I hope you find a way; to be yourself someday

Useful tip: sometimes, you are not hungry, just dehydrated because at some point, you forgot how to distinguish between hunger and thirst until you hit critical. Try a glass of water.  I”m still very bad at this part.

— Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

Per EVERYONE’s request, albeit @andakillerqueen beat everyone to the punch, here is the Red Room Scene from Red White and Royal Blue! Having seen this room in person on a tour of the White House, this was a fun challenge. Although I swear, it took just as long to paint the dang Hamilton painting and its picture frame as it did to paint Henry and Alex. Lol

How is that not upsetting? Especially to a young girl??

a masterpost

(Also Nathaniel/Silas/Elisabeth was absolutely a poly ship/queerplatonic relationship and nothing can convince me otherwise, because just as often were there “hints” about Nathaniel and Elisabeth’s feelings, there were the same regarding their feelings towards Silas, in the same manner and tone.)

@booksociety‘s Hogwarts Houses Reads Event: Ravenclaw - Sorcery of Thorns by Margret Rogerson 

2018 books ∞ the wicker king

“I never said I didn’t feel the same,” Jack said harshly. “Just because I don’t see the kingdom doesn’t mean it doesn’t still exist,” Jack said furiously. “As long as one of us remembers it, it still counts. We decide the end of the game, not them. Not anyone else. You’re so stupid, August. You’re so stupid and I love you so much.”

We decide the end of the game, not them. Not anyone else. You’re so stupid, August. You’re so stupid and I love you so much.

would it still be real after the treatment, or would all his titles collapse like a tower of sand?

“If you drop the weight you are carrying, it is okay. You can build yourself back up out of the pieces.”  

Welcome to Terabithia on steroids. A mood piece for The Wicker King. This was such a beautiful read and I’m such a sucker for mixed media story telling. This story resonated strongly with me, as I had a close relative with a memory impairment and would mix thoughts and mis-remember things. Having to tread that line of contesting their reality or indulging in their fantasy with every sentence, every word, every moment was a constant split-second debate of how it would affect their happiness; short term and long term. This story is a much more extreme case of how someone with a mental illness and another with PTSD find solace in each other. And while it’s not healthy, there is a definite equilibrium to Jack and August’s relationship over the course of the story.

Okay but but but… does this mean what I think it does?!😭

PLEASE