mercymorn’s acid jail

Hey so I got a commission for THE ARCHIVE UNDYING and it has straight-up killed me. The unsettling fleshy hue of the coral that melds perfectly into the luminous flowers... The serrated teeth on the cogs... The hands, the grasping hands... Can't fucking wait for people to read the book and indulge in the details!!

But also, pease please please go check out the artist @drawingkit and her print store, where you can buy a print! Of this piece! (but also may i recommend LITERALLY ANY OF HER OTHER PIECES, they are BREATHTAKING)

tumblr-meaningful things to share about the book that is out Today:

protagonist Sunai (pictured above) is a byproduct of the morbs and feral twink energy; philosophical, introspective, and no longer acquainted with "hinged" as an experience because honestly who has the energy.

love interest Veyadi was tailor-made to target my wife's specific blorbo problems (high-strung little adhd-having motherfucker masquerading as competent professional; secretly devastatingly sad)

problematic princex Jin is the physical embodiment of "worst person you know keeps making perfectly decent points"; alluring in the way of a mildly sociopathic coatrack

truck lesbian Imaru is the most attractive person on this crew by a country goddamn mile and she is absolutely leveraging that to keep you calm and focused on killing god. don't worry about it. eat your veggies.

and MORE

CHARACTERS

WHO I CAN'T WAIT TO DUNK ON IN PUBLIC

We agonize over Gideon throwing herself om the spike for Harrow, and rightly so.

Harrow does something nearly as dramatic end of HtN. She doesnt know if Gideon is in her body, only that its a chance. And she says ok then Griddle if youre there, my body is now yours. Wandering off into the River will in all likelihood kill me but I will take that risk and gift you -probably- my body. Because Id rather you were alive than any other possibility.

Like one of those eye demons couldve gotten her. She could've just died. Doesnt matter. She said okeydokey my body is Griddle's now I dont have a body. Well what now.

And she sort of maybe follows a thanergetic link to the tomb, or Alecto, or hell, or whatever.

Its less physical and visceral and violent but she absolutely gives up her life for Gideon the same way Gideon gave up her life for Harrow.

Now learn how to LIVE for each other you dummies!!! (Affectionate). Harrow knows some of what that means, shes spent half her life living in case Alecto ever woke up.

Because Mean Girls wear pink on October 3rd. Star Wars celebrates May the 4th. Hitchhikers and Discworld fans don towels and lilacs (respectively) on May 25th.

Locked Tomb friends, we need a holiday.

I propose that 9/9 of every year is Soup Day. We celebrate, of course, by consuming soups. We share photos, recipes, and if you have a group of irl bone bitches, the soup itself.

If you can’t eat soup, put bread in a drawer. If you can’t eat bread, stare in anguish at a cup of lukewarm tea while contemplating the ways your God has disappointed you. Use your own moral judgment on whether you consume cow products on that day, as cows do exhibit mourning behavior.

Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), family Fringillidae, endemic to Taiwan

G: …..I’ve never heard that expression before. H: Maybe it’s a generational thing? My aunts say it all the time.

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but Gideon just says 'take this' pointing on the bone wreath on her head

so Harrow takes it out while briefly brushing Gideon's hair and Gideon's neck

and Gideon's like that did zero effect on me