#missouri kite

[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.

[notorious-nincompoop]

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

[saintlygames]

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

[boatmediatourney]

🌊Sad Soggy Boat Men Tournament🌊

Round 2A, match 3

Propaganda and image sources under the cut (warning for possible spoilers):

propaganda for Missouri Kite:

art from here

propaganda for Cpt Edward Teach/Blackbeard:

image from here

[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.

[sleblurk-reads-books]

Natasha pulley be like so there's this little ginger guy with a scar–

[userautumn]

and if i said smother by daughter was missouri kite coded what then

[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

[tschulijulesjulie]

"Does it feel alright to not know me?"

Screaming, crying, throwing up listening to I Look In People's Windows and thinking about Missouri Kite

[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]

so what if he did a little murder. it's not his fault it's the babygirl lifestyle.

[notorious-nincompoop]

the man who waited

[saintlygames]

dearest joe...

[boatmediatourney]

🌊Sad Soggy Boat Men Tournament🌊

Round 1A, match 5

Propaganda and image sources under the cut (warning for possible spoilers):

propaganda for Captain Eyk Larsen:

gif from here

propaganda for Missouri Kite:

art from here

[onaa-ohokthen]

Favorite morally dubious Pulley man poll

Not most or least dubious, just fav