#entreri my boy!

[ratsetflummi]

entreri, the entire first part of servant of the shard: i hate the drow so much. if they force me to go to the underdark with them i'll just kill myself. oh great, jarlaxle's gone fucking insane and is gonna get all of us killed

drizzt: aw, look at them being friends

[lawesculape]

I'm just curious.

(I wanted to add more characters but I can't T_T)

[princefleabitten]

I read R.A. Salvatore’s critique on the Catholic Church (Legend of Drizzt: Road of the Patriarch)

[dicaeopolis]

“You are owed some prize,” Entreri grits out, wishing mightily to end this encounter. “I am aware my life is forfeit.”

“Okay,” says Drizzt.

Despite himself, Entreri tenses slightly. He hadn't actually expected the drow to agree. He glances up to meet Drizzt's lavender eyes, but can't parse the emotion there.

“But,” Drizzt adds, “not here.”

(4.5k of drizzt and artemis not killing each other)

[exiledfrommars]

*High Water by Sleep Token starts playing in the background*

[petalpierrot]

Listen, Artemis is a Calishite man who shouldn't have been whitewashed in the first place. It was upsetting enough when he first gained the pallor from a combat encounter. That was a choice made by the author and it's so disgusting. To continually see this 'white Artemis' "trend" is so upsetting.

[rakkikuroba]

I have to read 6 whole books before Artemis comes back :(

[defnotjarlaxle]

Inktober Day 19: Plump

[ladymirdan]

Spoilers for one of the best but undoubtedly gayest things I've read in my entitre life:

So there is this short story in Legend of Drizzt, called “Wickless in the Nether”. That is about penises.

And before you think I'm exaggerating:

Yes. It is very much intentional.

But it gets weirder.

He stores his beloved knife, in the shape of a penis.

But also, both Jarlaxle and Entreri are very wealthy men. Thieves and killers for hire. But they still share bot just an appartment, but bedroom.

But also, Entreri says “if I awakned under threat”, he doesnt say “dont come over here with your penis at all”, just that Jarlaxle isnt allowed to wake him up with a boner. And Jarlaxle’s response? “Bad mood today?” and not “I didnt plan to” or “why cant you just ask me to fuck you like a regular person instead of doing weird knife gestures”.

The rest of the book is about the two of them trying to steal a magical flute made by a mad monk that makes you fall in love/lust.

They keep handling each others flute

Salvatore, Bob, Bobby... What the fuck?

Im not disapproving, but this couldn't be gayer if you wrote a full on hardcore sex scene between the two of them. This couldnt be gayer if you went on Facebook and said “Jarlaxle is queer” (oh wait, you did that)

This is what happens when catholic boys is allowed to play Dungeons and Dragons.

[petras-drizzt-corner]

well the Legacy is done

And boy do I have words Spoilers below, friends!

My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five out of five for me! This book was pure gold!

Okay, I've got a lot to say! So let's start with the little things. First off, I will forever mourn the loss of Jarlaxle/Dinin. They would have been SO DARN CUTE but NOOOOO Vierna just had to turn him into a drider!! Next, Thibbledorf Pwent. OMG I LOVE HIM!!! He was such a fun and silly character amid all the deep, heavy content of the story, and he made a great reprieve from the sadness in the plot. I love him and hope he sticks around for a long, long time! And okay Jarlaxle I love you but how you gonna let Drizzt show you mercy and then immediately snitch on him to Matron Baenre??? Like dude cmon. And also- NOOOOO COBBLE!!!! THAT MAN WAS EPIC!!! Yeah I'm never getting over him either.

Now, let's move into some of the bigger things I have.

Like can we talk about Vierna's death? That was such an emotional scene, and I felt like I was standing watching it. Vivid descriptions and probing sentences that really made me think. The scene was wonderfully crafted, and it was wonderful to see how Drizzt has matured in the ways of dealing with grief.

Speaking of grief, let's talk about it and Wulfgar. I've always felt that while Salvatore's writing is all-around beautiful, there's one thing he excels at- writing grief. He somehow manages to balance writing such a fun and compelling fantastical storyline while also bringing to light deep, heavy emotions and situations that really do tug on your heartstrings. Reading about the utter loss both Bruenor and Catti-Brie felt was bad enough, but the way he describes it, man! I'm not a very emotional person when it comes to fiction, but I felt that despair and shared it with the characters deep in my soul. It's truly his best stuff right there. And on a side note, like I know Wulfgar is in other books, but like he's officially dead?? I dunno but like whatever he kinda was mid.

And like same with Artemis??? I know he's in further books but there's no way he's surviving FALLING DOWN A MOUNTAIN. TWICE. Like I know his plot armor is thick but not THAT thick so like there goes Entreri I guess.

