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devestating i haven't been here for like a year how are we

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because she literally did?? don't even

the scythe fandom when scythe curie:

#not main content #arc of a scythe #aoas #scythe curie #hs curie #thunderhead spoilers #thunderhead #scythe spoilers

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haven't been on here in a hot minute but why can't alina beguile fintan to help them out

or open his cache

or tell them what his plan was

or tell them literally anything they want to know

or

#a beguiler is an elf whose special ability is to manipulate others through their vocal tones. it is somewhat like being a mesmer #but beguilers affect emotions and not just actions #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #mine #councillor alina #dame alina #im really confused?? #also hi

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the council when fintan

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #mine #fintan pyren #kotlc fintan #like literally 24/7 #day job fr

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i think shannon wrote stellarlune just to tell us that bronte had curly hair

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #mine #councillor bronte #kotlc bronte #stellarlune #kotlc stellarlune #stellarlune spoilers #it came up once and it was still the most important revalation in that entire book #NOTHING HAPPENEDQ@?>?@Q?

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space twink bros???

#not main content #arc of a scythe #aoas #aoas gleanings #gleanings #gleanings spoilers #scythe goddard #hs goddard #carson lusk #how is the scythe fandom doing bonjour comment ca va

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unmasked ( @lemontarto )

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #mine #keefe sencen #kotlc keefe #banana noir #the banana chronicles #trauma right now

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HOW DID YOU DO THAT SO QUICKLY WHAT

also hello mellie my dear how are you???

mellie do you remember the banana noir era

HOW COULD I FORGET

#kotlc #reblog #lemontarto #the banana chronicles #banana noir #i miss the kotlc fandom so much but i feel like im so outside of it all #also i havent written a fic in like. ages.

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happy birhtday.

babe i'm so sorry i didn't answer this earlier

i'm back!! here's my askbox

#asks #anon asks #not main content #i am so sorry #it has been 9 months

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ok but for the curie orgin story.. (sorry for how badly this is written i just need to get it out of my head)

i LOVE how her thoughts always go back to faraday. like in the first few pages when she talks abt her isolation and discomfort at her first conclave, her thoughts always trail back to michael! after scythe vonnegut first talked to her, she seeks out and thinks about michael!! after she embarrassed herself in front of the whole conclave while talking to the high blade, she think abt how michael would think of her!! when she doesn’t practice her killcraft at home, she thinks abt michael chiding her!!! after she returns to conclave after gleaning the president, she thinks abt how michael would be around her!! like!?!? she is obsessed and i love it. they are soulmates!!!

one thing that i really like about shusterman is that storylines he writes in, or even little details, are always grounded in the character rather than being completely out of the blue. their actions feel super realistic. like in curie's story, you can tell how she respects faraday and whatnot, but is also a fledgeling scythe and practically a teenager so it makes a lot of sense for her to be checking as to what his opinion of her is (which is totally fair considering he was her mentor until like four mothers prior). realistic relationships are great :)

tysm for the ask!! i'd love to hear your other curie-faraday thoughts since i love them

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#asks #anon asks #not main content #arc of a scythe #aoas #gleanings #aoas gleanings #gleanings spoilers #scythe curie #hs curie #scythe faraday #hs faraday #actually wanna write a fic so badly love them sm #the only romance i will ever willingly write

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hey akki!! how are you?

i'm okay!! i'm feeling super behind because i don't have stellarlune but otherwise we're all good. how are you?

#asks #jolieharkness #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #missing the fandom lowkey

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Scythe Curie at the end of that one Gleanings story

#not main content #arc of a scythe #reblog #op: randomandofnoregard #scythe curie #hs curie #gleanings #aoas gleanings #gleanings spoilers #so true babe #she was so happy i was like girl u shd see urself in the future #granddame of death > little miss murder

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my official gleanings thoughts <3

story 1: the first swing

also quick fact i probably won't do this for all the stories, just the ones i like the best, but idk that might change who knows

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page 1: the poem?? absolutely snazzy i love it so much. particularly the second verse: "those before you are in awe / they cannot imagine what your next move will be / you carry yourself as balanced and poised as a performer dancing brutally among them" is so reminiscent of goddard's values and really ties into the idea that curie was seeking that high life that goddard also looked for. the parallels between the two of them are insane and i love that we can see how two different ideologies stemmed from people who were similar. it pushes the theme that decisions are what make us who we are. joelle shusterman?? loml

page 6: i like that shusterman (from the get-go) is showing how people treat scythes. like actually bowing is crazy.

page 7: "it is a scythe's prerogative to give random tasks to random people." irks me tbh and it cements the fact that most scythes do believe that they are worthy of handing out such tasks, which we know is not the case. also the "some scythes play to the crowd, some scythes don't." is almost word for word a phrase in scythe (book 1) and so that's awesome that he called it back to show how little the scythedom has changed

page 8: SHE DYED HER HAIR SILVER?? ALSO HER PARENTS WERE TONISTS TOO???

