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Guys 👀👀👀👀 we're gonna get the scene of Cas ripping out Jericho's heart 👀👀👀👀 in Cas's pov. We're gonna get to see him think "this man was mean to Poppy now he die"

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THIS MADE ME LAUGH.

Delano: In this world, it's yeet or be yeeten.

Naill: Yeeten?

Emil: Yooted.

Vonetta: No, no. Yoted.

Casteel: You're all wrong. It's yought.

Kieran *turns to Poppy*: You'll get used to these idio-

Poppy: Family.

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I wish I could have read it. Why on earth did it get taken down

I was writing one of those excessively long posts that I like to write analyzing to even the smaller character behavior in from blood and ash as if it was the most complicated and sophisticated piece of literature ever written and tumblr deleted it. it took me hours, I am having a crisis.

besides it was about Millie that we literally have cero to none knowledge about so that conclusion took me so damn long and it was in English and it so damn hard to write my thoughts in a language that it is not my mother tongue. this is my villain story

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Thought you guys might appreciate the Poppy's dagger my boyfriend 3D printed and painted for me!

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I was indifferent about him until I read this you're absolutely right

I love Valyn so lets talk about him !

I get why Nyktos and Cas get all the attention, I DO, I mean they are the male protagonists of the stories and they are fine af. I like Nyktos a lot and I absolutely love Cas, then there is Malik who is also a 10/10 he is so fine, and there are other men such as Kieran who is also great BUT hear me out: Valyn Daʼneer. That man???? THAT MAN??? the 10/10 dilf everyone slept on?? yes that one. Everyone slept on him while I want to sleep with him.

First, he is not only described as an incredibly attractive man and shares features with his very beautiful, handsome sons but his personality is also a 10/10

Second, Every time he talks he sounds so eloquent, I can't explain it but it is like that and is hot.

Third, he also is a warrior and wears a MALE-BUN how could anyone forget about the bun in the crow of gilded bones? Plus of this part is that he is fighting (incredible hot) to free Poppy <3 <3

Now that I mentioned Poppy lets aleo mention that Valyn adores Poppy. He is so happy that she is part of his family. Literally a second after meeting her he was calling her his family, one of his own and he was ready to fight for her because to him she is family

In addition to him being incredibly fine, He is such a lovely father to Cas (the hug in TWOTQ had me sobbing) and he loves both of his boys so much, he was in a lot of pain without them.

Another thing that I like about him is that he respects Cas’ position as his king even when he is his youngest son, I mean he could not respects Casteel's position of authority because he is his father. Yet, he bows at his boy and addresses him as a king should be addressed.

Also lets not forget the dagger kink !! according to Casteel in AKOFAF, when his mother stabs his father, he claims that he deserves it each time. What a man, he gets horny when Eloana stabs him. “They be holed up in their private chambers for days”

One of my personal favorite about Valyn is how in love he is with Eloana. IT IS SO CUTE. That man is so obsessed and devoted to his wife I love him. He is just like Cas and Malik, And of course, Casteelʼs and Malikʼs main male figure through their lives worships his wife as if she was a goddess.

First, he understands and respects Eloana’s feelings towards Malec and he is not even jealous about it. The fact that he respect those feelings and Eloana’s need to grieve but also remember her past marriage and is so unbothered by it that he doesn't mind having his first son named Malik in some kind of honor to what the could have been (according to Casteel). That is massive dick energy, that man doesn't even flick. He is so sure of himself that he literally knows his wife still holds some feelings for her ex but he gives a fuck.

Second, then when in the crown of gilded bones he refuses to discuss important issues without Eloana present. He respects her and won’t have an important conversation if she is not there to discuss too <3 plus when she is not there he tells her every detail, like for example when he was back from helping save Poppy he told everything to his wife <3

Another last thing I love about Valyn is how respectful of his family’s boundaries he is. If Eloana doesn’t want to talk about her past he doesn’t pressure her, If Malik, who was lost to him for decades, does not feel like hugging him Valyn doesn’t pressure him, if Casteel is mad at him, he understands and doesn’t pressure, he gives Cas time and space. I love him.

