Charlie Bone Universe Polls!

Polling fun is on the horizon for this fandom... That is: Children of the Red King & Chronicles on the Red King & Henry and the Guardians of the Lost & Gabriel and the Phantom Sleepers Don't worry, most polls will be about Charlie Bone & co., accessible to original-series-only-readers and with spoiler warnings!

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Second most likely to turn one of their children into a dog

Dr. Reed

Ezekiel Bloor

Harken Badlock

Harold Bloor

Jessamine Sage

Mostyn Tolly

Natalia Dobinski

the de Greys

Titania Tilpin

Venetia Yewbeam

Yorath Yewbeam

cotrq how could you forget...

Voting ended onMay 9

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We didn't reach a clear consensus, but it would *definitely* be a Bloor!

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Second most likely to turn one of their children into a dog

Dr. Reed

Ezekiel Bloor

Harken Badlock

Harold Bloor

Jessamine Sage

Mostyn Tolly

Natalia Dobinski

the de Greys

Titania Tilpin

Venetia Yewbeam

Yorath Yewbeam

cotrq how could you forget...

Voting ended onMay 9

[children-of-the-red-queen]

Settling this once and for all

Does Manfred die at the end?

yes

no

yes (lying)

Voting ended onOct 25, 2025

[children-of-the-red-queen]

Third and final poll in this series:

most fuckable grand+-parent

Maisie Jones

Grizelda Bone/Yewbeam

Montague Bone

James Yewbeam

Grace Yewbeam/Bloor

Manley Yewbeam

Gideon Bloor

Vera Kuragina

Bartholomew Bloor

Ita Raven

someone else

results

Voting ended onOct 13, 2025

[children-of-the-red-queen]

by popular demand

most fuckable adult non-parent character in the CBU

Katya Kettle

Alice Angel

Orvil Onimous

Treasure

Onoria Onimous

Paton Yewbeam

Julia Ingledew

Arthur Saltweather

Christopher Crowquill

Venetia Yewbeam

OP you forgot

see results

Voting ended onOct 1, 2025

[children-of-the-red-queen]

most fuckable parent in the CBU (out of my faves)

Jessamine Sage (correct answer)

Lyell Bone

Harold Bloor

Dorothy Bloor/de Vere

Ellen Raven

Vivienne Vertigo

Cecily Fork

Jack Silk

Mostyn Tolly

Nancy Tolly/Ingledew

someone else

op what is wrong with you

Voting ended onSep 17, 2025

Yes I excluded Paton and Julia. They're only uncle/aunt and they'd fucking sweep. This is also the reason I excluded Maisie and Grizelda, they're grandparents to the main kids which I'm basing this off of

[duel-of-the-dolls]

Have you read the Charlie Bones series by Jenny Nimmo?

Yes

No

Some of it

Haven't heard of it

Voting ended onAug 31, 2025

[lady-adeliza]

What's the best ship name for Timoken/Harken?

Battle-Saps

The Toxic Treeoi™ (always written that way)

Tree-Shade

FallingLeaves

Red-Emerald

KenKen

Other (please specify)

Voting ended onJun 24, 2025

This is a repoll with all the options which got votes last time plus a new suggestion from @cotrk

[lady-adeliza]

What's the best ship name for Timharken (Timoken/Harken)?

Redlight-Greenleaves

Tree-Shade

Twice-Enchanted

Enetrees-to-Lovers

Serenitree

Battle-Saps

The Toxic Treeoi™ (always written that way)

FallingLeaves

Red-Emerald

Hunter-Knight

Other (about trees)

Other (not about trees)

Voting ended onJun 9, 2025

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Best Paton Yewbeam Quote Bracket

Round 2a - Poll 7

Vote for the better quote!

Quote 12: A tall order

Quote 162: Miss... er...

Voting ended onMay 14, 2025

Spoilers for Charlie Bone and the Red Knight below the cut!

Quote 13, Midnight for Charlie Bone, chapter 6

Charlie: Grandma Bone says I’ve got to answer all these questions in a week. There are more than five hundred of them.

Paton: A tall order, Charlie.

Charlie: How can I do it, Uncle Paton?

Paton: You’ll need a lot of paper.

Quote 162, Charlie Bone and the Red Knight, chapter 22

Paton: Miss… er… Julia… uh… Yes. She… er… has agreed to marry me.

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Best Paton Yewbeam Quote Bracket

Round 2a - Poll 6

Vote for the better quote!

Quote 77: What more do you want?

Quote 29: Want some cider

Voting ended onMay 14, 2025

Spoilers for Charlie Bone and the Red Knight below the cut!

Quote 77, Charlie Bone and the Hidden King, chapter 1

Grizelda: What sort of snow is that? It doesn’t look normal.

Paton: It’s cold, white, and wet. What more do you want?

Quote 29, Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, chapter 10

Want some cider, dear boy? I’m sure you could do with some.

