September 2023

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thechekhov:

puffywiz:

A digital illustration depicting a prehistoric creature from the precambrian period called a pikaia. It is an aquatic animal with a long slender body and pronged head with two protrusions at the end, resembling a slug. It floats gently in an ocean void, with a few small bubbles framing it. There is a small text bubble at the bottom corner of the illustration which reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration of a table setting viewed from above. There is a plate being set out in front of the viewer by someone with dark skin and reddish arm hair. The plate contains two eggs and a few slices of fruit, placed in such a way that resembles a smiling face. There are two cups on the table, one with water, and another with coffee. There is an ash tray full of cigarette butts, a pair of glasses, three multicolored hair elastics and several notes and papers strewn across the table. The plate is being set on top of a children's illustration, drawn in crayon. It seems to depict a crude sketch of a saber toothed cat. There is text in the corner of the illustration which reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration depicting an Albertaceretops and its young walking together in a grassy field. The larger animal is a darker brown with gradiants of cream on its underbelly, and striping on its back, face and tail. It has some facial scarring and is missing the end of one of its horns. It's young is about a third of its size, with a paler taupe color palette and less pronounced facial tusks and horns. There is a speech bubble at the bottom corner which reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration depicting a little brown haired boy snugged up in bed with his grandmother. They are reading the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" together, while the dim light from an old fashioned lamp illuminates the corner of a bedroom. The little boy is holding a barbie doll in one hand as he looks down at the pages. His grandmother is a round-faced woman with golden hoop earrings, pink nailpolish and a distinct blueish facial tattoo on her lips and chin. (This is called a moko kauae, a traditional Māori tattoo for women) Both characters have a medium brown skin tone. There is text on the bottom corner of the image that reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration of a beach scene. The sky is a sickly color of blue, tinged with smog. There is a blue orb in the sky which obscures the natural light. In the foreground there is a character from the locked tomb series - a six legged white dog named noodle. He is looking at the viewer playfully. There is text on the image which reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration set in a dark glittering cave. There are strings of glow worm egg trails that glow an eerie turquoise. The foreground of the image depicts a lazily outstretched hand with a tiny glow worm on the end of the persons finger. The figure has a medium skin tone, chipped fingernails, and a rosary of bones wrapped around their wrist. They are wearing a sparkling white cloak that hangs off their forearm. There is text on the bottom corner of the illustration that reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration depicting three jellyfish, floating in a blue void. The jellyfish are a combination of blues and pinks, surrounded by bubbles. There is text on the image which reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration featuring a character from The Locked Tomb Series. Paul stands with their naked back to the viewer. Their eyes are obscured, and their body is smoking. There is text on the image which reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration depicting a creature from the early Eocene called Archicebus achilles. It is a small primate with a hunched back, large round eyes and distinct, long digits on its hands and feet. It is coiled on a treebranch, shaded from a rainstorm. There is text on the image which reads "I love you."ALT
A digital illustration depicting a scene described in The Locked Tomb Series. A little girl in skull facepaint looks down toward the viewer with an expression of shock. She is wearing a black robe adorned with fragments of bone. She is leaning over a stone slab, looking down. The image is framed as if the viewer is looking up from a resting position below her. There is blood under the little girls fingernails. There is a speech bubble in the corner of the drawing which reads "I love you."ALT
A black image with the text "I..." ALT
A digital illustration depicting two characters from The Locked Tomb Series. Kiriona, covered in blood, looks desperately at Ianthe who is feircly focused and looking down at the viewer. The image is distorted, as though the viewer is dizzy and unable to focus. There is text which reads the word "still"ALT
A digital illustration depicting a hand reaching out to stroke the face of a woman. The hand is battered and bloody, and the thumb leaves a smear of blood on the woman lips. The woman's eyes are obscured, her face is pale and cracked, with ice dusting her features. She is haloed by a large swath of blonde hair. Her neck is manacled. The image is distorted like the one above it, as though the viewer can't focus well. There is text on the bottom corner which reads "love y-"ALT
A black image.ALT
A digital illustration depicting Nona from The Locked Tomb Series. She is standing against a background of pale pinks and oranges, illuminated by yellow light. She is turned toward the viewer with her braids billowing in the breeze. She is saying, "I love you."ALT

“It’s finished, it’s done. You can’t take loved away.”

- Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

💝 Thank you for 1k. Special thanks to my lovely friend @sessjudoodles for helping sketch the line work for the Albertaceretops :)

After seeing it on my dashboard several times, and constantly thinking ‘oh that’s lovely’ I finally see this again and recognize it as Nona art. Ironically (or perhaps appropriately) I had purged its details from my mind until I came back to it again, with eyes wide open. 

This is beyond lovely. 

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unreachedgalaxy:

underrated part of the unwanted guest is dulcinea knowing full well that palamedes and camilla are a package deal. like, she’s in a weird emotional situationship with palamedes, and she is aware that means that she is Also, By Extension, in a weird emotional situationship with camilla. and she’s quite happy about it

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cutetanuki-chan:

the unwanted guest made an unrepairable damage to my soul

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scalierpepper:

finally finished!! i’ve never made something like this before and it took a very long time but it was great getting a chance to test my art skills. (i this say full well knowing i just wanted to draw my favorite guys a million times). hope you enjoy :)

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cavaliernav:

i saw someone on reddit wonder about what soul permeability says about judith and varun and now im just like. going insane about it

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rain-44:

Since I crucified her and then impaled her heart in the last drawings she gets to hug Harrow as a little treat

Also I needed it coz I was this close to cry again while thinking about the second book. And I didn’t want to explain to my little brother why his sister was weeping at midnight.🤡🤡

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rain-44:

“You could have lived for her. But you didn’t know how.”

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runmienn:

Idiots in class (both groups are failing)

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mintfoam:

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did you do the art for the illuminicrate tlt?!! can you/do you mind sharing your pics of it? 🖤

naomistares:

i did do the reverse dust jackets! here is the holy trinity

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spacetravels:

there’s so much to tell you!

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ravpocalypse:

I feel like I’m missing the tumblr content about how tlt isn’t just an explicitly queer story but also an intrinsically trans story. It’s probably being discussed in other circles and I’m not seeing it, but like… Gideon the First’s body with Phyrra’s soul, and Phyrra is she/her and never spoken of in Nona as anything but a woman. The sharing of Cam’s body with Pal and the immediate, unquestioned switch of pronouns depending on who is fronting. Paul, they/them, pronouns not based on their body’s genitalia. Like the queerness, it’s never “HEY THIS IS OUR TRANS CHARACTER, BEHOLD THE TRANS!” anymore than it’s like “AND THEY ARE LESBIANS!!!!” They just go about being trans and queer in a normalized way. Everyone is queer and trans and horny and nobody’s fucking.

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weirdprophetess:

AYO ALECTO’S PUSSY FOR THE ATN COVER?????

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notedchampagne:

notedchampagne:

pyrrha: i called your mom bounty the way i wanted her at any cost. dead or ali-

kiriona: can someone just fucking kill me already

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rosenkranz-does-things:

a digital painting of Camilla and Palamedes from the locked tomb series. they're standing in a dimly lit corridor, Cam holding a dagger and Pal opening a door with a keyALT

txf study but make it campal

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liesmyth:

arithmonym:

yurimysterycult:

yurimysterycult:

I deeply despise the idea that Harrowhark would give up her Ninth faith–prayer, veiling, face paint–if she went to Space Therapy.

Tamsyn Muir has written such a deeply, sincerely religious character and it seems so many readers simply can’t comprehend that side of Harrowhark.

i think some readers see john and harrow interact in HTN and think, “oh, she’s disillusioned with him and losing her religion,” but that isn’t fully it. she’s questioning whether john himself is god, not losing her faith in the existence of god itself.

She looked away from him, and she said: "I want to journey to find God. Maybe, at the end of that road, I will find God in you, Teacher ... the God who became man and the man who became God. Or, perhaps, the child of the Nine Houses will recognise a different divine. But I am the Reverend Daughter- I am the Reverend Mother, the Reverend Father -I must find God, or some aspect of God, and understand it for myself ... even if she lies, right now, within the Tomb."ALT

when we last see her in NTN, she’s going on a journey to find god, not losing her relationship to her faith!

#why is it so hard to belive that insane teenage queer girls can also be fundamentally and deeply religious @soldier-poet-king

#it’s so important to me that she’s a nun @imnotverybright

#YEAH FROM UR LOCAL VERY SINCERELY RELIGIOUS LESBIAN#THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF HER CHARACTER#AND ITS SORT OF RARE TO SEE SO ITS V IMPORTANT TO ME @ptolemia

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auva:

throw her a bone