Written By Willow
Feb. 16, 2019, 10:57 a.m.(8/2/1010 AR)
It was intriguing to meet Lord Danvir and the conversation he shared with me put me very in mind of some of my family's own more obscure practices. I am fascinated to hear anything he might know on Druids of old.
Written By Willow
Feb. 13, 2019, 2:39 a.m.(7/23/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Marian
My Princess, if I know a love half as deep as the one your mourn, I will count myself fortunate, even if it only lasts a fortnight. It must be cold comfort if indeed you read this to hear that, but hopefully it is some small balm to the raw edges of your sundered heart. If ever you wish to call upon me, I will be there in a breath.
Written By Willow
Feb. 13, 2019, 1:30 a.m.(7/23/1010 AR)
This southern heat is barbaric. I despise how muggy it is.
Written By Willow
Feb. 7, 2019, 5 p.m.(7/12/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Alrec
I am supposed to be the Seer. Admiral, you frighten me. The songs you sing reverberate in the dark secret parts of my soul.
No one has ever frightened me before.
No one has ever frightened me before.
Written By Willow
Feb. 6, 2019, 4:17 a.m.(7/9/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Skapti
Thank you for your insight and sharing your story.
Written By Willow
Feb. 5, 2019, 5:20 a.m.(7/7/1010 AR)
To paint you is a love affair unto itself. Each line and curve captured, an act of worship. Jayus guide this brush to catch the dappled light cast by these trees as lazy tongues of breeze ruffle summer-green leaves. No tender new growth but verdant canopy to shade these grasses. Every wildflower, lazy head nodding, is a paler moment captured, lively color and fleeting moments. My heart skips a beat when I think about those tangled fingers and roots. That bark so impenetrable wrapping a tender heart in knots and scars, tissue harder than the patches fractures of old bones. Oh! to be a bird, so I could take refuge in that strength and shelter and call you my home any time I wished.
Written By Willow
Feb. 5, 2019, 5:06 a.m.(7/7/1010 AR)
the ravenous night calls to me
gnaws at me
a hungry ache, unfulfilled
a flame snuffed
riotous lust distilled
and all I see
are fading ghosts
like your smell on my skin
phantom
gnaws at me
a hungry ache, unfulfilled
a flame snuffed
riotous lust distilled
and all I see
are fading ghosts
like your smell on my skin
phantom
Written By Willow
Feb. 4, 2019, 11:02 p.m.(7/7/1010 AR)
I am looking forward to assembling the pieces for the skirt I have been working on for some weeks now, with the hopes that the fabric can be treated or cut in such a way as to retain movement but not loose volume under the weight of the pieces constructed. With any luck, the finished product will be art in motion and perfect for the occasion. The question now is, whether to construct the bodice of silk, or lace and unconventional materials.
Written By Willow
Feb. 4, 2019, 6:11 p.m.(7/6/1010 AR)
There is no point in trying to make the First Liberator understand the logic entailed in taking a methodical and incremental path toward a goal. It's /right there/ in his title that that is going to fly in the face of his beliefs.
What really surprised me was seeing the Legate pretend that I was talking about the people in thr Mourning Isles and not the ones involved in the actual conversation we were having and then tell /me/ that /I/ was making up facts.
Argue amongst yourselves.
What really surprised me was seeing the Legate pretend that I was talking about the people in thr Mourning Isles and not the ones involved in the actual conversation we were having and then tell /me/ that /I/ was making up facts.
Argue amongst yourselves.
Written By Willow
Feb. 4, 2019, 5:29 p.m.(7/6/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Aleksei
And have they argued it here, in the context of the discussion that we have all been participating in the past few days? No. And that is the context of the comment. No one in this discussion. And indeed, in this discussion, literally no one has taken that position.
I am not being duped into anything. I am merely not a revolutionary who believes that the damage and upheaval such would cause when forced before its time would be worth it in order to end something I ideologically oppose sooner rather than later.
I am not being duped into anything. I am merely not a revolutionary who believes that the damage and upheaval such would cause when forced before its time would be worth it in order to end something I ideologically oppose sooner rather than later.
Written By Willow
Feb. 4, 2019, 2:53 p.m.(7/6/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Shard
No one is saying "not now". No one.
