Barty Blog

Side-blog for my Bartimaeus feels, will be lurking around and probably reblog posts from 2012 from you (main is 106)

[transarty]

ptolemys gate lost chapter 

[dragonshine]

Nat is secretly the most romantic out of all of them. He reads romantic novels in his spare time. Cries for the most cheesy heartwarming scenes. Secretly wants love and affection. Gets overwhelmed by the most simple gestures. Tries to give a bunch of love to kitty (and bart). Kitty is fond and likes to snuggle with him. Bart teases him.

[serpent-of-the-silver-plumes]

On Bartimaeus and the power of love

Once, I saw a post that mentioned the power of love playing an important part in the Bartimaeus sequence, and my first thought was what?

Because in this story, love doesn’t create physical protection like in Harry Potter, and there are no magical straight romances (or any romances at all) that fix all of the protagonists’ problems. The three pov characters spend a majority of the book in conflict with each other, which doesn’t seem like the basis of a love-based plot, especially when the story is an urban fantasy adventure/dystopia series.

And it’s true, love in this story doesn’t have direct consequences, and it’s not often presented in the forms that are loudly declared to be love in media (there’s zero explicit romance, no undying family ties, almost no lifelong friendships, etc.). But that doesn’t mean it’s not present or that it’s any less important.

Once I started looking for it, I could see that love is the biggest driving force for good, the thing that separates the protagonists from the antagonists.

Keep reading

[birdfairy]

goodbye nat

[cassandrajean]

Kohei and the Red Dragon part 2

[doodlingraka]

Happiness is overrated anyway :’)

(did this to provoke a friend of mine ahahah :’D )

[thinginthedirt]

for a school assignment i had to redesign a book cover so i chose bartimaeus, since i think we can all agree the current cover is not great lol

[doodlingraka]

Product of today’s streaming. Heard about someting, hope it’s true.

Big mood of the day.

[cassandrajean]

I like the way that eagles and osprey perch on high places so they can see it all. I think angels would do the same.

[bartibaeus]

We Dont Want A Movie We Want A Long Running Television Series Helmed By Jonathan Stroud And Someone Who Is An Actual Fan Of The Books

[jonathanstroud]

Out and about… 🐶

[transarty]

Jonathan Stroud how fucking hard was it to write a wholesome good lovely exciting ending!!!!!!! YES im using this as an excuse to get bitter about bartimaeus you absolute bastard.

[doodlingraka]

Just because one thing lead to another on instagram i am sharing these here aswell. The colored doodle is back from when i had finished the amulet of Samarkand, the second is recent because of reasons. But i won t fall into that abyss again ok? Ok. Also, having spelling issues with the names, read the novel in italian and they change a bit in my language.

[doctor-professor-skeleton]

Does this mean we’re finally getting a movie!??

[bart-mush]

Nathaniel from the Amulet of Samarkand #8月1日は7月32日でナサニエルの日 on Twitter

[probablybadrpgideas]

If Cthulhu can be summoned by humans who are so far beneath it, why can’t humans be summoned by ants? The answer is they should be.

[20thcenturyvole]

Well if a bunch of ants formed a circle in my house I’d certainly notice, try to figure out where they’d all come from, and possibly wreak destruction there.

[weaselle]

That’s why knowing and correctly pronouncing the true name is so important to the ritual. Imagine how impossible it would be to not go take a look if the circle of ants started chanting your name. And they’re like, you can’t leave because we drew a line made of tiny crystals - now you have to do us a favor. And you’re like, let’s just see where this goes “yup, you got me… what’s the favor?” and usually the favor is like, “kill this one ant for us” or “give me a pile of sugar” and you’re like… okay? and you do, because why not, it isn’t hard for you and boy is this going to be a fucking story to tell, these fucking ants chanting your name and wanting a spoonful of sugar or whatever. And SOMEtimes you get asked for things you can’t really do, one of them, she’s like, “I love this ant but she won’t pay any attention to me, make me important to her” and you’re like… um? how? So you just kill every ant in the colony except the two of them, ta-da! problem solved! and the first ant is like *horrified whisper* “what have I done”

[drackir]

This is the best explanation for higher powers I’ve ever really heard.

[falseknees]

“I love cats! I’m on a diet!”