Helen Eddis

[comicaurora]

there's a whole space of tropes where a solid 90% of the impact comes from the vagueness of them happening largely offscreen and I feel like I'm very slowly tumbling ass-over-teakettle down the rabbit hole figuring out how that works

[comicaurora]

Noodle Incidents are the most obvious one, since they're comedic and it's very easy to spot when a joke stops being funny. A Noodle Incident has to happen offscreen because not getting the explanation is what makes all the tantalizing details feel inspiringly absurd.

"Late To The Tragedy" is another one. You turn up somewhere you're expecting to be bustling and instead it's dead silent and chocka with skeletons and the horror of "what in the good goddamn happened here" is stored in the fact that we don't know that when we arrive, and we may never know the details before we have to leave at high speeds.

"And They All Lived Happily Ever After" is one of the subtler cases. Characters who ride off into the sunset to an implied and offscreen happy ending have a happier narrative future than characters whose future exploits get stories about them. Everything that tries to tell a story after Happily Ever After inevitably sabotages that implied happiness by dragging it into the onscreen zone and revealing that the OTP broke up again or the fun kid hero grew up to be a shitty parent or they had an endless parade of villains of the week to fight forever and ever and ever

yesterday this is something I barely thought about and today this is something I can't stop thinking about and it feels like I just figured out how to see in color for the first time

[comicaurora]

Offscreen Plan Guarantee. Showing the plan would ruin the impact so we cut from "here's the plan…" to the execution. If we showed the planning and then the plan getting perfectly executed there'd be no surprises, because the surprises are all hiding in the offscreen zone.

[comicaurora]

When a character gets captured or interrogated or something, it's much more harrowing to get that "take them away" moment right before the camera cuts to their allies trying to figure out how to get to them, because We Know Bad Things Are Happening Offscreen

[meganwhalenturner]

Wedding nights

[the-lincyclopedia]

Queen's Thief offerings in Fandom Trumps Hate

Queen's Thief fandom, we're doing this! I'm so excited for bidding to open for the @fandomtrumpshate auction in a few days! Here's a roundup of Queen's Thief offerings available in the auction:

ama is offering 10k-20k words of fic, max rating E, minimum bid $5, hoping to focus on Costis/Kamet or Teleus/Relius

roxast is offering 5k-10k words of fic, max rating E, minimum bid $5, hoping to write a canon-compliant, contemplative gen fic

silvershadowsea is offering a recording of already written filk, max rating M, minimum bid $5

@swordbreakerz is offering fanart, max rating M, minimum bid $5, hoping to focus on disability themes

Dara is offering fanart, max rating E, minimum bid $5, hoping for a very specific prompt

I (@the-lincyclopedia) am offering up to four Shakespearean sonnets, max rating T, minimum bid $5

I am also offering 10k-20k words of podfic, max rating T, minimum bid $20, open to a lot of possibilities

I'm so excited to bid on some of these and to have some of y'all hopefully bid on mine! Bidding opens March 5!

[blurb-brain]

N I G H T    R E N D E R I N G G G G G G G 💸💸💸

My sister’s white pen apparently dried out so, have some hazy, blobby stars.

Ahahaha Costis just rolled out of bed and ran after the messenger. His poor shirt isn’t even properly tucked in XD

Day 9 - swing

 Head down, swinging the wineskin by the leather thong at its neck, the king walked along the crenelation. Costis paced beside him. “Your Majesty, please get down,” Costis said hurriedly. The king was almost at the end of the crenelation, and he dreaded what would happen when he got there.   “Why? Costis, I’m not going to fall.”

- Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

[asmywhimseytakesme]

Ok, guys. Here they all are, in a row.

I have literally been meaning to do this project for YEARS. The imminent release of Return of the Thief led to my return to the fandom, which somehow made it feel urgent enough to actually get them done. And while there are little things I could point out that aren’t quite working how I want them to, overall I am really proud of these images.

And yes, mild spoilers are present in these. My aim here wasn’t to create spoiler-free images, which I know some people are sensitive to. It was my project, and I just wanted to choose a scene that I felt 1) Represented the book well 2) Was one I was interested in drawing and 3) I could design in such a way that would leave room for text, while still working well as an image on its own. So yes, small spoilers are present, that wasn’t a primary consideration. Sorry not sorry. :-)

These were done in Procreate, which makes process videos automatically. I’ll probably be getting those up on youtube sometime in the near future in case anyone wants to see how they came together.

I’m curious… which is your favorite?

[knife-dad]

Presenting… Eddis “war then” Helen. Not bad for a closet cosplay, right? Although I couldn’t for the life of me get my hair to curl. Oh well :)

[whataliethatwas]

People would walk over hot coals for one of those smiles?

