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The Bartimaeus books were my nonbinary awakening.
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I have collected the cover designs of Bartimaeus sequence from as many countries as I am aware of. I have omitted some covers that have almost the same design, only the text has been localised. There are probably many more, but to be honest, it is so difficult to find works in languages other than my mother tongue... It may not be accurate with regard to countries either. If you know the correct answer or know of a design that is not here, it would be great if you could let me know! They are all unique and interesting designs.
Ah screw it, why not. Oi, Bartseq fandom! What's your favourite book in the series?
Amulet of Samarkand
Golem's Eye
Ptolemy's Gate
Ring of Solomon
I'm aware that this is the oldest question in the world of book fandoms but hey, gotta get engagement somehow while I think of another way to make use of polls.
Worst character to become a tumblr sexyman if Bartimaeus got adapted
Nathaniel
Lovelace
Verroq/the mercenary
Solomon
Bartimaeus
Makepeace
Faquarl
quite honestly the Bartimaeus books had a huge affect on how I conceptualize government, and I can see it even more with my brother, who read the books even younger than I did. he would make comparisons between the bart sequence and the real world a lot, especially in regards to news and laws. I’m just rambling a bit, but there’s something incredibly powerful about a book series that staunchly condemns class systems, surveillance states, propaganda, and authoritarian governments, while also being appealing to twelve year olds.
“It’s two thousand, one hundred, and twenty-nine years since Ptolemy died. Eight world empires have risen up and fallen away since that day, and I still carry his face.” I have not stopped thinking about how much bartimaeus loved ptolemy for literally seven years [12/19/17]
HEY BARTIMAEUS FANDOM
DID YOU SEE THIS??
DOES THIS MEAN WE'RE GETTING A NEW BOOK SOON?!
(Screen from QsA (interview?) with Johnathan Stroud)
Bartposting on main: angst edition
I dimly recall talking about this on our tiny fandom discord, but I don't think I ever posted about it here.
Remember this tidbit, back in AoS? Yeeeaaah you do. I know that you do. I know that you too lie awake at night and stare at the ceiling while thinking about this. Anyway.
That line about Ptolemy's ashes having been carried away by the Nile is curious, because it implies cremation and scattering of the resulting ashes, which... Mind you, I'm not an expert on ancient Egypt (idk, maybe I'm missing some context on the Ptolemaic period), but as far as I know this isn't how your soul gets into the afterlife.
The reason why Egyptians take such care to preserve their dead via embalming and careful mummification so that we can still see their remains today, is because the way you are buried is how you respawn in the underworld: if you were prepared correctly, you respawn as your old self and make your way to the Hall of the Two Truths. If you're buried without a leg, you respawn without a leg, and so on.
So the fact that Ptolemy, a notorious grain of salt in the eyes of magicians and his powerful cousin, with his radical ideas of treating spirits nicely and not enslaving them to gain riches and power, was cremated implies that someone really didn't want him to live forever. Someone wanted him to be forgotten. Which would make sense, since - again - his views weren't exactly popular and he had assassins hounding his steps back when he was alive.
The problem with this is that, with no body to be reborn in, Ptol might as well not exist, meaning that he never reached his afterlife, never went into the Field of Reeds, and - crucially - if Bartimaeus were to kick the bucket eventually, he wouldn't see Ptolemy waiting for him on the other side.
In fact, it's possible that Bartimaeus is the only one who actually knows what he looked like, and one of the few who remember him at all.
Gone. Poof. Ashes on the Nile.
And this? This hurts.
@maggotsandcream that's also possible! And all the more tragic, because it adds to Bartimaeus's guilt about not being able to protect him not only from being killed, but also from being KILLED killed.
"This choice was thematically appropriate but it makes me sad," a memoir
I know this character had to die but what if they didn't: the squeakwel
Saw the Inktober Prompt for Day 1 (Gargoyle) and immediately thought of my boy, Bartimaeus. Made this, even if it’s completely out of my usual comfort zone in terms of lineart, since i wanted to keep with the spirits of Inktober. Probably not gonna do any of the other days, because life is too stressful but still.
Bart!
Comissions are open, click for better quality. Reblogs are love!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40920039/chapters/102546441
The Winkman Antique shop from memory. Pretty sure Lockwood said all this verbatim 😌
Me to Nathaniel: you're my precious problematic son so I'm going to make you survive PG and heal and get back into drawing and share a house with Bart and Kitty and probably also Ptolemy somehow and live happily ever after.
Also me to Nathaniel: yo what if in AoS you summoned Ammet instead of Bartimaeus and just. grew up into a complete fucking monster?
I just finished reading The Notorious Scarlett and Browne and the real question is: what alignment of lanky floppy-haired boys in a suit and coat written by Jonathan Stroud are you? Mallory (Lawful), Nathaniel (Neutral), or Lockwood (Chaotic)
Yes Nathaniel is a greasy rat bastard.
Yes he is my beloved baby son boy whom I cherish deeply and unconditionally.
Yes he did bad things he should answer for.
Yes he deserves to chill in a house with a big garden and draw and take naps.
Yes I want to make him worse.
Yes I want to forcibly drag him into therapy.
Yes I love his character arc and how it ended despite how much said ending destroyed me emotionally.
Yes I refuse to believe that he's actually dead.
All of these statements are true. All of these statements can coexist.
Jonathan Stroud cannot stop me and neither can god.
...I'm still waiting for one of the Tainted to actually be a hilariously sarcastic supernatural being who has mind-blowing power but has to bend to the will of humans, he has a tragic backstory, is from the Other Realm, and he ends up only befriending some humans at the last second before the ending where someone dies.
Locklyle
bisexual Lucy x biromantic asexual Lockwood is a thought that I've been thinking for nearly 2 years now
