#qoa

[shrimpchipsss]

attolia, early in her reign

for Hamiathes' Gift Exchange 2024

[queensandkingsofattolia]

A broken perfume amphora for my heart and soul, Irene. A hook for both my trash son, Gen, and for the fandom. Merry Christmas to me!

[mothsartart]

i’m playing around with a new style rather than writing my midterm

[radiophd]

qoa -- sauco

[saessenach]

“You have spied on me for years?” she asked.

“Yes,” Eugenides admitted.

“Watched me deal with my barons and my servants, loyalists, traitors, and enemies?” She thought of the hardness and the coldness she had cultivated over those years and wondered if they were the mask she wore or if the mask had become her self. If the longing inside her for kindness, for warmth, for compassion, was the last seed of hope for her, she didn’t know how to nurture it or if it could live. Unable to guess the answer, she asked, “Who am I, that you should love me?”

“You are My Queen,” said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still, looking at him without moving as his words dropped like water into dry earth.”

Irene and Eugenides in A Queen of Attolia

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[littlepeninsula]

[artfrostedleaf]

Queen's Thief Appreciation, Day 2: The Queen of Attolia -- the books/characters as things my friends and I have said

One of the major twists for me was the complete transformation of my opinion of Attolia Irene. I started rooting for her ever since we got her background story, and by the time "Diplomacy, in my own name" rolled around, I was fully infatuated.

[eddisian]

"I can think, Xanthe. And I need to think a little more. I'll be up soon, I promise."