#To use Berenene's words

[petite-ursus]

Actually.

Empress Berenene's love of her orchids 🤝 Emperor Orzorne's love of his birds.

#tamora pierce #Daine mentions in Emperor Mage that the more she sees of the Emperor the more she finds him confusing #referring to how kind he is to his birds #but it's #kind of simple #To use Berenene's words #they're beautiful and they don't talk. #emperors/empresses... i mean even hitler loved dogs #but Daine is younger than Briar #so she doesn't get it the way he does

[ao3feed-tamorapierce]

A Discussion of an Announcement in the Society Pages

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by Anonymous

In which there are mixed reactions to the posting of the banns.

Words: 2636, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Emelan - Tamora Pierce

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Sandrilene fa Toren, Vedris fer Toren, Briar Moss, Berenene dor Ocmore, Daja Kisubo

Relationships: Daja Kisubo/Sandrilene fa Toren

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Regency

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#Tamora Pierce #Tamora Pierce fanfic #Tamora Pierce fanfiction #ao3feed #Queen's Readers

[tanoraqui]

everyone wants to marry me and bringing my childhood friends was a mistake

I’m going to take this as an invitation to just list my innumerable favorite things about Will of the Empress, in no particular order.

the word-character for “chaos” is three for “mage” under one of “house”

Briar “I have trauma-based flashback nightmares if I sleep alone or hear bells but no, I don’t need therapy, why do you keep nagging me about that” Moss

Sandry has her magic spread through the ownhouse within like half an hour of arriving in Namorn, so she can tell if anyone arrives and come greet them properly

Tris sitting by the river and fixing the stones in the bank for several hours, completely losing track of time and lowkey terrifying the townspeople

Daja thinking Rizu must be using some sort of magic on her because she gets tingles every time they touch, omg. Best trope, honestly. When people have never been in love before and they assume they must be sick or it’s some magical effect.

“House Landreg breeds fine mules!!”

in general it’s an entire novel of the four of them reforging bonds of family and also being underestimated both individually and as a group, and fucking showing why you shouldn’t do that.

Sandry reconnects with everyone first because of course she does, and particularly Briar when Finn tries to kidnap her and Tris is playing with lightning and Daja is, ahem, distracted, so she just grabs Briar’s dull thread and SCREAMS down it.

Berenene flirting with Briar and Briar having this thought that, like, holy shit, he could do it but he would probably die.

(Empress Berenene and Ishabal Ladyhammer, btw, being fan-flipping-tastic examples of women with power and female antagonists who are sympathetic but you still so want to see them lose.)

also that one comment, I forget from whom, that Berenene probably underestimates how difficult it is to escape these disgusting marriage kidnappings because likely no one ever tied the Imperial Princess as tightly as hey would a peasant girl, nor locked her in a magic-proof box.

Sandrilene “I ripped three people apart to save my student” fa Toren

Zhegorz

Tris tying herself to her saddle with ropes of wind and Ambros just kinda watching, and then coming along because he’s not going to let her go unescorted.

tfw when your cousin (basically a duchess) whose lands you’ve been watching over just gives them to you. Just. Just has a lawyer in to witness and signs them over. *stunned Landreg mule face*

when Briar goes off to get into a tiff with some aristocrats and Daja idly follows to take bets

I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS BOOK BUT PARTICULARLY MY FOUR KIDS

#will of the empress #tamora pierce #circle of magic #books

[engineerleopoldfitz]

Fandom 1: Circle of Magic

the character i least understand     Mmm. Lark, maybe? She’s probably the least like me out of all the main players in the series. I still struggle with gentler emotions; being a nurturing type and being happy with the simple life doesn’t come naturally to me.  

interactions i enjoyed the most     Tris and Briar. I’ve had a ton of conversations with people who are all “Ew, no” about the idea of them as a ship, but frankly, whether it’s viewed romantically or not, I love the dynamic between them. It’s above and beyond the found family bond the main four share. There’s sibling banter, but also the extra levels where those two bonded as a foil to Sandry and Daja’s friendship, where Tris was the one to teach Briar to read, where he taught her how to temper her defensiveness. I’m a sucker for found families, but I’m also weak for friendships where there’s a clear feeling of “this is my person”, and then friends to lovers. 

the character who scares me the most     Hm. I’m not sure there is one, outside the obvious villains of the stories. If I had to pick, probably Ben Ladradun. My father was a firefighter, and the concept of arson is something that just... I can’t even put that feeling into words. It’s like there’s a bone deep loathing attached.

the character who is mostly like me     Tris. Or Rosethorn. Misunderstood, often defensive, but deep down I’m just trying to be a relatively good person and take care of my chosen people. 

hottest looks character     Not a clue. I’m terrible at imagining fictional characters in my head. 

one thing i dislike about my fave character     Tamora Pierce tends not to write characters that don’t have something about them to dislike. Sandry’s use of her noble status. Daja’s practicality. Briar’s flirtatiousness and bedhopping. Tris’ family issues. They’ve all grated at some point or another, but those flaws are usually acknowledged and addressed in some way, which makes it less irritating and simply feels more like part of a rounded character. 

one thing i like about my hated character     Similar to the previous question, I think it says a lot that even the people you hate have good qualities, or at least you can see their motivation. 

a quote or scene that haunts me     Briar calling up thorny bushes to grow around a woman, effectively stabbing her to death. 

a death that left me indifferent     Pierce doesn’t shy away from death in her books - thinking back, there’s a fair amount of collateral damage there, so to speak. You get a little numb to that after a while. 

a character i wish died but didn’t     I honestly can’t really think of one. Sandry’s cousin Frantzen, maybe? 

my ship that never sailed     Well... more that it never left port. Daja/Rizu broke my heart. Even though I understood Rizu’s reasons for breaking it off, I’d have liked to see the relationship outside of the confines of Berenene’s court.