And okay, my final note. Let's talk about Regis. So I know last time I said he'd changed, it was because that was actually Artemis in disguise. And when Drizzt found Regis, after being tortured, he really did seem the same- scared and dependent on others, but overall still good. However, then I got to the ending of the Legacy, where the companions are all in mourning of Wulfgar... except, it seems, for Regis. He seems detached from the whole situation and instead ends up seeking out Artemis to rob him and send him on his second scenic mountain tumble. And while I think his intentions were good, he acted so cold the entire scene. This could just be because it's Artemis, a man who's caused great pain to both Regis himself and his friends. Or maybe, he's just been through too much to hold onto who he used to be. I don't know yet. But I'm eager to see what else is going on with our halfling friend, and I'm so pumped to be starting Starless Night.

Well, that is (finally) all for me! What are your thoughts on the Legacy? -Petra !

[too-many-blorbos]

hi, i just had a thought, and you were the first person who came to mind, so... fuck, marry, kill: drizzt, entreri, and jarlaxle. go!

Hoo boy... I'm kinda aroace and also abstinent for religious reasons, so I don't want to screw any of them, but-

Jarlaxle may have a kiss from me, because he's the only one who'd appreciate it

Drizzt, I would wed: he'd be a great provider and partner for life and I can brush his hair and rub his shoulders and tell him he's doing a great job at life. Plus, it makes me co-owner of a giant kitty!

Entreri must perish by my hand. I take no pleasure in this- I hated him once, but my Tumblr mutuals have changed my mind. Knowing him, he'll probably shrug off death anyway. And then we can laugh about it later (well, Jarlaxle will laugh, at least)

[ratsetflummi]

drizzt said it's entreri's turn on the redemption arc

which is great, because i've been rooting for an entreri redemption arc since halfway through the legacy

[vspin]

I know they are the Tumblr favs...but right now I low-key hate Rai Guy and Kimmuriel for their treatment of my boi Entreri.

#Entreri4Eva

[princefleabitten]

The risk they took was calculated, but… (Legend of Drizzt: Lolth‘s Warrior)

[subbyfoxelf]

[book review] forgotten realms: the halfling's gem by r.a. salvatore (1990)

if you look up “mixed bag” in the dictionary, you’ll find a picture of this book. wait, i’ve used this analogy a lot, but i’m not sure i’ve ever seen pictures in a dictionary? whatever. maybe it’s a really weird dictionary. i mean, it has pictures in it that only seem to be there to help people make rhetorical points.

basically, a lot of this rules. i’m thinking specifically of all the sadism on display from entreri. i’m thinking of bruenor cutting his way through the duergar like a boss. i’m thinking of drizzt’s disguise slipping in front of the pirates and them being initially shocked & horrified, but then ending up just being the absolute best boys and timidly interrupting the captain’s meeting with drizzt to let him know that they have drizzt’s back, and hope blossoming in drizzt that maybe he can change the way the world sees him.

look, i know the depictions of race & racism have been an… issue in these books. these days, r.a. salvatore is fortunately among the first to say so. but, just… fuck. drizzt getting that moment of profound relief & hope really meant a lot to me. like, he’s very explicitly described as just bracing himself for the worst and then feeling like a weight has been lifted from him, and while i haven’t had that experience with race i’ve had it with several other aspects of my identity, and i just related to drizzt so intensely in that moment.

… speaking of this series’ fraught relationship with fantasy & real-world racism, though… yeah, it’s time to pivot from the good part of the mixed bag to the bad part. although it was also present & accounted for in this book, the weird handwringing about catti-brie’s killing of a fellow human when she was a self-confessed slayer of orcs/etc didn’t even last one book as the most racist shit i’d seen so far in this series, because holy shit the depiction of calimshan is just… i mean, wow.

oh also, i kind of super don’t care that much because the hints of romance that have shown up so far are definitely not among the best aspects of any of the books, but given that i can pretty much already tell where the whole wulfgar/drizzt/catti-brie stuff is going (despite limited time spent on it, it’s… not especially subtle), i just want to get ahead of this and mention that polyamory is totally a thing that exists. just for when catti-brie inevitably starts angsting about her terrible choice between human cock & drow cock for a book and a half or whatever.

(drow cock is objectively the correct choice, btw. i’ll take him if she won’t.)

honestly though i think the closest i come to shipping anyone is drizzt/bruenor. and i’m not even, like, into it? i just think out of the pairings there’s even been hints of, theirs would be pretty chill. if i were gonna write messy fanfic about any pairing, though, it would 100 percent be drizzt/entreri. raise your hand if you’re even slightly surprised. (and then smack yourself in your face with that hand for lying.)

the main things that tip the scales here in favor of the things about this book that are pretty good are basically drizzt’s sublime swordfight with entreri and drizzt’s more hopeful outlook towards the end of the book. first of all, i love when he reflects on the fact that entreri is probably never going to stop being obsessed with him, but he doesn’t actually have to give a shit about entreri. he can let their bloodfeud be entreri’s problem, and just defend himself & his friends as needed. added to that, the breakthrough where he decides that the world’s racism towards him is their problem, not his, meant so fucking much to me.

i just super want the best for drizzt, y’all. i don’t care how silly that probably sounds. so every little way he finds to make his life a little bit better is going to meet with my hearty approval.

b-rank

[incoherentmuses]

im. thinking about Them.

[ID: A coloured digital sketch of Artemis Entreri kissing a surprised Drizzt Do’Urden.]