#Defy The Stars

[bloomingdarkgarden]

Chapter 24

Through void and shadow,

Through song and sky,

I will find you always.

#elriel #acotar fanfiction #acotar #elain archeron #azriel #defy the stars #damn the cauldron #come wrath come ruin

[themelodyofspring]

Random Word BPC

Day 11 - Galaxy 🌌

#random word bpc #defy the stars #claudia gray #booklr #mypics #books #books and flowers #bookblr #read

[fandomfansie]

All my fictional crushes from 8-17

8: Henri from Liberty Kids (most likely the reason I grew up to like boys with long dark hair and accents)

9. Marco from Angelina Ballerina

10-15: nothing

15: Abel Mansfield from Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray, Zane from Ninjago, and Tom Buchanan from Sandy Lane Stables

16: Raven from Teen Titans

17: Filename2 from Baldi’s Basics, Alastor from Hazbin Hotel, Malak from Dark Deception, Frankie from I Am Frankie, Crutchie Morris from Newsies

#fandoms #crutchie newsies #fangirl #Liberty kids #sandy lane stables #ninjago #defy the stars #dark deception #teen titans #baldis basics in education and learning

[headspace-hotel]

you brought up a good point about how Leviathan as a series doesn't really set out to critique the realities of 20th century world powers so much as just have fun with the setting and the fantasy. Which YA series that did set out to at least partly engage with a Serious Issue do you think did the best job of it, and which do you think did the worst? (I remember liking the Chaos Walking books very much, but I haven't read them since I was in my mid-teens and I might have a very different feeling about them now)

I quit the Chaos Walking trilogy about 200 pages into the third book, because the moral lesson had gotten to be...well, that. A moral lesson.

The villain had this weird quest to make the protagonist violate his moral principles that didn't seem like realistic behavior for a person. It was so heavy-handed and I got tired of it. Even though the first book was pretty good.

A lot of YA books that try to handle feminist topics fall really flat. Particularly books that try to examine patriarchy or re-imagine gender dynamics in a world.

The book Crown of Feathers was pitched as a matriarchal society historically ruled by queens. Cool! But then that was completely thrown in the trash when the protagonist had to disguise as a boy in order to become a Phoenix Rider. That doesn't make any sense.

Crown of Feathers also had this jarring infodumpy paragraph explaining what being trans was (there wasn't a trans character) that explained it in very 21st century western society type terms, and it made me frustrated because there have been so many different ways of understanding the spectrum of gender and sex throughout history in many different cultures.

I've read some books that handle sexual assault really badly—one of these is An Ember in the Ashes, which constantly used the threat of rape against its female characters, like the word "rape" was everywhere in that book. A couple of the antagonists seemingly exist to make graphic rape threats against one of the female characters. There's even a scene where the "love interest" pretends to rape the MC to like, explain why they were caught in the catacombs or something.

There's good stuff out there, though, for sure. Defy the Stars and its sequels, by Claudia Gray, are really good for "recent" YA, and I particularly appreciate how the series handles religion. The main character is like, Space Catholic and her faith is important to her and it never fades into the background entirely but the book is never judgmental toward characters that don't share her faith.

Defy the Stars is also one of the only YA books I've read where the characters TALK about sex in a healthy way. It's very GOOD and wholesome and sweet. The main character declines the offer to have sex with the love interest, because of her own personal beliefs, but it's not at all like..."oh this would make me a dirty slut if I did it," it's a very simple respectful "I don't want this and here's why, this is a personal boundary I have" and the guy is (privately) disappointed but not upset with her, and it's okay! And I thought it was really good.

Uhh...I'm sure what I'm thinking of will come to me immediately after I hit post but that's what I can remember so far

#rape mention #books #young adult books #reading #negativity #ya critical #defy the stars

[booksandfantasies]

I finished Defend the Dawn and I just loved it so much. I don't know what it is about Brigid Kemmerer's books but there is something that just makes me fall so hard and so fast for them and this book was not an exception. I loved the inclusion of Harristan's point of view in this book because that was the thing I wanted most out of the sequel when I finished reading Defy the Night. I hope she keeps expanding on Harristan's point of view in any future books because I think he might be my favorite character. Also the ending of the book leaves me wanting, no, needing more. I really enjoy when series start off rather contained in the beginning but as you go further in the series it grows bigger and bigger and I definitely feels this happening with series. I'm not sure if this is meant to be just a trilogy or a longer series but you best believe that I'll be in it for the long haul if the author continues to write more. I mean I loved it between this book and Forging Silver into Stars, Brigid Kemmerer has written easily some of my favorite new books this year.

#brigid kemmerer #defend the dawn spoilers #defy the stars #defend the dawn #forging silver into stars #a curse so dark and lonely

[kaitzdiary]

“Silently he traces out a new constellation, one only he knows. One with Noemi at the very heart.” -Abel Mansfield (Defy The Stars, Claudia Gray) ✨🪐

#defy the stars #defy the fates #defy the worlds #claudia gray #abelmansfield #noemividal #book #books #book aesthetic #bookish #aesthetic #reader #reading

[whooplee]

my top ten favourite books/book series (because all of you are uncultured and need to read them to be fully satisfied in life, trust me):

1. defy the stars by claudia gray

2. the chaos walking series by patrick ness

3. solitaire by alice oseman

4. how it feels to float by helena fox

5. the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom

6. the song of achillies by madeline miller

7. the arc of a scythe series by neal shusterman

8. the aurora cycle by amie kaufman and jay kristoff

9. the firebird series by claudia gray

10. the lunar chronicles by marissa meyer

keep in mind, this is just my top ten. this list can go on forever (especially since i excluded my favourite classics). read these books. you will thank me.

