someone recommend me some good fantasy books that aren’t centred on a war, please, my crops are dying
The Greta Helsing novels by Vivian Shaw - practical doctor to the undead defeats mildly ominous interdimensional threats with the aid of domestic vampires and a demon accountant.
Sunshine by Robin McKinley - practical baker is captured by vampires, escapes, reluctantly teams up with better vampire to kill the bad one.
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - young hat maker ages 60 years overnight, proceeds to upend the life of a disaster wizard while learning self-confidence.
the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett - hard to encapsulate, but equally funny and hard-hitting, tackling race and gender and corruption and other forms of inequality while also, like, making fun of post offices and Hollywood and Shakespeare. Three or four tackle war, true, but there’s something like 35 others to choose from.
the Accidental Turn series by J.M. Frey - recent Ph.D of colour lands in the Fantasyland™ she did her thesis on, goes off about agency and diversity while recovering from the Dark Lord’s attentions and learning the truth about her fictional crush.
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire - evil alchemist creates superpowered children to assist world takeover; children just want to be a family; family is complicated.
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - young woman takes over family business, must outwit fairies with a love of gold.
the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede - princess runs away to become a dragon’s housekeeper, fights off rescuers, solves problems large and small, melts wizards.
the October Daye novels by Seanan Mcguire - Half-fae detective solves murders, finds missing persons, develops found family, can’t stop self from upending the social order.
The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker - A quiet golem, a tempestuous djinn, Gilded Age New York. Immigrants, identity, friendship, hope, and self-discovery.
An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard - A witch from an outsider House enters New York’s magical Hunger Games, to prove a point. The problems of magic were not intended.
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes - Part-time con artist gets hired to find two missing pop stars, with the help of the magical sloth on her back. Noir ensues.
Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica - Nature photographer lands on water-world, discovers lost family, tries to convince self magic is impossible.
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips - Greek gods, washed up in North London, curse Apollo to fall for the cleaner. Existential crisis, meet rom-com.
Among Others by Jo Walton - Loner teen sent to boarding school, discovers science fiction, might know fairies and do magic.
Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton - Austenesque story except all the characters are dragons.
Every Heart a Doorway (and sequels) by Seanan McGuire - the children of portal fantasy end up in boarding school coping with being kicked out of their various worlds, then some of them start getting murdered.
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan - the world is flooded, there’s a lady who works with a bear at a circus that sails to different places to perform, and a lady who is sort of an undertaker, and they fall in love
Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees - there are fairies but no one talks about them anymore because That’s Just Not How We Are except this state of affairs cannot possibly last and people start getting lured to fairyland
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison - fifth son of emperor who’s lived his whole life away from court abruptly becomes emperor when his father and older brothers are killed in an accident, spends entire book trying to make friends and figure how the fuck to do a) confidence and b) ruling ethically
The Various by Steven Augarde - girl spends summer at uncle’s farm, finds the group of “various” (no direct parallel, but think somewhere between gnomes and pixies) that live in the woods, mysterious history, flying horse, The Cat Is Evil (this is technically middle grade but it’s so good I can’t even)
Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan - working on the translation of an ancient text is complicated when it might have a huge impact on the public perception of a highly stigmatised group; subterfuge, found family, mythology, and the rejection of men who steal other people’s work.
So You Want to Be a Wizard or Stealing the Elf-King’s Roses by Diane Duane.
Tam Lin, Juniper Gentian and Rosemary, and The Secret Country by Pamela Dean (all different stories).
The Spellkey by Ann Downer.
Swordheart or Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher.
The Curse of Chalion or the Penric series by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Green Year Dragonfly by Kaye Bellot.
