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Monty and Percy from Mackenzi Lee’s novel The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. I haven’t even finished the book yet, but I adore it, so I had to draw for it!
Things I won't live down in TGGTVAV
Percy stradling Monty’s lap
Monty’s blind skill to ruin moments with Percy
Monty running across the Versailles grounds butt naked
Monty’s reinterpretation of the bible story with Jesus being like “well, watch this”
Felicity’s “ladies haven’t the luxury of being squeamish about blood.” line
The whole scene with “don’t you go anywhere. I’ve got very acidic tea and Percy’s got a sword with a stump”
Felicity’s “verbal castration” tone
Percy holding Monty’s hair back when he’s sick
Felicity and her stitches
Scipio’s “you have value” and teaching Monty to punch
The wanted post describing monty as “small and talkative”
The sibling banter
“We’re not courting trouble,“ I say. "Flirting with it, at most.”
reblog if you hate richard peele
We are not broken things, neither of us. We are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. Complete and worthy and so very loved.
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue + Modern AU Moodboards
We are not broken things… We are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. Complete and worthy and so very loved.
Percy: is there a word that's a mix between angry and sad? Felicity: malcontented, disgruntled, miserable, desolated... Monty: smad.
I’ve seen a lot of good posts detailing why you should read The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue but I feel some things are being left out, so:
-Important messages about learning to love and value yourself -it shows how being privilaged in some ways and at a disadvantage in other ways (regarding identities and circumstances of their lives) affect and interact with each other but don’t negate each other -Adresses white privilege and race issues in the time period -the main character is flawed. Like, man he says some stuff in the beginning that makes me go “????” But that’s the point. He’s not a great person, but his character development is SO GOOD. None of his actions are excused, but he gets to learn and grow and become better and it’s so cool to watch -honestly all the characters are so good and well developed -and people have already pointed out how funny the book is but, in particular for me, Monty getting lowkey turned on by Percy accidentally playing footsie with him is hysterical
Reading The Gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue is like watching the most inept D&D party scramble their way around Europe with no money, no items, no weapons (save for an indestructible violin) and very few useful skills and I love that for them
Im about seven chapters into The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virture and this is my summery so far using an old vine
Monty: Percy, I had a dream we fucked.
Percy: Darling, its just a dream.
Monty: Ha, gay, I would’nt fuck you.
Percy: You would’nt?
Monty: I mean, unless you want to.
I was looking at fanart of Percy Newton and was wondering why he looked so familiar and then it hit me. People draw him EXACTLY like John Laurens from Hamilton
I found this audio on tik tok and I felt the need to make it as an incorrect quote with The Gentleman’s Guide again
Percy: Theres a thin line between being a genius and being an idiot. Monty uses that line like a fucking jumprope.
Hey, it’s what sisters and besties are for.
A day late, but I love this. Percy, Nancy and Alex are wonderful and I hope to get to know the other characters as well.
Happy National Book Lovers Day! (August 9th)
Feel free to tell me about your favorite book/author/characters/etc if you wish, totally gush about books, I am here to listen.
Btw, do you know any of the characters above?