Love this!
There is a bookwyrm in the library.
Note the spelling. Not a bookworm. A bookwyrm.
No one is entirely sure when it snuck into the Elsewhere University Library, but one thing has become entirely certain: it is never, ever leaving.
And why should it leave, with a veritable unlimited floor plan filled to the bell tower with delicious, fragrant tomes to claim and hoard and sample.
An ink-black serpentine wyrm that originally was not much bigger than a rabbit, it used to scamper here and there in the library looking for open tomes to slurp the words out of (it is a terribly messy eater, much to the librarians’ chagrin). The words it eats etch themselves somewhere onto its dark hide, though it has consumed so many letters in so many languages that it is difficult now to see where new bits of prose are added.
Students have been warned repeatedly over the years not to feed the bookwyrm. But there are always those who do not heed the warnings of the librarians. It used to be a funny pastime for students that had become stuck in one section or another of the library’s labyrinthine stacks to feed scraps of paper with vulgar words to the then tiny bookwyrm and then try to find where the offending epithets manifested. The bookwyrm was not terribly picky about the words it ate back then, because it was always hungry. Whether they were in good taste or bad, it didn’t matter; its appetite was insatiable.
And this kind of recklessness is why it grew so large in such a, relatively, short amount of time. It sprang up to the size of a cat one semester, then a large dog a year later, and then eventually… well, to the point where it’s a very good thing that the library has a mostly Other architecture, because it surely would have burst the building by now. And the bigger it grew, the more territorial it became. The more it hoarded tomes in certain sections (it really seemed to savor Anne McCaffrey’s works, but would never be found anywhere near Hemingway, for example). The more aggressive it became to students and librarians alike who needed the books also.
Hoping to avoid another calamity like the last wyrm that took up residence on the campus, the librarians decided to make good use of their new pet. With a copious amount of parchment and ink, they lured the bookwyrm down down down deep into the seldom used catacombs of The Library and set it to work. They knew that once it was presented with its new collection that it would never stray far from it again. And there it stays.
It was a constant conundrum that the librarians faced in the early days, when the Fair Folk and students were beginning to… mingle. A place filled with a vast amount of knowledge like The Library is always bound to have certain… archives that are better perused by no one. Ancient texts. Tomes of ages, dated further back than it is currently recorded that written word existed. The language of the birds, poetry of the stars, and truths that would shatter the mind. Words that needed to be preserved but not necessarily studied. Not by the Good Neighbors, and certainly not by incoming freshmen. Absolutely not by school administrators.
A tiny bit of such knowledge is dangerous. A little more is a disaster. Lots of that knowledge, though, would present a crisis of cataclysmic proportions. These are the books, bound in iron and chains, locked with enchantment and dusted with bottled oblivion, that the wyrm keeps. Guards. Claims. Hoards.
Not all words fade with time. Some grow sharp teeth and attack from the dark instead.
So if you are lost in the library and find yourself in a place that is blacker than spilled ink, smells of iron and sulfur, and sounds like an ancient bellows, turn around and leave out the way you came.
Yesterday, if possible (which, in The Library, of course, it always, always is).
I love architectural designs/landscaping like this, so cool.
Dear Archy, so you have anything to inspire some fantasy writing? I'm talking buildings made out of living trees or gardens that look super cool n’ stuff?
So many!
Here is a small selection of fantasy architecture and gardens. I would also recommend checking out the photography of Kilian Schönberger which is fantastic!
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Great quote and important message to remember.
We do Vincent, we do...
Beautifully magical concept with a beautifully magical painting.
Once In A Blue Moon Imagine a crumbled settlement, so old its ruins have been long overgrown by woodlands and reclaimed by nature. Still, it doesn’t quite want to leave yet. Once in a blue moon it re-appears, clinging so strongly to the world that when it has to vanish again it tears a piece of the current century with it. This way a wholly anachronistic, glowing city is created – a place where all times meet. It is a magical place to explore and it is oh so easy to get lost in there. Prints | Facebook | Instagram | Portfolio | ORIGINAL AVAILABLE
Hilarious, this makes me crack up everytime I watch it.
She got maced!🔊 sound on
More: https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/its-a-revolution-woman-admits-on-camera-to-storming-capitol-says-she-got-maced-video/
hp aesthetic → hogwarts houses
“Bold Gryffindor from wild moor, Fair Ravlenclaw from glen, Sweet Hufflepuff from valley broad, Shrewd Slytherin from fen.”
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Sam Winchester’s pick
“This book goes into the mind of a totally psychotic killer. I loved it.”
