#costis ormentiedes

[vegetable-soup-wizard]

Since I can’t help myself-

The Queens Thief books as John Mulaney quotes:

The thief

The Queen of Attolia

The King of Attolia

A Conspiracy of Kings

Thick as Thieves

Return of the Thief

#tqt #qt books #the queens thief #the queen of attolia #the king of attolia #the thief #mwt #megan whalen turner #a conspiracy of kings #thick as thieves #return of the thief #attolis eugenides #gen #attolia irene #costis ormentiedes #sophos #sounis #Eddis

[iosagol]

"I thought we were Immakuk and Ennikar."

#Thick as thieves #the queen's thief #Megan Whalen Turner #Costis Ormentiedes #Kamet King-namer #Costis & Kamet #Immakuk & Ennikar #Queen's Thief fanart #Only took me six years to get around to it :D #Two sillies #Alcohol markers #ATTOLIA ATTOLIA

[ardenetoile]

The king of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

A Costis centric cover

#my art #illustration #queen's thief #megan whalen turner #costis ormentiedes #the king of attolia #koa #dogs #cover art #book cover #painting #digital art

[sepulchritude]

On a reread, I think the King of Attolia is my favorite queen’s thief book (although admittedly I can’t wait to meet Kamet and Sophos and Pheris again)

I just love how much and for how long Costis just fucking hates Gen’s guts. And the slow, all but dragged kicking and screaming inevitability of his soft heart finding sympathy for Gen’s homesickness and loneliness. While still absolutely hating his fucking guts. And gradually coming to love and respect and fear and be exasperated by him; the inevitable hero’s journey experienced by everyone who eventually comes to love Eugenides.

I love Costis so so much. A good man, a loyal guard dog, the Attolian royal court’s most beloved punching bag (by default, since Gen can’t be included in the rankings). And still no sense of humor. Bless him.

#can’t stress enough how much i cannot WAIT for him to meet his husband soon #a continent away and STILL the most beloved punching bag of the king and now kamet 💞 #the queen’s thief #costis ormentiedes #the king of attolia #king of attolia #sepulchritudinous

[tenebrius-excellium]

Do you have a favorite scene in the queen’s thief books?

Hey! Hm, the books have so many great scenes! I don't believe I can pick just one! However, I will limit myself to a select few.

At the end of QoA when Gen finds out it was Moira who told Attolia where to find him and goes to the conservatory to complain pray. That, to me, was a very personal and intimate scene. Someone else has pointed out before that the Queen's Thief series serves as a great example of what it means to have real faith in God. Of course it doesn't center around Christianity, but I um... I felt represented in Eugenides' struggle of knowing his God/the Gods, knowing that He/they will answer your prayer if you seek Him because you are favored by Him... yet experiencing real, painful setbacks in life and discovering that they're all supposed to be part of some greater, all-foreseeing "plan" or whatever. It doesn't matter in the moment when it hurts. There's real loss. There's real hurt. And I feel relief in the depiction of Eugenides who doesn't hesitate to take his very real pain, his confusion, his legitimate anger in front of an altar and bring an offering and lay down and be stubborn enough not to leave until he receives an answer that he can live with. That, my friend, is raw faith. The despair is real, the grief is real, but the God is also real. As real as Eugenides' right hand. As clear as day. And God's answers are as real as the glass that shattered in Attolia's winter garden. That's what faith is, and that's what it looks like. It's as real and as honest as it gets.

2. When Sophos decides to leave the slave barracks, and no one stops him. That was quite a power move back there.

3. When Gen is finally forced to face off against Costis...Costis gets his satisfaction... and Gen steps into being the King!!

4. Costis mending that one Lady's tin pot and then him & Kamet crossing over the Taymets. That was so wonderfully refreshing.

5. The game of catch that the whole court played with Eugenides in ROTT.

6. The entire battle against the Medes, pretty much, from the time Gen rode into battle until they danced out their victory on the roof.

Thank you for this. It was a nice ask.

#tqt #the queen's thief #ask #asks #wherethekitethought #eugenides #the queen of attolia #the-lily-blooms-late #tqt fandom #the queen's thief fandom #costis #costis ormentiedes

[sharki-leftishark]

this is how that scene went, right? 

#queen's thief #the queen's thief #thick as thieves #Costis Ormentiedes #kamet kingnamer #queen's thief spoilers #my art #sharki #kamet doesn't explicitly say the last bit out loud but considering other things he says he thought but actually said out loud #he might have

[kareenvorbarra]

when i read Thick as Thieves, i didn't come away with the impression that Costis was having a great time for most of the book. he does seem to be more in his element than he was during The King of Attolia (not a high bar!), and clearly feels more at home when he's fighting and hiking and hunting vs. being a pawn in court intrigue where he has very little control over what's happening to him

