#The Lark’s on the Wing

[yodawgiheardyoulikemecha]

#Mecha #Evangelion #Neon Genesis Evangelion #The Year’s at the Spring #And Day’s at the Morn #Morning’s at Seven #The Hill-Side’s Dew-Pearl’d #The Lark’s on the Wing #The Snail’s on the Thorn #God’s in His Heaven— #All’s Right With the World!

[gg-is-a-loser]

i posted lark with whalefall earlier but here’s his ref !! i place these ocs 10ish years after the war i think.? i think during ruby’s reign, sporting events that don’t involve murder become popular among the skywings. lark here is a star athlete !!

#not that i know what kind of sport it would be #wings of fire #wof #wof art #wof oc #gg draws #gg’s ocs #oc: lark #im still not 100% sure how i feel ab the patterns on his scales #ik ivy’s mom is already named lark i just don’t care

[manitapaleta]

(I'm so sorry it's 4 am and so I lack the inhibitions to restrain myself from making dumb requests) Ehehe I would like to request Nicky as a fucking fairy if you please! 😌🌸✨ Maybe an itty bitty little fairy in Lark's hands

Nark pixie hollow universe au!! 😤😤😱🤯🧚‍♂️✨🌈 they go on adventures and shit like a Disney movie but they CUSS and SMOKE FAIRY WEED and KILL PEOPLEEEE SHFFDCKHKYDHFJ

This would make a terrible kids movie

#dungeons and daddies #dndaddies #dndads #dndads s2 #dndaddies s2 #nark #lark oak garcia #lark oak #nicholas foster #nicholas close #nick foster #nick close #my art #my asks #it would have the same energy as an R rated ghibli movie lmao #almost made this with them as adults but I’ve watched too many tinker bell movies bc of my little sister and I just imagined them as kids #bc of it #also YES I looked up references for the guy clothes on the dude fairies from the movies lol #thats y the wings r a straight rip off from tinker bell lol

[softlytowardthesun]

Wich are your favorite fairy tale couples/romances and why?

*cracks knuckles* I'm excited for this one!

It's important to note that not all of these are necessarily "canon" to the story, whatever that nebulous word means in the context of oral traditions. Still, the fun of fairy tales as a genre is the audience participation aspect, allowing you to fill in our own imaginative gaps.

Gold-Tree, her husband, and her wife from "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree": in this Celtic variant of "Snow White", the handsome prince fills the role that the dwarfs occupy in Grimm. She marries him and temporarily escapes her mother, but the wicked Silver-Tree finds Gold-Tree and poisons her. Thinking her dead, the prince takes another wife, and in a total reversal of "Bluebeard", the second princess walks into the forbidden room where Gold-tree slumbers, finds the thorn, and breaks the spell. The second princess then kills Silver-Tree when she makes her third attempt on Gold-Tree's life, and " prince and his two wives were long alive after this, pleased and peaceful."

The Peasant and the Soldier from "The Grave Mound": A comical story about two poor men who win their fortune through conning the Devil, which ends with them co-habitating and "living in rest and peace...as long as God is pleased to permit". I fell in love with this story after reading the dedicated chapter for it in the terrific academic anthology "Transgressive Tales: Queering the Grimms".

Betushka and the Wood Maiden: Every day at noon, a mysterious and beautiful maiden appears to the farm girl Betushka. They dance together until the sun goes down, and I'm just so moved by how it's described: "Betushka's cheeks burned, her eyes shone. She forgot her spinning, she forgot her goats. All she could do was gaze at her partner who was moving with such grace and lightness that the grass didn't seem to bend under her slender feet." Ultimately, Betushka succumbs to an Orpheus-style moment of weakness that separates them forever. Tragic, but undeniably beautiful.

The Clever Farmgirl and the King: I love a battle of wits where the two parties challenge each other but clearly respect and love one another. You listed this as one of your favorite tale types, and in hindsight, I'm inclined to agree.

