Oh Okay, I See. I Didn't Even Think Of That Ngl. I Like The Color Though, I Guess I Wish It Didnt Have

Oh okay, I see. I didn't even think of that ngl. I like the color though, I guess I wish it didnt have those implications and stuff because I'm already attached to it lol. Although I also would think it cool if, like, Marella also put some colored beads or strands in her hair. Maybe swirling pink, orange, and blue strands of dyed hair woven into all her tiny braids she has.

genuinely don't believe they will get that far, but if they do, i hope the kotlc moviemakers don't do the thing with tam and linh's hair. and maruca's

As someone who hasn't worn makeup almost ever, and especially not out in public, this is scary information. But I still won't wear it, eventually society will just have to suck it and look at my credentials

A woman went viral for being turned down for a next interview for a role, she asks the recruiter what she did wrong, the recruiter tells her they were “concerned about her lack of effort in her appearance.”

She explains she wore a freshly ironed blazer with a collared top. Her nails were painted a professional beige. She got a blowout for her hair, so a professional style. She had on subdued gold earrings.

The only thing she wasn’t wearing was makeup; she states she really doesn’t wear makeup, and only had chapstick on, as her skin is sensitive. Her lawyer mother has already explained she has no legal case against the company for any type of gender-based discrimination.

Just in case anyone wants to ask why feminists still refer to the “pink tax” or rail against more and more elaborate makeup trends being pushed on girls and women.

Women being punished socially for not wearing makeup is still a feminist issue.

Are we really shipping couples that are already in a loving committed relationship?

Do you ship...

Okay please tell me if the first book ever says something about this but I don't remember it mentioning who Fitz's competition was before Sophie came around. Since I imagine Timkin had probably trained Stina from a young age (having gone to Exillium and all), I also headcannoned that Stina and Fitz were top splotching competitors. And it really annoyed everyone because they obviously wanted to hate her. BUT Fitz secretly really loved the challenge and felt it exhilarating to be so close to failure (Golden Boy needs some adventure), even if he always won anyways. He still didn't like her off court yet though, and her attitude after losing brought him back to his senses every time.

Now that they're both older and less annoying in their respective ways, competition would be even more fun between them, and way more friendly. Maybe Stina finally wins and Fitz can't decide if he really likes being humbled by her or hates that he actually lost.

I had a couple of external sources of Stina x Fitz for a hot second there on my feed but it appears Stina x Jensi has taken over that tiny spot of Stina shipping space. There is nothing wrong with Stina and Jensi, I think they're cute, but now I feel like its my duty to post more about Stina and Fitz just so everybody is well annoyed and aware of them by the time I'm through haha. Who knows? Maybe Shannon will pull a surprise on us and it'll become canon (thats delusional).

I'm also still not a very good artist or writer so if I just get everybody else on board I'll be able to lovingly and gratefully soak up their beautiful content and deservedly give them all the compliments for their amazing talent

I cant believe Septimus Heap art is on my feed

Jenna Heap redraws!! I’m falling back into the obsession…

One of my favorite parts of any fantasy, including Keeper of the Lost Cities, is the inclusion of multiple races. My Roman Empire (one of six, anyways, lol) is the idea that humans could've been alive when other "homo-" species and Neanderthals and stuff existed and the fact that they would've had to interact. It's the same with the question, "What would happen if aliens came to Earth?" There's this weird knowledge that they are also intelligent and have these similar processes to us but they have fundamental differences to us, because they're different species.

Maybe it's because they're slightly less developed ("perfected"), such as Neanderthals to humans or us to some weird scifi aliens. Maybe it's because they have longer life spans (Fae, elves, vampires, y'know) or they live in completely different places with maybe different magic systems or something (mermaids who live in the OCEAN with more storm powers and powers of seduction versus fairies who typically live in more natural areas than humans with weird druggy shiz and mischievous abilities or sometimes nature powers/godlike ones).

Either way, there's a deep dive into completely different habitats and biological patterns and in a good one it might even have to look at what makes humanity what it is. Why is this species different from humans? What fundamental traits do humans have that they maybe don't, or have a more evolved form of? That's also why I am happy to see Shannon at least mention that cultural progress and innovation is so slow in the Lost Cities versus in the human world because she takes this idea of mortality rushing humans to do things faster versus immortality kind of allowing elves to be more sluggish.

Sophie coming to the Lost Cities, and even being born in the first place, ushers in a weird sense of urgency to the elven world that they hadn't had before. More death, more reform, more modernistic ideals slamming into their society before they can fully comprehend it as a human raised girl and two organizations who have studied humans extensively all try to change the world.

Gnomes are pretty cool for this reason too since they're so different in their plantiness and alternative powers and different diseases. They are so clearly different from other species and I think its interesting they seem to care a little less about the fact that they were literally uprooted from their home than they should be. As plant humans, they also probably care more about their own survival and sticking around than the reforms that other species might start which is why once they root themselves in the backyards of elvin homes they're content remaining there.