Serpent & Dove Characters.

Serpent & Dove characters. 

In order - Reid, Louise, Coco, Ansel, Beau, Madame Labelle, Morgane, The Archbishop, Jean Luc and Célie.

All characters belong to Shelby Mahurin.

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Happy winter solstice and happy birthday to our fav high lady Feyre!

Lysandra - Throne of Glass

Artist: @alrun.art

I spent too much time on this little ominous family portrait of Aedion and Aelin *scrambles back to college work*

You’ll wear my silks again, I promise

Beyond the realisation that I can draw sheer fabric using a layer effect on my app, this drawing was inspired by the heavier topics that SoC addresses, so only proceed if you are okay with the content. (CW: s*xual ab*se, f*tishisation)

One of the things I really appreciate from SoC is how Leigh wrote in the issue of fetishisation and exoticism of cultures and how harmful it is to the person of that identity. Beyond the abuse Inej endured in the Menagerie, it also broke her connection to her culture. Inej stayed away from silks after the Menagerie, even if it was part of her Suli identity. This made me wish for more insight on her relationship with her culture now after surviving the Menagerie, as sexualised stereotypes have always been very harmful and often seen when portraying female POC characters in the media.

Although my culture has yet to be fetishised in Western media (probably cuz it never appeared anyway lmao) this maltreatment exists in my own country against the women who don our own TRADITIONAL CLOTHES. They censor the exposed skin that traditional clothing cuts give in the name of “decency”, when our culture gave very similar clothing shapes for both male and female wearers. It’s all so disturbing, so I’m glad that Leigh addressed such a big topic that is still prevalent today, even if it isn’t as blatantly racist or sexist as it was before.

“Come back,” he whispered, and he could feel the ache in his heart worsening, as though she had already left.

Her world was so much larger than him. She had her ship, she had her crew. She had her son. Kaz had Ketterdam, what it was and what he had made it to be, and the Dregs, but there was no other woman in the city.

“I will always come,” Inej whispered to him, her breath against his lips. “When I leave this city, I leave half of my heart.”

Kaz grabbed her hand tight. Half of her heart. The other half was on a ship somewhere, guarded by women with a fighting spirit born of brutality.

   Son of Sea and Steel, written by @franklevesque

My second participation to the @grishaversebigbang ! What a lovely fic, what a lovely crew. 

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