#quil's queries

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do you ever think about how pissed alvar was that fitz stopped pressing buttons

I haven't yet, but do you ever think about what, exactly, Alvar was yelling while he pounded on the glass? Because Fitz didn't specify

Was he furious at being imprisoned, enraged they stood by and watched? Was it because he was trapped or was it because it was them, his baby siblings, who had done it? Was it because it was just another example of the young being "better" than the old, or was it because deep down part of him wanted them to join him, to follow him, for there to still be something there, and this was a betrayal to that secret wish

Or was he desperate? Was he pleading, beseeching, imploring? Scared and screaming as the goop poured in hot and thick, yelling to be let out, to be saved. Did part of him, deep down, still believe that they would? That the family he'd scorned and disowned still meant something? That though he'd set the bridge on fire with his own hands, his baby siblings would reach out theirs?

What was he yelling, Shannon?

#kotlc #kotlc character analysis #alvar vacker #quil's queries #arson-anarchy-death #that whole thing at everglen. man #fitz nearly killing him. sophie nearly convincing alvar to chose differently but losing him in the end. #what if i told you i stopped pressing buttons #man

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The dynamic gets even better in season two ur gonna have so much fun

I am in season 2! I have been posting from mid s2! currently on ep7, but I have paused to go back and watch that one shot stream.

and you're right, I am having so much fun--they've decided their ideal dynamic is nonfunctional without each other and they're so right for it. 'i can't make decisions unless I can see one of the other two' and 'how big is the train car because we all sleep in a pile'

clinging 2 them desperately. save me drawtectives

#drawfee #drawtectives #quil's queries #nonsie #anyway back to looking for that one fucking folder I can't find #that I have never seen before and have to rely on my dad's descriptions to identify #who historically describes colors differently than I do and also puts shit in random places and forgets #it's fine. all fine.

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QUIL! For April Fools, they made your cheese update. Aggressively click the cheese button, and post is covered in cheese.

Adding the photo from the other ask as requested!

I see! I see the update! God I can't let this be my magnum opus now I have to go out and achieve more in life or something, I can't believe tumblr would do this to me.

Anyway, I think of all the posts on this site the cheese one being covered in cheese is very fitting :). Thank you for instructing me on how the cheese function works, because I probably would not have intuited it otherwise!

#quil's queries #lola-legendary #happy april fools #april fools #get cheesed #aw fuck I can't believe you've done this (cheesed me) #this is the most severe containment breach I've ever had in my life how do I top this #i don't know if i can

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hey quil i think im a telepath.... are you perhaps thinking abt fitz vacker

(fanart by @lemontarto)

#kotlc #quil's queries #lemontarto #fitz vacker #ALWAYS AND FOREVER #I AM RESTING THE ENTIRETY OF MY MENTAL HEALTH ON THIS MAN #SHAKING HIM SHAKING HIM SHAKING HIM

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do you think they have elven booktok. it has to be bad also

pov its 2am and you scrolled one post too far on elftok

#kotlc #shitpost #quil's queries #arson-anarchy-death #hey guys I did something #inspiration struck #i simply had to #also man it took a while to find a throne pic that wasn't ai that's so annoying #anyway. enjoy <3

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hey Dira I’m reading dracula and all the protagonists are acting like they’re madly in love with each other. it’s great. world’s most gothic polycule.

You would fit in perfectly with everyone who participated in Dracula Daily last year, just so you know. I think every 5th post I saw was about their polycule (an exaggeration but it was an incredibly prolific concept)

I once saw someone say something about how they hadn't realized before, but so much of Dracula (the novel) is about the humanity we see in everyone. How in all the places we visit, all the fleeting characters passing by, they are filled with this active care for the world around them. They worry for a lost dog, they share stories and advice to the younger generation, they fret over the health of someone close to them, they give everything they have in the hope that things will be better for someone else someday.

And I think that's captured in the main character's interactions as well. The kind of outward, eager active attempts to connect with and understand and care for each other in whatever capacity they can is so different from what so many of us have experienced. Because they are all madly in love with each other because they're all madly in love with being alive and seeing people thrive and prosper and be happy. And they all care about each other. And all the background characters care about each other because they all care about the world and want it to be good.

I'm getting away from myself, but the ever present hope and happiness and attempts at connection in this world are, to me, a very crucial part of the novel and something that can get lost in adaptations. I hope you enjoy your experience with the novel, as I certainly did :)

#dracula #dracula daily #quil's queries #solreefs #it certainly wasn't present in bram stokers dracuIa. the 1990s movie #i. do not like that adaptation #it leans 100% into the vampirism as seduction and sexual. and like. yeah that's a common interpretation #but they do so at the expense of the rest of the story #the polycule aren't a polycule in that one they're at best friend of a friend who met yesterday #oh I dislike so many things about it #mina kissed van helsing! and dracula! ugh. i can't even with it i hate it so much. more so with every thought

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Saw the sketch request; do you like httyd? If so you should draw stormfly and if you’re not looking to draw dragons thennnnnn movie 2 hiccup

What kind of dragon fanatic would I be if I didn’t!! I’ve never drawn stormfly before though, and I’ve discovered her headshape was sent from hell to torment me and me specifically

hidden world stormfly be upon ye :)

#httyd #httyd fanart #httyd stormfly #quil's queries #kykafitzdinguss #something about the roundness of stormfly makes her very difficult to translate from 3D to 2d #but i love dragons so anything for her <3

