basileus

hi! im k im late to the party but this is my queen's thief sideblog! main is @bloath

[heich0e]

love men who fall into "my girl is mad at me i hope i die" category but who also regularly do things to piss their girl off. duality of man

[eschocat]

Guy who coinflips every morning to see if he should kill himself and inexplicably has gotten “live” each time

[fashion-runways]

Camila Mendes attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) pls help me get out of debt donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways or dinahlance-shop.fourthwall.com

[mixedscholarlybag]

“Costis, I am speechless.”

“Not noticeably, Your Majesty.”

[hamiathesgiftexchange]

Hamiathes's Gift Exchange 2026: Schedule Announcement!

The schedule is here! We're kicking off in about two months (a month earlier than last year), so please make sure to check the dates below. This exchange is open to anyone with an AO3 account who wants to write a fic or make a piece of QT art. For more details on length, size, and logistics of the exchange, check out the FAQ linked at the bottom of this post.

2026 Schedule

Character/relationship/worldbuilding nominations: Thursday, June 18 - Thursday, June 25

Signups: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, July 5

Assignments sent out: Tuesday, July 7

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Fanworks revealed: Friday, August 21

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[fredgolds]

extremely cunty actually. if sejanus has no haters costis is dead

[fredgolds]

i love this song

[fredgolds]

i’m not gonna say it’s all fun and games for irene’s attendants but it does have a certain flavour to it. like if i was one of ten people in the palace who knew that the king was sleeping in the queen’s chambers and i saw his oblivious attendants squabble over who gets to sleep on benches outside his empty room???? the rush must be unparalleled

[fredgolds]

desperately need irene’s attendants’ perspectives on her marriage to gen actually. need a lady of the court to commiserate with costis on the amounts of unhinged intimacy she has accidentally witnessed in the course of doing her job

[eschocat]

Guy who coinflips every morning to see if he should kill himself and inexplicably has gotten “live” each time

[quietwingsinthesky]

the dynamic between two people who love a third person so much and come to understand each other because of that is so important to me. you would put them first, and so would i. you understand why we have to save them from themself. i trust you with their life, and so, that means more than if i trusted you with mine. the love doesn't have to be the same, but it's powerful enough that you understand why you're not the only satellite drawn into their orbit.

[fredgolds]

skimmed the crenellations scene the other night just to read something before bed and was almost immediately compelled to read koa from the beginning just to really feel the pay-off. the extent to which mwt was On One CANNOT be overstated

[pvrrhadve]

#myattolian #mycostis #myfriend

[whomst-the-hell]

idk at what point in the writing of king of attolia megan whalen turner was like. actually i should write almost the entire book from the pov of a guard that doesnt know what the fuck is going on, but it was the best point and im very grateful for it. literally unrivalled, hilarious, incredible. every single chapter costis is like. god i hate my stupid idiot king who doesnt like his wife and wants only to rule the country and can barely lift a sword and doesnt know whats going on ever and then the pov will shift for three paragraphs to someone who does know whats going on and theyre just like. Eugenides Is The Scariest And Most Capable Bitch Alive And Hes Up To Something. And He Loves His Wife.

[capricciosso]

one thing I love about gen and irene is that when gen adopts costis, irene very much goes okay that is going to be your dog, not my dog. I am not going to be doing one ounce of work for that dog. and then three years later she’s like I will personally die for costis’s right to make reckless and borderline suicidal decisions for the slimmest chance of being reunited with the love of his life. doth any here dare fail countenance mine word? and no one does <3

[achillesinhighheels]

[pvrrhadve]

happy valentine's day to these freaks 💖💖💖

[sanctifiedsoup]

ok but why does no one ever talk about the palpable sexual tension of meeting your match. your equal. it can be in any task you excel in. just the idea of everyone before them being so substandard and then finally you have someone who can challenge you in a way that no one ever has before. someone that can finally be better than you, who can protect you in a way no has ever been able to. there is a certain loneliness in being the best of the best and here comes someone eager to overthrow you. the rivalry. the acceptance of the other’s strength. the equality in skillsets. why does no one ever talk about that? huh? HUH?

[whocalledhimannux]

I may or may not be writing a lil wlw Comet 👀

“But that attitude severely limits your options, even in Attolia. Men are necessary for some things.” “Such as?” I was flabbergasted at her deliberate obtuseness, and I stammered as I said, “Love. Sex. Children.” The Attolian stared at me for a moment before bursting into laughter. I flushed, and she bit her lip against all but a few errant giggles. “Children, I’ll grant you. But what on earth makes you think men are necessary for love and sex?” “Definition,” I said. Her amusement confused me, too, and the word came out cold. “Whose definition?” “Well--everyone’s. Zartosht writes that the phallus is the source of desire. Women do not experience sexual pleasure except when they are in communion with men, because women lack the sexual organ. All the major writers agree with this.” The Attoian did not laugh at me this time, but she had to press her lips together very hard. “Zartosht, he was a man?” “Yes.” “A man who never brought a woman pleasure. What a sad thing to be remembered for.” I was flustered and embarrassed, and I wanted to change the subject. “Why was it so easy for you to kill the slavers?” That shut her up.

may or may not. impossible to say.