.'

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab

[typingwithmyhandstied]

Me when a V.E. Schwab character exists: Now that's a character. That's a CHARACTER. THAT'S A CHARACTER.

[mysticmiav]

No matter how desperate or dire, never pray to the gods that answer after dark.

I've always wanted to draw this scene, and I've been trying to practice backgrounds so the forest setting was perfect. I also really like the way the 2nd panel turned out!

[itsnotmika]

artist: @taratjah

[thelightfluxtastic]

No one gets nemesis and hate-based relationships like V. E. Schwab. Nobody.

It's about the intimacy. It's about the knowing one another even if you don't like one another. It's about how respect doesn't necessarily soften into affection or friendliness. Or conversely, how the deeper the friendship, the more twisted the hate once it's corrupted. It's about your reflection being the most like you but also your polar opposite. It's about having someone who fits the negative space in your life like you fit theirs.

[darklinaforever]

“If you loved me, you would have let me go by now.”

“It is because I love you that I won’t.”

I love these dialogues from Addies and Luc in the invisible life of addie larue. It totally represents two different perspectives on love.

Addie, like many people, thinks that love is purely selfless and good. (While she herself can have selfish actions or thoughts) Luc thinks that love is selfish, or at least can be. (Because to say that Luc is purely selfish would be quite hypocritical given all the events of the books and what he does there. Luc is much more complicated than that)

But I like that these two sentences summarize these two visions of love.

Love is selfless. Love is selfish. When in fact... it can be both, separately or together. Love can be something uniquely good and positive. Just as it can be negative. And sometimes it's both together. They are simply different forms of the same feeling.

All this to say that I hate when people try to say that love must be pure, good and selfless. It's bullshit. Whether in fiction or reality. The difference is that in fiction you can explore relationships with toxic connotations without risk, unlike real life or if there are red flags, you obviously have to just run to protect yourself.

Justice for romances like Luc & Addie, Jane Eyre & Rochester, Heathcliff & Catherine (Wuthering Heights), Coriolanus Snow & Lucy Gray Bird (The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Christine & Erik (The Phantom of the Opera), Thomas & Edith (Crimson Peak), Hannibal & Will (Hannibal), Hannibal & Clarice (Hannibal), Raistlin & Crysania (Dragonlance), Sarah & Jareth (Labyrinth), Qu Xiao Feng & Li Cheng Yi (Goodbye My Princess), The Darkling & Alina (Grisha), Mare & Maven (Red Queen), Julian & Jenny (The Forbidden Game), and so so many others...

Not without kidding, there are so many examples in general, but also that I know and love that it is impossible to cite them all !

[mydailybookquotes]

“Books are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very long one.”

-V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

[homobuckybarnes]

Has V. E. Schwab ever written a straight character?? All her characters are bisexual…RIGHT???

[fuckvictorvale]

i've read six of ve schwab's books and i cannot believe they're all by the same author sometimes.

they're all so DIFFERENT, the range is insane and i haven't even read everything she's written

[ourobores]

l.m. montgomery / sir george clausen, a frosty march morning / john ateinbeck, east of eden / claude monet, la pluie, 1886 / charles dickens, great expectations / nina volkova, spring / emily dickinson, march is the month of expectation / dale marsh, tales of true romance / v.e. schwab , the invisible life of addie larue

[duncantashi]

What she needs are stories. Stories are a way to preserve one's self. To be remembered. And to forget. Stories come in so many forms: in charcoal, and in song, in paintings, poems, films. And books. Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very long one

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V. E. Schwab

[inspiredbyabook]

the invisible life of addie larue by v.e. schwab

"a dreamer," scorns her mother. "a dreamer," mourns her father. "a dreamer," warns estele. still, it does not seem such a bad word.

[httpschrys]

Henry shakes his head. “I would have lost my mind.”

“Oh, I did,” she says blithely. “But when you live long enough, even madness ends.”

[mysticmiav]

And when she looks up, her gaze always goes to the edge of town.

"A dreamer, " scorns her mother.

"A dreamer, " mourns her father.

"A dreamer, " warns Estele.

Still, it does not seem such a bad word.

Until she wakes up.

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I'm currently rereading The invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and a drawing or Addie was in order!✍️🌸

[theprettieststarxx]

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Art by @/rosiethorns88 on Instagram

[isilustra]

Addie LaRue