#the giver quartet

[sunsetthedragon]

There is nothing more upsetting than being in a small fandom with very little fanart and having neither the artistic ability nor the materials to make your own.

[wilhelmina-murray-harker]

something that like fundamentally changed me in about fifth grade or so was the naming system lois lowry used in "gathering blue" where a syllable gets added to your name the older you get

the main character is named kira, but when there's flashbacks and people address younger her, her name is kir. the oldest character we meet is named annabella, and kira talks about how impressive it is to have a four syllable name. pretty much all of the adults have three syllable names

i think about it a lot. i have so many questions about the practicality of it. i think it's so cool

[valeovalairs]

giver quartet fandom what if I said I had drawings

[magdalenepie]

giver fandom... r u alive pls pls i am blessing u all with my design of leader jonas

[12bleupwhat12]

I always forget people usually don’t headcanon Kira as POC (I hc her as half Indonesian) so I always get white girl jumpscared :’0

[sage-green-kitchen]

Unpopular opinion: Messenger is my favorite book in The Giver Quartet

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Today in the library I found a graphic novel reimagining of The Giver

I took photos of two pages that were important to me when I first read the original book:

The first is when Jonas realized that not only was he living in a dystopia but he needed to save Gabe from the death that dystopia wished on him

The second is just something that stuck with me throughout the seven years since I’ve last read this book. Its portrayal in this comic hurt me emotionally, and I love how that affected me so

I hope I find the time to go back to the library and read the whole thing

[yveni]

WAIT NO CAUSE WAIT

THERE’S NO WAY MESSENGER BY LOIS LOWRY ENDED LIKE THAT I’M LITERALLY SOBBING AT AIRPORT RIGHT NOW

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[sunsetthedragon]

I love the significance of Jonas/Kira and Claire/Einar. In both cases it’s a relationship between someone from the Community and someone who is physically disabled. Jonas and Claire leave the Community that emphasizes “sameness” and both fall in love with someone that not only wouldn’t have been allowed to live in the Community, but would have been killed for existed there. And Kira and Einar have such big roles in showing Jonas and Claire what the world outside of the Community is like.

Also the fact that it happens twice in the series just shows these kind of relationships are good and common. It shows that the Community was wrong.

[azure-clockwork]

How Does it Feel to Read Classic Sci-Fi?

Orson Scott Card: Two of the most interesting books you’ll ever read if you’re willing to look past a handful of things. And then you find the planet of Chinese people who worship having debilitating OCD. And the Mormonism. And the fact that the author is wildly homophobic and ought to read his own books.

Robert Heinlein (or at least the Wikipedia Summaries): I guess that’s a neat concept—oh, it’s a sex thing. Um. Gotcha.

Ray Bradbury: Man, I gotta read this thing for class huh. Well here’s hoping it’s good! *three hours later* oh. that’s why he’s famous. this will stick with me forever and I will never look at the phrase ‘soft rain’ the same again. christ. And then repeat 3x.

Isaac Asimov: Wow, this is such an interesting concept! I wonder how the exploration of it will influence the plot! Wait, hey, are you going to add any characters? Any of em? No like, with character traits other than ‘robot psychologist’ and ‘autistic’ and ‘woman’? None of em? No, ‘detective’ isn’t a character trait. Those are all just facts. Aaaand now I’m bored.

Ursula K. Le Guin: Hah, get a load of this guy! He’s never heard of nonbinary people before. Lol, what a riot; how dumb do you have to be to comprehend that these people aren’t men *or* women actually? Oh, wait, what’s happening. Oh shit, it was about society and love and learning to understand each other? And now I’m crying? And perhaps a better human being for it??

Andy Weir: Alright, this guy’s a really good writer. Funny, creative, knows so much engineering stuff…ooh, a new book! …I guess he can’t write women. Well, he wouldn’t be the first sci-fi writer…ooh another new book! And it’s more engineering problem solving and—wow. It’s not just women he can’t write. Please stop letting your characters talk to each other.

Lois Lowry: Oh, I remember this being fun when I was a kid! Wouldn’t it be fucked up to not see color? …upon reread, it would be fucked up to have your humanity stripped away, replaced with a tepid, beige ‘happiness’ for all time. Yeah.

Tamsyn Muir (let me have this ok): Haha, “lesbian necromancers in space” sounds fun. Lemme read this. Oh wow, yeah, this is right up my alley. OH GOD WHAT. NO. FUCK. OH SHIT WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING AND WHY IS IT REFERENCING THE BOOK OF RUTH AND HOMESTUCK BACK TO BACK!!! AHHHHHHHHH!! Now give me more please.

[valeovalairs]

Throwback to the one time we had to give a presentation on our favorite book in class, read an excerpt and explain why it’s our favorite book. So I thought I’ll do Son by Lois Lowry (I ADORE that book), literally no one knows that the Giver is a series, no one knows about the Giver Quartet. Great time to share and convince others to read and nobody will know about it guarantee.

The first person goes.

She reads Son by Lois Lowry.

I found the one other person that has read that series.

[haveyoureadthisseries-poll]

[12bleupwhat12]

idk if anyone even cares about The Giver Quartet books but I WROTE A FANFIC YIPPEEEE READ IT IF U WANT

[dantedemondino]

Alright screw it Planet of the Apes OC’s go brrr-

Meet my trio (someday quartet?) of apes.

(Full refs are on my Toyhouse, check my pinned post!)

(KINGDOM SPOILERS BELOW FOR LORE)

Locust! A kind hearted, yet rather confident bonobo. (Rather he lacks common sense-)

He grew up in “some clan”, it’s not important anymore to him. As much like other neighboring clans and tribes they were seized by Proximus, all in the name of “Caesar”. Who ironically Locust somewhat doubts ever existed- he didn’t mind it terribly, though he found this obsession with the door equally as foolish. In his mind he thinks: If this Caesar dude is so great and powerful and made humans fall, and you want to be him? Why do you need the human stuff? Of course that question doesn’t last long.

In the chaos of all the war and flooding, he found himself washed away from any ape he had gotten the privilege to know. He fled as soon as he could get on his four limbs- deeming that this constant aggression between gatherings of ape was too much. So he set to try the “Hermitcrab” life. (Hermit. For English is hard for humans, let alone apes.)

Darwin. A weathered chimp, with a sharp mind. (May be accused of witchcraft.)

Darwin gets his name for a reason- while he isn’t hell bent on being anything like a human/Caesar like Proximus? He is a very inventive/curious ape. His clan used to inhabit a faction in the factory area of a rundown city. While few dare to touch the human work, when it gets too dangerous? He had more wonder than preservation. He learned how certain rock dust reacts to heat- meaning he held the power of fire in his hand. (Only to brutally scar himself of course.) He was lucky to not ever meet Proximus, as I feel it would go terribly-

He meets Locust because that goofy bonobo doesn’t take a hint that someone might live in the conveniently lively building- and after spending that much time alone in the city? He can’t help but conveniently take pity on them. Eventually departing into the jungle with him too!

Ari. A chill but rather nerdy orangutan. (A self proclaimed scholar of “Caesar”)

Despite living in the treetops, she is very down to earth. And in a literal sense to how they met Locust & Darwin. She proclaims its fate the way she fell out the trees onto the only other two apes she has seen in a long time. Thanking Ceasar, she watches as the two scoff? Oh boy- two misguided people! She would proceed to try and join them in an attempt to teach them about the actual words of the law giver.

Little does she know she too will find some of her ways are lies…

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Is there a Discord Server I can join for fans of The Giver Quartet?

I wanna discuss it more and bounce headcanons around like tennis balls