#in the Court of the Nameless Queen

[natalieironside]

Freydis Thorkilsdottir's whole deal is like "I just need everyone I meet to like me and think I'm great so bad so it's really cool that the government passed that law saying everyone has to like me now"

[redwineand12gaugeshells]

My beloved wife surprised me with these lovely printed editions of The Last Girl Scout and In the Court of the Nameless Queen by Tumblr's own @natalieironside! I'd read the ebook editions but having a physical copy is even better. Looking forward to enjoying them all over again!

[nail-bat-butch]

TFW you just finished reading In the Court of the Nameless Queen by @natalieironside (ID’s in alt text)

[bawdyknocker]

woah! went to go an buy a natalie ironside book like i said i would, and HOOOBOY do we have an impressive means of being swaying demographics here on tumblr.gov

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

In the Court of the Nameless Queen by Natalie Ironside

goodreads

Take a trip across the sundered worlds to the Queendom of Corynnod, a dark realm of sorcery and desire, ruled over by she who is Queen, goddess, and mother to us all, in four fantastical and titillating tales of wonder, adventure, love, sex, and—of course—spiders. A true and credible account of how Freydis Thorkilsdottir, war witch, became Freydis Gothi and the Mother of Abominations. Freydis Thorkilsdottir, soldier and war witch in the army of the Nameless Queen, has always struggled to find a place for herself as a transgender woman. She volunteers to lead men over the walls in a castle assault, in hopes that, should she survive, she might earn the attentions—and the favors—of her great and terrible araneidan Queen... An account of how Freydis Gothi made the acquaintance of her most beloved and treasured servant. Fleeing oppression and unspeakable abuse, Kristina Kaminski—a woman who loves women in a land where such things are not allowed—travels into the grim and mysterious north and meets a most peculiar woman upon the shores of the sea. As she settles into her new life, it comes to pass that a dark conversion often necessitates a dark baptism... An account of the coming of Steff Pelczynski, diabolist, to Caer Eldur and the court of the Marchioness. Steff is no man, but don’t try telling her that. When the young wizard travels into the north, seeking a change, she—with the help of a rather commanding older woman—finds a change she didn't know she was looking for... An account of how Freydis Gothi acquired her legendary sword. Freydis Thorkilsdottir, Kristina the Apostate, and their friends take an excursion to a festival of wondrous terrors and delights where nothing is as it seems... and things already seemed pretty suggestive to begin with!

Mod opinion: I haven't read this book yet, but it sounds really interesting!

[loth-caatgirl]

[p-inkbrush]

Read "In the Court of the Nameless Queen" today. It was actually so charming I loved it

[astringofmadhousefloozies]

Finished In the Court of the Nameless Queen by @natalieironside​ today and maaaaaaaan did that fuck severely. I hope that we get more stories with Freydis and Kristina and the rest.

Also that someday the book gets a sick ass cover that could have leapt fully formed from the brow of Frazetta or Vallejo. It deserves it.

[annies-scrapbook]

@natalieironside​

Funnily enough Georg/George is distinctly not a Slavic name. It's Germanic — Slavic languages use Yuri/Jerry.

Spiders Yuri gives a very different vibe tho.

[natalieironside]

I emphatically refuse to make up any new fantasy drugs. People in the Queendom of Corynnod can make do with smoking weed and eating mushrooms along with the rest of humanity

[libraryogre]

Hey, @natalieironside! This pic on FB lead to me reccomending one of your books!

[natalieironside]

Listen, spelling is hard, okay

Well, now you've done it. You started thinking deeply about what the social and political infrastructures of your imagined world would have to look like for that weird porn scenario you came up with to make sense, thereby establishing a very specific set of mental associations, and now reading about residential zoning laws gives you a boner.

[lazulivoidwitch]

Just got this

[natalieironside]

I thought mpreg was a gender-neutral term until fairly recently. Like I assumed it was short for "impregnation" and I went "oooh, an abbreviation where they take a bit out of the middle, those are unusual in English" and I thought the vast majority of known subjects being cis men was just an example of a particular trope becoming ubiquitous

[imonlyheretofollowyou]

@natalieironside

the feminine urge to fill your friends with eggs

[queercontrarian]

STARS ETERNAL

the woman who slayed so hard she had to be fridged without a name

hashtag nothing but respect for my high lady