#book review #bookblr #read these #please #tori spring #heartstopper #alice oseman #solitaire #claudia gray #marissa meyer #neal shusterman #defy the stars #australian #patrick ness #chaos walking #tom holland

[bookishlyvintage]

Defy the Stars, Cathrina Constantine

#defy the stars #cathrina constantine #carval #the night circus #where dreams descend #ink in the blood #circus #books #bookish #bookblr #booklr #cover reveal #special edition #fantasy #ya fantasy

[krsonmar]

Claudia Gray is going to be at DragonCon and now I might have to go

#defy the stars #ya lit #where my people at #where my defiers at #8 and a half losers on the internet #dragoncon 2022 #fan conventions #ya authors #dammit i hate driving through Atlanta #dont make me #Claudia Gray #fan cons

[guyliners]

ig tumblr is my Thoughts Out Loud area atp but anyway I'm currently rereading a series by Claudia Gray, the constellation series aka defy the stars series, and friends. Strangers. Anyone willing to listen.

It's so good. It's a fun scifi centuries into the future. Earth is the villain, there is a war, there is a sweet love that is blossoming, and I am so enamored. The writing is great, the characters even better. I can't recommend it enough.

#mith reads #claudia gray #ya books #constellation series #defy the stars

[baskets-books]

I really enjoyed this book. The characters are captivating, Noemi is so fucking dedicated and intelligent and loyal. She’s a great protagonist and I love the way she fights so hard for what she believes in. There’s beautiful world building and I love the way we get to explore alongside Noemi. I would recommend this book to most people.

I already have the next book in the trilogy, I’m starting it as soon as I finish this post.

#basket posts #book recommendations #my recommendations #book review #book reviews #books and reading #bookblr #bookaholic #books & libraries #defy the stars #claudia gray #reading #books

[lonelyzarquon]

#doctor who #dwedit #timelordgifs #dwgif #tvedit #twelveclara #whouffaldi #clara oswald #twelfth doctor #peter capaldi #jenna coleman #s8 #mummy on the orient express #mine #my gifs #they're a shooting star leaping through the sky... like a tiger... defying the laws of gravity... #yeah sorry. missing them immensely & thinking about Multilayered Romantic Tension: The Episode #''wait guys i think this whole affair isn't romantic enough. let's add a beautiful jazz rendition of DON'T STOP ME NOW''

[vaguely-concerned]

*in the tones of a man revealing the secret name of god to you* "beets... are a very misunderstood vegetable"

god I'm fucking crying... there's no one in this shot I wouldn't kill or die for in a heartbeat. sisko I love you so much I can barely speak

tfw BEETS??? this is the most scared bashir has looked in the whole show (julian baby boy it's a buffet you don't have to eat beets if you don't want to)

odo… no notes you are doing amazing sweetie keep up the good work

#the emotions within me right now defy description but I'm so full of them fdsjkahhfskjdfhkja #star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #benjamin sisko #julian bashir #odo #you see. this is what fiction is for. if this episode was nothing but sisko cooking and everyone chatting I would watch it on repeat #there's nothing that elicits the same 'fhdskjfhsakjfhsad????' in me as sisko's sudden quiet intensity it hits me like a brick every time

[fandomfansie]

Ok, here are some songs that I think would make for fantastic Defy the Stars animated music videos.

Wanna be Twisted by Tryhardninja

Build Our Machine by DAGames

Ghosts in the Code by Aviators

Renegade by Styx

Obsolete by Natewantstobattle

Feel free to add more

#defy the stars #claudia gray #abel mansfield #animation #defy the worlds

[crashbangprophet]

@ ALL CRASHQUEENS AND KILLJOYS!

i've been in this fandom since 2016, so i've seen headcanons and zone culture and terminology of all kinds.

with that said , i'd like to present the official (unofficial) danger days dictionary. includes everything from zone culture, slang, battery city locations, phoenix witch, even down to bad luck beads and the dust bowl.

for the nitpickers out there, the comics are mainly discarded in this— due to how overwhelming it would be to throw in even MORE overlapping terms and such. some comic characters have been slipped into the regular timeline / universe, just for funsies and a honorary mention. don't come at me, thanks!

REBLOGS RECOMMENDED.

#danger days the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #danger days #zone culture #zone words #party poison #fun ghoul #kobra kid #jet star #mcr #my chemical romance #zone dictionary #phoenix witch #words from the zones #battery city #better living industries #korse #dr death defying #fabulous killjoys #the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #kjrp #danger days headcanons #danger days dictionary #ttlotfk

[killjoyhistory]

Concept Art

Gerard Way’s original concept art for characters in the Danger Days universe (2010). The girl was drawn by comic book artist Vasilis Lolos. Included in the special edition iTunes digital release of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.

#gerard way #becky cloonan #vasilis lolos #concept art #dr. death defying #show pony #korse #draculoids #the girl #party poison #fun ghoul #kobra kid #jet star #fabulous four #killjoys