If by “no war” you mean “no or not focused on violence”:
The Terrier/Bloodhound/Mastiff series by Tamora Pierce
Teenage former street rat aspires to and joins law enforcement in pseudo-medieval fantasy land, proves to have moral code forged of adamantium and more determination than an entire battalion. Also talks to unquiet ghosts carried by pigeons.the Winding Circle books by Tamora Pierce (with the exception of Battle Magic)
Four teenagers are snatched from the jaws of peril, discover they have incredibly strong yet overlooked magical powers, slowly become a found family, survive an earthquake, pirates, forest fires, plague, and puberty.The Keeper Chronicles, by Tanya Huff
Magic user accidentally gets roped into running a boarding house in Toronto. The decor is from the 50s, the handyman is an incredibly handsome and pureminded myopic Newfoundlander, and there is a (literal) portal to Hell in the basement. The third book adds lesbians and a mall that eats street kids to the mix. (Enchantment Emporium and its sequels are in the same world btw)——————————————————————
If by “no war” you legitimately just mean that war is not the driving plot force:
the Hawk and Fisher books by Simon R Green
Fairytale-destined prince and princess decide that destiny is bullshit, ditch their kindgoms, become the only honest pseudo-cops in fantasy-Gotham because strangely being a prince/princess doesn’t actually give you life skills that are not applicable to being a mercenary. Buildings eat people, gods are murdered, street drugs turn people into animals, Hawk and Fisher are so very tired.Oath of Swords and its sequels, by David Weber
Guy from a species generally (unfairly) derided by “civilized people” as barbaric and evil thinks he’s going mad, but actually he’s been chosen as paladin by a god and he’s just stubbornly refusing to listen. Continues to go off and do heroic shit while doing the equivalent of jamming his fingers in his ears and saying “LA LA LA”. This does absolutely nothing to dissuade the god in question.
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
A thief’s prison sentence is cut short when he is sent on a mission to steal an important (and magical?) object for the King. BIG plot twist at the end. Imagine going on a fun road trip through the fantasy pseudo-Byzantine Empire, except that all your fellow travelers have their own secret agendas.The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Catherine Webb
In this universe, there are a handful of time travelers – people who are forced to live the same life over and over, retaining their memories with each rebirth. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside with the following message: the end of the world is getting faster.Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones
The citizens of a fantasy world are getting really tired of being overrun by non-magical tourists from our world. This year, the role of Evil Wizard falls to Derk, who wants nothing more than to be left in peace on his farm/magical genetic engineering laboratory. Derk’s 2 human children, 5 griffin children, and 1 enchantress wife feel much the same. Wouldn’t it be a shame if someone were to sabotage this planet’s shitty contract once and for all?(For personal records)
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dark academic YA + adult books, for the reader who doesn’t enjoy the old classics:
the raven cycle — maggie stiefvater (YA)
welsh kings, magic forests, obsessive research, private schools.wilder girls — rory power (YA)
lord of the flies retelling, all-girls boarding school, remote island.six of crows — leigh bardugo (YA)
murder, crime, heists, magic.truly devious — maureen johnson (YA)
murder mystery, eccentric students, elite boarding school, 1900sthe night circus — erin morgenstern (A)
magical circus, mysterious psychics, mind games, star crossed love.the diviners — libba bray (YA)
1920s new york city, wlw + mlm rep, ace rep, occult magic, mysterious museumsvicious — v.e. schwab (A)
an experiment gone wrong, blackout poetry, rivals, strange powersthe cruel prince — holly black (YA)
FAERIES, enemies to lovers, political power struggles, another magic foreststation eleven — emily st. john mandel (A)
shakespeare, thespians, post-apocalyptic wastelandserpent & dove — shelby mahurin (YA)
witches, french backdrop, 1880s, enemies to lovers, WITCHESfeel free to add on!
They have their own crackhead energy 😌✊(Idk what kind of bust this is to have the whole fam there) song: Mr. Blue sky
Summary: Imagine casting a summoning spell to try to create a familiar for yourself, but you accidentally summon demon!Bucky.
This imagine is from @after-avenging-hours.
Words: 1287
A/N:I live!!! sort of :P I can’t believe people still asks about this story xD but here I am after all this time!! I might edit this later, my brain doesn’t want to english right now. And as the bad person I am I’m leaving this chapter in a cliffhanger!!!
If I had spent my teenage years reading actual books instead of fanfiction then I would have over 1000 books listed on goodreads by now.
What “enemies to lovers” type are you ?
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“I hate you so much I cant belive I’m fucking you against the wall to show you whos really in charge ” type
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“I really hate you but you’ve done this nice thing for me, not even my best friends have ever done for me so maybe you’re not so bad and- shit am I falling for you? ” type
Request fill for @jasontoddbestafterdeath. Thanks for being so patient with me!
