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joncronshawauthor · 3 months

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Out now! The Fall of Wolfsbane (Ravenglass Legends, book 1)

Hello from chilly Morecambe! I am beyond excited to announce the launch of my latest novel, The Fall of Wolfsbane, the first installment in the Ravenglass Legends series. This book holds a special place in my heart, as it brings to life a story that has been brewing in my mind for years. The Fall of Wolfsbane is set several centuries before the events of The Ravenglass Chronicles, during the…

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echoesofcamelot · 1 year

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This shot takes my breath away.

It’s… I don’t know how to explain it.

It’s the discarded sword, forgotten because there’s no longer any fight.

It’s the wound, dark and fatal, clearly visible on Arthur’s side.

It’s Merlin’s leg, pressing tightly against Arthur’s.

It’s his left hand, clinging to him desperately.

It’s his right arm wrapped protectively around him, his right hand cupping his head tenderly, his fingers tangled in his hair.

It’s the way Merlin is holding Arthur, as if trying to merge with him and become one.

Or maybe it’s just the way this image alone tells a story, or at least the end of it. The way you can tell it was a good one, epic and tragic and filled with love and loss and all those things that make a story worth telling.

Yeah, that must be it...

Love and devastation and everything in between, all condensed into this very moment and captured forever in a single frame of a TV show.

#and what a tv show #it's not perfect i know that #but it knows how to be brilliant #and this moment #sad and tragic and devastating as it is #is also beautiful #because it tells the story of two men who loved each other #who fought against destiny #against fear and prejudices and lies and betrayal and heartbreak #and in the end they lost #but they didn’t lose each other #because they didn't let anything come between them #and got to say goodbye in each other’s arms #all that is here in this shot #and it makes me very emotional #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin x arthur

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inamindfarfaraway · 4 months

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Do you ever think about Azula after Zuko's banishment and before she was sent on her mission? About the time it was just her and Ozai? Because I do.

Her worst fear is being what Zuko is to their father. It's easy to look at her smirking while she watches Ozai light Zuko’s face on fire and think that she enjoys her brother’s suffering, but from the day she was born, Zuko has been the bad example. The scapegoat. The failure she exists to surpass. Where he is disrespectful, she will be obedient. Where he is weak, she will be strong. She will make Ozai proud. She will be perfect. She has to be. Because if she isn’t -

well, in that moment she sees that for herself. Iroh looks away, but she doesn’t. This eleven-year-old child watches the whole gory scene that her experienced general uncle can’t stomach, because this is a lesson for her as well, that’s why Father had her be here, and so she must not let herself tremble or cry or flinch or scream. Zuko is. That means she can’t. Instead she will do the exact opposite, smile with a princess’s proper posture.

Then Zuko is banished. He will most likely never return - most likely die young. He isn’t around to be the foil under her jewel anymore, making her shine brighter simply by contrast. (Or to play with her or comb her hair. But it isn’t useful or becoming to miss those moments. She isn’t a child anymore; her childhood was burned through like Zuko’s skin.) All Ozai’s attention is on her. All her people’s hope in the next generation of royalty rests in her. If she doesn’t hold her shoulders back and keep her head high, she will collapse under the weight of her nation’s future. Zuko got what he deserved. Just as whatever happens to her, she deserves it too.

How many nightmares does she have? How many times does she flinch or shake when her father touch her? Or force herself not to? How many times does she smell burning hair and flesh and hear her brother’s agony when she spoke her own opinion in a war meeting? How much does she secretly grieve him, and scold herself for it?

#look all i'm saying is azula has to have ptsd from that day too #on top of the c-ptsd that comes free with being raised by ozai #if she was in her right mind in 'into the inferno' i doubt that she would challenge zuko to agni kai #we all know that she would and does duel him with firebending while sane #(you know sane with c-ptsd)#but i don't think azula 'kept trying to bring zuko home no matter what he did to her in season two' of the fire nation #would specifically frame it as an agni kai #she just understandably has learned extremely shitty ways of showing it #she definitely has love for him #i mean in ‘crossroads of destiny’#she could have just taken him prisoner but she swayed him to return to her side willingly #she just wants her loved ones to chose her and they never do #at least not for long before a betrayal #i have too many feelings about this flamethrower child and this is just an attempt to articulate some of them #princess azula #azula #ozai #fire lord ozai #fire nation royal family #fire family

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impercre · 1 month

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-spins in swivel chair- Fundementally Dune is about love. You can't say 'don't believe in heroes. you don't need to follow charismatic leaders' without meaning 'I believe in you. I believe in us. We're cracked, we're human but we can do this together. We will fail, but we will live'.

