Deer child Lattie

Stuff on walls? That's where I'm a viking!

Facebook marketplace, estate sales, auctionninja.com, etsy, and eBay are my primary sources for finding wall decor. I usually only find original prints at antique malls if that is what the booth specializes in.

But also consider branching out. If you are into shelf decor, get some wall shelves!

I have found that antique malls are less likely to have shelving, but antique *fairs* are a different matter.

If you like a pre-1960s style, wooden shelves are in abundance, from teacup/saucer shelves, to various one-offs:

Salvage is also fun to use to display things -- see my printer tray above and church pew hymnal racks:

Back on the art side -- I highly recommend hunting down artists you enjoy and commission from them or buy their prints, pins, etc:

You can also look on etsy or do a web search for places that offer high quality scans of public domain art. A lot of museum websites also have high quality downloads of their collections. Print and frame these yourself.

And don't forget, you can slap anything on a wall, from the functional to the... uh, well, a hand scythe *is* also functional, technically...

You see them in art galleries, so they are pretty industry-standard, plus an authentic option to hanging things, if you have an older home decor style (and have nice wallpaper or stubborn plaster walls).

I keep thinking why 7,980 yen? It’s such a specific number? At least to me, and we know that twst loves to hide cute facts and trivia in everything they do.

And then I noticed the “7” and wondered…what if that meant book 7 episode 98…

Oh… 😭😭💞💞

It’s when Malleus hatched, Lilia’s happiest moment. 🥹💚

What if?? I cry?

Edit: I forgot to mention, but every time Hikaru Midorikawa (Lilia’s Va) held Baby Malleus; he said he wanted to cry from the feelings he got 🥹🥹💞💞

The poor thing hated his life. Aside from his grandmother who rarely spent time with him, nobody in that godforsaken country ever really cared for him as more than a breathing crown. All he knew, and everything he held on to, was that Lilia fed him, played with him, dressed him, taught him all sorts of things, told him stories of the outside world, and always welcomed him in his humble little home.

Lilia loved him more than anyone ever loved him. To take even that truth away from him is beyond cruel.

Likewise, Lilia absolutely thinks of him as his son, and words need not be uttered out loud. Action speaks louder than words. Otherwise he wouldn't have thought that Malleus' hatching (and finding Silver!) was his happiest moment in life. He would never have spent his life never losing hope that Malleus could be born. He would never have spent the remainder of his life risking it repeatedly, just for the short moments that he could spend with the boy.