Tales of the Oakenwyld

Hello, Corbin. Or Byrne, I suppose; it’s not like it would be easy to tell them apart in silhouette.

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tea-then-adventure:

Linden, from R.J. Anderson’s ‘Rebel’ (or ‘Wayfarer’)

Sorry for the quality - my scanner doesn’t like me today! I thought I’d try a (very sketchy) Linden, and it turned out pretty well considering it’s the first thing I’ve taken time to draw for about two years.
She’s turned out a little more statuesque than planned, but that’s okay :)

I must say I think I love Linden the most out of the ‘Big Four’ faeries because of that hidden part of me which is still a little girl and wants a hero who looks like me. Linden and I are very similar in personality, hair and (when human-sized!) in height. Perhaps she is a little braver owing to the events of the book ;)

More importantly, one thing which really struck a chord in me whilst reading ‘Rebel’ was how refreshing it is that the relationship between Linden and Timothy isn’t a romantic one. In fact, I even see it as more realistic, due to having many (brilliant) close male friends myself. It means that their relationship can be stronger, and more meaningful in some ways, than if they were romantically interested in each other - they appreciate each other because of who they both are and what they’ve both been through and not because of attractiveness. Or something.

So, yes. You should read those books. Good stuff.

Oh, this is delightful! I adore Linden’s patched leggings and the rueful look on her face. And the commentary is lovely as well. Thank you!

herecomesthesky:

Alexander McQueen Pre-Fall 2013

Valerian wouldn’t wear red, even if she could. But otherwise, this could very well be her.

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As seen in this excellent post on EPBOT:

Zahava wrote to me herself, saying, “I really liked all the steampunk costumes on epbot, so I thought I would try to make my own steampunk fairy costume for Halloween.”

(Yep, you read that right; she put this costume together herself!)

“The goggles were a pair of plastic giant glasses. I used a headband for the strap, and used a paper towel roll covered in brown fabric and cut to make the back of the goggles, with the padding from headphones on the end.”

I love this not only for the sheer tenacious creativity and problem-solving involved, but also because steampunk or not, this outfit is very like what I imagine Linden wearing in REBEL aka WAYFARER, and Zahava herself could almost be a young Rhosmari from ARROW. Fantastic work!

magicalnaturetour:

The last thing you’d ever see (by Paruula)

Oh, hello, Corbin. Happy Hallowe’en to you too.

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…or “faery”! I can’t believe they left that variation out. I wanted the “ae” in there to suggest the older tradition (as opposed to “fairy” which to me says “Post-Disney Tinkerbell”) yet I didn’t like the “ie” ending because it looked/sounded a little too ethereal*. So I went with “faery” rather than “faerie”.

The same logic applied to my choice of  ”piskey” in Swift rather than pixie / pisky / piskie, only in that case none of them sounded entirely right to me, and the final choice between “pisky” and “piskey” was determined by Cornish tradition.

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* Yes, I have issues with words. The spelling of words, and names, and the way they ring in my mental ear, is a big part of my creative process.

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Sticks and stones by ~Madsqueaky

From top to bottom: Knife, Linden, Rhosmari and Jasmine. Nobody’s ever drawn Jasmine before! Very cool.