#simon torquill

[linovadraws]

August and October playing outside til sunrise

Meanwhile, me the entire time making this:

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Hua Cheng- Heaven Official's Blessing / Tian Guan Ci Fu by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu 

Cal Stephanides- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Simon Torquill- October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire

Alex Fierro-Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan

[johnconstantinesdick]

It's been a week since @lost-words-exchange creator reveals, so here's my contribution! I think I'm the funniest person alive for this.

AO3 link

[ID: 1; A drawing of Dean Lorden, Simon Lorden, and October Daye. Simon is in the middle with his arms around Dean on the left and Toby on the right. Dean is dark-haired with brown skin. He's wearing a flannel and a t-shirt that reads "my step-dad turned me into a tree and all I got was this stupid shirt". Simon is red-haired, pale, and freckled, and is wearing a t-shirt that reads "I'm not the step-dad, I'm the dad who can't stop magically transforming his kids oh god oh fu". Toby has brown hair and pale skin and is wearing a leather jacket and a t-shirt that reads, "My step-dad turned me into a fish and all I got was this stupid shirt". They are all grinning, and their names are signed at the bottom as if it were a photograph.

2; A black t-shirt with the white text "My step-dad turned me into a tree and all I got was this stupid shirt". There are two tridents pointing to "My" and two trees on either side of "a tree".

3; A black t-shirt with the white text "I'm not the step-dad, I'm the dad who can't stop magically transforming his kids. oh god oh fu". There are sparkles on either side of "magically".

4; A black t-shirt with the white text "My step-dad turned me into a fish and all I got was this stupid shirt". There are two daggers pointing to "my", and two koi fish on either side of "a fish".

5; A black t-shirt with the white text "Starting to feel left out of the magically transformed my my dad club TBH". There are sparkles on either side of "magically". End ID]

[kineticbismuth]

The Mad Duke Torquill,

betrayed by his twin.

Child and bride stolen for seven years,

of darkness and shadows.

I wonder whose face he saw,

In those lonely maddening years,

When he looked in the mirror?

[quietflorilegium]

“A lot of people seem disinclined to forgive you,” I said. “I know, and I agree with them,” said Simon. “What I did, I did for the best of reasons. That doesn’t forgive it. If anything, that makes it worse, that a good man might become a villain thinking himself a hero in his heart.”

Seanan McGuire, "The Brightest Fell"

[reddest-of-apples]

October's Dad

I do adore Simon, and I'm all here for him finding happiness and finally being a part of October's life, but I feel so, so sad when I think on her relationship with her human dad, how she struggles to remember him exactly a bit more every time he's brought up -as someone who also lost his dad very young, I can relate- and how he most likely died thinking himself a widower who'd also lost his little girl and how Amy probably never spared him a second thought after. I suspect it'd be heartbreaking, knowing more about their time together, or even about his relationship with Amandine, given he was mortal and she sucks, but I can't help but wonder. His absence is so very poignant and I guess I'm not saying that should change, because I suspect that might be the point. I just hope we learn a bit more about him, when and if Toby ever lets go of that bit of mortality, though Im guessing it's definitely gonna be a tear-jerjer either way. I also wonder if any of Toby's family on his side is still around, and if Toby has ever tried to find them. I don't think she'd forget they (may) exist, but maybe it's just too painful? Can't imagine a way to safely have a relationship with them.

[karama9]

I’m in the middle of re-reading all the October Daye books and I just realized, I pretty much instantly fell for Simon as soon as he reappeared. Here’s this character that did terrible thing because he thought he had to for his family, thought he’d be rewarded with what he needed for their sake, but was being used and abused and corrupted on a fundamental level by an evil employer. And then he’s trying to get better when he breaks free and it turns out he has the potential to be sooo good.

And then I realized, of course I like that. It’s my favorite character arc. It’s the one I poured my soul into when I wrote Arashikage. Except done by an actual professional who’s a far better writer than I am.

Simon Torquill is so much like how I see and tried to write Storm Shadow that he literally feels like my insta-blorbo.

So yeah, I love Simon so much.

And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, do yourself a HUGE favour and read the October Daye books by Seanan McGuire. And everything else she ever wrote.

[magiccarpetman]

This is my propaganda for Simon/Patrick/Dianda in the canon polycule showdown hosted by @powerpolyculeshowdown. You can nominate them in the google form in the linked post.

Beware! Below the cut are spoilers for the later books in the October Daye series.

Who are they?

A reformed villain, a violent mermaid, and the man who loves them both. Here is their wedding scene; it’s beautiful.

Simon Torquill starts the series off as a villain. In the first chapter of the first book, he turns the protagonist into a fish. She gets better, but not before losing fourteen years of her life. From there, he’s something of a personal boogeyman for her.