[erinbowbooks]

On behalf of Megan Whalen Turner

Megan wants her tumblr community to know that tumblr abruptly deleted her entire account last weekend.   She can’t make new posts, receive notifications, or access her tumblr mail.  She hasn’t been able to get any response from @staff.     I’ll randomly tag in a few folks, but do spread the word.  @emilybeemartin @artfrostedleaf @fuckyeahqueensthief @ask-the-thief-of-eddis @incorrectqueensthiefquotes

[heleneddis]

Archiving for the Queen’s Thief fandom!

Hello fellow Queens Thief fans! <3

Most of you probably don’t know this old blog, dormant for two years now, but in light of the recent skullduggery on tumblr’s part, I’m coming over here to make sure we don’t lose any Queens Thief fandom history. 

Even though there’s nothing explicit on this blog, censorship effects all fandoms, and tumblr’s recent actions are an attack on all of fandom, and the people who make up this largely female, queer, disabled, or otherwise marginalized communities on this site. Lots of non-nsfw images are already being flagged and made invisible.

Historically, fandoms and fandom history have often been lost in website purges like this. This is only the latest in a long string of events like LJ strikethrough and boldthrough, the deleting of all explicit stories from fanfiction.net, etc.

When I made this there were no other Queens Thief blogs on tumblr, so I wanted to make sure that era of fandom was covered and at least the stuff I had didn’t get lost!

I’ve just downloaded every page of this blog, including all the fanart with credit to each artist. This archive isn’t going anywhere at my hands, but at least it will exist in another location in case any of the art gets wrongfully marked nsfw and made invisible by tumblr, or the blog goes down, or whatever. 

There are many wonderful newer QT blogs running now, and I hope you all back up too!

If any of you are moving to pillowfort, need help backing up, or want to stay in touch, my fandom email is crowpocalypsequeen at gmail dot com. And I’m hazelwillow on Sounis/LJ.

I don’t know where else to archive things. Sounis on LJ, or Fanlore? 

Much love to you all, especially you amazing artists! Back your stuff up! 

<3 <3

@etoilearden @rowansr @queensthief @abadpoetwithdreams @eddisian @eddis-attolia-sounis @queensandkingsofattolia @askeugenides I’m just tagging people with qt sounding names lol idk all of you!!  @meganwhalenturner :)

-hazelwillow

[queensandkingsofattolia]

This invitation to the gathering of #20thieves is hereby being cordially extended to any and all members of the Queen’s Thief fandom.

Greetings all! With all of the recent news and excitement in the Queen’s Thief fandom, I have decided to kick my planning for an anniversary gathering of QT fans into high gear. I spent the weekend on planning and recon, and now have a game plan! 

Date: Sunday, November 13th, 2016

Time: TBD

City: Cleveland, Ohio

Location: The Hanna Starbucks

The Tag To Track: #20thieves

This event is being planned as a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release of The Thief. It will be a place to bring your books, compare notes on characters, discuss and dissect every detail of the plot, cry over how far away May 16th 2017 is, and to just generally share fannish delight over the awesomeness of this series and its author, our Hephestia. 

If you have previously expressed interest in attending this event, please expect a message soon containing specific details. If you would like to receive more info regarding this event, please feel free to drop me a message or a chat line, over you can even just reblog this post and tag me in your question. I would ask that you please not comment your questions because I have technical difficulties when I try and respond.

[Specifically pinging @pastel-cartoon-looser​ @ladymodina @throwaninkpot​ @rueelizabeth​ @heetasprague​ @raymiazaki​ @thatfuckingbooknerd​ because you have previously expressed interest.]

All ideas and suggestions are welcome! Hope to see you all there! 

[queensandkingsofattolia]

I’m reblogging this to hopefully spread the word further and also to update the day of the meeting. Instead of November 20th, as previously announced, the date of the gathering has officially been changed to Sunday, November 13th!

Once again, any and all questions and suggestions are welcome!

[heleneddis]

Signal boost!

[shaelit]

THE QUEEN'S THIEF Series Fandom For Matching Covers

The below text is pulled word for word from the petition:

We, the Queen’s Thief fandom, being of stout loyalty and long-suffering passion, acknowledge the following facts:

1) Repackages are inevitable, especially for series as old as THE QUEEN’S THIEF.

2) Repackages are designed to entice new audiences, as old audiences are considered fully hooked. (Though we do appreciate the extra features added, such as the maps and short stories.)

3) New audiences are good. Taking a story we love and an author we love and presenting them on a broader scale is good.

4) Publishing is a business and the goal is to make money. The decision to repackage is a practical one.

5) The new repackages revealed by Epic Reads on October 4-5, 2016, are not going away.

That said, the following facts collectively held must also be acknowledged:

1) We are a dedicated fanbase, loyal for twenty years through droughts stretching past half a decade in spots.