Here are some of my favorite Valyn moments that make me almost cry:

He is genuinely a really nice person and I absolutely adore him. He was a good ruler to Atlantia, a good father to his son and a good husband. He made mistakes but he is agood man your honor, I rest my case.

to sum up, me to Valyn every times he appears:

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poppy is a bisexual protector, I just know it

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Gods I love this one so much it's exactly how I picture them

“You’re an absolutely stunning, murderous little creature” -Hawke

Poppy & Hawke have my heart!

Art: celinelavenart on Insta

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Honestly its not huge on Tumblr but if youre on Facebook, the JLAnders group is amazing so much fbaa content

is there a from blood and ash fandom??? pls how do i join

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Sera will always be Sarah to me not See-ra I don't care what the pronunciation guide says 😭

Being a fan of fantasy novels means disagreeing with others about how character names are pronounced. Sometimes the includes the author.

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OH YES THANK YOU

Open thread of teasers from A Son of Ash and Blood (ASOAAB) published by JLA on her facebook group - July 18 2023

I will update this as a reblog whenever JLA drops more teasers from ASOAA

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This isn't even an incorrect quote that's literally what happened

Alastir: It's time for you to die.

Poppy: One second. Let me ask my husband.

Alastir: That's not a choic-

Poppy: He said no.

Alastir: Seriously?

Casteel (behind Alastir): Seriously.

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It literally shredded all that remained of my heart when Sera asked Ash to take her to her lake when he kills her and he promises he will 💔 it shows that he's finally given up even after an entire book of trying to save her and I am still so not okay about that

This is going to be such a long post but I feel like I need to get my thoughts out after the angsty ending from A Light in the Flame.

Overall Thoughts:

Umm I thought it was amazing. I know a lot of people were saying it was repetitive and I definitely get that but at the same time, I would literally read 600 pages of Nyktos and Sera eating breakfast so.... Anyway though, I loved the character journeys. I think good characters are what makes a good book and even if the rest is confusing and angsty, it's those character-driven moments that redeem it.

I've said it once and I'll say it again. This prequel series is so much better than FBAA. Not hating on FBAA but I just feel like Nyktos/Sera is so much more well-developed than any relationship in the main series. I love every single side character (yes, even you, Rhain, when you're being rude).

I was hooked from the beginning. How can you not be when it starts with the whole prophecy thing and continues from there with almost constant action. The first half was definitely repetitive, I can totally see that. But I also think that repetitive-ness helped to get the point across that Nyktos cares about Sera. Not the embers, but Sera. Even before they had any convo about forgiving her, I think his actions were speaking louder than words. Though it was a constant battle of "Sera, no." *Sera does the thing.* "How dare you not value your life. *Fucks* Ya know, the usual. Lol. Some of my new fave sera/ash scenes came from this book.

- I adored when he set up a bath for her and everything- it was such a sweet gesture.

-When he took her to the pool and literally just played and had fun, especially because he knew she missed her lake.

- The "I want to be your consort, Nyktos." and Nektas just laughing and knowing.

-The way they both are always stunned by each other. Like they do such sweet things and they are always, ALWAYS, surprised.

-The entire scene of Rhain asking her if she was in love with him and her not being able to answer because she had no idea what it felt like either.

-Her whole breakdown in the carriage because "Oh my gods, I might be in love with him!" Loved every minute of it.

- And then of course, him trying to get her to breathe and calm down when she was about to freak out over this.

-THE FOREHEAD KISS AT THE CORONATION WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE AND HE DID IT JUST BECAUSE HE COULD. I die

-The sweet but angsty talk about Veses that they needed to have tbh.

**Nyktos is literally the ultimate book BF, I said what I said. It's honestly refreshing to see this 200+ y/o male character that has like no sexual experience whatsoever yet it doesn't demean him or negate him as weak. Love that for him.

Non romantic scenes that melted/broke my heart:

-Sera holding Jadis when she fell asleep and Jadis feeling comfortable enough to switch into human form.

-Reaver then getting the blanket for Jadis and just being a weird little kid. I love it.

