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curly-cottage-girl · 2 years
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Costis’ view of Eugenides: “this man is a god”
Kamet’s view:
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mothsartart · 2 years
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i literally cannot stop thinking about this post
anyways, what is everyone else up to
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crocordile · 2 years
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Art for a scene on the fourth chapter of @artino-c​‘s wonderful fic, The Young and Ancient Light 💕
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shaelit · 1 year
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Poor Costis. Now that he’d found himself played by his king as well as by me, he probably wanted to see neither of us ever again.
You haven’t been paying attention at all, have you. Being played is practically his love language at this point.
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calamansi-calamari · 8 months
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COSTIS????? MY BABY BOY??????? COSTIS YOU ABSOLUTE BUFFOON. MY SWEET IDIOT CHILD.
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kareenvorbarra · 2 years
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there’s a house across the river | a Marin/Kamet fanmix
“I wanted her to be happy. I wanted to give her the happiness she deserved, and I asked her to run away with me.”
listen
Clouds | flor
Parachute | Ingrid Michaelson
Familiar | Agnes Obel
Run Away | Sarah Jarosz
Leaving the City | Joanna Newsom
Bodyache | Purity Ring
Blinding | Florence + the Machine
Your Only Doll (Dora) | Laura Marling
River from the Sky | The Weepies
Flood On the Floor | Purity Ring
Various Storms & Saints | Florence + the Machine
Lyrics:
Clouds | flor
Send some sunshine my way I could use it this rainy day Loving under clouds It slows me down But you could blow them all away
Parachute | Ingrid Michaelson
I don't tell anyone about the way you hold my hand I don't tell anyone about the things that we have planned Won't tell anybody that you turn the world around I won't tell anyone that your voice is my favorite sound
Familiar | Agnes Obel
Gonna be the death of me It's a danger Cause our love is a ghost that the others can't see
Run Away | Sarah Jarosz
Lay with me down by the riverside Stars in the sky shining in your eyes We won't make a sound, no one will be around We can run away
Leaving the City | Joanna Newsom
I believe in you Do you believe in me? What do you want to do? Are we leaving the city?
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In that high sun After our good run When the spirit bends Beneath knowing it must end And that is all I want here To draw my gaunt spirit to bow Beneath what I am allowed
Bodyache | Purity Ring
You sweat, and you bled I couldn't look cause your body, your body would shake And you feared a lonely death Like a lake leaves you alone in her depths
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I lied, now I'm lying awake I cried until my body ache I lied, now I'm lying awake Now I'm lying awake, now I'm lying awake
Blinding | Florence + the Machine
No more dreaming of the dead as if death itself was undone No more calling like a crow for a boy, for a body in the garden No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love No more dreaming like a girl, so in love with the wrong world
Your Only Doll (Dora) | Laura Marling
I fell into the street, poison in my veins Clambered to my feet and into the night again Back to my home, back to my owner Who screams at my tardiness Put his hands to the sky And says, “What can I do with a girl If she refuses to be mine?”
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There's a house across the river but alas, I cannot swim And a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin There's a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swim I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in There's a boy across the river with short black curly hair He wants to be my lover and I want to be his peer There's a boy across the river but alas, I cannot swim And I never will get to put my arms around him
River from the Sky | The Weepies
Friends I had from younger days Mostly have been washed away Time's a river, so they say And then you drown
Flood On the Floor | Purity Ring
I’ll miss keeping you I hope you’re sleeping, too I hope you’re
Various Storms & Saints | Florence + the Machine
But still you stumble, your feet give way Outside the world seems a violent place But you had to have him, and so you did Some things you let go in order to live While all around you, the buildings sway Sing it out loud, "Who made us this way?" I know you're bleeding, but you'll be okay Hold on to your heart, you'll keep it safe
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ihaveonlymydreams · 2 years
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The GODS
Are
DANCING
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soldier-poet-king · 2 years
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I was having such a good day it was warm and sunny and then it was getting ready for the first proper thunderstorm of spring and I was HAPPY and even HOPEFUL and THEN right at the end of my shift my boss asked me to do [redacted] which I can't do bc I don't have the INFO NEEDED and there is Literally No Way To Get It bc of the program we use for [redacted] and I said this but she clearly is just. Not understanding. Bc I have been TOO competent and she doesn't realize how much work and correction I've put into the [redacted] without being asked so she just thinks it appears like that ever week and not like. I fuckin put in hours and know the [redacted] and what is and isn't possible with it. I need to just stop saying yes to doing everything they need bc I keep getting stuck with irritating "menial" work bc I actually care and do a good job, I should just pretend to be incompetent and get assigned to smthn else AHHHHHHH
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sepulchritude · 5 months
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On a reread, I think the King of Attolia is my favorite queen’s thief book (although admittedly I can’t wait to meet Kamet and Sophos and Pheris again)
I just love how much and for how long Costis just fucking hates Gen’s guts. And the slow, all but dragged kicking and screaming inevitability of his soft heart finding sympathy for Gen’s homesickness and loneliness. While still absolutely hating his fucking guts. And gradually coming to love and respect and fear and be exasperated by him; the inevitable hero’s journey experienced by everyone who eventually comes to love Eugenides.
