#As thick as thieves

[sassaffrassa]

“...I translated it from the Ensur into the Mede a long time ago. I was in Attolia when I translated it into your language. I used to sit sometimes in the kitchens, and the workers there liked to ask me about where I came from. Once when they were telling stories of the Attolian afterlife, they asked me if there were stories of the Mede afterlife. One of them kept asking until I translated Ennikar and Immakuk and the Queen of the Night for him. I liked doing it, so I kept at it.”

Thick as Thieves — Megan Whalen Turner

[adhd-merlin]

merwenthur takes that reduce their dynamic to "two idiots (merthur) + the one with the brain cell (gwen)" are a bit tired. I hate to break it to you but if anyone's supporting merlin in his shenanigans it's gwen. she was ride or die from day one, helping him with his fraud and thievery. arthur is a fucking square

[formulaheart]

He's a thief. He's a prince. He speaks to the Gods. He's barely more than a child. He's killed a man. He misses his cousin. He's a manipulator. He stole a stone of immortality from the people who were trying to steal it. He didn't die all the way. He never wanted to fight. He just wants to lay in his library and read. He had his hand cut off. He's a politician. He's a drunk. He's never more trouble than he is worth. He loves her and he's telling the truth. He's a menace. He's a king. He can steal anything. He's a liar. He's conquered two countries. He's terrifying. He's shorter than all his friends. He's a father. He's always underestimated.

[steddieas-shegoes]

always you

wanted to wish @rozzieroos a very happy birthday! you've been so supportive of me since the beginning and it makes a world of difference to someone who is always just a bit nervous to share the things they write. i am unfortunately not a very crafty bitch, so i can't return the friendship bracelet favor right now, but i hope this is a nice little sappy gift for ya! sending you big hugs and all my love 💕 - mickala

rated t | 1,324 words | no cw | tags: fluff, established relationship, the most miniscule hurt and almost entirely comfort, boys in love, side platonic stobin stuff but robin isn't technically there

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Steve always had an adrenaline crash after a visit from Robin. The first time it happened, Eddie was convinced they would have to move to Boston just so Steve could get out of the funk. Luckily, they figured out what to do after a couple of days.

And every time it's happened since, they manage to get him out of it pretty quickly.

But this time seemed worse, and Eddie wasn't sure why.

As far as he could tell, everything about the visit was normal. Robin came for a long weekend, they all went to dinner together the first night, Eddie had to work on Saturday so Steve and Robin had their fun together. Sunday, they all went to brunch together before dropping her off at the airport.

And Steve was fine! That evening he was cooking dinner and dancing to music while Eddie wrote some notes for a campaign he was running with work buddies. They ate together and Eddie did the dishes while Steve went through his nightly routine of locking up.

They even gave each other blowjobs in the shower.

But this morning, as soon as Eddie opened his eyes and smelled the bleach, he knew it was bad.

He sat up and looked out the open bedroom door.

"Fuck."

He got up quickly, throwing on the closest pair of pants he could find, probably Steve's since they felt baggier than his own, and made his way down the hall to the bathroom.

Steve was on his knees, scrubbing the shower like it personally offended him.

"Hey sweetheart, everything okay?" He asked hesitantly.

"Fine," Steve answered, clearly very far from fine.

Eddie sighed and sat on the closed toilet lid. "Stevie, it's okay if you wanna have a sad day. I know it's hard when Robin goes back home. I'm off today so we can just relax in bed if you want."

Eddie would never tell Steve that the reason he was off was because as soon as he knew when Robin was going back home, he'd requested the day off to be here for Steve.

"I don't need a sad day. I'm fine."

"Yeah, that's why you've scrubbed the shower until it's literally sparkling at way too early in the morning," Eddie reached out and covered his shoulder. "It's okay to miss her. I know it's hard."

Steve stopped scrubbing.

Eddie prepared for what was likely to be a very ugly and loud sob.

Steve turned to him with his lips quivering and eyes watery.

"Oh, sweetheart," Eddie said as he got on the floor with Steve and pulled him into his lap. "It's gonna be alright. We're gonna visit her next month, remember?"

"I know," Steve said against his shoulder, voice wobbling like he was still holding back tears. "I just don't wanna keep doing this."

"What?"

