#sabrielday

Is this a commonly held belief? I thought it was just something my brain fixated on, and then other people who would be sad if she were to die (so, pretty much everyone) - see @coaxionunlimited, who voiced what everyone would feel if Sabriel died - but don’t really think it’s going to happen. But I agree with the proposed gif choice, and match you a gif

Let’s check this out. For science, Old Kingdom fandom, who thinks Sabriel will die in Book 5 (regardless of wishing it wouldn’t happen)?

The first time I picked up a copy of Sabriel I was in the fifth grade.  I was going through a lot of family stuff, and it was quickly forgotten and put aside.  When my best friend asked me later that year if I had finished it, I lied and said I had, because she was smart and a reader and I wanted her to think well of me.

She gave me a copy of Lirael for my birthday.  I still hadn’t finished Sabriel.

I was so ashamed of my lie that I put the book on my bookshelf and ignored it for years.  

I was a senior in high school when I finally put away my guilt (there were other issues weighing on our friendship by then, and thinking that it was a gift from her caused its own breed of pain) and read the book.  I was bored, so I didn’t bother reading Sabriel first, I just grabbed it from the bookshelf and started reading it in the bath.  I probably finished it in two or three days.  I found a copy of Abhorsen in the library at my school and blasted through that as well.  Next I picked up Sabriel, realizing at that point that I should have read it first.  Despite having read Lirael first, and despite identifying with Lirael more, I found myself rereading Sabriel at least once a year for years to come.  

Later I acquired copies of the audiobooks read by Tim Curry and have since added them to the collection of audiobooks I listen to when I can’t sleep, meaning that they take a place aside Harry Potter in heart.  The highest compliment I can pay.  

-Remembrancer-

Does the Walker choose the Path, or the Path the Walker?

A very happy 20th anniversary to my all-time favorite book series! I know I’ve posted a painting of Lirael for Sabriel day, but I hope you’ll all forgive me-- I’ve been working on this for ages and today seemed like the best day to finally finish-- even if it was so close to the wire.

I’ve been the hugest fan of Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series since the first day I read them, and I literally cannot recommend them enough. These books mean so, so much to me.

Upon finishing, though, I had a whole list of questions, largely regarding the backstory of several characters--I jotted them down as I went and saved them in a draft on here and am now publishing (and crossing my fingers) for Sabriel Day. (Under a cut because of spoilers)