I love Costis so so much. A good man, a loyal guard dog, the Attolian royal court’s most beloved punching bag (by default, since Gen can’t be included in the rankings). And still no sense of humor. Bless him.
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artino-c · 7 months
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i think i wrote something about this when moira's pen first came out, and there are parts of it that i really love (not least of which, the forbidden short stories from editions i would never have tracked down otherwise!), but mwt's choice to walk back whatever was going on with her queer characters in return of the thief is still so disappointing to me because before return of the thief, the only undeniable queer rep in those books was negative subtext. no one likes legarus, whose gay lover betrays him and sells out his entire squad; no one likes artadorus, either. prior to the last book, the only point of view character in the whole series who seems aware that gay people even exist is kamet, and he thinks about this solely in the context of the threat of rape and coercion.
god forbid eddis do anything but fall in love with and marry a man. god forbid we get through a book of missing scenes without learning, in passing, and to absolutely no narrative purpose, that teleus used to sleep with women. god forbid costis not grow up to have 2.5 kids and a dog. it's either an incredibly stupid, thoughtless choice, or it's straight up bad faith, and it's kind of tiring to find myself still trying hard to like it
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cartograffiti · 1 year
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Why Does the Merch Say That? A cheat sheet to the Queen's Thief OwlCrate collection
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here was the Instagram announcement: linkety link. If it's noon April 19th 2023 (Pacific Coast) or later, you can look at OwlCrate and see whether the general sale has gone live yet.
Moving on to the post, which will contain spoilers for all six Queen's Thief novels and the short story collection.
Why Does the Merch Say That?
The Queen of Attolia shirt: Atté Atté is the battle cry of the Attolians (RotT) and something Gen says to Irene in bed (RotT). This shirt also features a bee. This is a motif used throughout the series, notably as Irene's favored bee earrings (QoA, maybe as early as TT?), and a favorite creature of Pheris's (RotT).
The River Shirt: "The river knows its time" is the title and first line of a Mede poem Kamet shares with Irene at Eugenides's request (TaT). It is about nature and time, and it comforted Irene after she miscarried. The graphic shows a tree, a river, and mountains, all of which we spend a lot of time with.
Attolian Tumbler: "Do not offend the gods" is a warning/blessing used throughout the series, notably with regard to the behanding and Sophos's claim to his throne. The sword is none in particular, but lilies are a symbol of Attolia, used on their flag and coins.
Eugenides's Journal: "You will have your heart's desire, little thief" is dialogue from Moira to Gen in "Alyta's Missing Earring." The cover is a riff on the MP special edition and includes Greco-Roman elements, Gen's hook, and Hamiathes's Gift.
Irene's Journal: "Who am I, that you should love me?" is dialogue from Irene to Gen at the end of QoA. I see crowns, lilies again, and laurel.
The Little Peninsula Tote Bag: This is the crest of the united peninsula (RotT), later called Ephestalia (MP). Lilies for Attolia again, the Lion of Sounis, and a griffon for Eddis. I think these leaves are olive. (Every book.)
Atté Atté Candle: Interestingly, this label mixes Atté Atté (see shirt) and the national symbols (see tote bag). The scent is orange trees, for the orange grove where Gen watched Irene dance, (QoA) honey (bees again), and tamarisk flower, for the bush he was in, spying on Irene and Dite, when he realized he loved her. (KoA)
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hondagirll · 2 months
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a get to know you game!
tagged by @queenofattolia, thanks friend!
Favourite Colour: *looks at closet* green. pink. multiple shades of blue
Last Movie: men in black part ii (don't judge. it was on max and we were like, "why not?")
Last song: no songs but the last podcast i listened to on my walk today was the latest jill on money episode
Sweet/savory/spicy: sweet. i love all the candy!
Relationship status: single
Last thing I googled: vlc player so i could watch a download of Much Ado About Nothing that's in .avi format I have on my laptop
Current obsession: re-reading the queen's thief series. I am up to book 5 and its so good. Kamet and Costis! Also, we just finished our Firefly re-watch last night and it led me to want to look up fanfics recs for the show. I am actually braving ff.net site since most of the good stuff is there or at lj since the show is 22 years old at this point which is weird because i am so used to the simplicity of a03 (my eyeballs are now old!!!). And I'm trying to find a good (easy) bread recipe that i can make in a small apartment kitchen without a stand mixer. 2024 is the year i will make homemade bread!
tagging some mutuals with recent activity: @shutterbug-12 @chainofclovers @thebreakfastgenie @clintbeifong @dollsome-does-tumblr @bethanyactually and anyone else who wants to do this just say you are tagged!
