#Jeanne Dombegh

[glisselda-of-uplands]

have a low-effort totr meme. as a treat.

[incorrect-seraphina]

Jeanne: Let’s do this! *cracks knuckles*

Tess: Your knuckles are so quiet.

Jeanne: My hands are polite.

[imagine-lilareads]

TESS OF THE ROAD, SPOILERS!!

[sdombegh]

Rachel Hartman characters as RPDR gifs

Od Fredricka

Glisselda

Blanche

Jeanne

Dionne

Tess

Dame Okra

Anne Marie

Abdo

[rotzaprachim]

three chapters and im just crying about tessie dombegh, about what is imho one of ya/fantasy’s most painful depictions of abuse and rape culture. it would have been so easy to write a world where tessie was straight up killed or fell into the more physical gutter as a fallen woman. and while those are both realities that did and do absolutley happen and i think historically flavoured fantasy could do to more strongly address, hartman went this different direction by showing tessie back in with her family. How generous they were, to let her back in, to provide for her! the fact that tessie’s life at the start is not on the surface the Worst Thing Imaginable and has many material comforts is to me so important because it underlines the emotional complexity to which tessie has been made to internalise that she should be greatful to her family, that her suffering is her own fault, that something is wrong with her. The fact that she loves some members of her family, like Jeanne, and that she is in some ways being offered seemingly better routes by well meaning people but that because of what she did Wrong her life is sublimated under her family is just so much, and so important to unpack in a genre that tends towards the idea of the Hearth the Birth Mother as ultimate comfort and good. because Yeah the outside world is big and scary to trssie! but she needs to go out and face the road to be able to walk on and comprehend how shes been abused

[ao3feed-seraphina]

by prin_zyth

A chatfic (or whatever that's called) centering on our fav high schoolers.

Words: 1529, Chapters: 1/5, Language: English

Fandoms: Seraphina - Rachel Hartman, Shadow Scale - Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road - Rachel Hartman

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Seraphina Dombegh, Guntard, Scrawny Sackbutist, Lars, Viridius, Josquin, Princess Glisselda, Lucian Kiggs, Tess Dombegh, Jeanne Dombegh, Maurizio Foughfaugh, Lady Miliphrene (mentioned), Princess Dionne (mentioned)

Relationships: Seraphina Dombegh/Princess Glisselda, Seraphina Dombegh/Lucian Kiggs (past), Maurizio Foughfaugh/Lucian Kiggs, Josquin/Seraphina Dombegh (one-sided), Lucian Kiggs & Princess Glisselda, Seraphina Dombegh & Lucian Kiggs, Josquin/Guntard (implied), maybe more

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Alternate Universe - Non-Magical, Chatting & Messaging, Texting, Aromantic Asexual Tess, Bisexual Seraphina Dombegh, Bisexual Lucian Kiggs, Lesbian Princess Glisselda, Gay Maurizio Foughfaugh, Canon Character of Color, (Maurizio is canon non-white but I'm not going to go into it), No Orma or Linn or Claude as well I'm sorry to say, I love them all but they're not relevant, Abdo may be mentioned (he's Seraphina adopted brother) but probs not, No Sex, Author is aroace and can't write fluff, but they're sure as hell going to try, Gender-Neutral Pronouns for Tess, Alright that's enough for now I'd say, enjoy, OH BTW THE SCRAWNY SACKBUTIST'S NAME IS JEFFREY

[incorrect-seraphina]

Tess: Hey, do you think I could fit fifteen marshmallows in my mouth?

Jeanne: You're a hazard to society.

Pathka: And a coward. Do twenty.

[incorrect-seraphina]

Tess: Jeanne, tell him where he can stick his grapes!

Jeanne: In the fridge!

Tess: No, Jeanne...

[incorrect-seraphina]

Tess, her entire childhood: I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?

Jeanne: ...Good?

Tess: It is very unlikely that I will ever, EVER do it again.

[incorrect-seraphina]

Jeanne: What's in the suitcase?

Tess: Vodka.

Jeanne: You brought an entire suitcase full of vodka?

Tess: No!

Tess: There's mixers as well. I'm not a savage.

[incorrect-seraphina]

Tess: Sisi, I screwed up big time.

Jeanne: Tessie, given your daily life experiences, you're going to have to be more specific.

[incorrect-seraphina]

Tess: I thought we were going to be individuals this year!

Jeanne: I wanted to, Sisi, but Mama wouldn't let me.

Tess:

Tess: Well, I'm not being an individual on my own!

[incorrect-seraphina]

Jeanne, after Tess runs away: What happened?

Anne-Marie: Tess may have died.

Jeanne: Tess MAY have died?!

Claude: We’re looking into it.

[incorrect-seraphina]

Jeanne, to Tess: A guy walked up to me and asked if you were my sister. He shook his head and said, "I'm so sorry," when I said yes. What did you do?

[incorrect-seraphina]

Tess: I'm really stressed out right now.

Jeanne: I think you're confusing "stressed" and "sober."

[incorrect-seraphina]

Jeanne: Are you drunk already?

Tess: Not already...at last.