Oathbound And Ragpicker King Are Both Coming Out Next Week And I Will Be Reading Them Back To Back. I

cordelia's rose coloured glasses still being FIRMLY in place after all this is astonishing.

like girl you think the hardcore alcoholic is just gonna quit cold turkey and be all bright eyed and bushy tailed? you're smarter than this cordelia please 😭

OH MY GOD THEY'RE KISSING

thomas and alastair are kinda cute tho...

i WILL finish tda this time and i WILL enjoy it

"father is a worm" is probably one of my favourite scenes of all time

if i see one more person take the boat scene, which is just another of the many scenes that slaps us in the face with the fact that jace is suicidal at this point in the series, and use it as a "that's straight?" thing for a jimon post i'm gonna pull out my hair.

i see it everywhere and it disgusts me.

NATASIA POV NATASIA POV OOOOOOOO TRACY DEONN I WORSHIP YOU

i would be so much more compelled by this whole fake fiancée thing if it was sel i'm SORRY i just don't give a shit about nick as a love interest

i think one of the biggest damages to fandom spaces that social media (and the sort of instant gratification that it spawned) is that nuance is dying.

every fandom i enter (some to a worse degree than others i will admit) is just teeming with bad takes with no nuance. you can't acknowledge a good part of a character without being attacked for supporting someone who's done abc and suddenly being labeled an xyz apologist.

this leads to these dynamic and interesting characters being viewed only through a binary of right and wrong, which destroys the very things that make them feel real and human.

everyone is racing to be morally right in an age where awareness of social injustice is rising and as a result they're either forcing issues that aren't there to criticize a character or ripping them to shreds just to feel morally superior. in doing so not only are they ruining the stories and characters, but they're making these real world issues come off as frivolous and unimportant, when there are actual bodies of work that properly and intentionally explore them.

.... he woke up

one thing that really stuck with me after the last hours is how little cordelia and lucie feel like actual parabatai

i could see them as best friends for sure, but they lacked that spark cassie's parabatai bonds usually have