#priya tbk

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Carmilla Karnstein- Carmilla by J Sheridan le Fanu

Islington- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Priya- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Wylan van Eck- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

[doodlesnoff]

Remember the five minutes in Oleander Sword where everything was fine, and then nothing devastating ever happened to these characters 🙃

[aroacenezhaanddainsleif]

"Rao," Aditya called out. "I dreamt of you." ... "I saw your eyes, shining like stars."

("What had happened, to make them shine?")

"I don't know," Aditya said. "But Rao- perhaps one day we'll meet again, on the other side of this war, and you will be able to tell me."

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"I know now," Aditya said. "Why I dreamt of you as I did. Don't forget what stars are, Rao."

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What is a star, Rao thought, in Aditya's slurred, smiling voice, but distant fire, reaching for you across worlds?

[meadowlarkx]

cautionary tale

“Why do you still come to me wearing her face? There’s little point in it. I know you now, Mani Ara.”

The yaksa’s petal lips—Malini’s lips—made a smile. “Don’t you want to see her?”

“Not anymore,” Priya lied.

Post-The Oleander Sword angst ft. past Malini/Priya, present Mani Ara/Priya | Read here on AO3

[eerna]

what are your thoughts on the ashok / priya vs chandra / malini sibling parallels in tbk series?

I don't think I can answer this properly because I didn't really care about Ashok or Priya when I first read TJT, so by TOS I didn't have the context to feel much about them and I honestly don't remember any parallels. I DID love Ashok and Bhumika's tension, I loved how they were two very different leaders of the resistance and kept butting heads on levels that increased in intensity more and more. "Came back wrong" but now your brother is actually helping you so you're very conflicted about it. Chandra and Malini on the other hand slapped. I loved how they are each others' moons, constantly keeping each other in their thoughts and trying to one-up each other. Add Aditya into the mix and it becomes even wilder.

[doodlesnoff]

unleashing all the Jasmine Throne drawings that have sat 95% finished for months

[doodlesnoff]

sometimes siblings fight over their diametrically opposed theories of change

FINALLY finished one of my dozen drafts for The Jasmine Throne and yes it was while rewatching legend of korra on a bus