#house of the cerulean sea

[ashleyeveerson]

Idk if it’s a personal thing or not, but lately i’ve grown picky-er with lgbtq rep?

Like I remember being a teenanger and FREAKING OUT at the slightest hint of queerness. Just a mention of the creator in an interview, a hint that two characters “might” be a couple…

God, I was letting myself be queerbaited over and over again. I still remember reading my first openly queer book about two girls falling in love and crying over seeing my feelings reflected in an ACTUAL FISICAL book. It was prof that gay people did exist outside of the little bubble that was the internet. And it was awful rep, like both girls die in the end, it was highly sexualised (they were teens) and their relationship was toxic… and still I ate it up.

Not because it was good, but because it was something. And I do hope that none of the young people who are just now figuring out their sexuality have to experience that feeling. But for those of us who have been here for a while we know what it feels to gasp at ANYTHING in hopes of seeing yourself reflected in media.

So now that I have experienced EXCELLENT queer media like Heartstopper, Cerulean Sea, Our Flag Means Death or The Owl House. I find it SOOOO hard to go back to that kind of media I used to eat up when I was younger.

Younger me would have flipped her shit out just by being able to read a book with an openly queer relationship… but present me can only stare at it’s pages and think: *I deserve to read something better, bc I know that something better that this CAN exist and DOES exist*

#i’m venting a bit but I had to get this out of my chest #do other people feel like this or is it just me? #maybe it’s because we have MORE media so we have the luxury of being more critical in regards to queer rep? #i’m using queer and gay as umbrella terms btw #vent #queer #gay #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt rep #the owl house #our flag means death #house of the cerulean sea

[idreamofsleeping]

Iconic TJ Klune ofmd edition 😭

(He’s really out here fangirling with the rest of us)

#he’s so funny wtf #tj klune #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd promotional photos #house in the cerulean sea #thitcs #wolfsong #in the lives of puppets #under the whispering door

[battlecriesandroses]

guys

#i'm cool. i'm chill. #i can Be Normal #GRRRR GRRR GRRRR YYAYAYYA #what was that #anyway #thitcs #the house in the cerulean sea #jaye's originals ig

[passinhosdetartaruga]

I love characters that are Lawful Good in a negative way. When a character is so keen on following the rules that it actually becomes a hindrance and they can’t see how the rules are faulty or the system is corrupt or how breaking a certain rule could benefit everybody. They can’t do it. It’s not in their nature to see the world outside of the black and white mentality. And then i love seeing these characters slowly learn how to see the world in shades of grey.

#linus baker #the house in the cerulean sea #tenya lida #my hero academia #boku no hero #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin #nimona #hermione granger #harry potter #damianos of akielos #captive prince #james potter #marauders #besically every griffindor coded character ever #castiel #supernatural

[vkelleyart]

“You silly, delightful man. There is nothing to be sorry for. You fought for us.” - Arthur, THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA by TJ Klune

Here is my contribution to Our Favorite Scene Zine latest edition, which compiled over 20 artists’ interpretations of the reunion scene from THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA. This book was my first inroad to TJ’s staggering body of work, and remains one of my comfort books at times when my faith in humanity is challenged, or when parenting two smarty-pants gets particularly hard. 😅 From the outset, I wanted to focus on the kids’ reactions to Arthur and Linus’s reunion, because love is something that children inherit from their grownups, and that joy multiplies as they grow up in safe and accepting spaces. I hope you like how it came out. 💕

#the house in the cerulean sea #THITCS #arthur parnassus #linus baker #Lucy #Thalia #sal #Theodore #Phee #Zoe #fanart

[cryskir]

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 🌻 I am smitten with this book

#The House in the Cerulean Sea #TJ Klune #book illustration #Illustration #fantasy illustration #designportfolio

[mostlyghostie]

Colourful new commission. Another showing for Good Omens which pops up on about every third list I get sent! I like varying the covers I use for it and I particularly like this one with a little relaxing Crowley

#my art #artists on tumblr #books #booklr #bookstack #good omens #the song of achilles #my brilliant friend #the house in the cerulean sea #howls moving castle

[practicefortheheart]

Without a second thought, Linus reached up and cupped Arthur’s face. His skin was hot, but Linus wasn’t afraid of being singed and blackened. Arthur would never allow it. The fire tickled against the backs of his hands. “There, there,” Linus said quietly. “That’s enough of that, I think. You’ve made your point quite well.”  - The House in the Cerulean Sea

I love a good desperate face grab - some excellent face holding in this book!