BUT. while Kamet was definitely the more stressed of the two during their road trip for a variety of reasons, i think Costis was also pretty stressed out at times! he finds out early on that his charge cannot physically defend himself! he has to fight a lion! he gets captured by slavers! he almost dies of a fever! Costis does a pretty good job of staying calm for Kamet’s sake but no way he wasn’t internally freaking out at least a little when he had to give Kamet stitches, or during any number of other dangerous situations they find themselves in

i also think it's easy to overestimate how close Costis thinks he and Kamet are at the beginning of the story. he can DEFINITELY tell that Kamet thinks he's a complete dumbass at first (they literally talk about this), and i'm sure he can also tell that Kamet is wary of him and does not trust him initially! he and Kamet are definitely not on the same page about things for much of the book - we know that Costis feels betrayed when he learns that Kamet kept so much from him - but i'm also certain their relationship changed over time in Costis' mind too

#he handles many things better than kamet does but that doesn't mean he's having FUN all the time #he also wouldn't be nearly as competent as he is in this book without being aware of how much danger they are in #costis ormentiedes #kamet #queen's thief #elizabeth beware

[stop-handing-me-knives]

Aris: how’s your morning going?

Costis: well, Attolis just asked me what my favorite color is and then told me I was wrong, as usual.

#costis ormentiedes #aris #queen’s thief #queen’s thief incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #king of attolia #eugenides #attolis #gen

[imaginariumgeographica]

"I'm a little vain" "I had no idea" is another banger from the guy who brought you "for the assassination or the heir" and "not noticeably, your majesty"

#obsessed with his dry little sense of humour #and his inability to shut the fuck up #costis ormentiedes #queen's thief

[bloody-wonder]

trying to understand costis/kamet family situation post canon makes me feel like the conspiracy guy meme

#moira's pen #moira's pen spoilers #costis #costis ormentiedes #kamet #kamet kingnamer #pheris #pheris mostrus erondites #the queen's thief #i'm still kinda ambivalent about this tbh #i'm all for chaotic queer non monogamous non heteronormative lifestyles #however comma #when you don't explain what those lifestyles are exactly #you're walking a fine line between revolutionary poly rep #and just adding nameless women for nohomo #ambiguity is good when it's queer but ambiguity for ambiguity's sake hmmm #idk about that #actually you know what #funny how we know the names of all the men in this graph and none of the women #we don't know costis' sister but we know dumonius who runs the estate #all the kids we know by name are boys for some reason #really makes you think huh

[catawonkus]

#costis ormentiedes #costis #tqt #Queen’s thief #the Queen’s thief

[chadlesbianjasontodd]

him.

#queen's thief #costis ormentiedes

[mothsartart]

youngest member of the kingsguard…

recording of the painting process under the cut

#my art #costis ormentiedes #the queen’s thief #tqt #qt #costis #megan whalen turner #mwt

[melibemusca]

Gen got Costis super drunk for this

Karaoke night from a modern AU of The Queen’s Thief that’s been noodling around in my head since I finished Thick As Thieves. It’s Kamet-centric, but Gen looms large, in typical Gen fashion. He has a few different prosthetics; for nights out he likes to dress up as a pirate with his favorite hook.

Poor Kamet just wants to go home with his adorable idiot boyfriend, who’s going to have the worst hangover tomorrow

#the queen's thief #queen of attolia #king of attolia #thick as thieves #eugenides #irene attolia #costis ormentiedes #kamet kingnamer #kamet x costis #eugenides x irene #modern au #glory of love #karaoke #drunk shenanigans

[tenebrius-excellium]

Hi I'm sending a queens thief ask pursuant to your post, who's the best character and why is it costis

AHAHAHAAAAHAAHAHAAHAAHAA YOU'RE A GEM

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING

ok ok it's so funny to me how you only realize halfway through KoA - about the time where he meets Aulus and defends the King's quarters against his attendants...that Costis really is a hunk of a soldier. You think to yourself like, 'yeah ok, Costis is a soldier but not a very special soldier, he doesn't seem to stand out among his peers much' because so few physical descriptions are given, but then when he mows a couple palace administrators out of his way by simply walking into their direction... the way he recognizes Aulus as a hulk (apart from noting Eugenides as unkingly) because that's the first person he's met whose size he had to be wary of, should it ever come to a fight between them...

I like how chill he is but I do mourn his lack of humor. I like how he's a soldier... show up, obey, do your duty, shower, eat, sleep, ignore the clay shindles forcibly hitting the ground beside you because You Couldn't Be More Unbothered. Not his problem. And the shame and disappointment he feels towards the unkingly King is so real. What an embarrassment to work for and protect an impudent halfling who cannot even punish a man who hit him.

Looking back on KoA, it was probably best to make Costis a (generally) friendly giant, sort of an eye in the storm, a silent-waters-are-deep solid rock. Because that emphasized the drama that Gen was bringing to the Attolian court all the more.

Also makes you think of what kind of punch Eugenides took. Lol.

#THANK YOU FOR ASKING #tqt #the queen's thief #the king of attolia #costis #wherethekitethought #anon #anonymous #ask #asks #tqt fandom #the queen's thief fandom #costis ormentiedes

[ardenetoile]

Costis honor as wide as a river ormentiedes

#costis #costis ormentiedes #queen’s thief #qt #Megan Whalen turner