With the Bones of a Crow

The Dragon Guard from Long Live The Kings fic by @dragon-susceptible

From left to right (top): Vyxen, Hendyr, Aeolus, Jacia (the Skywings)| From left to right (bottom): Sahkr (Sunfire), Lain, Tiadrin (Moonshadows), Akari (Sunfire) Lol I was such a liar about how long this would take. But, fun fact, it got done quicker... cause my neighborhood lost power for over 15 HOURS. So I couldn't do any sewing, or get any art ref images for Artfight, or even access my new modules till the power came back...which left, this.

More brief info for those who haven't seen my posts about them:

Vyxen is short for Vyx'aren Teleri, a former Celestial who left the cult on a moonless night and was cursed for it, leaving him with a blackened eye that sometimes sees through things rather than registering them. He's transmasc and dating Hendyr. He lived in the mountains near the Storm Spire, impressing Avizandum and Zubeia with his grasp of their primal, before being recruited to the Dragonguard.

Aeolus was a caravan guard for the northern reaches caravan that used to assist the Celestials, and was also the first Skywing elf to offer the cursed Sarai from the fic Long Live The Kings a place to stay. He's fairly well-known in Xadia for his skills, drawing the attention of Avizandum as a warrior worthy of protecting the dragon's egg. He was Jacia's mentor with the caravan.

Jacia was a much younger warrior working with Aeolus in the northern reaches caravan. She's a bubbly, friendly sort who also took a liking to Sarai immediately. When Avizandum tapped Aeolus for the Dragonguard, she argued with him, dismayed at losing her mentor, and Zubeia was so delighted by her audacity that she was chosen by the Dragon Queen as well.

Sakhr is an old-timer who worked with the elves who trained Janai, though he was not one of her trainers. He served under her for a decade or so before he considered retirement. Avizandum requested two warriors from Queen Khessa, and she left the choice up to Janai, who tapped Sakhr for it knowing he was ready to get off the front lines. He accepted it readily as a form of semi-retirement.

Akari was several decades behind, as Sakhr's niece, but had taken a more magical tactic to her career. She's a Sun mage who was rapidly rising through the ranks when Janai tapped her for the Dragonguard instead, recognizing a protector's heart in her and deeming her more fit to guard than wage wars. She accepted it as a badge of honor (and was surprised and delighted to find her uncle would be joining her).

This is a spot from an italian estate agency (we are governed by the right-wing party)

The woman says "Ridiculous..."

But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting.  Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible.  Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible.  Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don’t have the energy to go anywhere.

Stop abusing your boyfriends and yes what you are doing is abuse.

Stop:

Yelling at him in front of his friends 

Hitting or slapping him when he does or says something you don’t like

Telling him he doesn’t have a choice when it comes to decisions that involve both of you 

Telling him he can’t hang out with friends because you don’t like him

Telling him to not talk to other girls even if they are his friend

Forcing him to spend every moment with you 

Belittling him and pointing out all his flaws

Calling him stupid or making fun of him for making a mistake

Threatening to break up with him if he doesn’t do what you want

Being emotionally manipulative and crying until he does what you want

Accusing him of cheating every time he’s not with you

Blow up is phone if he doesn’t text you every five minutes 

Telling him you are the must thing that has ever happened to him and no one else will love

Physically attacking him when ever you are mad

Forcing him to have sex despite that fact that he said he didn’t want to

Invading his privacy by going through his phone

Getting mad at him for changing his password and demanding he tell you what it is

If a guy did any of these things to a girl it would be considered abuse but since its the other way around its considered normal. Throughout High school I saw many girl treating their boyfriends like shit. Sometime even physically abusing them in the hallways and no one trying to stop it because its a girl attacking a boy. 

Boys: If your girlfriend does anything on this list leave her. It is abuse and you deserve better.

You don’t deserve to be screamed at, ignored, or assaulted.

Being passive aggressive with him when he wants to spend time with friends or doing other things 

controlling when he’s able to go out with friends

Breaking up his friendships with other girls just because you’re insecure

Making him feel like his opinions in decisions that affect the both of you are irrelevant and don’t matter

SENDING HIS NUMBER TO STRANGERS TO TEST IF HE’S LOYAL OR NOT

testing him in anyway in general without his knowledge or permission (example: catfishing! it’s manipulative and weird don’t fucking do that)

taking money/credit cards without permission to spend on things without his knowledge ( had an ex friend do this constantly to her boyfriend and she’d always condone it because “he’ll get over it” )

guilting him for hanging out with friends/family over you  and making him choose between you and friends/family

telling him “you don’t love me if you *insert harmless activity he wants to do here* “

being rude or mean to him in front of others to assert dominance or power over him

downloading apps to spy on his phone activity (yes, this is a thing “”regular”” people do) or snooping on his social media to see who he’s talking to

hitting him, slapping him, punching him, shoving him. literally how do people not understand slapping your male partner is bad. people tend to find this funny in media and society and its weird. KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF YOUR PARTNER WITHOUT PERMISSION. 

and let me add this. ABUSIVE TEEN GIRLFRIENDS TURN INTO ABUSIVE GROWN ASS WOMEN GIRLFRIENDS WHO TURN INTO ABUSIVE WIVES.

if you have an abusive teen or young adult gf right now fellas, leave. don’t let her use you to get her shit right. you’ll be so fucked up by the time she gets it together if she ever does and believe that most likely she won’t.  

So in case anyone needs it: