Jul 19
You think of The Illiad and The Odyssey when you hear the name Helen.
I think of the queen of Eddis, Helen, master of war, from the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner.
We are not the same.
#eugenides#the queen's thief#tqt#the odyssey#helen of troy#queen of eddis#mostly a shitpost#but not really#the queen of eddis is way cooler though#we stan non-binary representation#and also#she's a competent general in her own right and knows how to use a sword#from birth#just read it#read queen's thief#i'm begging you