#the magician’s tales

[andthebeanstalk]

Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!

Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*

Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!

[queenlucythevaliant]

harder than you think

i. When the Narnians stole Edmund away from beneath the Witch's blade, they told him he was safe. This wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the whole truth either.

ii. They brought him to the Stone Table. It was night. Edmund doubted very much that he would find safety there, for he still recoiled at the name of Aslan. He slept fitfully and woke the next morning before the sun was up.

iii. A sliver of gold just beyond the tent flap captured his attention, there in the dark. Unaccountably, Edmund felt the urge to rise and go towards it.

iv. And there was Aslan, who was supposed to be fearsome, supposed to be dangerous, supposed to be powerful, and he was he was he was. Dimly, Edmund felt himself hitting the ground.

v. But then Aslan said, “Come, Son of Adam. Let us walk a while, and reason together.”

vi. And as they walked together, in the cool dewy grass of early morning, the Lion told Edmund everything that he had ever done.

vii. They were standing in front of the Table when the conversation turned. Aslan spoke a riddle of a house blasted into rubble which he would piece back together overnight. He spoke of flesh being pierced, blood being shed, and of rejected stones being used for new foundations. He spoke about water welling up forever, washing you clean of everything you ever did wrong, all the blood that you ever thought of shedding, everything you ever tried to steal, and a river that carries you home when you can't walk anymore and spits you out brand new when it reaches the sea.

viii. Edmund's head swam. Silently, he yearned for the wisdom to understand what he was being told; or, failing that, at least to remember it for as long as it took him to puzzle it out.

ix. And then, the Witch. Then, the battle. The thrones. A year passed, and winter came. In its time, it melted back to glorious spring.

x. “Edmund,” said Lucy one day. “There's something we need to tell you.” She and Susan were cloaked in springtime gossamer, like fairy queens in poems he only half remembered. They sat on the window seat in his study, holding hands white-knuckled: his two beloved sisters.

xi. “It's about Aslan,” Susan said. “And the White Witch, and how he made her renounce her claim on your blood. The night before Beruna, he went back to the Stone Table.”

xii. “He let her kill him,” Lucy cut in. “Instead of you. And then, because he hadn't done anything wrong, the Emperor's Deeper Magic brought him back to life.”

xiii. “We've been arguing all year about how much to tell you,” said Susan wryly. Then, a little gentler, “We don't want to hurt you, but we feel you ought to be told what he did for you.”

xiv. And Edmund, who had never forgotten what Aslan told him on that cool, dewy morning before the sun came up, shut his eyes and whispered, “I know.”

xv. I know, he said. I know that he died. I know that he did it for me. I know he lived again because I saw him the next day, and the next, and the next. I think I know what it means - or at least, I know the shape of it.

xvi. “Oh,” said Lucy. “We should have realized that he would have told you himself.”

xvii. “Yes. But please, tell me the story all the same.”

[talesoftheglade]

Chapter 2: Quotidian

[newblvotg]

[gracelyngrausamkeit]

Baba Yaga – As you might have guessed – this is from the same series as some of the other black and white drawings I've been uploading every now and then.

As some of you might already know, Baba Yaga is an iconic villain in Easter European fairlytales. An integral part of Slavic folklore, this evil hag loves nothing more than to feast on children. She also sports a sleek house on chicken legs, in which she travels in style. She is often depicted as having a cat (bonus points if it is black), boasts magical powers and usually has a very long nose.

She is one of the many characters parents will use to scare their children if they misbehave.

[ancientorigins]

Most people today have heard of Merlin the Magician, as his name has been popularized over the centuries and his story has been dramatized in numerous novels, films, and television programs.

[marsneedstherapy]

so it goes and mastermind are the philas anthems if you care

[gale-gentlepenguin]

So I just saw the villainess for the ML movie…

I think we all may have decided too soon what akuma was most slay

[tildeathiwillwrite]

Tag Game: Find the Word (Round 4!)

Thanks to @diabolical-blue for the tag!

My words: silver, broken, relate, tender

These all somehow managed to be in Tales from Valaria. Props for consistency, I guess. Couldn't find tender, but gentle seems to be close enough.

Silver

(The Watcher and the Thief, Chapter 1 Scene 2)

Octavian rose to his feet, the ghost of a smile on his face. “My presence is requested. I wish your apprentice a swift recovery.” The elf bowed his head to Hector and departed. Ah. Ag was the alchemical abbreviation for silver. De Silv. It was a clever, if strange, bit of code. Why did de Silv have a signal to himself?

Broken

(The Hunter, the Myth and the Cure)

Octavian glanced down at his hand. The skin on his knuckles had broken, and the cloth wadded tightly around his palm was soaked in the pale red liquid. A nasty gash above his right eye dripped blood down his face like tears. “...yes.”

Relate

(The Hunter, the Myth and the Cure)

Upon first inspection, she only looked to have a partially scabbed-over cut on her left cheek. But the deep red stains on the sleeves of her jacket, too big for her, told a different story. She also didn’t look like she’d had a proper night’s sleep in some time. Draven could relate.

