#Queen's Thief

[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.

#lemony snicket #a series of unfortunate events #asoue #asoue books #asoue netflix #eugenides #queens thief #queen's thief #the queens thief #the queen's thief #megan whalen turner #unreliable narrator battle #unreliable narrators #polls #finals #this is gonna be a coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb isn't it.

[svetlacreates]

And Costis heard, as clearly as he'd heard the king speaking, another voice. It said, "Go to bed." Eugenides the man and Eugenides the God, an illustration of one of my favourite scenes from The King of Attolia! This was my gift for @etoilegarden for the @hamiathesgiftexchange!

#queen's thief #the queen's thief #the king of attolia #Eugenides #and Godgenides as a wonderful commenter said #my art #fanart #I had so much fun working on this one

[crocordile]

Happy valentines daaaaay <3

#queen's thief #queue #fashion historians this is a fantasy setting.. i can put laces on her draped dress if i want to...

[the-wise-mans-fear]

This:

always makes me think

#i'm sure someone has already done this but it wont leave my head until i post it #queen's thief

[cogentranting]

The thing about Queen's Thief is that the reveals that come with Gen's trickster type, don't just reveal that he is smarter or more skilled than the people around him (or the readers) thought, but also that he is more good than they originally thought. Gen's goodness is a part of the twist.

This is probably most prominent in King of Attolia where his surprising mercy is a huge part of the plot (and his genuine love and friendship). But it happens over and over again.

In The Thief we are led to believe that he is motivated primarily by self-interest and we are surprised by the depths of his loyalty, the generous affection that comes out for the Magus, and by the fact that he is actually primarily motivated by duty and love for his queen/favorite cousin/reigning bestie.

In Queen of Attolia the twist is that his actions which looked like generalized mischief and political power plays actually all spring from love, and that love arose initially from empathy with a girl's loneliness.

Or when he becomes king, and then it's revealed that yes he got what he wanted but actually this is an act of self sacrifice (for the sake of Irene and Hellen and Eddis).

And on and on.

The pettiness and the pride and the mischief for its own sake are all still there, but they coexist with this deep undercurrent of loyalty and duty and love and mercy and kindness. And when push comes to shove that undercurrent will always win out and its that which makes the twists so triumphant and satisfying.

#queen's thief #attolis eugenides #eugenides #gen

[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! ☺️🌸

#queen's thief #irenides #tqt #the queens thief #megan whalen turner #irene attolia #eugenides #my art #gabi tries out new art styles #my post #i have one more qt wip i should finish it as well

[emerydraws]

finally finish this drawing from way back early last year, love these dudes

going to have to reread soon

#digital art #my art #original art #artists on tumblr #character art #art #fanart #eugenides x irene #eugenides #the thief #megan whalen turner #attolia and attolis #gen x irene #attolia #attolis #attolia irene #queen's thief #the queen of attolia

[unhelpfulfemme]

#i like this one more #i actually made it first like two days ago but then accidentally deleted half the options and got discoudaged #queen's thief

[wizardysseus]

it's been said before but here it is again

not for nothing that hespira's story is the longest godlore passage in the book:

#choice + belief = love #this is a love story! do you believe it? #queen's thief #megan whalen turner #captain's reading log

[iosagol]

Got Return of the Thief for Christmas, immediately cracked it open to that lovely blank page between the intro and the first book of Pheris and did this on that page

#return of the thief #the king of attolia #the queen's thief #queen's thief #meghan whalen turner #eugenides #irene #sophos #Helen #Costis #Kamet #watercolor #DONT offend the gods Aight #my art <3

[stop-handing-me-knives]

Gen: why are any of us here, really?

Magus, in his room, at 2 am: I’m asking about you, specifically

#I mean #wasn’t this that scene in queen of attolia? #eugenides #gen #queen of attolia #queen's thief #queen’s thief incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #magus

[crossingscon]

Announcing our next TWO picks for CrossingsCon Book Club! Our March read will be This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. The book club meeting will be a week later than usual, on April 6 at 8 EST, to avoid any Easter weekend conflicts. Then on April 26, we're continuing the Queen's Thief series with The King of Attolia! Thanks for joining us, and happy reading!

#CrossingsCon #Crossings Book Club #Queen's Thief #Megan Whalen Turner #This Is How You Lose the Time War

[crocordile]

Irene and Sophos enjoying some time off, an illustration inside my gift fic 'Between the mountains and the sea' for @saessenach for the @hamiathesgiftexchange!

#(I realize Irene shouldn't be holding a musket like it's a glock...but I thought it was funny so I kept it 🤭) #<< note contained inside the fic... I stand by it #queen's thief #a conspiracy of kings #saessenach #queue #hamiathes's gift exchange

[deadmomjokes]

Alright scroll past if you don't want spoilers for Queen's Thief book 3, King of Attolia, because I'm back on my bs with memes about it to keep from yelling

Y'all weren't kidding about the Best Boy Costis, huh? We stan a hotheaded ride-or-die himbo with more heart than sense.

He doesn't get paid enough for this.

Or THIS

Speaking of the newlyweds....

Was I misreading that scene? Or was that man propositioning her on the dance floor and she had to leave to cool down because she was this close to jumping his bones in front of everyone?

Honestly the juxtaposition between how everyone assumes they must hate each other and how they are in private is hysterical to me. He loves his hot girlboss wife so much.

Alas, it comes with Responsibilities.

Can we get an F in the chat for the man who didn't think this through past "hng love"

Loved the dynamics we got once he started accepting the necessity of it tho.

My mans may be king now, but he's still first and foremost A Problem.

And of course the moments when the gloves came off

Homeboy's an absolutely unhinged murder machine waiting to blow and it's both terrifying and so satisfying.

I have more, but this is long already and i worked hard on the ones I really want y'all to see, so stay tuned for part 2 lol

#queen's thief #the queen's thief #spoilers #king of attolia #king of attolia spoilers #costis #eugenides #memes

[aldoodles]

i finished king of attolia lmao

#king of attolia #eugenides #costis #queen's thief #the queen's thief #cmon costis laugh at his jokes #anyways i love drawing fantasy royalty costumes no one look at me #fanart #al chatters #my art #digital #ok but yall KNOW i have a soft spot for small dramatic bastards w like way too much responsibility on their shoulders who drive everyone #around them inSANE #and i like the people saddled with making sure they dont get killed lol #ID in alt text #imbjUST REalizing I forgot to draw the hinge/seam?? on costis’s breastplate booooo lol. oh well

[maulthots]

Do you copy the mannerisms of the woman who cut off your hand and destroyed your life, or are you normal

#queen's thief