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9 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Iron Widow is 400 pages of female rage conducted through giant mechas designed after East Asian myth creatures, inspired by China's only female emperor.

Now @_ashmackenzie and Terri Nimmo have BROUGHT ZETIAN TO LIFE

Preorder: ironwidow.com
GR: goodreads.com/book/show/5245… Iron Widow coverImage
ENFORCE YOUR LAST PATHETIC GENDER ROLE, PATRIARCHY Image
how much would i have to pay for seto kaiba's VA to narrate this entire book
memes aside I am so grateful for the attention Ashley and Terri paid to this cover. I sent the design team a 7-page document detailing the elements that would make for a striking Tang-dynasty-inspired look and many were incorporated 😭 Image

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I'M SCREAMING I LITERALLY DIDN'T KNOW MY COVER WAS DROPPING TODAY
IF I WEREN'T UP ALL NIGHT READING PORN I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE
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24 Feb
yooo I gotta check through Iron Widow yet again so give me a number between 1 - 388 and I'll post a quote (unless the whole page is too spoilery)
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23 Feb
TO FURTHER CONVINCE YOU TO READ A DARK AND HOLLOW STAR I WILL NOW POST A THREAD OF MY FAVORITE EXCHANGES FROM IT

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19 Feb
this is too cool for people to not know about so THREAD on a hidden worldbuilding detail in ATLA - the Avatar calendar

Because it has a fully fleshed-out one based on ancient East Asian calendars!!

From in to out, the rings go Month > Day > Era Name > Chinese Zodiac Year 1/? screenshot of the calendar wheel in Avatar
So the precise date of the Day of the Black Sun was the Yangwu Era, Year of the Monkey, 1st day of the 8th month

Era Names are a system that originated in ancient China, used to name and number years. So like Jianyuan Year 1, Jianyuan Year 2, and so on - 2/?
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11 Feb
White people - when you ask POC questions, I wish you'd ask less "Is it okay if I do [certain thing]?" and more "What are your thoughts on [certain thing]?"

The first makes me uncomfortable bc you're demanding a clear Yes/No that no single POC has the right to give - 1/?
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