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if this movie gets released in theaters then i think i'd make a neverseen armband out of kandi and get a cloak to go see it (for funsies :3)

oh FUCK I didn’t even consider that a theatrical release might be on the table

me rocking up in my handsewn sophie gn hoodie in the middle of summer wiitytispb bracelet on entire series in my backpack: haha no I was just. I was just bored. I’ve never even heard of the series before haha. ha. dies or something

#kotlc #quil's queries #kotlc movie #dizzeners

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Tam and Linh living with Tiergan? (and Wylie)

It wasn't brought up much in canon, but that is a thing that did happen-

the solreef family is something that is so so important to me actually <3

#kotlc #kotlc fanart #quil's queries #sacrificialloving #i wasn’t sure what you wanted with this ask so I just did a sketch #if you wanted to talk about them we can also do that! I’ll just need a little more clarification/direction

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the "what if you wanted to go to heaven but god said __" meme format but its fitz and said "what if you wanted to kill your brother but you realized one of the buttons youre pushing might save him"

i spent much longer than I meant to on this

#kotlc #kotlc fanart #kotlc shitpost #quil's queries #dizzeners #quil's quill #i know you phrased it differently but I was struck with a vision #also tried to make fitz look a little younger. to imply that's how alvar sees him. a kid #you know? #shout out to buttons <3

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Hmhmhmh fitz

the boy!!!

#kotlc #kotlc fanart #fitz vacker #quil's queries #an-ungraceful-swan #do u ever think about him #because i do #all the time

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The edits are going to go so hard once this movie is released

god i need to acquire SO many new skills

#kotlc #quil's queries #nonsie #i have aquired so many skills and hobbies because of this one book series

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fun fact when i first joined the kotlc fandom/interacted with it online i was not at all up to date with the books, and so i did NOT know who ro was. however, i did not at all come to the conclusion that a new character had been introduced. instead, i came to the conclusion that ruy had became a good guy and transed his gender

the reason she's always wearing an addler is because she hasn't achieved her transition goals yet and doesn't want anyone to see or remember her until she has. bad guy -> good girl arc when shannon

#kotlc #ruy ignis #trans!ruy #quil's queries #dizzeners #obligatory gender = pronouns disclaimer I'm basing my pronoun use off ro's rn. because if ro WAS ruy they she would've chosen the she/her #hang on i just got hit with a wave of longing for queer kotlc representation so strong I need to stare into the distance for a minute #sometimes I forget just how much we're always accepting #and then I remember #god imagine if keeper was queer like for actually...

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Sophie with a sword. Thoughts?

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girl with sword pretty

#kotlc #kotlc fanart #sophie foster #quil's queries #quil's quill #⚙️ nonsie #pretend she has correct sword grip I used zero (0) references or accuracy <3 #anyway. aesthetically? sophie with a sword is great! #realistically? I don't know if she could truly wield one #i think she'd get freaked out being so close to the damage she's inflicting #and that would make her mess up no matter how hard she tried to overcome it #it would take more time than she has to become comfrotable with it #throwing daggers and goblin stars has a distance to it #she can turn away. distance herself from what's happening #not with a sword #and that. would be a challenge for her I think

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What do you think Jolie’s flaws were?

Most of what we know of her comes from those who loved her fiercely, but I'll try.

First: getting in over her head/trying to grow up too fast. Jolie was almost done with school and engaged, but in reality she was barely an adult--19-ish. That's incredibly young to be tackling the role she played as a double agent, especially when we're talking about a species with an indefinite life. She proposed it herself, too, even against warnings. That sort of determination can be a positive, but it can also easily turn to overconfidence that comes back to bite you when you've bitten off more than you can chew--relevant, I think, considering she was a new recruit when she made this decision. We could also see this sort of maturity speedrun in how young she was getting married, how she'd started calling Edaline "mother" instead of "mom." So much of what we learn and the choices she made make her seem older than she was, which could be in part because we learn through Sophie's eyes, but I think it's in part just how Jolie pushed to be

For the second, I'd like to clarify that a lot of flaws are a positive quality detrimental at an extreme--and what a "flaw" is is subjective. Much of Jolie's story was very emotional and wrapped up in personally significant things, which isn't a bad thing, but it did lead her to decisions we'd advise against with hindsight. The major one: confronting Brant. She loved him so much it killed her. There was never any scenario in which she'd take steps to protect herself against him because she wholeheartedly trusted and believed in him, so she was always going to be vulnerable to him. And again. This doesn't mean it's a mark against her character--loving intensely and believing in others despite it all can be a wonderful quality--I'm simply counting it here because it is also the quality that killed her.

Again, we don't learn much of her and what we do know is from biased sources, but I'd posit: biting off more than she should/trying to grow up too fast, and unable to separate personal emotions from certain decisions as potential flaws :)

#kotlc #kotlc character analysis #quil's queries #jolie ruewen #nonsie #it's also possible the maturity thing is just how jolie was #people seem to mature as different rates and she may very well have just been quicker #but also. 20. she's a baby in their world. she's still in school #long post

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fintan fish btw. red chili endler which is like… basically a guppy imo. he can get one (1) boiled pea as a treat

Shannon: hey guys look at this cool short story with so much drama and so many secrets, the intrigue, you're favorite characters--

Us: fintan fish? he's a fish? little fin blub blub scaley man? feed him little frozen shrimp? down his little slide? guppy fish man?

I think if his guards rolled a single boiled pea down his food waterslide he's break out and kill everyone. at least that's what I would do and I'm not an unstable pyrokinetic criminal, so.

#kotlc #kotlc spoilers #quil's queries #tw-5 #fintan pyren #also ty for the nice fish pictures :) #fish mutual core