#scythe by neal shusterman

[thunderhead-mybeloved]

[troyssix]

shout out to arc of a scythe for ripping me to shreds <3

[thejudeduarte]

When I first watched the hunger games I knew president coin reminded me of someone but had no idea who, but then it suddenly clicked who I was thinking of:

You cannot tell me this woman doesn't look like the spitting image of Scythe Curie, and if not imagine her robes were lilac and her hair slightly longer. Now every time I imagine Marie this is exactly who I think of

[alma-n]

He deserves to scream into the void as loudly as he can :)💕

[arcofacatboy]

[100-great-books]

[scythe-fan]

i literally don’t believe in the toll ending. what actually happened is that faraday and curie reunited and everyone lived happily ever after

[beesinmypancrees]

Scythehood gave Citra empathy and I eat that shit up entirely everytime I think about it: an essay

One of the first things we learn about her in chapter one is that she's quick to anger. We also learn that she freezes up when she's scared, and shuts down completely. These two are a deadly combination meaning that if's shes afraid of losing an argument, she'll just shut the other person down completely instead of admitting fault.

She literally pushes a girl under a moving truck and just. lets her live with that. She actually killed someone and got them ridiculed for like, ever, and said nothing about it and covered it up completely. I don't even remember her actually saying she was sorry about it, even years later, when she actually had to apologize to the girl. This girl does not give a shit about anything!!!

Yet when she's an apprentice and a scythe, she shows people more compassion than she knows how to give. She falls hideously under her quota just to give people their last decision in their death. She bends rules and makes her life all the more difficult because it weighs on her that their life is ending because of her and she does her best to accommodate. In conclusion, she's my precious little meow meow and i love her so goddamn much you wouldn't believe

[sixela0221]

Just finished The Toll and I was crying 😭😭😭 what do you mean 117 years just to wait for Citra to wake up again. He was a leader in that ship and he was there when she woke up. Rowan could just not catch a break. I just want my babies to live a quiet life in their new planet.

The Thunderhead and Greyson breaking up? Felt bad for the thunderhead but also it was invasive what it did to Jeri.

Goddard finally dying? 😭😭 omg.

Astrid, alone for 1600+ years? 😭😭😭

Just wished Rowan and Citra were able to say their goodbyes to Faraday. But I guess Faraday already mourned them when they died at Endura. Can't have everything

[meezimoo]

Scythe Volta and Rowan fanart from a little bit ago that I forgot to post. I love arc of a scythe so, so much and I highly recommend reading it. I'm not even an avid reader, yet I've enjoyed these books to no end

[skybluearia]

AS IF I DIDN'T CRY ENOUGH ALREADY-

I can't wait to finish this book and see Rowan and Citra and Faraday HOPEFULLY get their happy ending but at the same time I have no idea what to do with my life after it's finished.

[thunderhead-mybeloved]

Something that makes the world feel very real to me, is that people aren't in awe of their technology. There's a scene where someone has to have his eyes fully regrown, which will take several days, and he remarks that it doesn't seem like "speed healing" to him. That's so realistic.

Much like people today get annoyed if a website takes a bit of time to load. In everyday life, we don't often marvel at the advancements we have. Just as they don't.

A common thread in the books is the concept that people can adjust to anything if Givin enough time. They're not impressed by the thunderhead or the ability to turn a corner or any of the other sifi wonders. It's their normal.

[troyssix]

CITRA TERRANOVA APPRECIATION POST

[thejudeduarte]

If you ask me what's the saddest scene I've ever read and I answer chapter 40 from Crooked Kingdom, just know I'm lying to you.

I actually mean chapter 53 from The Toll.

[scythe-gaga]

Just a quick reminder:

Scythe Marie Curie had a cat

Thats all i have to say.

[arcofacatboy]

Please read this whole post, there’s no meme or catch to this, I’m not staying quiet on this.

this is the first post I’m making about Neal Shusterman’s recent actions - the second is about AI art usage, but this is so, so much more important.

Neal being complicit in the genocide that is occurring currently in Palestine and Gaza. Neal seems to have just gotten back from a book tour promoting a graphic novel he wrote, called Courage to Dream, which is about the Holocaust. He sent an email to everyone subscribed to his online newsletter.

Neal took this as an opportunity to state that he saw how “both sides” - both Israel and Palestinians - were doing things he did not condone, and that he would be remaining neutral.

Obviously Neal isn’t wrong in some of his wording, but what he’s fundamentally trying to say here is wrong and harmful. It doesn’t take someone who has lived through genocide to recognize that a genocide is happening. Genocide is a complex topic, but not in a “both sides should be shown kindness” way. It is complex in the fact that this has been going on for years, that history is repeating itself, and that people in positions of power are so easily falling for Zionist and colonialist propaganda because of their own bigotry and bias against those living in Palestine. How did you just go on tour promoting a book about the stories of people who were being targeted and killed in a genocide, and your first statement upon returning from that tour is to email all the subscribers of your newsletter that you’re “not qualified” to talk about genocide, and that you’re refusing to support the people being eradicated? Why did you write a book about genocide in the first place if you didn’t think you were qualified to talk about it? How do you write a whole graphic novel detailing the stories of people in what is the most known genocide in modern history and not see that Israel is trying to wipe Palestinians off the map?

Being opposed to genocide isn’t a simplistic opinion. It’s fucking common sense.