#queens thief

[klexos]

Everyone else dismounted and trooped across the ditch as well, until they were standing around me in a half circle. I opened my eyes for a moment to look at their boots, then closed them again.

[sassaffrassa]

the king of attolia is sick of this shit.

redraw from La Nuit Vetienne based on this

[emilybeemartin]

Indulgent warm-up sketch I've been noodling with over the past few days as I work on my ~*book cover*~ for Nell O'Dell

[pricklysplendours]

Finally read The Queen's Thief series, after seeing it frequently recommended/mentioned in Lymond circles.

True to form, I inhaled them and read all six in a week.

MAGNIFICENT. Absolutely magnificent. I look forward to re-reading them again and again, the characters are stuck in my heart forever!

[fredgolds]

theres a line in the first chapter of koa about costis “taking refuge in hierarchy” and its been bouncing around my brain for weeks bc like. on the one hand, costis is VERY committed to his spot in the attolian hierarchy: he’s comfortable as a soldier and a landowner’s son, and he expects everyone else to know their lines and perform their roles too. even in his deepest dislike for gen, he still disapproves of the attendants bc he doesn’t think their feelings should keep them from serving their king to the best of their abilities. spending time with irene and gen humanises them beyond figurehead commanders which is incredibly disorienting and uncomfortable to costis. and when he punches gen he’s essentially punishing him for not upholding his end of the deal and being a king worth following

which is insane behaviour!!!! but costis is so confident in his understanding of hierarchy, and so staunch in his belief in its value, that he will enforce it by any means necessary — not because he wants to change the system, but because he wants his and others’ place in it to mean something worthwhile. gen leans on costis to move teleus and costis leans right back to force gen into revealing himself as a true annux and, by extension, a leader worthy of attolia’s (but also specifically costis’s) loyalty

all of which is to say that gen’s reign survives at least a little bit on costis’s good graces, lack of political imagination, and deep-seated need to feel useful and justified. and THATS why he’ll always be the first thief of attolia, To Me

[tinyplanetss]

i love the way that chapter seven of the thief is absolutely littered with hints about gen, just all at once. it's really great, as he gets closer to the gift and regains his strength, and more specifically right after the beating where he's completely indignant at pol and the magus, he's showing so much more of himself in his narration and dialogue. so exciting on a reread :3c

[dolores-slay]

So I've managed to get engrossed by Queen of Attolia which I read during commute and I'm kind of shipping it...a certain pairing that could happen orrr the hope of it happening could blow up in my face colossally...the suspense is making me SICK

[captain-hooks]

Eugenides leaving earrings at the altar of his god then leaving earrings for Irene I'm firing myself into the sun