By the time Jason manages to sneak away from the charity gala Bruce is hosting it’s way past his usual bedtime. Bruce, Alfred, and Jason are normally all very strict about Jason getting to bed on weekdays, but it’s a Saturday, and apparently Bruce schmoozing with Gotham’s socialites was more important than Jason keeping a regular schedule for school.
Jason has had his face pinched probably over ten times tonight by women attached to Bruce’s arm, telling Bruce how cute he is, causing him to spend most of the party with red, sore cheeks. Bruce is going to owe him like five blizzards from DQ just to make up for this whole ordeal.
Avatar Instagram AU. Everything is the same, but there is Instagram somehow. Partially did this because I wanted to make the “followed by prince Zuko” joke.
Apparently alt text doesn’t work per picture like on Instagram like I thought, so I moved the descriptions under the cut instead (because it was already a long post):
HERES WHAT NO CASH ACTUALLY MEANS
A cashless society means no cash. Zero. It doesn’t mean mostly cashless and you can still use a ‘wee bit of cash here & there’. Cashless means fully digital, fully traceable, fully controlled. I think those who support a cashless society aren’t fully aware of what they are asking for. A cashless society means:
* If you are struggling with your mortgage on a particular month, you can’t do an odd job to get you through.
* Your child can’t go & help the local farmer to earn a bit of summer cash.
* No more cash slipped into the hands of a child as a good luck charm or from their grandparent when going on holidays.
* No more money in birthday cards.
* No more piggy banks for your child to collect pocket money & to learn about the value of earning.
* No more cash for a rainy day fund or for that something special you have been putting £20 a week away for.
* No more fivers on the side because your wages barely cover the bills or put food on the table.
* No more charity collections.
* No more selling bits & pieces from your home that you no longer want/need for a bit of cash in return.
* No more cash gifts from relatives or loved ones.
What a cashless society does guarantee:
* Banks have full control of every single penny you own.
* Every transaction you make is recorded.
* All your movements & actions are traceable.
* Access to your money can be blocked at the click of a button when/if banks need ‘clarification’ from you which will take about 3 weeks, a thousand questions answered & five thousand passwords.
* You will have no choice but to declare & be taxed on every pound in your possession.
* The government WILL decide what you can & cannot purchase.
* If your transactions are deemed in any way questionable, by those who create the questions, your money will be frozen, ‘for your own good’.
I could write lists for 5 days & still not finish explaining how utterly awful a cashless society would be, for everyone. Even for the goody two shoes who wouldn’t dream of not declaring £500.
Forget about cash being dirty. Stop being so easily led. Cash has been around for a very, very, very long time & it gives you control ove
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqbpY_hVlb/?igshid=lidmavfm877b‘Unfortunately it appears you made a racist facebook post in 2013 so you are temporarily unable to use your debit card at this gas station ): to take diversity sensitivity training click here’
not to mention super classist. impoverished people literally cannot afford to open and maintain bank accounts so they deal primarily (if not exclusivelt) with cash. going cashless at your business discriminates against a large part of the population
Also, there’s a lot of weird exceptions to the law in the case of jobs that rely on tips. If you pay tips with a card, they can tax that. And those jobs pay terribly and tips are the only thing keeping these poor people alive
yesterday when i went to Mass, my priest said something and my kneejerk reaction was discomfort. he said “we must stand with Christ, even when it makes others uncomfortable”. i heard that, and thought of all the christians over the years who have made friends of mine deeply uncomfortable by shoving their faith in my friends faces when they said they were uncomfortable with it, and i shuddered. i thought “perhaps this isn’t for me after all- i don’t want to shove bible quotes at my atheist friends, i don’t want to make them uncomfortable.”
but later on in the day i thought about it some more, and i realized what he actually meant. he wasn’t talking about how we have to shove crucifixes at everyone, in any situation- he was talking about how we must uphold Jesus’s values, even if others don’t agree. we must speak up against racism, even if it will make that person who made a racist joke uncomfortable. we must speak up against hypocrisy, even if the hypocrite in question will be upset. we must stand with christ, not by forcing religion on others, but by being who God wants us to be, even when it’s hard, even when it will make us be liked less, and we must do so always.
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this was a struggle to create even though it looks really simple, the whole process was like walking across a parking lot that turned out to be a minefield :’)
request: please don’t use my compositions as a template to draw your own ships; I work very hard on every aspect my drawings and I believe anyone can do it too and come up with spice of their own! thank you for understanding!
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