#joe tournier:

[notorious-nincompoop]

“I have known you since before I knew you” 🤝 “I’ve missed you even when I didn’t remember you”

[msunitedstatesjames]

Every Natasha Pulley book ever:

Bulky Man is unintentionally bulky, he's just sort of stronger than everyone because that's the nature of his life. Everyone assumes Bulky Man is violent because of his girth, but he actually hates violence and is really just the nicest little dude inside.

Fragile Dude is little and/or easily breakable. Fragile Dude is brilliant and/or powerful. He too is pretty nice, but he's probably had to use his intellect and/or power to commit some kind of atrocity in the past that he will be attempting to keep secret over the course of the story. This will be revealed 3/4 of the way through the book, but the circumstances surrounding the atrocity will be so horrible that everyone will agree it was probably justified.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are both dissatisfied with their lives to some extent.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude meet through a series of unlikely and often unfortunate events.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are forced to work together in some capacity.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are both a little bit afraid of the other, but there's also some quality that they really like or respect in the other nonetheless.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude continue to work together, but now they're starting to reluctantly take a liking to the other. Neither of them realize that the other actually likes them though.

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude have had to help each other out of some sticky situations by now. They're clearly head over heels in love these days, but circumstance and/or society is keeping them from acknowledging it. People have started to hint to Bulky Man that Fragile Dude is actually super shady, so you better watch your back. Bulky Man doesn't really care that much at this point, but he's like, I guess I better look into these accusations.

(Some kind of cute but unusually intelligent animal is usually involved with the plot and/or their relationship by this point. Also, there's at least one loveable child character that usually helps the characters bond.)

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude have a nice, cheerful break from all of the traumatic events they've been experiencing, which inevitably ends in a romantic encounter.

Because of communication issues or societal issues, both chraracters still don't actually believe the other character loves them, and they both act like it was just a one off thing and an accident and that everything is totally fine.

Things are awkward between Bulky Man and Fragile Dude, but the traumatic events have really fired up again so they still have to work together. Plus, they're both just that desperate to be together, even though they think the other character hates them now.

Bulky Man finds out Fragile Dude's secret, but usually he doesn't get it quite right or he's missing some essential information. Bulky Man is temporarily horrified of Fragile Dude. Bulky Man chides himself for being so desperate for affection that he fell in love with some kind of psycho.

At this point, either Bulky Man makes a stupid mistake while being horrified or circumstances just happen to suddenly get a lot worse or both. Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are physically separated, often by force and some kind of authority. At some point in here, Bulky Man realizes he was wrong about Fragile Dude.

A slapdash plot is hatched to save the stolen love interest. Usually Bulky Man has to save Fragile Dude, but occassionally the script is flipped.

Ultimately, the stolen love interest is rescued, though it was a real close thing at some point. The Day is saved, usually through murder/s, caused by a combination of Bulky Man reluctantly bashing some heads in and Fragile Dude using his wits and/or power to get the right people killed. Often, our protagonists are then forced to straight up run away from the Bad Times, leaving their lives and families behind. (The loveable child from earlier will either be tragically left behind or adopted by the now happy couple.)

Bulky Man and Fragile Dude are a little bit sad at the things they've lost along the way, but mostly they're going to live happily ever after.

[saintlygames]

"But not the man who waited. He wasn't giving Kite that, not for anything."

[aurorawest]

'And my—oh, my postcard.' His own voice sounded distant. It was amazing how fast you could accept something impossible. Or, maybe it was just Joe; everything in the world seemed pretty extraordinary to him, with no baseline memories about normal. 'Someone sent it to me from...your side. Maybe I'm from your side, really? That would explain a lot.' 'Maybe,' Kite said softly. Something inside Joe woke up again.

The Kingdoms, Natasha Pulley, pg 104

Maybe, Joe! Maybe!! God this book hits SO MUCH HARDER the second time you read it.

[edmundofgloucester]

sooooo obsessed with joe tournier because he spends the entire book plotting how to get away from/kill kite but the MOMENT kite is even in A LITTLE BIT of danger joe is willing to fight a) a tiger and b) an entire police regiment to defend him. god bless

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Book names + authors under the cut

Kiem Tegnar/Jainan nav Adessari- Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Wyatt Croft/Emyr North- The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

Joe Tournier/Missouri Kite- The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

Aristotle Mendoza/Dante Quintana- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of The Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

[violets4lesbians]

Joe had not stopped, not once, to take out his own feelings, those based in things he remembered, and to look at them.

(Extra Joe thoughts for Chapter 46, after Newgate.)

[miserykite]

it's been a few days since I read the kingdoms but missouri kite . I CANNOT move past his heart ache and his love and devotion and him FINALLY being chosen

[nightspires]

Hello I need help fancasting Jem from The Kingdoms for fanvid reasons

[tubercloset]

He's eating the evidence

[measuredmisura]

I don't quite know how this would work for Joe and Kite, but um, I read this and my mind just immediately went to those two oops.

(And it would be fun and weird, because Joe only wants the job so he can meet the mysterious M, and Kite would go along, all the while knowing ... okay, so I kind of vaguely see how it would work?)

