all aboard the xwing

Spring picnic.

Star Wars Tennis AU pt. 2! Pt. 1 here

A dream of the fields

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books i read in 2025 ⟶ Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

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“It’s much easier to tell yourself you’re a good person than it is to actually be one.”

“So many parents will try to kill everything brilliant about a girl in the name of giving her a good life, a safe life, a chance at happiness.”

“Because good people can turn desperate when the horrors are upon them—especially people whose culture of plenty has left them with no systems to cope with scarcity or cataclysm. Good people will turn monstrous when it’s down to their survival or someone else’s.”

“You know, arrogance never made a woman more attractive.' 'When I care how attractive you find me, I'll let you know.”

— It was like the first book I read by ML Wang, I became attached to the characters faster than any other book I've read this year. I usually don't care about characters in a standalone; there isn't enough time and development for me to care, but that doesn't happen here. It was such a quick read, I couldn't put the book down and I became immensely attached to both protagonists.

BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN a playlist

merrin with red eyeliner. you agree

Lovely commission piece I did for @/lunar.banshee on ig of her dnd party, for a very special moment of their campaign!

Like Power truly only brings out the worst in Annie. He makes her more ambitious, yes, better at flying, sure, but also less empathetic to others. More utilitarian. Being with Power LITERALLY gives Annie the tools to become politically powerful. To be an Atreus type figure who is always choosing the greater good but has this warped idea of what the greater good even is.

Meanwhile, Annie IS the right choice for Power. She makes him less selfish, more mindful of who he’s hurting when he chooses the greater good. He becomes someone who, instead of making the decision that’s best for him, allows his reputation to be the main casualty in his quest for the greater good. Like Power never cared about seeming like a good person, and when he’s fighting against Ixion and to protect Annie, that’s his greatest asset. She gives him purpose and drive outside of revenge.

And it makes him one of the most tragic figures I’ve ever read because you see his capacity for and will to change, all while knowing that what he’s sacrificed in that change his sense of self-preservation— which before, would’ve kept him alive at the expense of others.

Oh and of course us

Honourable mention