Ghilara Lavellan: Two Truths And A Lie

Ghilara Lavellan: two truths and a lie

RULES: post a 24-hour poll containing two truths and one lie about your OC. Have your followers try to guess which is the lie.

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Ghilara Lavellan mending her friends' clothing at camp.

Based on Old Woman Darning by Nicolae Grigorescu

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Oh boy! This is such a great list!!

Honestly anything by Rivers Solomon is amazing. They're such a wonderful writer. I listened to The Deep recently which is about the children of pregnant African women who were thrown overboard, and their children were born able to breathe water.

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez- I'm not far through this yet but its from the 90s and about a african american woman who is turned into a vampire.

Beloved by Toni Morison. Another classic. A woman is haunted by the ghost of her baby daughter who she killed rather than let be taken back into slavery.

The Bone People by Keri Hulme. Written by and about a Maori/Pakeha aroace woman about journeys towards family.

A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon. A really interesting take on magical girls and a look into South Korean feminist movements.

The Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura. Another translated book, about the childhood mental health crisis and finding hope in community.

Squire by Nadia Shammas. Particularly relevant as it is by a Palestinian author. A graphic novel about being lured into and overcoming ideologies of empire.

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger. A wonderful story of a native American girl trying to reconnect with her history and a snake boy trying to save his friend.

P. Djeli Clarke's Dead Djinn universe is also wonderful. Set in 20s Egypt where ancient mythology is real. Follows badass suit wearing lesbian detective

Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa- set in a skyscraper post climate change sea level rise which has made it an island (think Frostpunk) and about the class struggles within the tower.

I also really recommend making an effort to read books that are published outside the traditional western sphere, so not just American-X writers, but also translated works. Since they're not originally published with the west in mind they can offer really cool new perspectives!

PLEASE for the love of the universe read anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy written from marginalized perspectives. Y’all (you know who you are) are killing me. To see people praise books about empire written exclusively by white women and then turn around and say you don’t know who Octavia Butler is or that you haven’t read any NK Jemisin or that Babel was too heavy-handed just kills me! I’m not saying you HAVE to enjoy specific books but there is such an obvious pattern here

Some of y’all love marginalized stories but you don’t give a fuck about marginalized creators and characters, and it shows. Like damn

I'm looking at expanding my collection of poetry works and would love suggestions from folks! I'm not a stickler for traditional format of poetry, but don't like stuff that doesn't have much meter or such (Rupi Kapur is the bane of my existance). My two favourite poets are Wislawa Szymborska and Audre Lorde, but I also love Emily Dickenson, Wilfred Owen and Maya Angelou.