#little thieves ragne

[adhd-pixie-nightmare-girl]

Little Thieves Text Posts Part 10

Vanja: one thing about me is i'm the leaver. i will leave Vanja and Emeric: what is a rival if not a crush you're mad about having Vanja about Emeric: that's my girl [said about a man] Ragne: morality is a human concept but i do think dolphins know what they do is wrong

[little-thieves]

Ragne: I invented a game, wanna play?

Gisele: Sure?

Ragne: It's called Emeric or gilden. I'll give you a quote I've heard Vanja say, and you guess if she was talking about Emeric or her money

Gisele: Well that'll be easy-

Ragne: "You're the most beautiful thing I've ever laid eyes upon"

Gisele: Fuck.

[what-eats-owls]

As an aspiring writer (who is very inspired by and loves your work) I was curious how drawing/sketching plays a role in your writing/brainstorming process (if any)?? Do the two processes work together, separately, etc?

This is so lovely! Writing and drawing have always been rather entangled for me, and you'll know I've reached a sustainable wage in royalties the day I announce a graphic novel, haha.

Drawing is always a part of my brainstorming process, helping me nail down both the spirit and the detail of characters, worlds, even story tone. The easiest example is when I was struggling to pin down Vanja's character in Little Thieves, as I saw her initially as a more sophisticated and cold femme fatale type of con woman. Then, while I was thinking about the curse scene, my brain dished up this particular comic sequence, and the rest was history:

Drawing and writing feed each other as I'm developing a story/world/etc, and drawing can be just as meditative and productive as, y'know, listening to music in the shower and Thinking About Situations. Moreover, art and drawing really help you stay curious in different ways—it's easier to draw something when you roughly understand how it works!—and builds your observational skills, which are critical to bringing a story to life.

And I hope you've noticed that nowhere in here did I say you have to be good at drawing, because you don't. The real treasure is the curiosity, observation, and perspective you gain along the way. (And it's no coincidence that AI can't teach you those.)

[iliveinyourceiling65]

Little Thieves incorrect quotes

Part one :)

Vanja: My life isn’t as glamorous as my wanted poster makes it look.

Emeric: You often use humor to deflect trauma Vanja: Thank you Emeric: I didn't say that was a good thing Vanja: What I'm hearing is, you think I'm funny

Vanja: Name a more iconic duo than my crippling fear of abandonment and my anxiety. I'll wait. Ragne: You and me!!! Vanja, tearing up: Okay.

Vanja: *Walking in to a room* Sorry I’m late... I was... doing things. *Sounds of running footsteps progressively getting louder* Gisele: *Out of breath* SHE PUSHED ME DOWN THE FUCKING STAIRS.

Vanja: Hey, Ragne? Can I get some dating advice? Ragne: Just because I’m with Gisele doesn’t mean I know how I did it.

Vanja: Whaddya call a fish with no eye? Emeric, not looking up: Myxine Circifrons Vanja: Vanja: fsh

Emeric: We need a distraction. Vanja: Is anyone here good at jumping up and down and making weird noises? Ragne, whispering: My time has come

Vanja : Well, well, well... if it isn’t my old friend: the dawning realization that I fucked up bad.

[summersofsalt]

two god daughters and one (1) human slide rule

[sororygilmore]

little thieves by margaret owen (@what-eats-owls)

“I am his puzzle and he is my lock, and it's an arms race to solve the other first. But somewhere in all the knots and twists and trapdoors, he turned to an arsonist, leaving his embers in my veins, smoke on my tongue, a fire burning softly in my heart. And it will not die easy.”

[andreai04]

Once upon a time, there was a girl as cunning as the fox in winter, as hungry as the wolf at first frost, and cold as the icy wind that kept them at each other's throats.

In the world I knew, there were three reasons a person would be wanted: for profit, pleasure, or power. If you could satisty only one, they used you. Two, they saw you.

Three, they served you.

No matter how many cards I lay between myself and the rest of the world, no matter how many lies I tell, how many lives I steal, it will never be enough. I will never escape the ghost in the mirror.

I will never escape her, because I am haunted by myself.

I see myself for what I am: a scared girl, alone in a cruel world, abandoned by family and friend, who would rather turn herself to bloodstained stone than let anyone get close enough to leave another scar.

For all my schemes and façades and artifice, I am not prepared in the slightest for the simple, devastating intimacy of being believed.

[burgercheese1812]

I read it as Ragne.

But the thing is I totally saw nothing wrong with it.

[teartra]

THEY’RE SO PRECIOUS

[fangirlwithasweettooth]

I hope @what-eats-owls is somehow aware that I finished Little Thieves in under 3 days and now am starting Painted Devils and im ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED???

[ethereal-maia]

hahaha

look what I did instead of sleeping

I love this book with my whole heart and I simply cannot wait until may 16th for painted devils I am so so so excited

[adhd-pixie-nightmare-girl]

Little Thieves + Text Posts Part 7

Vanja at the end of Little Thieves: if I died and came back i would be so annoying about it. i would use my second chance at life to never let it die and make it a problem for everyone. resurrecting me would be the worst possible mistake you could make, not because i'd come back wrong and evil, but because i'd come back with more ways to be annoying than before. Emeric to Vanja: sorry what did you say i was too busy thinking about kissing you Ragne: Sometimes ur tits just gotta be out The Abbess: being intuitive is just like...i don't like this and no i will not elaborate

[little-thieves]

Ragne, to Gisele: You're too good for this world

Ragne: But that's okay

Ragne: I'll be the asshole for the both of us >:)

[what-eats-owls]

Preorder Voting!

That's right... I've made the extremely unwise decision to include tumblr in this decision!!! anyway!!! It's what it says on the tin, folks: One of these designs will be made into an enamel pin preorder incentive for Painted Devils, and that choice is in your terrible hands. DO YOUR WORST:

tumblr only allows me to let this poll last for a week, so after that you'll have to go to my instagram to vote, like a shameful normie, and I'll add the link when we cross that shameful bridge!

[notshounenprot]

painted devil's ending is my trauma and ending of little thieves is my therapy

[dainesanddaffodils]

I read the first half of Little Thieves incrementally over the last week

I read the second half of Little Thieves this morning

It’s been a second since a book really grabbed me by the throat like this