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Every morning the maple leaves. Every morning another chapter where the hero shifts from one foot to the other. Every morning the same big and little words all spelling out desire, all spelling out You will be alone always and then you will die.
Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out - Richard Siken
Ships Series: Sansa Stark x Oberyn Martell
Oberyn was different than any other man Sansa had encountered, whether in King’s Landing or before. He had promised to take her to Dorne and he had kept that promise. He had promised to love her and he had kept that promise.
Sometimes, when she looked at Oberyn, she wondered what her father might have thought. He had promised her someone ‘brave, gentle, and strong’. Oberyn was older than her true, but he wore his years well and he was certainly brave. He had taken the Mountain’s head after making him confess to his crimes against his sister. He was also gentle. Oberyn treated her the way she had always dreamed as a girl. She would never forget his smile when the lemon tree he had planted for her outside their window began to bear fruit, or his elation when she had told him she was pregnant. He was strong too, one of the strongest men she had known in both character and prowess. He had also never used that strength to hurt her, like so many men had before him.
She had never regretted taking his hand that day in the Red Keep. He was hers and she was his till the end of their days.
*whistles nonchalantly *
Palestinian throws a rock. Media : “terrorism”
Israel bombs people in their homes. Media : “self defense”.
only out of his spilled blood can a great ruler rise
This is actually an old painting I did last year. Thought I would post it. I’m sure everyone knows who he is 😅 character is Cardan from the folk of the Air book series by Holly Black
hope you guys will like it xoxo
BOOKS READ IN 2019: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.
Day 13 - Owl Mask
“a boy in an owl mask and a golden headdress” from “The Cruel Prince” by @hollyblack
And now for some Folk of the Air fan art! Here’s a rough sketch of Cardan, looking cheeky as usual 🖤
Elfhame Monarchy, getting high…again
I think of the golden bridle, about the future the stars predicted. “I don’t know how to break the curse,” I say, all the tears haven’t shed welling up in my eyes.
The Queen of Nothing - Holly Black
Took some time out yesterday to draw the rest of the pose (before it was just the faces) and put clothes on them (it would be a very different picture without!).
I had to draw a bunch of kissing poses for a client recently (I know, twist my rubber arm, right) and I’ve decided that an ‘almost kiss’ is better than the actual kiss.
LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT MAKE MY BLACK HEART SPARKLE.
Emma Appleton as Renfri in The Witcher. ↳ “when i cut my finger, i bleed. that’s human, right? when i overeat, my stomach aches. when i’m happy, i laugh. when i’m upset, i swear. and when i hate someone … for stealing my whole life from me, i kill him.”
A tearful remembrance of the last day Clad in black as I drink to the fallen girl Pennies on your eyes Together we divide
People call you a monster too. A mutant. What if they come after you? Attack you? They have. Why not kill them? Because then… I am what they say I am.
Every time he draws his sword, reminds him that despite how he may be trying to achieve good, evil may be around the corner, regardless.
I just realized that I hadn’t posted the extended version of my The Folk of the Air comic on tumblr, so here! This takes place when Jude is coming back from fighting Grima Mog in Holly Black’s book The Queen of Nothing. I love the kind of transition parts in the beginning of the book when tired, bounty hunter Jude just kind of deals with the human world.
Here’s my previous QoN comic.
I turned a quick painting I did of Jude and Bryern into a short comic of part of the released prologue/first two chapters of The Queen of Nothing. Y’all I’m ready for this book
Holly Black could have so easily fallen into the YA trap of pairing every teenage girl with a wise and mystical fae 8 times her age but no, Holly said here’s your mystical fae he’s like 19 years old and he’s dumb as shit
