Daughter of the Deep by Lina C. Amarego – My Review, followed by Character Discussion + Analysis – [Spoiler-free] “A wedding to end a war…” …
‘Daughter of the Deep’ Review: A Swashbuckling Adventure Rich In Wit, Mythology and Mystery
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![🌳✨ Once Upon A Dream, I ventured into the forest...
My trailing cloak, dark as death, ruffled the sleeping leaves of ochre and bronze that the earth wore like a shawl. The soil bore their weight as a spine clutches parchment; entwined as the vines on the peeling trunks I passed; inseparable as the green veins in my pale hand, clutching the steady staff that pressed into the soil beside my floating steps.
Not a sound did my pointed leather boots make, concealed by shadow as mist swirled over the silver of my rings. Velvet hung heavy from my shoulders, and time weighed dearly on my heart.
As the night wind rippled with life, emerald light fizzed from my fingertips. I twirled it like a goblet between the talon-sharp nails of my left hand... until the glow whirled up and up, and round and round, past the apple-red of my smirk, along the sharp edges of my elven cheekbones, round the piercing green of my widened eyes, until it caressed the ribbed ebony of my spiralled horns...then floated away into the indigo sky.
The magic flew, with wings free as my own, all the way to the ivory beacon gleaming from that mysterious swirling pool, peering from her throne amongst the ink-steeped cotton-wool clouds.
My solitude whispered through the midnight chill as I wandered through the woodland, my path parting the arms of branches like a serpent gliding through water.
Though I was the most frightening creature in the forest that night, my presence conjured no harm for those who slumbered under the blanket of darkness. After all, my only witness was the moon - singing her ballad of serenity over my midnight-draped shoulder.
[- written by me]
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🌳A bit of a Maleficent-inspired perspective for you there, folks!
I LOVED dressing up as her for Halloween - I didn't quite walk through a forest like that, but this description is what I'd imagine it would've been like if I had!! I was wearing green contact lenses, but I have edited my eyes in these photos to look even brighter green, for the effect!
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🧙♀️If you were to join me (as Maleficent) for a moonlit midnight walk, which other Disney/fairytale villain would you dress up as? Let me know in the comments!🧙♀️](https://scontent-lcy1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/258136175_959627604982895_665333665871448750_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=XjALY-WdofoAX8WkUYq&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=6f1f90b6a32c8ddc69c5ea54870928fc&oe=61AC4391)