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Poe Dameron’s pick
“I thought Katniss Everdeen was such a good leader, she reminded me of my fearless leader General Leia Organa.”
Tales From The Loop by Modiphius
Mike Wheeler’s pick
“It is like Dungeons and Dragons, but set in the 80s and we solve mysteries and fight robots instead of shadow monsters!”
Magicians Book by Lev Grossman
Harry Potter’s pick
“Would my life have been easier at Brakebills? Probably not!”
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Will Byer’s pick
“There’s a dark and scary place called Wood on the edge of a village and a wizard named Dragon who steals girls from the village. This book reminded me of the upside down.”
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
“A demon named Crowley, the anti-christ and the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse? Sounds perfect.” -Crowley (the king of Hell)
Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Finn’s pick
“I really identified with Elias because we both took issue with the ideologies and rules of the governing powers we worked under. Without that experience, I might not be what I am now: a rebel.”
Pie & Whiskey by Kate Lebo, Samuel Ligon
“This book didn’t have any pictures of pie or whiskey, but for a book with words it was pretty freaking awesome!” — Dean Winchester
Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
Kylo Ren’s pick
“This book has so much angst and rebellion in it. Holden Caulfield understands me.”
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Ron’s pick
“This book made me feel a lot of feelings. Stupid sad mouse. And there’s a guy and an intelligence spell that goes wrong I guess.”
Dune Dune by Frank Herbert
Princess Leia’s pick
“Sandworms are terrifying no matter what universe you’re in.”
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Rey’s pick
“I felt very in tune with the girls in this book. I read this while doing force training and felt like Alderman’s girls got stronger along with me!”
Hild by Nicola Griffith
Hermione’s pick
“I felt I learned more from this girl’s story than from weeks of divination class. She is also uncommonly bright with wild hair so I found her very relatable.”
Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein
Finn’s pick
“I really indentified with Johnnie Rico and what it means to be a soldier in a war you don’t really believe in (or understand.)”
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
“Chuck Shurley ain’t got nothing on Vonnegut. Vonnegut is good.” — Dean Winchester
Grunge Sponge Plaid Set of 2
“This is exactly what those flannel-wearing morons, the Winchesters would use.” — Crowley
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Sam Winchester’s pick
“So get this, 2 guys, one named Dean, go on a road trip. Sounds familiar, well, minus the monsters.”
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
Poe Dameron’s pick
“Admiral Holdo made me read this. I have to admit, it helped me a lot.”
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Ron’s pick
“I got so hungry reading this book. These mice are always eating delicious berry cakes and whatnot. Plus it is full of ferrets and rats with swords. Wicked!”
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Hermione’s pick
“I find this every bit as engaging as Hogwards, a History.”
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Princess Leia’s pick
“I would recruit the crew of the Wayfarer in a second. The Rebellion could use their heart and capacity for hijinks.”
Wizard of Earthsea Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin
Will Byer’s pick
“This book made me wish I had magic to defeat the shadow monster in my world.”
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
“I really dig this Edward guy. I get it. My younger brother is taller than me, too. But I’m the better hunter.” — Dean Winchester
A Series Of Unfortunate Events Bad Beginnings by Lemony Snicket
Harry Potter’s pick
“I identify with the Beaudelairs more than I’d like.”
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Rey’s pick
“The Renegades reminded me of the Jedi Order - fierce champions of justice and hope, but almost too idealistic.”
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Sam Winchester’s pick
“This guy Dexter kills the bad guys but man is he twisted.”
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Mike Wheeler’s pick
“A group of teen detectives have all grown up and the men-in-masks are now real monsters.”
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Eleven’s pick
“She is like me.”
“Newt Scamander : “My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.” ― J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
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Fascinating, I had know idea
This has to be my new favorite thread/story I've discovered on this crazy app.
This just hit me. I’m so Southern my family has a matriarch and no one in the family knows for sure how old she is. We all also got into a heated debate about the existence of her glass eye (still not confirmed). She’s in her 90s- we think- beat cancer, outlived two husbands, had seven children and has outlived three of them, survived The Great Depression, and either her dad or her grandfather was a full blooded Cherokee Indian… possibly the tribe’s leader but no one really knows for sure.
She also once lit into my dad’s school bus driver, cussing him black and blue about how he treated the kids and didn’t realize she had a butcher’s knife in her hand until he RAN away. She didn’t have any more trouble out of him.
-Just Me [In my 30s going on eternity] (A Random Rambling Wordy Nerd and an appreciator of all forms of artistic expression) Being Me- Art, Books, Fantasy, Folklore, Literature, and the Natural World are my Jam.
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