Me: wow Bartimaeus must be pretty strong to have survived for 5k years
Bartimaeus every time he knows he can’t win a fight:
seen from Taiwan

seen from Canada
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Russia

seen from T1
seen from Russia
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom

seen from T1

seen from United Kingdom

seen from Japan
seen from Germany

seen from T1

seen from Canada
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
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seen from Armenia
Me: wow Bartimaeus must be pretty strong to have survived for 5k years
Bartimaeus every time he knows he can’t win a fight:
Kitty Jones in book 3
Faquarl had some good points he literally only had one (1) flaw which, happened to be, really loving murder, but other than that,
Ok but like. Was Faquarl right? Discuss
“Let’s just say that when your archenemy’s trapped you in a place of certain death, and you’ve survived heroically against all the odds, the last thing you want to see, when you escape at last, is that same archenemy glaring down at you with an expression of annoyed distaste. (Even a different archenemy would have been marginally better.)”
(p. 335, Ptolemy’s Gate by Jonathan Stroud)
Nathaniel: *exists*
Literally every human, magician, and demon who has ever had the misfortune of meeting him:
Lol
I’m going to reread Ring of Solomon again soon I think. I’ve only read it once or twice since I only own the trilogy. I want to see Faquarl and Bartimaeus being frenemies again. I think I’m becoming a Faquarl apologist