You want steps? I've personally bought the debt of ten thralls to be freed.
What have you done besides rail and build straw men?
I am going to continue doing what I have been doing and working with the people who are building the framework to make the goal possible to achieve, rather than continuing to engage with you about this.
At least the other actually works toward my goal of getting people out of thralldom.
You can work toward it too, or you can continue to complain that its not being done quickly enough to suit you. You want an end to child thralls? Consider donating tonthe charity buying down all their debts. There /are/ actual steps you can take besides talking. Thursday's Child exists specifically toward that end, and as of this week, has managed to free nearly twenty percent of them.
You want steps? I've personally bought the debt of ten thralls to be freed.
What have you done besides rail and build straw men?
I am going to continue doing what I have been doing and working with the people who are building the framework to make the goal possible to achieve, rather than continuing to engage with you about this.
At least the other actually works toward my goal of getting people out of thralldom.
You can work toward it too, or you can continue to complain that its not being done quickly enough to suit you. You want an end to child thralls? Consider donating tonthe charity buying down all their debts. There /are/ actual steps you can take besides talking. Thursday's Child exists specifically toward that end, and as of this week, has managed to free nearly twenty percent of them.
Written By Willow
Feb. 4, 2019, 4:03 a.m.(7/5/1010 AR)
Literally no one is arguing not to abolish thralldom. Anyone trying to approach tue argument as if that is what is happening is bound to run afoul due to not comprehending the other side on a fundamental level. The argument is not "Let's not do the right thing," the argument is, "How can we do the right thing with a minimum of casualties, suffering, loss, and destabilization?" And so approaching it as if you are the only one in the right and you are trying to convince the other guy to do the right thing too, is bound to end poorly.
The sides here are not "abolish thralldom" vs "don't abolish thralldom".
They are "abolish thralldom NOW regardless of the fallout" vs "accept that building the tools and infrastructure to mitigate a whole lot of people dying and many more lives being totally upset might take a few years. We are actively working toward the goal but understand it will take time.to do it /right/".
The sides here are not "abolish thralldom" vs "don't abolish thralldom".
They are "abolish thralldom NOW regardless of the fallout" vs "accept that building the tools and infrastructure to mitigate a whole lot of people dying and many more lives being totally upset might take a few years. We are actively working toward the goal but understand it will take time.to do it /right/".
Written By Willow
Feb. 3, 2019, 11:13 p.m.(7/5/1010 AR)
I am afraid I am very much with Lords Ian and Archeron on the subject. Say whst you like of whether or not it means I somehow don't care for the thralls' fates, as someone who has never spoken two words to me. There is no reason to create a million man refugee crisis and destabilize a fifth of the Compact over a timeline when we all agree where the goal and the road leads. That would be incredibly myopic and irresponsible in the face.of fhe looming threat.
Written By Willow
Feb. 3, 2019, 2:39 p.m.(7/4/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Shard
Again, I agree with you. That is what anyone /should/ do. The question is, is it what they /will/ do. Taken at your own professed opinion regarding thralldom, which the coat was being used as a metaphor for the handling of, the answer is no. So what is the reasoning and logic behind supposing that their behavior will change out of nowhere just because you present them with rightness and reason. Does that actually get you the coat?
Written By Willow
Feb. 3, 2019, 4:16 a.m.(7/3/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Aleksei
Posited by someone who very obviously has no context. Were you there at the assembly of peers when I physically got up from the Redrain bench and went to /bodily/ stand with Brass? That isn't rhetorical, I honestly don't remember.
Whether or not you were, you seem to be under the mistaken impression that I favor thralldom, which I do not. My position has never been one of thralls remaining thralls. The entire essence of my quarrel with Shard is over the timeline and the fact that she insists that the debts are all made up and thus because imaginary there would be nothing effected by simply erasing them.
That is not the case. And whether or not you agree with me, I cannot fathom how you would begin to think that being able to barely manage with twenty thousand overnight would be a reasonable basis for extrapolating that a million (a full fifty times that number) would then be something that there is a framework in place for. And a million? That was the low end of the estimation, which ranged from a million to a million and a half.
I am fully in favor of dismantling thralldom and have /never/ argued that it or slavery was beneficial for someone. I have argued and will continue to argue that releasing people into a situation where they will essentially cause a million man refugee crisis on top of stretching resources for other people unprepared /and/ largely destabilizing one of the Great Houses in the process to do it is rash and destructive.