Apparently back in the day lighthouse keepers HAD to have a wife to get the job so they wouldn’t be too lonely and go insane. So what I’m saying is

Fake dating au where they pretend to be married so one of them can get a job as a lighthouse keeper.

[saintlygames]

dearest joe...

[welcome-to-the-end-of-eras]

Ranking the pulleyverse characters based on how much I like their names

Obviously this list is subjective but like. We all know that some of these are objectively true.

1.) Keita Mori: I personally think this is a top tier name. It flows well together, it fits his personality, there’s a lot of cool symbolism behind/because of it, it’s really a fantastic name for a character. No notes, 10/10.

2.) Raphael: it’s a really cool name, and I think it’s fun that he doesn’t have a set last name; it’s adds a bit of mystery to things. That and calling him Raphael TheBedlamStacks is funny as shit to me. Is it a little dramatic??? Yes, but so is he so it works. 9.5/10.

3.) Valery Kolkhanov: again, I think this name is super fun, and super creative, and it really does fit his personality well. I’m only putting it lower than Raphael because I thought his name was Valerie (English pronunciation) and I got my hopes up for the first proper female pulleyverse mc, but if that weren’t the case his name and Raphael’s would be equal. 9/10.

4.) Joe Tournier: Comparatively a pretty average name, but I have to admit the French last name sounds kinda pretty. If his name had stayed Jem Castlereigh or whatever the fuck, it would be significantly lower on this list. 8/10

5.) Konstantin Shenkov: I like this slightly less than Valery’s name because it’s a little bit clunky comparatively, but it’s definitely not a bad name. Don’t like that Konstantin is spelled like that tho, it looks a bit odd. 7/10.

6.) Aubrey/River Gale: there’s something off about these names that I really can’t put my finger on, but it’s just. Slightly off-putting to me. They’re such an ethereal person that I feel like their name should be a little. More, yknow??? If they were River Sterling that would be a different story, I like that name a lot, but River Gale sounds anticlimactic almost. 5/10.

7.) Thaniel Steepleton: this kills me. This kills me so bad. It’s no secret that he’s my favourite, my babiest of girls, but god almighty pick a different fucking nickname. It sounds so stupid. Nathaniel isn’t a bad name, it’s a bit proper but it’s definitely not a bad name, so why on god’s green earth would you remove the easiest two letters to pronounce and call that a nickname, it’s fucking stupid. And it sounds so British, it’s atrocious. 3/10. And that is ONLY because of how much I love him.

8.) January Sterling: objectively speaking, the reason behind his name is funny as fuck, but literally any other normal person would just. Go and change his name. Or let him go by his middle name. Why he decided to stick with January is beyond me. 1/10.

9.) Merrick Tremayne: it’s so British. Like. Annoyingly British. Love him to death but his name sucks so bad, and it just puts me in mind of the evil stepmother from Cinderella. RIP to the real Merrick Tremayne, you never had to get made fun of in school for how bad your name is. 0/10

10.) Missouri Kite: I cannot STAND this name istg. “Oh it’s translated-” HOW DOES A SPANISH NAME TRANSLATE INTO A WORD IN TWO SEPARATE LANGUAGES??? MISSOURI COMES FROM A NATIVE AMERICAN DIALECT IN THE MIDWEST REGION OF AMERICA, AND KITE IS A RANDOM ASS BRITISH WORD FOR A PIECE OF FLYING CLOTH, HOW THE FUCK DO THOSE COMBINE TO MAKE A NAME??? IT’S SO STUPID. -5/10.

Edit: I didn’t include Flint Kang and that was an oversight on my part, but tbh I don’t have much of an opinion. I’m going to say he’s a step below Shenkov, his name is also a little clunky but also a little nasally so it’s not as nice. 5.5/10.

[edmundofgloucester]

one thing i think we need to talk about more is how in every POV besides joe’s kite is consistently described as an intimidating ugly man who everyone is scared of but AS SOON as we switch into joe’s POV it’s immediately “i wanted to hate him but he’s just so sweet and kind...” “kite had a way of making everyone around him love him...” like loveability is some actual quality of kite’s and not just Joe Being Incredibly Gay

[vanillaflowerstuff]

the critters

i really like this fic ;a;

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Kingdoms - Natasha Pulley Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Missouri Kite/Joe Tournier | Jem Castlereagh | Joe Zhang Characters: Missouri Kite, Joe Tournier | Jem Castlereagh | Joe Zhang Summary:

Joe catches Kite singing.

[spittinwatches]

"Kite, I need to ask about-" Joe started, but as he swung the door open to the captain's stateroom, he instantly forgot what he needed to discuss. "About the… the um." "What is it Tournier?" Kite asked, peeved that his precious reading time was being interrupted with something he assumed was trivial. It wasn't often he had the time to himself. Kite lounged lazily on the built-in sitting area by the windows, which struck Joe like how a sly cat would find its way to a warm beam of sun to rest in. Kite had his legs crossed, an arm threw back, and his fingers slotted between the pages of a romance book. His vest and cravat were nowhere to be seen on his body, which revealed a long slender neck and his bony collarbones, kissed with freckles. Even more striking was the way his hair fell loose around his shoulders and caught the light. Like a ruby, Joe thought suddenly. His throat went dry. Joe finally managed to get out a "Nevermind" and slammed the door.