#love breaks the system #love is destiny and transcendence #it is also betrayal and sex #it traps us but is also the key that lets us out #not in the book [ooc]

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galespider · 5 months

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♫ - Gunners in the Rain, Mili

A crossover with Athrun Zala and Luze Crosszeria! This was all because I wanted to draw Athrun in his new outfit from the upcoming Gundam SEED movie.

Also, both Athrun Zala and Kanata Wakamiya from Uraboku are voiced by Akira Ishida in Japanese.

I thought of an alternate universe that takes place where they are criminal investigators as partners in a fantasy modern society. And following about reincarnation from Uraboku, what if Athrun was the reincarnated version from Kanata? The person Luze cared about.

The whole concept was inspired from Descendants of Darkness too. It has been my favorite old anime where they also have investigators that look into paranormal activities from beasts and Demons.

So, with Luze's knowledge of Demons and the like, he may be a lot of help sending information to Athrun.

#Gale Spider #Myart #Art #Digital Art #Uraboku #uragiri wa boku no namae wo shitteiru #Betrayal Knows My Name #Gundam #Gundam Seed #Gundam Seed Destiny #Gundam Seed Freedom #Anime #Manga #Luze #Luze Crosszeria #Athrun #Athrun Zala

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synnthamonsugar · 1 year

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thinks too hard about the guardian-ghost relationship and Mara & Riven and Eris & the whispering bones and the Techeuns & Harbingers and the age-old bond forged between Riven & her killers. The Osmium King and his familiar. Savathun and the Worm she spent millennia freeing herself from.

#girls when there is. when there is an unbreakable bond of loyalty.#when it is upheld or smashed apart or one half dies #the joy and agony and trust and betrayal #destiny ramblings #gif #moving #ask to tag etc.

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saintflint · 1 year

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ok but mutuals, do you know about miloš forman’s 1984 iconic dramatic film amadeus?

#i feel like you all would get a kick out of amadeus #it’s got it all #lies intrigue manipulation betrayal jealousy revenge religious overtones bitterness and resentment towards one’s destiny versus another’s–#THEE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR #(*)

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cutie4me · 1 year

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A Two Shot poem Summarising Killua and Gon's emotions for each other throughout the anime.

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martyrbat · 2 years

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red hood: the lost days #6

[ID: Jason Todd pinning the Joker down in a puddle of gasoline by sitting on his chest. Jason is without his helmet with it laying in the gasoline near them. He has red eyeshadow around his eyes in the shape of his Robin mask and is snarling through gritted teeth down at the Joker, who's smiling up at him. Jason's muscular arms are exposed by wearing a black tanktop and blue jeans while the Joker is in his pinkish purple suit. Jason is holding a lit torch and behind them is a barricade of flammable barrels and the bright, full moon. In front of the moon is Batman with his cape flared out to resemble wings, his only visible feature being his glowing eyes. END ID]

#i know his dramatics and revenge fantasy gets the best of him but for the joker it just. didn't make sense #'i want it to be long and painful like how he beat & killed me' can be something yea but?? to actually stop ?#have him fantasize and build up this idea of what itll be like to kill joker and then the toppling down as hes still just so traumatized #and hurt. have him realizing how it didnt magically fix everything while also being confident in his choice because that risk of another #kid being merciless beaten or killed is gone. that he killed a horrible person and the world is better because of it #just... he isnt the world.#he stopped potential harm for others he feels good in killing joker he believes it was the best thing to do and he did it #but? what do you do when that harm isnt potential? when it isnt a threat but instead a memory that you have to relive through with every #single breath that you aren't supposed to have in the first place?#you did what you surely must been brought back to life to do. but now youre alive and you're alone and you dont know what else to do.#then have his anger or betrayal feelings at bruce. have jason developing and discovering himself #not as robin. not as a vengeful ghost. not as anything. but as jason todd and how hes carving his own destiny and the universe doesnt know #how to handle that. let him go through grief and trauma and anger. let him be cunning and a bitch. let him have the biggest heart.#let him work his way through crime rings and solo work and be a drug lord and how he helps gotham directly and just have some growth that #isnt centered around the man that killed him and the man that failed him.#jason todd #the joker #red hood #c: red hood: the lost days | i: 6 #crypt's panels #lost days #covers

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lbibliophile-sw · 2 years

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For Whumptober 2022 - day 2: nowhere to run, confrontation

#whumptober 2022 #no.2 #nowhere to run #confrontation #star wars #image edit #betrayal #destiny #obi-wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #darth vader #bingo fill

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queen-tigerlilly · 1 year

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#destiny 2 #variks the betrayer #the drifter #furaffinity

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subconsciousmysteries · 6 months

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idk what to do about the 4s man. They're either really whiny manipulators and groomers (4 -> 2) or they are bona fide psychopaths (4 -> 1 false security) or they are an ungodly combination of both.

