#derkholm

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote YES if you have finished the entire book.

vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.

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#fantasy #books #Dark Lord of Derkholm #Derkholm #Diana Wynne Jones #poll #result: no #l: English

[best-childhood-book]

#best childhood book #poll #the littles #the magic thief #100 cupboards #dear dumb diary #the great brain #the hardy boys #moomintrullen #derkholm #the doll people #ivy and bean

[havendance]

Getting the crossover brain itch for the first time for DC…

This time I’m thinking about a crossover with Dark Lord of Derkholm. Options:

A character from the DC universe gets accidentally teleported to the fantasy dimension of the books and gets involved in taking down Cheseny’s control. I’m thinking Wonder Woman.

Cheseny is operating out of the DC universe and is a businessman who’s practices are extremely opaque. Suspected of being a supervillain (or at least highly unethical), characters go undercover as tourists in one of the pilgrim parties to find out what’s going on. (Probably either a handful of the bats or Lois Lane doing her latest big expose)

Cheseny is operating his tours out of the dc universe, promising a superhero extravaganza of an experience and keeping control through a mix of hostages and having a demon/some other powerful being at his command. The Justice League finally decides that enough is enough.

A character gets transported to the fantasy world at just the right time that they are the first person seen after consulting the Oracle and now have to fake it till they make it as the Dark Lord while trying to figure out how to get back and also figuring how to make the best and help people in the unjust system of the tours.

As a variation on one or four, the character surprise transported to the world also has amnesia.

#dc #dark lord of derkholm #derkholm #my au ideas #carthago delenda est

[uovoc]

ngl if Mr Chesney's Pilgrim Parties were real I would sign up for one in an instant

#derkholm #diana wynne jones #as it is I'm just looking up backpacking tours and realizing I have neither the equipment nor the experience

[chelshiart]

a call-out post

#at least walk in pairs to let the rest of us pass why dont you!! #diana wynne jones #year of the griffin #derkholm series #olga yotg #lukin yotg #elda dlod #ruskin yotg #felim yotg #claudia yotg #kicking my feet up in the air thinking about their friendships dont mind meeee

[squiddviscous]

I want to say something about DWJ creating a he/him, burly, angry little Dwarf who's name is for some fucking reason Galadriel and all the other characters think it's weird but they don't know why. But I don't even know what to say just.

It was funny enough before and knowing that she was taught by Tolkien I'm just sat where going 'what kind of flex even is that'

#diana wynne jones #dark lord of derkholm #i love this book so much

[randomshenaniganery]

I am yet again listening to the Howl’s moving castle audiobook for the millionth time and my brain is just filled with I CANT DRAW THIS FAKE BLONDE BASTARD AAAAAAAAAA

as well as I love this brat so much 

The book has practically ruined the movie for me. It’s just the movie is so vastly different from the book that it hurts me so bad you cannot believe.  I have griped on it so much and though I love studio ghibli for the enth time I say I cannot forgive this you have not displayed howl’s true brattiness to the world nor have you shown just how complex Sophie was as a character having to interact with other characters and how well everyone in the book is written it really does feel like an entire world and not just a bunch of characters that are there to serve a plot. 

I’ve made a speech about how amazing I think Diana Wynne Jones’ books are so I will not go on another ramble. 

If you haven’t read the book.

GO READ IT

PLEASE ITS SO GOOD

Howl is such a piece of shit but like you understand why he’s like that 

Sophie is a great as well, her narrative is so fun 

I recommend listening to the audiobook since hearing Howl whine at Sophie is just the best shit ever. SOPHIIIiiiiEEEE I’m DYINGGG PLEASEeeeeee 

he had colds btw

#howl's moving castle #studio ghibli #howl's moving castle book #hmc #hmc book #howell jenkins #howl pendragon #sophie hatter #diana wynne jones #dwj #every year i got through a phase were i go insane for her books #if u like hmc and want to read more i suggest chronicles of chrestomanci #also dark lord of derkholm though warning its kinda dark but the dark hits you after all that happens

[howlsmovinglibrary]

6500 / 10000 words into the FINAL CHAPTER OF MY FUCKING THESIS and we are VIBRATING IN OUR CHAIRS LADS.

#academia tag #personal #the way i literally have to sneak up on this chapter (doing analysis book by book and then linking it together) #(rather than writing A Chapter with An Argument. it current has no intro or conclusion) #bc if I look at it as My Last Chapter I become literally paralysed with fear #but what if the textual analysis i've written was... good. actually??? #what if i didn't think it sucked like every other chapter i've ever drafted. #bc this is the straight cut english lit chapter and i know how to Do That. #anyway Darklord of Derkholm thank you for being very good to bullshit about xx

[thatfoolsophie]

any fans of dark lord of derkholm that could hype it up to me? im giving it another go but not sure if im invested enough to finish

#i know people who DO enjoy it so i want to give it a shot!!! #but im about 1/3 in and it's yet to grab me #dark lord of derkholm #diana wynne jones