Tam Lin and Janet: these two need no introduction. A haunting ballad of love and the transformations that it always entails. (Just please, never the non-consensual variants.) I have to shout out Overly Sarcastic Productions on YouTube for introducing me to this story, and the "Which Fairytale Lady Are You?" quiz, which assigned me Janet. I hope to be as bold and confident as this heroine, in love and in life.

Prince Yousif and Louliyya, Daughter of Morgan: An Egyptian relative of Rapunzel, I love their fierce and undying commitment to each other, and their resilience in the face of the many challenges between them and their happy ending.

The Lady and the Lion from "The Singing, Springing Lark": A "Beauty and the Beast" variant where the heroine knows about the curse from the word go, and they actually live happily in spite of his back-and-forth between his human and lion forms for a while, even having a child together. Of course, circumstances force them apart, and she travels to the Sun, the Moon, the Four Winds, and the Red Sea to get him back. It's a relationship built on honesty, communication, and willingness to sacrifice for one another. When people talk about wanting a fairy tale Prince Charming, this is the guy I picture.

The One-Handed Girl and her Prince: A lovely (if at times gruesome) Swahili story of a woman deprived of everything by her wicked brother, she finds love in a charming prince and they start a family together. When her love is out warring, her wicked brother rears his head and persuades her in-laws to banish her to the wilderness, and tell the prince that she and her baby died. I'm always moved by the makeshift funeral her husband arranges when he hears the wicked brother-turned-royal-advisor's lie, and their reunion at the end.

The couple from "The Nixie of the Pond": When her husband succumbs to a mysterious nixie, the heroine conducts a series of moonlight rituals, offering a comb, a flute, and a spinning wheel to the water spirit in exchange for his safe return. Of course, the nixie doesn't play fair, but they eventually get their hard-earned happy ending, finding each other under the moonlight listening to the same song she used to bargain for his rescue.

Broadening the definition of "fairy tales", I have to include Dorothy and Ozma, Clara / Marie and her Nutcracker, and Ahmed and Pari Banu. There are also stories with pairings that, while I can't honestly say I support, I still find compelling: Shahrazad leading Shahryar through the most intense talk therapy session in world literature, whatever the heck is going on with Velina and Tayzanne, the quasi-erotic dynamic of this proto-Little Red Riding Hood. Plus there's some terrific villain couples I love to hate, like the witch and her lover in "The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince" (sorry, Burton's translation is all I could find online; if you have the chance, read Yasmine Seale's version of the text).

As you can tell, I've thought about this stuff a lot and I'm eager to talk about it. What are some of the romances and relationships you love / find compelling in fairy tales?

#ask response #ariel seagull wings #fairy tales #1001 nights #nixie of the pond #gold tree and silver tree #the grave mound #the wood maiden #the one handed girl #jack the master and jack the servant #the singing springing lark #tam lin #louliyya daughter of morgan #the farmer's clever daughter

[harveylikestoart]

I had fun drawing this I love-a fire!!!

#harvey’s arts and stuff #dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndaddies #dndads lark oak #dndads cryptid au #cali cryptid #i was listening to phemiec while drawing so u know my lark angst list now #also fun detail i tried making the eye pattern on larks wings stare at him #like a judgemental stare n all that lol

[llumimoon]

WIP WEDNESDAYYY !!!!! uhmmmm take some wingfic angst JWBECWHAHAA sorry Norm <33

#cal writes #dndads #dndads s2 #dungeons and daddies #dungeons and daddies season 2 #normal oak #sparrow oak #uhhh link and his dads r mentioned ? #cal rambles #wingfic au #u can assume sparrow is transfem in basically all my aus at this point ok #context for this is that norm is . late elementary? and his wings came in late + they're too small to use #so he got bullied REAL BAD . #generally a key for norms parents for me is: #mama = sparrow #mom = rebecca #and. uncle lark is lark LMAO

[terrific-fish]