"I hate being so far from her. We were supposed to live close enough to see each other every weekend and have sleepovers and now she's in Boston with her girlfriend who is amazing, and I'm here with you and you're amazing, but I miss her. And I know she misses me." Eddie could feel tears soaking his shirt. "And it's stupid that we're so codependent still, and I feel bad that you probably feel like you're not enough."

"Sweetheart, I don't ever feel that way. I've never felt that way. Have I made you feel like I feel that way?" Eddie tightened his grip around Steve.

"No, not really," Steve shrugged. "It's just I know we're a lot. And I know it sometimes probably seems like I need her more than I need you, but I don't."

"Sweetheart, I know that." Eddie kissed the top of his head and smiled. "You're a package deal. I knew that the moment you kissed me in the hospital room. I was getting Steve and his platonic soulmate Robin, or I wasn't getting Steve at all. I know how important she is to you. Don't you think she's important to me too?"

"I guess," Steve shrugged again, sniffling against Eddie's shirt.

"Well, how could she not be? She helped make sure you stayed safe before I was there to protect you. She knows exactly what to do when you have nightmares, taught me everything she could so I could be there for you. She sends me tapes she thinks I'll like when she sends you care packages. She was the second person I ever came out to! "

"Wait, I thought I was the second person you came out to."

"You were the third. She was a practice run when I saw her staring at the young nurse who checked my vitals the day I woke up. She's the one who told me I should tell you," Eddie nudged him away for a moment so he could look down at him. "I wouldn't be on this floor with you five years later if not for her. She's kinda important to me."

"I just hate that I get like this!" Steve finally said. "I hate that this happens every time. It's not fair to you."

"Love, it's okay. I know how to help." Eddie kissed his forehead. "Go ahead and wash your hands and go get back in bed. I'm gonna grab a book and we're gonna cuddle for a bit."

"But-"

"And then!" Eddie continued, louder. "We'll get pizza delivered for lunch even though we shouldn't. We'll call Robin. We'll take a bath. I'll wash your hair. I'll make us that roasted chicken stuff you like for dinner. It'll be perfect."

"Okay."

"And then-"

"There's more?" Eddie could hear the smirk in Steve's voice even though he'd buried his face against his neck again.

"Of course there's more." Eddie poked his side. "And then we're gonna start talking about moving closer to Boston so we can visit her more than three times a year."

"Eds, we can't afford Boston."

"I know. But we can afford New England if we find the right spots. We'll have her send us some ads for places for rent. I can transfer within the company. You're a teacher, you can work anywhere."

"You make it sound so easy."

"It is so easy. Making you happy is the easiest thing I'll ever do."

"But you have to be happy too."

"I will be. You wanna know why?"

"Why?"

"Because I'll still have you. And let's be honest, it's way more likely that one of the New England states is gonna let us get married before fucking Illinois."

Steve chuckled. "Married? Who said anything about getting married?"

"Oh, did I forget to mention? I planned on spending the rest of my life with you."

"I know that, goofball." Steve let out another genuine laugh. "I just didn't think you'd ever wanna actually get the law involved if they ever let us."

"Steven, I don't involve the law, the law involves me."

"I don't think that's how it works, babe," Steve kissed his neck before pulling away. "I think all that sounds nice though."

"Then hop to it, Harrington! We've got a bed to get back into."

Once they settled in their bed, Steve curled into Eddie's side while he opened the book they'd been reading for a week now, he looked up at Eddie with a soft smile.

"I love you a lot, you know?"

"I know, angel. I love you a lot more," Eddie replied, leaning down to kiss his lips softly.

They'd spend the day exactly as Eddie said they would.

They'd find a place only two hours from Robin and move less than a month later.

They'd get married as soon as it was legal for them to do it.

They rescued a dog.

They even adopted twins.

And every single time Steve wanted to see Robin, they packed up the car and went to visit her.

Because Steve had Eddie, and Eddie had Steve, but they both had Robin.

[madivandoren]

Redraw of an old fan art of The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner. It’s crazy how much my art has changed!

Also, if you have a fondness for conniving little scamps, go check it out!

