#aristide makricosta

[cyril-depaul]

If a loved one is being prosecuted by the state for espionage and treason, simply cause so many problems on his behalf that everyone is like "fine. fine! he's free, but neither of you ever come back here again." and then go start your new life together overseas

[poisindonottouch]

Queer reads: The Amberlough Dossier, by Lara Elena Donnelly

These books, y’all. These books. 

Here’s day 20. 

First of all, these books wrecked me. They are like, gaslamp fantasy? In a not our world, but there’s no magic. They have a lot of 1920s/30s flavor, and there’s some serious political shit going on. The blurb by Holly Black says, “James Bond by way of Oscar Wilde,” which is pretty accurate. 

Cyril DePaul is a spy and government agent, while his lover,  Aristide Makricosta, is a smuggler and the emcee of a cabaret. Their relationship goes along fine as long as they don’t talk about what they do when they’re apart. This comes crashing down on them as the political stakes intensify, and shit hits the fan. These books definitely made me cry. In a bad way, and then in a good way. 

Read them when you’re in the mood for complex politics, morally gray characters, and an emotional roller coaster. 

[bisexualdisasterbuckley]

Comfort Character Tag

rules: list five comfort characters then tag five people

1. Eddie Diaz (911)

2. Evan Buckley (911)

3. Laurent of Vere (Captive Prince my beloved)

4. Diago Alvarez (Where Oblivion Lives my ultra beloved)

5. Aristide Makricosta (Amberlough)

Tagging @zimmbittles and anyone else who wants to play

Thank you for the tag @buckleysbee!

[cloverboyblue]

aristide makricosta the character of all time

[skyeoak]

This is my DREAM POLL omg. I had a clear winner but a hard time picking the other guys.

Also! 1 per series because if not this would be a ROE and/or Fruits Basket sweep

Honorable mentions to Aristide Makricosta (Amberlough Dossier), Shuntaro Chishiya (Alice in Borderlands), and Shizuka Satomi (Light from Uncommon Stars), who I love but didn’t think anybody here would know

No pressure tagging: @amelie-isnt-french @handsomepear @little-lamb-lyosha @sleeping-arsonist

5 Favourite Characters Poll (Tag Game)

I was tag by: @star-mum

Rules: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

Thanks you so much for the tag

Tags <3: @meeks-beas @practically-an-x-man @outer-space-face @trashworldblog @mydearlybeloathed

[unmechanism]

It's a crime that I can't find any Amberlough playlists on Spotify

[thestrangegirl091200]

An aesthetic for The Amberlough Dossier series by Lara Elena Donnelly.

Pictures not mine.

[amberlough-fandom]

Talking about feelings and establishing a relationship:

Sacrificing what remains from your fortune and dignity only to kidnap your unsuspecting man from prison and leave the country together:

[ifishouldvanish]

Okay how about...

(Also psst: All of these are queer and none of them are YA)

The Binding by Bridget Collins - MLM romance, adult; Set in a quasi-victorian england, in a world where people have their memories erased by having them 'bound' into books. There's some pretty interesting like, class commentary about how the rich and powerful use it to cover up abuse and exploitation, gaslight victims etc, while poor will give up their best memories so they can sell them and afford to make ends meet (Reading a 'binding' allows the reader to experience those feelings much more vividly than they could with a 'novel', but otherwise people pay to have them locked away someplace safe). ANYWAY. This guy is sent to apprentice for one of the last ethical binders in his area, but she dies and the bindery is acquired by one of the sleazy ones. He's sent on a job to bind a house servant at some wealthy family's estate, and discovers they have a binding with his name on it. Hurts so good. Maximum yearning, maximum heartbreak, but still a positive ending.

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo - queer southern gothic horror; This guy and his best friend experienced some fucked up supernatural shit as children and became bound by blood. Protag would like to forget about the whole thing, but his bestie became obsessed?? They're supposed to go to uni together (they do everything together bc they are gay and in denial about it. ...like, canonically), but just before our protag is about to join his bestie at university, he's found dead of an apparent suicide. Protag inherits his house, his car, his thesis on Appalachian folklore, and his roommates (a mechanic/drug dealer and his transmasc cousin who is also super into the spooky shit). ANYWAY, protag refuses to accept his friend's death was suicide and when he runs out of suspects to look into (aka all his street racing druguser sexhaver friends), AND starts having increasingly disturbing encounters with a revenant, he very reluctantly rolls up his sleeves and starts digging into the spooky shit.... And his repressed homosexuality.

The Amberlough Dossier Trilogy by Lara Elena Donnelly - political intrigue with an MLM ~leading couple set in a quasi-Weimar era Berlin; A government agent is sent undercover to gather intel about a rising fascist party. When he's found out, he bargains for he and his smuggler/cabaret dancer lover to make it out of the country safely. Meanwhile, said lover is calling in all his favors from his black market side hustling to do the same. (All this despite them refusing to admit their feelings to each other's faces🤌) Book 1 covers the escape, books 2-3 are more about the resistance and aftermath. But by the end of book 3 it is like... My beloved... We are so changed by the trauma of living through revolution, persecution, and war... so damaged... such hollow shells of who we once were, and yet... here we are?? Together?? Idk man I was wrecked. Aristide Makricosta: best character, doing amazing sweetie, slay thru the pain u absolute queen. Cyril DePaul: my problematic reformed pig bastard babygirl, plz go to therapy. And Cordelia Lehane... ilu u boss bitch, direct action all day, let the fascists fuck around and find out

what is the best book you’ve ever read in ur entire life i need a book that will completely ruin my life hello please

[katiecomma]

Rereading Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly... current headcasts:

Cyril DePaul- Tom Hiddleston

Finn Lourdes - Eddie Redmayne

I have yet to find a headcast for the fabulous Aristide... he’s so specific in my head I just can’t find a model or actor that fits...

[jesse-is-inarguably-purple]

amberlough // amnesty

[cyril-depaul]

POV you tell a guy that you want him to beg you bc he looks good on his knees. Three years later, his sister, who looks enough like her brother that his (the brother’s) lover couldn’t tell them apart at first, is trying to fuck you for information. The lover then tries to beat you to death while you both are at your boss’ house. You are Vasily Memmediv.

[theartofmadeline]

gay professional liars absolutely refuse to admit that they caught feelings™

[charles-macaulay]

cyril: lets just agree to say “i’m sorry” on a count of three. one, two, three.

aristide:

cyril:

aristide: see, now i’m just disappointed in the both of us.

[inkydandy]

Reposting my first Amberlough piece with this new second one! Lara Donnelly’s trilogy is coming to an end in April and I am stoked to see how everything comes together...even though there will be a giant, vintage spy thriller hole in my heart T.T

[agentromanoffsir]

The Amberlough Dossier: Aristide Makricosta x Cryil DePaul

is there a stitch in your heart as there is in mine?