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hello and welcome to another episode of Kill James Bond

Ngl the thought of having a new divergent book before Alecto the Ninth is crazy. Alectopause is getting to me.

#tlt #the locked tomb series #the locked tomb #alecto the ninth #divergent series #cuz im divergent <3 #the sixth faction

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Speculation on The Sixth Faction and the Opportunity for Roth to Do Something New with Erudite

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I LITERALLY GASPED AT THE NEWS. THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I’VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. THIS IS INCREDIBLE—NEVER DID I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD EVER EVEN HAPPEN. I THOUGHT THE SERIES WAS DONE WITH FOREVER!

Also, look at the cover. Blue is such a dominant color. The background looks like the wave-of-change motif/wave sculpture, but it's also circular like the other books' symbols and circular like an eye, with a pupil and iris. I know that the title probably implies a sixth, potentially new or informal/unofficial, de facto sixth faction (or the Factionless) in this alternate reality, but what if it's Erudite?! This may just be wishful thinking, but I really want Tris to choose Erudite this time because if there's an underground rebellion, surely not every Erudite would have sided with Jeanine. (And this could have implied the existence of an underground movement against corruption within the faction in the original trilogy.)

Plus, the sleek tech stuff—what if this book really leaned into the sci-fi/psychological angle? Would we know more about the simulation mechanics than we already do? If this book does any social commentary beyond something like individualism being the main focus originally, what if there's some sort of commentary on the American anti-intellectual crisis as of late? And even the original trilogy had themes of censorship in it. This has so much potential, and I feel like I can trust it will be great, even if it goes in a different direction than what I'm speculating it could be about. At least I feel like there could be something worth exploring/discussing on this front.

Any thoughts, or other ideas to add, anyone? Is my take plausible to you?

One final thought:

What if Tris has to survive the way the Scandinavian sailor in "A Descent into the Maelström" by Edgar Allan Poe has to in the cyclone/whirlpool by using her powers of observation and deduction, just like with the dog attack trial in the original aptitude test? Even if it's not the threat of drowning, this being more a book on outwitting the enemy over action/war as a soldier (typically from an active on-the-ground, limited-information pov) for once could be an interesting angle as well, diverging from other usual dystopian protagonists’ trajectories, like taking down Erudite from the inside (not unlike that arc wherein Tris cooperates for sometime locked in the fear simulation machine).

Instead of “fear wakes you up,” it could be some variant of: realizing something about your environment wakes you up. (Though that would be less catchy, it could still say something about the human brain acclimating itself to the nature of reality. Tris could be the metaphorical frog about to be boiled with the temperature only incrementally increasing so she can’t jump out, unless she wakes up to her situation all of a sudden before it’s too late.)

#i will be making this my personality now for the next 6 months #divergent #the sixth faction #tris prior #veronica roth #american anti-intellectualism #anti intellectualism #cuz im divergent <3

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hello and welcome to another episode of Kill James Bond

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Veronica Roth has an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

#do it Veronica it will be funny #divergent #divergent series #insurgent #allegiant #tris prior #veronica roth #cuz im divergent <3

Honestly after reading some of Veronica Roth's later works I am so excited for the new divergent book. To be coming back to one of my teenage fav book series is one thing. But also divergent au time???? I am both confused and stoked to see where this goes. And especially after reading poster girl last year I hope Veronica be cookin!

#honestly it will be nice to see my fav boi four back #i loved that stringbean of angst #but also this is gonna bop #veronica roth #divergent #cuz im divergent <3 #insurgent #allegiant #the sixth faction

skullsandstars

Happy Ides of March every fairy.

#ides of march #tumblr holidays #winx club #winx stella #shitposting

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and I'll eat up doomed sci-fi yuri every time

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skullsandstars

Average harrianthe moment between the godforsaken dinner parties.

#i dont even ship them #harrowhark nonagesimus #the locked tomb #tlt #tlt shitposting #harrianthe #cw: ianthe tridentarius

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phenomenon i've noticed

skullsandstars

They are *THE* Doctor Who. The definite article. Not to be confused with Doctor Whomst, who is a a dalek duplicate who after freeing themself from the dalek pathweb became a grifter selling fake vitamins on the galactic open acess transmission channels on satellite 5.

@strange-aeons HAS SUCCSEEDED IN ACCIDENTALLY BECOMING A CROAKERVERSE CHARACTER AND THUS MURDERING THE MUPPET JOKER

skullsandstars

Slaughtering the croaker while serving lyctor realness.

Strange Aeons the First. The Saint of Tumblr.

#art #dashcon 2 #tlt #the locked tomb #strange aeons

bluberimufim

I love that opera sits in this limbo where it's extremely well-known but not really beyond a surface level recognition, so you get commercials for makeup or whatever to the tune of the I Hate Women So Much It's Unreal aria

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#in the first bridgerton book daphne describes her crush feelings as if her heart is playing the queen of the night aria from the magic flute#which i can totally see if you have never found out what the words mean. very high and fluttery.#but the lyrics are along the lines of THE VENGEANCE OF HELL BOILS IN MY HEART. IF YOU DON'T MURDER THAT MAN I WILL DISOWN YOU.#and i laughed so hard i had to put the book down

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