Then, in a later book, we learn a piece of information that recontextualizes everything: in an attempt to save his missing daughter, Simon had essentially sold his soul to a being so powerful he literally couldn’t say no to her. Turning the protagonist into a fish had been his way of following orders without killing her. We also learn that he is legally the protagonist’s father. It’s complicated.

Dianda and Patrick Lorden begin the series happily married, with two children. Dianda is essentially a mermaid, and she was raised in the warlike Undersea culture. As a result, she’s more inclined to throwing punches than diplomacy. Patrick balances her well, though he doesn’t shy away from violence if his family needs protecting. Theirs is basically an interspecies marriage, so they’ve faced a fair amount of social consequences, including estrangement from their families. But Patrick and Dianda are in love.

In a later book, we learn that it was thanks to Simon that Patrick and Dianda’s marriage was able to take place. He and Patrick were childhood friends, and when the being he would later come to serve attempted to prevent the marriage, Simon interceded at great personal risk.

At the culmination of Simon’s redemption arc, he publicly and dramatically divorces his wife, marrying Patrick and Dianda immediately afterward. Dianda admits that she does not yet have feelings for Simon, but she cares for him deeply and believes that love can grow between them. And Simon and Patrick have loved each other all along.

[theunsinkablesappho]

May: I will help you defeat them, Toby. Tybalt: And I will protect you with my life! Simon: I won't let anything happen to you. Quentin: I will fight by your side. Sylvester: You can count me in, too! Everyone: Luidaeg: *sighs* Luidaeg: Fine. *stands up* Luidaeg: Well, now I'm standing. Happy? We're all standing now. A bunch of jackasses, standing in a circle.

[linovadraws]

In a state of perpetual brain rot about the undersea trio from the Toby Daye series at all times! AT ALL TIMES!

Edit: Haha, I uploaded the wrong file initially, so now Simon has the right chin.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Characters, book, and author names under the cut

Ayla/Crier - Crier's War by Nina Varela 

Catalina Alvarez/Laila Dermott - The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic 

Dorian/Milo - Three Meant To Be by M.N. Bennet

Simon Torquill/Patrick Lorden/Dianda Lorden - October Daye series by Seanan McGuire

[johnconstantinesdick]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Patrick Lorden/Simon Lorden | Simon Torquill, October "Toby" Daye & Simon Lorden | Simon Torquill, August Lorden | August Torquill & Simon Lorden | Simon Torquill, October "Toby" Daye & August Lorden | August Torquill, Minor or Background Relationship(s) Characters: October "Toby" Daye, Simon Lorden | Simon Torquill, Patrick Lorden, August Lorden | August Torquill Additional Tags: Abusive Relationships, Magical Gaslighting, Emotional Infidelity, Character Study, Titania's World (October Daye), Written Before Sleep No More Summary:

Simon endures, August runs, and Toby dreams.

The Duke Riordan wishes to save them all.

OR

The hot widower Patrick AU that I've been talking about for a year.

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Can’t read SNM until tomorrow night but I NEEDED to get this up before the release.

[justabrowncoatedwench]

Agreed to all of the above.

The patreon story gave me everything I hoped for in regards to the one hanging plot thread I'd picked up on before my bestie who also reads Toby did, which is to say, what was going on with Dianda and Simon's getting to hear & react to the news. XD

Spoilers below the cut.

Toby & Dianda's wee passengers being around the same age is going to be SO delightful! Also Simon can't miss giving us girls, he's just a certified girldad at this point.

The way Pete helped, that Pete's the only Firstborn who could DO what she did for Dianda?! Loved it! I'm so excited to see Simon get the chance to REALLY be a father to his kid.

Love the latest Undersea patreon story because we just came away from Tybalt's POV of Simon being 'wow, he's gonna be dealing with this revelation of how terrible he was willing to be'. And then we actually GET Simon's POV and he's like 'JK, my self-esteem was so low it literally couldn't get worse! Having Titania take over my brain was basically a vacation, because for once, the terrible things weren't my fault!"

and as someone who was very worried about his trauma, it was a delight

[isabilightwood]

Rereading october daye for seasonal vibes/comfort and I forgot simon's magic smelled like rotten oranges in his evil minion era

toby calling luna one of the sweetest women she's ever known is so jarring 😬

"I'm not stupid, I don't engage" 🤣 I bet tybalt would have something to say about that one

Reading this the first time around was like damn, simon turned her into a fish for 14 years? And her daughter grew up without her? Horrifying what a great intro for a villain

Now as a simon torquill apologist: your dad's doing the best he can okay 😭

[lynati]

Thank you for the cat photos. I am feeling better, and less stressed. I have also spent most of the last 48 hours either asleep or reading Sleep No More and The Innocent Sleep. After reading the books, I have several theories, and have come to one conclusion:

It is always okay to want to see Simon Torquill stabbed in the face ten times, provided that afterwards someone gets to convince him that he absolutely did NOT deserve to be stabbed in the face ten times.