#the house in the cerulean sea #arthur parnassus #linus baker #my drawings #yee haw messy lines

[thistledonicely]

I feel like TJ Klune has really tapped into the boundless queer yearning to have love and sanctuary, and a funny little house.

#tj klune #under the whispering door #the house in the cerulean sea #in the lives of puppets #queer fiction #but wait #didn't i just see this post last night #yeah you did #i fucken' posted on my main instead of my side blog that is literally for talking about queer fiction #slaps brain #this baby can hold so much adhd

[oblivionsdream]

I am obsessed with the way that 'home' has such a heavy emphasis in TJ Klune's books. It's finding a home or creating a home and having that home be your found family.

The House in the Cerulean Sea had that titular house in the sea but it became Linus's home with his magical family.

Under the Whispering Door had its tea shop where Wallace found a place to be.

In the Lives of Puppets has literal tree houses and an odd little family of robots and their human.

Green Creek found home in a pack and I could go on.

Each book is just so full of home and family and I love it.

#in the lives of puppets #under the whispering door #the house in the cerulean sea #green creek series #tj klune

[skygemspeaks]

Hello happy pride month, here are some sweet and relatively low-stakes queer reads for you:

Cursed Cocktails by SL Rowland - a blood mage retires after decades of fighting to protect his people, and moves to a small coastal town where the heat will be good for his chronic pain. He opens a cocktail bar and maybe falls in love with his business partner.

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - case worker has to investigate a group home of very powerful magical orphans. One of them is the antichrist. He tries not to lose his mind. Finds love (platonic and romantic) along the way

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree - badass orc barbarian decides to retire from her life of fighting and opens a cafe in a town where no one has heard of coffee before. Finds a family along the way.

A Rival Most Vial by RK Ashwick - two rival potion shop owners who hate everything about each other find out they have to work together on a potion for the mayor. Find out that maybe they don't hate each other that much after all. Oh and there's a found family in there somewhere.

#book talk #booklr #book recs #cozy fantasy #legends and lattes #travis baldree #cursed cocktails #sl rowland #the house in the cerulean sea #tj klune #a rival most vial #rk ashwick #queer #pride

[samglyph]

Im currently reading Under the Whispering Door and I’m starting to think that TJ Klune may have just had an office job that he fucking hated

#both books so far have been like look at what the corporate world has wrought upon these men #under the whispering door #the house in the cerulean sea #sam reads

[idreamofsleeping]

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY-

#IM SCREAMING RN #IM GOING TO PASS AWAY #TJ KLUNE I LOVE YOU #SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA #THATS SUCH A GREAT NAME #somehwere beyond the sea #gotta make a new tag #the house in the cerulean sea #tj klune #THITCS #linus baker #arthur parnassus #wolfsong tj klune #wolfsong #under the whispering door #in the lives of puppets #the Antichrist #sequel

[backhurtyy]

finishing a tj klune novel is just like. how am i ever supposed to read another book again.

#nothing can compare i’m sorry #just the way they squish my heart… OUGH #under the whispering door #the house in the cerulean sea

[em-gray]

finished reading the house in the cerulean sea

#the house in the cerulean sea #thitcs

[collidedscope]

if there’s one thing i know about tj klune, it’s that he loves to write about a cool-ass house in the middle of nowhere

#under the whispering door #the house in the cerulean sea #in the lives of puppets #i speak