In fiction I've seen good examples of 4s but in reality I struggle not to blame them for all the world's problems. There are reasons.

#Don't make me say it don't make me say it #ISRAEL is what happens when people lose touch with holy origin #On top of this I've just never met a 4 who didn't turn out to be a horrible person #Totally self absorbed fake deep turning everyone they claim to love into a degrading caricature #Controlling the identities of everyone close to them and seeing it as betrayal if you don't let them be dictators of who you are #And/or if you don't feed their first world navel gazing delusions. About how they're trans or non binary or how they have superpowers #All of this Whilst playing the victim of the world #My friend suggested once that the purpose of 4s is to create suffering in this realm and teach us all what suffering is #Couldn't agree more lol. Enneatypes are all a construct of the matrix anyways #And the whole reason this matrix exists is so we can learn what suffering in a predator / prey world is #So there has to be 4s #I mean I can see the evil of all types but none are quite as cancerous and malignant 4 #Another thing I notice with 4s is their brand of evil is particularly about worshipping the matrix #Like... theirs is the evil that makes you identify with the roles you are playing in the simulation as if it's your true self #They all get so triggered by real spiritualism which sees infinite possibilities for who you could be (as opposed to seeing fate / destiny)#Real spiritualism sees that all is one and we are everything all at once and our current identity is just a costume we're wearing #They dismiss that reality as stupid 7 talk #All is one is also 9 talk... 9s who they worship their broken ideal of... But anyways #The need to believe one has a fixed rigid identity they can never change is most intense in 4s #There is a real resistance of anything which may transform them #Because to 4s a transformation is seen as a betrayal of my True Self tm #Which the 4 doesn't realize isn't a true self... It's an artificial self-image you've constructed and trapped urself in #I'm keen to meet good 4s but I still believe there is something specially worse about 4 evil compared to everyone else's evil #Hey you guys got what you wanted you really are special #Anyways I do believe we have something innately unique about us on a spirit / soul level. and seeking what that is is important #But no 4 I've ever met is close to capturing what that is #They're too caught up in shallow worldly indicators of identity. They are always mistaking our worldly costumes for our essence.#Then strutting around like geniuses who are more enlightened than everyone. It's quite disgusting

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galespider · 3 months

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Much like Athrun and Luze,

Both Luka Crosszeria and Kira Yamato are together. Soichiro Hoshi a Japanese voice actor not only voiced Kira Yamato, but also voiced Yuki Giou, the person that Luka cares about.

What if they had met in another timeline in an AU? Considering that Luka doesn't age since he is a Demon, they possibly would see each other in a military facility meeting or something in a far, far future.

And Kira still inherited the soul of Yuzuki (now Yuki Giou), Luka's former lover, basing off from what Uraboku had with reincarnation. Would Kira recognize Luka?

I know it's a bit cheesy. But since Athrun and Kira shared the same voice actors as the characters the Twins care about, I wanted to draw this crossover. And it's been a while since I have done one.

#Gale Spider #Myart #Art #Digital Art #Uraboku #uragiri wa boku no namae wo shitteiru #Betrayal Knows My Name #Gundam #Gundam SEED #Gundam SEED Destiny #Gundam SEED Freedom #Anime #Manga #Luka #Luka Crosszeria #Kira #Kira Yamato #Crossover

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stardustedknuckles · 2 years

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*slaps the top of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity* this bad boy can fit so many narrative genres in it.

#It's a tragedy #It's a romcom #It's a dramatic love story #It's sadness and bitterness and hope and belonging and betrayal and fulfillment and destiny and choice and inevitability #cr spoilers #Exu calamity

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lavendereyedwolf · 10 months

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Behold the breathtaking vistas of Malana village, where the past and present collide in a realm of mystery and wonder. Discover the tales of ancient sages and their prophecies that shape the destiny of those who dare to venture into this enigmatic realm.

