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I don't know if this was obvious to everyone else, but I just realised that one of the reasons why the Hobbit is so effective as a children's book is that while Bilbo is an adult, the skills that make him a hero are all those of a child.

By human standards he's child-sized, which makes him unobtrusive and light on his feet. He can slip by unnoticed where bigger people can't.

He's good at playing games, and even cheats (successfully!) in a way that - let's face it - is not so different to how children try to cheat at games. He's polite in a way that's fully comprehensible to children (rather than, say, being able to perform courtly manners). He's quick-witted, but the trick of keeping the trolls talking is also one that would be achievable for a child.

He doesn't have magic powers, he's not a great fighter, and he's not some kind of Chosen One. There's not much that he does that couldn't be done by a ten-year-old, but the story shows just how valuable all those skills and traits are. It's very empowering.

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Wylan!!!

#wylan van eck #six of crows

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How To Find A Sea Unicorn (reupload)

#art

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The thing abt Crowley that I think is missing from a lot of fan content is people like. how do I word this. people like him so much that they're not willing to make him do things they find unlikable. Crowley's demonhood is usually represented in fan stuff by him like, doing bad things to bad people, people who "had it coming" one way or another, which I think works in serious contexts but is just no fun if you're trying to match the tone of the source! Crowley comes up with and does things that are objectively annoying and unpleasant and that's Fine. It's hilarious. We all need to make peace with the fact that Crowley would play Instagram reels loud as hell on the train, she'd be in front of you on line at the drug store paying with exact change, she'd show up to your baby shower with one of those toys that make a bunch of noise, she invented the leafblower. Etc. These jokes write themselves they're so easy and they're always funny and I want to see more of that sort of energy

#you people get it #he is an agent of chaos and I respect that #crowley #good omens

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#good omens

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Jesper saying goodbye to his family

#jesper fahey

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Fanfic writers are like crows. If you give them treats (comments) they will bring you shiny things (fanfic)

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*SIGHS*

Another AO3 app that's pretending to be official when it's not (or at least isn't making it clear its unofficial.) They're using AO3's name and logo, and embedding ads.

There is no official AO3 app

Someone else is gathering your data, potentially your log in information etc and making use of it how they please. (They say they're not but their privacy policy says otherwise)

They are making money from the ads without the fic writer's consent.

They've also rated it Pegi 3 (which is ludicrous)

Please, even if you care about nothing else, for the safety of your data, please don't use this app. Certainly don't give it your AO3 log in details.

I've told AO3 that it's infringing on its copyright. I will be requesting they remove access of my work as I do not consent to my creative content being used to generate ad revenue for them.

I will be reporting it as incorrectly rated.

The only email address I can find is [email protected] which is included in their privacy policy, and [email protected] as their developer.

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If you ever think you’re being too insane about a book remember what Michelangelo created from the bible. Like. Keep making fan content

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source

#art

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sometimes im like "wow holy shit im being really fucking annoying. i should stop talking" and then i pull out my magic 8 ball and it says "youve always been annoying and your friends chose to talk you anyways. youll be fine" and im like wow thanks magic 8 ball. and then the ogre attacks me

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sorry i can't come in to work today. yeah sorry they killed me off last night. yeah i just wasn't relevant to the plot anymore. i should be in tomorrow but i'll let you know.

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WIP Wednesday Friday

I was tagged by @sunfl8wer and @sparrowmoth (at some point in... the last 2 weeks?) to share snippet of a wip. Here's a good chunk of a scene from the upcoming chapter of Heart Of The Country:

“You don’t have to let my da use you as a handyman, you know. We're here to have a break from working all the time.”

They’re upstairs, and Wylan is puzzling over something in the walls, chewing the skin around his thumb with a pensive crease to his brow. Jesper pushes a glass of water in front of him and Wylan accepts it gratefully. He downs it quickly, as if only realising how thirsty he’d been once he puts it to his lips. Jesper trades the now empty glass for a plate of cut fruit, which Wylan also accepts. 

He’d learned fairly quickly that Wylan, genius as he may be, has all the self-preservation of a sliced apple—which is saying a lot, coming from Jesper. 

He’s seen it enough times to know. Wylan will get too deep into a project or a piece of music or a new gadget for some scheme Kaz has cooking, and all forms of basic self-care go right out the window. He frequently forgets that his body requires things like food and water or sleep, like taking breaks. In cases like this, Jesper has picked up the habit of pulling him down for meals or bed or bringing him cups of tea or water and snacks because—whether it’s Dirtyhands himself, or a leaky roof, or the bloody Council of Tides—seeing his boyfriend collapse over a beaker or a half-built bomb is something he’d like to prevent.  

“Thanks,” Wylan says, sparing a moment away from his work to bite into an orange slice. “And you don’t have to let him use you as a farm hand, either, if you want to argue about it.”

“Who’s arguing? Not me. I just thought you might like a handsome assistant.” That, and Jesper ran out of ways to entertain himself alone, but he doesn’t say that part out loud.

Wylan goes back to tinkering, squinting into the dim inner workings of the house. There’s a small lamp hanging overhead, and Jesper plucks it up and holds it closer.

“This isn’t about getting him to like you, is it? Because I already said—” 

“It’s not that,” Wylan interjects. He holds his hand out and Jesper dutifully passes him a wrench. “Besides, I really don’t mind. This type of work… It’s nice. I like being able to help around here. I like feeling useful around here.” 

Jesper squats down and rests his elbows on his knees, looking closer at the exposed wall Wylan is pouring over the contents of. “So, what’s the problem with all this then?”

tagging: @aphroditestummyrolls @heypax @stormkpr @nerdlingmerchling @sixofcrowdaydreams and whoever else would like to!

#wylan van eck #wesper #jesper fahey #six of crows #jazzy writes #shadow and bone #wesper fanfic #shadow and bone netflix

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Royalty AU Wesper commission for @unashamed-fanfiction-addict

Please do not use, edit, or repost my art without permission. Thank you!

#wesper #ITS SO GOOOOD

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Show Wesper would absolutely make out during the Ice Court Heist like the desperate mad lads they are because they aren't sure they're going to make it out alive.

Prove me wrong, Netflix. I dare you.

#IM IN AGREEMENT #nods head frantically #oh yes yes absolutely #six of crows #wesper #shadow and bone

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Jesper burns dinner. 

Burns would be the most favourable description, really. It’s a complete mess. They can’t get the stove to turn off, and Jesper spends twenty minutes trying to do it with his Grisha powers. It isn’t working, and the poor chicken is flaming inside the dungeon of the oven the whole time. Even when they shut the power off, they can’t get it open. The door is stuck, swollen from the heat. Jesper has to evaporate the screws to get it off its hinges. When he finally pries the door off, the food is completely black. It’s also still on fire. 

Wylan laughs.

“Don’t laugh!“ Jesper yells, obviously trying not to laugh himself. He’s fanning the corpse of the flaming, carcinogenic bird with an oven mitt. “This was a very serious, very touching romantic gesture!”

“It looks like a fire hazard,” Wylan says, still giggling.

“Then it’s an emergency! You sick, sick madman!” 

Wylan laughs harder, Jesper is using two oven mitts now. 

“You little pyromaniac! Are explosives not enough anymore? Incendiarism is no joking matter!”

“You're the reason it’s on fire!”

“That’s not the point!”

--Everyday, Just a Little or a Little Bit by Jazzythursday

#heeeyyy it’s meeee

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Good Omens | 2.05 The Ball

#good omens