-Jadis giving a kiss on the forehead to Sera before going to Kolis. Sera's gonna be such a good mom even if one of her children is a giant piece of shit.

-Ector trying to calm Sera down in the carriage and just talking to her.

- The friendships with Aios and Bele and pretty much everyone just finally forgiving Sera.

-Ugh going back to see Ezra! I needed more sister love tho tbh. They didn't even hug!

Now for the painful parts:

-Aios dying. Like wow. This 100% is number one. I was devastated when Sera saw Ector's decapitated head. But then she saw Aios' red hair and I literally almost threw my damn book. I'm so happy she's ok in the end but RIP Ector.

-When Sera saw Nyktos with Veses. I know we got an explanation for it in the end but I was incredibly stressed and about to unstan Nyktos. I hate cheating (even if that's not what it was) as a trope and tbh I hate miscommunication as a trope. So this entire part of the book was just devastating to me.

-Sera's reaction to the above. She was in love with him already, she just didn't know it. I felt her reaction so viscerally, though. I suppose that's a testament to JLA's writing in this book.

-Sera constantly being told that she's going to die and there's nothing that can be done. Just when they think there might be another way, nope it's just death again. I love that Nyktos is fighting so hard for her and I have some theories that I'll make another post for, but I do find it very ironic. The entire situation was Sera was meant to make Nyktos fall in love and then kill him. Oops except he can't love. And now instead, she's the one who fell in love and now he has to kill her to literally save the world. What a 180. A fabulously done 180 but a shocking one, nonetheless.

Another post will be coming about theories!

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I THOUGHT IT WAS BRILLIANT WHAT DID YOU THINK

How'd everyone enjoy A Light in the Flame? Hopefully y'all had a good time! This post is just to let everyone know, a week from today, Flesh & Fire oriented quotes will start slowly working their way back into the queue with their Blood & Ash friends.

If you haven't read it yet and don't want to take a chance of anything being spoiled, I will be tagging all new posts that could possibly be related to Flesh & Fire under #alitf spoilers as well as the normal character related tags.

As always, thank you all so much for sticking around for this long on this silly blog and I hope all of you have a great day! :)

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HOW IS THIS SO ACCURATE

Valyn: *teaching Casteel to drive*

Casteel: What if I press the brake and gas at the same time?

Malik, from the back: The car takes a screenshot.

Valyn: What are you even doing here?!

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I LIKE THIS

I kind of had a bad day, well it was definitely not a good one, so I kind of angry sketched an angry Daddy Nyktos…

#jenniferlarmentrout #ashadowintheember #alightintheflames #asite #alitf #nyktos #theasher #primaldeath #ashadowintheemberfanart #alightintheflamesfanart #bookart #sketch #sketchart #sketchartist https://www.instagram.com/p/ClSLvHpqI2S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Your posts are always my favorite thing to see when I open Tumblr jsyk I appreciate u a lot

*Hisa teaching CPR*

Vonetta: No, Hisa, they are not breathing. And they have no arms or legs … Where are they? You know what? If we come across somebody with no arms or legs, do we bother resuscitating them? I mean, what quality of life do we have there?

Poppy (raises hand): Why couldn't I just heal them?

Delano (also raises hand): Why couldn't she just heal them?

Casteel: Hey, Poppy, want some hands on experience? I've been told my mouth-to-mouth is incredible.

Poppy: *blushes*

Kieran: Gods...

Naill: *quietly slips out of room*

Hisa: You're all hopeless. Completely, absolutely hopeless.

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I LOVE THIS

*Hisa teaching CPR*

Vonetta: No, Hisa, they are not breathing. And they have no arms or legs … Where are they? You know what? If we come across somebody with no arms or legs, do we bother resuscitating them? I mean, what quality of life do we have there?

Poppy (raises hand): Why couldn't I just heal them?

Delano (also raises hand): Why couldn't she just heal them?

Casteel: Hey, Poppy, want some hands on experience? I've been told my mouth-to-mouth is incredible.

Poppy: *blushes*

Kieran: Gods...

Naill: *quietly slips out of room*

Hisa: You're all hopeless. Completely, absolutely hopeless.