And will continue to argue it, while doing everything I am personally able to do to see them freed in a context that will not cause a huge issue for the working order of the entire Kingdom. The figure given by Brass was a year, that given by Thrax was ten years. And do you know /why/ I have hard numbers? Because I have invested time, effort and resources toward that end (the ending of thralldom and slavery) already. As I will continue to do.
Whether or not you were, you seem to be under the mistaken impression that I favor thralldom, which I do not. My position has never been one of thralls remaining thralls. The entire essence of my quarrel with Shard is over the timeline and the fact that she insists that the debts are all made up and thus because imaginary there would be nothing effected by simply erasing them.
That is not the case. And whether or not you agree with me, I cannot fathom how you would begin to think that being able to barely manage with twenty thousand overnight would be a reasonable basis for extrapolating that a million (a full fifty times that number) would then be something that there is a framework in place for. And a million? That was the low end of the estimation, which ranged from a million to a million and a half.
I am fully in favor of dismantling thralldom and have /never/ argued that it or slavery was beneficial for someone. I have argued and will continue to argue that releasing people into a situation where they will essentially cause a million man refugee crisis on top of stretching resources for other people unprepared /and/ largely destabilizing one of the Great Houses in the process to do it is rash and destructive.
And will continue to argue it, while doing everything I am personally able to do to see them freed in a context that will not cause a huge issue for the working order of the entire Kingdom. The figure given by Brass was a year, that given by Thrax was ten years. And do you know /why/ I have hard numbers? Because I have invested time, effort and resources toward that end (the ending of thralldom and slavery) already. As I will continue to do.
Written By Willow
Feb. 2, 2019, 9:31 a.m.(7/2/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Shard
My inner idealist agrees with you 1000%. My inner pragmatist says that the idea of a freedom whose quality of life doesn't offer at least the likelihood of shelter and food is a very questionable goal to fight for. Do I want them to be free yesterday? Absolutely.
But how many people who have never known another life would be turned out to go hungry. And the idea 'just pay them for what they are doing already' is a very sticky one. You simply aren't going to make someone wealthy enough to pay a million people by taking away their entire workforce. And, let's be real, saying that it /can/ come from Thrax because they have all this extra money laying around... Is not a solution. Saying that you have two coats and so you can give me a coat is a sentiment, not a plan to get me a coat, if that makes sense.
Still, where we disagree on method, I am glad that you also feel so passionate about the liberation of these people.
But how many people who have never known another life would be turned out to go hungry. And the idea 'just pay them for what they are doing already' is a very sticky one. You simply aren't going to make someone wealthy enough to pay a million people by taking away their entire workforce. And, let's be real, saying that it /can/ come from Thrax because they have all this extra money laying around... Is not a solution. Saying that you have two coats and so you can give me a coat is a sentiment, not a plan to get me a coat, if that makes sense.
Still, where we disagree on method, I am glad that you also feel so passionate about the liberation of these people.
Written By Willow
Jan. 30, 2019, 11:01 p.m.(6/25/1010 AR)
I read the Tor rose cipher. I love it. Wish I could remember where but I could swear I saw a library with three additional volumes.
Written By Willow
Jan. 30, 2019, 10:59 p.m.(6/25/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Reese
I adore Princess Reese. She is so charming and so poised and delicate while being strong as diamondplate, and valiant. AND she writes. Not my genre of books but nonetheless. She seems to be one of those who are well loved and actually /worthy/ of the praise heaped on them. I should like to become good friends with her eventually
Written By Willow
Jan. 30, 2019, 10:56 p.m.(6/25/1010 AR)
So happy to finally get my room situation settled for the long term as I had been staying with the Acherons until it was seen to. I even have much of the furniture situation updated to my liking.
Written By Willow
Jan. 26, 2019, 8:35 a.m.(6/15/1010 AR)
Has anyone ever read the journals of another they have barely known and come away besotted? I fall in love easy and often it would seem. But another uas been added to the mix of those I find myself compelled to know better and find myself quietly enamored of. I suppose I have a definite type though. Dark hair, dangerousness, and a reputation that at least alludes to a dark or troubled nature.
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