Tender Gentle

(Magician's Bait)

“Oh, princeling…” She murmured in an almost gentle tone. Her grip on his hair loosened slightly, and the chair tilted back another inch. Damian’s heart jumped into his throat. “Where’s the fun in that?”

Gently tagging @annakayy @gummybugg @catwings-writes-things @thethistlegirlwrites @aalinaaaaaa

@stargazer-luna @theeccentricraven @phoenixradiant @late-to-the-fandom and open tag! :D

Your words: fold, fine, free, few

[fifthpilot]

So About the New Asra Tale by Dorian...

The plot was, not great. It was pretty boring, but it did touch up on a few interesting points from Asra's main story; like how much of his memory did he loose, his past before MC's death, and what extremes he had to go through because of MC's death like erasing his own memories of certain spells, which in my opinion is a very interesting scenario. Things did seem rushed considering the fact that the story had two endings depending on whether you chose to use the spell or not; and how the supposedly "bad ending" kind of implied that you and Asra somehow may have brought back the plague? or Lucio i.e the plague? It was left up to interpretation. The writing was, not good. I think they did try their best to stay true to Asra's tone even if it was a bit too on the nose at times and a little overbaord. But it was mainly the MC and the Magician that felt most off note to me.

That all being said, I like many others don't consider this a part of canon, it does ultimately give off a very wattpad feel. But in all honesty so did some of the main content after probably halfway through the main 3's routes. I think many people forgot just how erratic and disorganized the Nix Hydra Team was and how many people who came up with the original storyline had left the company before the end of the M3 routes. But a lot of people don't seem to notice that because all the content was in one place, the arcana app. Which brings me to my next point.

I think a good portion of the hate Dorian is getting is mainly due to the fact that their app is terrible. The UI is confusing, the app lags a lot and it's very slow. The game looks different on the dorian app, the font is wrong, there's no music, the character sprite animation is messed up, and the LI never says your name. And a lot of people have demanded that Dorian uploads the new conent to the Arcana app. But after thinking about it I personally think it's a good thing that the Dorian content and the "original" content stay physically seperated, so we know where one starts from where one ends. And I know a lot of people would disagree because using the Dorian app is a hassle, but like I mentioned before. Dorian is making fanfiction (but worse). They're using whatever's left of the arcana fandom to make some cash. This whole thing with Dorian creating new routes and new content is just another marvel-like tactic of beating a dead horse with a stick. And, they're even using the same Nix Hydra trick of placing the best content behind a paywall.

I'm personally not even upset at how terrible the app is, or how rushed and boring and generally just bad the tale was, I think I'm more upset that we won't put the Arcana Game to rest. And instead we have to watch as corporation after corporation uses the story for whatever means it wants to make money. I'm more upset that things can't just end and be celebrated for being. And how the way we engage with media has mutated into something more greedy and gluttonous.

What I'm saying is, we had a beginning and ending, we had prologues and epilogues and hidden scenes. We had plenty. We don't need more. Sometimes enough is enough.

[sassyduckqueen]

Spoilers ahead for Chapter 76 of Rise of Anatis.

So here we have an akumatized Felix Jr.

In this form, he's called Black Swan and he also had the sentimonster Red Moon with him. Unlike canon, Red Moon isn't technically his creation per say as it's feather will be provided by Mayura.

Design wise, he is based on the black swan, similarly to Felix Sr. I based his clothing on that was a magician and his canon peacock look. I was going to give him a top hat but it just didn't work. He'll probably as a wand as his weapon as well. He will also be a very interesting akuma as he'll be the second one that Hawkmoth can't quite control but as to why. Well, you'll have to read the chapter to find out.

Powerwise, Hawkmoth and Mayura were going to give him a power similar to Simon Says and a sentimonster to help out but it doesn't go the way they expect and he ends up with the ability to jinx and hex people while his Sentimonster becomes Red Moon with it's canon ability.

Anyway, I'm happy with how he turned out

[tomoleary]

Manuel Sanjulian - “Tales from the Magician’s Skull” Original Art

Source, source, source

[margothecreator]

The Magicians [S3:E13] ---Will You Play With Me?

Tale of the Seven Keys (Part 2)

[talesoftheglade]

he’s 1 month old

[shipping-world1994]

Eliot: Are you that blind?!

Quentin: At least she treats me like I'm somebody!

Eliot: Yeah, but would she love you if you were nobody?!

Quentin: [angrily] NOBODY LOVED ME WHEN I WAS NOBODY!

Eliot: [emotional] I DID! [sadly turns his back on him] Before the money...And before the fame. [turns back to Quentin] Before the lie. To me, you were a somebody, Quentin. Now you're nothing but a fake. A sham. A con. You're a joke.

[Quentin felt hurt at Eliot's words, Eliot looked down]

[monstergirlgang]

Monster Girl October (tarot deck) day 2: Evil Queen (from Grimm's fairy tales: Snow White) as The Magician card.

I think her ability to transform/disguise herself as well as concoct various poisons and plots made her a perfect fit!