[omgpurplefattie]

Horses

"Horses are of a breed unique to Fantasyland. They are capable of galloping full-tilt all day without a rest. Sometimes they do not require food or water. They never cast shoes, go lame, or put their hooves down holes, except when the Management deems it necessary, as when the forces of the Dark Lord are only half an hour behind. They never otherwise stumble. Nor do they ever make life difficult for Tourists by biting or kicking their riders or one another. They never resist being mounted or blow out so that their girths slip, or do any of the other things thst make horses so chancy in this world. For instance, they never shy and seldom whinny or demand sugar at inopportune moments. But for some reason you can not hold a conversation while riding them. If you want to say anything to another Tourist (or vice versa) , both of you will have to rein to a stop and stand staring out over a Valley while you talk. Apart from this inexplicable quirk, Horses can be used just like bicycles, and usually are. Much research into how these exemplary animals come to exist has resulted in the following: no mare ever comes into season on a Tour and no Stallion ever shows interest in a mare; and few horses are described as geldings. It therefore seems probable that they breed by pollination. This theory seems to account for everything, since it is clear that the creaturese do behave more like vegetables than mammals. It also explains why the Anglo-Saxon Cossacks and the Desert Nomads appear to have a monopoly on horse -breeding. They alone possess the secret of how to pollinate them. See also Horse-Breeding."

(from Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones)

#mysterious lotus casebook #the critters pulling the lotus lodge are now accounted for #they are specifically fantasyland horses #an explanation at last #OMG i read that book when it was new and 'dark lord of derkholm' with it

[readingbooksinisrael]

5 Random Fantasy Books I Recommend

Artemis Fowl/Eoin Colfer: read if you like sci-fi and fantasy blends, subversions of classic tropes, characters that are too clever for their own good

Bartimaeus series/Jonathan Stroud: read if you like narrators with a strong voice, slow revolutions, humor together with meaning (also: characters that are too clever for their own good and critiques of society that are still a good story)

Dark Lord of Derkholm/Diana Wynne Jones: read if you like critiques of society that are still a good story, unusual families, clever characters, griffins

Deltora Quest series/Emily Rodda: read if you like cool and creepy settings, strong imagery, maps, quests, short books

East/Edith Patton: read if you like fairytale retellings, cold settings, watery settings, female characters that have both traditionally feminine and masculine interests (also: strong imagery)

#book recommendations #fantasy #east #deltora quest #dark lord of derkholm #bartimeus trilogy #artemis fowl #eoin colder #jonathan stroud #diana wynne jones #emily rodda #edith patton

[best-childhood-book]

I have some books/series recommendations for the fantasy poll - I’ll send more when I get home and actually get to look at my shelves

Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock (series)

The Black Company by Glenn Cook (series)

The 13 Clocks by James Thurber

The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (series)

The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe (series)

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

The Cemeteries of Amalo by Katherin Addison (series)

The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir (series)

Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones (series, sequel is Year of the Griffin)

I’ll think of more when I see my shelves. I’d recommend the Earthsea series 100 times, but I figure it’s already been submitted. Cheers - and thanks for doing these. They’re a lot of fun.

You are correct, Earthsea has already been submitted lol

I added all of these, and god, I love The Locked Tomb!

#ask #submission #elric of melnibone #the black company #the 13 clocks #the book of the new sun #the wizard knight #the goblin emperor #the cemeteries of amalo #the locked tomb #derkholm

[moondustbooks]

January JOMP Day 14 - So Many Books

So many books by one author. ❤️Diana Wynne Jones' books are magical and such a delight to read.

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #books #booklr #diana wynne jones #howl's moving castle #house of many ways #castle in the air #dogsbody #dark lord of derkholm #year of the griffin #chronicles of chrestomanci #fire and hemlock #a tale of time city #enchanted glass #bookshelf #book photography #book photo challenge #moondustbooks

[uovoc]

Derk and Blade. dirk and blade. Motherfu

#I only just now realized their names #derkholm #diana wynne jones

[chelshiart]

team derkholm!

#dark lord of derkholm #diana wynne jones #derkholm series #another year another attempt at drawing the derkholm fam lol #derk dlod #mara dlod #blade dlod #kit dlod #elda dlod #shona dlod #callette dlod #lydda dlod #don dlod #gave the griffins neck floof so that they all look somewhat related now

[alwaysalreadyangry]

i am still reading dark Lord of Derkholm very slowly and oh Blade constantly just like “ugh i don’t fancy girls” and feeling drawn to boys who he thinks looks nice… I’m reading this book like everything is super dark but oh there’s a queer baby wizard in here. Also lots of griffins. Don’t forget the griffins.

#there’s a bit earlyish on when there’s reference made to how the griffins were planned as like. #breeding pairs. #DERK THEY ARE SIBLINGS PLEASR STOP #anyway. I’m glad that wasn’t expanded on. #dark lord of derkholm #reading