#william laurence

[crownomancer]

“Where you go, you leave half the world overturned behind you. You are more dangerous than Bonaparte in your own way, you and that beast of yours.”

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Shoutout to @cozy-fish-crow for reminding me of this amazing quote.

But it’s done! A little messy, a few mistakes, but it’s done and I’m happy.

[gmariam321]

Anyone else fall in love with the characters who are overlooked, under-appreciated, looked down upon, teased, and ignored, and yet are stronger than all the other characters and are still working loyally in the shadows to save the rest of them?

[centuryfall]

Temeraire and Laurence, from Naomi Novik's Temeraire book series! I've only read the first three books, so no spoilers please!!!

[maebird-melody]

There is something really poetic in Laurence having regained his memory upon finding Tharkay. The parallel between Tharkay’s freeing Laurence from his own prison, and then Laurence returning the favor. That seeing this man again is the final piece to the puzzle of his past.

[emily-e-draws]

His Majesty’s Dragon the comfort book ever.. yes I have five hundred books on my tbr yes I am instead reading Temeraire again

[chiropteracupola]

you can turn anyone into little creechures :)

[kingoftheu]

William Laurence truly has one of the funniest character arcs of all time. He does a complete 360 over the course of the series. Totally turned around yet somehow exactly where he started. He completely changed his worldview while being absolutely steadfast about it. He undergoes impressive character development while his character does not change at all. He is so damn stubborn about his preconceived notions of honor that he is willing to abandon his preconceived notions of dragons, gender, and race. He transcends the regency society he lives in not by breaking the confines of rigid values but by expanding those confines to include everyone.

[argetcross]

Temeraire, Tharkay, and Laurence in the Alps

[goddamnshinyrock]

a spy and a traitor (war heroes) share a drink and a laugh

[pappadu]

gotta stop myself from binge-reading all the temeraire books somehow

[crownomancer]

“His hair had slipped out of his short queue, and now fell into his eyes as he looked over. He impatiently pushed it out of the way as he turned back, leaving streaks of blood upon his forehead and the sun-bleached hair; this, with his broad shoulders and his severe look, gave him an unconsciously savage appearance as he surveyed his prize, very unlike his usual thoughtful expression.”

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I was thinking about this scene.

[andro-beaurepaire]

Kisses, then and now <3 (2025 aka the year I decide to make peace with my messy dirty please-clean-your-fucking-scanner sketches)

[slimyshield]

bro. you're telling me that laurence had full on amnesia. like "weeks have passed and I still can't remember anything" amnesia. "the doctor thinks that if I haven't remembered anything by now I never will" amnesia. and the sight of his beloved dragon of eight years did not jog his memory, nor being told of various huge events in his life, including literal treason, which years after the fact still weighed heavily on him. none of that helped. I repeat: not even temeraire, the one living being above all others whose company he preferred. not seeing granby, who he knew almost as long as he knew temeraire, or berkeley or harcourt, or even emily roland, who looks a good deal like her mother, the woman laurence was lowkey dating for years. no, you're telling me that what jogged his memory at long last was seeing tharkay, who he had not known before temeraire; and he called him by his first name even as he remembered everything. and then he called in a favor to thee Napoleon Bonaparte, a favor earned when laurence committed treason, a favor that laurence practically vowed never to cash in on, in order to save tharkay's life even though he had also just realized tharkay was a spy, which laurence was super pissed about. and then later tharkay invited laurence and temeraire to live on his estate with him. as though this is all happening in a fucking romance novel instead of a nine-book series about the napoleonic wars. and I'm supposed to be normal about it??? I'm supposed to think that laurence and roland wound up together when tharkay is right there??? I Could Not Believe Mine Own Eyes reading the last two pages of league of dragons. oh my god

[emily-e-draws]

bedtime stories (a mathematics textbook)

[chiropteracupola]

Things will be different in the new year...

[fedyastars-art]

I’m took sick to tell if I like this or not. if it gets deleted in like a week then I got better and realized there was 5000 glaringly obvious mistakes and I hated it. anyways I’ve tried begging miles upshur, hadley fraser and now CAPTAIN WILLIAM LAURENCE OF TEMERAIRE. I BEG OF YOU SIR, TAKE MY SICKNESS- *ACHOO* *ACHOO* WOUGH WEEHHH *COUGH* *falls over dead*