#himalayas #fantasy #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #original story #wolf art #mystery #lovers #betrayal #destiny guardians

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girl4music · 2 years

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First Kill - Narration/Presentation of Theme by Juliette and Calliope

I wanted to do a little write up on what I think are the main themes of ‘First Kill’. Every episode has a short piece of dialogue narrated by the main protagonists at the start and end of it that seems to present the main theme of each episode except for the first episode, ‘First Kiss’, as that is nearly all narration and it’s an introduction to the story, characters and world told from both point of views of the main protagonists. Which is why the first episode is structured like a novel and why the seven following episodes play more like extra chapters to that novel. Which makes a lot of sense because the creator of the TV show is a novelist and is the author of the short story the TV show is based on. But only the first episode is the short story,… the rest of the episodes are a continuation of an entire novel not written in book form which is why I say they are extra chapters to the short story that was. Using the narration by Juliette and Calliope as well as what happens in each episode, I will explain what I believe the main themes are for the seven following episodes after the first.

First Blood - Action and consequence

JULIETTE: “As explained by my physics teacher Mr. Myrick in excruciating detail... Newton's third law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Once an action is taken... you must live with the consequences.”

CALLIOPE: “Actions always have an equal and opposite reaction. Newton's third law. Once an action is taken, you have to live with the consequences. I am a member of the Burns family, a Guild-trained house of monster hunters. Our hearts drive us. Duty and logic lead us. And we vowed to rid the world of all monsters.”

First Fight - Instinct

CALLIOPE: “My dad always says a hunter is only as good as her gut. Shouldn't this gut thing guide me? Give me confidence? Or is it supposed to weigh me down with guilt for doing what I know is right for me?”

JULIETTE: “Some decisions you have to mull over, consider, contemplate. But sometimes, you know in your gut the right thing to do.”

First Date - Choice

JULIETTE: “In Savannah, you know a bad storm's coming when the sky turns black. With every growl of thunder you ask yourself, ‘When will the heavens part and offer some relief?’”

CALLIOPE: “When you're in the middle of a storm, the kind where the sky turns black and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel, you have two choices. You can wait for the heavens to part, offer even a tiny bit of relief. Or you can run. And keep running until the growl of thunder disappears behind you.”

First Love - Destiny

CALLIOPE: “Hysteria, devastation, crazy uninhibited highs, the crashing lows of withdrawal. It's not pretty. Not like in the sonnets or pop songs. It was no match for the gods of Olympus. So why would I be immune to the insanity of first love?”

JULIETTE: “It is impossible to be immune to the insanity of first love. A union predestined, written in the stars. That's the only way I can wrap my head around it. But every tear, every skipped heartbeat, the passion, the pain, it's all worth it in the end.”

First Severing - Connection

JULIETTE: “Humankind is connected by a series of intimate experiences that knit us together. Nurture these connections and they become the ties that bind us, make us whole. But is it possible to honor these ties that bind and also be free from them?”

CALLIOPE: “Life is all about connections. If you nurture them, they get stronger. But sometimes, severing connections is the only way for you to get stronger. The only way to freedom.”

First Goodbye - Understanding

CALLIOPE: “What is a monster? The man who threatens to kidnap you, forces you to fight for your life, and ends up losing his? The bigoted neighbor who's so sure she's on the side of right, she defaced your property to prove your beliefs are wrong? Or is a monster anyone or anything you fear will harm you, and therefore you must harm it first? Keeping the victory to yourself, of course, so that you can live to fight another day.”

JULIETTE: "’Whoever fights monsters should see to it that he doesn't become a monster.’ Friedrich Nietzsche said that. In other words, if you're a monster hunter... it's possible that your actions make you a monster too.”

First Betrayal - Regret

JULIETTE: “‘The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness, and in the taste confounds the appetite. Therefore, love moderately.’ Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 6. Love moderately? Did Shakespeare really believe you could control how deeply you fall? Like your heart is something you can pour into a measuring cup and simply stop at the two-thirds line?”

CALLIOPE: “Act II, Scene 6, Friar Laurence advises Romeo that violent delights have violent endings. ‘Therefore, love moderately.’ It makes sense to me now. I fell too deeply. Had I never met Juliette Fairmont, maybe I could have loved moderately…”

JULIETTE: “Had I never met Calliope Burns, maybe I could have loved moderately…”

CALLIOPE AND JULIETTE: “… And I never would have been in this much pain.”

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