page 10: "...and toosdai riggle, because she liked saying the name." love that he emphasised her more playful and younger side. i think it helps us differentiate the older from the younger curie and it shows us how she's changed

page 13: love love love that they showed how quickly the scythedom moves on. going from the topic of potentially killing the president to a debate between scythes armstrong, armstrong, and armstrong is a vast difference. in addition to that, i love that shusterman shows how little the scythedom wants to change. now that all of these scythes are in positions of power, they don't want to advance the world. they are willing to let midmerica fall into ruin as long as they can live their lives the way that want. they want to make it the thunderhead's problem even though curie correctly brings up the fact that the thunderhead can't do anything.

page 14: "but death was death, and blood was blood." an interesting statement but idk what i wanna say about it so

page 15: CAT!!

page 16: "but not all justice had such a pleasing aesthetic..." shusterman you're my favourite person ever. that's such a fantastic quote and it's so applicable to the world today. many people aren't willing to take the steps required in order to serve justice because it is so so messy. which is why we see politicians making promises in order to gain votes, and then not doing anything because it's hard. then the individuals who have been wronged are essentially forgotten, and groups or people who attempt to change the situation are looked down on by society, and are mocked and villainised for attempting to get justice. i'm thinking things like first nations movements, the black panthers, etc., but if i'm wrong please correct me!

page 21: "palming a security pad, which, by law, had to yield to her." it's not just the security pad babes literally the entire world has to yield to her. but it is an odd thing to write in so i think shusty knew that.

page 22: "humanity has given me the right to do as i whatever i please." the parallels between goddard and curie are killing me omg. the scythe mentality that every person believes and understands what they are doing is so wrong. people are terrified to their core of scythes because they know that being given the right to kill is something that should have never happened. not to mention that the people who are picked to become scythes are not chosen by a neutral party like the thunderhead, but by OTHER SCYTHES. other scythes pick and choose who gets to essentially become a god in this society!! this is why they end up with the old and new guards because each scythe looks for people who will hold their values and essentially turns them into themselves so that they can leave behind a legacy when they die. scythe curie's quote "for [choosing an apprentice] is a form of vanity [...] 'be the new me, so that the old me can leave this world satisfied.'" (177, scythe) is literally a direct example of it. essentially this means that no one in regular society has ever had an opinion on who will be a scythe and who won't!! humanity quite literally didn't give curie the right to do whatever she pleases. this is so insane because it shows how little humanity and ruling systems have changed.

page 25: up until now i actually thought that the writing was pretty stilted and odd, it seemed like shusty was getting back into the rhythm of scythe, but curie's "speech" is so perfect omg. it's like two lines but it captures her reasoning and drive and shows us that she truly believed that what she did was right. also the president was right and wrong about her regretting what she did. yes, she did regret it, but mainly because it was rash and uncalculated, not because she didn't think it was right. even the thunderhead was completely on board with it. QUOTE FROM THUNDERHEAD CAFE SCENE

page 26: "it gave her a persona she was motivated to grow out of." that's such an interesting line because we know that yes, she does grow out of it eventually. again my brain is like half making a connection but not fully so i don't know how to articulate my thoughts.

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thoughts: that was wonderful curie my dear i miss you so much. but i really like that the story emphasised how she's changed overtime and the lessons she's learned. one thing that worked great was that she showed how she was ridiculed at the start (for the colour of her robe, her hair, faraday) and so that was also a motivator in what she finally did. overall, it did a great job of presenting curie's commanding and take-charge nature, and i loved it. one thing i didn't like about it was the writing, just at the beginning. it didn't really flow as nicely as i was used to and everything seemed to be in a series of steps rather than a flowing motif. her entering the white house was very "first this happened, then this happened, then this happened" but it really pulled together at the end so i'm not annoyed at all. loved it.

thanks guys!!

∼ akki <3

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why get bitches when you can get gleanings by neal shusterman (2022) hardcover edition

#not main content #arc of a scythe #aoas #gleanings #aoas gleanings #guys i officially have it #im gonna start posting my reactions probably in one post so get ready for that lol #enjoy

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edaline ruewen try not to be the most godly person in the universe challenge (impossible)

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #mine #edaline ruewen #kotlc edaline #sorry guys i love her so much #why is she so amazing #grady pov #canonically grady has said this actually

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Arc of Scythe AU where everything is the same but Susan (aged 18) chose this name instead and then didn’t bother to change it.

scythe tofana rolls off the tounge nicely actually. also badass person what a queen

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#asks #deaddovehasbeeneaten #not main content #arc of a scythe #scythe curie #hs curie #love her guys i miss the scythe fandom wya #scythe fandom unite please

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Thoughts on the SGE movie? I still can’t get over the cringeyness of making Lesso in love with Rafal

haven't seen it!!

i have to say i'm really more than annoyed about the lesso-rafal thing. it completely demeans her character by tying her entire value to this asshole. it even stings more because lady lesso obviously hates him in the books, and there's nothing that says otherwise. there were no "hints" that he may have been in love with him in the past, and she certainly wasn't in love with him while the books were going on. again, i haven't seen it so i don't really know how it was approached!! but lady lesso seems to be a completely different character in the movie. yes, while it's sometimes nice for movies to change character traits, this is way out there, and i'm not even coming at this while envisioning that she should be with someone else. i'd be totally fine if they kept her single like they did in the books. but to give her whole character to rafal of all people kills me omg.

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