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wait guys…1930s au with daemons?? combine both of my ideas?? or does daemons idea sound kind if like. modern?? idk how to describe it. thoughts pls??

#the great library #tgl #daemon au #tgl daemons #the slumps tgl #rachel caine

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YALL I NEED TO GO BACK TO MY ROOTS 1930s SLUMP WOLFE PACK AND BRIGTWELLS IVE BEEN STRUCK WITH INSPIRATION I NEED TO DO RESEARCH

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oops my hand slipped

#daemon au #tgl daemons #the great library #tgl #jess brightwell #rachel caine #brendan brightwell #christopher wolfe #dario santiago #thomas schreiber #morgan hault #khalila seif #niccolo santi #glain wathen #other mentioned characters

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“Jess thought he’d never seen a look so vulnerable—and so relieved—as the one that flashed over Dario’s face at the sight of Khalila, alive and safe.”

Ash and Quill, Rachel Caine

#the great library #tgl #jess brightwell #dario santiago #khalila seif

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#brendan being something of protective over jess💔 #the great library #tgl #jess brightwell #rachel caine #brendan brightwell #ash and quill

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a possibility could be this:

the brightwell’s are well known and i wouldn’t put it past them to stage something shortly after the event. like you guessed: going to fight against the welsh. this explains his absense for a month, maybe two and also allows callum to say his son wanted to fight for his country and wanted to be noble—it gives him more leverage to make his family seem more honorable than they are and gives him a spot of trust in the social hierarchy of sorts. and then they stage the untimely and tragic death of their eldest, lost in the fight to the welsh. it brings up amounts of grief from trusted trading partners for goods and further stabilizes that position they’ve gained because now they’re just a family who lost a son in a tragic but noble incident.. c. brightwell’s certainly wealthy enough to pay someone to write a document that seems official enough. they would have a closed casket funeral and worst of all it would maoe sense. there’s no way to recover his body in the middle of a literal war. hell, i’d go as far as to say they had a whole mourning period for him, too (fake of course, only foe the benefit of the public because brightwell’s cant be seen as weak-backed people.) jess and brendan would likely be told to sell the lie the best they can, though how they fared we can only guess based on characterizations of them now.

as for like officially to those he knew as a market trader, i cant say much. but this is such an interesting train of thought, genuinely!

Random angsty fandom thought before I try to sleep (hello and fuck you 1am):

Liam was hanged. His father didn't 'step up to identify him' and as a result he was chucked into a mass grave. All right.

But like... The Brightwells had a cover story. A cover life. A comfortable, nay aspirational middle class family with a London town house, a housemaid and a parlourmaid (mentioned in Ink and Bone). Callum is a 'successful importer of goods'. Liam's absence - the eldest son - would have been noticed.

What stories did the family have to tell? What were 10 year old Jess and Brendan ordered to say? That Liam had gone travelling? Gone to fight the Welsh? That he'd drowned in an unfortunate accident, no you can't see the body, it's a closed casket funeral (where everyone is in the pay of the Brightwells.)

Idk. Just some thoughts.

#ive been summoned #its been a month or two #:( #the great library #tgl #jess brightwell #rachel caine #brendan brightwell #liam brightwell

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“Dario glared at Khalila, a thing Jess had never seen him do, and Khalila held the stare firmly. She might be a quiet girl, but shy? No. She didn’t back away from a fight.”

Paper and Fire, Rachel Caine

#the great library #tgl #rachel caine #dario santiago #khalila seif

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rereading paper and fire bc my library didn't have ash and quill so here are some more the great library sketches :)

i saw @jellsmells draw glain w a rlly short haircut and overall very masc and it legit opened my eyes fr so idk anymore how i'll draw her but we'll figure it out

#BEAUTIFUL AMAZING GORGEOUS ART #i love darios design help #NEKSA AND ANIT OMG!! #tgl #the great library

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“Frederick talked like a back-alley tough, but he had fine hands, a musician’s hands, and he cradled the book Jess gave him carefully in them.”

Ink and Bone, Rachel Caine

#the great library #tgl #rachel caine #jess brightwell #frederick brightwell

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today i am going insane about Dario, who, having just been told that he can't usurp Khalila's Archivist authority to keep her safe, immediately takes the opportunity to fling himself at a lethal automaton in order to "prove my worth".

Dario . There are roles in relationships between the poles of "man protect woman" and "man die for woman". And bravery isn't suicidality. FFS. You have worth beyond your ability to keep her safe. i am going insane.

PS: Khalila is no better. She resists being controlled and "protected" but throughout the series she does react positively to Dario putting himself on the line for her. She's definitely got a few internalised romanticised notions going on.

#the great library #sword and pen

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“Thomas’s fingers were restlessly exploring the metal parts in his hands, and he lifted one shoulder in a shrug. “You are my best friend,” he said. “And I will always fight for you.” As simple as that.”

Ash and Quill, Rachel Caine

#the great library #tgl #jess brightwell #rachel caine #thomas schreiber

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The rest of the Wolfe Pack definitely makes fun of Jess’ accent/slang. Especially Dario.

While I am all for Dario making fun of Jess, and everyone irl making fun of us Brits tbh, it is interesting to remember that the only native Greek speaker in the gang is Wolfe. All of them have weird accents/dialects! (Now I want to see Wolfe teasing them at a group dinner or something)

#bollocks is outrageous #😭 #((i love ur content pls ur the best ever💕)) #the great library

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aIM GONNA CRY I DELETED MY DRAFT POST EXPLAINING MY TGL DAEMON AU NO💔💔

#i was just trying to edit ut #and then i scheudles it #and then i deleted it by accident #the great library #tgl

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THIS ATE DOWNNN

secret santa gift for @confuseds-library !! thomas, khalila, and glain enjoying a peaceful winter’s day out—i hope u like it :DD

#IM IN LOVE #its so amazing #the great library #tgl #im sorry its the way u shade and color and highlight ugh its so good #yk those like characters that float when they smell really well baked pies? thats me rn.

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dario is so 7 rings by ariana grande

#the great library #tgl #rachel caine #dario santiago

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“Reply from Callum Brightwell [in response to a message sent from the Archivist in Exile]

Don’t bother. You’ve promised me enough favors and ransoms that I should own the Great Archives, and the Great Library itself, four times over. If you’re still lingering in Alexandria and not dead on a gallows by the time of my son’s funeral, then I may yet hold you to account and get some value out of you. Touch my other son and die.”

Sword and Pen, Rachel Caine

#the great library #tgl #jess brightwell #brendan brightwell #callum brightwell

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“…the Archivist needed to know when the Brightwells held a grudge, they nursed it like a treasured child. He wanted that so much he was willing to die for it. Reckless, like his brother. Brave, like his brother. Dead like me, too, he heard Brendan whisper. You can choose your own path. You always have. Don’t follow me into the tomb, Jess. Jess had never let his brother tell him what to do.”

Sword and Pen, Rachel Caine

#the great library #tgl #jess brightwell #rachel caine #brendan brightwell