We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope.

— Mahmoud Darwish

The Lady of Autumn is next 🍂 I am committed to drawing more women.

Side note: Because I like to hurt my own feelings, I made her look the most like Marcel, her third son and coincidentally, the most cruel of the Vanserra brothers. I just think there’s something so [screaming and gunshots ensue] about the son with the most twisted and terrifying nature taking after the gentle, kind-hearted mother. While Marcel enjoys the resemblance — the false sense of security it offers his victims — the Lady of Autumn can no longer look in the mirror without being reminded of the cruelty reflected in her own son’s face.

in light of recent events in the community i've created this in hopes to clear my name

no idk tamlin body pillow supplier but HE MIGHT HE MIGHT

Lucien... what have u done...

@allthefoolmine

trying to divvy out kinks to your ocs is lowkey embarrassing but also feels like this

Me when a song has honestly nothing to do at all with a character but I played it a lot while thinking about them

When a female character trains to be a warrior and wield a sword, it makes her feminine traits more palatable to a fantasy reader because she still embodies the typical (male) hero's journey. You can allow a FMC be as girly as you want if the audience sees she is willing to be "badass" by also kicking butt (the Buffy effect). But if you don't give that archetype to her in the first place, here come the accusations of a character being boring/stupid/vain/useless. That is the point. It isn't that other characters aren't feminine. It's what has been given to them to temper the inherent misogyny readers have about whose stories are valued.

“denied the catharsis of punishment” is an underappreciated but hugely effective narrative consequence imo 

#it’s so tasty and it comes in so many flavors#does the character self-loathe and feel anguished by what others intended as an act of forgiveness and grace?#does the character know they need to change but sort of madly wish they could trade the unceasing exhausting improvement journey#for a flash bang of slate-clearing repentance so they don’t have to *think* about it anymore?#is is a creeping horror as the character realizes no one is going to punish them because everyone else still thinks what they did was okay?#does the character have to live the rest of their life just feeling ever so slightly untrusted by everyone with no way to stop it?#sorry for leaving pretentious tags on tumblr dot com it will happen again 

Peer-reviewed tags by @annabelle–cane

ℰ𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓌ℯℯ𝓀 𝒟𝒶𝓎 1：𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓁

Kicking off the week with Elain traveling to the continent and gathering Tulips. This beautiful piece was done by the wonderful @/somethingdeviant thank you so much for working with me.

Art by @/somethingdeviant on instagram

Commissioned by me for @elainweekofficial

Character belongs to Sarah J. Maas

@elainweekofficial day one — travels 🦢

“Their feathers are white as snow. They glide across the water — while she rages through the skies above it.” — a court of wings and ruin

“Lucien stared out the window — as if he could see the lake across a sea and a continent. As if he were setting his target.” — a court of silver flames

Elain, through her visions, is connected to Koschei and the other women imprisoned at his lake, where Vassa will soon be returning. I can’t wait for Elain’s journey to the continent with her mate alongside her. I imagine it being the perfect backdrop to Elain’s story with Lucien, one of growth and healing and adventures.

Thank you so much to tasbaqaart for bringing this absolutely magical piece to life! You captured the dark moody vibes I was looking for through your beautiful watercolors style!

art credit tasbaqaart | commissioned by me

character by Sarah J Maas

A quick doodle of human Nesta my beloved

I’m really looking forward to carving this one 😁

task manager kill this fucking thinbg

the urge to write never leaves but the motivation to do so is a lover lost at war

it’s small joys saturday y’all let’s get it