Nark smells like the burnt hair from Lark's knuckles roll post

#their whole relationship smells like burnt hair and it's HOT THAT WAY #I posted this earlier and then deleted it bc it got no numbers and I only post bangers #(I do not post bangers) #nark #ppl are gross as hell and hot demon relationships are no exception #ask me about how Fantasy Wings are likened to ears and I will give you Waxy Nick #(he thinks it's gross and doesn't let ppl touch em but see. Lark is also gross so he goes 'meh') #(and in my fantasy land the wing wax smells like warm spices bc even I have my limits)

[chriscyr]

Today, The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor releases. I’m so grateful to have been a part of this magical story and to bring the cover and interior illustrations to life. Aubrey Hartman wrote a story that I would have voraciously consumed as a child, and this really felt like rewarding my inner kid. Do you like old world magic? Mystery in the pacific northwest? Deals so good they may break reality?

#middlegrade book #book cover illustration #The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor #water nymph #winged lion #I especially love the description of magic #a familiar scent of woodsmoke and thunderstorms and cinnamon

[bearrrman]

I canceled my nhl tv subscription because of a tight budget but it's obviously going to be a sleepless night...only refreshing twitter and staring at the nhl app to keep up with the game....😩

#and tomorrow I'll in sergei's red wings jersey to classes definitely #also a lark's cap #so let's goooooooooooo

[willow-lark]

in my will byers angst era rn no one talk to me

#byler #will byers #mike wheeler #stranger things #taylor swift #You give me just enough attention to keep my hopes too high #Foolish one stop checkin' your mailbox for confessions of love that ain't never gonna come #Now I'm slidin' down the wall with my head in my hands Sayin' How could I not see the signs? Oh you haven't written me or called #Cause you got her on your arm and me in the wings I'll get your longing glances but she'll get your ring #And you will say you had the best of intentions #WHAT IF I THREW UP #posts of lark #Spotify

[gg-is-a-loser]

i’m getting more comfortable posting my art :3

more whalefall uhh i’d share lore for her if i had any.,

the skywing is named lark (he/him) they’re partners

whalefall is a nightwing/seawing hybrid who technically hatched under one full moon. however, she was hatched underwater, so the moonlight got filtered through and her powers are very weak. she’s technically a mind reader, but what she can read from dragons is about the same as what moon reads from scavengers in the books.

that’s kinda all i got lore wise

#you can kinda see my improvement #the second image/ref is the one i drew first #then the one with lark #then the top one #woohoo #wings of fire #wof #wof art #wof oc #wof hybrid #gg draws #gg’s ocs #oc: whalefall #oc: lark

[deusexvalerate]

thinking about how Wyl Lark would totally leave the Senate when Leia was pushed out and would come out of military retirement to help with the Resistance

#wyl lark #alphabet squadron #i have thought too much about this #this flagship is the Sur-avka Wing #Chass and Yrica's kids are pilots under his command

[tapejob]

NHLPA Player Poll - Dylan Larkin

#dylan larkin #detroit red wings #tj.gif #it’s times like this that i have to acknowledge that i am hopelessly attracted to d larks

[eleplay]

being so strong and not associating "i, carrion (icarian)" with lark (you walk around me and see that behind my back my fingers are crossed)

#eleplays dnd #the truth is that it's a bit overtly romantic for a lark song but #but. #i do not have wings love i never will #anyway fingers crossed for lark to ascend to twisted godhood #i'm sure that'd end up completely fine

[jondrawsthings]

“Wyl Lark, you fleshy peasant boy, you will be missed whatever the others say.” Sata Neek

From Alphabet Squadron by Alexander M. Freed (not to brag but he called this “delightful” on Twitter).

#alphabet squadron #Star Wars #star wars books #wyl lark #a wing #rebel pilot #star wars fanart #illustration #digital art #procreate

[newtdoods]

The Nark Nation server already saw them, look it‘s wholesome! *shoves away the angsty-not-finished-stuff*

#dungeons and daddies #dndads #dndads nark #Nick warms up lark with his wings #dndads s2 #dungeons and daddies season 2 #lark oak #lark Garcia oak #Nick close #nick foster #Nicky #nick x lark #them being cuddly #them being cute