Tragic Protagonist Appreciation Society

Dedicated fantasy lit blog. I post about: Realm of the Elderlings, Tolkien, a Song of Ice and Fire, the Cosmere, and the Locked Tomb. I don’t do fandom drama. Sideblog for Heated Rivalry: obligatory-hollanov-sideblog

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I don’t think I ever shared this here, so more than one whole year later…phenomenal commission by @starling-illu

[maryoliveoil]

LOL

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I can forgive all of Robin Hobb's many crimes because she gave us Kettricken and Patience.

Like, Patience is the step-mum who Fitz makes a terrible first impression on. She's demanding and short-tempered and treats Fitz like he's feral.

Kettricken is the pretty girl who poisons Fitz shortly after meeting him. She's calculating and, after her marriage, ruling over a culture she doesn't fully understand, making Fitz's life more difficult with her decisions.

It would be so easy to write both of them to one-note stock characters. Two more minor antagonists in Fitz's life. But Robin Hobb doesn't. They're good. They're complex and sympathetic. They love Fitz and he loves them. They talk about him after his death. They make sure that his son knows him, even in Fitz's absence.

Fitz is, of course, incapable of understanding how much he's loved. But I think Kettricken and Patience come closest to breaking through the lies Fitz tells himself.

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arya stark

[mcnsieurfeuilly]

one thing I greatly appreciate about the rote fandom is the collective decision to refer to civil bresinga by his full name only. he’s like the anti cher.

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Dany and her little twin

[mistjorts]

Why’d he have to do it to him…

[crazedporcupine]

I can't tell if it's a joke or serious post, by Amaram was an ass from the very beginning of the series.

[mistjorts]

Amaram is an ass from the beginning of the series, yes, but for all the books bluster about how kaladin shouldn’t kill him and draws a parallel between kaladin’s thirst for vengeance against Amaram and moash’s against Elhokar, the end of oathbringer finishes it off by turning Amaram into a literal monster thus making the act of killing him suddenly okay. Moash is portrayed as bad for killing Elhokar, but then Kaladin(or at least Kaladin by proxy) gets his vengeance because the story just made it suddenly an okay thing to do without Kal being a hypocrite, which kind of undermines the entire arc that book was building up with moash as kaladin’s foil.

[farseerfumblings]

patience <333

[mercyalayne]

“They grow quickly now, and when they are grown I shall have my wings.”

“If I had wings, I would want to fly too, Dany thought.”

💟 daenerys commission done by asaisxart on X

[littleiadybug]

'The White Prophet and the Catalyst!' she cried in disgust. 'Rather name them as they are, the Fool and the Idiot.'

[macau1ay]

a commish for one of my besties for his playlist linked here

[karuselii]

Happy valentines day to snowstorm

[theboredbori]

The Lady Patience <3

This started out as a Mucha redraw, supposed to be in his style or whatever, but at one point I decided I cant do the linework he does and will just, make it my own, overall pretty happy with it 🙂‍↕️

[jackaranda-art]

I don't care if the darkness is soon to arrive, just save me a place in the hungering sky

I don't mind if the dawn doesn't follow the night, I'll be safe in the place that you said was mine | x

[42pigeonsperhour]

I think the funniest thing about the Fitz and the Fool series is Fitz giving fantasy crack to a horse

[irlplasticlamb]

do not fear for me. the fire is mine.

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