Just started on The Fifth Season and I’m pretty sure @nkjemisin already owes me payment of damages for the infliction of emotional distress
So the continent is most stable along the equator? I can see how that would be the most prized environmental advantage in a world of so much geological flux. Broken Earth stands in the best tradition of sci-fi in starting with a simple yet strong “What if?” and extrapolating the ramifications on the world and its people.
Bahaha I love how the narration lays out the description of the city’s architecture and politics, and we expect that to be the main show since fantasy is typically obsessed with the intricacies of the nobility’s lives and intrigues–and then it’s all like, none of this matters it’s just backdrop lol.
I also love these pithy expressions like “chain-linked along the equator like a continental girdle” and “delicately arching bridges woven of glass and audacity.” I try not to go overboard with highlighting but damn, some passages demand it. The writing is wryly witty yet immediately there, putting you in the moment and keeping you there.
Wait, that “continental girdle” bit wasn’t just a clever description, it was foreshadowing that came right back in the form of “the girth of the land’s equator.” Girdle and girth, of course, not only sound alike but are etymologically linked. DAMN, you clever woman. How deep of a trip are you taking me on?
What’s this about “you” not existing if the woman in the opening had been in Yumenes? WHO THE HELL AM I? IS THE WOMAN MY MOM? Do I need to fistfight the author for killing my brother and giving my mother so much grief?
My mom (I think??) Essun is a full-figured biracial Black woman with dreadlocks and I love her ❤ and holy shit Uche’s dad killed him? God that bastard had better not be my dad…
i made this for the one hundredth finnrey friday! the theme is treasure/found family– finn and rey obviously got found family covered and then i tried to like incorporate a treasurey vibe with the kyber crystals and garlands
this is actually my first time painting (as opposed to like lineart and flat colors) in forever and i’m really really happy with how it turned out! ^_^ definitely gonna do this style again
It took two and a half months, lots of sleepless nights (including one
in the con hotel), and some last minute alterations but Nakia (v1) made
it to ECCC.
I have a bit left to do before she’s done (the beadwork is actually puff paint – yay improvising). So taking a break on this project to work on stuff for Sakuracon and then I plan to finish my beading and some additional detail work before I take her to Rose City in September.
I already started animating Rey too, but I’m not sure if I can finish it before everything gets stressful, besides it’s a bit spoiler-y so I would hold it back for some time anyway.
Edit: The Rey one ended up being a fight scene, you can see it here
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Every time I see a ‘modern au’ ft a character that has some sort of limb replacement like a metal arm or w/e and the ‘cool au version’ of it is a sleeve tattoo I literally want to reach through the screen and slap some sense into whoever posted it
They got a prosthetic in canon they gonna get a prosthetic in the au!!!! Because, I know this is a little far-fetched, but people who need prosthetics actually exist!!! In real life?! What a coincidence?!
Also you want cool prosthetics??? They totally exist
Want your character to have a cool prosthetic in the modern day?
steampunk? check
#aesthetic? Floral?
avant garde?
cyberpunk?
there are no excuses for erasing canonical disabilities
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