2) We have invested time and money in this series, particularly when it comes to previously published copies of the first four books.

3) The Vince Natale covers (2005 editons) are gorgeous, eye-catching in color palette, elegant, and clearly tie to the stories found within.

4) The redesign covers are so radically different in form and substance that they don’t look even remotely related.

5) We want our covers to match.

Given the friction between the above sets of facts, we propose the following solution: a limited print run of THICK AS THIEVES with a cover that will stylistically match the 2005 Vince Natale covers of THE THIEF, THE QUEEN OF ATTOLIA, THE KING OF ATTOLIA, and A CONSPIRACY OF KINGS. While a cover designed by Vince Natale would be greatly preferred, we understand that he may not be available and will accept a look that complements his designs in style, tone, palette, and substance.

Please. We will continue to support Megan Whalen Turner and her work no matter what. We don’t want to cause a scene or behave badly in any way. We understand that the redesign is not about us and we are not trying to make it so. Nor are we trying to stop the redesigns in any way. We just want our series to be complete. We want to be happy with what’s on our shelves. We want our discontent to be acknowledged. We want a small bone thrown our way, in light of two decades of unwavering loyalty.

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Signed,

The Queen’s Thief Fandom

Sign the petition here

[shaelit]

Hi! I’m one of the people who signed, so I can only answer for myself, not the fandom as a whole, but this isn’t about liking or disliking the new covers.

If you’ll read the facts presented, no mention is made of opinions regarding the look of the repackages other than the fact that they are radically different from the old covers, for which we already have a matching set of four.

Harper has dedicated a big budget to these books, based on the announced print run. Limited print runs of different covers for a book have been done by other series in the past, so the request isn’t without precedent.

And that’s all this is. A request. As it says in the petition, we will support MWT regardless, because we’re a pretty ride-or-die fandom.

Doesn’t hurt to ask, right?

[heleneddis]

(I’m not at all bothered by non-matching covers myself, but here’s a signal boost in case anyone relates)

[meganwhalenturner]

Four Questions For Megan Whalen Turner

Publishers Weekly

[heleneddis]

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i can’t believe it

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[meganwhalenturner]

Patrick Rothfuss Twitter

[abadpoetwithdreams]

Inktober day 1: my favorite King of Attolia! Sorry I’m posting this a few hours into day 2 but I was busy all day and didn’t have time to draw until I was in the breakroom at work, and I worked the closing shift tonight. Anyway I got it done :)

Pen and India ink w/brush but no water to blend really because it’s 2:30am and I’m tired -.-

[ayda-agueforts]

# CONFIRMED

So I know we kind of knew already when it was posted that QoA was up for pre-order, but I went to my local bookstore today and looked the books up and ALL 4 QUEEN’S THIEF BOOKS ARE ALL SET TO RE-RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 28TH 2017!!

No photos of the covers yet, but I am SO EXCITED to have an official date to look forward to & I’m gonna buy all of them right away! (I also really hope that they get other people interested, we need more people to know about how amazing these are!)

(Also, this hopefully means that we’ll get the new book(s) sometime next year which is super exciting and I’m freaking out. I’m sure you all know the incredible feeling of joy one gets when hearing news about this series)

[lizarazoart]

Eugenides 

[pageleaf]

Fandom: The Queen’s Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Costis/Eugenides/Irene

Word Count: 2568

Summary:

Costis shudders, finally dragging his eyes away from the little pile at the edge of the bed—stockings and panties, black sheer silk and red lace that Irene had paid for, blank-faced, and Gen had carried out of the store, grinning.

They’d presented it to Costis as soon as he came home, and he stared, wide-eyed and wanting, like he’d forgotten he mentioned it the previous week when they’d all been a little drunk on wine and each other. He may have forgotten, but neither Irene nor Gen had.

[eddisian]

hey guys check out the hamiathes’ gift exchange works because they’re all beautiful and our fandom is fabulously talented

[wujuhour]

I was at the library this week and looking through the shelves when some books caught my eye and I decided to check them out on a whim, and *clenches fist victoriously* I am glad that I did!! The books are fantasy in the kings and queens sense, which I like. The names, settings, and (not to mention) mythology are influenced by Greece/Ancient Greece, which I also like. Plus, the cover art for the books are gorgeous!!

There’s currently four books in the series (with two still to be released). I only checked out the two above and am only a hundred pages into the second book, so from what I can say “The Thief” (book #1) is more adventure/quest-centered while “The Queen of Attolia” (book #2) is more political and the protagonist matures more, but so far it’s been a very good read, and I’m happy about my spontaneous decision and would recommend them to anyone who’s interested!

[heleneddis]

ooh, glad you found them! there’s a small but active fandom here and on livejournal. welcome!