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Thanks to this gorgeous character art by Arz28, you can meet the Zumra of WE HUNT THE FLAME (my YA fantasy out 5/14)! Zumra, in Arabic, means squad or gang, which in this case refers to my terrible children who reluctantly forge an alliance.

If you love the art as much as I do, you can submit your WE HUNT THE FLAME pre-order receipt to receive a limited edition character card set! More info here!

From top to bottom: 

Zafira Iskandar, protagonist of WE HUNT THE FLAME. She never misses, is a bit too innocent (Altair’s jokes never make sense for some reason?), and feels everything fiercely.

Then our Prince of Death and resident assassin, Nasir Ghameq! Sad, grumpy, hates himself, is sometimes sassy, and secretly loves every single one of Altair’s quips (and also Zafira, but shh).

He’s not sure why he isn’t listed first, but then we have Altair al-Badawi! The sultan’s prized general who is good at everything. Can be sported flirting with anything that moves, drinking qahwa, slicing away with his twin scimitars, or needling Nasir like it’s his sole purpose in life.

Next up, Kifah Darwish, a girl with a thirst for revenge who prefers the power of a blade over the might of the pen. This food lover and elite warrior can usually be seen keeping Altair in his place and making sure no one gets… too optimistic.

Benyamin Haadi! Vain and silver-tongued, this immortal safi (Arawiya’s equivalent of elves) fights with banes and poisons as he tries to make up for a secret in his past. Part of an elite circle of safin, he values trust and truth, hence the word “haqq” tattooed around his eye.

“How did we not run a color blindness test for everyone when our color observation is the ONE thing that we need to count on?!”

Sometime I just listen to his speech when I go to school !!!

Watch: This inspiring spoken word poem about Black inequality was the commencement speech at Harvard

Donovan Livingston used the opportunity which he won in a contest to perform an original five-minute spoken word poem about how the education system fails Black students: “An injustice is telling them they are stars/ without acknowledging night that surrounds them…”

Gifs: HarvardEducation

WATCH THE FULL SPEECH

CONFIRMED! THERE WILL BE FIVE MOVIES OF FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM! OMG 😱😱😱

Jo tweeting about it~😆

Dark Academia is a complex aesthetic... Let's all think of as many sub genres of DA as we can. A lot come to mind, right? In this post I've tried to narrow some down. Hope you enjoy :) (& perhaps you might find the sub genre of DA that best suits you) ~ THE 1940s ACADEMIC~ These folks don't necessarily have a passion for ancient history or the classics… instead, they spend their time researching The Great War as thoroughly as possible. They wear brick red lipstick no matter the occasion. If you look around their home, you may find a collection of portable typewriters, or perhaps an envelope filled with old photographs of their parents or forgotton acquaintances. Their go-to wardrobe colour is either a rich brown or an army green. Cigars are their best friends, just like their idol, the newly elected prime minister, Winston Churchill. ~THE GOTHIC POET~ This person has as many candles as they do hairs on their head. True to their name, they spend hours writing elaborate lines of poetry, usually not bothering to change out of their lacy night gown, with ruffled cuffs and puffy sleeves. They are confident, flamboyant, & a sucker for Pre-Raphelite paintings. While their friend, «1940s Academic» happily taps their foot along to The Andrews Sisters, they prefer to stare at themselves dramatically in their looking glass, blasting Mozart until their stained glass windows begin to tremble. ~THE GENTLE FLORIST~ (Light Academia) A typical «Gentle Florist» will wake on rainy spring mornings & peacefully pour themselves a steaming cup of mint tea. They spend their evenings with a light read, accompanied by their cat & the warm glow of their vintage floor lamp. If they are religious, they like to help out with charity events at their place of worship. If they are not, they happily volunteer wherever they are needed on weekends. They like to have lunch with their friend «Gothic Poet» although their re-enactments of Romeo & Juliet can get tiresome after a while. Their wardrobe colours are dark greens, browns, tans & creamy whites. ~THE MAD WRITER~ (Chaotic Academia) A strong black coffee always helps to wake this academic up in the morning. They stumble out of bed late after an intense night of scribbling out ideas for plots and characters. They seem to fixate on the prospect of murder, which their secret lover, «Gentle Florist», finds slightly suspicious. Their room is littered with paper. Is that a receipt or an important writer's note lying beside the antique camera? We might just never know. They hate most people, especially crying babies on the train. They are brutally cold & sarcastic, but people can't stop falling for them. Their wardrobe colours are black, blood red, cold white & the occasional navy blue. ~THE VICTORIAN EXPLORER~ (Rachel Maksy has a great Victorian Treehouse vidéo which is a perfect example of this aesthetic) Picture a vast room, its surfaces clad with antique brass artefacts. Things like old gramophones, flashlights, clocks, globes & magnifying glasses. There are maps pinned on every wall, & old atlases in foreign languages amongst yellowed illustrations of the English coastlines. Now picture the person who inhabits this room. They love old hats & sunglasses. Perhaps they have tan lines on their arms from when they were out searching for islands in Micronesia. People say this person & «Mad Writer » had a mysterious past, but neither of them ever mention it. Their favourite wardrobe piece is their trademark, a pair of antique boots, perfect for exploring various types of terrain. ~THE INQUISITIVE MYCOLOGIST~ (Cottagecore X Dark Academia) This academic is obsessed with nature, but prefers to live in urban areas. They draw illustrations in the margins of their schoolbooks/ work notes of mushrooms & leaves & will often spend hours in the local library with their potential love interest, « Victorian Explorer », poring over mycology textbooks. Their favourite wardrobe item is of course their dark brown oxfords, with the laces replaced with red ribbons.

What was Danny glovers important thing????

Alright. 

SPOILERS

So, there was a scene where Peter Parker was looking for Donald Glover’s character. He asked Karen, his suit, to bring up the stats. If you saw, it was revealed that Glover’s character’s name is Aaron Davis. In the comics, Aaron Davis and his brother, Jefferson Davis, were a crime duo. They would do burglaries and stuff like that. But then Jefferson fell in love and left that lifestyle behind. Meanwhile, Aaron continued. In the movie, when Spidey is talking to Aaron, he tells Spidey that he has a “nephew” that he wants to protect. This means that Jefferson and his wife already had the kid. Now, who is that wife? Rio Morales. And who is the kid? Miles….Morales. Donald Glover plays Miles Morales’ uncle who will end up becoming a supervillain by the name of the Prowler. The Prowler ends up being the first supervillain that Spider-Man Miles Morales fights. :) Pretty nifty reference, huh? 

So Miles MCU confirmed by Donald Glover

in addition to the fact that people just have different natural rhythms, a big reason why we can’t seem to go to bed as early as we “should” is that nighttime is, for many of us, our safest and most fulfilling time of day. we don’t have to work, we won’t be contacted by bosses or insurance companies or collection agencies or other suffocating life business… we’re likely only to be contacted by our friends, or by no one at all. night time is release; it’s ours. we can rest or recreate. we can do things we actually want to do. who would choose to cut that short?? just to usher in the next morning when our lives are not our own again? nighttime is precious and nothing could be more normal than the desire to embrace this

Waking up on a fall morning

#who loves some good character development as much as me