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thecrenellations · 23 days
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Top five moments from the QT books. :3
ASKING THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS! (Yay, thank you.)
I’m going to do this without thinking too hard and inevitably remember one million more that I love just as much, and I’m going to exclude roof scenes for a change of pace, but …
QoA ch. 9 storytelling scene with Gen, Helen, and the magus, specifically Gen saying, “She wants the commander to have a good shot at you.”
Gen and Helen as he leaves to steal Attolia: “My queen?” “Only for that.” (I have to, it’s my blog title, which I remembered after adding it to this list)
Kamet making a face in the library because he picks up a dusty scroll and Pheris including this in his history book (as Kamet does NOT in TaT)
Costis vividly imagining himself sinking into the collapsing floor during “I love your eyes, I love your ears, and I love every single one of your ridiculous lies” (which is pretty great, too)
Ion ineffectually leaping in front of Gen to save him from Sejanus’s arrow, which wasn’t even aimed at him (or however that precisely goes down), before the battle at the Naupent
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tanoraqui · 1 year
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things I especially love about Return of the Thief, as I reread:
From literally the first one we meet, and the first scene we meet more often them, Pheris names every single royal attendant every time they do anything worth mentioning in the narration. The non-royal people matter so much!!
The way as children, Gen killed and Pheris badly injured a terrible cousin who was tormenting them. Parallels!
The scene where Sophos, Irene, Helen and Gen are all just fucking around over breakfast, god BLESS
And then they all STOP the instant they realize the play-fighting is distressing Pheris! (Though actually he’s mostly just guilty about betraying the king.) Gods BLESS!
Eugenides: Just keep Kamet and Costis safe
Teleus, every cell in his body screaming bc he can’t swordfight a miscarriage: I WILL PUBLICLY ARREST THEM AND KEEP THEM IN MY SIGHT WHILE SURROUNDING THEM BY GUARDS
The way Pheris and Kamet INSTANTLY understand one another as people accustomed to deliberately going safely unnoticed
Pheris learns about zero and basic PEMDAS and immediately goes into a feral, number-scribbling math fugue, coming out of it hours later to find Relius and Teleus eating olives and watching him like a sports game
Again, this book just has BANTER like none of the others. And it’s funny! Attolia in particular is very funny actually! And the irony that this is the one novel in the series specifically framed as a historical account… I die. It kills me, I tell you.
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shaelit · 1 year
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I also love how we spend all of TaT in Kamet’s head and see him as proud, tetchy, judgmental, and rigid, because that’s how he experiences himself. And then up pops Pheris, the mute drooler who presents himself as senseless and gross, and Kamet is clever and kind and never once shows disgust or disregard.
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the-forest-library · 9 months
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Mid-Year Book Freakout 2023
I was tagged by @logarithmicpanda and @theinquisitxor - thanks! This is a post I look forward to each year. 
1. Best book you’ve read so far this year
The Queen’s Thief series. I devoured these books. They are sublime. 
2. Best sequel you’ve read so far this year
See above. Also, Mysteries of Thorn Manor. I was delighted to have more adventures with Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas. 
3. New release you haven’t read yet
I am still waiting on library holds for Going Bicoastal, Business or Pleasure, and Will They or Won’t They.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
I’m sure there’s something I’m forgetting, but nothing comes to mind. The books I was really looking forward to came out in the first half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment
Live Wire by Kelly Ripa. I was looking for some tales of Dance Party USA, but they were sadly lacking. 
6. Biggest surprise
How many books I’d read about podcasts about missing girls, lol. That seemed to be a big publishing trend in the last six-eight months. 
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)
Well, Megan Whalen Turner. Also, Elissa Sussman and K.L. Walther.
8. Newest fictional crush/newest favorite character
I was going to say the main quartet from the Queen’s Thief, but my love extends to Costis, and Kamet, and Pheris, too. But really, Eugenides is at the top of the list.
9. Book that made you cry
Moira’s Pen - those last two stories killed me. Oh, and Happy Place. Absolutely destroyed me. 
10. Book that made you happy
America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson and Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus. I love a good road trip travelogue, but the addition of the national parks and food made me love these books even more. 
11. Favorite Adaptation
Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher is a lovely beauty and the beast retelling. 
12. Prettiest Cover
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. The American and British versions are both pretty.
13. A book you need to read before the end of the year
I have a few books left of my 23 in 2023 list, including Persuasion and two TBD Discworld books. 
Tagging (no pressure, just fun!): @leer-reading-lire, @readingrobin, @godzilla-reads, @lizziethereader, @accidentalspaceexplorer, @aliteraryprincess, and anyone else that would like to do this!
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