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Best Paton Yewbeam Quote Bracket

Round 2a - Poll 5

Vote for the better quote!

Quote 39: No, I'm afraid it's too late.

Quote 167: Hence the candles.

Quote 55: [S]o be it!

Voting ended onMay 14, 2025

Spoilers for Gabriel and the Phantom Sleepers below the cut!

Quote 39, Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa, chapter 9

Paton: If you see Miss Ingledew tell her… tell her …

Charlie: Yes, tell her what?

Paton: Tell her I wish - No, I’m afraid it’s too late

Quote 167, Gabriel and the Phantom Sleepers, chapter 6

Hetty: Hence the candles.

Paton: Hence the candles.

Quote 55, Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, chapter 7

Paton: Come upstairs and I’ll show you.

Charlie: But my show’s just started.

Paton: Oh, well, if TV takes precedence - so be it!

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Best Paton Yewbeam Quote Bracket

Round 2a - Poll 4

Vote for the better quote!

Quote 79: it's a matter of opinion

Quote 65: your daughter

Quote 43: That is a very singular mouse

Voting ended onMay 13, 2025

Spoilers for Charlie Bone and the Hidden King below the cut!

Quote 79, Charlie Bone and the Hidden King, chapter 5

Charlie: Ten. Is that a lucky number, do you think?

Paton: Ten? Well, the Red King had ten children, but it’s a matter of opinion whether that was lucky.

Quote 65, Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, chapter 17

Yorath, your daughter was a monster.

Quote 43, Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa, chapter 10

That is a very singular mouse. I’ve always known we had mice in the house, but that one looks abnormally old. I can’t say why.

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Best Paton Yewbeam Quote Bracket

Round 2a - Poll 3

Vote for the better quote!

Quote 92: All the better if you ask me

Quote 67: What a fiend

Voting ended onMay 13, 2025

Spoilers for Charlie Bone and the Hidden King below the cut!

Quote 92, Charlie Bone and the Hidden King, chapter 15

Venetia: I can’t see what I’m eating.

Paton: All the better if you ask me, it looks disgusting.

Quote 67, Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, chapter 17

Albert: What a fiend this Yolanda must have been.

Paton: I electrocuted her.

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Best Paton Yewbeam Quote Bracket

Round 2a - Poll 2

Vote for the better quote!

Quote 9: May I call again

Quote 95: Look a bit downhearted

Quote 183: Who wouldn't have

Voting ended onMay 13, 2025

Spoilers for Charlie Bone and the Hidden King below the cut!

Quote 9, Midnight for Charlie Bone, chapter 4

Paton: May I call again, Miss Ingledew?

Julia: It’s a shop. I can hardly stop you.

Paton: No. But, after dark?

Julia: On Fridays, I’m open until eight.

Quote 95, Charlie Bone and the Hidden King, chapter 18

Paton: Look a bit downhearted, if you can.

Charlie: Easy.

Quote 183, Midnight for Charlie Bone, chapter 11

Grandma Bone’s husband, Monty, fell out of love with her. Who wouldn’t have, the way she behaved: jealous, domineering, humorless, greedy… Monty would never have married her, but he was trapped, spellbound if you like, probably by Venetia with one of her magic garments.

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Best Paton Yewbeam Quote Bracket

Round 2a - Poll 1

Vote for the better quote!

Quote 17: We're doomed, Charlie.

Quote 131: Of course you did.

Quote 47: Aren't you pleased?

Voting ended onMay 12, 2025

Spoilers for Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock below the cut!

Quote 17, Midnight for charlie Bone, chapter 13

Nooo! We’re doomed, Charlie. You and I. Doomed in our difference. In our horrible family afflictions.

Quote 131, Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock, chapter 19

Paton: May I ask why he is here?

Charlie: He’s from Badlock. He’s my ancestor, and yours. I had to rescue him, Uncle P.

Paton: Of course you did. And may I ask what you propose to do with such a very tall person, nine hundred years out of his own time?

Quote 47, Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa, chapter 15

Grizelda: You’re better.

Paton: Aren’t you pleased?

Grizelda: But… but…

Paton: Thought he’d done me in, didn’t you? Thought he’d turned me into a flabby, fluttering, half-baked yes-man?

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Best Paton Yewbeam Quote Bracket

Round 1d - Poll 16

Vote for the better quote!

Quote 115: It's too late for me.

Quote 139: The father of the boy...

Quote 31: It goes back a long way.

Voting ended onMar 31, 2025

Spoilers for Charlie Bone and the Red Knight below the cut!

Quote 115, Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf, chapter 14

It’s too late for me. The sun’s up.

Quote 139, Charlie Bone and the Red Knight, chapter 3

The father of the boy who tried to drown you is here.

Quote 31, Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, chapter 10

Benjamin: Why are your sisters so mean?

Paton: It goes back a long way.