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[grassangel]

I reread The Will of the Empress this last week. And OMG I forgot how much I loved the Emelan universe. I love all four of them and they’re such a happy family.

I still don’t know why people want to ship any of them together. There are a whole heap of instances where you could see, if you were particularly over-zealous, shipping, but it’s mostly just cute stuff. Have people not heard of familial kisses? (Briar and Tris falling asleep on Daja’s bed while waiting for her to craft the ear beads and spectacles made me squeal “They’re like puppies!”)
And really, Daja’s quote:

“We are closer than you can begin to imagine — Sandry, Briar, Tris, me. We are the same person in a way you have never heard of”

sums it all up.

 

Also, new crack pairing! Briar/shakkan. It was seriously too cute all the times he fell asleep with it near him.
Briar in general is too adorable when he gets protective. (Yes, he is my favourite character, but only after Tris.)

I should make an effort to remember the herb name droughtwort, in case I do ever decide to write about how it works.

 

Totally off-topic but I really want to write a Circle/Doctrine of Labyrinths crossover.  Briar and Mildmay would really get along and Mildmay would love Daja for all the stories she could tell. Meanwhile, Tris and Felix would be chatting away awesomely. I’m not sure if Sandry would get along with either of the brothers though…

*puts the books on her permitted books to buy list*

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[shadowsinfire.livejournal.com]

For that matter, why does Berenene have a wiki page when Rosethorn and Frostpine don't?

Circleverse is one of my favourites.

I don't know if Tris and Felix would get along famously or hate each other on sight. I think those would be the two initial reactions.

Also it kinda hurts a little because Circleverse is a lot less dark than DoL. For the most part.
Except for The Circle Opens.

Also this made me go link hopping and look:
>>B/c Lark is most assuredly gay, and Rosethorn is her bisexual lover. (Rosethorn is also, incredibly, STILL involved with an on-again, off-again affair with Crane - which Lark knows about, and being Lark she doesn't mind.)
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For that matter, why does Berenene have a wiki page when Rosethorn and Frostpine don't?

Circleverse is one of my favourites.

I don't know if Tris and Felix would get along famously or hate each other on sight. I think those would be the two initial reactions.

Also it kinda hurts a little because Circleverse is a lot less dark than DoL. For the most part.
Except for <i>The Circle Opens</i>.

<small>Also this made me go link hopping and look:
>>B/c Lark is most assuredly gay, and Rosethorn is her bisexual lover. (Rosethorn is also, incredibly, STILL involved with an on-again, off-again affair with Crane - which Lark knows about, and being Lark she doesn't mind.)
<<Tim Pierce (I think that's his name? Tamora's husband) said that on a forum. And I ot3 them.</small>

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

Lark gets a Wikipedia page all to herself too, which I think is even more unfair. (Nary a mention of her relationship with Rosethorn on the page either. If I could get my head around how you edit wikipedia, I'd edit all that, but I can't [get my head around it].)

I think, if academic magic and/or books came up, they'd then be chatting along nicely, but depending on whether one of them snarked at the other previously it would either be a polite, stilted conversation or a really enthusiastic one.

The opposing darkness factor does make it hurt a little but Felix and Mildmay's relationship in Corambis seems to be getting floofier?

D: You know you shouldn't dangle OT3s in front of me.
Because now my mind is running around going on about how it must be like how Sakura and Syaoran were attracted to Yukito because of his moon powers, except it's about PLANT MAGIC and then my mind almost runs into plant!sex but backs away quickly as soon as it goes past the sign.
Yes, you have to share the mental images you induced.

[shadowsinfire.livejournal.com]

Fuck, html.

Yeah. I haven't read or seen Corambis...

Oh dear. And more oh dear. Don't go there.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

There is a hour-long audio clip of her reading the first chapter somewhere on her blog. ALSO, don't read any reviews of it unless you want to be spoiled. *unfortunately clicked on one*

As a slight tangent to that last point, I was thinking how horrible it could've been for Briar to be stuck with three pubescent girls and the horrors formal sex education may have held for him until I realised that Rosethorn or Crane or someone else would've simply made it part of a lesson about plants, flowers and pollination.

[shadowsinfire.livejournal.com]

I wasn't planning on going looking.

I think you're probably right there. It would be amusing if it were true.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

I'm horribly tempted to write that scenario as a fanfic now. Except I kind of know more about polyploidy in plants than actual pollination.

[shadowsinfire.livejournal.com]

That would certainly be... interesting.