I feel my heart bend as if bracing for impact

Sea of Stars by Sabotage Studio; Coming August 29, 2023!

Spirited Away (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki 

Athena was the goddess of battle strategy, and wisdom.

game aesthetics:      h o r i z o n   z e r o   d a w n

“Being smart will count for nothing if you don’t make the world a better place. You have to use your smarts to count for something, to serve life, not death.” 

get to know me meme: Favorite books ➝ The Foxhole Court “Don’t look back, don’t slow down, and don’t trust anyone. Be anyone but himself, and never be anyone for too long.”

YA LIT MEME:   →  Onyx & Ivory by Mindee Arnett “The world is black and white and all the shades of gray in between.”

Shatter Me Series Moodboard: Warner x Juliette “I want so many things,” he whispers. “I want your mind. Your strength. I want to be worth your time.” His fingers graze the hem of my top and he says “I want this up.” He tugs on the waist of my pants and says “I want these down.” He touches the tips of his fingers to the sides of my body and says, “I want to feel your skin on fire. I want to feel your heart racing next to mine and I want to know it’s racing because of me, because you want me. Because you never,” he says, he breathes, “never want me to stop. I want every second. Every inch of you. I want all of it.” 

“They wanted to kill her, so this Vhalla would die, she resolved, and a new Vhalla would be born from her ashes.”

HARRY POTTER MEME: House Moodboards (Ilvermorny)

T H U N D E R B I R D “Sometimes considered to represent the soul of a witch or wizard. It is also said that Thunderbird favours adventurers. ” W A M P U S “Sometimes considered to represent the body of a witch or wizard. It is also said that Wampus favours warriors. ” P U K W U D G I E “Sometimes considered to represent the heart of a witch or wizard. It is also said that Pukwudgie favours healers. ” H O R N E D  S E R P E N T “Sometimes considered to represent the mind of a witch or wizard. It is also said that Horned Serpent favours scholars.

THE BLACK JEWELS TRILOGY by Anne Bishop  → Castes (female)

Blood society is stratified into several different castes. Along with social rank and Jewel strength, caste is part of the triangle that governs the social hierarchy of the blood.

“People, particularly big men carrying big rifles, don’t expect lip from a scrawny thing like me. They always look a bit dazed when they get it.”

“You remind me that I am a mere mortal and you are a prince of Faerie. Well, let me remind you that means you have much to lose and I have nothing.”