[vegetable-soup-wizard]

Since I can’t help myself-

The Queens Thief books as John Mulaney quotes:

The thief

The Queen of Attolia

The King of Attolia

A Conspiracy of Kings

Thick as Thieves

Return of the Thief

[emilybeemartin]

Mother why does the River not rise

It is not the River's time

-Thick as Thieves

Irene Attolia, the Queen's Thief, Megan Whalen Turner

[howlonomy]

ok monster clovers incredible but. we need to circle back to kanako. a goopy child

kanako love!! kids be saying the wildest things sometimes

[natjennie]

okay I know we love to clown on kristen but I think she's honestly handling this so much better than she's being given credit for and earnestly asking about both things that relate to the mystery and her personal relationship with divinity and tracker is bringing a lot of antagonistic energy. maybe that's just me idk.

[emerydraws]

a stumble on the road - kamet and costis for @shrimpchipsss for hamiathes gift exchange this year!

[doylldonmagar]

I saw Megan Whalen Turner is doing a giveaway for her series The Queen's Thief, and so I'm taking this opportunity as an excuse to talk about my favorite books of all time. I'm not even kidding, I absolutely adore these books.

The first book follows a thief, a king's right hand man, 2 court interns, and a bodyguard, as they travel to steal the unstealable.

I'm not a fan of road trip books or of fantasy kingdom type books, but these books are pure gold.

The cast is all complex and realistic characters, there are disabilities, and positive representation. There is a female MC who is pretty and smart, as well as a female MC who is unattractive by social standards and is smart. There are female friendships. There are male friendships. There are healthy relationships. There are plot twists (that's saying something coming from me, because I grew up always guessing the ending of books). The characters actually get injured and their injuries don't just go away after a chapter or when it's convenient for the plot. Off the top of my head, I cant think of plotlines that are unreasonable (within the world) - like no duex ex machina, and no catastrophes with perfect and easy solutions. There's character growth. There are funny characters, and some romance, and complain-y characters who aren't annoyingly whiney.

My little sister is dyslexic - these books are some of the only books she has ever enjoyed. It's been months since I finished reading them allowed to her, and she still tells me how sad she is that we've finished all the books.

So please go read these books (or at least the first. You can stop there if you don't love it, but you probably will)

Also avoid looking at fanart or fandom posts because you will get spoilers

[inchidentally]

Oscar, Max and Valtteri taking care of Ollie during the drivers parade <3

[pianokantzart]

I haven't played the Paper Mario games and know very little about the story; why does Mario refuse to bring Luigi along with him on adventures when he clearly wants to go with him? Is he overprotective, is it an unfortunate side effect of that trend where everyone bullied Luigi for a while, or is it never elaborated on?

That's the frustrating part!!! I don't know!?!?

People usually theorize that either he's overprotective, or he thinks that Luigi is embarrassing. But when Luigi goes on his own adventure in The Thousand Year Door Mario doesn't seem worried about it, even falling asleep during Luigi's stories about his adventure. (But he also fell asleep during Merlon's story in Paper Mario 64, so I see that more as an unfortunate character quirk than a sign that he thinks his brother is boring.) In a side quest in Paper Mario 64 Mario helps an elderly Luigi fan get an autograph.

But in a side quest in The Thousand Year Door Mario ruins a relationship with a young, infatuated Luigi fan for a slice of cake???

In Super Paper Mario, Mario is very hesitant to leave Luigi behind to fight Dimentio alone (in fact, he's more hesitant to leave him behind than he was any other member of his party.)

But he also didn't even recognize Luigi when was brainwashed and in a very obvious disguise???

AND YET, at the same time, when he blacks out near the end of the game, Luigi's voice is the first thing he focuses in on when he begins to regain consciousness.

And in Paper Mario The Oragami King, Luigi is determined to help out however he can, declaring that Mario has saved his life so many times that it's the least he can do.

And they always seem happy to travel as a duo when it comes to fun, nonthreatening activities.

MAN, I DON'T KNOW.

Paper Mario has clearly earned his brother's love and respect one way or another, but Paper Mario himself is an enigma, and while I'm certain they're good to each other the full scope of how Paper Mario feels toward his brother is unfortunately never elaborated on in certain terms.

[the-forest-library]

Well, I was going to wait to buy the beautiful British versions of these books, but they all aren’t going to be out until late 2024, and Book Outlet had five of them for $4 or less so here we are

[biscuitscheesebiscuits]

Reading physical copies of The Queen's Thief series for the first time and realizing that the maps in them are inconsistent???

[imaginariumgeographica]

Thick as Thieves is a book about many things and a major one of those things is losing your luggage