#jonathan strange

[speakingskies]

[godwhyaretherenoblognames]

When will my husband (Mr. Jonathan Strange) return from the War (The Napoleonic ones to be exact) (he’s a magician) (he was drafted by the government) (please I’m being stalked by The Gentleman with the Thistledown Hair)

[miserablejester]

Childermass' adventures on grindr

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Bonus Uskglass:

[yeti-zeus]

is this anything? are there enough of us jsmn enjoyers out there for this to be anything?

[slow-burn-sally]

Are you in an Age Of Sail fandom like The Terror, Black Sails, or Master and Commander?

Are you in a fantasy/time travel fandom like Dr. Who, The Librarians, or The Magicians?

Are you in a period piece fandom like Pride & Prejudice, Bridgerton, or Persuasion?

Are you looking for a new hyperfixation or special interest to absolutely lose your mind over? Well then, step right up! Have I got the fandom for you!

It's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell!

This book and series have everything, folks! True love! Intrigue! Magic! Ships! Politics! Sly, subtle jokes! The sweetest cinnamon rolls! The most dastardly villains!

And it comes in two flavors! You can either watch the well done and chock-full-of-hotties 2015 TV series, or! you can read Susanna Clarke's deceptively addictive 800 page book full of footnotes! Both are guaranteed to pull the soul from your body and keep you enslaved in an enchanted fairy kingdom for the rest of your earthly days!

The series is now available for the low, low price of $5 on Amazon! Or, watch it FREE on YouTube! You can buy the book at affordable rates on many platforms where books are sold, and the audiobook is great too!

And if That doesn't sell you on this fandom, then just wait until you lay your peepers on this boy:

So, drop everything! Run to your local internet source or bookseller, and start an adventure of a lifetime that will leave your heart buried in a dark wood beneath the snow where you can still feel its ache!

Invest now, and we'll even throw in this grumpy autistic guy for free!

[zant-not-from-zelda]

The voices keep whispering English magic to me

[fght-ff-yr-dmns]

Currently Reading

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell By Susanna Clarke

Piranesi was one of the best books that i'd read in decades, so I decided to pick up Susanna Clarke's debut novel.

It's an absolute beast at 849 pages, so it might take me a while to get through, but I absolutely love her writing style.

I really hope this one lives up to my expectations, even though I have absolutely no idea what this novel is about. I'm going in blind.

[inky-sun]

“There is nothing else in magic but the wild thought of the bird as it casts itself into the void. There is no creature upon the earth with such potential for magic. Even the least of them may fly straight out of this world and come by chance to the Other Lands. Where does the wind come from that blows upon your face, that fans the pages of your book? Where the harum-scarum magic of small wild creatures meets the magic of Man, where the language of the wind and the rain and the trees can be understood, there we will find the Raven King.”

Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

[occasional-owl]

The babygirl PNG'ed for all your editing needs

+ bonus edit:

[thinkanamelater]

Art idea: Jonathan and Arabella but they're this meme and Arabella is doing Jonathan's makeup

THE bi4bi couple ever

[queerolddad]

ok but my favorite Childermass scene is the one where Strange asks him to leave Norrell and come work with him instead.

First of all — why the fuck is Strange looking at him like that he’s just like me fr

But more importantly, I’m obsessed with the idea that Childermass does agree with Strange when it comes to magic being available to everyone and anyone.

He believes in the Raven King who was not high born and is he himself a man of magic who is of equally low birth. But he is so steadfastly loyal to Norrell, he refuses Strange: “Mr. Norrell and I are not done with each other yet.”

Childermass acts as the middle ground between Strange and Norrell — he is loyal to Norrell and what he has done for him and for magic, he agrees with Strange that magic is not to be held under lock and key. He is a servant to magic, not man.

[mrsducky]

JONATHAN & ARABELLA STRANGE + kisses

[swan-orpheus]

It is 2024 and I am here having feelings about Gilbert Norrell seated across from Jonathan Strange, his tea going cold before the fire, as tears form in his eyes and he pleads with Jonathan to not leave his side and thus make him bereft of the magical companionship that he never knew that he so desperately craved until the very moment that he found himself on the precipice of losing it (potentially) forever:

"There will be noone to talk to. We will be quite alone".

🔪💔

It is too good, the peak of cinema 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

[miserablejester]

Lascelles opened his mouth - doubtless to say some scathing thing - but was forestalled by Mr Norrell suddenly crying out in a tone of wonder, "But that is remarkable! That is truly... My dear Mr Strange! I've never even head of such magic before! It is not listed in Sutton-Grove! I assure you, my dear sir, it is not in Sutton-Grove!"

I do very much enjoy this scene - it is after all the beginning of their relationship - as a result I had to draw it! (It was clearly not an excuse to draw furniture).

[amberkendslacy]

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Memes for Volume 3.

What a trip lads.

I'm working on a non-meme post for this book but it may take time. Needless to say this story is still rotting my brain, it just happens to have finished telling it.

Volume 1 Volume 2

[yeti-zeus]

One of my fav things in JSMN is that the two titular characters are not only the least important characters in the grand scheme of things, especially magically, but also actively hinder the return of magic to England even when they dont mean to.