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Attolis Eugenides Eugenideides

OH HELLO FRIENDS DID YOU MISS ME?

I’ve had this image in my head since Return of the Thief came out but I couldn’t get to it right away because after finishing the book I felt like I needed a lie down for about three months.

While this is more visually dramatic than what’s on the page, I wanted to capture the sense of the god running through Gen, along with a feeling of both power and teetering on the edge of control.

I also imagine this is a flash of what Irene sees, brief but powerful enough to almost undo her.

“I don’t understand why you don’t hate him,” said Attolia.

“The same reason you don’t and Sophos doesn’t, because of who he is,” Eddis said softly.

“And who is he now?” Attolia cried, and Eddis took the stricken queen in her arms, pulling her close to comfort her.

“He is still our Gen, Irene. He can bear his god a little while without losing himself.”

Okie doke that’s all from me rn have a nice night. 

He can bear his god a little while without losing himself.

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“And?”

“Threw caution to the winds,” she told him, and kissed him on the lips"

“Atté, Atté,” a little later he murmured in her ear, the battle cry of the Attolians"

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Nahuseresh tells me I am not king. We’ll see if he really prefers the Thief.

Cheers to a wonderful ride.

jdjfjf as always, he is HATING IT

This is Round 3 of a series of polls on the Queen's Thief novels. "The Queen of Attolia" won the last round.

You can vote for your favorite out of the remaining 4 books whether or not your absolute favorite(s) already won in one of the previous rounds!

I like it but it's kinda boring for like, the first half if I'm being completely honest. But Thick As Thieves is worse so whateve

i was watching a youtube video about the three main character deaths you can use in a story (physical, professional & psychological) and consequently the three main threats that can hang over a character’s head, and i realised one of the reasons eugenides’s arc is so interesting in the queen’s thief is that he suffers all three.

the physical aspect is fairly self-evident (*insert hand pun*). obviously, he never actually dies, but the threat is ever present and he does suffer quite a lot of physical harm which deeply affects the plot and his character arc.

this goes hand in hand (i swear i wasn’t actually trying to insert a hand pun) with the professional death, because the loss of his hand means, to him, that he can never steal anything again. he overcomes this, but it’s terribly hard, and he goes through a lot of development because of it. then he gets himself into a “disaster”: he becomes king. and he can’t be the thief anymore, not like he used to. he can’t be independent, he can’t do whatever he wants. even though he can still work in the shadows, he’s in the light and everyone is looking at him, and all those eyes expect things from him. the king of attolia is about him reconciling his identity as thief and his identity as king, about him stepping into his new role.

of course, he’s not just a thief, he’s the thief. in the last book, the figure of the thief acquires a darker meaning. it’s threatening, and terrifying, a slippery slope. gen is always at risk of tripping, of falling, of completely losing his humanity. he suffers a lot psychologically through the series, but i’d say this is the main psychological death looming over him. and he doesn’t die, because a lot of people love him, and a lot of people are ready to catch him. “saved him from what? saved him from becoming the thief, the murderous figure sitting alone with his dead.”

you see horses are as likely to step on your foot as look at you. elephants on the other hand are noble, graceful animals

Every time I finish rereading one of the books I pull up Tumblr, Pinterest, and livejournal to look for other people talking about it because I always miss stuff and other people are as excited as I am

Have just finished "Thick as Thieves", book five of Megan Whalen Turner's "Queen's Thief" series, and I'm frustrated I have no-one I can gush over this.

I've loved all five of the six books books in the series. Every one has had me on tenterhooks throughout, and with twists and turns that have frequently left me shocked and amazed, even when expecting to be tricked and bamboozled.

So if you want complex and clever storytelling, with well fleshed out and believable characters; telling a story of complex political intrigue set in a pseudo-Mediterranean fantasy world; then I thoroughly recommend this series

is it still an incorrect quotes if it's by the author? anyway this post has been living rent free in my head for three years and it's high time i exorcised it with a sketchy lil comic.

The whole tower window tug-of-war scene is jussssssssst

Okay, first of all, Gen being a little snot and singing Dite’s song insulting himself and Irene where everyone can hear INCLUDING IRENE

Sophos taking the initiative as one of the few people, politically and personally, who can dump Gen on his behind without consequences (see: ACOK, also Sophos’s general Baby Of The Group nature), to defend his Now Very Good Friend Irene and give Gen some consequences

The absolutely Buster Keaton physicality of the entire scene

Sophos turning back to the window to yell something rude down at Gen only for Gen to be in the window nose to nose with him like

and then the absolute insanity of the Annux of the Little Peninsula and the King of Sounis tug-of-warring in a position that would mean actual death or broken bones at any outcome

And everyone’s just having a grand ol’ time (except Pheris)

Do you copy the mannerisms of the woman who cut off your hand and destroyed your life, or are you normal

Eugenides, right? But what if, for Gen and Irenes anniversary or something, he has a set of wine glasses made that say "you've been poisoned" at the bottom. These glasses will only be used on particular occasions, for instance, when gen and Irene have private dinners, just the two of them; private dinners with Helen and sophos; or dinners to welcome new ambassadors

Eugenides? In the megaron? It’s more likely than you think

Gen is so feral like imagine you wake up in the dead of night and your little cousin is like two inches in front of your face, and your attendants in the SAME ROOM are still asleep, and he just goes “hey, can I borrow some of your soldiers and also a chariot? Gonna go blow up the navy of the country next door”