#the queens thief

[klexos]

“Maybe I shouldn’t push my luck,” he said. “I wish you wouldn’t,” Costis said faintly. “Your god might be offended.” ― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

I had this scene kicking around in my head for a while so glad to finally have an excuse to get it out!!

[captain-hooks]

"What will you do now?"

"Oh, [...] grovel, I suppose."

The Queen of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner

[makethosenarratorsfight]

UNRELIABLE NARRATORS; FINALS.

Eugenides Propaganda:

the entire plot hinges on a detail he lets the reader (and every other character) assume is true. I don't want to spoil it because it's a really fun reveal but he is lying from the first second he appears on the page and you can't trust him to tell the full truth about ANYTHING related to himself and his goals. he mostly does it to keep his advantage and not have other characters be suspicious of him but it's just so fun when you realise he's been lying the whole time

Lemony Snicket Propaganda:

(I would like to preface this by saying that Lemony Snicket is the author's pen name, not a real person, and he exists as a character in-universe as well as being the one in-universe who writes the books!) I'd say he's unreliable because he spent time collecting information about the Baudelaire kids and then... wrote books about it. He has no idea what any of their dialogue actually was, what they were thinking, or even the whole plot, he's just doing research into the incidents and then filling in the gaps to make it a story. What ACTUALLY happened to the Baudelaires? Nobody really knows for sure

While the Baudelaire siblings are in potentially life threatening danger, he will randomly start talking about his own life and just leave the siblings hanging. For example, once Count Olaf was threatening to kill Violet, and then Lemony randomly began talking about how he met the love of his life at a costume party. This man CANNOT stay on topic. Usually when a new character is introduced, Lemony tells us right at the start that they’re either going to die or that the Baudelaire siblings will never see them again. Foreshadowing is not subtle in these books. CONSTANTLY emphasizes how miserable he feels while writing these books. At one point he admits that he had to put his pencil down and go cry for a while because of how sad it made him. Once he filled an entire page with nothing but the word “ever” to emphasize how dangerous it is to put forks in electrical outlets. He also repeated a paragraph about deja vu later on in the book to give the reader deja vu.

[shebsart]

Costis and Kamet reading ''Thick as Thieves'' For Hamiathes's Gift Exchange for @allcanonisrelative :) <3

aaand a secondary gift with Teleus and Relius

pose referenced from Salman Toor's beautiful piece ''Reunion''

[asmywhimseytakesme]

Trying to get used to Clip Studio Paint, I started doodling and who should appear but... Attolia Irene! Nobody is surprised!

I'm too lazy to dig up old drawings I've done of her to post side by side... maybe tomorrow. I need sleep.

#WinASignedSetofTheQueensThief2024

[regretssweater]

meme i made for my coworkers :3

[formulaheart]

He's a thief. He's a prince. He speaks to the Gods. He's barely more than a child. He's killed a man. He misses his cousin. He's a manipulator. He stole a stone of immortality from the people who were trying to steal it. He didn't die all the way. He never wanted to fight. He just wants to lay in his library and read. He had his hand cut off. He's a politician. He's a drunk. He's never more trouble than he is worth. He loves her and he's telling the truth. He's a menace. He's a king. He can steal anything. He's a liar. He's conquered two countries. He's terrifying. He's shorter than all his friends. He's a father. He's always underestimated.

[laurentarzan]

Been sitting on this one for a couple of months. I'd like to thank my new drawing tablet for bringing it to tumblr. I'd also like to thank Gen and Irene for occupying my thoughts 24/7. Original art here.

[vegetable-soup-wizard]

Here’s a doodle I did of Gen in the thief—hes such a little shit I love him

[ratherthepoint]

Also!! Love Gen shouting ‘I can do anything I want!!!!’ For 6 books only for Helen to finally get fed up and go, “The full quote is ‘I can do anything I want BUT I SHOULDN’T’, you absolute MENACE”

[buggy-about-town]

“Who am I, that you should love me?”

“You are My Queen”

[dandelion-jester]

Started reading The Queen's Thief series and let me just say that I've not been able to read a physical book in months! I've been living off audiobooks. But this 300 page complaint from a bitchy little thief has me HOOKED! I'm speeding through it, it's so good!

[captain-hooks]

Eugenides leaving earrings at the altar of his god then leaving earrings for Irene I'm firing myself into the sun

[ihamtmus]

Kiss (Your Queen)

I tried adding certain Symbolic Elements (and removing other elements such as A Hand) to match the characters and the theme of the series more.

I started working on this more than 2 years ago and then stopped because I couldn’t get it right, and also didn’t feel like drawing the patterns on the clothes haha 😆

I remembered about it during my vacation and decided to finish it quickly. I’m not 100% satisfied with it but at least it’s finished now! ☺️🌸

[dandelion-fish]

I've been rereading "The Queen's Thief" series by Megan Whalen Turner...

I have nothing to say for myself lol

[the-lily-blooms-late]

Gen is so feral like imagine you wake up in the dead of night and your little cousin is like two inches in front of your face, and your attendants in the SAME ROOM are still asleep, and he just goes “hey, can I borrow some of your soldiers and also a chariot? Gonna go blow up the navy of the country next door”